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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 QuébecFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 544,495 8,920 530,085 4,025 1,460 10,935 2.0
Single responses 538,500 8,335 525,525 3,180 1,460 9,925 1.8
English 5,510 4,335 1,175 0 0 4,335 78.7
French 522,255 3,585 518,670 0 0 3,585 0.7
Non-official languages 10,730 415 5,680 3,180 1,460 2,005 18.7
Aboriginal languages 140 5 110 20 5 10 7.1
Algonquian languages 135 5 105 15 5 10 7.4
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 115 0 95 15 0 10 8.7
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 5 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 4,520 60 2,735 1,310 410 715 15.8
Italian 95 0 55 35 5 20 21.1
Portuguese 565 10 300 220 35 120 21.2
Romanian 405 5 160 215 25 115 28.4
Spanish 3,445 45 2,215 835 350 465 13.5
Catalan 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 85 5 10 70 5 40 47.1
Dutch 20 0 0 15 0 10 50.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 60 5 10 45 5 25 41.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic 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
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 1,300 15 735 445 110 235 18.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 455 5 300 105 50 55 12.1
Bulgarian 130 0 65 60 5 30 23.1
Croatian 40 0 30 15 0 10 25.0
Czech 10 0 5 0 5 5 50.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Polish 95 0 35 50 5 25 26.3
Russian 260 5 130 100 30 55 21.2
Serbian 130 0 75 50 0 30 23.1
Serbo-Croatian 145 5 80 50 10 30 20.7
Slovak 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 20 0 15 5 0 5 25.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 25 0 5 15 0 10 40.0
Armenian 35 0 10 15 5 10 28.6
Albanian 130 0 90 15 30 10 7.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 10 10 20 0 15 37.5
Estonian 5 0 0 5 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 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hungarian 35 5 10 20 5 20 57.1
Turkic languages 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,280 20 665 485 110 265 20.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 0 20 10 0 5 14.3
Cushitic languages 70 0 50 15 10 10 14.3
Oromo 65 0 45 15 5 5 7.7
Somali 5 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,160 20 590 450 95 250 21.6
Amharic 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
Arabic 1,145 20 580 450 100 245 21.4
Hebrew 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
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. 20 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 950 115 215 250 360 245 25.8
Indo-Aryan languages 630 75 105 135 315 145 23.0
Bengali 65 10 20 10 15 20 30.8
Gujarati 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Hindi 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Konkani 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sindhi 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Nepali 505 50 65 100 295 95 18.8
Iranian languages 280 45 95 115 30 100 35.7
Kurdish 15 0 15 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 260 40 80 115 25 100 38.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 5 20 5 15 5 12.5
Dravidian languages 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
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 50 10 15 20 5 20 40.0
Korean 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 715 115 220 235 145 230 32.2
Chinese languages 695 115 210 230 140 230 33.1
Cantonese 55 5 10 15 25 15 27.3
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 165 35 50 55 25 60 36.4
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 475 80 150 160 90 160 33.7
Tibetan 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
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. 15 0 5 0 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 50 0 35 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 35 0 30 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 640 30 325 140 145 100 15.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 170 0 105 25 35 15 8.8
Vietnamese 470 25 220 115 110 90 19.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 55 10 25 10 15 10 18.2
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) 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 30 0 15 15 0 10 33.3
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 5 15 5 20.0
Niger-Congo languages 450 10 310 85 45 55 12.2
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 350 15 245 50 35 40 11.4
Lingala 20 0 20 5 5 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 90 0 70 15 5 5 5.6
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 0 20 10 10 5 12.5
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 180 10 135 20 20 15 8.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 55 0 25 30 0 10 18.2
Bamanankan 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 0 25 10 10 5 12.5
African 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
Creoles 75 5 50 25 0 15 20.0
Non-verbal languages 130 0 90 0 40 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 5 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 75 0 55 0 25 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 0 35 5 15 0 0.0
Other languages 35 0 20 5 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,995 585 4,560 845 0 1,010 16.8
English and French 2,115 395 1,095 630 0 710 33.6
English and non-official language 160 150 10 0 0 150 93.8
French and non-official language 3,335 20 3,320 0 0 15 0.4
English, French and non-official language 380 25 140 215 0 130 34.2

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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Footnote 3

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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