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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 Vancouver
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 2,292,120 2,126,505 25,030 13,890 126,685 31,975 1.4
Single responses 2,158,685 1,996,650 23,200 12,145 126,690 29,270 1.4
English 1,568,165 1,553,410 14,750 0 0 14,755 0.9
French 8,410 725 7,685 0 0 7,680 91.3
Non-official languages 582,115 442,515 765 12,150 126,690 6,835 1.2
Aboriginal languages 130 120 0 5 10 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 55 45 0 0 5 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 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 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
Dene 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iroquoian 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
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 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gitksan 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
Nisga'a 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tsimshian 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
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 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
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 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
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. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 28,715 23,055 185 2,640 2,845 1,500 5.2
Italian 4,565 3,810 25 255 480 150 3.3
Portuguese 3,435 2,860 20 205 355 120 3.5
Romanian 3,575 2,435 30 785 325 420 11.7
Spanish 17,105 13,930 110 1,385 1,680 800 4.7
Catalan 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Germanic languages 5,315 4,565 15 605 130 320 6.0
Dutch 725 585 0 120 20 65 9.0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
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 3,485 2,975 15 410 90 220 6.3
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 555 505 0 30 20 15 2.7
Danish 185 165 0 10 5 5 2.7
Icelandic 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Norwegian 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swedish 255 235 0 15 5 5 2.0
Afrikaans 520 490 0 25 5 10 1.9
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 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
Celtic languages 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Gaelic languages 30 20 5 5 5 5 16.7
Welsh 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 26,065 22,585 35 1,390 2,050 730 2.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 640 580 0 15 45 5 0.8
Bulgarian 985 795 5 125 55 65 6.6
Croatian 2,045 1,845 0 50 145 25 1.2
Czech 1,015 950 0 40 25 20 2.0
Macedonian 115 105 0 5 0 5 4.3
Polish 5,185 4,605 10 220 350 115 2.2
Russian 10,055 8,515 15 520 1,005 275 2.7
Serbian 3,755 3,205 5 275 275 140 3.7
Serbo-Croatian 555 470 5 45 35 25 4.5
Slovak 885 795 0 50 35 25 2.8
Slovenian 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 705 590 0 40 75 25 3.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 130 115 0 5 10 0 0.0
Latvian 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 50 40 0 0 0 5 10.0
Greek 1,755 1,545 5 65 135 40 2.3
Armenian 435 345 0 55 35 30 6.9
Albanian 505 425 0 15 65 10 2.0
Georgian 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,330 2,025 10 100 195 60 2.6
Estonian 100 85 0 15 0 5 5.0
Finnish 445 415 0 20 20 10 2.2
Hungarian 1,780 1,530 5 70 175 45 2.5
Turkic languages 1,580 1,330 5 85 160 50 3.2
Azerbaijani 155 145 0 10 5 5 3.2
Turkish 1,250 1,035 10 75 130 45 3.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 175 150 0 0 25 0 0.0
Mongolian 135 115 0 5 5 5 3.7
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,210 7,225 130 575 1,280 420 4.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 740 625 15 10 95 15 2.0
Oromo 135 105 5 5 20 5 3.7
Somali 605 520 10 5 70 10 1.7
Semitic languages 8,445 6,595 115 560 1,180 395 4.7
Amharic 500 455 0 10 30 5 1.0
Arabic 6,505 4,945 105 495 950 355 5.5
Hebrew 720 645 10 45 20 30 4.2
Maltese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 260 240 0 5 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 460 300 0 0 155 5 1.1
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 5 10 5 10 40.0
Indo-Iranian languages 152,225 118,325 95 2,570 31,235 1,380 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 126,735 96,720 50 1,510 28,460 805 0.6
Bengali 1,310 1,195 0 30 80 20 1.5
Gujarati 2,910 2,535 5 20 350 15 0.5
Hindi 11,685 10,475 5 140 1,070 75 0.6
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Marathi 210 195 0 5 15 5 2.4
Panjabi (Punjabi) 103,895 76,260 35 1,215 26,385 640 0.6
Sindhi 660 605 5 20 35 15 2.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 530 495 0 10 25 5 0.9
Urdu 5,045 4,555 0 55 420 30 0.6
Nepali 460 380 0 10 75 0 0.0
Iranian languages 25,350 21,480 40 1,060 2,765 575 2.3
Kurdish 920 785 0 20 110 10 1.1
Pashto 540 445 0 10 85 5 0.9
Persian (Farsi) 23,895 20,245 40 1,030 2,570 560 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 2,830 2,510 0 50 265 25 0.9
Kannada 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 610 555 0 5 50 5 0.8
Tamil 1,880 1,655 0 35 190 15 0.8
Telugu 250 220 0 10 25 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 8,110 6,815 15 115 1,170 70 0.9
Korean 34,850 28,530 10 565 5,740 290 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 258,110 178,915 125 2,605 76,465 1,430 0.6
Chinese languages 256,850 178,115 130 2,600 76,010 1,425 0.6
Cantonese 100,680 66,690 50 840 33,095 475 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 150 70 0 0 75 0 0.0
Fukien 675 590 0 0 85 0 0.0
Hakka 310 230 0 5 75 5 1.6
Mandarin 75,385 55,385 25 985 18,985 520 0.7
Shanghainese 545 320 0 10 220 5 0.9
Taiwanese 2,825 1,980 5 35 805 20 0.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 76,285 52,855 50 720 22,665 405 0.5
Tibetan languages 90 65 0 0 20 0 0.0
Burmese 560 460 0 0 95 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 610 275 0 0 335 0 0.0
Tai languages 1,075 935 0 30 105 20 1.9
Lao 415 345 0 15 50 10 2.4
Thai 660 590 0 15 50 10 1.5
Austro-Asiatic languages 15,510 11,605 50 295 3,560 200 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 580 445 5 10 125 10 1.7
Vietnamese 14,925 11,160 45 285 3,435 190 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 30,870 29,985 10 110 765 70 0.2
Bisayan languages 1,100 1,075 0 5 25 0 0.0
Ilocano 1,085 1,045 0 5 40 0 0.0
Malay 1,265 1,190 0 10 65 5 0.4
Pampango 125 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 26,830 26,150 15 90 575 60 0.2
Bikol 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 215 210 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 160 115 0 0 50 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 765 565 15 115 65 75 9.8
Akan (Twi) 110 100 0 5 5 5 4.5
Bantu languages 445 305 15 85 40 55 12.4
Lingala 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 70 30 5 30 0 15 21.4
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 0 10 0 10 40.0
Shona 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 200 135 0 35 30 15 7.5
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bamanankan 0 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
Ewe 30 20 5 5 0 5 16.7
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 10 20 5 4.3
African languages, n.i.e. 160 150 0 0 10 5 3.1
Creoles 270 80 40 150 5 115 42.6
Non-verbal languages 725 465 5 5 260 5 0.7
American Sign Language 255 180 5 5 70 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 475 285 0 0 190 0 0.0
Other languages 245 130 5 0 115 0 0.0
Multiple responses 133,430 129,855 1,830 1,745 0 2,700 2.0
English and French 2,620 745 1,040 840 0 1,460 55.7
English and non-official language 128,365 128,170 190 0 0 185 0.1
French and non-official language 730 360 365 0 0 365 50.0
English, French and non-official language 1,720 575 240 905 0 690 40.1

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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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