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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, 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 263,255 37,715 216,755 7,320 1,465 41,370 15.7
Single responses 253,855 35,735 211,555 5,100 1,465 38,285 15.1
English 35,180 29,520 5,655 0 0 29,525 83.9
French 205,710 3,415 202,300 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 50 30 5 15 0 35 70.0
Algonquian languages 55 25 10 15 0 35 63.6
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 45 20 5 15 5 30 66.7
Cree, n.o.s. 40 25 0 15 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 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
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 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
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 1,670 1,705 510 1,405 31.6
Italian 55 15 15 25 0 25 45.5
Portuguese 1,125 110 435 365 215 295 26.2
Romanian 595 45 135 370 35 235 39.5
Spanish 2,665 380 1,090 945 260 850 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 10 35 0 60 66.7
Dutch 25 15 5 10 0 20 80.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 55 25 0 25 5 40 72.7
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 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 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
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 1,685 335 420 825 105 745 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 110 10 55 35 5 30 27.3
Bulgarian 140 30 25 75 5 65 46.4
Croatian 130 20 35 65 10 50 38.5
Czech 20 10 0 5 0 10 50.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Polish 130 65 5 50 5 90 69.2
Russian 320 95 65 125 35 160 50.0
Serbian 445 45 130 245 25 165 37.1
Serbo-Croatian 320 35 80 190 10 135 42.2
Slovak 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 40 15 10 10 5 25 62.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
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 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 25 10 5 15 0 15 60.0
Armenian 25 0 0 20 0 15 60.0
Albanian 20 10 0 5 0 10 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 45 10 0 25 0 25 55.6
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 40 10 0 25 0 25 62.5
Turkic languages 65 35 10 10 15 40 61.5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 35 0 0 5 35 87.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 10 5 10 10 33.3
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,550 665 890 1,590 410 1,455 41.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 45 0 30 15 5 10 22.2
Cushitic languages 155 15 55 60 25 50 32.3
Oromo 65 0 35 25 10 10 15.4
Somali 90 15 25 35 15 35 38.9
Semitic languages 3,330 645 790 1,515 375 1,400 42.0
Amharic 30 20 0 5 5 20 66.7
Arabic 3,265 625 780 1,495 370 1,375 42.1
Hebrew 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 10 0 5 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 0 5 5 25.0
Indo-Iranian languages 480 260 30 120 60 320 66.7
Indo-Aryan languages 155 110 0 30 15 130 83.9
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 10 0 0 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 25 0 5 0 25 83.3
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 10 0 0 0 5 100.0
Urdu 55 45 0 5 5 45 81.8
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 320 150 35 95 50 195 60.9
Kurdish 35 15 5 20 0 25 71.4
Pashto 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 280 130 30 70 50 170 60.7
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 15 10 5 0 0 10 66.7
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 20 10 0 5 0 15 75.0
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 10 10 5 25 62.5
Korean 60 30 5 15 5 40 66.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,095 600 130 210 155 705 64.4
Chinese languages 1,095 595 130 210 160 700 63.9
Cantonese 65 30 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 335 175 45 55 55 205 61.2
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 695 380 80 140 90 455 65.5
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 80 20 30 25 10 30 37.5
Lao 70 10 25 25 10 25 35.7
Thai 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 380 100 55 155 80 180 47.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 110 15 25 50 20 40 36.4
Vietnamese 275 90 30 100 55 135 49.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 65 30 10 15 0 40 61.5
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 25 25 0 5 5 25 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 20 0 10 10 0 5 25.0
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 30 165 190 45 120 28.2
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 335 20 135 145 35 95 28.4
Lingala 30 0 15 10 0 5 16.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 115 0 40 70 5 35 30.4
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 5 30 45 5 25 31.3
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 85 10 40 15 20 20 23.5
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 5 10 5 10 40.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 30 0 5 20 0 10 33.3
Bamanankan 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
Ewe 10 0 5 0 5 5 50.0
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. 45 0 10 25 5 15 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 30 5 5 15 5 10 33.3
Creoles 245 5 135 75 30 40 16.3
Non-verbal languages 50 5 20 10 15 10 20.0
American Sign Language 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 10 5 0 5 25.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 0 10 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 9,400 1,980 5,205 2,220 0 3,090 32.9
English and French 4,835 810 2,405 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 2,530 20 2,515 0 0 15 0.6
English, French and non-official language 930 75 250 605 0 375 40.3

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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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