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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 Québec, V
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 509,915 8,410 496,185 3,890 1,425 10,355 2.0
Single responses 504,130 7,845 491,760 3,105 1,425 9,395 1.9
English 5,165 4,070 1,090 0 0 4,070 78.8
French 488,430 3,365 485,065 0 0 3,365 0.7
Non-official languages 10,540 410 5,600 3,100 1,430 1,960 18.6
Aboriginal languages 140 5 110 20 5 10 7.1
Algonquian languages 135 5 105 20 5 15 11.1
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 10 0 10 5 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 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 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
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 4,445 55 2,700 1,280 405 700 15.7
Italian 100 0 60 35 5 20 20.0
Portuguese 555 5 300 220 30 115 20.7
Romanian 390 5 155 205 25 105 26.9
Spanish 3,395 45 2,190 820 345 450 13.3
Catalan 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 80 10 10 55 5 35 43.8
Dutch 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 60 5 10 40 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 0 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 1,255 15 720 425 100 225 17.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 440 5 295 90 50 50 11.4
Bulgarian 130 0 65 55 5 30 23.1
Croatian 35 0 20 15 0 10 28.6
Czech 10 0 5 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Polish 80 0 30 50 5 25 31.3
Russian 260 0 130 100 30 55 21.2
Serbian 125 0 70 50 0 30 24.0
Serbo-Croatian 140 0 80 50 10 25 17.9
Slovak 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 25 0 10 10 5 5 20.0
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 10 15 0 10 40.0
Armenian 30 5 10 20 0 10 33.3
Albanian 130 0 90 15 25 10 7.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 35 10 10 20 0 15 42.9
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 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 5 5 20 5 15 42.9
Turkic languages 10 0 10 0 5 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 10 0 0 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 1,270 25 660 480 110 260 20.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 0 20 10 0 10 28.6
Cushitic languages 70 0 50 10 10 5 7.1
Oromo 65 0 40 15 10 10 15.4
Somali 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,150 20 585 445 100 245 21.3
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 1,140 20 580 445 100 245 21.5
Hebrew 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
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 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 945 120 210 250 360 245 25.9
Indo-Aryan languages 630 75 100 135 315 140 22.2
Bengali 65 10 20 10 15 20 30.8
Gujarati 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
Hindi 20 5 5 10 0 5 25.0
Konkani 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Sindhi 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Nepali 505 45 70 100 295 100 19.8
Iranian languages 280 40 90 115 30 100 35.7
Kurdish 20 0 10 0 0 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 75 110 30 100 38.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 0 20 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 5 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 10 20 40.0
Korean 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 690 110 215 225 140 225 32.6
Chinese languages 675 110 205 225 135 225 33.3
Cantonese 55 5 10 20 20 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 30 45 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. 460 75 145 150 90 150 32.6
Tibetan 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
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 0 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 50 0 35 5 10 0 0.0
Lao 35 5 25 0 10 5 14.3
Thai 15 0 10 0 0 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 615 30 310 140 135 100 16.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 165 5 105 25 35 15 9.1
Vietnamese 450 25 205 110 100 80 17.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 60 10 20 10 15 10 16.7
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 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 25 0 15 10 0 10 40.0
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 0 15 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 450 10 305 90 50 50 11.1
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 350 10 250 55 35 35 10.0
Lingala 25 0 20 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 90 0 70 10 10 5 5.6
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 0 20 15 10 5 12.5
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 180 10 135 15 20 20 11.1
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 0 5 25.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 55 0 30 30 0 10 18.2
Bamanankan 10 0 10 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 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 70 0 50 20 0 10 14.3
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 50 0 20 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 0 35 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 35 0 20 5 15 5 14.3
Multiple responses 5,780 565 4,430 790 0 960 16.6
English and French 1,995 375 1,040 580 0 665 33.3
English and non-official language 155 150 10 0 0 145 93.5
French and non-official language 3,265 20 3,240 0 0 20 0.6
English, French and non-official language 365 25 135 210 0 130 35.6

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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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