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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 T5HFootnote 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 24,195 22,385 625 220 970 735 3.0
Single responses 23,025 21,305 560 195 965 655 2.8
English 17,010 16,720 290 0 0 290 1.7
French 230 5 220 0 0 220 95.7
Non-official languages 5,785 4,575 50 190 970 145 2.5
Aboriginal languages 60 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 45 45 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 45 40 0 0 0 5 11.1
Cree, n.o.s. 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 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
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 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
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 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 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
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 555 435 5 35 75 25 4.5
Italian 75 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Portuguese 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romanian 90 60 0 15 10 10 11.1
Spanish 360 285 0 20 50 15 4.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Dutch 5 5 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 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 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
Danish 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
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 5 0 0 5 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 365 305 0 15 40 10 2.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 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
Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Russian 85 70 0 10 5 5 5.9
Serbian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 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
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 115 95 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 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
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,375 1,170 20 65 120 55 4.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 495 415 5 15 55 10 2.0
Oromo 135 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Somali 360 315 5 15 30 15 4.2
Semitic languages 875 750 15 50 70 35 4.0
Amharic 330 300 0 5 25 0 0.0
Arabic 320 240 15 45 15 40 12.5
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 215 190 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Indo-Iranian languages 345 315 0 5 25 0 0.0
Indo-Aryan languages 270 250 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bengali 70 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 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
Urdu 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 55 45 0 5 10 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 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Korean 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,430 935 0 10 480 5 0.3
Chinese languages 1,315 860 0 5 450 5 0.4
Cantonese 465 275 0 5 180 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 10 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 190 165 0 5 30 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 625 400 0 5 225 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 100 70 0 0 30 0 0.0
Tai languages 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lao 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 765 595 5 5 160 10 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 130 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 630 480 5 5 145 10 1.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 415 410 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 375 370 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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 110 70 15 25 5 20 18.2
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 85 50 10 25 0 20 23.5
Lingala 5 0 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 5 15 0 10 40.0
Shona 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
Swahili 25 20 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 5 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 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. 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
African languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Creoles 35 20 5 10 0 10 28.6
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 40 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 1,170 1,075 65 25 0 80 6.8
English and French 50 10 25 10 0 35 70.0
English and non-official language 1,065 1,060 5 0 0 5 0.5
French and non-official language 30 5 25 0 0 30 100.0
English, French and non-official language 25 0 10 10 0 10 40.0

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not available for a specific reference period

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Symbol ...

not applicable

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Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.

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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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