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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 739,900 426,675 66,380 245,890 955
Single responses 731,855 425,080 66,170 239,665 945
English 479,935 408,395 170 71,310 55
French 233,530 2,125 65,690 165,695 20
Non-official languages 18,395 14,555 310 2,660 865
Aboriginal languages 2,545 2,470 5 65 15
Algonquian languages 2,525 2,450 0 60 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 390 385 0 5 0
Mi'kmaq 2,115 2,050 0 55 10
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,225 1,460 55 585 125
Italian 440 240 10 175 20
Portuguese 215 155 5 50 10
Romanian 425 290 10 80 45
Spanish 1,135 775 30 275 60
Catalan 0 0 5 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,130 2,535 5 560 35
Dutch 925 755 0 165 5
Flemish 30 15 0 15 0
Frisian 30 25 0 5 0
German 1,800 1,455 5 335 10
Yiddish 30 5 0 5 20
Scandinavian languages 240 210 0 30 0
Danish 145 135 0 15 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 35 0 5 0
Swedish 50 35 0 10 0
Afrikaans 70 70 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 30 25 0 10 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,145 900 10 200 40
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 10 0 5 0
Croatian 80 65 0 10 0
Czech 45 30 0 15 0
Macedonian 15 15 0 0 0
Polish 255 195 0 50 5
Russian 355 280 10 45 20
Serbian 120 100 0 15 5
Serbo-Croatian 45 30 0 15 5
Slovak 20 15 0 10 0
Slovenian 15 10 0 5 0
Ukrainian 140 105 0 25 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Latvian 20 15 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 5 0
Greek 145 110 0 25 5
Armenian 10 5 0 10 0
Albanian 15 20 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 185 0 45 0
Estonian 20 20 0 5 0
Finnish 55 45 0 10 5
Hungarian 155 120 0 35 0
Turkic languages 90 75 0 15 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 65 55 5 10 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,480 850 95 475 60
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 35 15 5 20 0
Oromo 30 10 5 15 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,410 835 85 435 55
Amharic 40 30 5 5 5
Arabic 1,325 765 80 425 55
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 0
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 0 20 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,455 1,280 0 95 80
Indo-Aryan languages 950 830 0 60 65
Bengali 180 165 0 10 5
Gujarati 45 40 0 0 0
Hindi 250 220 0 20 10
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 30 25 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 90 80 0 10 5
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 15 0 0 0
Urdu 205 185 0 10 5
Nepali 100 60 0 0 40
Iranian languages 470 420 0 35 15
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 0
Pashto 10 5 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 450 400 0 35 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 200 185 0 15 0
Kannada 15 15 0 5 0
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 0
Tamil 95 80 0 10 0
Telugu 45 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 115 100 0 15 5
Korean 1,810 1,585 0 85 140
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,865 1,500 10 110 240
Chinese languages 1,825 1,470 15 110 230
Cantonese 225 170 0 20 30
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 400 320 0 20 60
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,185 965 10 70 145
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Tai languages 70 60 5 10 0
Lao 5 0 0 5 0
Thai 65 55 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 290 215 5 50 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 285 215 5 45 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 690 5 25 5
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 15 0 0 0
Malay 40 40 5 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 560 0 15 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 545 185 105 230 25
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages 315 100 60 140 20
Lingala 15 5 5 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 10 0 25 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 5 5 30 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 140 45 25 60 10
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 20 20 20 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 15 0 5 10 0
Bamanankan 30 5 10 15 0
Ewe 10 5 0 10 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 50 25 60 5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 15 5 10 0
Creoles 75 25 10 30 0
Non-verbal languages 130 55 5 5 70
American Sign Language 30 15 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 45 5 0 50
Other languages 20 5 0 0 10
Multiple responses 8,040 1,595 210 6,225 15
English and French 6,580 600 140 5,835 0
English and non-official language 1,120 950 0 155 10
French and non-official language 250 35 65 145 0
English, French and non-official language 95 10 5 85 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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