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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 Halifax
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 386,440 374,480 9,785 1,045 1,135 10,300 2.7
Single responses 381,495 370,350 9,345 675 1,135 9,675 2.5
English 365,535 359,645 5,890 0 0 5,885 1.6
French 3,660 270 3,390 0 0 3,395 92.8
Non-official languages 12,305 10,435 65 675 1,130 400 3.3
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Inuktitut 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 875 680 15 105 80 65 7.4
Italian 140 125 0 5 10 5 3.6
Portuguese 90 75 0 10 10 5 5.6
Romanian 75 45 0 20 10 10 13.3
Spanish 575 440 15 70 50 45 7.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 365 285 5 70 10 40 11.0
Dutch 50 35 0 20 0 10 20.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 250 205 0 40 10 20 8.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 50 35 0 10 0 10 20.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 20 10 5 0 0 5 25.0
Norwegian 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 935 800 0 65 70 35 3.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Czech 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 180 150 0 20 10 10 5.6
Russian 455 390 0 30 35 20 4.4
Serbian 55 45 0 5 0 5 9.1
Serbo-Croatian 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 250 215 0 5 25 5 2.0
Armenian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 120 95 0 5 20 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 60 45 0 10 0 5 8.3
Estonian 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
Finnish 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
Hungarian 55 45 0 10 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 170 145 0 10 15 5 2.9
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 135 120 0 10 5 5 3.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,185 2,615 30 270 265 165 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 30 5 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
Somali 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 3,145 2,585 30 275 260 170 5.4
Amharic 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 3,030 2,475 30 270 255 165 5.4
Hebrew 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,045 1,770 0 50 220 30 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,045 875 0 20 155 10 1.0
Bengali 200 185 0 5 5 5 2.5
Gujarati 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 185 175 0 0 10 5 2.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 140 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 220 195 0 5 15 0 0.0
Nepali 205 110 0 0 95 0 0.0
Iranian languages 985 880 0 35 70 20 2.0
Kurdish 60 50 0 5 5 5 8.3
Pashto 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 900 805 0 30 65 15 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 195 190 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 45 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 105 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 470 410 0 10 50 5 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,480 2,180 5 30 270 15 0.6
Chinese languages 2,475 2,175 0 30 270 20 0.8
Cantonese 260 185 0 5 70 5 1.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 600 550 0 10 50 5 0.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,590 1,420 5 15 150 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 235 205 0 5 25 5 2.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 230 195 0 0 25 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 460 445 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415 400 0 0 15 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 105 75 5 15 5 15 14.3
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 50 30 0 15 0 10 20.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 0 5 5 5 33.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 140 100 0 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 55 40 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 65 0 0 25 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,940 4,130 440 375 0 625 12.7
English and French 830 180 350 300 0 495 59.6
English and non-official language 3,880 3,860 20 0 0 25 0.6
French and non-official language 90 40 50 0 0 50 55.6
English, French and non-official language 140 50 15 75 0 50 35.7

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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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