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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Hamilton, C
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 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,930 8,725 7,620 1.5
Single responses 494,095 477,610 6,195 1,570 8,725 6,980 1.4
English 431,670 427,715 3,960 0 0 3,960 0.9
French 2,245 170 2,075 0 0 2,080 92.7
Non-official languages 60,175 49,725 160 1,570 8,725 940 1.6
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Mohawk 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
Cayuga 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
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 14,725 11,370 45 465 2,850 275 1.9
Italian 6,090 4,780 10 70 1,230 45 0.7
Portuguese 3,410 2,335 10 65 995 40 1.2
Romanian 880 665 5 120 85 65 7.4
Spanish 4,335 3,580 15 210 530 115 2.7
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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
Germanic languages 855 790 0 40 25 25 2.9
Dutch 170 155 0 15 5 5 2.9
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 570 530 0 20 20 15 2.6
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 15 15 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 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
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 12,620 10,770 20 300 1,535 175 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 565 475 0 20 80 10 1.8
Bulgarian 55 50 0 0 5 5 9.1
Croatian 2,225 1,870 5 40 300 25 1.1
Czech 855 670 0 10 170 5 0.6
Macedonian 195 170 0 10 20 5 2.6
Polish 3,370 2,975 0 65 325 35 1.0
Russian 825 705 0 25 90 15 1.8
Serbian 3,310 2,780 5 95 425 55 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 205 165 0 5 30 5 2.4
Slovak 200 170 0 0 30 0 0.0
Slovenian 205 195 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 585 520 0 25 45 15 2.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 290 260 0 20 10 10 3.4
Latvian 135 120 0 10 5 5 3.7
Lithuanian 150 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Greek 630 570 0 15 50 5 0.8
Armenian 90 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Albanian 810 685 5 10 110 10 1.2
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,265 1,070 0 30 165 20 1.6
Estonian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,220 1,025 5 30 160 20 1.6
Turkic languages 400 370 0 5 25 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 320 295 0 5 25 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,015 4,875 25 235 880 140 2.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 565 420 0 0 140 0 0.0
Oromo 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 535 400 0 5 135 0 0.0
Semitic languages 5,455 4,455 20 230 745 140 2.6
Amharic 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 3,970 3,235 20 205 515 120 3.0
Hebrew 60 50 0 5 5 5 8.3
Maltese 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,250 1,010 5 20 215 10 0.8
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 8,830 7,530 10 195 1,100 100 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 6,565 5,635 5 110 815 60 0.9
Bengali 695 620 5 25 45 10 1.4
Gujarati 580 480 5 10 85 5 0.9
Hindi 385 360 0 5 15 0 0.0
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,705 2,160 0 45 500 25 0.9
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,020 1,845 0 20 150 15 0.7
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,240 1,860 5 80 290 45 2.0
Kurdish 720 570 5 45 105 25 3.5
Pashto 95 80 0 5 5 5 5.3
Persian (Farsi) 1,425 1,215 0 30 180 15 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 470 435 0 10 30 5 1.1
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 215 195 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 200 180 0 5 5 5 2.5
Telugu 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Korean 1,030 875 0 15 145 10 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,130 5,080 5 60 990 35 0.6
Chinese languages 5,880 4,900 10 60 920 35 0.6
Cantonese 1,050 710 0 5 330 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,275 1,105 0 15 155 10 0.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,510 3,045 10 30 430 20 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 25 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 170 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 265 190 5 5 70 5 1.9
Lao 185 150 0 5 30 5 2.7
Thai 75 35 0 0 40 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,740 2,115 10 45 575 30 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 555 425 5 5 120 5 0.9
Vietnamese 2,185 1,690 5 35 460 20 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,915 1,865 0 5 50 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 90 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,655 1,615 0 5 40 0 0.0
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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
Niger-Congo languages 420 340 20 40 25 40 9.5
Akan (Twi) 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 290 215 20 35 20 35 12.1
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swahili 135 95 10 20 10 20 14.8
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0 5 12.5
Edo 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
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
African languages, n.i.e. 230 205 0 15 5 10 4.3
Creoles 115 35 20 65 5 50 43.5
Non-verbal languages 160 105 0 0 55 0 0.0
American Sign Language 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 85 0 0 45 0 0.0
Other languages 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 19,075 18,250 460 360 0 645 3.4
English and French 635 180 255 200 0 355 55.9
English and non-official language 17,830 17,800 30 0 0 25 0.1
French and non-official language 295 160 130 0 0 130 44.1
English, French and non-official language 310 100 50 165 0 125 40.3

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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-XCB2011039.

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