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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 Roussillon^{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	161,490	7,480	67,415	85,945	645
Single responses	158,215	7,365	66,950	83,260	635
English	18,735	5,950	90	12,690	5
French	127,660	50	64,205	63,390	10
Non-official languages	11,820	1,365	2,650	7,180	620
Aboriginal languages	25	15	0	10	0
Algonquian languages	5	5	5	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	5	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	5	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	5	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	10	5	0	5	0
Mohawk	10	5	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	0	0	5	0
Inuktitut	0	0	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	5,500	195	1,415	3,625	260
Italian	1,265	50	125	1,070	25
Portuguese	680	15	170	480	20
Romanian	820	20	205	555	40
Spanish	2,725	110	915	1,520	180
Catalan	10	0	5	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	405	165	15	230	0
Dutch	70	25	5	45	0
Flemish	15	0	0	10	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	305	125	10	165	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	15	10	0	5	0
Danish	5	5	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	0	0	5	0
Swedish	5	5	0	0	0
Afrikaans	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	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	1,505	225	320	885	75
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	0	0	5	0
Bulgarian	110	5	25	80	5
Croatian	40	10	5	25	5
Czech	30	5	10	15	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	505	90	65	330	20
Russian	660	85	200	330	45
Serbian	20	5	0	20	0
Serbo-Croatian	10	5	0	0	0
Slovak	25	10	5	15	0
Slovenian	15	5	0	15	0
Ukrainian	80	10	15	50	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0
Baltic languages	10	5	0	10	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	10	5	0	5	0
Greek	385	100	10	265	15
Armenian	35	5	0	35	0
Albanian	20	0	5	10	5
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	120	40	15	65	5
Estonian	5	0	0	5	0
Finnish	10	5	0	5	0
Hungarian	115	35	15	55	0
Turkic languages	95	15	20	55	5
Azerbaijani	5	0	0	0	0
Turkish	80	15	15	45	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5	5	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	1,335	50	445	795	40
Berber languages (Kabyle)	60	0	30	30	0
Cushitic languages	145	0	55	85	0
Oromo	115	0	50	65	5
Somali	30	0	10	20	0
Semitic languages	1,110	50	360	660	40
Amharic	5	5	0	5	0
Arabic	1,075	45	350	640	40
Hebrew	15	0	0	10	0
Maltese	5	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	5	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	25	0	10	15	0
Indo-Iranian languages	580	160	45	300	70
Indo-Aryan languages	300	115	5	140	45
Bengali	90	30	5	35	20
Gujarati	25	10	0	15	0
Hindi	10	5	0	5	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	115	50	0	50	15
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	10	5	0	5	5
Urdu	45	20	0	20	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	270	40	40	160	25
Kurdish	15	5	5	0	5
Pashto	5	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	255	35	35	155	20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	5	0
Dravidian languages	15	5	0	15	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	5	5	0	0	0
Tamil	10	0	0	10	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	15	5	5	5	0
Korean	35	15	0	10	5
Sino-Tibetan languages	680	245	70	290	80
Chinese languages	680	240	75	290	80
Cantonese	85	25	10	40	5
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	5	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	150	45	20	65	10
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	5	5	0	5	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	435	160	40	175	60
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	50	0	10	35	0
Lao	40	0	10	30	0
Thai	10	0	0	5	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	260	20	60	160	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	85	5	25	45	15
Vietnamese	175	15	35	115	10
Malayo-Polynesian languages	145	65	5	75	0
Bisayan languages	10	5	5	5	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	10	5	0	5	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	95	55	0	45	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	30	0	5	20	5
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	270	30	90	150	0
Akan (Twi)	15	5	0	5	0
Bantu languages	150	10	50	90	0
Lingala	20	0	15	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	40	0	15	25	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	40	0	5	35	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	20	5	10	5	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	20	5	5	15	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	5	0	0	0
Wolof	15	0	5	15	0
Bamanankan	25	0	15	10	0
Ewe	10	0	5	5	0
Ga	10	5	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	50	10	20	20	0
African languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	0
Creoles	290	0	105	170	15
Non-verbal languages	20	0	5	0	15
American Sign Language	0	5	0	0	5
Quebec Sign Language	5	0	0	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0	5
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	3,275	120	465	2,685	5
English and French	2,050	25	95	1,925	0
English and non-official language	300	85	5	210	0
French and non-official language	695	0	360	335	5
English, French and non-official language	225	5	10	215	5

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

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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