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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 AlbertaFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,530 48,310 71,370 2.0
Single responses 3,499,490 3,379,435 61,605 10,145 48,305 66,675 1.9
English 3,095,250 3,057,485 37,770 0 0 37,770 1.2
French 24,690 1,970 22,720 0 0 22,720 92.0
Non-official languages 379,550 319,985 1,110 10,145 48,305 6,185 1.6
Aboriginal languages 10,615 10,415 10 50 140 35 0.3
Algonquian languages 7,385 7,240 5 30 105 20 0.3
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 800 790 5 0 10 5 0.6
Cree languages 6,480 6,365 5 30 80 20 0.3
Cree, n.o.s. 6,470 6,355 5 30 80 20 0.3
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 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.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 95 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
Algonquian 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
Michif 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 980 955 0 0 20 5 0.5
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 880 860 5 0 20 5 0.6
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gwich'in 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sarcee 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Beaver 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iroquoian 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 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
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,190 2,165 0 15 10 10 0.5
Dakota 125 120 0 5 0 0 0.0
Stoney 2,070 2,045 0 15 5 5 0.2
Siouan 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
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 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
Gitksan 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
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 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 37,315 29,795 305 3,035 4,180 1,825 4.9
Italian 3,235 2,705 15 135 385 80 2.5
Portuguese 2,915 2,340 15 155 410 90 3.1
Romanian 3,735 2,655 20 725 335 385 10.3
Spanish 27,400 22,080 260 2,015 3,050 1,265 4.6
Catalan 15 15 0 0 5 5 33.3
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 39,920 35,425 40 645 3,805 370 0.9
Dutch 2,395 2,135 5 180 65 95 4.0
Flemish 40 15 0 20 0 10 25.0
Frisian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
German 35,485 31,380 40 390 3,680 230 0.6
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 505 470 5 20 20 10 2.0
Danish 175 170 0 5 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 190 165 0 10 10 5 2.6
Swedish 115 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 1,430 1,370 5 30 35 15 1.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 10 5 5 11.1
Gaelic languages 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Welsh 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 26,500 23,145 40 1,145 2,170 610 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 885 790 0 20 75 10 1.1
Bulgarian 755 610 0 95 45 50 6.6
Croatian 1,380 1,240 0 35 105 15 1.1
Czech 760 695 0 40 25 20 2.6
Macedonian 110 90 0 10 10 5 4.5
Polish 7,935 7,000 10 295 630 160 2.0
Russian 8,360 7,110 20 390 840 215 2.6
Serbian 2,025 1,780 5 95 140 55 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 435 395 0 10 25 5 1.1
Slovak 675 615 0 30 35 15 2.2
Slovenian 120 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,985 2,625 5 130 230 70 2.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 170 160 0 5 10 0 0.0
Latvian 85 80 0 5 5 5 5.9
Lithuanian 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 900 810 5 35 60 25 2.8
Armenian 205 150 0 35 20 20 9.8
Albanian 920 805 0 30 85 15 1.6
Georgian 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,035 1,780 5 95 150 50 2.5
Estonian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 115 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,900 1,660 5 95 140 50 2.6
Turkic languages 1,920 1,570 20 105 225 70 3.6
Azerbaijani 100 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkish 1,610 1,310 20 85 195 65 4.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 210 175 0 10 25 5 2.4
Mongolian 260 240 5 10 15 5 1.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 27,825 23,280 305 1,680 2,555 1,145 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 20 0 15 5 10 28.6
Cushitic languages 5,160 4,390 50 230 485 170 3.3
Oromo 1,050 875 5 40 130 25 2.4
Somali 4,110 3,515 50 190 350 140 3.4
