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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, 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 397,570 19,905 145,655 224,630 7,380
Single responses 382,460 19,005 142,125 214,005 7,325
English 27,680 6,105 235 21,310 35
French 241,620 145 116,195 125,170 105
Non-official languages 113,160 12,750 25,700 67,520 7,185
Aboriginal languages 15 5 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 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 5 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 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 5 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 5 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 0 5
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 5 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 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 38,575 1,275 9,015 26,625 1,665
Italian 16,810 615 1,570 14,190 430
Portuguese 5,070 215 1,390 3,160 300
Romanian 5,235 95 1,555 3,300 280
Spanish 11,450 350 4,490 5,960 650
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages 1,245 520 45 675 10
Dutch 120 35 5 75 0
Flemish 25 0 5 15 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 980 430 25 515 5
Yiddish 75 35 0 35 0
Scandinavian languages 35 10 0 25 0
Danish 10 0 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 5 0
Swedish 20 5 0 15 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages 10 0 0 10 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Slavic languages 4,065 615 785 2,455 210
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 5 35 60 10
Bulgarian 430 30 100 290 15
Croatian 385 100 30 240 15
Czech 85 10 10 60 0
Macedonian 25 5 10 15 5
Polish 805 150 100 530 25
Russian 1,690 215 410 940 120
Serbian 140 20 30 80 5
Serbo-Croatian 70 5 25 40 0
Slovak 60 10 10 35 0
Slovenian 80 30 0 40 0
Ukrainian 160 25 30 105 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 0
Baltic languages 35 15 0 15 5
Latvian 10 5 5 5 5
Lithuanian 25 10 0 10 0
Greek 14,025 4,380 130 8,320 1,195
Armenian 6,795 675 515 5,100 505
Albanian 330 20 115 165 30
Georgian 10 0 5 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 720 155 95 420 50
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 0 0 10 0
Hungarian 700 155 90 410 50
Turkic languages 770 105 250 300 110
Azerbaijani 25 5 5 15 0
Turkish 725 100 235 280 110
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 5 10 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 23,865 1,135 7,780 13,710 1,245
Berber languages (Kabyle) 510 5 310 185 15
Cushitic languages 685 15 335 315 20
Oromo 670 10 330 305 20
Somali 15 5 0 10 0
Semitic languages 22,555 1,120 7,080 13,150 1,200
Amharic 45 10 0 35 0
Arabic 22,260 1,060 7,060 12,950 1,200
Hebrew 190 30 10 140 5
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 5 0 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 10 20 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 115 0 60 60 5
Indo-Iranian languages 5,925 1,795 710 2,600 820
Indo-Aryan languages 3,230 1,400 120 1,310 400
Bengali 285 115 5 135 20
Gujarati 355 150 15 140 50
Hindi 140 75 5 55 5
Konkani 5 0 0 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,405 655 50 490 210
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 25 0 15 0
Urdu 980 375 35 460 110
Nepali 15 5 0 10 5
Iranian languages 2,640 380 590 1,260 415
Kurdish 90 10 25 35 10
Pashto 90 30 10 30 15
Persian (Farsi) 2,465 335 555 1,190 390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 15 5 25 10
Dravidian languages 1,430 595 75 590 165
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 1,430 595 75 590 170
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 55 20 5 30 0
Korean 80 25 5 35 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,270 595 375 995 310
Chinese languages 2,265 595 375 990 310
Cantonese 320 80 30 165 40
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 0 5 15 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 370 110 55 165 40
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,550 405 280 650 220
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 1,130 45 455 535 100
Lao 1,080 30 445 510 90
Thai 55 15 10 20 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,970 360 1,220 1,935 455
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,695 100 585 815 195
Vietnamese 2,270 260 635 1,120 255
Malayo-Polynesian languages 565 305 25 220 10
Bisayan languages 20 10 0 5 0
Ilocano 35 15 0 10 5
Malay 25 10 0 10 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415 255 5 150 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 60 0 20 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 845 65 360 405 15
Akan (Twi) 65 30 0 35 0
Bantu languages 405 10 200 180 5
Lingala 90 0 55 30 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 0 35 50 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 0 35 45 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 65 5 30 25 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 5 50 25 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 95 0 40 50 0
Bamanankan 50 0 25 20 0
Ewe 35 0 10 20 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 5 75 100 5
African languages, n.i.e. 65 5 20 30 0
Creoles 6,285 30 3,685 2,315 255
Non-verbal languages 65 5 35 10 20
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 30 0 20 5 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 5 15 0 15
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 15,110 900 3,530 10,625 55
English and French 3,780 70 205 3,505 0
English and non-official language 2,740 745 60 1,920 10
French and non-official language 6,550 35 3,195 3,290 35
English, French and non-official language 2,045 55 75 1,910 10

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

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