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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 Wellington
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 206,805 189,830 70 15,025 1,885
Single responses 204,485 188,010 60 14,530 1,875
English 170,470 159,515 0 10,920 30
French 2,420 215 35 2,170 0
Non-official languages 31,595 28,285 25 1,440 1,850
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 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 5 5 0 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 0 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,205 4,625 5 395 185
Italian 2,870 2,605 0 155 105
Portuguese 620 550 0 50 20
Romanian 355 270 0 65 20
Spanish 1,360 1,200 0 120 40
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,480 7,755 5 335 385
Dutch 2,480 2,360 5 85 30
Flemish 40 25 0 10 0
Frisian 60 60 0 0 0
German 5,625 5,060 5 205 350
Yiddish 5 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 230 210 0 25 5
Danish 165 155 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 10 0 5 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 40 30 0 10 0
Afrikaans 35 35 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 30 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 5 0 5 0
Welsh 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,660 3,340 0 200 125
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 95 90 0 0 5
Bulgarian 40 35 0 0 0
Croatian 280 260 0 15 5
Czech 170 155 0 20 0
Macedonian 45 45 0 5 0
Polish 1,650 1,520 0 80 55
Russian 265 235 0 20 15
Serbian 540 475 0 35 35
Serbo-Croatian 60 60 0 0 5
Slovak 105 95 0 5 5
Slovenian 80 75 0 10 0
Ukrainian 315 290 0 20 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 90 80 0 10 0
Latvian 50 45 0 5 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 5 0
Greek 275 255 0 15 10
Armenian 75 60 0 10 5
Albanian 70 65 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,200 1,115 0 45 40
Estonian 50 40 0 10 0
Finnish 65 65 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,085 1,010 0 35 40
Turkic languages 395 340 0 15 40
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 90 75 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 305 260 0 5 30
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 870 770 0 60 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 45 35 0 0 5
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0
Somali 40 30 0 5 10
Semitic languages 825 730 5 60 35
Amharic 120 110 0 0 10
Arabic 540 470 0 45 20
Hebrew 40 35 0 5 0
Maltese 85 85 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,180 3,705 0 135 335
Indo-Aryan languages 3,120 2,785 5 80 250
Bengali 220 210 0 5 10
Gujarati 500 440 0 10 45
Hindi 265 245 0 15 5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 40 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,405 1,205 0 35 170
Sindhi 35 35 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 95 0 0 0
Urdu 530 495 0 15 25
Nepali 30 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,025 895 0 45 80
Kurdish 35 25 0 5 0
Pashto 145 135 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 845 730 0 45 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 355 335 0 10 15
Kannada 20 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 85 85 0 0 5
Tamil 220 210 0 5 10
Telugu 20 20 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 100 95 0 5 5
Korean 230 195 0 15 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,930 2,490 5 110 330
Chinese languages 2,920 2,480 0 105 330
Cantonese 800 645 0 30 125
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5
Mandarin 665 580 0 30 55
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 30 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,380 1,200 0 40 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 200 180 0 5 20
Lao 165 140 0 5 15
Thai 40 35 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,590 1,300 0 30 265
Khmer (Cambodian) 110 85 0 5 20
Vietnamese 1,485 1,215 0 25 240
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,335 1,295 5 20 20
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0
Malay 60 55 0 0 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,150 1,115 0 20 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 160 130 5 25 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 90 60 5 25 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 55 30 5 15 5
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Creoles 25 15 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 55 35 0 5 15
American Sign Language 30 25 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 5 10
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,325 1,815 5 495 10
English and French 405 75 5 330 0
English and non-official language 1,810 1,690 0 115 5
French and non-official language 90 50 5 35 5
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15 0

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

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