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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 H8R
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 29,480 11,425 14,855 2,565 635 12,705 43.1
Single responses 27,175 10,650 13,745 2,140 635 11,720 43.1
English 9,685 9,185 500 0 0 9,185 94.8
French 12,055 190 11,860 0 0 190 1.6
Non-official languages 5,435 1,275 1,390 2,140 635 2,345 43.1
Aboriginal 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 1,850 170 640 850 190 600 32.4
Italian 510 95 100 245 70 220 43.1
Portuguese 100 10 35 45 10 30 30.0
Romanian 260 15 80 150 20 90 34.6
Spanish 980 55 425 415 85 265 27.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
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 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
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 1,070 275 225 495 75 525 49.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 100 5 30 55 5 35 35.0
Croatian 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Czech 15 0 0 15 0 10 66.7
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 345 140 35 150 25 215 62.3
Russian 505 100 135 220 45 215 42.6
Serbian 35 5 5 15 5 15 42.9
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Slovak 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
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 30 15 5 15 0 20 66.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Greek 85 40 0 30 15 55 64.7
Armenian 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 50 10 5 25 5 25 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Turkic languages 105 10 25 45 20 35 33.3
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 50 5 15 25 15 15 30.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 10 10 25 10 20 36.4
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 490 50 215 175 50 140 28.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 0 25 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 25 0 15 5 5 5 20.0
Oromo 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 425 50 170 160 40 130 30.6
Amharic 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Arabic 405 45 170 150 40 120 29.6
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 615 310 25 165 110 395 64.2
Indo-Aryan languages 500 275 5 125 90 340 68.0
Bengali 55 20 0 20 10 35 63.6
Gujarati 100 60 0 20 20 65 65.0
Hindi 20 10 0 5 0 15 75.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 240 125 5 65 45 160 66.7
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Urdu 65 40 5 10 5 50 76.9
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Iranian languages 110 30 20 35 20 50 45.5
Kurdish 10 0 0 5 5 5 50.0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi) 95 35 20 30 15 50 52.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 10 100.0
Dravidian languages 50 25 5 10 5 30 60.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 45 25 0 10 5 25 55.6
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Korean 35 15 0 5 10 20 57.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 540 210 60 155 115 285 52.8
Chinese languages 545 210 60 155 115 285 52.3
Cantonese 75 25 0 20 25 35 46.7
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 100 40 15 30 15 60 60.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 365 140 45 105 75 195 53.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 25 0 10 10 5 5 20.0
Lao 25 0 10 10 0 5 20.0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 55 10 20 20 5 20 36.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 10 10 10 0 10 40.0
Vietnamese 30 5 10 15 0 10 33.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 80 55 5 20 5 60 75.0
Bisayan languages 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 65 45 0 15 0 55 84.6
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 255 50 115 75 15 90 35.3
Akan (Twi) 40 15 0 20 5 25 62.5
Bantu languages 140 15 70 40 10 35 25.0
Lingala 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 0 20 10 5 5 14.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 0 15 10 0 5 14.3
Shona 5 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Swahili 45 0 30 10 0 5 11.1
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 15 100.0
Wolof 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 10 25 10 5 15 30.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Creoles 70 10 25 30 5 30 42.9
Non-verbal languages 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
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 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Other 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
Multiple responses 2,305 775 1,110 425 0 990 43.0
English and French 615 185 190 235 0 305 49.6
English and non-official language 530 525 5 0 0 525 99.1
French and non-official language 865 10 855 0 0 10 1.2
English, French and non-official language 300 50 55 190 0 145 48.3

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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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