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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 Laval
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 109,360 13,580 84,625 8,865 2,295 18,010 16.5
Single responses 101,325 12,150 79,565 7,320 2,295 15,805 15.6
English 9,725 8,825 900 0 0 8,825 90.7
French 73,665 815 72,845 0 0 815 1.1
Non-official languages 17,930 2,500 5,820 7,315 2,295 6,160 34.4
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 5,210 225 2,215 2,270 495 1,365 26.2
Italian 650 35 255 290 65 175 26.9
Portuguese 775 40 340 290 100 185 23.9
Romanian 1,105 30 370 630 75 350 31.7
Spanish 2,670 120 1,250 1,055 245 650 24.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 90 55 0 30 5 65 72.2
Dutch 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
Flemish 0 5 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 85 50 5 25 5 60 70.6
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 635 95 185 305 55 245 38.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 5 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 35 0 15 20 5 10 28.6
Bulgarian 55 5 15 30 5 20 36.4
Croatian 35 15 0 15 5 20 57.1
Czech 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Polish 100 25 20 40 15 45 45.0
Russian 345 30 115 170 30 115 33.3
Serbian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Slovak 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Ukrainian 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 1,265 625 35 375 230 810 64.0
Armenian 1,130 120 175 700 140 470 41.6
Albanian 95 5 55 15 20 15 15.8
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 105 25 25 35 20 40 38.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 110 20 25 40 20 45 40.9
Turkic languages 200 35 70 60 35 65 32.5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 200 35 70 60 35 65 32.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,660 335 1,735 2,050 535 1,360 29.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 0 20 10 5 5 14.3
Cushitic languages 60 0 35 15 10 5 8.3
Oromo 60 0 35 20 10 5 8.3
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 4,550 330 1,670 2,025 520 1,345 29.6
Amharic 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Arabic 4,520 325 1,665 2,005 520 1,325 29.3
Hebrew 15 0 0 10 0 5 33.3
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,540 450 240 540 305 720 46.8
Indo-Aryan languages 755 325 45 255 135 450 59.6
Bengali 125 60 10 45 15 80 64.0
Gujarati 70 15 10 35 10 35 50.0
Hindi 20 10 0 5 0 15 75.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 225 95 15 60 55 125 55.6
Sindhi 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 5 5 10 100.0
Urdu 295 120 10 110 50 180 61.0
Nepali 10 5 0 0 5 10 100.0
Iranian languages 760 120 200 280 165 260 34.2
Kurdish 15 5 5 5 5 10 66.7
Pashto 10 5 0 0 5 10 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 730 110 195 275 155 250 34.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 10 5 10 50.0
Dravidian languages 410 175 45 135 60 240 58.5
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 410 170 45 135 60 240 58.5
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Korean 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 570 175 90 190 105 275 48.2
Chinese languages 565 175 90 190 105 275 48.7
Cantonese 85 20 10 40 20 40 47.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 100 40 15 30 15 50 50.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 370 120 65 115 75 175 47.3
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 200 10 110 45 35 35 17.5
Lao 200 15 115 40 30 35 17.5
Thai 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,045 115 360 380 190 300 28.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 310 30 105 105 75 80 25.8
Vietnamese 730 85 250 275 120 225 30.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 55 35 0 15 0 45 81.8
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 45 35 0 10 0 40 88.9
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 70 0 45 15 5 10 14.3
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 40 5 20 15 0 10 25.0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 15 10 5 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Creoles 590 5 400 135 50 75 12.7
Non-verbal languages 30 5 15 0 5 5 16.7
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 8,035 1,435 5,060 1,545 0 2,205 27.4
English and French 1,435 225 590 620 0 535 37.3
English and non-official language 1,100 1,055 45 0 0 1,055 95.9
French and non-official language 4,185 40 4,145 0 0 40 1.0
English, French and non-official language 1,310 115 275 925 0 575 43.9

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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-XCB2011040.

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