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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 Hamilton
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 712,580 690,025 9,945 2,630 9,980 11,260 1.6
Single responses 688,605 667,195 9,300 2,130 9,980 10,365 1.5
English 613,375 607,385 5,990 0 0 5,990 1.0
French 3,350 240 3,105 0 0 3,110 92.8
Non-official languages 71,875 59,565 200 2,130 9,980 1,270 1.8
Aboriginal languages 25 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree 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
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 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 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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 17,050 13,205 60 670 3,120 395 2.3
Italian 6,385 5,030 20 80 1,260 55 0.9
Portuguese 3,810 2,650 10 85 1,070 50 1.3
Romanian 1,205 890 10 195 115 105 8.7
Spanish 5,635 4,630 20 310 675 180 3.2
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 1,265 1,140 5 80 30 45 3.6
Dutch 270 240 0 25 0 10 3.7
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
German 815 740 0 45 25 25 3.1
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Scandinavian languages 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 105 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 15,185 13,045 25 400 1,715 230 1.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 630 525 0 25 85 10 1.6
Bulgarian 100 90 0 10 10 5 5.0
Croatian 2,500 2,125 10 50 320 35 1.4
Czech 920 735 0 10 175 5 0.5
Macedonian 260 220 0 15 20 10 3.8
Polish 4,290 3,815 5 100 375 55 1.3
Russian 1,230 1,055 0 45 135 25 2.0
Serbian 3,690 3,105 5 115 460 65 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 245 200 0 10 30 5 2.0
Slovak 310 265 0 5 40 0 0.0
Slovenian 245 235 0 5 10 5 2.0
Ukrainian 730 655 5 25 50 15 2.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 355 320 0 25 10 15 4.2
Latvian 160 140 0 20 5 10 6.3
Lithuanian 200 185 0 10 5 5 2.5
Greek 750 670 0 20 60 5 0.7
Armenian 120 95 0 10 10 5 4.2
Albanian 860 725 5 15 120 10 1.2
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,485 1,260 5 40 180 25 1.7
Estonian 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 15 0 5 0 5 50.0
Hungarian 1,410 1,195 5 40 175 25 1.8
Turkic languages 550 500 0 5 40 5 0.9
Azerbaijani 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 460 415 0 10 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 70 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,810 5,535 40 295 945 185 2.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 570 425 0 5 140 0 0.0
Oromo 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 540 400 0 0 135 0 0.0
Semitic languages 6,245 5,110 35 295 805 185 3.0
Amharic 110 100 0 0 5 5 4.5
Arabic 4,695 3,830 35 270 570 165 3.5
Hebrew 65 55 5 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,295 1,055 0 20 220 10 0.8
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 11,300 9,590 15 260 1,440 140 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 8,600 7,335 0 160 1,100 85 1.0
Bengali 785 710 5 25 55 15 1.9
Gujarati 770 625 5 15 120 10 1.3
Hindi 595 555 0 20 20 10 1.7
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,785 3,015 0 55 710 30 0.8
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,395 2,185 0 35 170 20 0.8
Nepali 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,650 2,215 5 95 330 55 2.1
Kurdish 730 575 5 45 110 25 3.4
Pashto 155 140 0 10 5 5 3.2
Persian (Farsi) 1,770 1,505 5 45 220 20 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Dravidian languages 615 565 0 10 40 5 0.8
Kannada 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 260 235 0 0 25 0 0.0
Tamil 260 245 0 5 15 0 0.0
Telugu 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 1,495 1,275 0 25 200 10 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,305 6,000 5 85 1,210 50 0.7
Chinese languages 7,045 5,820 10 85 1,135 50 0.7
Cantonese 1,270 880 0 15 375 10 0.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 1,645 1,405 0 25 215 15 0.9
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,075 3,490 5 45 535 30 0.7
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 170 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 295 215 0 5 75 5 1.7
Lao 195 150 0 0 35 0 0.0
Thai 105 65 0 5 35 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,935 2,280 5 55 595 35 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 565 430 5 10 115 10 1.8
Vietnamese 2,375 1,850 5 45 475 30 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,280 2,225 0 5 50 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 65 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 100 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 105 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,990 1,940 0 5 40 0 0.0
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 445 365 20 45 20 40 9.0
Akan (Twi) 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 300 230 20 35 15 35 11.7
Lingala 10 0 0 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 10 10 0 10 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Shona 70 65 0 0 5 5 7.1
Swahili 135 95 10 20 15 20 14.8
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 5 11.1
Edo 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
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
African languages, n.i.e. 235 210 0 15 5 5 2.1
Creoles 125 35 20 65 5 50 40.0
Non-verbal languages 225 140 0 0 80 5 2.2
American Sign Language 50 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 170 105 0 0 65 0 0.0
Other languages 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 23,975 22,830 645 500 0 890 3.7
English and French 945 260 395 290 0 545 57.7
English and non-official language 22,310 22,265 45 0 0 45 0.2
French and non-official language 315 170 140 0 0 145 46.0
English, French and non-official language 405 140 60 210 0 165 40.7

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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-XCB2011037.

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