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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 Montréal
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 1,862,200 535,055 1,128,315 151,895 46,925 611,005 32.8
Single responses 1,724,585 496,320 1,054,215 127,125 46,930 559,885 32.5
English 435,675 406,425 29,250 0 0 406,425 93.3
French 936,870 11,860 925,010 0 0 11,865 1.3
Non-official languages 352,035 78,035 99,950 127,125 46,925 141,595 40.2
Aboriginal languages 225 110 45 70 10 145 64.4
Algonquian languages 125 50 35 35 5 70 56.0
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 5 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 85 50 5 25 5 60 70.6
Cree, n.o.s. 85 50 5 25 5 65 76.5
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 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 30 0 20 5 0 5 16.7
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
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. 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
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. 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dakota 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
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 85 55 0 25 0 65 76.5
Inuktitut 70 40 0 25 0 55 78.6
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5 15 100.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 110,065 7,455 42,950 45,785 13,880 30,350 27.6
Italian 33,970 2,195 12,670 13,165 5,940 8,775 25.8
Portuguese 9,640 800 3,785 3,880 1,175 2,745 28.5
Romanian 12,840 545 3,635 7,715 945 4,405 34.3
Spanish 53,560 3,910 22,845 20,990 5,815 14,405 26.9
Catalan 45 0 15 30 0 20 44.4
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 5 100.0
Germanic languages 5,970 2,790 105 2,040 1,035 3,810 63.8
Dutch 230 70 5 145 10 140 60.9
Flemish 25 5 0 20 5 10 40.0
Frisian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
German 1,240 535 60 605 40 835 67.3
Yiddish 4,285 2,070 35 1,210 975 2,675 62.4
Scandinavian languages 165 100 10 55 5 120 72.7
Danish 30 25 0 10 0 30 100.0
Icelandic 15 10 0 10 0 15 100.0
Norwegian 35 30 0 5 0 30 85.7
Swedish 80 45 5 25 5 55 68.8
Afrikaans 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Germanic 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
Celtic languages 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 26,380 6,130 5,315 12,555 2,390 12,405 47.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 10 5 10 0 15 75.0
Bosnian 155 20 40 80 15 60 38.7
Bulgarian 3,450 360 920 1,935 230 1,330 38.6
Croatian 525 200 40 255 30 325 61.9
Czech 280 85 25 155 10 165 58.9
Macedonian 85 15 10 55 5 40 47.1
Polish 4,845 1,500 595 2,395 355 2,700 55.7
Russian 13,935 3,085 3,195 6,125 1,535 6,145 44.1
Serbian 840 165 140 485 45 410 48.8
Serbo-Croatian 245 25 50 145 20 100 40.8
Slovak 150 50 10 85 10 95 63.3
Slovenian 170 135 5 30 5 145 85.3
Ukrainian 1,570 460 240 755 115 840 53.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 100 20 25 50 5 45 45.0
Baltic languages 200 105 0 85 10 145 72.5
Latvian 75 40 0 30 0 55 73.3
Lithuanian 125 65 0 55 5 95 76.0
Greek 11,530 5,545 220 3,560 2,205 7,325 63.5
Armenian 5,015 670 530 3,410 405 2,380 47.5
Albanian 980 135 270 445 125 360 36.7
Georgian 55 15 5 20 10 25 45.5
Finno-Ugric languages 1,665 755 115 565 230 1,040 62.5
Estonian 25 20 0 5 0 20 80.0
Finnish 50 35 0 10 0 40 80.0
Hungarian 1,590 705 110 540 225 975 61.3
Turkic languages 4,015 750 1,410 1,180 680 1,335 33.3
Azerbaijani 50 15 0 20 10 25 50.0
Turkish 3,775 700 1,350 1,090 630 1,245 33.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 195 35 60 70 35 70 35.9
Mongolian 115 30 40 35 10 45 39.1
Afro-Asiatic languages 55,265 6,825 22,330 20,490 5,620 17,070 30.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,470 5 900 390 170 200 13.6
Cushitic languages 1,990 75 1,060 650 200 395 19.8
Oromo 1,610 5 950 490 165 255 15.8
Somali 370 70 110 155 35 150 40.5
Semitic languages 51,395 6,735 20,115 19,330 5,215 16,400 31.9
Amharic 300 110 25 150 20 180 60.0
Arabic 49,325 5,885 19,920 18,445 5,075 15,110 30.6
Hebrew 1,600 680 155 665 105 1,010 63.1
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 135 50 15 50 15 80 59.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 5 15 5 20 57.1
