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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 AlbertaFootnote 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 3,610,185 3,484,245 65,105 12,525
0 to 4 years 244,600 230,760 2,020 565
5 to 9 years 218,760 214,805 1,905 775
10 to 14 years 220,490 216,520 2,170 1,445
15 to 19 years 237,285 233,185 2,460 1,365
20 to 24 years 257,465 252,555 3,330 960
25 to 29 years 287,400 280,455 4,855 965
30 to 34 years 273,160 265,075 5,445 1,145
35 to 39 years 258,960 250,930 5,040 1,210
40 to 44 years 257,200 249,035 4,960 1,165
45 to 49 years 279,050 269,695 5,950 855
50 to 54 years 278,130 268,020 6,680 615
55 to 59 years 232,385 222,995 5,630 470
60 to 64 years 180,900 172,305 4,570 330
65 to 69 years 124,620 117,645 3,370 225
70 to 74 years 93,180 86,930 2,415 175
75 to 79 years 73,470 67,820 2,060 110
80 to 84 years 53,195 48,790 1,330 80
85 years and over 39,935 36,720 925 65
Median ageFootnote 3 36.2 35.9 45.3 30.8
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 2,926,340 2,822,160 59,010 9,740
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,750,850 1,682,865 38,090 5,730
Married (and not separated) 1,478,695 1,419,265 30,530 5,320
Living common law 272,155 263,600 7,560 410
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,175,490 1,139,295 20,920 4,010
Single (never legally married) 812,725 794,610 12,600 3,270
Separated 69,855 67,370 1,445 195
Divorced 174,900 169,095 4,010 375
Widowed 118,010 108,220 2,865 175
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,530
English only 3,321,815 3,321,810 0 0
French only 3,210 0 3,205 0
English and French 235,565 161,210 61,830 12,525
Neither English nor French 49,600 1,220 70 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,530
Single responses 3,547,680 3,425,455 63,125 10,795
English 2,780,200 2,780,080 120 0
French 68,545 7,585 60,960 0
Non-official languages 698,930 637,785 2,045 10,795
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 22,010 21,825 10 50
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 16,745 16,625 5 35
Dene 1,680 1,655 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 65 60 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 20 0 0
Ojibway 455 440 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0
Stoney 3,035 3,010 5 10
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 665,865 605,520 1,955 10,555
African languages, n.i.e. 3,375 3,210 15 30
Afrikaans 2,420 2,360 0 30
Akan (Twi) 1,100 1,070 0 15
Albanian 1,680 1,565 0 30
Amharic 5,115 4,905 0 40
Arabic 28,000 24,560 340 1,465
Armenian 385 320 5 40
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 1,260 1,130 75 40
Bengali 5,030 4,705 10 130
Berber languages (Kabyle) 60 35 5 15
Bisayan languages 3,250 3,215 0 5
Bosnian 1,750 1,650 0 20
Bulgarian 1,285 1,125 5 105
Burmese 325 295 0 5
Cantonese 34,985 27,940 20 205
Chinese, n.o.s. 49,265 41,365 30 345
Creoles 1,185 800 135 230
Croatian 3,955 3,830 5 35
Czech 2,880 2,815 5 35
Danish 2,805 2,800 0 0
Dutch 17,950 17,660 25 200
Estonian 195 190 0 0
Finnish 900 875 0 5
Flemish 345 315 10 25
Fukien 445 365 0 0
German 80,905 76,755 70 395
Greek 2,965 2,870 0 40
Gujarati 8,675 7,960 5 105
Hakka 325 270 0 0
Hebrew 785 750 0 20
Hindi 12,290 11,705 10 105
Hungarian 6,700 6,435 10 105
Ilocano 3,010 2,950 5 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,070 965 0 15
Italian 11,960 11,370 40 175
Japanese 4,560 4,295 0 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,740 1,525 5 20
Korean 13,880 12,480 10 115
Kurdish 1,235 1,070 5 10
Lao 1,030 930 5 25
Latvian 330 315 0 10
Lingala 155 50 85 15
Lithuanian 385 380 0 5
Macedonian 275 250 0 10
Malay 1,080 1,045 0 5
Malayalam 2,765 2,635 0 10
Maltese 75 75 5 0
Mandarin 19,325 17,010 10 205
Marathi 855 815 0 15
Nepali 1,605 1,355 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,075 1,855 120 65
Norwegian 1,180 1,155 0 5
Oromo 1,400 1,200 25 35
Panjabi (Punjabi) 49,945 42,235 30 385
Pashto 1,850 1,620 5 20
Persian (Farsi) 10,650 9,580 15 255
Polish 19,895 18,935 20 320
Portuguese 7,380 6,770 40 160
Romanian 6,550 5,465 20 730
Rundi (Kirundi) 235 85 65 80
Russian 13,845 12,620 20 395
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 440 235 65 115
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 680 595 5 10
Serbian 3,560 3,320 5 100
Serbo-Croatian 930 890 0 15
Shanghainese 135 90 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 465 220 0 0
