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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 Hamilton
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 513,175 495,860 6,655 1,935 8,725 7,620 1.5
Single responses 494,100 477,610 6,195 1,570 8,725 6,980 1.4
English 431,675 427,715 3,960 0 0 3,960 0.9
French 2,245 170 2,075 0 0 2,080 92.7
Non-official languages 60,180 49,725 160 1,570 8,725 945 1.6
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Mohawk 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
Cayuga 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
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 0 0.0
Romance languages 14,725 11,370 40 460 2,850 275 1.9
Italian 6,090 4,780 15 65 1,225 45 0.7
Portuguese 3,410 2,335 10 70 1,000 45 1.3
Romanian 880 665 5 120 85 65 7.4
Spanish 4,335 3,585 15 210 535 120 2.8
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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
Germanic languages 855 790 0 40 20 20 2.3
Dutch 170 150 0 15 5 5 2.9
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 570 525 0 25 15 10 1.8
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 80 80 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 12,625 10,765 25 300 1,530 175 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 570 470 0 20 75 10 1.8
Bulgarian 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 2,220 1,870 10 45 305 30 1.4
Czech 850 670 0 10 175 5 0.6
Macedonian 200 165 0 10 20 5 2.5
Polish 3,370 2,975 0 65 325 35 1.0
Russian 825 705 0 25 90 15 1.8
Serbian 3,305 2,780 5 100 425 55 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 205 165 0 5 30 5 2.4
Slovak 205 170 0 0 35 0 0.0
Slovenian 205 200 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 585 515 0 20 45 10 1.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 285 260 0 15 15 5 1.8
Latvian 135 120 0 10 5 5 3.7
Lithuanian 150 140 0 5 10 0 0.0
Greek 630 565 0 15 50 5 0.8
Armenian 90 75 0 5 10 5 5.6
Albanian 805 685 0 10 110 10 1.2
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,265 1,070 0 30 165 20 1.6
Estonian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,220 1,020 5 30 165 15 1.2
Turkic languages 400 370 0 0 25 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 320 295 0 0 25 5 1.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,020 4,880 25 235 885 140 2.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 565 420 0 0 140 0 0.0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 535 400 0 0 135 0 0.0
Semitic languages 5,455 4,455 20 230 745 140 2.6
Amharic 105 100 0 0 5 5 4.8
Arabic 3,970 3,235 20 205 510 125 3.1
Hebrew 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,245 1,010 0 20 215 10 0.8
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 8,835 7,530 10 195 1,105 105 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 6,560 5,635 0 105 810 55 0.8
Bengali 695 620 0 25 50 10 1.4
Gujarati 580 480 0 10 85 5 0.9
Hindi 385 365 0 5 15 5 1.3
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,705 2,165 0 45 500 20 0.7
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 2,020 1,850 0 25 150 15 0.7
Nepali 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,240 1,860 5 85 285 45 2.0
Kurdish 725 570 0 45 110 25 3.4
Pashto 90 80 0 5 5 5 5.6
Persian (Farsi) 1,425 1,215 0 30 175 15 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 470 430 0 10 25 0 0.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 215 200 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tamil 195 180 0 10 10 5 2.6
Telugu 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 70 60 0 5 5 5 7.1
Korean 1,035 875 0 20 145 10 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,130 5,080 10 60 990 35 0.6
Chinese languages 5,880 4,895 5 55 920 40 0.7
Cantonese 1,045 710 0 10 330 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,275 1,105 0 15 155 5 0.4
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,515 3,050 5 30 430 25 0.7
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 165 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 265 190 0 5 70 5 1.9
Lao 190 155 0 5 35 5 2.6
Thai 75 40 0 5 35 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,740 2,115 10 45 575 30 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 555 420 5 5 120 5 0.9
Vietnamese 2,185 1,685 5 35 455 20 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,915 1,865 0 5 50 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,660 1,615 0 5 40 0 0.0
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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
Niger-Congo languages 420 340 20 40 20 40 9.5
Akan (Twi) 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 285 215 20 35 20 35 12.3
Lingala 5 0 5 5 5 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 5 0 10 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 135 95 10 20 15 20 14.8
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 230 205 0 15 5 10 4.3
Creoles 120 35 15 60 5 50 41.7
Non-verbal languages 165 105 0 0 60 5 3.0
American Sign Language 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 85 0 0 45 0 0.0
Other languages 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 19,075 18,250 460 360 0 640 3.4
English and French 635 185 255 195 0 355 55.9
English and non-official language 17,830 17,800 30 0 0 30 0.2
French and non-official language 295 165 130 0 0 130 44.1
English, French and non-official language 310 100 50 160 0 130 41.9

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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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