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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 Windsor
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 316,520 299,965 9,815 2,235 4,505 10,935 3.5
Single responses 304,405 288,820 9,300 1,780 4,505 10,190 3.3
English 266,230 259,845 6,385 0 0 6,385 2.4
French 2,960 245 2,715 0 0 2,715 91.7
Non-official languages 35,215 28,730 195 1,785 4,505 1,090 3.1
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Athapaskan 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 6,485 5,110 30 485 860 275 4.2
Italian 3,395 2,765 10 85 530 55 1.6
Portuguese 200 145 0 10 40 10 5.0
Romanian 1,370 995 10 265 110 135 9.9
Spanish 1,525 1,200 10 125 180 70 4.6
Catalan 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 375 320 5 25 20 15 4.0
Dutch 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Frisian 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
German 335 290 0 20 25 10 3.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 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 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
Afrikaans 5 5 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 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,615 4,975 5 200 435 110 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 180 160 0 5 15 5 2.8
Bulgarian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 680 635 0 10 40 5 0.7
Czech 50 45 0 5 0 5 10.0
Macedonian 540 475 0 15 50 5 0.9
Polish 1,590 1,385 0 80 130 40 2.5
Russian 315 250 0 30 35 15 4.8
Serbian 1,685 1,505 0 55 125 30 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 120 110 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovak 195 175 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slovenian 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Ukrainian 120 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 15 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 440 400 0 5 35 0 0.0
Armenian 110 80 5 10 15 10 9.1
Albanian 570 450 0 40 85 20 3.5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 490 425 0 15 50 10 2.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 455 390 0 15 50 5 1.1
Turkic languages 230 195 0 5 25 5 2.2
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 200 180 0 5 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,470 6,555 95 630 1,185 410 4.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 425 320 0 5 100 5 1.2
Oromo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 390 290 0 5 95 5 1.3
Semitic languages 8,040 6,235 95 620 1,085 405 5.0
Amharic 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 6,415 4,915 95 590 815 390 6.1
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,440 1,145 0 30 260 20 1.4
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 4,445 3,850 5 125 470 60 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 3,945 3,420 0 110 420 55 1.4
Bengali 430 370 0 25 30 15 3.5
Gujarati 375 320 0 5 50 5 1.3
Hindi 320 295 0 5 20 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,435 1,185 0 40 205 20 1.4
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,205 1,090 0 30 80 15 1.2
Nepali 85 50 0 0 35 0 0.0
Iranian languages 480 410 0 20 50 10 2.1
Kurdish 95 70 5 0 20 5 5.3
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 370 325 0 15 30 10 2.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 275 245 0 5 20 5 1.8
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 135 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Telugu 40 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 280 240 0 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,325 3,360 10 80 875 45 1.0
Chinese languages 4,170 3,275 10 75 815 45 1.1
Cantonese 895 680 0 10 200 10 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 890 720 5 30 140 20 2.2
Shanghainese 10 10 5 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,365 1,855 5 35 470 25 1.1
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 145 75 0 0 65 0 0.0
Tai languages 105 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 95 80 5 0 15 5 5.3
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,635 1,345 10 35 255 20 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 195 0 5 65 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,375 1,150 10 25 190 25 1.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 745 725 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 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 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 705 690 0 0 20 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 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
Niger-Congo languages 250 135 25 60 25 60 24.0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 165 65 25 60 15 60 36.4
Lingala 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 10 5 0 5 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 0 5 10 5 10 50.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 100 30 15 40 15 35 35.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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. 45 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Creoles 95 25 10 50 10 35 36.8
Non-verbal languages 100 60 5 0 35 0 0.0
American Sign Language 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 40 0 0 20 5 7.7
Other languages 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 12,115 11,145 520 455 0 745 6.1
English and French 750 160 350 245 0 470 62.7
English and non-official language 10,905 10,850 50 0 0 50 0.5
French and non-official language 125 40 80 0 0 80 64.0
English, French and non-official language 335 85 40 210 0 145 43.3

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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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