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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 Laval, 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 397,565 66,400 292,625 31,350 7,185 82,080 20.6
Single responses 369,480 59,900 276,565 25,830 7,185 72,810 19.7
English 51,335 47,905 3,435 0 0 47,900 93.3
French 259,090 2,800 256,290 0 0 2,800 1.1
Non-official languages 59,050 9,200 16,840 25,830 7,185 22,115 37.5
Aboriginal 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mohawk 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
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 17,015 705 6,680 7,965 1,665 4,690 27.6
Italian 3,375 175 1,165 1,600 430 975 28.9
Portuguese 2,115 135 920 765 300 520 24.6
Romanian 4,020 95 1,240 2,400 285 1,300 32.3
Spanish 7,500 295 3,355 3,195 655 1,895 25.3
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 270 155 15 90 5 200 74.1
Dutch 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Flemish 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 240 140 10 80 5 180 75.0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Scandinavian languages 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
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 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Slavic languages 2,490 400 595 1,285 205 1,040 41.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 85 5 25 35 10 30 35.3
Bulgarian 325 15 80 210 15 125 38.5
Croatian 170 60 20 75 15 95 55.9
Czech 35 5 5 25 0 15 42.9
Macedonian 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Polish 365 80 75 185 25 170 46.6
Russian 1,290 185 335 650 120 505 39.1
Serbian 85 10 20 45 5 35 41.2
Serbo-Croatian 35 5 15 15 0 10 28.6
Slovak 10 0 5 5 5 5 50.0
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0 20 80.0
Ukrainian 50 10 10 25 5 20 40.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 5 10 66.7
Latvian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Greek 6,755 3,200 115 2,240 1,200 4,320 64.0
Armenian 5,525 625 550 3,835 515 2,545 46.1
Albanian 200 10 80 75 30 50 25.0
Georgian 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 365 90 75 150 50 165 45.2
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 365 90 80 150 50 165 45.2
Turkic languages 515 70 175 175 95 160 31.1
Azerbaijani 15 0 5 5 5 5 33.3
Turkish 495 70 170 165 95 155 31.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,435 925 4,545 5,730 1,235 3,790 30.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 145 0 95 35 15 20 13.8
Cushitic languages 170 0 85 60 20 30 17.6
Oromo 155 0 80 60 20 30 19.4
Somali 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Semitic languages 12,085 925 4,340 5,620 1,200 3,735 30.9
Amharic 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Arabic 11,975 900 4,315 5,565 1,200 3,680 30.7
Hebrew 65 15 20 30 0 25 38.5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 0 10 66.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 0 20 15 5 5 12.5
Indo-Iranian languages 4,450 1,475 600 1,550 825 2,255 50.7
Indo-Aryan languages 2,415 1,145 110 750 395 1,525 63.1
Bengali 210 110 10 65 20 145 69.0
Gujarati 230 100 15 65 50 135 58.7
Hindi 80 50 5 20 5 60 75.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,070 520 45 300 205 675 63.1
Sindhi 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 20 0 5 0 25 71.4
Urdu 775 335 40 295 110 485 62.6
Nepali 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Iranian languages 1,985 315 480 780 420 700 35.3
Kurdish 40 5 5 15 10 15 37.5
Pashto 65 30 10 20 15 35 53.8
Persian (Farsi) 1,880 275 465 750 390 650 34.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 20 5 20 10 25 50.0
Dravidian languages 1,215 535 100 410 170 745 61.3
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 1,215 535 100 410 165 740 60.9
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Korean 40 15 5 10 15 20 50.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,645 480 295 565 305 765 46.5
Chinese languages 1,645 485 290 570 300 765 46.5
Cantonese 210 60 25 85 40 105 50.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 285 90 50 110 45 140 49.1
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 5 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 330 220 365 220 515 45.2
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 710 30 380 195 105 130 18.3
Lao 695 25 375 195 100 120 17.3
Thai 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,780 305 1,015 995 460 805 29.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,040 75 435 335 195 240 23.1
Vietnamese 1,740 230 585 670 260 565 32.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 155 90 10 45 5 115 74.2
Bisayan languages 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
Ilocano 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Malay 20 10 0 0 0 10 50.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 115 75 0 35 5 90 78.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 0 10 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 185 20 85 65 15 50 27.0
Akan (Twi) 35 15 5 20 5 25 71.4
Bantu languages 80 5 45 25 5 15 18.8
Lingala 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 0 20 10 5 5 14.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 5 5 50.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 20 0 10 10 5 5 25.0
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 0 30 15 0 10 20.0
African languages, n.i.e. 25 5 15 10 0 5 20.0
Creoles 2,140 25 1,455 410 250 230 10.7
Non-verbal languages 85 10 45 5 20 15 17.6
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 25 0 15 5 5 5 20.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 10 30 5 20 10 16.7
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 28,090 6,500 16,065 5,520 0 9,265 33.0
English and French 5,385 940 2,100 2,345 0 2,110 39.2
English and non-official language 5,175 5,065 105 0 0 5,065 97.9
French and non-official language 13,040 95 12,950 0 0 95 0.7
English, French and non-official language 4,490 405 905 3,175 0 1,995 44.4

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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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