Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

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 ©

Data table

Select data categories for this table


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 L5M
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 98,285 92,835 1,045 1,185 3,225 1,635 1.7
Single responses 87,215 82,095 940 955 3,220 1,420 1.6
English 59,780 59,310 475 0 0 475 0.8
French 440 35 410 0 0 410 93.2
Non-official languages 26,990 22,750 60 955 3,220 540 2.0
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 2,270 1,745 10 150 370 85 3.7
Italian 230 185 5 10 35 5 2.2
Portuguese 790 560 0 25 205 15 1.9
Romanian 205 130 0 45 25 20 9.8
Spanish 1,050 865 5 75 105 40 3.8
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 45 0 10 5 5 9.1
Dutch 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
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 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
Afrikaans 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
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 2,320 2,040 0 90 185 50 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Bulgarian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 395 355 0 15 30 10 2.5
Czech 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 1,255 1,105 0 50 105 20 1.6
Russian 285 235 0 20 30 10 3.5
Serbian 90 85 0 5 5 5 5.6
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 125 110 0 5 10 5 4.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Armenian 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 145 115 0 15 15 10 6.9
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 135 110 0 10 15 5 3.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,830 2,345 30 195 255 130 4.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,810 2,325 30 195 255 130 4.6
Amharic 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 2,660 2,195 30 190 240 125 4.7
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 8,125 7,190 0 240 690 120 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 7,605 6,750 0 200 650 100 1.3
Bengali 235 225 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 505 435 0 10 55 5 1.0
Hindi 610 550 0 15 45 5 0.8
Konkani 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 95 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,280 1,050 0 30 205 15 1.2
Sindhi 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 80 0 0 5 5 5.9
Urdu 4,730 4,275 0 130 325 65 1.4
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 510 425 0 45 40 20 3.9
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 75 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 430 355 0 35 35 20 4.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 935 835 5 25 70 10 1.1
Kannada 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 155 145 0 5 5 5 3.2
Tamil 640 555 0 15 65 10 1.6
Telugu 105 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 160 120 0 5 40 5 3.1
Korean 900 770 0 15 105 10 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,905 5,500 5 115 1,285 60 0.9
Chinese languages 6,900 5,490 5 115 1,285 60 0.9
Cantonese 1,950 1,540 0 25 375 15 0.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 2,420 1,915 0 45 460 25 1.0
Shanghainese 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,440 1,975 5 40 430 20 0.8
Tibetan 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Austro-Asiatic languages 715 575 0 25 115 15 2.1
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 715 575 0 25 115 15 2.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,190 1,145 0 10 25 5 0.4
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,055 1,020 0 10 25 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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 65 60 0 0 0 5 7.7
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 85 15 15 55 5 40 47.1
Non-verbal languages 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 11,070 10,745 100 230 0 215 1.9
English and French 245 85 50 110 0 110 44.9
English and non-official language 10,580 10,570 5 0 0 5 0.0
French and non-official language 30 10 20 0 0 20 66.7
English, French and non-official language 215 75 25 120 0 80 37.2

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

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.

Return to footnote 1 referrer

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.

Return to footnote 2 referrer

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011038.


© This data includes information copied with permission from Canada Post Corporation.

Date modified: