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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in British Columbia / Colombie-BritanniqueFootnote 1
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 2 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 4,356,210 4,143,245 53,725 16,935
0 to 4 years 219,565 202,545 1,190 435
5 to 9 years 218,805 214,435 1,185 950
10 to 14 years 238,690 234,025 1,280 2,410
15 to 19 years 274,825 269,715 1,435 2,695
20 to 24 years 278,895 273,745 2,010 1,345
25 to 29 years 287,460 280,130 3,285 1,025
30 to 34 years 274,385 265,870 3,715 1,100
35 to 39 years 279,335 269,230 3,760 1,025
40 to 44 years 312,120 298,090 4,095 1,140
45 to 49 years 348,670 330,185 4,765 1,030
50 to 54 years 352,610 334,320 5,225 945
55 to 59 years 321,555 302,810 5,300 725
60 to 64 years 289,345 271,100 4,735 595
65 to 69 years 209,405 193,845 3,800 480
70 to 74 years 158,735 143,545 2,880 375
75 to 79 years 124,355 110,470 2,230 295
80 to 84 years 91,305 81,105 1,605 225
85 years and over 76,150 68,070 1,230 140
Median ageFootnote 3 41.7 41.0 50.1 28.0
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 3,679,140 3,492,245 50,070 13,135
Married or living with a common-law partner 2,147,245 2,019,725 30,805 6,420
Married (and not separated) 1,825,280 1,707,075 23,385 5,910
Living common law 321,970 312,650 7,420 510
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,531,895 1,472,515 19,270 6,710
Single (never legally married) 1,000,565 978,665 10,415 5,600
Separated 100,545 95,980 1,425 250
Divorced 242,745 232,420 4,260 560
Widowed 188,045 165,455 3,170 300
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 4,356,205 4,143,250 53,725 16,935
English only 3,912,950 3,912,950 0 0
French only 2,045 0 2,050 0
English and French 296,645 228,145 51,575 16,920
Neither English nor French 144,560 2,150 100 15
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 4,356,205 4,143,245 53,725 16,935
Single responses 4,273,930 4,064,545 51,795 15,280
English 3,062,435 3,062,305 130 0
French 57,275 7,115 50,165 0
Non-official languages 1,154,215 995,135 1,500 15,280
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 1,215 1,195 5 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 955 950 0 5
Dene 70 60 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 0 0
Inuktitut 25 25 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 15 0 0
Ojibway 145 140 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 5 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 1,137,420 979,205 1,460 15,120
African languages, n.i.e. 625 590 5 5
Afrikaans 2,735 2,670 5 40
Akan (Twi) 455 450 5 5
Albanian 1,335 1,215 5 20
Amharic 1,255 1,200 0 15
Arabic 13,050 11,235 125 665
Armenian 1,105 985 5 70
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 525 495 15 15
Bengali 2,410 2,285 0 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 3,870 3,815 0 5
Bosnian 1,275 1,205 0 20
Bulgarian 1,945 1,740 5 135
Burmese 945 865 0 0
Cantonese 133,245 100,845 55 830
Chinese, n.o.s. 120,040 93,425 75 870
Creoles 635 430 90 115
Croatian 7,820 7,575 15 65
Czech 5,610 5,505 10 55
Danish 5,250 5,210 5 25
Dutch 23,080 22,620 40 375
Estonian 815 805 0 15
Finnish 4,090 4,030 5 25
Flemish 445 415 10 20
Fukien 1,920 1,725 0 0
German 73,625 72,100 95 950
Greek 6,250 5,990 15 80
Gujarati 6,595 6,185 10 30
Hakka 1,110 905 5 10
Hebrew 1,760 1,685 5 50
Hindi 24,635 23,325 10 175
Hungarian 9,850 9,490 20 130
Ilocano 3,755 3,690 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 475 445 0 5
Italian 24,060 23,010 75 365
Japanese 19,670 18,145 25 160
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,465 1,270 10 25
Korean 48,975 42,040 15 640
Kurdish 1,415 1,275 0 25
Lao 1,155 1,040 0 30
Latvian 615 610 0 0
Lingala 35 15 20 0
Lithuanian 430 415 0 0
Macedonian 270 255 0 10
Malay 3,540 3,435 0 10
Malayalam 1,460 1,395 0 10
Maltese 225 225 0 0
Mandarin 94,055 74,265 25 1,010
Marathi 430 410 0 5
Nepali 805 720 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 470 415 15 25
Norwegian 2,370 2,350 5 10
Oromo 325 285 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 182,920 145,360 85 1,565
Pashto 900 800 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 36,045 32,285 60 1,115
Polish 17,460 16,680 35 325
Portuguese 14,605 13,620 35 305
Romanian 8,330 6,990 45 900
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 70 20 45
Russian 22,650 20,750 35 595
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 55 5 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 690 510 0 5
Serbian 6,655 6,060 15 305
Serbo-Croatian 1,430 1,345 0 45
