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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 Halifax, RGM
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 386,200 338,250 380 46,385 1,190
Single responses 382,530 336,165 355 44,830 1,180
English 348,515 315,125 5 33,340 40
French 10,155 750 290 9,115 0
Non-official languages 23,855 20,290 60 2,375 1,135
Aboriginal languages 90 85 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 70 70 0 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 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 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 55 50 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 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) 0 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 0 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 0 0 0 5 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 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 5 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) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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. 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages 2,155 1,655 15 400 85
Italian 590 460 5 125 10
Portuguese 280 230 5 35 10
Romanian 140 80 0 50 10
Spanish 1,135 885 10 190 50
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 2,105 1,680 0 415 10
Dutch 515 410 0 100 0
Flemish 20 10 0 10 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 1,250 990 5 250 10
Yiddish 20 15 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 255 210 0 40 5
Danish 100 85 0 10 0
Icelandic 25 15 0 10 0
Norwegian 80 70 0 10 0
Swedish 45 35 0 10 5
Afrikaans 45 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 60 55 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 45 40 0 5 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,185 1,860 0 255 65
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 80 75 0 0 5
Bulgarian 30 30 0 5 0
Croatian 170 155 0 20 0
Czech 120 100 0 25 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 5 0
Polish 580 485 0 85 10
Russian 695 605 0 60 30
Serbian 95 90 0 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 100 90 0 5 5
Slovak 90 80 0 15 5
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0
Ukrainian 150 120 0 30 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Baltic languages 55 50 0 5 0
Latvian 35 30 0 5 0
Lithuanian 25 20 0 0 0
Greek 665 575 0 65 30
Armenian 45 30 0 15 0
Albanian 240 210 0 20 20
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 190 0 40 0
Estonian 30 30 0 5 0
Finnish 40 35 0 5 0
Hungarian 155 120 0 35 0
Turkic languages 305 270 0 15 20
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 250 225 0 15 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,525 4,525 25 710 265
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 55 0 5 5
Oromo 35 25 0 5 5
Somali 40 35 0 5 0
Semitic languages 5,450 4,465 25 700 255
Amharic 130 120 0 5 5
Arabic 5,175 4,220 20 680 250
Hebrew 65 55 0 10 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,185 2,830 5 140 220
Indo-Aryan languages 1,890 1,660 5 80 145
Bengali 325 295 0 20 5
Gujarati 85 80 0 5 0
Hindi 435 400 0 25 10
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 295 270 0 10 20
Sindhi 10 10 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 75 0 5 5
Urdu 400 375 0 15 15
Nepali 215 120 0 0 95
Iranian languages 1,265 1,135 5 60 70
Kurdish 75 65 0 5 0
Pashto 60 55 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 1,010 5 55 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 430 415 0 20 5
Kannada 20 20 0 5 0
Malayalam 95 95 0 0 0
Tamil 200 195 0 5 5
Telugu 110 105 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 230 210 0 10 15
Korean 670 600 0 25 50
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,540 3,170 0 100 265
Chinese languages 3,530 3,155 0 100 270
Cantonese 460 365 0 35 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 15 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 5 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 810 745 0 15 50
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 35 30 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,195 1,985 0 50 155
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 55 45 0 10 0
Lao 10 5 0 5 0
Thai 45 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 380 335 0 20 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 375 330 0 20 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,065 1,040 0 15 15
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 50 45 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 910 895 0 5 15
Bikol 5 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 420 330 5 80 5
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages 205 145 5 55 0
Lingala 10 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 25 25 0 0 0
Swahili 60 45 5 15 0
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 70 55 5 20 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 40 35 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 25 5 5 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 75 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 0
Creoles 40 30 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 105 60 0 5 45
American Sign Language 40 25 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 35 0 5 25
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,675 2,085 30 1,555 15
English and French 1,465 285 10 1,175 0
English and non-official language 1,895 1,685 0 195 10
French and non-official language 215 85 15 110 0
English, French and non-official language 100 25 0 75 0

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

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