Semitic languages 22,560 18,845 250 1,405 2,055 950 4.2
Amharic 3,560 3,340 5 45 170 25 0.7
Arabic 16,650 13,435 235 1,320 1,660 900 5.4
Hebrew 370 335 5 20 10 10 2.7
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 1,590 1,425 0 10 150 5 0.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 305 0 10 60 5 1.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 70 25 5 30 5 20 28.6
Indo-Iranian languages 81,050 68,415 45 1,200 11,385 640 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 71,260 60,130 30 930 10,170 495 0.7
Bengali 3,535 3,225 0 125 190 60 1.7
Gujarati 5,035 4,340 5 100 595 55 1.1
Hindi 6,950 6,370 5 90 485 50 0.7
Konkani 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 430 400 0 10 15 5 1.2
Panjabi (Punjabi) 38,215 30,570 15 360 7,270 195 0.5
Sindhi 1,105 990 0 25 95 15 1.4
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,000 960 0 5 30 0 0.0
Urdu 13,735 12,285 0 195 1,255 100 0.7
Nepali 1,195 940 0 15 235 5 0.4
Iranian languages 9,280 7,850 15 265 1,145 150 1.6
Kurdish 785 640 0 10 140 5 0.6
Pashto 1,235 1,020 0 20 195 10 0.8
Persian (Farsi) 7,260 6,195 15 240 815 130 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 510 430 0 10 65 5 1.0
Dravidian languages 3,715 3,440 0 50 225 25 0.7
Kannada 135 125 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 1,490 1,370 0 10 110 10 0.7
Tamil 1,515 1,405 0 25 85 15 1.0
Telugu 565 525 0 10 25 5 0.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 2,125 1,860 0 25 240 10 0.5
Korean 10,345 8,945 5 110 1,280 65 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 73,580 55,810 45 740 16,990 415 0.6
Chinese languages 72,635 55,070 45 735 16,780 415 0.6
Cantonese 24,790 17,270 15 200 7,305 115 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 110 60 0 0 45 0 0.0
Fukien 120 80 0 0 40 0 0.0
Hakka 110 80 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 14,910 12,585 10 195 2,115 110 0.7
Shanghainese 70 45 0 0 25 0 0.0
Taiwanese 135 105 0 5 25 5 3.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 32,395 24,850 20 335 7,190 185 0.6
Tibetan languages 235 200 0 5 35 0 0.0
Burmese 220 195 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 495 345 0 0 145 0 0.0
Tai languages 1,130 845 10 25 255 20 1.8
Lao 535 430 5 25 75 15 2.8
Thai 595 415 5 5 180 5 0.8
Austro-Asiatic languages 16,040 12,500 50 275 3,215 190 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 960 745 5 15 195 10 1.0
Vietnamese 15,085 11,755 45 260 3,020 175 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 36,145 35,315 20 160 650 100 0.3
Bisayan languages 1,130 1,105 0 5 15 0 0.0
Ilocano 1,065 1,020 0 0 40 0 0.0
Malay 370 330 0 5 30 5 1.4
Pampango 95 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 33,190 32,485 15 140 550 85 0.3
Bikol 40 40 0 0 0 5 12.5
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 75 65 0 0 5 5 6.7
Pangasinan 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 145 140 0 0 0 5 3.4
Niger-Congo languages 3,040 2,350 145 405 140 350 11.5
Akan (Twi) 460 435 0 15 15 10 2.2
Bantu languages 1,635 1,150 110 295 70 265 16.2
Lingala 45 10 15 15 5 25 55.6
Rundi (Kirundi) 105 25 15 55 0 40 38.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 220 65 35 100 20 85 38.6
Shona 240 235 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 580 405 45 100 25 100 17.2
Ganda 50 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 395 355 0 20 20 10 2.5
Edo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 170 165 0 0 10 5 2.9
Wolof 65 20 10 30 5 25 38.5
Bamanankan 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Ewe 50 35 5 10 5 10 20.0
Ga 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 595 500 15 45 35 35 5.9
African languages, n.i.e. 1,880 1,750 0 25 105 10 0.5
Creoles 630 310 55 240 25 175 27.8
Non-verbal languages 1,005 640 0 5 355 5 0.5
American Sign Language 320 225 0 0 95 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 685 415 0 0 265 0 0.0
Other languages 175 135 0 0 35 0 0.0
Multiple responses 110,695 104,810 3,500 2,385 0 4,695 4.2
English and French 4,945 1,105 2,295 1,545 0 3,065 62.0
English and non-official language 102,995 102,790 210 0 0 210 0.2
French and non-official language 1,115 455 655 0 0 660 59.2
English, French and non-official language 1,640 455 345 845 0 765 46.6

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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Footnote 3

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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