Sindhi 2,565 2,445 0 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,935 1,895 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 645 490 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 325 315 0 5
Slovak 2,145 2,075 0 35
Slovenian 750 740 5 5
Somali 5,515 4,895 60 205
Spanish 44,015 38,630 295 2,055
Swahili 1,455 1,215 90 125
Swedish 950 930 10 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 60,090 59,395 20 140
Taiwanese 340 305 0 5
Tamil 2,645 2,535 0 35
Telugu 1,085 1,045 0 10
Thai 1,310 1,125 0 0
Tibetan languages 335 300 0 0
Tigrigna 2,340 2,170 5 20
Turkish 2,460 2,165 15 90
Ukrainian 24,570 24,170 15 140
Urdu 19,900 18,495 0 185
Vietnamese 21,195 17,790 35 275
Yiddish 165 160 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 11,055 10,440 75 190
Multiple responses 62,505 58,790 1,985 1,730
English and French 8,410 6,645 420 1,345
English and non-official language 49,970 49,940 25 0
French and non-official language 2,945 1,460 1,485 0
English, French and non-official language 1,185 745 55 390
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,530
Single responses 3,499,490 3,379,435 61,605 10,145
English 3,095,250 3,057,480 37,775 0
French 24,685 1,965 22,720 0
Non-official languages 379,550 319,985 1,110 10,140
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 9,525 9,355 5 40
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 6,470 6,355 5 30
Dene 880 855 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 100 85 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 2,065 2,045 0 15
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 366,215 307,320 1,075 9,940
African languages, n.i.e. 1,880 1,750 0 20
Afrikaans 1,430 1,370 5 30
Akan (Twi) 460 435 0 15
Albanian 920 810 0 30
Amharic 3,555 3,340 5 45
Arabic 16,655 13,435 235 1,325
Armenian 205 150 0 35
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 395 355 0 20
Bengali 3,535 3,220 0 125
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 15 5 15
Bisayan languages 1,130 1,110 0 5
Bosnian 885 790 0 15
Bulgarian 755 610 0 95
Burmese 215 195 0 0
Cantonese 24,790 17,265 15 205
Chinese, n.o.s. 32,395 24,850 20 335
Creoles 630 305 55 240
Croatian 1,380 1,240 0 35
Czech 760 695 0 40
Danish 175 170 0 5
Dutch 2,390 2,135 5 185
Estonian 25 20 0 0
Finnish 115 95 0 5
Flemish 40 15 0 20
Fukien 120 80 0 0
German 35,485 31,380 35 385
Greek 900 810 5 35
Gujarati 5,040 4,335 5 95
Hakka 110 75 0 0
Hebrew 370 330 5 20
Hindi 6,950 6,375 5 90
Hungarian 1,900 1,660 5 90
Ilocano 1,065 1,020 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 510 435 0 10
Italian 3,240 2,705 10 135
Japanese 2,120 1,860 0 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 960 745 5 15
Korean 10,345 8,945 10 110
Kurdish 785 640 0 10
Lao 530 430 0 20
Latvian 85 75 0 5
Lingala 45 10 15 15
Lithuanian 85 80 0 0
Macedonian 115 90 0 10
Malay 365 330 0 5
Malayalam 1,495 1,370 0 10
Maltese 10 10 0 0
Mandarin 14,910 12,585 10 195
Marathi 430 405 0 15
Nepali 1,190 940 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 590 495 15 45
Norwegian 190 170 0 5
Oromo 1,050 875 5 40
Panjabi (Punjabi) 38,215 30,570 10 360
Pashto 1,235 1,020 0 20
Persian (Farsi) 7,260 6,195 15 240
Polish 7,930 7,000 10 295
Portuguese 2,915 2,340 10 150
Romanian 3,735 2,655 25 725
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 25 15 55
Russian 8,360 7,110 20 390
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 220 70 35 100
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 305 0 5
Serbian 2,020 1,780 5 100
Serbo-Croatian 435 395 0 10
Shanghainese 70 45 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 680 415 0 0
Sindhi 1,105 990 0 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,000 960 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 495 345 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5
Slovak 675 615 0 30
Slovenian 120 120 0 0
Somali 4,110 3,520 50 190
Spanish 27,405 22,080 255 2,015
Swahili 580 410 50 100
Swedish 115 105 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 33,195 32,490 15 140
Taiwanese 130 105 0 0
Tamil 1,520 1,405 0 25
Telugu 565 525 5 5
Thai 595 415 0 5
Tibetan languages 235 200 0 0
Tigrigna 1,590 1,430 0 10
Turkish 1,610 1,310 20 85
Ukrainian 2,985 2,625 0 130
Urdu 13,740 12,285 5 190
Vietnamese 15,085 11,760 50 260
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 3,805 3,310 30 160
Multiple responses 110,695 104,805 3,500 2,385
English and French 4,940 1,110 2,290 1,545
