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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 MontréalFootnote 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 3,785,915 739,485 2,767,210 216,745 62,475 847,855 22.4
Single responses 3,581,800 686,550 2,655,065 177,710 62,470 775,405 21.6
English 606,910 561,380 45,525 0 0 561,385 92.5
French 2,502,410 27,270 2,475,140 0 0 27,270 1.1
Non-official languages 472,485 97,900 134,405 177,705 62,475 186,750 39.5
Aboriginal languages 240 110 45 75 15 150 62.5
Algonquian languages 125 50 35 35 5 70 56.0
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 90 50 5 25 5 60 66.7
Cree, n.o.s. 85 50 5 30 5 65 76.5
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 25 5 20 5 0 0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 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. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Mohawk 10 5 5 5 5 5 50.0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 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
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 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 85 55 0 30 0 70 82.4
Inuktitut 70 40 0 25 0 60 85.7
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5 10 66.7
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 148,930 8,955 58,565 63,880 17,530 40,890 27.5
Italian 38,860 2,465 14,400 15,460 6,535 10,195 26.2
Portuguese 13,875 1,035 5,610 5,560 1,665 3,815 27.5
Romanian 21,380 715 6,070 13,110 1,490 7,265 34.0
Spanish 74,755 4,735 32,470 29,710 7,835 19,590 26.2
Catalan 50 5 15 30 5 15 30.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 5 5 50.0
Germanic languages 8,585 4,065 185 2,470 1,870 5,300 61.7
Dutch 325 100 25 195 10 195 60.0
Flemish 60 5 5 40 5 30 50.0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 1,830 845 110 825 55 1,260 68.9
Yiddish 6,150 2,990 40 1,335 1,790 3,660 59.5
Scandinavian languages 190 105 10 65 5 135 71.1
Danish 35 20 0 10 0 25 71.4
Icelandic 15 5 0 10 0 15 100.0
Norwegian 40 30 0 10 0 35 87.5
Swedish 100 45 10 40 5 65 65.0
Afrikaans 25 10 0 5 0 15 60.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Gaelic languages 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 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
Slavic languages 33,870 7,440 7,110 16,365 2,960 15,625 46.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 5 10 10 0 10 40.0
Bosnian 265 35 75 125 30 95 35.8
Bulgarian 4,595 440 1,215 2,640 295 1,760 38.3
Croatian 785 295 75 375 50 480 61.1
Czech 415 120 45 230 15 240 57.8
Macedonian 110 20 20 60 5 55 50.0
Polish 6,370 1,855 860 3,200 455 3,455 54.2
Russian 17,550 3,645 4,195 7,855 1,855 7,570 43.1
Serbian 1,030 190 180 605 60 490 47.6
Serbo-Croatian 310 30 85 170 25 120 38.7
Slovak 220 60 20 125 15 125 56.8
Slovenian 280 220 5 50 5 245 87.5
Ukrainian 1,800 500 305 860 140 925 51.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 125 30 30 55 5 55 44.0
Baltic languages 230 115 0 95 10 165 71.7
Latvian 85 40 5 30 10 60 70.6
Lithuanian 145 75 0 65 5 110 75.9
Greek 19,755 9,305 400 6,455 3,590 12,535 63.5
Armenian 10,870 1,335 1,120 7,450 960 5,060 46.6
Albanian 1,325 155 415 570 185 440 33.2
Georgian 60 15 10 20 10 30 50.0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,330 930 235 860 295 1,365 58.6
Estonian 25 15 5 5 0 25 100.0
Finnish 65 40 0 15 5 50 76.9
Hungarian 2,240 880 235 840 290 1,295 57.8
Turkic languages 4,965 925 1,725 1,475 840 1,660 33.4
Azerbaijani 70 15 10 30 15 35 50.0
Turkish 4,675 870 1,645 1,365 795 1,555 33.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 225 35 70 80 40 75 33.3
Mongolian 110 25 35 40 10 45 40.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 73,790 8,395 29,180 28,760 7,455 22,775 30.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,775 10 1,105 465 200 240 13.5
Cushitic languages 2,350 75 1,245 790 240 470 20.0
Oromo 1,935 5 1,120 610 195 310 16.0
Somali 415 70 120 185 40 165 39.8
Semitic languages 69,155 8,305 26,535 27,340 6,975 21,980 31.8
Amharic 330 115 25 165 20 195 59.1
Arabic 66,910 7,410 26,310 26,370 6,825 20,590 30.8
Hebrew 1,705 705 180 715 110 1,060 62.2
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 155 65 15 65 20 95 61.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 15 5 25 0 30 60.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 505 5 295 160 45 90 17.8
