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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 Division No. 2
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 155,280 147,520 110 5,680 1,975
Single responses 153,515 146,000 100 5,460 1,965
English 125,630 121,760 5 3,815 50
French 1,395 205 55 1,135 0
Non-official languages 26,495 24,030 40 510 1,910
Aboriginal languages 305 300 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 275 275 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 235 235 0 5 0
Cree languages 35 35 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 35 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 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Dakota 5 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 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 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 10 15 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,975 1,680 5 145 150
Italian 325 310 5 20 0
Portuguese 45 40 0 5 0
Romanian 100 65 0 30 10
Spanish 1,500 1,270 10 90 135
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15,135 13,890 5 115 1,125
Dutch 2,670 2,615 0 40 15
Flemish 30 20 0 5 0
Frisian 50 45 0 5 0
German 12,120 10,945 5 55 1,110
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 190 185 0 5 0
Danish 125 120 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 45 0 0 0
Swedish 25 25 0 5 0
Afrikaans 70 70 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,755 1,670 0 50 30
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 5 5 0 5 0
Croatian 215 200 0 0 10
Czech 115 110 0 5 5
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 520 500 0 15 5
Russian 155 140 0 10 5
Serbian 45 35 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 5 0 0 0
Slovak 120 120 0 5 0
Slovenian 60 60 0 0 0
Ukrainian 435 420 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0
Greek 40 35 0 5 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 55 55 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 630 610 0 15 10
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 590 570 0 15 5
Turkic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,040 910 10 50 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 390 345 5 5 35
Oromo 235 215 0 0 25
Somali 155 135 5 5 15
Semitic languages 640 565 5 40 30
Amharic 150 145 0 5 5
Arabic 440 375 5 35 25
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,170 965 0 25 175
Indo-Aryan languages 925 750 0 15 160
Bengali 65 50 0 5 5
Gujarati 100 95 0 5 0
Hindi 85 80 0 5 0
Konkani 5 5 0 5 0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 180 165 0 5 15
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 0
Urdu 170 155 0 5 15
Nepali 270 150 0 0 125
Iranian languages 220 195 0 5 15
Kurdish 20 10 5 0 5
Pashto 40 30 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 165 160 0 5 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 30 25 0 0 0
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 10 0 0 0
Tamil 15 10 0 0 0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 500 475 0 5 20
Korean 195 185 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,265 1,015 0 5 245
Chinese languages 1,235 990 0 5 240
Cantonese 290 240 0 0 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 5
Mandarin 160 140 0 0 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 770 600 0 0 165
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai languages 100 90 0 5 10
Lao 40 35 0 5 5
Thai 55 50 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 320 285 0 5 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 120 105 0 0 10
Vietnamese 200 175 0 5 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,320 1,310 0 5 5
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0
Malay 15 10 0 0 0
Pampango 10 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,140 1,130 0 5 5
Bikol 10 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 300 215 15 60 10
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 5 0
Bantu languages 160 105 10 40 5
Lingala 5 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 70 45 10 15 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 10 5
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 25 20 0 5 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 260 250 0 0 10
Creoles 30 15 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 25 5 0 0 15
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 15
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,765 1,525 10 215 10
English and French 200 60 5 135 0
English and non-official language 1,450 1,400 5 30 10
French and non-official language 105 60 5 40 0
English, French and non-official language 15 5 0 10 0

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

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