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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Laval
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 109,360 5,005 42,955 59,050 2,355
Single responses 105,045 4,760 41,840 56,100 2,340
English 6,060 1,475 60 4,515 10
French 68,620 50 33,340 35,205 35
Non-official languages 30,360 3,240 8,440 16,380 2,290
Aboriginal languages 10 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages 9,180 295 2,890 5,510 490
Italian 2,430 80 360 1,920 70
Portuguese 1,510 55 500 855 100
Romanian 1,480 30 470 905 75
Spanish 3,755 120 1,555 1,835 240
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 335 145 15 170 0
Dutch 35 15 5 20 0
Flemish 10 0 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 280 130 10 140 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 5 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,120 160 265 645 55
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 0 15 25 5
Bulgarian 85 10 20 50 0
Croatian 85 20 10 55 0
Czech 25 5 0 25 0
Macedonian 5 0 5 0 0
Polish 225 45 30 140 10
Russian 480 45 150 250 30
Serbian 35 10 0 20 0
Serbo-Croatian 30 0 10 20 0
Slovak 25 5 5 15 0
Slovenian 20 10 0 10 0
Ukrainian 45 5 15 30 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 0 0 5 0
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 5 0
Greek 2,330 810 45 1,245 230
Armenian 1,355 120 155 940 135
Albanian 140 10 65 50 20
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 45 35 125 25
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 5 0 0 5 0
Hungarian 225 45 35 125 25
Turkic languages 275 45 85 105 40
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 270 45 85 100 35
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,490 410 2,905 4,645 535
Berber languages (Kabyle) 150 0 90 50 5
Cushitic languages 215 5 125 75 10
Oromo 215 5 125 75 10
Somali 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,100 405 2,670 4,510 515
Amharic 15 5 0 10 0
Arabic 8,040 390 2,660 4,470 515
Hebrew 20 5 0 15 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 10 5
Indo-Iranian languages 1,950 535 280 835 305
Indo-Aryan languages 980 390 45 400 140
Bengali 160 65 5 80 10
Gujarati 100 25 10 50 10
Hindi 25 15 0 10 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 290 125 15 100 50
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 10 0 10 5
Urdu 375 145 15 155 60
Nepali 10 5 0 5 0
Iranian languages 945 135 230 415 155
Kurdish 25 5 5 10 5
Pashto 25 10 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 895 120 225 400 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 5 0 15 5
Dravidian languages 475 190 30 195 55
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 470 190 30 195 55
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 25 5 5 15 0
Korean 20 10 0 10 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 740 200 115 320 105
Chinese languages 740 200 115 320 110
Cantonese 105 20 10 50 20
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 0 0 5 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 130 45 20 50 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 485 130 80 200 70
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Tai languages 330 15 145 130 30
Lao 320 15 150 125 30
Thai 15 5 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,430 130 435 670 195
Khmer (Cambodian) 525 30 175 245 75
Vietnamese 905 100 260 425 120
Malayo-Polynesian languages 165 85 10 65 5
Bisayan languages 10 5 0 5 0
Ilocano 10 5 0 5 0
Malay 10 5 0 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 115 65 0 45 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 20 0 10 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 255 20 120 100 10
Akan (Twi) 20 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 120 10 60 50 5
Lingala 25 0 15 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 0 15 15 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 5 15 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 35 5 20 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 30 0 15 15 0
Bamanankan 25 0 15 5 5
Ewe 10 5 0 10 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 0 25 15 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 5
Creoles 1,460 5 820 585 45
Non-verbal languages 20 0 5 5 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 5 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,320 240 1,115 2,950 15
English and French 1,040 15 45 985 0
English and non-official language 605 200 20 385 5
French and non-official language 2,040 5 1,015 1,015 10
English, French and non-official language 635 25 35 570 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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