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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Wellington
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 206,805 202,210 2,310 440 1,845 2,530 1.2
Single responses 202,775 198,350 2,220 365 1,850 2,400 1.2
English 186,410 184,790 1,620 0 0 1,620 0.9
French 625 55 575 0 0 575 92.0
Non-official languages 15,740 13,505 25 360 1,845 200 1.3
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,825 1,555 5 90 185 50 2.7
Italian 805 690 0 15 100 5 0.6
Portuguese 160 135 0 5 20 5 3.1
Romanian 195 145 0 30 20 15 7.7
Spanish 665 585 0 35 40 20 3.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 3,455 3,020 5 50 380 30 0.9
Dutch 430 390 0 5 30 0 0.0
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 2,960 2,575 10 30 350 25 0.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,730 1,545 0 60 120 35 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 95 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 775 700 0 20 55 15 1.9
Russian 190 165 0 10 10 5 2.6
Serbian 365 305 0 20 35 10 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 80 70 0 5 5 5 6.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Baltic languages 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 30 25 5 5 0 5 16.7
Albanian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 550 500 0 5 40 5 0.9
Estonian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 530 485 0 5 40 5 0.9
Turkic languages 310 265 5 5 35 5 1.6
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Turkish 70 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 235 205 0 0 25 5 2.1
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 425 370 0 15 35 10 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Somali 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 385 340 0 15 30 10 2.6
Amharic 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 255 220 0 10 25 5 2.0
Hebrew 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,755 2,360 0 50 345 30 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 2,065 1,770 0 40 255 20 1.0
Bengali 135 125 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 325 280 0 5 45 5 1.5
Hindi 150 135 0 10 5 5 3.3
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,020 830 0 15 170 5 0.5
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 340 305 0 5 25 5 1.5
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 680 580 5 15 85 10 1.5
Kurdish 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 555 470 0 10 75 5 0.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 235 220 0 0 15 5 2.1
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 170 160 0 0 15 0 0.0
Telugu 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 160 135 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,045 1,665 0 45 335 25 1.2
Chinese languages 2,035 1,660 0 40 330 25 1.2
Cantonese 520 380 0 5 135 5 1.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mandarin 510 445 0 15 50 5 1.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 965 810 5 20 135 10 1.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 115 95 0 5 20 0 0.0
Lao 90 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,265 990 5 15 260 10 0.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 45 0 5 15 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,195 945 0 10 245 5 0.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 525 510 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 450 435 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 45 30 0 5 0 10 22.2
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 30 20 0 10 5 5 16.7
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 25 10 5 10 0 5 20.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Non-verbal languages 70 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,030 3,860 90 75 0 130 3.2
English and French 165 40 70 55 0 100 60.6
English and non-official language 3,805 3,795 10 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 15 10 5 0 0 10 66.7
English, French and non-official language 40 15 10 20 0 20 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 2

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-XCB2011039.

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