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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 Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 Halifax
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 386,440 374,480 9,780 1,045 1,135 10,305 2.7
Single responses 381,500 370,350 9,340 675 1,135 9,680 2.5
English 365,535 359,645 5,890 0 0 5,890 1.6
French 3,660 270 3,390 0 0 3,390 92.6
Non-official languages 12,305 10,435 65 670 1,130 400 3.3
Aboriginal languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 875 675 15 105 80 70 8.0
Italian 140 125 0 5 10 5 3.6
Portuguese 90 70 0 10 10 5 5.6
Romanian 75 45 0 20 10 10 13.3
Spanish 570 440 15 70 55 45 7.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 365 285 0 70 10 35 9.6
Dutch 50 35 0 20 0 10 20.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 245 200 0 40 10 20 8.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 50 35 0 10 0 5 10.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 20 10 5 5 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 5 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 935 795 5 70 65 35 3.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Polish 180 150 0 20 10 10 5.6
Russian 455 390 5 30 35 20 4.4
Serbian 55 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 245 215 0 10 30 5 2.0
Armenian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 120 100 0 5 15 5 4.2
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 60 45 0 10 0 5 8.3
Estonian 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
Finnish 5 0 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
Hungarian 50 45 0 10 0 5 10.0
Turkic languages 165 145 0 10 15 5 3.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 135 120 0 10 5 5 3.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,185 2,615 30 275 265 170 5.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 20 10 0 0 5 5 25.0
Somali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 3,145 2,585 30 275 260 165 5.2
Amharic 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 3,030 2,475 30 270 255 165 5.4
Hebrew 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,045 1,770 5 55 220 25 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 1,045 870 0 20 150 15 1.4
Bengali 200 185 0 5 10 5 2.5
Gujarati 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 185 175 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 145 120 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 215 195 0 5 20 0 0.0
Nepali 200 105 0 0 95 0 0.0
Iranian languages 985 880 0 35 65 15 1.5
Kurdish 55 50 0 5 5 5 9.1
Pashto 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 900 810 5 30 60 15 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 195 195 0 5 0 0 0.0
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Malayalam 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 105 90 0 5 15 0 0.0
Korean 470 410 0 10 50 5 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,480 2,175 0 25 270 20 0.8
Chinese languages 2,475 2,175 0 30 270 20 0.8
Cantonese 260 185 0 5 65 5 1.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 600 550 0 10 45 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,590 1,420 5 15 155 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 20 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 235 200 0 5 25 5 2.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 230 200 5 5 25 5 2.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 460 445 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415 400 0 0 10 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 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 105 70 5 15 5 15 14.3
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 30 0 10 0 10 22.2
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 0 5 5 5 33.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 5 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 140 95 0 0 45 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 65 0 0 25 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,945 4,135 440 375 0 625 12.6
English and French 830 180 350 300 0 500 60.2
English and non-official language 3,880 3,860 20 0 0 20 0.5
French and non-official language 90 40 50 0 0 50 55.6
English, French and non-official language 140 50 20 75 0 55 39.3

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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-XCB2011037.

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