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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 St. Catharines - Niagara
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 386,520 370,745 12,175 1,015 2,590 12,685 3.3
Single responses 378,700 363,790 11,590 735 2,590 11,960 3.2
English 354,110 346,400 7,710 0 0 7,705 2.2
French 4,015 180 3,830 0 0 3,835 95.5
Non-official languages 20,580 17,210 45 735 2,590 415 2.0
Aboriginal languages 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Algonquian languages 10 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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 5 0 5 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mohawk 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 6,475 5,175 10 210 1,085 115 1.8
Italian 3,550 2,845 5 50 650 30 0.8
Portuguese 215 185 5 10 25 5 2.3
Romanian 150 110 0 35 10 15 10.0
Spanish 2,560 2,045 5 120 395 60 2.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 1,520 1,365 5 40 115 25 1.6
Dutch 185 165 0 10 10 5 2.7
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 1,260 1,120 0 30 105 15 1.2
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 20 20 5 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,005 3,440 5 175 385 90 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 170 150 0 10 10 10 5.9
Croatian 305 265 0 5 30 5 1.6
Czech 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 1,380 1,200 5 55 130 30 2.2
Russian 465 380 5 30 55 15 3.2
Serbian 835 700 0 40 90 25 3.0
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 75 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 420 355 0 20 40 15 3.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Lithuanian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 235 210 5 5 25 0 0.0
Armenian 95 75 0 10 15 5 5.3
Albanian 85 80 0 0 10 5 5.9
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 510 455 0 15 40 10 2.0
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 450 395 0 15 40 10 2.2
Turkic languages 200 180 0 10 10 5 2.5
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 195 170 0 10 10 5 2.6
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,435 1,205 5 100 125 55 3.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 85 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,345 1,125 5 100 120 60 4.5
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,255 1,040 10 90 115 50 4.0
Hebrew 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,425 1,255 5 35 135 15 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 1,045 910 0 20 110 10 1.0
Bengali 85 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 265 205 0 15 45 5 1.9
Hindi 125 115 5 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 170 140 0 0 30 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 340 315 0 5 20 0 0.0
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 370 330 0 10 25 5 1.4
Kurdish 145 130 5 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 200 185 0 5 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 120 110 0 0 5 5 4.2
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 55 50 0 0 5 5 9.1
Telugu 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 125 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 630 560 0 10 55 5 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,105 1,705 5 20 380 15 0.7
Chinese languages 2,085 1,690 0 20 375 15 0.7
Cantonese 415 290 0 5 125 5 1.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 405 340 0 5 55 0 0.0
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,245 1,040 0 10 190 5 0.4
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 160 125 0 5 35 0 0.0
Lao 140 100 0 5 30 5 3.6
Thai 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 400 5 15 105 10 1.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 90 65 0 5 20 5 5.6
Vietnamese 430 335 0 10 85 5 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 520 500 5 5 10 5 1.0
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 480 465 0 10 10 5 1.0
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 120 85 5 20 10 15 12.5
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 60 5 20 5 15 15.8
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 45 30 0 5 5 5 11.1
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
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. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 80 20 10 50 5 35 43.8
Non-verbal languages 125 95 0 0 30 0 0.0
American Sign Language 40 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 7,820 6,955 585 280 0 725 9.3
English and French 915 195 480 235 0 600 65.6
English and non-official language 6,705 6,685 20 0 0 20 0.3
French and non-official language 65 25 45 0 0 45 69.2
English, French and non-official language 140 55 40 50 0 60 42.9

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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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