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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 M2J
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 53,900 49,045 610 945 3,300 1,080 2.0
Single responses 48,610 43,935 525 850 3,295 950 2.0
English 24,645 24,440 205 0 0 210 0.9
French 290 20 275 0 0 275 94.8
Non-official languages 23,670 19,480 45 850 3,295 470 2.0
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,985 1,480 5 230 270 125 6.3
Italian 400 295 0 0 100 0 0.0
Portuguese 80 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Romanian 760 485 5 195 70 105 13.8
Spanish 745 625 0 35 90 20 2.7
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 55 50 0 0 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 0 0 5 12.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 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
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 1,310 1,140 5 75 90 40 3.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 70 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 10 0 5 0 5 100.0
Macedonian 105 95 5 0 15 0 0.0
Polish 110 95 0 5 10 5 4.5
Russian 705 625 0 45 40 20 2.8
Serbian 190 160 0 15 15 10 5.3
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 555 475 0 10 65 10 1.8
Armenian 520 375 5 90 55 45 8.7
Albanian 90 60 0 10 20 10 11.1
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 200 180 0 10 10 5 2.5
Estonian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 155 130 0 15 10 5 3.2
Turkic languages 210 175 0 10 25 5 2.4
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 155 125 0 10 20 5 3.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,160 895 15 90 165 55 4.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,135 875 10 90 165 55 4.8
Amharic 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,095 835 15 85 160 55 5.0
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 4,320 3,705 5 125 485 70 1.6
Indo-Aryan languages 1,715 1,520 0 35 150 20 1.2
Bengali 250 225 0 5 20 0 0.0
Gujarati 330 290 0 10 40 5 1.5
Hindi 270 235 0 10 20 5 1.9
Konkani 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 570 505 0 10 60 10 1.8
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,590 2,160 10 85 330 50 1.9
Kurdish 85 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,450 2,045 5 85 320 50 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 645 600 0 5 40 0 0.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 470 435 0 5 35 0 0.0
Telugu 105 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Korean 840 680 0 15 145 10 1.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,425 8,400 5 150 1,875 80 0.8
Chinese languages 10,420 8,395 5 150 1,870 80 0.8
Cantonese 2,120 1,595 5 35 490 15 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 4,610 3,810 0 65 735 35 0.8
Shanghainese 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 70 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,570 2,905 0 55 610 30 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai 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
Lao 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
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,090 1,065 0 5 25 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 925 905 0 5 15 5 0.5
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 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
Niger-Congo languages 45 35 5 5 0 10 22.2
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 15 5 5 0 10 40.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 0 5 50.0
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 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 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
African languages, n.i.e. 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
Creoles 20 10 5 10 0 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 15 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 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,290 5,115 80 100 0 130 2.5
English and French 95 25 35 35 0 55 57.9
English and non-official language 5,045 5,040 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 40 15 25 0 0 25 62.5
English, French and non-official language 115 30 20 65 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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