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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 Gatineau
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 263,255 37,715 216,755 7,320 1,470 41,375 15.7
Single responses 253,855 35,735 211,555 5,100 1,465 38,285 15.1
English 35,180 29,520 5,660 0 0 29,525 83.9
French 205,710 3,415 202,295 0 0 3,415 1.7
Non-official languages 12,965 2,800 3,600 5,100 1,465 5,350 41.3
Aboriginal languages 55 30 5 15 5 35 63.6
Algonquian languages 50 30 10 15 5 35 70.0
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 40 20 5 15 5 30 75.0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 20 0 10 5 30 75.0
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 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
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 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
Inuktitut 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
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 4,440 555 1,675 1,705 510 1,405 31.6
Italian 55 20 15 25 0 30 54.5
Portuguese 1,125 115 435 365 215 295 26.2
Romanian 595 50 135 375 40 235 39.5
Spanish 2,665 380 1,085 945 255 850 31.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 90 40 5 35 0 60 66.7
Dutch 25 15 0 5 0 20 80.0
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 55 25 5 30 0 35 63.6
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 1,685 330 420 825 110 745 44.2
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 105 10 55 35 5 30 28.6
Bulgarian 140 30 25 75 5 70 50.0
Croatian 130 20 35 65 10 50 38.5
Czech 15 10 5 5 0 10 66.7
Macedonian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Polish 135 65 10 55 5 90 66.7
Russian 320 100 65 125 35 160 50.0
Serbian 450 45 130 245 25 165 36.7
Serbo-Croatian 320 35 80 190 15 130 40.6
Slovak 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 40 15 10 15 0 20 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
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 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 25 10 0 15 5 20 80.0
Armenian 30 5 5 25 0 15 50.0
Albanian 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 15 0 30 5 25 62.5
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 40 15 0 30 5 25 62.5
Turkic languages 70 40 10 10 15 40 57.1
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 35 0 5 5 35 87.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 10 0 10 5 16.7
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,550 665 885 1,590 405 1,460 41.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 50 0 30 15 5 10 20.0
Cushitic languages 150 15 55 60 20 45 30.0
Oromo 60 0 30 25 10 10 16.7
Somali 90 15 25 35 15 35 38.9
Semitic languages 3,330 645 790 1,515 375 1,405 42.2
Amharic 30 15 0 10 5 20 66.7
Arabic 3,265 625 780 1,495 370 1,370 42.0
Hebrew 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 475 265 35 120 65 325 68.4
Indo-Aryan languages 155 110 5 25 15 125 80.6
Bengali 50 35 0 10 5 40 80.0
Gujarati 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
Hindi 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 20 0 5 5 25 83.3
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Urdu 55 40 0 10 10 45 81.8
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 320 150 30 95 50 195 60.9
Kurdish 40 15 0 20 5 25 62.5
Pashto 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 280 130 30 75 45 165 58.9
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 15 10 0 5 0 15 100.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 40 15 5 10 5 20 50.0
Korean 60 35 5 15 5 40 66.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,100 600 130 210 160 700 63.6
Chinese languages 1,095 595 130 210 160 700 63.9
Cantonese 65 35 5 15 15 40 61.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 335 180 45 55 55 210 62.7
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 5 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chinese, n.o.s. 700 385 80 145 90 455 65.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 80 20 25 20 10 30 37.5
Lao 65 10 20 25 10 25 38.5
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 385 100 55 150 75 180 46.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 15 25 50 20 35 33.3
Vietnamese 275 85 35 105 55 135 49.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 65 35 10 15 5 40 61.5
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 20 0 5 0 25 83.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 25 0 10 10 0 5 20.0
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 425 25 165 190 45 125 29.4
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 340 20 130 145 35 90 26.5
Lingala 30 0 15 10 0 5 16.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 115 0 45 70 5 35 30.4
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 5 30 40 5 25 31.3
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 85 10 40 15 20 15 17.6
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 10 10 10 40.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 25 0 5 20 0 10 40.0
Bamanankan 10 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 5 15 25 0 15 37.5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 0 5 15 0 10 33.3
Creoles 245 5 130 75 30 45 18.4
Non-verbal languages 50 5 15 10 15 10 20.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 0 10 5 25.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 9,400 1,975 5,200 2,220 0 3,090 32.9
English and French 4,840 815 2,410 1,620 0 1,620 33.5
English and non-official language 1,100 1,070 30 0 0 1,070 97.3
French and non-official language 2,535 20 2,515 0 0 20 0.8
English, French and non-official language 930 80 250 600 0 380 40.9

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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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