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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 Laval
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 397,570 19,905 145,660 224,625 7,380
Single responses 382,460 19,000 142,130 214,005 7,325
English 27,685 6,105 230 21,315 35
French 241,615 145 116,195 125,170 105
Non-official languages 113,160 12,750 25,700 67,520 7,185
Aboriginal languages 15 5 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 5 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. 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 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 38,570 1,280 9,015 26,620 1,665
Italian 16,810 610 1,575 14,195 430
Portuguese 5,070 220 1,385 3,160 300
Romanian 5,235 95 1,555 3,305 280
Spanish 11,445 345 4,485 5,960 650
Catalan 5 0 5 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 1,245 520 45 675 5
Dutch 120 40 5 70 0
Flemish 25 0 5 20 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 980 430 25 515 5
Yiddish 75 40 0 40 0
Scandinavian languages 35 5 5 20 0
Danish 10 0 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 25 10 5 15 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 10 0 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 15 0
Slavic languages 4,070 620 785 2,455 210
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 5 35 60 15
Bulgarian 430 25 95 285 20
Croatian 385 100 35 240 15
Czech 80 10 5 65 5
Macedonian 30 0 10 20 0
Polish 805 150 105 530 25
Russian 1,690 215 410 945 125
Serbian 140 20 30 85 5
Serbo-Croatian 70 10 20 40 0
Slovak 60 10 10 40 0
Slovenian 80 30 0 45 5
Ukrainian 160 25 30 105 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 0
Baltic languages 35 15 0 20 5
Latvian 15 0 5 5 5
Lithuanian 25 10 0 15 0
Greek 14,030 4,380 130 8,320 1,195
Armenian 6,795 675 515 5,100 500
Albanian 330 20 115 165 30
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 720 155 90 420 50
Estonian 10 5 5 0 0
Finnish 10 5 0 5 0
Hungarian 705 150 90 410 50
Turkic languages 770 105 245 305 110
Azerbaijani 25 5 10 10 0
Turkish 725 100 235 275 105
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 15 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 23,865 1,140 7,775 13,710 1,245
Berber languages (Kabyle) 510 0 305 185 15
Cushitic languages 685 10 335 320 20
Oromo 670 10 330 305 20
Somali 15 0 0 10 5
Semitic languages 22,555 1,120 7,080 13,150 1,205
Amharic 45 15 0 35 0
Arabic 22,265 1,060 7,055 12,950 1,200
Hebrew 185 35 10 145 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 10 0 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 5 10 15 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 120 0 60 55 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,930 1,795 710 2,595 825
Indo-Aryan languages 3,230 1,400 115 1,315 400
Bengali 285 115 10 135 20
Gujarati 355 155 15 140 50
Hindi 140 75 5 55 5
Konkani 0 0 0 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,400 650 50 490 210
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 25 0 15 5
Urdu 980 370 35 460 110
Nepali 20 5 0 10 5
Iranian languages 2,640 380 595 1,260 415
Kurdish 85 15 25 40 10
Pashto 90 35 10 30 15
Persian (Farsi) 2,465 335 560 1,185 390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 20 5 25 10
Dravidian languages 1,430 600 75 590 170
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 1,425 595 75 590 165
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 55 20 10 30 0
Korean 75 25 5 35 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,270 595 375 995 310
Chinese languages 2,265 595 375 990 310
Cantonese 320 80 35 165 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 0 5 15 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 370 110 60 165 40
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 5
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,550 400 280 650 220
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Tai languages 1,135 40 455 535 100
Lao 1,080 25 450 510 95
Thai 50 15 5 20 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,970 360 1,220 1,940 455
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,700 100 580 820 195
Vietnamese 2,270 260 635 1,120 255
Malayo-Polynesian languages 565 300 25 220 10
Bisayan languages 15 10 0 10 0
Ilocano 30 20 0 15 5
Malay 25 15 0 10 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415 255 5 150 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 55 5 15 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 840 65 360 405 15
Akan (Twi) 65 30 0 35 0
Bantu languages 405 15 205 180 5
Lingala 90 0 55 35 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 0 35 45 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 0 30 50 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 5
Swahili 65 5 30 30 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 10 50 30 0
Edo 5 0 0 5 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 95 0 40 50 0
Bamanankan 50 0 30 20 0
Ewe 35 5 10 20 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 5 80 95 0
African languages, n.i.e. 65 10 25 35 0
Creoles 6,280 30 3,680 2,315 250
Non-verbal languages 65 5 35 10 20
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 30 0 20 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 0 15 0 15
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 15,110 905 3,530 10,620 55
English and French 3,780 70 205 3,500 0
English and non-official language 2,735 745 55 1,925 10
French and non-official language 6,550 30 3,195 3,290 35
English, French and non-official language 2,045 50 80 1,910 5

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

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