Shanghainese 1,245 795 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 640 320 0 5
Sindhi 1,770 1,700 0 30
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,405 1,365 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 775 400 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 495 480 0 5
Slovak 3,220 3,105 5 55
Slovenian 1,230 1,220 5 0
Somali 975 885 0 5
Spanish 40,795 36,970 160 1,670
Swahili 755 640 25 55
Swedish 2,735 2,695 5 30
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 66,120 65,380 20 125
Taiwanese 5,675 4,360 0 60
Tamil 3,140 2,905 0 35
Telugu 570 540 0 5
Thai 2,405 2,315 0 15
Tibetan languages 200 180 0 5
Tigrigna 590 555 0 5
Turkish 2,885 2,610 10 90
Ukrainian 9,680 9,475 10 60
Urdu 8,450 7,935 10 65
Vietnamese 25,100 20,800 35 330
Yiddish 350 335 5 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 15,580 14,740 40 160
Multiple responses 82,275 78,695 1,930 1,650
English and French 8,600 7,020 350 1,230
English and non-official language 68,800 68,765 35 0
French and non-official language 3,350 1,835 1,505 0
English, French and non-official language 1,535 1,075 40 420
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 4,356,210 4,143,250 53,725 16,930
Single responses 4,193,380 3,985,920 50,735 14,425
English 3,506,600 3,471,655 34,945 0
French 16,685 1,815 14,875 0
Non-official languages 670,100 512,455 915 14,425
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 170 155 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 135 125 0 0
Dene 10 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 665,750 508,730 900 14,335
African languages, n.i.e. 185 175 5 0
Afrikaans 1,380 1,315 0 40
Akan (Twi) 120 110 5 5
Albanian 700 585 0 15
Amharic 550 505 0 10
Arabic 7,635 5,875 110 580
Armenian 490 390 5 65
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 10
Bengali 1,465 1,340 5 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 1,260 1,230 0 5
Bosnian 700 640 0 15
Bulgarian 1,085 880 5 130
Burmese 585 490 0 0
Cantonese 103,550 68,710 55 855
Chinese, n.o.s. 81,265 56,690 50 775
Creoles 315 100 45 165
Croatian 2,540 2,310 0 60
Czech 1,575 1,480 0 50
Danish 325 290 0 20
Dutch 2,230 1,825 10 340
Estonian 115 95 0 15
Finnish 795 735 0 20
Flemish 50 20 5 25
Fukien 690 600 0 0
German 11,555 10,140 35 900
Greek 2,110 1,870 5 75
Gujarati 3,045 2,645 5 25
Hakka 320 235 5 10
Hebrew 785 695 5 60
Hindi 12,390 11,115 0 155
Hungarian 2,565 2,240 10 110
Ilocano 1,190 1,140 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 175 155 0 0
Italian 6,250 5,300 35 315
Japanese 9,545 8,045 15 155
Khmer (Cambodian) 750 575 5 10
Korean 38,815 31,880 15 630
Kurdish 945 810 0 20
Lao 545 450 5 20
Latvian 105 100 0 0
Lingala 10 0 10 0
Lithuanian 65 55 0 0
Macedonian 140 120 0 10
Malay 1,320 1,240 0 10
Malayalam 695 635 0 5
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 78,070 57,630 25 1,015
Marathi 225 210 0 5
Nepali 525 440 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 100 0 20
Norwegian 160 145 0 5
Oromo 180 145 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 137,390 99,945 50 1,500
Pashto 565 465 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 24,745 20,985 45 1,070
Polish 6,395 5,665 15 290
Portuguese 5,195 4,230 25 285
Romanian 4,155 2,865 35 875
Rundi (Kirundi) 75 35 5 35
Russian 12,200 10,285 20 590
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 15 5 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 465 310 0 0
Serbian 4,015 3,435 5 295
Serbo-Croatian 615 525 0 50
Shanghainese 555 325 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 980 635 5 5
Sindhi 670 610 5 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 595 560 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 620 285 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0
Slovak 1,085 970 5 55
Slovenian 165 160 0 5
Somali 625 540 5 5
Spanish 20,580 16,820 130 1,635
Swahili 250 180 0 40
Swedish 430 385 5 30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 29,380 28,640 15 100
Taiwanese 2,910 2,045 5 35
Tamil 1,970 1,735 5 35
Telugu 285 260 0 5
Thai 845 755 0 15
Tibetan languages 105 80 0 0
Tigrigna 300 270 0 5
Turkish 1,365 1,145 5 80
Ukrainian 1,075 910 0 55
Urdu 5,430 4,890 5 65
Vietnamese 17,270 13,080 50 315
Yiddish 10 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 4,180 3,575 20 85
Multiple responses 162,825 157,325 2,990 2,505
English and French 4,700 1,280 2,025 1,395
English and non-official language 155,060 154,825 240 0
French and non-official language 930 495 435 0
English, French and non-official language 2,130 730 295 1,110
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 4,356,205 4,143,245 53,725 16,930
