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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 M3A
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 34,385 32,015 750 620 995 1,060 3.1
Single responses 31,510 29,310 660 545 995 935 3.0
English 21,850 21,605 245 0 0 240 1.1
French 375 25 355 0 0 355 94.7
Non-official languages 9,280 7,675 65 550 1,000 335 3.6
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 1,580 1,200 5 200 175 100 6.3
Italian 80 60 0 10 10 5 6.3
Portuguese 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Romanian 650 440 5 160 45 85 13.1
Spanish 785 650 0 30 105 20 2.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 25 30 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 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 25 25 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 840 705 10 50 70 35 4.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 120 90 5 15 10 10 8.3
Croatian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 105 90 0 5 5 5 4.8
Russian 345 290 5 20 30 15 4.3
Serbian 155 130 0 0 20 5 3.2
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Slovak 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 235 195 0 5 35 0 0.0
Armenian 265 200 15 25 30 25 9.4
Albanian 45 35 0 0 5 5 11.1
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 170 145 0 10 10 10 5.9
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 130 110 0 10 5 5 3.8
Turkic languages 170 135 0 5 30 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 145 115 0 0 25 5 3.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 700 515 20 100 60 70 10.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 675 495 25 100 55 70 10.4
Amharic 20 15 5 0 0 5 25.0
Arabic 630 455 20 90 60 65 10.3
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,030 1,780 0 55 190 30 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,070 980 0 20 70 10 0.9
Bengali 350 325 0 10 10 5 1.4
Gujarati 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hindi 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 405 370 0 5 35 0 0.0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 945 795 5 35 115 20 2.1
Kurdish 50 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 860 720 5 30 110 20 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 350 315 0 10 20 5 1.4
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 290 260 0 10 20 5 1.7
Telugu 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 40 30 0 0 5 5 12.5
Korean 405 340 0 5 60 5 1.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,670 1,355 0 45 275 20 1.2
Chinese languages 1,665 1,345 0 40 280 25 1.5
Cantonese 415 335 0 10 80 5 1.2
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 665 540 0 20 105 10 1.5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 565 460 0 15 85 10 1.8
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 565 545 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 515 505 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bikol 5 10 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 70 55 5 5 5 10 14.3
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 30 5 0 5 10 22.2
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 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 35 5 5 15 0 15 42.9
Non-verbal languages 5 5 0 0 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,870 2,705 90 75 0 125 4.4
English and French 70 15 30 30 0 45 64.3
English and non-official language 2,670 2,665 10 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 45 10 35 0 0 35 77.8
English, French and non-official language 85 20 15 45 0 40 47.1

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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-XCB2011038.


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