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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 Winnipeg, 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 655,595 622,545 22,705 2,130 8,225 23,770 3.6
Single responses 623,205 591,990 21,550 1,435 8,225 22,270 3.6
English 543,445 531,390 12,055 0 0 12,050 2.2
French 9,700 405 9,295 0 0 9,295 95.8
Non-official languages 70,055 60,190 205 1,435 8,230 920 1.3
Aboriginal languages 985 950 0 10 20 10 1.0
Algonquian languages 920 895 0 10 20 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 235 230 0 5 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 235 225 0 5 0 5 2.1
Swampy Cree 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
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 395 380 0 5 10 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 290 285 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 6,960 5,580 35 305 1,040 185 2.7
Italian 1,125 925 5 25 170 15 1.3
Portuguese 2,300 1,655 10 60 575 40 1.7
Romanian 215 160 0 45 15 25 11.6
Spanish 3,315 2,845 20 175 280 105 3.2
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 2,710 2,505 5 70 130 35 1.3
Dutch 90 80 0 10 0 5 5.6
Flemish 15 10 0 10 0 5 33.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 2,470 2,290 5 50 130 30 1.2
Yiddish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 8,210 7,150 5 230 820 125 1.5
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 350 305 0 5 40 0 0.0
Bulgarian 85 65 0 10 10 5 5.9
Croatian 340 310 0 5 25 5 1.5
Czech 115 115 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 85 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 2,155 1,825 0 45 280 25 1.2
Russian 2,775 2,445 5 55 265 35 1.3
Serbian 335 285 0 15 35 10 3.0
Serbo-Croatian 150 130 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slovak 80 70 0 5 5 5 6.3
Slovenian 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,660 1,450 0 70 135 35 2.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 400 350 0 10 40 5 1.3
Armenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 150 125 0 5 20 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 280 250 0 10 20 5 1.8
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 15 0 5 0 5 50.0
Hungarian 270 240 0 10 20 10 3.7
Turkic languages 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,065 3,390 35 210 430 140 3.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 815 685 0 25 95 15 1.8
Oromo 225 190 0 5 30 0 0.0
Somali 585 490 0 20 65 15 2.6
Semitic languages 3,220 2,685 30 175 320 120 3.7
Amharic 690 645 0 15 35 5 0.7
Arabic 1,730 1,350 30 145 210 105 6.1
Hebrew 180 165 0 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 600 510 5 10 70 10 1.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 11,465 9,690 5 145 1,630 80 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,050 8,520 0 110 1,410 60 0.6
Bengali 375 350 0 5 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 580 505 0 5 70 5 0.9
Hindi 670 615 0 10 50 5 0.7
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,015 5,830 0 80 1,105 40 0.6
Sindhi 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 250 225 0 5 20 5 2.0
Urdu 880 805 0 10 60 5 0.6
Nepali 240 155 5 0 80 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,400 1,155 0 30 215 20 1.4
Kurdish 205 145 0 0 50 5 2.4
Pashto 130 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,070 900 0 25 135 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 440 395 0 5 45 5 1.1
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 165 150 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 175 155 0 10 15 0 0.0
Telugu 85 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 140 120 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,970 1,645 5 25 295 15 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,850 6,535 0 70 2,240 35 0.4
Chinese languages 8,455 6,290 0 70 2,090 40 0.5
Cantonese 2,205 1,470 0 20 720 10 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,590 1,325 0 15 250 10 0.6
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,590 3,450 0 35 1,105 15 0.3
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 220 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 550 415 0 30 100 20 3.6
Lao 470 350 5 30 90 20 4.3
Thai 80 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,530 1,960 10 50 515 35 1.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 100 5 0 50 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,380 1,860 5 45 470 30 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 18,650 17,975 0 55 615 30 0.2
Bisayan languages 300 290 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 250 240 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,855 17,215 5 55 580 30 0.2
Bikol 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 790 445 95 175 75 180 22.8
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Bantu languages 545 255 75 155 60 150 27.5
Lingala 20 0 5 10 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 10 15 10 15 23.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 30 10 30 5 30 40.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 160 45 90 35 90 27.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 25 5 5 10 5 11.1
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 5 5 5 5 10 66.7
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 115 10 0 15 10 6.9
African languages, n.i.e. 170 140 0 5 20 0 0.0
Creoles 155 130 0 20 5 10 6.5
Non-verbal languages 380 260 0 0 115 0 0.0
American Sign Language 195 145 0 0 50 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 180 115 5 0 65 5 2.8
Other languages 65 40 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 32,395 30,555 1,150 695 0 1,500 4.6
English and French 1,640 340 815 490 0 1,060 64.6
English and non-official language 29,885 29,825 55 0 0 55 0.2
French and non-official language 460 250 205 0 0 210 45.7
English, French and non-official language 415 140 75 205 0 175 42.2

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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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