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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 Regina, CYFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 190,865 186,990 2,155 335 1,385 2,320 1.2
Single responses 186,600 182,900 2,080 240 1,385 2,195 1.2
English 174,745 173,455 1,290 0 0 1,290 0.7
French 845 85 755 0 0 755 89.3
Non-official languages 11,010 9,360 30 235 1,385 145 1.3
Aboriginal languages 55 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 50 50 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 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 45 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 10 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 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dakota 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
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 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
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 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 615 495 0 70 50 35 5.7
Italian 95 85 0 0 5 5 5.3
Portuguese 25 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romanian 85 65 0 15 5 10 11.8
Spanish 415 330 0 50 40 20 4.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 255 230 0 10 15 5 2.0
Dutch 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 160 150 0 10 10 5 3.1
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian 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
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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 75 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,045 940 0 15 95 10 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 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
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 100 85 0 10 10 5 5.0
Russian 525 475 0 5 50 0 0.0
Serbian 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 240 210 0 0 25 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 190 180 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 40 40 0 0 5 5 12.5
Turkic languages 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 805 670 5 25 105 20 2.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 215 185 0 0 35 5 2.3
Oromo 30 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 185 160 0 5 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages 590 490 10 25 65 20 3.4
Amharic 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
Arabic 430 345 5 25 55 20 4.7
Hebrew 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,470 2,105 0 45 315 25 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,105 1,800 0 35 265 15 0.7
Bengali 250 225 0 10 20 5 2.0
Gujarati 145 130 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hindi 180 175 0 5 5 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 610 530 0 5 70 0 0.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 755 660 0 15 80 5 0.7
Nepali 140 65 5 0 65 0 0.0
Iranian languages 345 290 0 10 45 5 1.4
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 75 60 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 255 220 0 10 30 5 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 120 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 345 275 0 0 65 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,305 1,755 5 25 515 20 0.9
Chinese languages 1,970 1,540 5 20 405 15 0.8
Cantonese 350 250 0 5 95 5 1.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 385 310 0 10 70 0 0.0
Shanghainese 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,220 970 5 10 235 10 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 30 20 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 300 195 0 0 105 0 0.0
Tai languages 100 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 700 580 5 10 110 5 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 685 570 0 10 105 10 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,600 1,565 0 0 35 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 100 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,445 1,415 0 0 25 5 0.3
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 95 50 10 20 10 25 26.3
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 60 25 10 10 10 15 25.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 5 10 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 10 10 0 5 15 75.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,265 4,095 75 95 0 120 2.8
English and French 180 65 55 65 0 85 47.2
English and non-official language 3,985 3,980 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 25 10 0 0 10 28.6
English, French and non-official language 65 25 10 35 0 25 38.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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Footnote 3

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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