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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 Niagara
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 425,490 409,195 12,575 1,055 2,670 13,100 3.1
Single responses 417,185 401,785 11,975 750 2,670 12,355 3.0
English 391,690 383,665 8,025 0 0 8,025 2.0
French 4,085 185 3,900 0 0 3,900 95.5
Non-official languages 21,410 17,940 50 755 2,670 430 2.0
Aboriginal languages 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
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 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. 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
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 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
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 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian 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
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mohawk 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 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
Inuktitut 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 6,640 5,305 10 215 1,115 120 1.8
Italian 3,625 2,900 5 50 670 25 0.7
Portuguese 245 210 0 10 30 5 2.0
Romanian 160 120 0 35 10 20 12.5
Spanish 2,615 2,080 0 120 405 65 2.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 1,640 1,475 0 45 115 25 1.5
Dutch 260 235 0 10 5 5 1.9
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 1,300 1,155 0 30 110 15 1.2
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 25 25 5 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,280 3,690 10 180 405 95 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 115 100 0 5 10 5 4.3
Bulgarian 170 150 0 10 5 5 2.9
Croatian 345 305 0 5 35 5 1.4
Czech 90 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 1,500 1,305 0 55 140 35 2.3
Russian 475 390 0 30 55 15 3.2
Serbian 875 735 0 40 95 20 2.3
Serbo-Croatian 40 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 85 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 455 385 0 25 40 10 2.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 25 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 290 255 0 5 30 0 0.0
Armenian 95 75 0 10 15 0 0.0
Albanian 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 535 480 0 15 45 5 0.9
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 470 420 0 15 40 10 2.1
Turkic languages 210 185 0 10 15 5 2.4
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 200 180 0 10 15 5 2.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,460 1,220 10 100 125 60 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 85 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,370 1,140 10 100 120 60 4.4
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,280 1,060 10 90 120 55 4.3
Hebrew 35 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,485 1,310 5 35 140 20 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 1,100 960 0 25 115 15 1.4
Bengali 85 80 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 275 215 0 10 45 5 1.8
Hindi 130 120 5 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 195 160 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 350 325 0 5 15 5 1.4
Nepali 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 370 335 0 10 25 5 1.4
Kurdish 150 135 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 200 185 0 5 15 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5 5 33.3
Dravidian languages 120 115 0 5 5 5 4.2
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Telugu 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 135 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Korean 635 565 0 10 60 5 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,140 1,730 5 25 385 10 0.5
Chinese languages 2,125 1,715 0 20 385 15 0.7
Cantonese 430 305 0 5 120 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 405 345 0 10 60 5 1.2
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,260 1,045 0 10 200 5 0.4
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 165 120 0 5 35 0 0.0
Lao 140 100 0 5 35 5 3.6
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 540 415 0 15 105 10 1.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 95 75 5 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 445 350 0 10 85 5 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 525 510 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 485 465 0 10 10 5 1.0
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 120 85 5 20 5 20 16.7
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 65 10 20 10 20 21.1
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 5 5 5 10 66.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 80 20 10 50 0 35 43.8
Non-verbal languages 130 95 0 0 35 0 0.0
American Sign Language 40 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 8,305 7,410 600 300 0 745 9.0
English and French 950 205 495 250 0 615 64.7
English and non-official language 7,145 7,125 20 0 0 20 0.3
French and non-official language 65 25 45 0 0 45 69.2
English, French and non-official language 150 55 40 50 0 70 46.7

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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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