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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 Ottawa West--Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest--Nepean
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 109,495 76,145 950 30,400 2,000
Single responses 106,200 74,580 845 28,790 1,990
English 69,455 52,990 10 16,420 35
French 7,865 250 460 7,145 5
Non-official languages 28,880 21,345 370 5,220 1,945
Aboriginal languages 95 90 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 65 55 0 5 5
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 40 40 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 35 0 5 5
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 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 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 5 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 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 25 25 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 20 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 4,625 3,040 25 1,275 285
Italian 2,375 1,605 10 620 140
Portuguese 335 215 0 95 20
Romanian 380 145 5 200 30
Spanish 1,535 1,075 15 355 95
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,485 1,100 5 380 5
Dutch 375 285 0 90 0
Flemish 10 0 0 10 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 905 670 0 230 5
Yiddish 75 45 0 30 0
Scandinavian languages 95 70 0 25 0
Danish 40 30 0 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 10 0
Swedish 25 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,320 2,475 10 695 145
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 135 110 0 15 5
Bulgarian 150 105 0 35 10
Croatian 135 110 0 25 0
Czech 140 95 0 45 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 5
Polish 820 595 0 200 20
Russian 1,100 845 0 180 70
Serbian 295 210 0 70 15
Serbo-Croatian 80 55 0 20 5
Slovak 90 75 0 20 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 10 0
Ukrainian 310 220 0 70 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 90 55 0 30 0
Latvian 55 35 0 20 5
Lithuanian 35 20 0 15 0
Greek 285 210 0 65 10
Armenian 65 30 0 30 5
Albanian 100 75 0 15 10
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 445 340 5 95 10
Estonian 35 25 0 10 0
Finnish 45 30 0 15 0
Hungarian 370 285 0 75 10
Turkic languages 365 310 0 35 15
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 5 0
Turkish 330 285 0 30 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,575 3,885 130 1,115 450
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 5 5 10 0
Cushitic languages 1,120 760 50 240 70
Oromo 55 35 0 15 0
Somali 1,060 720 50 225 70
Semitic languages 4,415 3,115 70 850 375
Amharic 150 135 0 10 5
Arabic 4,025 2,795 70 795 360
Hebrew 90 70 0 25 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 100 85 0 10 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 15 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 15 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,450 2,925 10 300 215
Indo-Aryan languages 2,070 1,790 5 185 90
Bengali 400 355 0 20 20
Gujarati 215 195 0 20 5
Hindi 325 270 0 35 10
Konkani 10 10 0 5 0
Marathi 40 35 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 320 260 0 35 20
Sindhi 25 15 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 105 90 0 10 0
Urdu 555 485 0 40 25
Nepali 70 65 0 5 0
Iranian languages 1,370 1,120 0 120 125
Kurdish 100 85 5 0 15
Pashto 175 135 0 20 20
Persian (Farsi) 1,100 900 5 100 90
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 490 430 0 30 30
Kannada 40 35 0 0 5
Malayalam 80 70 0 5 5
Tamil 295 260 0 15 20
Telugu 70 60 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 115 100 0 10 0
Korean 250 205 0 30 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,405 3,465 0 370 570
Chinese languages 4,305 3,380 0 365 550
Cantonese 1,095 785 0 110 200
Chaochow (Teochow) 30 20 0 10 0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,035 845 0 85 105
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 25 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,070 1,680 5 155 230
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 90 70 0 0 15
Tai languages 105 90 0 15 0
Lao 45 35 0 10 0
Thai 60 55 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,250 910 0 210 120
Khmer (Cambodian) 245 200 5 20 25
Vietnamese 1,005 715 0 190 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,185 1,135 0 35 15
Bisayan languages 75 70 0 0 0
Ilocano 100 95 0 0 0
Malay 50 50 0 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 925 890 0 30 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 615 285 90 230 10
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 10 0
Bantu languages 435 160 75 185 10
Lingala 30 5 10 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 95 5 30 55 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 10 10 50 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 115 65 15 30 0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 95 55 5 35 0
Edo 5 10 0 0 0
Igbo 25 25 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 5 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 45 10 30 0
African languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 15 0
Creoles 390 55 100 230 10
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 25 20 0 0 5
Multiple responses 3,290 1,565 105 1,610 15
English and French 1,065 120 15 930 0
English and non-official language 1,685 1,385 0 295 5
French and non-official language 360 40 90 230 0
English, French and non-official language 180 20 0 155 0

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

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