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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 T2Y
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 57,825 55,535 790 525 975 1,050 1.8
Single responses 54,180 52,015 735 455 975 960 1.8
English 41,965 41,555 415 0 0 415 1.0
French 305 5 300 0 0 295 96.7
Non-official languages 11,905 10,455 20 455 975 250 2.1
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 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
Cree 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,890 1,505 20 230 135 135 7.1
Italian 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 95 75 0 10 10 5 5.3
Romanian 450 320 5 100 30 55 12.2
Spanish 1,330 1,105 10 120 95 70 5.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 120 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dutch 15 15 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 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 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
Afrikaans 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,135 1,865 0 90 180 45 2.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 55 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Czech 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 400 355 0 15 30 10 2.5
Russian 1,205 1,030 0 55 120 30 2.5
Serbian 160 140 0 5 10 5 3.1
Serbo-Croatian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 85 80 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 25 20 0 5 5 5 20.0
Albanian 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 115 105 0 5 5 5 4.3
Estonian 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
Finnish 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
Hungarian 110 105 5 10 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 385 310 0 40 40 20 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 20 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 365 295 0 35 35 15 4.1
Amharic 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 230 175 0 30 25 15 6.5
Hebrew 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,350 1,210 0 25 110 10 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 1,070 960 0 15 90 10 0.9
Bengali 115 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 185 160 0 5 20 0 0.0
Hindi 170 160 0 0 5 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 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 215 180 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 280 255 0 10 15 0 0.0
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 265 235 0 10 20 5 1.9
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 240 215 0 10 20 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 245 230 0 5 15 5 2.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 135 120 0 0 10 5 3.7
Telugu 30 25 0 0 0 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 345 300 5 5 35 5 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,485 2,095 0 25 365 10 0.4
Chinese languages 2,455 2,065 0 25 365 10 0.4
Cantonese 345 280 0 5 65 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 960 825 0 10 125 5 0.5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,135 955 0 10 175 5 0.4
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 135 115 0 0 25 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 125 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,365 2,325 0 5 35 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,160 2,130 0 5 30 5 0.2
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 60 50 0 5 0 5 8.3
Akan (Twi) 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
Bantu languages 25 20 0 10 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,645 3,520 50 70 0 90 2.5
English and French 90 25 35 35 0 50 55.6
English and non-official language 3,485 3,480 0 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 15 10 5 0 0 5 33.3
English, French and non-official language 50 10 10 40 0 30 60.0

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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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