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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 Calgary Confederation
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 110,270 96,585 65 12,110 1,510
Single responses 108,485 95,275 60 11,655 1,490
English 84,355 75,920 0 8,405 30
French 1,935 130 35 1,775 0
Non-official languages 22,190 19,230 25 1,470 1,460
Aboriginal languages 100 95 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 80 70 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 30 30 0 0 0
Cree languages 40 35 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 35 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 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 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 5 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 15 15 0 0 0
Dakota 5 5 0 0 0
Stoney 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,005 2,460 10 355 185
Italian 925 810 0 65 40
Portuguese 190 170 0 10 10
Romanian 270 175 0 70 20
Spanish 1,620 1,295 5 200 110
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,625 2,295 0 315 15
Dutch 520 430 0 90 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 1,755 1,555 5 185 10
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 290 260 0 25 5
Danish 160 150 0 15 0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 60 0 5 5
Swedish 50 40 0 10 0
Afrikaans 40 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,470 2,185 0 210 80
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 5 0
Bosnian 25 25 0 0 5
Bulgarian 70 55 0 10 5
Croatian 155 150 0 5 0
Czech 155 135 0 15 10
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 730 610 0 90 30
Russian 510 455 0 30 25
Serbian 105 90 0 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0
Slovak 70 65 0 5 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 555 510 0 35 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 30 0 0 0
Latvian 20 20 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 5 0
Greek 105 80 0 20 0
Armenian 20 20 0 5 0
Albanian 45 45 0 0 0
Georgian 10 15 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 405 355 0 30 10
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0
Finnish 55 45 0 0 0
Hungarian 335 295 0 25 10
Turkic languages 135 115 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 115 100 0 10 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,585 1,295 5 175 105
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 150 135 0 5 10
Oromo 55 50 0 0 0
Somali 100 85 0 5 10
Semitic languages 1,405 1,145 5 160 100
Amharic 215 200 0 5 10
Arabic 1,025 800 0 155 75
Hebrew 25 20 0 0 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 105 0 0 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,285 2,120 0 95 65
Indo-Aryan languages 1,535 1,435 0 50 45
Bengali 340 320 0 10 10
Gujarati 165 150 0 5 10
Hindi 210 200 0 10 5
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 255 230 0 15 10
Sindhi 35 30 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 115 0 0 0
Urdu 330 315 0 5 10
Nepali 45 40 0 0 5
Iranian languages 720 650 0 40 25
Kurdish 25 25 0 5 0
Pashto 25 20 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 665 610 0 35 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 245 235 0 10 5
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 75 70 0 0 5
Tamil 115 115 0 0 0
Telugu 35 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 345 320 0 15 10
Korean 565 485 0 20 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,155 5,180 5 125 850
Chinese languages 6,100 5,130 5 125 840
Cantonese 1,665 1,335 5 50 275
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10
Fukien 20 15 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 5 0
Mandarin 1,455 1,275 0 20 160
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,905 2,455 0 50 390
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 5
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 5
Tai languages 85 75 0 0 5
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 70 65 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 280 245 0 15 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 5 0
Vietnamese 260 230 0 15 15
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,250 1,210 5 20 15
Bisayan languages 70 70 0 0 0
Ilocano 35 30 0 0 0
Malay 95 80 0 10 10
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,010 995 0 10 10
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 260 220 5 30 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 120 105 0 20 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 25 20 0 0 0
Swahili 40 35 0 10 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 25 25 0 5 0
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 5 10
Creoles 15 5 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 5
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 15 10 0 0 5
Multiple responses 1,785 1,305 5 460 15
English and French 325 50 0 275 0
English and non-official language 1,305 1,200 0 85 15
French and non-official language 120 45 0 70 0
English, French and non-official language 40 15 0 30 0

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

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