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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 L5V
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 50,550 47,255 480 565 2,245 765 1.5
Single responses 43,985 40,855 405 470 2,245 645 1.5
English 26,890 26,745 150 0 0 145 0.5
French 245 15 230 0 0 225 91.8
Non-official languages 16,845 14,100 35 475 2,245 270 1.6
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 1,175 885 5 55 230 30 2.6
Italian 140 105 0 0 35 0 0.0
Portuguese 505 355 0 20 130 10 2.0
Romanian 55 45 0 10 5 5 9.1
Spanish 475 385 0 30 60 15 3.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 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
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 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
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 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
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 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 1,140 970 0 50 120 25 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 145 130 0 10 5 5 3.4
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 695 600 0 25 70 15 2.2
Russian 110 90 0 5 15 5 4.5
Serbian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 50 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Albanian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 1,420 1,170 15 90 145 60 4.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,365 1,125 15 90 135 55 4.0
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,255 1,035 15 90 120 60 4.8
Hebrew 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
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 5,560 4,880 5 120 550 65 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 5,275 4,640 5 110 525 60 1.1
Bengali 150 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 475 400 5 20 55 10 2.1
Hindi 515 460 0 15 45 5 1.0
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 70 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,400 1,120 0 25 255 15 1.1
Sindhi 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,510 2,305 0 45 165 25 1.0
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 285 245 0 15 25 10 3.5
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Persian (Farsi) 240 210 0 5 25 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,135 985 0 25 125 10 0.9
Kannada 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 80 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tamil 945 815 0 20 115 5 0.5
Telugu 90 85 0 10 0 5 5.6
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 245 210 0 0 30 5 2.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,660 2,785 0 45 825 25 0.7
Chinese languages 3,650 2,775 0 50 825 30 0.8
Cantonese 1,740 1,305 0 20 410 10 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 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
Fukien 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
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 745 575 5 10 155 5 0.7
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,145 875 0 20 245 10 0.9
Tibetan 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
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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 960 770 5 20 165 15 1.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 955 765 5 20 160 15 1.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,195 1,160 0 5 30 5 0.4
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,045 1,025 0 5 15 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 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 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 5 0 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 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
Swahili 0 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
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 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
Igbo 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
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 50 5 5 40 5 25 50.0
Non-verbal languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 15 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 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 6,565 6,400 75 95 0 120 1.8
English and French 100 35 30 30 0 50 50.0
English and non-official language 6,320 6,320 0 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 40 10 35 0 0 30 75.0
English, French and non-official language 105 35 10 60 0 40 38.1

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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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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