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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa, CV
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 872,450 522,980 12,915 324,695 11,860
Single responses 846,090 513,185 12,260 308,870 11,770
English 544,045 389,695 110 154,040 195
French 123,925 1,845 9,065 112,970 50
Non-official languages 178,120 121,645 3,085 41,855 11,530
Aboriginal languages 555 480 5 70 5
Algonquian languages 280 235 0 40 10
Algonquin 20 10 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 155 135 0 10 5
Cree, n.o.s. 145 125 0 10 5
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 5 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 15 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 5 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 55 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 10 0 5 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 5 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 15 10 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 10 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 230 215 0 15 5
Inuktitut 210 195 0 15 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages 26,615 15,710 265 9,285 1,355
Italian 9,440 5,575 50 3,360 460
Portuguese 3,915 2,050 90 1,525 250
Romanian 2,385 980 25 1,255 125
Spanish 10,850 7,095 100 3,135 520
Catalan 20 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 9,410 6,560 10 2,815 25
Dutch 2,360 1,730 5 625 5
Flemish 80 30 5 50 5
Frisian 35 35 0 10 0
German 5,810 3,975 5 1,815 10
Yiddish 230 130 0 105 0
Scandinavian languages 745 545 0 195 0
Danish 320 255 0 65 0
Icelandic 15 10 0 5 0
Norwegian 140 90 0 45 0
Swedish 270 185 0 85 5
Afrikaans 135 120 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Celtic languages 95 65 0 25 0
Gaelic languages 40 30 0 10 0
Welsh 50 35 0 15 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 19,375 13,720 50 4,900 700
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 20 0 5 5
Bosnian 575 460 5 90 25
Bulgarian 825 555 0 240 30
Croatian 985 705 5 255 20
Czech 990 700 5 290 5
Macedonian 60 50 0 10 0
Polish 5,750 4,000 20 1,585 140
Russian 5,475 4,025 20 1,085 340
Serbian 1,680 1,150 5 440 80
Serbo-Croatian 550 405 0 135 10
Slovak 625 460 0 155 10
Slovenian 235 170 0 60 0
Ukrainian 1,560 990 0 535 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Baltic languages 485 300 0 180 0
Latvian 275 170 0 100 0
Lithuanian 210 130 0 75 5
Greek 2,035 1,315 5 655 65
Armenian 415 180 5 215 20
Albanian 580 465 5 75 40
Georgian 25 20 0 5 5
Finno-Ugric languages 2,225 1,575 5 620 30
Estonian 180 105 0 80 0
Finnish 325 255 0 70 0
Hungarian 1,725 1,225 0 470 30
Turkic languages 1,585 1,200 5 295 90
Azerbaijani 130 90 0 35 5
Turkish 1,395 1,065 0 250 80
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 40 0 10 5
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 37,325 23,035 940 10,670 2,670
Berber languages (Kabyle) 65 10 15 45 0
Cushitic languages 6,495 3,910 375 1,745 475
Oromo 360 180 20 140 20
Somali 6,135 3,725 355 1,605 450
Semitic languages 30,640 19,105 540 8,795 2,195
Amharic 1,160 990 5 135 40
Arabic 28,190 17,065 535 8,480 2,110
Hebrew 350 255 0 90 5
Maltese 35 30 0 10 0
Tigrigna 745 650 5 55 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 120 0 30 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 125 20 20 85 5
Indo-Iranian languages 22,660 18,495 25 2,900 1,240
Indo-Aryan languages 15,125 12,570 10 1,905 640
Bengali 2,840 2,355 0 375 115
Gujarati 1,205 980 0 175 55
Hindi 2,335 1,935 5 330 70
Konkani 105 90 0 10 5
Marathi 230 190 0 40 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,295 2,660 0 425 205
Sindhi 245 190 0 55 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 725 635 0 70 20
Urdu 3,675 3,130 0 410 130
Nepali 465 400 0 25 40
Iranian languages 7,405 5,815 15 980 590
Kurdish 645 525 5 70 45
Pashto 705 565 5 55 80
Persian (Farsi) 6,050 4,720 15 860 465
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 10 10
Dravidian languages 3,005 2,520 0 345 140
Kannada 150 120 0 20 5
Malayalam 445 375 0 65 15
Tamil 2,060 1,715 0 235 115
Telugu 340 305 0 20 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Japanese 930 745 10 160 20
Korean 1,605 1,305 0 200 100
Sino-Tibetan languages 26,985 20,265 45 2,820 3,855
Chinese languages 26,455 19,840 45 2,805 3,765
Cantonese 6,405 4,450 15 810 1,135
Chaochow (Teochow) 105 65 0 20 15
Fukien 80 60 0 15 10
Hakka 55 40 0 15 5
Mandarin 6,820 5,185 10 705 920
Shanghainese 80 50 0 10 20
Taiwanese 170 135 0 25 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,735 9,860 25 1,205 1,645
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 5 5
Burmese 160 135 0 10 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 275 0 0 80
Tai languages 695 535 5 115 35
Lao 360 245 5 85 15
Thai 340 290 0 30 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,900 4,950 30 1,215 695
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 850 5 130 110
Vietnamese 5,800 4,095 30 1,085 590
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,145 5,720 15 335 75
Bisayan languages 375 360 0 15 5
Ilocano 365 355 0 5 5
Malay 355 310 0 40 10
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,870 4,585 10 225 55
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 45 5 5 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 25 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 60 5 10 5
Niger-Congo languages 4,110 1,665 520 1,850 75
Akan (Twi) 310 240 0 70 0
Bantu languages 2,845 900 410 1,465 75
Lingala 275 20 85 165 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 550 25 110 400 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 515 70 80 355 15
Shona 80 60 0 15 0
Swahili 800 350 95 325 30
Ganda 120 115 0 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 510 260 40 195 10
Edo 25 25 5 5 0
Igbo 135 125 0 10 0
Wolof 50 5 15 40 0
Bamanankan 35 5 15 20 0
Ewe 85 45 5 35 0
Ga 50 35 0 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 575 295 75 210 0
African languages, n.i.e. 450 350 15 80 5
Creoles 3,620 340 1,125 2,005 155
Non-verbal languages 185 80 0 15 85
American Sign Language 65 35 5 10 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 50 0 5 65
Other languages 80 45 0 15 20
Multiple responses 26,360 9,790 660 15,820 90
English and French 10,755 800 85 9,860 5
English and non-official language 11,090 8,570 10 2,455 55
French and non-official language 2,950 235 530 2,155 20
English, French and non-official language 1,570 180 30 1,350 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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