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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 (2013 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 Quebec / QuébecFootnote 1
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 7,815,955 363,860 4,047,175 3,328,725 76,190
Single responses 7,663,135 352,615 4,014,450 3,220,655 75,415
English 599,225 187,430 5,155 406,130 505
French 6,102,210 2,490 3,763,865 2,334,520 1,330
Non-official languages 961,695 162,695 245,425 480,000 73,580
Aboriginal languages 43,665 17,325 13,470 7,725 5,150
Algonquian languages 32,480 10,990 12,830 5,675 2,985
Algonquin 1,500 235 600 645 15
Atikamekw 5,820 0 4,960 200 650
Blackfoot 0 0 0 5 0
Cree languages 15,140 9,745 110 3,610 1,675
Cree, n.o.s. 15,135 9,745 110 3,605 1,675
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 5 0
Mi'kmaq 670 490 20 150 10
Innu/Montagnais 8,710 80 7,110 955 565
Naskapi 595 420 10 95 75
Ojibway 30 10 5 15 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0
Athapaskan languages 30 5 10 15 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 5 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 5 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 20 5 10 5 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 80 35 5 40 5
Mohawk 70 30 5 35 0
Cayuga 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 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 5 0 5 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Siouan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 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 5 0 0 5 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 0 0 5
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 11,015 6,285 600 1,980 2,155
Inuktitut 10,920 6,225 585 1,965 2,150
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 95 60 15 15 5
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 50 10 30 10 0
Romance languages 311,455 14,345 90,400 186,910 19,800
Italian 113,815 4,820 18,315 84,105 6,575
Portuguese 34,270 1,835 10,180 20,280 1,965
Romanian 31,250 1,005 8,095 20,605 1,550
Spanish 131,850 6,675 53,730 61,745 9,705
Catalan 225 10 70 140 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 50 0 10 35 5
Germanic languages 29,320 9,970 1,390 15,940 2,025
Dutch 3,245 765 155 2,305 20
Flemish 595 15 110 460 10
Frisian 15 5 0 5 0
German 15,025 4,415 1,035 9,425 145
Yiddish 9,035 4,195 35 2,960 1,845
Scandinavian languages 1,135 500 10 610 10
Danish 305 160 0 150 5
Icelandic 40 10 0 25 0
Norwegian 270 130 0 140 5
Swedish 520 205 5 300 5
Afrikaans 100 60 5 35 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 180 5 35 135 0
Celtic languages 170 40 45 90 0
Gaelic languages 65 25 5 35 0
Welsh 30 10 0 20 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 75 0 35 40 0
Slavic languages 63,635 12,580 11,325 36,400 3,330
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 85 25 10 45 0
Bosnian 1,505 85 770 545 100
Bulgarian 6,500 595 1,530 4,055 315
Croatian 2,380 560 305 1,440 70
Czech 1,645 435 135 1,055 20
Macedonian 200 40 30 120 5
Polish 15,255 3,720 1,525 9,520 485
Russian 24,085 4,690 4,990 12,475 1,930
Serbian 2,955 365 720 1,740 120
Serbo-Croatian 1,910 115 650 1,075 75
Slovak 1,180 320 65 775 15
Slovenian 840 405 15 410 10
Ukrainian 4,780 1,145 510 2,955 175
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 330 80 60 175 10
Baltic languages 980 345 25 595 15
Latvian 335 135 5 185 5
Lithuanian 645 210 20 410 10
Greek 39,825 12,555 595 23,070 3,610
Armenian 15,035 1,610 1,225 11,255 945
Albanian 2,410 245 810 1,135 220
Georgian 145 35 20 75 15
Finno-Ugric languages 7,290 2,420 530 4,030 305
Estonian 200 90 5 105 0
Finnish 415 160 10 245 0
Hungarian 6,680 2,175 515 3,680 305
Turkic languages 7,575 1,450 2,360 2,840 920
Azerbaijani 210 65 20 110 15
Turkish 6,910 1,310 2,225 2,540 845
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 450 80 120 195 55
Mongolian 125 25 35 55 10
Afro-Asiatic languages 160,485 12,820 58,560 80,795 8,315
