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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (192), Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Age Groups (7) 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 , single and multiple language responses , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in British Columbia / Colombie-BritanniqueFootnote 1
Detailed mother tongue (192) Single and multiple language responses (3)
Total - Single and multiple language responsesFootnote 2 Single language responsesFootnote 3 Multiple language responsesFootnote 4
Total - Detailed mother tongueFootnote 5 4,356,205 4,273,930 82,280
English 3,141,360 3,062,430 78,935
French 70,755 57,280 13,475
Algonquin 5 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 40 40 5
Cree, n.o.s. 1,245 955 290
Swampy Cree 5 0 0
Plains Cree 0 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 15 5
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 180 140 40
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Michif 50 30 25
Carrier 1,495 1,270 225
Wetsuweten 135 120 15
Chilcotin 925 755 165
Dene 95 65 30
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 5 5
Gwich'in 10 10 5
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slavey 10 15 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 90 60 25
Sarcee 10 10 0
Beaver 300 190 115
Sekani 65 55 10
Kaska (Nahani) 30 25 5
Tahltan 110 90 25
Northern Tutchone 5 5 0
Southern Tutchone 5 5 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 20 25 0
Haida 70 40 30
Mohawk 15 10 5
Cayuga 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Kutenai 100 90 15
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 660 550 105
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 435 370 65
Halkomelem 565 450 115
Lillooet 305 255 50
Okanagan 355 275 80
Squamish 70 55 15
Straits 165 140 30
Salish languages, n.i.e. 345 295 55
Dakota 25 20 5
Stoney 5 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Tlingit 10 10 5
Gitksan 910 775 135
Nisga'a 600 515 80
Tsimshian 270 230 40
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 290 245 45
Haisla 160 140 20
Heiltsuk 90 75 15
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 490 430 55
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuktitut 35 20 15
Inuinnaqtun 10 5 0
Inuvialuktun 10 10 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 435 335 105
Italian 25,755 24,060 1,690
Portuguese 15,465 14,610 860
Romanian 8,635 8,330 300
Spanish 43,965 40,790 3,170
Catalan 115 105 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 55 35 20
Dutch 24,260 23,080 1,185
Flemish 495 450 50
Frisian 340 325 15
German 77,745 73,625 4,120
Yiddish 390 350 45
Danish 5,495 5,250 250
Icelandic 345 310 30
Norwegian 2,550 2,370 180
Swedish 2,990 2,735 250
Afrikaans 3,075 2,735 345
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 60 55 5
Gaelic languages 535 375 160
Welsh 375 320 50
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 70 65 5
Bosnian 1,330 1,280 55
Bulgarian 2,000 1,940 55
Croatian 8,210 7,820 395
Czech 5,850 5,610 240
Macedonian 285 270 10
Polish 18,270 17,455 810
Russian 23,650 22,650 1,005
Serbian 6,890 6,655 235
Serbo-Croatian 1,485 1,425 55
Slovak 3,395 3,220 175
Slovenian 1,285 1,230 55
Ukrainian 10,600 9,680 915
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 540 495 45
Latvian 655 615 40
Lithuanian 455 435 25
Greek 6,805 6,250 560
Armenian 1,175 1,105 70
Albanian 1,410 1,330 75
Georgian 70 70 0
Estonian 845 820 30
Finnish 4,325 4,095 230
Hungarian 10,295 9,850 445
Azerbaijani 405 395 10
Turkish 3,000 2,885 110
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 360 350 10
Mongolian 240 225 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 5
Oromo 340 325 20
Somali 1,070 975 95
Amharic 1,330 1,255 70
Arabic 14,515 13,050 1,470
Hebrew 1,915 1,755 155
Maltese 255 220 40
Tigrigna 625 590 35
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 715 690 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 90 70 20
Bengali 2,625 2,410 215
Gujarati 7,610 6,590 1,010
Hindi 28,135 24,640 3,495
Konkani 265 205 65
Marathi 470 430 40
Panjabi (Punjabi) 193,985 182,920 11,070
Sindhi 2,005 1,770 235
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,575 1,405 170
Urdu 9,450 8,450 1,000
Nepali 870 805 65
Kurdish 1,510 1,415 95
Pashto 945 905 45
Persian (Farsi) 37,465 36,045 1,425
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 520 475 50
Kannada 240 210 30
Malayalam 1,580 1,455 125
Tamil 3,530 3,140 400
Telugu 640 565 75
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 5
Japanese 21,100 19,665 1,435
Korean 50,600 48,975 1,625
Cantonese 138,845 133,245 5,605
Chaochow (Teochow) 595 570 25
Fukien 2,105 1,920 185
Hakka 1,170 1,110 65
Mandarin 96,420 94,055 2,365
Shanghainese 1,275 1,245 25
Taiwanese 5,770 5,680 95
Chinese, n.o.s. 124,580 120,040 4,540
Tibetan languages 205 200 5
Burmese 1,010 945 65
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 790 775 15
Lao 1,255 1,155 95
Thai 2,545 2,405 135
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,570 1,465 105
Vietnamese 26,745 25,105 1,645
Bisayan languages 4,275 3,870 405
Ilocano 4,025 3,755 270
Malay 3,855 3,535 320
Pampango 535 500 35
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 77,100 66,120 10,980
Bikol 305 280 30
Malagasy 10 5 5
Fijian 755 650 100
Pangasinan 260 250 15
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 670 635 40
Akan (Twi) 510 455 50
Lingala 70 35 35
Rundi (Kirundi) 155 140 20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 95 85 15
Shona 220 180 35
Swahili 920 755 165
Ganda 95 90 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 595 525 65
Edo 60 55 5
Igbo 215 165 50
Wolof 30 25 5
Bamanankan 10 10 0
Ewe 105 95 10
Ga 60 55 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 580 465 115
African languages, n.i.e. 685 620 65
Creoles 910 635 275
American Sign Language 570 355 215
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 950 640 310
Other languages 500 470 35

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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

The category 'Total - Single and multiple language responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response or in addition to one or more other languages. Total responses represent the sum of single language responses and multiple language responses received in the census.

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Footnote 3

A single language response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

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Footnote 4

A multiple language response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

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Footnote 5

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011016.

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