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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 Brossard, 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 78,835 19,645 46,730 9,380 3,080 24,335 30.9
Single responses 72,650 17,760 43,920 7,890 3,080 21,705 29.9
English 13,525 12,425 1,105 0 0 12,420 91.8
French 39,820 585 39,235 0 0 590 1.5
Non-official languages 19,295 4,745 3,580 7,890 3,080 8,690 45.0
Aboriginal languages 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
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 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 3,795 150 1,385 1,970 290 1,135 29.9
Italian 155 15 45 80 10 55 35.5
Portuguese 415 30 140 220 35 135 32.5
Romanian 910 10 230 625 40 325 35.7
Spanish 2,315 100 975 1,040 200 620 26.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 45 15 5 25 0 30 66.7
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 30 15 0 15 0 20 66.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 960 170 205 515 70 430 44.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bulgarian 255 25 65 150 20 95 37.3
Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Czech 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Macedonian 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
Polish 175 45 25 95 10 90 51.4
Russian 420 75 105 210 35 180 42.9
Serbian 25 10 5 10 0 10 40.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ukrainian 30 5 5 20 0 15 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 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
Greek 685 280 30 290 80 425 62.0
Armenian 135 20 25 70 20 50 37.0
Albanian 40 5 15 10 15 5 12.5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 55 25 0 25 0 40 72.7
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 55 25 0 30 0 40 72.7
Turkic languages 140 55 20 40 20 75 53.6
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 135 55 20 40 25 75 55.6
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 1,870 345 490 840 190 765 40.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 15 0 5 5 5 5 33.3
Oromo 15 0 5 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,830 345 475 825 185 760 41.5
Amharic 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
Arabic 1,820 340 475 820 185 750 41.2
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,445 735 380 915 415 1,185 48.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,015 525 25 355 110 705 69.5
Bengali 225 120 5 80 20 160 71.1
Gujarati 60 35 5 20 5 50 83.3
Hindi 120 60 5 40 10 85 70.8
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 210 105 0 85 25 145 69.0
Sindhi 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
Urdu 370 190 10 125 45 255 68.9
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 1,420 205 355 555 305 485 34.2
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,415 205 355 555 305 480 33.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 150 80 0 50 10 110 73.3
Kannada 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Malayalam 20 10 0 5 0 10 50.0
Tamil 115 60 5 40 10 80 69.6
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 35 10 5 20 5 15 42.9
Korean 170 50 15 75 35 85 50.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,975 2,550 585 2,055 1,780 3,585 51.4
Chinese languages 6,970 2,550 585 2,060 1,780 3,580 51.4
Cantonese 2,190 745 145 675 620 1,085 49.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 5 5 5 100.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 10 0 0 0 0 5 50.0
Mandarin 865 360 90 240 180 480 55.5
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 55 20 5 10 15 30 54.5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,850 1,415 350 1,125 965 1,980 51.4
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 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 25 0 20 10 5 5 20.0
Lao 25 0 20 5 0 5 20.0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,155 120 285 640 105 445 38.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 5 35 20 10 15 21.4
Vietnamese 1,085 115 250 625 90 430 39.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 155 110 5 40 5 125 80.6
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Malay 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
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 130 95 0 30 0 110 84.6
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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
Niger-Congo languages 45 10 20 5 5 10 22.2
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 20 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
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. 15 10 5 0 5 10 66.7
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 410 15 80 285 25 155 37.8
Non-verbal languages 20 0 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 0 5 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 6,190 1,885 2,810 1,490 0 2,630 42.5
English and French 1,390 250 535 610 0 555 39.9
English and non-official language 1,515 1,495 20 0 0 1,495 98.7
French and non-official language 2,100 25 2,070 0 0 30 1.4
English, French and non-official language 1,185 120 185 880 0 560 47.3

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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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