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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, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 Ottawa South / Ottawa-Sud
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 120,950 97,325 16,845 4,310 2,475 18,995 15.7
Single responses 112,535 91,425 15,365 3,280 2,475 17,005 15.1
English 82,110 77,080 5,030 0 0 5,030 6.1
French 9,900 295 9,610 0 0 9,605 97.0
Non-official languages 20,520 14,050 725 3,275 2,475 2,365 11.5
Aboriginal languages 15 10 0 5 5 5 33.3
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,485 1,615 65 525 280 330 13.3
Italian 545 365 10 90 80 60 11.0
Portuguese 385 225 25 75 60 60 15.6
Romanian 225 105 0 105 15 50 22.2
Spanish 1,330 920 30 260 125 160 12.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 110 75 0 25 5 15 13.6
Dutch 25 15 0 5 5 5 20.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 70 55 0 20 0 10 14.3
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 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 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 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
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 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,520 1,130 5 285 90 155 10.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 85 65 0 15 5 10 11.8
Croatian 120 95 0 20 5 10 8.3
Czech 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Polish 425 330 5 70 25 35 8.2
Russian 370 270 5 60 30 35 9.5
Serbian 255 170 0 65 15 35 13.7
Serbo-Croatian 75 65 0 10 0 5 6.7
Slovak 25 25 0 0 5 5 20.0
Slovenian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 60 25 0 30 5 15 25.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Lithuanian 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
Greek 175 135 0 30 15 10 5.7
Armenian 35 15 0 15 5 5 14.3
Albanian 120 105 5 5 10 5 4.2
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 95 70 0 20 0 10 10.5
Estonian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 85 60 0 15 0 10 11.8
Turkic languages 125 105 0 5 10 5 4.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 105 90 0 10 10 5 4.8
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,880 5,640 375 1,685 1,180 1,220 13.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 1,850 1,065 175 365 245 360 19.5
Oromo 85 50 5 20 5 15 17.6
Somali 1,760 1,015 170 340 235 340 19.3
Semitic languages 7,030 4,575 200 1,320 935 855 12.2
Amharic 195 175 5 10 10 10 5.1
Arabic 6,660 4,260 190 1,300 910 840 12.6
Hebrew 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 140 120 0 5 15 5 3.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,245 1,820 0 180 240 90 4.0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,140 980 5 65 90 35 3.1
Bengali 260 235 0 15 10 5 1.9
Gujarati 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hindi 135 115 0 10 10 5 3.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 175 135 0 20 20 10 5.7
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 290 270 0 5 10 5 1.7
Nepali 160 125 0 0 35 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,100 840 0 110 145 55 5.0
Kurdish 115 100 0 5 15 0 0.0
Pashto 90 60 0 10 20 5 5.6
Persian (Farsi) 895 680 5 100 115 50 5.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 210 180 0 15 15 10 4.8
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Malayalam 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tamil 180 160 0 10 15 5 2.8
Telugu 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 80 60 0 10 0 5 6.3
Korean 145 125 0 10 15 5 3.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,235 1,715 5 95 415 55 2.5
Chinese languages 2,195 1,685 5 95 405 55 2.5
Cantonese 555 385 0 35 145 20 3.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 555 470 5 10 75 10 1.8
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,055 820 5 50 185 25 2.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 50 30 0 5 20 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Thai 35 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 530 360 5 80 85 45 8.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 55 0 5 15 5 6.3
Vietnamese 450 305 5 75 65 45 10.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 615 575 0 20 20 10 1.6
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 40 30 0 10 5 5 12.5
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 510 485 0 10 15 5 1.0
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 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. 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
Niger-Congo languages 400 125 105 135 30 175 43.8
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Bantu languages 335 90 100 125 25 155 46.3
Lingala 55 5 25 15 5 30 54.5
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 5 30 25 5 40 61.5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 60 10 10 30 5 25 41.7
Shona 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 125 40 30 45 5 55 44.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 5 10 0 0 10 66.7
Bamanankan 0 5 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
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Creoles 325 65 130 115 20 190 58.5
Non-verbal languages 50 20 5 0 25 5 10.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 0 15 5 12.5
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 8,410 5,895 1,480 1,035 0 1,995 23.7
English and French 1,570 255 740 580 0 1,025 65.3
English and non-official language 5,560 5,500 60 0 0 55 1.0
French and non-official language 545 20 520 0 0 525 96.3
English, French and non-official language 740 130 160 450 0 385 52.0

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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-XCB2011040.

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