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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 Ottawa
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 872,450 522,980 12,920 324,695 11,860
Single responses 846,090 513,190 12,260 308,870 11,770
English 544,045 389,700 110 154,040 195
French 123,925 1,845 9,065 112,970 45
Non-official languages 178,120 121,650 3,085 41,855 11,525
Aboriginal languages 560 480 5 65 10
Algonquian languages 280 235 0 35 5
Algonquin 20 15 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 155 135 0 10 5
Cree, n.o.s. 145 125 0 15 5
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 5 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 20 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 65 55 0 15 0
Oji-Cree 10 5 0 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 5 0 5 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 10 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 5 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 15 15 0 5 0
Mohawk 10 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 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 230 210 0 15 0
Inuktitut 205 195 0 15 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages 26,620 15,705 265 9,290 1,355
Italian 9,440 5,570 50 3,360 460
Portuguese 3,920 2,055 90 1,525 250
Romanian 2,385 980 25 1,255 125
Spanish 10,850 7,090 100 3,135 520
Catalan 20 10 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 9,410 6,565 15 2,815 25
Dutch 2,365 1,730 5 625 5
Flemish 80 30 0 50 5
Frisian 40 30 0 5 0
German 5,810 3,975 5 1,815 15
Yiddish 230 125 0 100 0
Scandinavian languages 745 545 5 195 0
Danish 320 255 0 65 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 135 95 0 45 0
Swedish 270 185 5 85 0
Afrikaans 140 125 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Celtic languages 95 65 0 25 0
Gaelic languages 40 30 0 10 0
Welsh 50 35 0 15 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 19,375 13,720 55 4,900 705
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 15 0 10 0
Bosnian 575 460 0 85 25
Bulgarian 825 555 0 240 30
Croatian 985 705 5 255 20
Czech 990 700 5 285 0
Macedonian 60 50 0 15 5
Polish 5,750 4,000 20 1,590 145
Russian 5,470 4,025 20 1,090 340
Serbian 1,680 1,150 5 440 80
Serbo-Croatian 545 400 0 130 15
Slovak 625 455 0 160 5
Slovenian 230 170 0 60 0
Ukrainian 1,560 995 0 535 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 0
Baltic languages 485 305 0 175 5
Latvian 275 175 0 105 0
Lithuanian 210 130 0 75 0
Greek 2,040 1,315 5 655 65
Armenian 415 175 5 220 20
Albanian 580 460 5 75 40
Georgian 25 20 0 5 5
Finno-Ugric languages 2,230 1,575 5 620 25
Estonian 180 100 0 80 0
Finnish 325 255 0 70 0
Hungarian 1,725 1,225 5 470 25
Turkic languages 1,585 1,195 0 290 90
Azerbaijani 135 90 5 30 10
Turkish 1,395 1,065 5 255 80
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 10 5
Mongolian 15 10 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 37,325 23,040 945 10,670 2,670
Berber languages (Kabyle) 65 10 10 45 0
Cushitic languages 6,495 3,905 370 1,745 470
Oromo 360 180 15 140 25
Somali 6,135 3,725 355 1,605 450
Semitic languages 30,640 19,100 540 8,800 2,195
Amharic 1,165 990 5 135 35
Arabic 28,190 17,065 535 8,480 2,110
Hebrew 350 255 0 90 0
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0
Tigrigna 740 645 0 55 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 120 0 30 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 120 20 20 80 5
Indo-Iranian languages 22,660 18,495 25 2,900 1,245
Indo-Aryan languages 15,125 12,565 10 1,910 640
Bengali 2,845 2,355 5 370 115
Gujarati 1,210 980 0 175 55
Hindi 2,335 1,935 5 325 70
Konkani 105 90 0 15 5
Marathi 235 190 0 40 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,295 2,665 0 425 205
Sindhi 250 185 0 55 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 720 635 0 65 20
Urdu 3,680 3,130 5 415 130
Nepali 460 395 0 25 40
Iranian languages 7,405 5,815 20 985 595
Kurdish 645 525 5 70 45
Pashto 710 570 0 55 80
Persian (Farsi) 6,055 4,720 15 855 465
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 10 10
Dravidian languages 3,000 2,520 0 345 145
Kannada 150 125 0 25 5
Malayalam 440 370 0 65 15
Tamil 2,060 1,715 0 235 115
Telugu 335 305 0 20 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Japanese 935 745 5 160 25
Korean 1,610 1,305 0 200 100
Sino-Tibetan languages 26,980 20,260 45 2,820 3,855
Chinese languages 26,450 19,840 40 2,800 3,760
Cantonese 6,405 4,450 15 815 1,135
Chaochow (Teochow) 105 70 0 20 20
Fukien 80 60 0 15 10
Hakka 55 40 0 10 10
Mandarin 6,820 5,185 5 705 920
Shanghainese 75 45 0 10 20
Taiwanese 170 135 0 25 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,735 9,860 25 1,205 1,645
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 5 0
Burmese 160 135 0 10 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 275 0 0 75
Tai languages 700 535 5 120 35
Lao 360 245 5 85 20
Thai 340 290 0 30 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,900 4,950 35 1,215 700
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 855 5 135 110
Vietnamese 5,800 4,100 30 1,080 590
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,145 5,720 10 335 75
Bisayan languages 380 360 0 15 5
Ilocano 360 355 0 0 5
Malay 360 310 0 40 5
Pampango 15 15 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,875 4,585 5 230 55
Bikol 20 20 0 5 0
Malagasy 45 0 5 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 5 10 5
Niger-Congo languages 4,110 1,665 515 1,850 75
Akan (Twi) 310 240 0 70 0
Bantu languages 2,845 900 405 1,465 70
Lingala 275 20 85 160 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 550 25 110 400 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 515 70 75 355 15
Shona 80 65 0 15 0
Swahili 800 350 95 330 30
Ganda 120 110 0 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 505 260 40 195 10
Edo 30 20 0 0 0
Igbo 135 125 0 10 0
Wolof 55 5 15 40 0
Bamanankan 35 5 15 20 0
Ewe 85 45 5 30 0
Ga 50 40 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 570 295 70 210 5
African languages, n.i.e. 450 350 15 80 5
Creoles 3,620 340 1,125 2,005 150
Non-verbal languages 185 80 0 15 85
American Sign Language 65 35 5 10 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 50 5 10 65
Other languages 75 50 0 15 20
Multiple responses 26,360 9,795 655 15,820 90
English and French 10,750 795 85 9,860 5
English and non-official language 11,090 8,570 15 2,455 50
French and non-official language 2,955 235 535 2,160 20
English, French and non-official language 1,570 185 25 1,345 5

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

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