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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 M6N
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 41,305 37,495 405 370 3,035 585 1.4
Single responses 38,095 34,370 360 330 3,035 520 1.4
English 23,750 23,635 115 0 0 115 0.5
French 195 15 175 0 0 175 89.7
Non-official languages 14,150 10,720 65 330 3,035 230 1.6
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 7,715 5,475 50 190 2,010 140 1.8
Italian 935 575 5 10 340 10 1.1
Portuguese 4,150 2,770 35 95 1,245 85 2.0
Romanian 65 45 0 10 5 5 7.7
Spanish 2,570 2,085 0 65 415 40 1.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 30 30 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 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 840 705 0 30 105 15 1.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 115 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 255 215 5 5 35 5 2.0
Russian 135 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Serbian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 160 140 0 5 20 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 40 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 185 160 0 0 25 0 0.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 85 75 0 5 10 5 5.9
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 135 85 0 0 50 0 0.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 130 85 0 0 45 0 0.0
Turkic languages 180 140 0 5 30 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 175 140 0 5 35 5 2.9
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 910 840 0 10 55 10 1.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 495 455 0 10 35 5 1.0
Oromo 30 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 470 430 0 5 30 5 1.1
Semitic languages 415 385 0 5 25 5 1.2
Amharic 85 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 135 125 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hebrew 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
Maltese 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 545 465 5 10 65 5 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 480 410 0 10 55 5 1.0
Bengali 125 110 5 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 140 105 0 5 30 5 3.6
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 55 40 0 0 15 5 9.1
Kurdish 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
Pashto 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 65 50 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 985 685 0 15 285 10 1.0
Chinese languages 865 590 5 15 265 10 1.2
Cantonese 405 255 0 0 145 0 0.0
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 0 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 130 100 0 0 25 0 0.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 330 230 0 10 90 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 115 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
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 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,535 1,170 5 30 325 20 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,510 1,150 5 30 325 20 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 485 465 0 10 15 5 1.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 430 415 0 5 10 5 1.2
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 190 170 5 10 5 10 5.3
Akan (Twi) 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 100 80 0 10 5 5 5.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0.0
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 55 40 0 15 5 5 9.1
Ganda 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
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. 25 25 5 0 0 5 20.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 15 5 5 0 5 20.0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 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 3,205 3,120 45 40 0 65 2.0
English and French 75 25 20 25 0 35 46.7
English and non-official language 3,070 3,065 5 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 25 5 15 0 0 15 60.0
English, French and non-official language 40 20 10 10 0 10 25.0

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Symbol ...

not applicable

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Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

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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