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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 M3C
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 37,915 34,845 595 530 1,945 865 2.3
Single responses 33,970 31,050 500 475 1,945 740 2.2
English 19,645 19,435 205 0 0 210 1.1
French 270 15 250 0 0 255 94.4
Non-official languages 14,050 11,595 45 475 1,945 280 2.0
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 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 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
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 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
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 910 695 0 100 110 55 6.0
Italian 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Romanian 245 165 0 60 15 30 12.2
Spanish 610 485 0 30 90 20 3.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dutch 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
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 45 45 0 5 0 5 11.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
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 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 1,160 930 5 60 170 30 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 115 95 0 5 15 5 4.3
Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 60 45 0 5 15 0 0.0
Macedonian 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Polish 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Russian 360 305 0 25 35 10 2.8
Serbian 270 225 0 20 25 10 3.7
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 95 40 0 0 55 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 445 370 0 15 60 5 1.1
Armenian 100 75 0 20 10 15 15.0
Albanian 125 100 0 5 15 5 4.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 210 165 0 10 35 5 2.4
Estonian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 180 140 0 5 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages 270 235 0 5 25 5 1.9
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 205 185 0 0 15 5 2.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 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 655 535 10 45 65 30 4.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 140 110 0 10 20 5 3.6
Oromo 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 120 90 5 15 20 10 8.3
Semitic languages 510 425 10 35 45 30 5.9
Amharic 135 120 5 0 5 5 3.7
Arabic 320 245 10 30 30 25 7.8
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 5,420 4,550 10 110 745 65 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 3,360 2,930 0 55 365 30 0.9
Bengali 435 395 5 20 10 10 2.3
Gujarati 965 790 0 10 165 10 1.0
Hindi 275 235 0 5 25 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 80 0 5 10 5 5.3
Sindhi 190 165 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,335 1,185 5 15 130 5 0.4
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,015 1,595 10 50 370 35 1.7
Kurdish 50 35 5 5 10 5 10.0
Pashto 285 225 0 5 50 5 1.8
Persian (Farsi) 1,685 1,330 5 40 310 25 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,025 870 0 30 135 15 1.5
Kannada 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
Malayalam 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 955 800 0 25 135 15 1.6
Telugu 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 395 330 0 10 55 5 1.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,110 1,605 0 40 460 20 0.9
Chinese languages 2,105 1,595 0 40 460 20 1.0
Cantonese 525 370 0 10 145 5 1.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 830 635 0 15 175 10 1.2
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 715 565 0 15 135 5 0.7
Tibetan languages 5 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 55 50 0 0 5 5 9.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 885 855 0 5 25 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 810 790 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 105 80 0 15 0 10 9.5
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 70 55 5 15 0 10 14.3
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 15 10 5 0 0 5 33.3
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 3,950 3,795 95 60 0 125 3.2
English and French 80 20 35 20 0 50 62.5
English and non-official language 3,750 3,745 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 5 30 0 0 35 100.0
English, French and non-official language 80 25 25 35 0 40 50.0

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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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