English and non-official language 102,995 102,790 210 0
French and non-official language 1,115 460 660 0
English, French and non-official language 1,640 455 345 845
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 3,610,180 3,484,245 65,105 12,530
None 3,175,225 3,089,550 35,545 6,195
Single responses 427,270 388,655 28,805 5,485
English 175,275 156,415 11,805 4,520
French 36,995 21,630 14,945 395
Non-official languages 215,005 210,615 2,060 570
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 11,185 11,160 25 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 9,365 9,345 20 0
Dene 655 655 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 50 55 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 25 0 0
Ojibway 220 220 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0
Stoney 855 855 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 197,695 193,515 1,940 555
African languages, n.i.e. 970 940 20 0
Afrikaans 930 930 5 0
Akan (Twi) 620 620 0 5
Albanian 490 480 5 5
Amharic 1,395 1,370 5 0
Arabic 12,895 12,460 295 70
Armenian 95 90 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 555 475 65 15
Bengali 1,010 1,000 10 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 835 825 5 0
Bosnian 580 575 0 5
Bulgarian 320 315 0 5
Burmese 110 110 0 0
Cantonese 9,235 9,040 15 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 10,450 10,275 15 10
Creoles 720 565 140 15
Croatian 1,555 1,545 0 5
Czech 990 990 0 0
Danish 950 945 0 0
Dutch 5,760 5,745 15 5
Estonian 50 50 0 0
Finnish 305 300 0 0
Flemish 70 70 0 0
Fukien 155 130 0 0
German 18,260 18,125 90 30
Greek 1,720 1,715 0 5
Gujarati 2,970 2,955 5 5
Hakka 105 90 5 0
Hebrew 595 570 5 10
Hindi 7,045 6,810 10 25
Hungarian 2,015 2,000 0 0
Ilocano 845 830 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 320 295 5 0
Italian 5,390 5,315 40 25
Japanese 2,250 2,225 10 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 510 0 0
Korean 2,420 2,410 5 0
Kurdish 300 285 0 0
Lao 370 355 0 0
Latvian 80 80 0 5
Lingala 230 25 195 10
Lithuanian 90 95 0 0
Macedonian 90 90 0 0
Malay 460 460 0 0
Malayalam 955 955 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0
Mandarin 4,305 4,100 5 15
Marathi 235 240 0 0
Nepali 235 230 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,685 1,565 105 10
Norwegian 355 350 0 5
Oromo 255 250 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 8,805 8,720 10 15
Pashto 340 315 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,110 2,070 5 10
Polish 6,180 6,155 10 10
Portuguese 3,190 3,145 30 5
Romanian 1,715 1,690 5 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 120 40 70 15
Russian 4,020 3,915 25 45
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 195 115 70 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 0
Serbian 1,135 1,125 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 265 260 0 0
Shanghainese 40 25 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 645 630 5 5
Sindhi 1,185 1,175 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 760 755 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 85 90 0 0
Slovak 605 600 0 5
Slovenian 245 250 0 0
Somali 1,435 1,350 65 10
Spanish 18,355 18,000 280 45
Swahili 1,150 900 205 35
Swedish 450 440 10 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 18,450 18,435 10 5
Taiwanese 125 115 0 0
Tamil 880 875 0 0
Telugu 365 360 0 0
Thai 575 565 0 0
Tibetan languages 65 65 0 0
Tigrigna 740 725 0 5
Turkish 645 620 0 0
Ukrainian 7,440 7,375 15 10
Urdu 4,905 4,845 5 10
Vietnamese 4,960 4,640 10 5
Yiddish 60 60 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 6,125 5,940 100 15
Multiple responses 7,690 6,035 755 850
English and French 995 130 120 735
English and non-official language 2,855 2,385 370 65
French and non-official language 3,780 3,505 260 10
English, French and non-official language 60 20 0 40
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,525
English 3,484,245 3,484,240 0 0
French 65,105 0 65,105 0
English and French 12,530 0 0 12,525
Neither English nor French 48,310 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 71,370 0 65,105 6,265
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 2.0 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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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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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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