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 415 5 255 115 35 60 14.5
Indo-Iranian languages 33,875 16,075 2,155 10,690 4,955 21,420 63.2
Indo-Aryan languages 24,870 13,040 1,175 6,755 3,905 16,420 66.0
Bengali 7,570 3,895 460 2,280 940 5,035 66.5
Gujarati 3,545 1,935 115 870 625 2,370 66.9
Hindi 1,145 740 20 280 100 885 77.3
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0 10 66.7
Marathi 60 45 0 15 5 50 83.3
Panjabi (Punjabi) 6,480 3,320 250 1,605 1,300 4,125 63.7
Sindhi 140 60 5 65 10 90 64.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 245 155 5 60 15 185 75.5
Urdu 5,545 2,810 310 1,525 895 3,575 64.5
Nepali 125 60 10 55 10 90 72.0
Iranian languages 8,845 2,975 945 3,895 1,025 4,930 55.7
Kurdish 240 25 85 95 30 75 31.3
Pashto 630 185 100 205 140 285 45.2
Persian (Farsi) 7,975 2,775 755 3,595 855 4,565 57.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 160 55 40 40 30 75 46.9
Dravidian languages 9,980 5,460 700 2,560 1,270 6,740 67.5
Kannada 70 55 0 20 5 60 85.7
Malayalam 50 35 0 10 5 45 90.0
Tamil 9,665 5,220 695 2,505 1,245 6,470 66.9
Telugu 190 150 0 25 15 160 84.2
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Japanese 630 345 50 170 65 435 69.0
Korean 2,360 1,230 85 765 285 1,610 68.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,150 13,825 4,880 9,990 8,455 18,815 50.6
Chinese languages 37,065 13,780 4,875 9,965 8,450 18,765 50.6
Cantonese 5,340 1,565 505 1,520 1,755 2,325 43.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 95 5 20 35 35 25 26.3
Fukien 10 10 0 5 5 10 100.0
Hakka 15 0 5 5 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 6,610 2,890 810 1,925 985 3,850 58.2
Shanghainese 25 10 0 5 5 10 40.0
Taiwanese 140 65 5 40 35 85 60.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 24,830 9,240 3,535 6,420 5,630 12,455 50.2
Tibetan languages 25 5 5 15 5 15 60.0
Burmese 25 20 0 0 5 20 80.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 0 0 20 66.7
Tai languages 1,065 85 450 355 180 260 24.4
Lao 935 50 425 305 160 200 21.4
Thai 130 40 25 50 15 60 46.2
Austro-Asiatic languages 18,985 2,650 6,300 6,615 3,420 5,960 31.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 3,325 340 1,410 855 720 770 23.2
Vietnamese 15,660 2,305 4,890 5,765 2,695 5,185 33.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 7,945 6,195 95 1,430 220 6,915 87.0
Bisayan languages 215 170 5 35 5 185 86.0
Ilocano 555 440 0 85 30 485 87.4
Malay 185 110 5 55 15 140 75.7
Pampango 65 55 0 10 0 60 92.3
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,775 5,375 35 1,200 170 5,975 88.2
Bikol 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Malagasy 80 5 45 30 5 15 18.8
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 15 10 0 0 0 15 100.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 25 5 5 5 25 71.4
Niger-Congo languages 3,255 455 1,605 1,005 190 960 29.5
Akan (Twi) 500 265 20 200 20 365 73.0
Bantu languages 1,390 90 800 425 75 305 21.9
Lingala 415 0 325 80 10 40 9.6
Rundi (Kirundi) 295 0 165 120 15 60 20.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 230 10 110 95 15 60 26.1
Shona 30 15 0 15 0 20 66.7
Swahili 215 20 135 50 10 45 20.9
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 190 45 70 55 20 80 42.1
Edo 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
Igbo 15 15 0 0 5 10 66.7
Wolof 420 5 240 145 30 75 17.9
Bamanankan 140 0 100 35 5 15 10.7
Ewe 35 5 15 10 5 10 28.6
Ga 25 15 0 5 0 20 80.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 730 65 430 180 55 155 21.2
African languages, n.i.e. 145 30 60 45 10 50 34.5
Creoles 14,625 290 10,000 3,200 1,135 1,890 12.9
Non-verbal languages 470 85 225 25 130 95 20.2
American Sign Language 35 25 10 5 0 25 71.4
Quebec Sign Language 155 5 115 15 30 10 6.5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 275 55 110 15 100 60 21.8
Other languages 55 0 25 25 0 20 36.4
Multiple responses 137,610 38,735 74,105 24,775 0 51,120 37.1
English and French 27,670 5,015 10,650 12,000 0 11,015 39.8
English and non-official language 31,590 31,055 535 0 0 31,060 98.3
French and non-official language 59,940 575 59,365 0 0 580 1.0
English, French and non-official language 18,410 2,085 3,555 12,775 0 8,470 46.0

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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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