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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 M9R
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 32,570 30,595 375 410 1,195 580 1.8
Single responses 29,785 27,940 305 350 1,190 480 1.6
English 19,410 19,295 115 0 0 115 0.6
French 175 15 160 0 0 160 91.4
Non-official languages 10,200 8,630 25 345 1,190 200 2.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 2,135 1,690 10 75 365 45 2.1
Italian 875 680 5 10 180 10 1.1
Portuguese 240 190 0 10 45 0 0.0
Romanian 75 50 0 20 10 10 13.3
Spanish 955 780 5 40 135 25 2.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 35 35 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 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
Danish 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
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 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
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 1,050 915 5 35 90 20 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Croatian 130 115 0 0 15 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 340 290 0 10 40 10 2.9
Russian 145 130 0 5 15 0 0.0
Serbian 80 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 220 195 0 15 15 5 2.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Latvian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 95 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 40 30 0 10 0 0 0.0
Albanian 335 275 0 20 45 10 3.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 110 85 0 5 25 0 0.0
Estonian 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
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 105 75 0 5 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,510 1,335 0 30 145 15 1.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 1,175 1,045 0 10 120 5 0.4
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 1,165 1,035 0 15 120 5 0.4
Semitic languages 340 295 0 15 25 10 2.9
Amharic 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Arabic 205 175 0 15 15 5 2.4
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,910 2,575 5 50 285 25 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 2,520 2,255 5 40 225 20 0.8
Bengali 215 200 0 5 10 5 2.3
Gujarati 315 260 0 15 35 10 3.2
Hindi 210 190 0 0 20 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 385 325 0 5 50 0 0.0
Sindhi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,235 1,120 0 15 100 5 0.4
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 380 315 0 5 50 5 1.3
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 335 280 0 10 45 5 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 355 310 0 10 40 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 250 210 0 0 40 0 0.0
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 290 240 0 10 40 5 1.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 445 365 0 10 70 5 1.1
Chinese languages 420 345 0 10 65 5 1.2
Cantonese 120 85 0 5 30 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 130 110 0 5 15 5 3.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 170 150 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 115 90 0 5 25 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 120 85 0 5 30 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 245 240 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 215 215 0 0 5 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 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 275 255 5 5 10 10 3.6
Akan (Twi) 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
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. 65 60 5 5 0 5 7.7
African languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 130 25 15 85 10 55 42.3
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 2,785 2,655 65 65 0 100 3.6
English and French 80 15 25 40 0 40 50.0
English and non-official language 2,570 2,560 5 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 90 55 35 0 0 35 38.9
English, French and non-official language 50 20 5 25 0 15 30.0

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not applicable

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Symbol x

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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