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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 CapitalFootnote 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 355,015 345,825 5,765 865 2,560 6,195 1.7
Single responses 348,970 340,300 5,480 635 2,560 5,800 1.7
English 330,355 326,575 3,775 0 0 3,775 1.1
French 1,810 140 1,665 0 0 1,670 92.3
Non-official languages 16,810 13,575 40 635 2,560 355 2.1
Aboriginal languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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. 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Athapaskan 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
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 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
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 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Salish 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gitksan 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
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit 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
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. 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
Aboriginal 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
Romance languages 1,770 1,450 15 150 150 95 5.4
Italian 195 160 5 20 10 15 7.7
Portuguese 430 350 5 20 55 10 2.3
Romanian 105 80 0 25 5 10 9.5
Spanish 1,040 860 5 90 85 50 4.8
Catalan 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 905 745 5 130 15 75 8.3
Dutch 210 150 0 50 0 25 11.9
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 590 495 5 75 10 40 6.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 80 65 0 10 5 5 6.3
Danish 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 20 10 0 5 0 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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. 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
Slavic languages 1,220 1,035 0 85 95 45 3.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Croatian 155 140 0 0 5 5 3.2
Czech 80 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 310 270 5 20 20 10 3.2
Russian 395 320 0 30 40 15 3.8
Serbian 65 55 0 10 0 5 7.7
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Slovak 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 70 60 0 5 10 5 7.1
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 185 165 0 5 5 10 5.4
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 40 5 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 135 125 0 10 0 5 3.7
Turkic languages 60 55 0 5 5 5 8.3
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkish 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 595 455 0 70 65 35 5.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 540 405 5 70 65 40 7.4
Amharic 30 25 0 0 5 5 16.7
Arabic 460 345 5 65 55 35 7.6
Hebrew 20 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,960 2,420 0 50 485 25 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 2,570 2,085 0 30 450 15 0.6
Bengali 70 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 140 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,185 1,740 5 25 425 10 0.5
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 100 85 0 5 15 0 0.0
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 380 325 0 20 35 10 2.6
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 370 320 0 20 35 10 2.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 455 380 0 25 55 10 2.2
Korean 955 815 0 25 110 15 1.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,665 4,200 0 60 1,405 30 0.5
Chinese languages 5,640 4,180 0 60 1,400 30 0.5
Cantonese 1,745 1,180 0 5 555 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,390 1,175 0 20 195 10 0.7
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,455 1,780 0 35 650 15 0.6
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 585 500 0 10 70 5 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 45 5 5 10 5 7.7
Vietnamese 520 455 0 10 60 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 905 885 0 5 10 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 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) 805 795 0 5 5 5 0.6
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 40 5 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Shona 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 125 80 0 0 40 0 0.0
American Sign Language 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 70 0 0 30 5 5.3
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,045 5,530 285 230 0 400 6.6
English and French 530 130 235 170 0 315 59.4
English and non-official language 5,340 5,335 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 40 15 20 0 0 20 50.0
English, French and non-official language 130 45 25 60 0 55 42.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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