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5,645 30 3,525 1,865 220
Cushitic languages 7,890 155 4,175 3,270 290
Oromo 7,035 50 3,910 2,840 230
Somali 860 105 265 430 55
Semitic languages 145,230 12,615 49,960 74,895 7,755
Amharic 690 220 35 415 20
Arabic 140,035 10,955 49,765 71,730 7,595
Hebrew 3,975 1,265 105 2,490 110
Maltese 30 20 0 15 0
Tigrigna 350 120 25 180 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 150 40 30 70 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 1,715 15 900 755 45
Indo-Iranian languages 64,675 25,765 5,235 26,055 7,625
Indo-Aryan languages 42,465 20,195 1,770 15,345 5,155
Bengali 10,405 4,945 590 3,840 1,025
Gujarati 5,940 2,825 205 2,205 710
Hindi 2,745 1,550 40 1,035 120
Konkani 90 40 15 35 0
Marathi 160 105 0 50 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 11,145 5,450 345 3,715 1,640
Sindhi 305 110 10 170 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 585 360 10 195 20
Urdu 9,800 4,570 425 3,745 1,055
Nepali 1,280 240 125 355 565
Iranian languages 21,650 5,385 3,345 10,525 2,395
Kurdish 825 125 290 320 90
Pashto 995 285 150 375 180
Persian (Farsi) 19,835 4,970 2,905 9,830 2,130
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 560 190 115 185 70
Dravidian languages 14,105 7,075 630 4,925 1,480
Kannada 175 120 0 55 5
Malayalam 315 185 10 115 5
Tamil 13,240 6,490 620 4,680 1,450
Telugu 365 270 5 70 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0
Japanese 2,175 925 160 990 100
Korean 4,085 1,900 155 1,660 370
Sino-Tibetan languages 65,025 22,780 7,380 23,165 11,695
Chinese languages 64,760 22,675 7,355 23,050 11,670
Cantonese 10,975 2,985 905 4,545 2,540
Chaochow (Teochow) 225 30 35 110 45
Fukien 75 35 5 35 5
Hakka 100 25 10 50 20
Mandarin 11,285 4,570 1,285 4,015 1,420
Shanghainese 90 35 5 35 20
Taiwanese 405 185 15 135 65
Chinese, n.o.s. 41,595 14,810 5,100 14,120 7,560
Tibetan languages 110 35 5 60 10
Burmese 60 30 0 15 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 95 35 15 35 15
Tai languages 4,910 355 1,765 2,395 395
Lao 4,185 145 1,650 2,060 340
Thai 725 220 115 335 50
Austro-Asiatic languages 35,180 3,730 9,620 17,330 4,495
Khmer (Cambodian) 8,620 570 3,060 3,885 1,100
Vietnamese 26,560 3,160 6,560 13,455 3,395
Malayo-Polynesian languages 18,470 12,385 550 5,260 270
Bisayan languages 955 675 15 255 5
Ilocano 1,685 1,325 5 320 35
Malay 625 315 30 260 25
Pampango 160 130 0 25 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,745 9,710 60 3,810 165
Bikol 100 65 0 30 0
Malagasy 900 0 400 490 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 75 60 0 10 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 220 105 35 60 20
Niger-Congo languages 19,285 1,450 8,780 8,685 365
Akan (Twi) 1,135 575 15 530 20
Bantu languages 10,270 445 5,100 4,520 210
Lingala 2,045 10 1,360 665 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 2,370 25 1,130 1,160 55
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 2,010 40 710 1,220 35
Shona 105 55 0 50 0
Swahili 2,065 130 1,145 725 60
Ganda 35 15 0 15 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 1,640 175 750 680 35
Edo 55 40 5 10 0
Igbo 110 75 5 30 5
Wolof 1,880 15 810 1,025 40
Bamanankan 740 0 430 300 5
Ewe 425 20 170 225 10
Ga 105 55 5 45 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 4,565 225 2,245 2,005 85
African languages, n.i.e. 930 95 350 470 10
Creoles 49,475 415 29,475 17,895 1,690
Non-verbal languages 1,015 40 440 130 405
American Sign Language 40 15 5 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 450 5 265 80 110
Sign languages, n.i.e. 520 20 170 50 285
Other languages 245 20 85 110 25
Multiple responses 152,825 11,245 32,730 108,070 780
English and French 64,800 1,045 4,000 59,685 70
English and non-official language 23,435 9,430 545 13,275 185
French and non-official language 51,640 445 27,580 23,170 440
English, French and non-official language 12,950 320 605 11,940 85

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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