Indo-Iranian languages 43,930 19,195 3,630 14,340 6,760 26,370 60.0
Indo-Aryan languages 29,640 15,310 1,375 8,310 4,635 19,470 65.7
Bengali 8,155 4,190 485 2,470 1,010 5,425 66.5
Gujarati 3,930 2,120 135 970 705 2,605 66.3
Hindi 1,400 875 35 370 125 1,060 75.7
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0 15 100.0
Marathi 65 45 0 15 5 55 84.6
Panjabi (Punjabi) 8,275 4,210 305 2,165 1,595 5,295 64.0
Sindhi 165 65 15 75 10 100 60.6
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 325 205 10 85 25 245 75.4
Urdu 7,030 3,495 380 2,060 1,095 4,530 64.4
Nepali 280 90 15 105 75 140 50.0
Iranian languages 14,070 3,805 2,215 5,965 2,085 6,790 48.3
Kurdish 305 45 100 115 45 100 32.8
Pashto 770 220 125 265 165 350 45.5
Persian (Farsi) 12,990 3,545 1,985 5,585 1,875 6,335 48.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 230 80 45 60 40 110 47.8
Dravidian languages 11,605 6,215 820 3,090 1,475 7,765 66.9
Kannada 85 60 0 20 5 70 82.4
Malayalam 75 55 0 20 0 65 86.7
Tamil 11,230 5,935 820 3,020 1,450 7,450 66.3
Telugu 215 165 5 30 20 180 83.7
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Japanese 760 385 80 220 75 490 64.5
Korean 2,840 1,400 135 940 360 1,865 65.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 49,090 18,010 6,300 13,630 11,155 24,815 50.6
Chinese languages 48,955 17,945 6,290 13,580 11,140 24,730 50.5
Cantonese 8,120 2,485 730 2,400 2,505 3,685 45.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 120 5 25 45 35 30 25.0
Fukien 15 10 0 5 5 10 66.7
Hakka 20 5 0 10 5 10 50.0
Mandarin 8,525 3,605 1,055 2,545 1,320 4,875 57.2
Shanghainese 30 10 0 5 10 15 50.0
Taiwanese 220 90 15 55 55 125 56.8
Chinese, n.o.s. 31,910 11,730 4,460 8,510 7,210 15,985 50.1
Tibetan languages 65 25 0 35 10 40 61.5
Burmese 25 20 0 5 5 20 80.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 20 10 5 5 25 71.4
Tai languages 2,255 135 1,075 705 340 485 21.5
Lao 2,100 90 1,040 650 315 415 19.8
Thai 160 45 35 55 25 70 43.8
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,435 3,205 8,145 8,900 4,190 7,655 31.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,885 440 2,100 1,330 1,010 1,105 22.6
Vietnamese 19,555 2,760 6,045 7,570 3,175 6,550 33.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 8,570 6,555 165 1,610 245 7,360 85.9
Bisayan languages 230 180 5 40 0 200 87.0
Ilocano 590 465 5 90 30 510 86.4
Malay 210 130 10 60 20 155 73.8
Pampango 65 55 0 10 0 60 92.3
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,215 5,680 40 1,315 175 6,335 87.8
Bikol 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Malagasy 195 0 105 85 5 40 20.5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 15 15 0 5 5 15 100.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 10 0 35 77.8
Niger-Congo languages 3,825 515 1,885 1,195 225 1,115 29.2
Akan (Twi) 560 290 25 225 15 405 72.3
Bantu languages 1,645 110 925 515 95 365 22.2
Lingala 450 5 355 80 15 45 10.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 370 0 200 140 25 70 18.9
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 295 15 125 135 20 85 28.8
Shona 30 15 0 15 0 25 83.3
Swahili 270 25 160 70 15 60 22.2
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 230 50 85 65 25 85 37.0
Edo 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
Igbo 20 10 0 0 5 15 75.0
Wolof 515 5 295 175 40 95 18.4
Bamanankan 165 0 125 35 5 15 9.1
Ewe 35 0 20 10 0 5 14.3
Ga 25 20 0 5 0 20 80.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 855 75 500 210 65 180 21.1
African languages, n.i.e. 190 35 85 60 10 65 34.2
Creoles 19,000 350 12,565 4,425 1,650 2,570 13.5
Non-verbal languages 855 120 455 30 245 140 16.4
American Sign Language 45 30 10 0 10 25 55.6
Quebec Sign Language 280 5 205 15 50 15 5.4
Sign languages, n.i.e. 530 90 245 15 185 95 17.9
Other languages 60 5 25 30 5 15 25.0
Multiple responses 204,120 52,935 112,140 39,040 0 72,455 35.5
English and French 48,615 8,955 19,480 20,180 0 19,045 39.2
English and non-official language 41,050 40,305 745 0 0 40,305 98.2
French and non-official language 87,330 785 86,545 0 0 785 0.9
English, French and non-official language 27,120 2,890 5,370 18,865 0 12,320 45.4

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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-XCB2011037.

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