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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 Longueuil, 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 229,545 19,680 200,465 7,515 1,885 23,440 10.2
Single responses 220,780 18,440 194,400 6,050 1,890 21,465 9.7
English 16,525 14,780 1,745 0 0 14,780 89.4
French 188,520 1,780 186,740 0 0 1,780 0.9
Non-official languages 15,730 1,880 5,910 6,050 1,890 4,905 31.2
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 6,475 215 2,960 2,675 620 1,550 23.9
Italian 305 10 130 125 35 75 24.6
Portuguese 535 20 235 225 50 135 25.2
Romanian 1,160 15 355 725 65 380 32.8
Spanish 4,470 170 2,240 1,600 470 965 21.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 55 30 5 20 0 40 72.7
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 45 25 5 15 0 30 66.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 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
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 1,220 240 350 565 70 520 42.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 250 10 75 150 10 80 32.0
Croatian 25 10 5 10 0 15 60.0
Czech 20 10 5 5 0 15 75.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 165 50 30 70 15 85 51.5
Russian 575 85 190 265 35 220 38.3
Serbian 50 5 10 35 0 20 40.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
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 70 60 0 5 0 60 85.7
Ukrainian 55 15 20 20 5 20 36.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Baltic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Greek 315 125 15 130 40 185 58.7
Armenian 40 5 5 25 5 15 37.5
Albanian 20 0 5 10 5 5 25.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 55 10 15 25 0 25 45.5
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 60 10 20 20 0 25 41.7
Turkic languages 65 10 25 20 15 20 30.8
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 60 10 20 15 15 20 33.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,820 100 880 650 190 425 23.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 70 0 45 15 10 5 7.1
Cushitic languages 40 0 20 20 0 10 25.0
Oromo 40 0 20 15 5 5 12.5
Somali 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,695 95 805 610 180 405 23.9
Amharic 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
Arabic 1,685 95 805 605 180 400 23.7
Hebrew 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Indo-Iranian languages 1,525 335 345 555 290 615 40.3
Indo-Aryan languages 320 155 20 110 30 210 65.6
Bengali 45 25 5 15 5 30 66.7
Gujarati 35 20 0 10 0 25 71.4
Hindi 30 10 0 10 5 15 50.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 85 40 0 30 10 55 64.7
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Urdu 115 60 10 40 10 80 69.6
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 1,205 175 330 440 255 400 33.2
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Pashto 40 5 10 15 10 15 37.5
Persian (Farsi) 1,160 170 320 430 250 385 33.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Dravidian languages 55 30 5 15 5 35 63.6
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 45 20 0 15 5 30 66.7
Telugu 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Korean 110 35 10 55 10 70 63.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,855 615 290 545 405 890 48.0
Chinese languages 1,810 595 285 530 400 860 47.5
Cantonese 245 65 40 75 65 105 42.9
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 415 145 55 150 70 215 51.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 20 5 0 5 5 5 25.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,135 380 190 305 255 535 47.1
Tibetan languages 40 15 0 15 10 25 62.5
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 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
Tai languages 195 10 90 75 20 45 23.1
Lao 190 5 90 70 20 45 23.7
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 740 40 260 345 95 210 28.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 0 60 25 15 20 19.0
Vietnamese 640 35 200 315 85 195 30.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 140 55 40 45 5 75 53.6
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 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
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 65 45 5 20 0 55 84.6
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 60 0 40 25 0 10 16.7
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 180 5 105 55 10 35 19.4
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bantu languages 65 5 30 20 5 20 30.8
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 10 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 45 0 30 15 0 5 11.1
Bamanankan 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 0 30 10 5 5 11.1
African 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
Creoles 785 15 460 230 80 125 15.9
Non-verbal languages 60 10 30 0 20 5 8.3
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 15 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 5 15 0 10 5 12.5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 8,770 1,240 6,065 1,465 0 1,970 22.5
English and French 2,595 455 1,220 915 0 915 35.3
English and non-official language 715 685 30 0 0 685 95.8
French and non-official language 4,645 40 4,610 0 0 40 0.9
English, French and non-official language 810 60 210 545 0 330 40.7

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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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