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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 London, CY
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 362,265 351,165 4,755 1,845 4,495 5,680 1.6
Single responses 350,660 340,195 4,420 1,550 4,490 5,195 1.5
English 314,010 311,035 2,970 0 0 2,970 0.9
French 1,460 110 1,350 0 0 1,350 92.5
Non-official languages 35,190 29,045 95 1,555 4,490 875 2.5
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 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
Oneida 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
Iroquoian 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
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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 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
Romance languages 9,150 7,070 40 700 1,345 385 4.2
Italian 870 735 5 30 100 15 1.7
Portuguese 1,920 1,345 10 60 500 40 2.1
Romanian 410 260 0 110 30 60 14.6
Spanish 5,945 4,720 15 495 710 270 4.5
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 545 495 0 40 15 20 3.7
Dutch 120 105 0 5 5 5 4.2
Flemish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 355 320 0 25 5 15 4.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,395 4,685 5 265 445 135 2.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 365 325 0 10 30 10 2.7
Bulgarian 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Croatian 330 305 0 5 20 0 0.0
Czech 115 105 0 10 0 5 4.3
Macedonian 35 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 2,795 2,435 0 125 230 65 2.3
Russian 590 465 5 50 75 25 4.2
Serbian 505 455 5 25 30 15 3.0
Serbo-Croatian 160 140 0 5 10 5 3.1
Slovak 110 100 0 15 5 5 4.5
Slovenian 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 300 250 0 5 40 5 1.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 745 650 0 10 85 5 0.7
Armenian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 510 430 0 10 80 5 1.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 380 350 5 10 15 10 2.6
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 370 340 0 10 15 10 2.7
Turkic languages 220 185 0 5 25 5 2.3
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 185 160 0 5 20 5 2.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 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 5,550 4,560 25 285 685 165 3.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 190 165 0 10 10 5 2.6
Oromo 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 175 160 0 0 10 5 2.9
Semitic languages 5,355 4,390 25 275 675 160 3.0
Amharic 135 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 4,425 3,615 25 255 535 150 3.4
Hebrew 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 630 500 0 10 115 5 0.8
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 3,825 3,310 10 90 420 55 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 2,080 1,845 0 50 190 25 1.2
Bengali 250 225 0 5 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 260 230 0 5 30 5 1.9
Hindi 290 265 0 5 25 5 1.7
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 405 350 0 15 40 5 1.2
Sindhi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 675 615 0 20 40 10 1.5
Nepali 120 85 0 0 35 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,730 1,455 10 40 230 35 2.0
Kurdish 530 435 5 10 80 10 1.9
Pashto 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 950 5 35 140 20 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 305 265 0 5 30 5 1.6
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 130 120 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tamil 120 95 0 5 20 5 4.2
Telugu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 95 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,930 1,650 0 35 245 20 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,850 3,150 5 50 650 30 0.8
Chinese languages 3,660 3,040 5 45 565 30 0.8
Cantonese 695 545 0 5 145 5 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,040 890 0 25 130 10 1.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,895 1,580 5 20 290 15 0.8
Tibetan 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
Burmese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 105 0 5 85 5 2.7
Tai languages 65 50 5 5 5 5 7.7
Lao 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Thai 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,565 1,190 5 25 350 20 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 440 320 5 10 110 10 2.3
Vietnamese 1,120 870 5 10 240 10 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 535 525 0 0 10 5 0.9
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 480 470 0 5 5 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 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 160 125 5 15 10 10 6.3
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 70 5 15 5 15 15.8
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 35 25 5 10 0 5 14.3
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 5 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 135 95 0 0 40 0 0.0
American Sign Language 55 35 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 60 0 0 25 0 0.0
Other languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 11,600 10,980 335 295 0 480 4.1
English and French 495 140 205 150 0 280 56.6
English and non-official language 10,775 10,740 40 0 0 35 0.3
French and non-official language 85 20 60 0 0 60 70.6
English, French and non-official language 245 70 35 140 0 105 42.9

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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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