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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 Niagara Falls
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 126,815 122,985 2,390 335 1,100 2,560 2.0
Single responses 123,955 120,320 2,250 280 1,105 2,395 1.9
English 115,175 113,545 1,630 0 0 1,630 1.4
French 640 40 600 0 0 600 93.8
Non-official languages 8,140 6,735 20 280 1,100 165 2.0
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 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 5 100.0
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 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 2,370 1,920 5 85 365 50 2.1
Italian 1,485 1,225 0 25 230 10 0.7
Portuguese 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romanian 75 55 0 15 0 10 13.3
Spanish 755 585 5 40 125 20 2.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 665 565 0 15 75 10 1.5
Dutch 25 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 605 515 0 15 75 10 1.7
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,625 1,385 0 70 170 40 2.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 130 110 0 10 5 5 3.8
Croatian 80 70 0 5 10 5 6.3
Czech 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 325 280 0 10 35 10 3.1
Russian 135 115 0 15 10 5 3.7
Serbian 735 625 0 30 85 15 2.0
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 95 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 85 70 5 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 160 135 5 5 20 5 3.1
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 145 115 0 5 15 5 3.4
Turkic languages 165 150 0 5 5 5 3.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 160 145 0 5 10 5 3.1
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 335 300 5 15 20 10 3.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 280 245 0 20 20 10 3.6
Amharic 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
Arabic 265 230 0 15 20 10 3.8
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 610 530 5 20 60 15 2.5
Indo-Aryan languages 470 410 0 10 55 5 1.1
Bengali 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 150 120 0 5 25 0 0.0
Hindi 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 125 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 130 110 0 5 10 5 3.8
Kurdish 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 265 230 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,000 745 0 5 240 5 0.5
Chinese languages 985 740 0 10 240 5 0.5
Cantonese 265 170 0 5 90 5 1.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 120 95 0 0 25 0 0.0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 590 460 0 0 120 5 0.8
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 275 210 0 0 65 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 265 205 0 5 65 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 220 210 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 205 195 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 50 35 5 5 10 5 10.0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 25 5 10 5 5 11.1
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 5 5 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 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
African 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
Creoles 45 10 5 25 5 15 33.3
Non-verbal languages 55 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,860 2,665 140 55 0 170 5.9
English and French 195 50 100 40 0 120 61.5
English and non-official language 2,605 2,600 5 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 25 5 20 0 0 25 100.0
English, French and non-official language 35 15 15 15 0 20 57.1

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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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