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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 T1Y
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 54,180 50,300 640 315 2,920 800 1.5
Single responses 49,500 45,725 585 270 2,920 720 1.5
English 32,280 31,960 320 0 0 320 1.0
French 255 25 230 0 0 230 90.2
Non-official languages 16,960 13,740 35 270 2,925 165 1.0
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 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
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. 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
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,155 910 15 65 165 45 3.9
Italian 95 85 0 0 10 5 5.3
Portuguese 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romanian 25 10 0 10 5 5 20.0
Spanish 985 775 15 55 145 40 4.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 50 40 0 0 10 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 40 30 0 0 10 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 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
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 190 160 0 10 25 5 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Russian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 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
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 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
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 15 10 0 0 5 5 33.3
Armenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 50 40 0 5 5 5 10.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic 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
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 2,210 1,935 10 55 210 35 1.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 165 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,040 1,775 10 55 205 35 1.7
Amharic 385 365 0 5 20 0 0.0
Arabic 1,520 1,305 10 50 155 30 2.0
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 100 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,310 5,930 5 80 1,295 40 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 6,470 5,260 5 65 1,140 35 0.5
Bengali 190 160 0 5 15 5 2.6
Gujarati 365 315 0 0 50 0 0.0
Hindi 460 415 0 0 40 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,160 3,255 0 35 865 20 0.5
Sindhi 180 150 0 5 20 5 2.8
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 950 810 0 10 130 5 0.5
Nepali 140 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Iranian languages 625 485 0 10 125 5 0.8
Kurdish 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 240 175 0 5 65 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 340 270 0 10 65 5 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 215 190 0 0 30 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 155 145 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tamil 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,270 1,465 5 15 785 10 0.4
Chinese languages 2,200 1,410 5 15 775 10 0.5
Cantonese 1,035 640 0 5 390 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 120 90 0 0 30 0 0.0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,010 655 0 10 335 5 0.5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,675 1,305 0 25 340 15 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 35 0 5 10 5 11.1
Vietnamese 1,630 1,275 0 20 330 10 0.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,525 1,485 0 10 30 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 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
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,415 1,375 0 10 25 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 75 60 0 5 5 5 6.7
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 5 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) 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Shona 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
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Creoles 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 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. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 4,685 4,580 60 45 0 80 1.7
English and French 65 20 30 10 0 35 53.8
English and non-official language 4,530 4,520 15 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 30 20 5 0 0 10 33.3
English, French and non-official language 60 20 5 30 0 20 33.3

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not applicable

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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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