None 3,740,260 3,570,615 30,125 7,595
Single responses 604,490 563,110 22,750 8,375
English 249,760 228,640 8,350 7,545
French 38,175 24,905 13,005 205
Non-official languages 316,550 309,565 1,395 630
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 850 840 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 700 695 5 0
Dene 35 30 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0
Ojibway 80 80 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 5 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 305,360 298,505 1,360 610
African languages, n.i.e. 310 300 5 0
Afrikaans 1,340 1,335 5 0
Akan (Twi) 260 255 0 0
Albanian 405 405 0 0
Amharic 465 455 5 0
Arabic 3,845 3,585 170 35
Armenian 320 320 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 215 205 10 0
Bengali 570 560 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 920 915 0 0
Bosnian 395 390 0 5
Bulgarian 495 490 5 0
Burmese 240 225 0 5
Cantonese 29,240 28,520 20 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 20,595 20,280 45 10
Creoles 485 380 85 25
Croatian 3,200 3,185 5 0
Czech 1,940 1,930 0 5
Danish 1,705 1,700 5 0
Dutch 6,935 6,910 20 5
Estonian 235 235 5 0
Finnish 1,290 1,290 0 0
Flemish 120 120 0 0
Fukien 675 605 0 0
German 23,905 23,745 100 35
Greek 3,315 3,290 10 5
Gujarati 3,185 3,160 10 5
Hakka 315 255 0 0
Hebrew 1,085 1,060 10 10
Hindi 12,690 12,325 15 35
Hungarian 2,950 2,930 10 5
Ilocano 945 940 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 175 175 0 0
Italian 9,605 9,480 85 35
Japanese 9,050 8,930 55 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 365 355 0 0
Korean 6,890 6,840 10 5
Kurdish 270 255 0 5
Lao 410 390 5 0
Latvian 125 125 0 0
Lingala 65 20 45 0
Lithuanian 115 115 0 0
Macedonian 60 60 0 0
Malay 1,450 1,425 5 5
Malayalam 520 520 0 0
Maltese 80 75 0 0
Mandarin 17,920 16,220 20 45
Marathi 130 125 5 5
Nepali 160 150 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 290 280 10 5
Norwegian 720 715 0 0
Oromo 70 60 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 34,010 33,910 15 20
Pashto 235 230 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 7,025 6,955 30 10
Polish 5,450 5,415 15 10
Portuguese 5,640 5,600 35 5
Romanian 2,410 2,370 20 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 20 20 5
Russian 6,140 6,025 20 35
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 25 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 130 0 0
Serbian 1,855 1,835 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 435 430 0 5
Shanghainese 485 305 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 865 850 10 0
Sindhi 925 915 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 570 570 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 150 150 0 0
Slovak 1,040 1,030 0 0
Slovenian 340 340 0 0
Somali 360 350 0 0
Spanish 20,930 20,495 310 65
Swahili 580 510 40 20
Swedish 1,220 1,215 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,810 24,770 15 15
Taiwanese 2,675 1,980 0 30
Tamil 910 910 0 0
Telugu 195 190 0 0
Thai 1,110 1,095 5 0
Tibetan languages 50 50 0 0
Tigrigna 175 175 0 0
Turkish 1,020 960 5 10
Ukrainian 1,930 1,895 0 10
Urdu 2,425 2,385 5 0
Vietnamese 5,945 5,660 20 10
Yiddish 90 85 5 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 10,345 10,215 30 20
Multiple responses 11,455 9,525 850 965
English and French 1,090 205 105 770
English and non-official language 4,540 3,935 360 140
French and non-official language 5,755 5,365 380 10
English, French and non-official language 70 20 0 45
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 4,356,205 4,143,250 53,725 16,930
English 4,143,250 4,143,245 0 0
French 53,725 0 53,725 0
English and French 16,935 0 0 16,935
Neither English nor French 142,300 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 62,190 0 53,725 8,470
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.4 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 3

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 4

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 5

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 6

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 8

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 9

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 10

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 12

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 13

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 14

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 17

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 19

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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