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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Montréal, V
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 1,627,950 167,770 506,665 908,090 45,420
Single responses 1,561,740 161,130 489,215 866,485 44,910
English 206,210 69,380 1,095 135,425 310
French 818,975 990 347,255 470,015 715
Non-official languages 536,560 90,760 140,865 261,045 43,885
Aboriginal languages 465 190 85 180 10
Algonquian languages 245 80 65 100 0
Algonquin 20 0 10 10 0
Atikamekw 20 0 25 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 140 65 10 60 0
Cree, n.o.s. 140 65 10 60 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 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 5 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 50 5 30 20 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 20 0 5 10 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. 15 5 0 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 20 5 0 10 0
Mohawk 15 5 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 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 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 5
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 5 0 0 5
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 0 5 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 160 100 0 55 5
Inuktitut 125 80 0 40 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 5
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0
Romance languages 181,455 9,050 52,025 107,080 13,300
Italian 76,540 3,330 14,305 53,115 5,790
Portuguese 16,910 985 5,115 9,670 1,135
Romanian 14,695 530 3,850 9,515 795
Spanish 73,155 4,200 28,705 34,685 5,570
Catalan 130 5 40 85 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 10 5
Germanic languages 11,575 4,415 150 6,000 1,010
Dutch 855 180 15 645 5
Flemish 140 5 5 120 5
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0
German 4,435 1,380 95 2,935 30
Yiddish 5,600 2,610 25 1,995 965
Scandinavian languages 455 210 5 235 5
Danish 115 60 0 55 0
Icelandic 25 10 0 15 0
Norwegian 110 60 0 45 5
Swedish 215 90 0 115 0
Afrikaans 40 20 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 55 0 5 50 0
Celtic languages 60 15 15 30 0
Gaelic languages 25 10 5 10 0
Welsh 15 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 10 0
Slavic languages 32,900 7,035 5,145 18,840 1,880
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 55 15 10 25 5
Bosnian 225 35 50 130 10
Bulgarian 3,900 360 925 2,415 205
Croatian 925 275 65 545 35
Czech 700 205 50 440 10
Macedonian 105 20 15 65 5
Polish 7,955 2,040 740 4,855 315
Russian 13,445 2,685 2,700 6,960 1,100
Serbian 1,150 195 155 750 45
Serbo-Croatian 465 40 60 340 20
Slovak 515 150 20 345 5
Slovenian 365 200 10 160 5
Ukrainian 2,925 765 320 1,720 115
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 170 40 25 90 10
Baltic languages 465 190 5 260 10
Latvian 140 65 0 70 5
Lithuanian 325 125 10 185 5
Greek 18,025 6,375 250 9,305 2,095
Armenian 6,040 720 550 4,395 375
Albanian 1,470 175 390 790 110
Georgian 110 30 15 60 15
Finno-Ugric languages 3,200 1,135 205 1,645 215
Estonian 90 45 5 40 0
Finnish 175 70 0 100 0
Hungarian 2,940 1,025 200 1,505 215
Turkic languages 5,125 970 1,660 1,850 635
Azerbaijani 120 40 10 55 10
Turkish 4,740 875 1,580 1,670 605
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 260 50 65 120 25
Mongolian 70 20 20 30 5
Afro-Asiatic languages 97,175 7,700 38,970 45,180 5,335
Berber languages (Kabyle) 4,120 20 2,645 1,285 170
Cushitic languages 5,525 90 3,065 2,160 210
Oromo 4,945 20 2,880 1,875 170
Somali 580 70 190 285 35
Semitic languages 86,410 7,580 32,645 41,270 4,915
Amharic 495 160 25 300 15
Arabic 83,780 6,735 32,540 39,710 4,795
Hebrew 1,800 585 55 1,085 80
Maltese 10 5 5 5 0
Tigrigna 245 80 15 135 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 15 10 30 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 1,120 10 610 460 35
Indo-Iranian languages 39,610 17,710 2,400 15,075 4,425
Indo-Aryan languages 29,325 14,440 1,325 10,055 3,510
Bengali 9,105 4,365 530 3,275 930
Gujarati 4,330 2,120 140 1,515 555
Hindi 1,520 900 15 520 75
Konkani 45 20 0 15 0
Marathi 90 65 0 25 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,010 3,490 250 2,140 1,135
Sindhi 175 65 10 85 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 385 240 10 125 15
Urdu 6,510 3,090 350 2,290 785
Nepali 165 75 5 75 5
Iranian languages 9,990 3,155 1,030 4,925 880
Kurdish 475 65 175 175 55
Pashto 735 220 115 265 135
Persian (Farsi) 8,775 2,870 735 4,485 690
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 290 115 50 95 30
Dravidian languages 10,620 5,390 525 3,560 1,150
Kannada 105 80 0 25 5
Malayalam 140 85 5 45 0
Tamil 10,110 5,025 515 3,435 1,130
Telugu 255 195 5 50 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 1,280 585 75 560 55
Korean 2,425 1,210 80 925 215
Sino-Tibetan languages 41,280 14,435 4,800 14,100 7,945
Chinese languages 41,150 14,375 4,795 14,040 7,940
Cantonese 6,455 1,630 560 2,615 1,655
Chaochow (Teochow) 160 20 25 80 35
Fukien 55 30 5 20 0
Hakka 45 10 5 15 15
Mandarin 6,955 2,935 765 2,375 880
Shanghainese 45 20 0 20 10
Taiwanese 205 95 10 75 25
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,230 9,640 3,435 8,835 5,320
Tibetan languages 40 5 0 30 0
Burmese 45 30 0 15 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 25 5 15 5
Tai languages 1,880 165 570 970 170
Lao 1,520 60 520 800 145
Thai 355 110 55 170 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 22,775 2,690 6,185 10,570 3,330
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,925 380 1,715 2,135 700
Vietnamese 17,850 2,310 4,470 8,435 2,630
Malayo-Polynesian languages 12,905 9,140 240 3,340 190
Bisayan languages 665 520 15 125 5
Ilocano 1,400 1,120 0 245 35
Malay 375 195 15 155 20
Pampango 110 90 5 20 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,730 7,035 45 2,530 120
Bikol 85 55 0 25 0
Malagasy 350 0 155 190 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 60 50 0 10 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 125 75 10 35 0
Niger-Congo languages 10,990 1,020 5,010 4,775 185
Akan (Twi) 885 440 15 415 15
Bantu languages 5,225 270 2,620 2,260 70
Lingala 1,455 5 1,020 425 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 965 5 435 510 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 985 15 380 570 20
Shona 80 40 0 40 0
Swahili 740 65 350 315 10
Ganda 20 15 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 980 125 440 395 20
Edo 40 30 0 10 0
Igbo 70 45 0 15 5
Wolof 1,045 10 460 550 25
Bamanankan 450 0 280 165 5
Ewe 220 10 80 125 5
Ga 65 35 0 25 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,990 180 1,550 1,215 55
African languages, n.i.e. 540 65 190 280 10
Creoles 33,725 320 21,160 11,125 1,115
Non-verbal languages 275 15 110 45 100
American Sign Language 15 5 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 135 0 75 25 30
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 5 35 15 75
Other languages 125 15 40 60 10
Multiple responses 66,205 6,640 17,450 41,605 505
English and French 17,425 395 825 16,155 50
English and non-official language 13,160 5,800 290 6,945 125
French and non-official language 29,085 285 16,025 12,505 270
English, French and non-official language 6,540 165 310 6,005 55

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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