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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Laval
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 397,570 19,905 145,655 224,625 7,380
Single responses 382,460 19,000 142,125 214,000 7,325
English 27,685 6,100 230 21,310 30
French 241,620 150 116,195 125,165 105
Non-official languages 113,160 12,750 25,700 67,520 7,185
Aboriginal languages 15 0 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 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 0 0 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 5 0 0 5 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 5 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 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 5 0 5 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. 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages 38,575 1,280 9,010 26,620 1,660
Italian 16,810 610 1,575 14,190 430
Portuguese 5,070 220 1,390 3,160 300
Romanian 5,235 100 1,560 3,300 280
Spanish 11,450 350 4,490 5,960 650
Catalan 5 0 5 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,240 515 45 675 10
Dutch 120 40 10 75 0
Flemish 30 0 5 15 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 980 430 25 515 10
Yiddish 75 35 0 35 0
Scandinavian languages 35 10 5 20 0
Danish 5 0 0 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 5 0
Swedish 20 10 0 15 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 10 0
Celtic languages 10 0 5 15 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Slavic languages 4,065 620 785 2,450 210
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 10 35 60 10
Bulgarian 435 25 95 290 15
Croatian 390 105 35 240 20
Czech 85 10 10 60 5
Macedonian 30 0 10 15 5
Polish 805 150 100 530 30
Russian 1,690 220 405 945 120
Serbian 140 20 30 80 5
Serbo-Croatian 70 10 25 40 5
Slovak 55 10 10 35 0
Slovenian 80 35 0 45 5
Ukrainian 165 25 30 105 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 0
Baltic languages 35 15 5 20 5
Latvian 15 0 5 5 5
Lithuanian 20 10 0 15 0
Greek 14,025 4,380 125 8,325 1,195
Armenian 6,795 680 515 5,100 500
Albanian 330 20 115 165 30
Georgian 5 5 5 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 720 155 90 420 50
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 15 5 0 5 0
Hungarian 700 150 95 410 45
Turkic languages 770 105 245 305 115
Azerbaijani 20 0 5 10 0
Turkish 720 100 235 280 110
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 15 5
Mongolian 5 0 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 23,865 1,140 7,775 13,710 1,245
Berber languages (Kabyle) 510 0 305 185 15
Cushitic languages 685 10 335 320 20
Oromo 670 10 335 310 20
Somali 15 0 5 5 0
Semitic languages 22,550 1,120 7,080 13,150 1,205
Amharic 45 10 0 30 0
Arabic 22,260 1,060 7,055 12,945 1,200
Hebrew 190 35 10 145 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 5 5 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 10 10 20 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 120 0 55 55 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,930 1,795 715 2,595 825
Indo-Aryan languages 3,230 1,400 115 1,310 400
Bengali 280 120 10 135 20
Gujarati 355 150 15 140 50
Hindi 140 70 5 55 5
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,405 655 55 490 210
Sindhi 5 5 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 25 0 15 0
Urdu 980 375 30 465 110
Nepali 15 0 5 10 5
Iranian languages 2,645 375 590 1,260 415
Kurdish 85 15 25 40 10
Pashto 90 30 10 30 15
Persian (Farsi) 2,465 330 555 1,185 390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 15 5 30 5
Dravidian languages 1,430 600 70 590 170
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 0 0 0 0
Tamil 1,425 595 75 585 170
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 60 20 5 30 0
Korean 75 25 0 35 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,275 595 375 995 310
Chinese languages 2,265 595 375 985 310
Cantonese 325 80 35 165 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 0 5 10 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 370 105 60 165 40
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,550 405 280 650 225
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Tai languages 1,130 45 455 535 100
Lao 1,080 30 450 515 95
Thai 50 15 5 20 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,970 360 1,220 1,935 450
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,695 100 585 815 195
Vietnamese 2,270 260 635 1,120 255
Malayo-Polynesian languages 565 305 25 225 10
Bisayan languages 20 10 0 10 0
Ilocano 35 20 0 10 5
Malay 25 10 0 10 5
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415 255 5 150 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 60 0 15 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 845 65 360 405 15
Akan (Twi) 65 30 0 35 0
Bantu languages 405 10 205 180 5
Lingala 90 0 55 35 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 0 35 45 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 0 30 45 5
Shona 5 0 0 5 0
Swahili 65 5 30 30 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 5 45 25 5
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 5 0
Wolof 90 0 40 50 0
Bamanankan 45 0 25 20 0
Ewe 35 0 10 20 0
Ga 10 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 5 80 95 5
African languages, n.i.e. 65 10 20 35 0
Creoles 6,280 35 3,680 2,315 255
Non-verbal languages 65 5 30 10 20
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 30 0 25 5 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 0 10 5 15
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 15,110 905 3,530 10,625 55
English and French 3,775 70 200 3,505 0
English and non-official language 2,735 745 55 1,920 15
French and non-official language 6,550 30 3,190 3,290 35
English, French and non-official language 2,045 50 80 1,905 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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