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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Wellington
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 206,805 189,830 65 15,025 1,890
Single responses 204,480 188,015 60 14,530 1,880
English 170,465 159,515 5 10,920 30
French 2,420 215 35 2,170 0
Non-official languages 31,595 28,285 20 1,440 1,850
Aboriginal languages 15 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,205 4,625 5 390 185
Italian 2,870 2,600 0 160 105
Portuguese 625 545 0 50 25
Romanian 350 270 0 65 20
Spanish 1,360 1,200 0 115 40
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,480 7,760 5 335 385
Dutch 2,480 2,360 5 85 30
Flemish 35 25 0 15 0
Frisian 65 60 5 0 0
German 5,620 5,060 5 205 355
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 235 210 0 20 0
Danish 170 160 0 5 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 45 30 0 10 0
Afrikaans 35 30 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 30 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 20 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,660 3,335 0 205 125
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 95 90 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0
Croatian 280 265 0 10 10
Czech 170 155 0 15 0
Macedonian 50 45 0 0 0
Polish 1,650 1,520 0 75 55
Russian 265 235 0 20 15
Serbian 545 470 0 35 35
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 0 0
Slovak 105 95 0 5 5
Slovenian 85 75 0 5 0
Ukrainian 320 290 0 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 95 80 0 10 0
Latvian 55 45 0 5 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 10 0
Greek 275 250 0 10 5
Armenian 75 65 0 15 0
Albanian 70 65 0 0 5
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,200 1,115 0 45 40
Estonian 50 40 0 10 0
Finnish 65 65 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,085 1,010 0 35 40
Turkic languages 395 340 0 10 45
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 90 70 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 300 265 0 10 30
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 865 770 0 60 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 45 35 0 0 10
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0
Somali 40 30 0 0 5
Semitic languages 820 730 0 60 30
Amharic 120 110 0 5 10
Arabic 540 470 0 45 25
Hebrew 40 35 0 5 0
Maltese 85 85 0 5 0
Tigrigna 25 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,180 3,705 0 130 335
Indo-Aryan languages 3,115 2,785 0 85 255
Bengali 220 205 0 5 10
Gujarati 495 440 0 10 45
Hindi 265 240 0 20 5
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 40 40 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,405 1,205 0 35 170
Sindhi 35 30 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 100 0 0 0
Urdu 530 490 0 15 25
Nepali 30 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,025 895 0 50 80
Kurdish 35 30 0 5 0
Pashto 145 135 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 845 730 0 40 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 355 335 0 5 15
Kannada 20 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 85 80 0 0 0
Tamil 225 210 0 0 15
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 105 95 0 0 5
Korean 235 195 0 10 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,930 2,485 5 105 330
Chinese languages 2,920 2,475 5 105 330
Cantonese 805 645 5 30 130
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 665 580 0 30 50
Shanghainese 0 0 0 5 0
Taiwanese 30 30 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,380 1,195 0 40 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 200 180 0 5 15
Lao 160 145 0 5 15
Thai 45 40 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,590 1,300 0 25 265
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 85 0 5 20
Vietnamese 1,480 1,215 0 25 245
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,340 1,295 0 25 15
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0
Malay 60 55 0 0 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,150 1,115 0 20 15
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 160 125 5 25 0
Akan (Twi) 20 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 90 60 0 25 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 55 30 5 15 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 0
Creoles 25 20 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 55 35 0 0 15
American Sign Language 30 25 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,320 1,815 5 495 10
English and French 405 75 5 330 0
English and non-official language 1,810 1,690 0 115 5
French and non-official language 90 50 5 35 5
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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