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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kings
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 59,725 58,455 1,145 50 65 1,170 2.0
Single responses 59,465 58,265 1,100 35 65 1,120 1.9
English 58,285 57,680 600 0 0 595 1.0
French 560 60 500 0 0 500 89.3
Non-official languages 625 525 5 35 65 20 3.2
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 45 25 5 0 20 5 11.1
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Portuguese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Spanish 45 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 180 145 0 20 15 10 5.6
Dutch 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
German 150 120 5 15 15 10 6.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Danish 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 40 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Croatian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Russian 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 105 85 0 10 10 5 4.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Semitic languages 105 85 0 10 5 5 4.8
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Arabic 100 85 0 10 10 10 10.0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Aryan languages 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hindi 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 140 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese languages 140 125 0 0 15 0 0.0
Cantonese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chinese, n.o.s. 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 255 190 50 20 0 55 21.6
English and French 80 20 40 20 0 50 62.5
English and non-official language 175 170 0 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
English, French and non-official language 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0

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Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

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