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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 L4C
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 70,730 66,530 690 910 2,600 1,140 1.6
Single responses 65,965 61,945 610 815 2,600 1,015 1.5
English 45,750 45,360 390 0 0 385 0.8
French 200 20 180 0 0 180 90.0
Non-official languages 20,015 16,560 40 815 2,600 445 2.2
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 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
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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. 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
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 2,105 1,665 15 115 310 75 3.6
Italian 1,155 935 5 15 200 15 1.3
Portuguese 105 75 0 5 15 10 9.5
Romanian 350 245 5 60 45 35 10.0
Spanish 495 410 0 35 50 15 3.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 105 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dutch 15 15 0 5 5 5 33.3
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 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 4,110 3,365 0 205 540 105 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 5 5 50.0
Bulgarian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Polish 105 80 0 5 15 5 4.8
Russian 3,650 2,980 0 180 480 90 2.5
Serbian 135 110 0 10 15 5 3.7
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 60 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 25 15 0 10 5 5 20.0
Latvian 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 305 270 0 10 30 5 1.6
Armenian 170 125 5 25 15 15 8.8
Albanian 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 190 170 0 10 5 5 2.6
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 150 135 0 10 5 5 3.3
Turkic languages 160 135 0 10 15 5 3.1
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 130 115 0 10 15 5 3.8
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 635 510 5 60 60 35 5.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 625 505 10 55 55 35 5.6
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Arabic 425 325 10 50 45 30 7.1
Hebrew 185 165 0 5 10 5 2.7
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 5,800 4,965 10 235 595 125 2.2
Indo-Aryan languages 755 685 5 10 65 10 1.3
Bengali 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 210 185 0 5 20 5 2.4
Hindi 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 65 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 50 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Urdu 280 265 0 5 15 0 0.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 5,045 4,280 5 230 535 120 2.4
Kurdish 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Persian (Farsi) 4,965 4,205 5 230 525 120 2.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 140 120 0 5 15 0 0.0
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 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 1,110 940 0 25 140 15 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,480 3,585 5 85 800 50 1.1
Chinese languages 4,465 3,580 5 85 805 50 1.1
Cantonese 2,065 1,680 0 30 350 20 1.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,085 865 0 20 205 10 0.9
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,280 1,010 0 35 235 20 1.6
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Lao 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
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 75 55 0 5 15 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 60 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 430 415 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 375 365 0 5 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu 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
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 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 4,765 4,590 80 95 0 130 2.7
English and French 115 40 35 35 0 50 43.5
English and non-official language 4,525 4,505 25 0 0 25 0.6
French and non-official language 25 10 15 0 0 15 60.0
English, French and non-official language 100 35 5 60 0 35 35.0

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not applicable

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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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