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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 Edmonton, 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 801,200 764,985 16,225 4,395 15,595 18,425 2.3
Single responses 762,185 727,910 15,065 3,620 15,590 16,870 2.2
English 634,740 626,340 8,405 0 0 8,400 1.3
French 6,555 355 6,195 0 0 6,200 94.6
Non-official languages 120,890 101,215 460 3,620 15,595 2,275 1.9
Aboriginal languages 430 420 0 5 5 5 1.2
Algonquian languages 340 335 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 315 310 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 315 310 0 5 5 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 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 20 15 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 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
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iroquoian 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
Mohawk 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gitksan 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
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal 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
Romance languages 12,175 9,675 100 920 1,475 555 4.6
Italian 1,535 1,275 5 50 205 30 2.0
Portuguese 1,605 1,255 10 80 260 45 2.8
Romanian 1,195 875 10 215 100 115 9.6
Spanish 7,825 6,270 75 575 910 365 4.7
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages 2,025 1,830 10 115 75 65 3.2
Dutch 190 170 0 15 10 10 5.3
Flemish 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
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 1,645 1,485 5 90 60 50 3.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 75 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 115 105 5 0 0 5 4.3
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 5 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 10,210 8,975 15 390 830 215 2.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 330 310 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bulgarian 250 205 0 35 15 20 8.0
Croatian 495 440 0 5 55 0 0.0
Czech 180 165 0 5 5 5 2.8
Macedonian 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 3,595 3,180 5 100 310 55 1.5
Russian 2,440 2,125 5 120 185 70 2.9
Serbian 765 675 5 20 65 15 2.0
Serbo-Croatian 155 135 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slovak 130 120 0 10 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,715 1,490 0 85 130 45 2.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 40 0 5 0 5 10.0
Latvian 30 25 0 5 5 5 16.7
Lithuanian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 295 270 0 15 15 10 3.4
Armenian 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Albanian 255 220 0 5 25 5 2.0
Georgian 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Finno-Ugric languages 445 380 0 25 35 15 3.4
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 420 360 0 25 35 10 2.4
Turkic languages 1,050 850 15 60 130 40 3.8
Azerbaijani 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 940 765 15 55 115 40 4.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,600 9,640 140 745 1,070 515 4.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 2,995 2,490 40 170 295 125 4.2
Oromo 355 270 0 25 60 10 2.8
Somali 2,645 2,220 40 155 230 115 4.3
Semitic languages 8,570 7,140 100 560 770 375 4.4
Amharic 1,105 1,025 0 10 65 10 0.9
Arabic 6,610 5,340 90 535 645 360 5.4
Hebrew 135 115 0 10 5 5 3.7
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 625 565 0 5 50 5 0.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 5 5 10 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 28,560 24,380 15 460 3,710 245 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 25,610 21,835 15 365 3,390 200 0.8
Bengali 995 930 0 30 40 10 1.0
Gujarati 1,975 1,655 5 45 275 25 1.3
Hindi 3,490 3,200 5 45 245 25 0.7
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 160 140 5 5 10 5 3.1
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,140 11,510 5 165 2,460 90 0.6
Sindhi 355 315 0 10 30 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 430 420 0 5 10 0 0.0
Urdu 3,695 3,365 0 50 275 25 0.7
Nepali 345 290 0 5 55 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,880 2,500 5 80 305 45 1.6
Kurdish 300 265 0 10 35 5 1.7
Pashto 325 285 0 5 40 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,255 1,950 0 70 230 35 1.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 50 0 10 10 5 7.1
Dravidian languages 1,620 1,495 0 20 100 15 0.9
Kannada 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 720 670 0 10 50 5 0.7
Tamil 590 550 0 10 30 5 0.8
Telugu 255 235 0 0 15 5 2.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 365 315 0 0 40 5 1.4
Korean 3,010 2,575 5 45 390 20 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 27,830 21,485 15 290 6,040 165 0.6
Chinese languages 27,555 21,285 15 290 5,970 165 0.6
Cantonese 9,420 6,665 5 70 2,680 40 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Fukien 65 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Hakka 85 60 0 0 25 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,520 4,730 0 85 705 50 0.9
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0 10 5 9.1
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,340 9,700 10 125 2,500 70 0.6
Tibetan 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
Burmese 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 160 0 0 70 0 0.0
Tai languages 310 255 5 15 40 5 1.6
Lao 175 140 0 10 20 10 5.7
Thai 140 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 5,850 4,670 20 80 1,085 55 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 360 285 5 0 70 0 0.0
Vietnamese 5,490 4,380 20 85 1,015 60 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 12,000 11,720 5 40 235 25 0.2
Bisayan languages 360 355 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 335 320 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malay 110 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 11,060 10,815 5 35 200 25 0.2
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,365 955 100 235 80 215 15.8
Akan (Twi) 190 175 0 5 5 5 2.6
Bantu languages 860 535 80 190 50 175 20.3
Lingala 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 10 30 5 30 46.2
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 85 20 70 36.8
Shona 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 300 195 30 60 25 60 20.0
Ganda 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 140 120 5 10 5 5 3.6
Edo 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 40 30 0 0 0 5 12.5
Wolof 30 10 5 15 5 15 50.0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ewe 20 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 190 155 10 15 15 15 7.9
African languages, n.i.e. 570 530 0 10 30 5 0.9
Creoles 335 170 25 130 10 85 25.4
Non-verbal languages 365 225 0 0 140 0 0.0
American Sign Language 155 105 0 0 45 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 215 120 0 0 95 0 0.0
Other languages 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 39,015 37,080 1,160 780 0 1,545 4.0
English and French 1,415 300 670 445 0 895 63.3
English and non-official language 36,595 36,510 85 0 0 80 0.2
French and non-official language 365 95 265 0 0 270 74.0
English, French and non-official language 640 170 140 325 0 305 47.7

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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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