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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 Les Pays-d'en-Haut^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue	39,975	1,050	15,130	23,765	20
Single responses	39,375	1,030	15,095	23,230	20
English	3,355	815	25	2,505	5
French	34,795	10	14,910	19,870	0
Non-official languages	1,225	195	155	860	15
Aboriginal languages	10	5	0	0	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	5	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	0	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	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	5	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	505	30	85	375	10
Italian	235	15	25	195	5
Portuguese	55	0	5	45	5
Romanian	45	5	10	30	5
Spanish	165	15	45	100	0
Catalan	0	0	0	5	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	260	70	5	185	0
Dutch	50	10	0	40	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	195	60	5	130	0
Yiddish	5	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	10	5	0	5	0
Danish	5	0	0	5	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	5	0	5	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	135	25	10	90	5
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	5	0	0	5	0
Croatian	10	0	0	5	0
Czech	15	5	0	10	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	45	10	5	30	0
Russian	35	5	5	15	5
Serbian	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	5	0	0	5	0
Slovenian	10	0	0	10	0
Ukrainian	15	5	0	10	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	10	0	0	5	0
Latvian	0	0	0	5	0
Lithuanian	10	5	0	5	0
Greek	45	10	0	35	0
Armenian	20	5	0	15	0
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	25	5	5	25	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	25	0	0	20	0
Turkic languages	10	5	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	5	5	0	5	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	85	10	25	45	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	5	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	5	0	5	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	80	10	25	45	0
Amharic	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	75	5	25	40	5
Hebrew	5	5	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	15	5	0	15	0
Indo-Aryan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Bengali	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0	5	0
Hindi	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	0	0	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	0	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	15	0	0	15	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	15	5	0	10	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0
Dravidian languages	5	0	0	5	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	5	0
Tamil	0	0	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	5	5	0	5	0
Korean	10	5	0	5	5
Sino-Tibetan languages	25	10	5	10	0
Chinese languages	30	10	5	10	0
Cantonese	0	0	0	5	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	5	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	5	5	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	20	10	5	5	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	5	0	0	10	0
Lao	0	0	0	5	0
Thai	5	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	20	0	5	10	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	15	0	10	10	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	15	5	0	10	0
Bisayan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	5	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	10	5	0	10	0
Bikol	0	0	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	0	0	0	5	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Creoles	15	0	5	10	0
Non-verbal languages	5	0	0	5	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	5	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	5	0	0	5	0
Multiple responses	600	25	35	540	0
English and French	460	10	20	430	0
English and non-official language	45	10	0	35	0
French and non-official language	55	0	15	40	0
English, French and non-official language	35	0	0	35	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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