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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 H4B
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 20,185 11,405 5,620 2,560 605 12,680 62.8
Single responses 18,855 10,830 5,140 2,280 600 11,975 63.5
English 9,615 9,085 535 0 0 9,085 94.5
French 3,860 95 3,765 0 0 100 2.6
Non-official languages 5,380 1,655 845 2,280 600 2,795 52.0
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 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
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 1,380 140 345 765 130 520 37.7
Italian 155 40 20 70 20 75 48.4
Portuguese 45 15 5 30 5 25 55.6
Romanian 640 35 150 410 45 240 37.5
Spanish 540 55 180 250 60 180 33.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 45 20 0 20 5 35 77.8
Dutch 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 30 20 0 15 0 25 83.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
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 775 190 130 375 80 380 49.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 95 10 10 60 10 45 47.4
Croatian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Czech 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
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 85 15 15 50 5 45 52.9
Russian 520 135 105 225 55 245 47.1
Serbian 25 10 0 15 5 15 60.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Slovak 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
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 30 0 0 20 5 15 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 20 10 0 10 0 15 75.0
Armenian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Finno-Ugric languages 35 15 5 20 0 25 71.4
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 10 5 20 0 25 71.4
Turkic languages 40 15 5 20 5 20 50.0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Turkish 30 5 5 15 0 20 66.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 375 90 75 160 45 170 45.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 15 0 0 10 0 5 33.3
Oromo 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Somali 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
Semitic languages 350 85 75 150 40 165 47.1
Amharic 40 15 0 20 5 25 62.5
Arabic 245 45 75 100 30 90 36.7
Hebrew 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 50 25 0 20 5 35 70.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 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 790 335 80 295 80 480 60.8
Indo-Aryan languages 105 70 5 15 15 80 76.2
Bengali 40 30 0 5 5 30 75.0
Gujarati 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Hindi 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 15 5 0 0 5 5 33.3
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 30 20 0 5 5 25 83.3
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 680 260 80 275 65 405 59.6
Kurdish 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Pashto 5 0 0 5 5 5 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 665 260 75 265 60 390 58.6
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 40 30 0 10 5 30 75.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 35 25 5 5 0 30 85.7
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Korean 290 140 5 100 45 195 67.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,295 550 150 395 200 745 57.5
Chinese languages 1,295 550 150 395 200 750 57.9
Cantonese 45 20 5 15 0 30 66.7
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 340 135 25 135 50 200 58.8
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. 910 400 120 240 150 520 57.1
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 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Lao 15 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 35 5 15 15 0 15 42.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 30 5 10 20 0 10 33.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 105 80 0 20 5 90 85.7
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 5 5 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
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 90 75 0 20 0 80 88.9
Bikol 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
Malagasy 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
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 50 10 15 25 0 20 40.0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bantu languages 25 5 10 15 0 15 60.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 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
Swahili 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
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 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
Creoles 30 0 10 15 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 5 0 5 5 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 1,330 570 475 280 0 715 53.8
English and French 380 75 135 165 0 160 42.1
English and non-official language 470 460 5 0 0 460 97.9
French and non-official language 320 10 310 0 0 10 3.1
English, French and non-official language 165 25 25 115 0 80 48.5

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not applicable

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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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