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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 and Forward Sortation Areas, 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 M3NFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 42,355 38,690 290 200 3,175 395 0.9
Single responses 38,855 35,270 235 175 3,175 325 0.8
English 22,520 22,455 70 0 0 75 0.3
French 155 35 125 0 0 125 80.6
Non-official languages 16,170 12,785 35 175 3,175 120 0.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 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 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 4,545 3,495 10 45 1,000 30 0.7
Italian 1,645 1,090 5 10 540 5 0.3
Portuguese 190 130 0 0 55 0 0.0
Romanian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Spanish 2,675 2,240 5 30 400 20 0.7
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 465 390 0 5 75 0 0.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 125 100 0 5 25 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 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
Polish 125 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Russian 150 125 0 5 25 0 0.0
Serbian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 80 50 0 0 30 5 6.3
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 75 45 0 0 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages 185 140 0 0 35 5 2.7
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 165 135 0 5 30 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,950 1,555 0 20 375 15 0.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 605 565 0 10 30 5 0.8
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 590 550 0 10 35 5 0.8
Semitic languages 1,345 990 0 10 340 10 0.7
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 665 485 0 10 170 10 1.5
Hebrew 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
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 625 455 0 0 175 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,280 1,090 5 10 175 5 0.4
Indo-Aryan languages 975 830 5 10 135 5 0.5
Bengali 115 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 360 290 0 5 70 0 0.0
Hindi 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 255 220 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 185 170 0 0 15 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 305 255 0 0 45 0 0.0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 225 185 0 0 35 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 995 870 5 5 115 10 1.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 980 855 5 5 115 5 0.5
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,705 1,140 5 15 545 10 0.6
Chinese languages 1,555 1,030 5 10 510 10 0.6
Cantonese 840 510 0 5 325 5 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 145 105 0 0 40 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 535 395 5 10 135 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 140 105 0 0 35 0 0.0
Tai languages 170 135 0 5 30 0 0.0
Lao 135 105 0 5 25 5 3.7
Thai 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,090 2,345 0 40 700 20 0.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 455 340 0 10 100 5 1.1
Vietnamese 2,635 2,010 5 30 595 15 0.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 335 325 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 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
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 295 290 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 1,075 1,010 5 15 35 15 1.4
Akan (Twi) 680 650 0 10 20 5 0.7
Bantu languages 185 165 5 5 15 5 2.7
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 100 85 0 5 5 5 5.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0 5 12.5
Creoles 90 65 5 10 5 10 11.1
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 3,500 3,420 55 25 0 70 2.0
English and French 45 10 20 15 0 25 55.6
English and non-official language 3,380 3,375 5 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 45 15 25 0 0 30 66.7
English, French and non-official language 30 15 5 10 0 15 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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-XCB2011038.


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