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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 Brossard, V
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 78,835 8,850 18,255 48,570 3,165
Single responses 75,465 8,510 17,735 46,075 3,140
English 9,465 2,595 30 6,810 25
French 37,340 45 13,100 24,155 35
Non-official languages 28,665 5,870 4,610 15,105 3,080
Aboriginal languages 10 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 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 0 0 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 5 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 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 0 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 5,960 185 1,775 3,700 295
Italian 750 35 75 630 15
Portuguese 805 45 180 555 35
Romanian 1,205 10 295 860 40
Spanish 3,190 100 1,235 1,655 205
Catalan 10 0 5 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 265 90 10 165 5
Dutch 35 10 0 30 0
Flemish 10 0 0 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 190 70 5 115 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 5 0
Danish 5 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0
Afrikaans 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages 1,465 255 210 935 65
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 5 0 0
Bosnian 5 0 0 0 5
Bulgarian 315 30 65 205 15
Croatian 30 10 0 15 0
Czech 30 5 0 25 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 340 75 30 230 10
Russian 515 95 100 290 35
Serbian 35 10 5 20 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 0 5 15 0
Slovak 35 0 0 30 0
Slovenian 30 15 0 15 0
Ukrainian 95 15 5 75 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0
Baltic languages 25 5 0 20 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 5 0 20 0
Greek 1,275 365 25 805 80
Armenian 280 25 25 210 20
Albanian 45 0 15 15 15
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 135 55 5 75 0
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0
Finnish 5 5 0 5 0
Hungarian 130 50 5 75 5
Turkic languages 175 65 20 70 25
Azerbaijani 15 0 0 5 0
Turkish 160 65 20 60 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 5 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,565 440 875 2,065 195
Berber languages (Kabyle) 40 5 15 20 0
Cushitic languages 80 0 30 45 5
Oromo 70 0 35 35 5
Somali 5 0 0 5 0
Semitic languages 3,425 435 810 1,990 185
Amharic 5 0 0 5 0
Arabic 3,375 425 810 1,960 185
Hebrew 20 0 5 10 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 10 0 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,550 995 440 1,700 410
Indo-Aryan languages 1,730 755 20 850 110
Bengali 345 150 5 165 25
Gujarati 140 45 5 80 0
Hindi 240 115 5 115 10
Konkani 10 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 5 0 10 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 350 145 0 185 25
Sindhi 25 10 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 15 0 5 5
Urdu 590 260 5 280 40
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,790 225 420 845 300
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 10 0 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,780 220 415 840 300
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 245 130 0 95 10
Kannada 15 5 0 10 0
Malayalam 35 25 0 10 0
Tamil 165 80 0 70 5
Telugu 30 20 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 55 20 5 30 5
Korean 205 65 10 105 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,140 2,785 570 3,005 1,785
Chinese languages 8,125 2,775 565 3,000 1,785
Cantonese 2,425 740 130 950 610
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 5 0 10 5
Fukien 5 0 0 5 5
Hakka 30 5 0 20 0
Mandarin 980 385 80 345 175
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 80 35 0 20 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,570 1,595 350 1,660 965
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 70 0 20 45 5
Lao 65 0 15 40 0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,610 125 305 1,080 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 140 5 50 75 10
Vietnamese 1,470 120 250 1,005 90
Malayo-Polynesian languages 430 235 25 170 5
Bisayan languages 30 20 0 5 0
Ilocano 20 15 0 5 0
Malay 20 10 0 5 5
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 305 180 5 120 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 50 0 25 30 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 185 20 50 110 5
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 10 25 50 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 5 20 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 15 5 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 0 5 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 35 0 10 20 0
Bamanankan 10 0 0 10 0
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 5 10 30 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 10 0
Creoles 940 5 220 690 15
Non-verbal languages 5 0 0 5 5
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 3,370 340 515 2,495 25
English and French 1,135 25 40 1,060 0
English and non-official language 710 295 10 400 0
French and non-official language 1,035 10 450 575 10
English, French and non-official language 485 10 15 460 5

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

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