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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 L6M
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 56,375 53,720 1,195 625 830 1,510 2.7
Single responses 53,480 50,990 1,120 535 830 1,390 2.6
English 44,490 43,980 510 0 0 510 1.1
French 600 20 575 0 0 580 96.7
Non-official languages 8,385 6,990 30 540 830 295 3.5
Aboriginal 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 1,985 1,585 5 205 190 110 5.5
Italian 180 155 0 10 20 5 2.8
Portuguese 390 285 0 20 75 15 3.8
Romanian 240 150 0 70 20 35 14.6
Spanish 1,170 995 0 105 70 50 4.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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
Germanic languages 160 130 0 30 0 10 6.3
Dutch 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 75 55 0 15 0 10 13.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 1,855 1,575 5 105 160 60 3.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 50 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Croatian 245 210 0 10 20 5 2.0
Czech 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 55 45 0 0 5 5 9.1
Polish 490 425 0 25 40 10 2.0
Russian 505 415 5 30 50 15 3.0
Serbian 325 270 5 30 25 15 4.6
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 45 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Turkic languages 80 70 0 10 5 5 6.3
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 80 65 0 5 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 475 365 10 55 45 40 8.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 460 355 10 55 40 40 8.7
Amharic 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
Arabic 405 305 10 50 40 35 8.6
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,685 1,430 0 65 190 30 1.8
Indo-Aryan languages 1,300 1,110 0 50 145 25 1.9
Bengali 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hindi 115 100 0 10 5 5 4.3
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 545 440 0 15 90 5 0.9
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0 5 11.1
Urdu 465 410 0 20 30 10 2.2
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 375 320 0 10 45 5 1.3
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 280 235 0 15 35 10 3.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 80 75 0 0 5 5 6.3
Telugu 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 630 540 0 25 70 10 1.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 840 700 0 25 120 10 1.2
Chinese languages 835 700 0 25 115 10 1.2
Cantonese 135 115 0 5 15 5 3.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 295 250 0 5 40 5 1.7
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 395 330 0 5 55 5 1.3
Tibetan 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
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 100 80 0 5 15 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 95 80 0 0 10 5 5.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 205 195 0 5 5 5 2.4
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 180 175 0 5 5 5 2.8
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 35 30 5 5 0 5 14.3
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 5 5 5 25.0
Bantu languages 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 2,895 2,730 75 90 0 125 4.3
English and French 125 30 50 50 0 75 60.0
English and non-official language 2,675 2,675 0 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 20 5 15 0 0 20 100.0
English, French and non-official language 70 20 10 40 0 30 42.9

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not applicable

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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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