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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 and Forward Sortation Areas, 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 L4Z
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 37,175 34,880 400 425 1,470 610 1.6
Single responses 32,750 30,570 340 370 1,470 525 1.6
English 21,075 20,935 140 0 0 140 0.7
French 190 10 180 0 0 180 94.7
Non-official languages 11,490 9,630 15 370 1,470 205 1.8
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,675 1,250 0 95 325 50 3.0
Italian 365 275 0 5 90 5 1.4
Portuguese 545 355 0 20 170 10 1.8
Romanian 100 80 0 20 5 10 10.0
Spanish 665 540 0 50 70 25 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 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
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,215 1,905 0 85 225 45 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 165 150 0 5 15 5 3.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 55 50 0 0 5 5 9.1
Polish 1,205 1,025 5 35 140 20 1.7
Russian 185 155 0 15 20 5 2.7
Serbian 165 140 0 10 20 5 3.0
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 25 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 285 245 0 15 25 5 1.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 70 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 770 625 5 60 80 35 4.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 735 595 5 55 80 35 4.8
Amharic 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
Arabic 655 530 5 55 70 35 5.3
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 5 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,320 2,035 5 50 235 25 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 2,100 1,835 0 50 210 25 1.2
Bengali 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 235 205 0 5 30 5 2.1
Hindi 270 250 5 5 15 5 1.9
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Panjabi (Punjabi) 570 445 0 10 105 5 0.9
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 765 695 0 15 55 5 0.7
Nepali 40 40 0 0 5 5 12.5
Iranian languages 220 195 0 0 20 0 0.0
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 190 170 0 0 15 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 675 600 0 15 65 10 1.5
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 570 510 0 10 55 5 0.9
Telugu 40 35 0 0 5 5 12.5
Dravidian 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
Japanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 255 220 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,615 1,280 5 20 315 10 0.6
Chinese languages 1,610 1,275 5 15 315 10 0.6
Cantonese 515 395 0 5 120 0 0.0
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 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
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 480 390 0 5 85 0 0.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 590 470 5 10 105 5 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 735 585 0 10 135 10 1.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 735 585 0 15 135 10 1.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 800 775 0 5 20 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 730 705 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bikol 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 5 5 25 0 20 66.7
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,420 4,305 55 55 0 85 1.9
English and French 70 20 25 25 0 40 57.1
English and non-official language 4,270 4,265 5 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 15 5 10 0 0 10 66.7
English, French and non-official language 60 15 15 25 0 35 58.3

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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-XCB2011038.


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