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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 Oshawa
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 353,455 344,595 6,505 825 1,535 6,915 2.0
Single responses 347,220 339,020 6,135 525 1,535 6,395 1.8
English 331,535 327,770 3,770 0 0 3,770 1.1
French 2,470 140 2,330 0 0 2,330 94.3
Non-official languages 13,210 11,115 35 530 1,535 300 2.3
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 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 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 2,875 2,280 15 170 420 95 3.3
Italian 965 785 0 20 155 15 1.6
Portuguese 630 515 0 20 100 15 2.4
Romanian 235 135 0 65 25 40 17.0
Spanish 1,050 840 5 60 140 35 3.3
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 335 320 5 10 5 5 1.5
Dutch 85 75 0 5 5 5 5.9
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 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
German 210 200 5 0 5 5 2.4
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 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
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 5 5 0 0 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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,680 2,310 5 125 240 65 2.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Croatian 100 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 185 165 0 5 20 0 0.0
Polish 1,395 1,235 5 50 110 30 2.2
Russian 260 205 0 20 35 10 3.8
Serbian 195 155 0 15 20 10 5.1
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 350 300 5 20 30 10 2.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 260 230 0 5 25 0 0.0
Armenian 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Albanian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 310 280 0 10 25 5 1.6
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 285 250 5 10 25 5 1.8
Turkic languages 60 45 0 5 10 5 8.3
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 60 45 0 5 10 5 8.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 580 470 5 50 60 30 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 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
Somali 5 5 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
Semitic languages 575 465 5 50 55 30 5.2
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 480 380 0 50 45 30 6.3
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,585 2,255 5 65 265 35 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 1,775 1,585 0 35 155 15 0.8
Bengali 115 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 305 255 0 10 40 0 0.0
Hindi 140 125 0 5 10 5 3.6
Konkani 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 230 200 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sindhi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 880 800 0 15 60 5 0.6
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 805 660 0 30 110 15 1.9
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 740 605 0 30 105 15 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 455 0 20 30 10 2.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tamil 430 385 0 15 30 10 2.3
Telugu 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Korean 280 240 0 0 40 5 1.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,580 1,250 0 20 305 15 0.9
Chinese languages 1,575 1,245 5 20 305 15 1.0
Cantonese 420 310 0 0 110 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 475 395 0 10 70 0 0.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 675 540 5 15 125 5 0.7
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 255 205 0 10 45 5 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 240 185 0 5 45 5 2.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 515 495 0 5 15 5 1.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 485 465 0 5 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 85 65 0 5 5 5 5.9
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 55 50 0 10 5 5 9.1
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) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
African 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
Creoles 35 20 5 10 5 10 28.6
Non-verbal languages 120 90 5 0 30 0 0.0
American Sign Language 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 45 5 0 25 5 6.7
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,240 5,570 370 295 0 520 8.3
English and French 660 140 305 205 0 410 62.1
English and non-official language 5,395 5,380 15 0 0 15 0.3
French and non-official language 45 10 35 0 0 35 77.8
English, French and non-official language 140 40 15 90 0 55 39.3

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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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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