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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 L6R
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 79,240 72,450 360 615 5,815 670 0.8
Single responses 69,220 62,580 310 515 5,810 570 0.8
English 37,625 37,485 140 0 0 140 0.4
French 170 20 150 0 0 155 91.2
Non-official languages 31,425 25,080 15 515 5,815 275 0.9
Aboriginal 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
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,260 1,020 0 30 210 15 1.2
Italian 265 215 0 5 50 0 0.0
Portuguese 190 140 0 5 40 5 2.6
Romanian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Spanish 785 650 0 20 110 10 1.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 5 5 0 0 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 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 245 210 0 15 25 5 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 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
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 155 135 0 5 10 5 3.2
Russian 35 25 0 0 10 5 14.3
Serbian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 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
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 425 345 5 30 50 15 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 335 265 5 25 45 20 6.0
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 200 150 5 25 20 15 7.5
Hebrew 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
Maltese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 25,380 19,950 5 395 5,030 200 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 25,095 19,720 5 390 4,980 200 0.8
Bengali 130 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 1,650 1,320 5 25 305 10 0.6
Hindi 1,000 890 0 25 80 15 1.5
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 20,675 15,940 5 305 4,425 155 0.7
Sindhi 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 150 145 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,355 1,180 0 25 150 15 1.1
Nepali 45 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Iranian languages 270 215 0 5 50 0 0.0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 235 190 0 0 45 5 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,710 1,525 0 20 165 10 0.6
Kannada 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 140 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 1,500 1,340 0 15 150 10 0.7
Telugu 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 725 535 5 5 185 5 0.7
Chinese languages 720 525 5 10 185 10 1.4
Cantonese 330 235 0 0 90 5 1.5
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 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 95 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 290 215 5 5 65 5 1.7
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 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 50 40 0 5 10 5 10.0
Lao 55 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 490 390 0 10 95 5 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 475 380 0 5 90 5 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 510 495 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 470 460 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 435 420 0 0 15 5 1.1
Akan (Twi) 335 320 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bantu languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 45 5 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 15 0 5 5 5 16.7
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 10 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. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 10,020 9,870 55 95 0 100 1.0
English and French 115 60 25 25 0 40 34.8
English and non-official language 9,750 9,740 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 30 10 20 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 130 60 0 70 0 35 26.9

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not applicable

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Symbol x

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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