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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 L5A
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 46,975 43,705 565 585 2,120 855 1.8
Single responses 41,485 38,400 485 485 2,120 725 1.7
English 25,685 25,445 240 0 0 240 0.9
French 215 10 205 0 0 205 95.3
Non-official languages 15,590 12,945 40 480 2,120 285 1.8
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 2,565 1,995 5 115 445 65 2.5
Italian 440 345 0 5 85 0 0.0
Portuguese 650 485 5 15 145 10 1.5
Romanian 165 105 0 40 15 20 12.1
Spanish 1,320 1,060 0 55 200 30 2.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 40 40 0 5 0 5 12.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 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
Danish 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
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 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 3,675 3,110 5 130 435 70 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 95 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bulgarian 115 90 5 10 15 5 4.3
Croatian 210 185 0 10 20 5 2.4
Czech 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 55 50 0 5 5 5 9.1
Polish 2,085 1,775 0 55 250 25 1.2
Russian 310 250 0 20 40 5 1.6
Serbian 275 230 0 10 35 5 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 410 350 0 10 40 10 2.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Greek 90 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Armenian 35 25 0 5 10 5 14.3
Albanian 185 145 5 10 30 5 2.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 110 85 0 5 20 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 100 80 0 5 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages 65 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,615 1,260 20 105 235 70 4.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Oromo 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
Somali 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,590 1,235 15 105 235 70 4.4
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,405 1,085 15 105 195 70 5.0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 145 115 0 0 30 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,000 2,640 0 45 320 20 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 2,440 2,170 0 35 235 20 0.8
Bengali 145 130 0 5 10 5 3.4
Gujarati 400 355 0 5 40 0 0.0
Hindi 220 200 0 5 15 0 0.0
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 215 175 0 5 35 5 2.3
Sindhi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,340 1,195 0 15 130 10 0.7
Nepali 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 560 470 0 10 85 5 0.9
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 85 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 470 390 0 5 75 5 1.1
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 885 795 0 15 80 5 0.6
Kannada 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 650 575 0 5 70 5 0.8
Telugu 110 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 245 195 0 0 40 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,090 825 0 10 255 10 0.9
Chinese languages 1,085 815 0 15 255 5 0.5
Cantonese 235 160 0 0 75 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 390 305 0 5 80 0 0.0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 445 345 0 10 95 5 1.1
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 780 580 5 15 185 10 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 775 580 5 15 185 10 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 990 960 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 905 875 0 5 20 5 0.6
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 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 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
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
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 5 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 5 5 15 0 10 40.0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 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 5 5 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,490 5,305 80 100 0 135 2.5
English and French 90 20 40 35 0 55 61.1
English and non-official language 5,260 5,250 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 25 5 20 0 0 20 80.0
English, French and non-official language 115 35 15 70 0 50 43.5

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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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