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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 Gatineau, 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 263,255 17,190 76,050 168,475 1,535
Single responses 256,280 16,800 75,205 162,770 1,510
English 29,060 11,755 125 17,170 10
French 203,360 195 69,885 133,250 30
Non-official languages 23,855 4,845 5,195 12,350 1,465
Aboriginal languages 125 70 5 45 5
Algonquian languages 110 60 5 45 5
Algonquin 25 10 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 70 40 0 25 0
Cree, n.o.s. 70 40 0 25 5
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 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 5 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 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 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 10 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 7,605 935 2,060 4,105 510
Italian 410 75 20 310 0
Portuguese 2,520 195 640 1,460 215
Romanian 815 75 155 545 40
Spanish 3,865 585 1,240 1,780 255
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 625 240 15 370 5
Dutch 160 60 5 90 0
Flemish 20 0 0 20 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 410 155 10 240 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 25 20 0 10 0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 5 0
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,500 580 480 1,335 100
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 25 50 55 5
Bulgarian 200 50 30 110 5
Croatian 185 30 50 105 10
Czech 55 20 5 30 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 5 0
Polish 370 145 25 195 5
Russian 470 160 75 200 30
Serbian 505 50 125 300 30
Serbo-Croatian 405 45 100 245 10
Slovak 45 15 0 25 0
Slovenian 5 5 0 5 0
Ukrainian 90 35 5 45 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 10 0
Baltic languages 20 10 0 15 0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 5 0 5 0
Greek 115 40 5 70 5
Armenian 55 10 5 45 0
Albanian 40 20 0 15 5
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 140 45 5 85 0
Estonian 0 0 0 5 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 125 30 5 85 0
Turkic languages 135 65 20 30 20
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 100 60 10 25 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 5 15 5 15
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,310 1,040 1,365 3,490 405
Berber languages (Kabyle) 100 0 50 45 5
Cushitic languages 355 35 135 160 25
Oromo 200 0 90 100 5
Somali 155 25 45 65 15
Semitic languages 5,775 1,010 1,155 3,240 375
Amharic 65 40 0 25 5
Arabic 5,655 950 1,145 3,195 370
Hebrew 10 0 0 10 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 15 5 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 5 25 45 0
Indo-Iranian languages 850 455 60 280 65
Indo-Aryan languages 290 190 10 75 10
Bengali 70 50 0 15 5
Gujarati 10 5 0 0 0
Hindi 30 15 0 10 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 45 0 15 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 5 0
Urdu 100 65 5 25 5
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 555 260 50 195 45
Kurdish 70 30 10 30 0
Pashto 5 5 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 480 225 40 170 50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Dravidian languages 45 25 0 20 0
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 5 0
Tamil 35 15 0 15 0
Telugu 5 5 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 40 10 30 5
Korean 95 45 0 40 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,440 770 135 375 155
Chinese languages 1,430 770 130 375 155
Cantonese 155 70 5 60 20
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 445 235 50 110 55
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 820 455 75 200 85
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 145 35 30 65 10
Lao 110 15 25 60 10
Thai 35 20 5 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 620 150 65 330 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 200 30 25 120 20
Vietnamese 420 120 40 205 55
Malayo-Polynesian languages 275 160 25 90 5
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0
Malay 25 15 0 10 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 175 135 0 40 0
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 50 0 20 30 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,760 95 550 1,070 45
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 1,260 70 385 760 40
Lingala 105 0 40 65 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 385 10 120 245 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 360 5 75 270 10
Shona 0 5 0 0 0
Swahili 265 30 105 115 15
Ganda 5 0 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 135 20 50 60 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 5 0
Wolof 110 0 30 75 0
Bamanankan 30 0 10 25 0
Ewe 45 5 15 20 5
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 10 100 185 5
African languages, n.i.e. 70 5 25 40 0
Creoles 760 15 320 390 35
Non-verbal languages 30 0 10 10 15
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 5 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 15
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,975 395 845 5,710 30
English and French 4,415 75 140 4,200 0
English and non-official language 580 290 10 270 5
French and non-official language 1,600 20 685 875 20
English, French and non-official language 390 10 15 360 0

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

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