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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 Ottawa
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 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190 11,530 143,040 16.4
Single responses 830,480 680,455 124,845 13,655 11,525 131,675 15.9
English 652,455 613,745 38,710 0 0 38,710 5.9
French 86,035 2,385 83,645 0 0 83,650 97.2
Non-official languages 91,990 64,325 2,490 13,655 11,530 9,315 10.1
Aboriginal languages 135 115 5 15 10 10 7.4
Algonquian languages 65 55 5 5 10 0 0.0
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 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Cree, n.o.s. 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
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 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
Innu/Montagnais 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
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ojibway 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
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 0 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tlicho (Dogrib) 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
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 60 55 0 5 0 5 8.3
Inuktitut 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 11,525 7,355 305 2,515 1,355 1,560 13.5
Italian 2,910 2,060 50 345 460 220 7.6
Portuguese 1,620 940 85 335 250 255 15.7
Romanian 1,240 485 30 600 120 335 27.0
Spanish 5,755 3,870 135 1,225 525 750 13.0
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 1,055 740 15 275 25 155 14.7
Dutch 150 95 0 50 10 25 16.7
Flemish 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
Frisian 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
German 730 520 15 185 15 105 14.4
Yiddish 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 100 70 0 30 5 15 15.0
Danish 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Swedish 60 45 0 15 0 10 16.7
Afrikaans 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic 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
Welsh 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
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 9,250 6,750 50 1,730 715 920 9.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 295 230 5 35 30 20 6.8
Bulgarian 435 290 0 120 30 60 13.8
Croatian 370 280 5 60 20 35 9.5
Czech 270 225 5 45 0 20 7.4
Macedonian 20 15 0 10 0 0 0.0
Polish 2,320 1,730 15 430 145 230 9.9
Russian 3,465 2,535 25 545 355 295 8.5
Serbian 1,140 795 0 260 85 135 11.8
Serbo-Croatian 280 220 0 50 10 25 8.9
Slovak 190 160 0 20 10 10 5.3
Slovenian 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Ukrainian 405 220 0 150 30 80 19.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 120 90 0 25 5 15 12.5
Latvian 70 50 0 15 0 5 7.1
Lithuanian 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Greek 635 470 0 100 65 50 7.9
Armenian 210 100 5 90 20 50 23.8
Albanian 290 220 5 25 40 15 5.2
Georgian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 570 430 0 110 25 60 10.5
Estonian 50 30 0 15 0 5 10.0
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 495 370 0 100 25 50 10.1
Turkic languages 860 645 5 125 85 65 7.6
Azerbaijani 60 35 0 15 5 10 16.7
Turkish 760 585 0 105 70 50 6.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5 5 16.7
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 22,370 13,980 945 4,770 2,670 3,335 14.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 0 0 15 0 10 40.0
Cushitic languages 4,045 2,385 330 850 475 760 18.8
Oromo 195 110 15 60 20 45 23.1
Somali 3,845 2,280 315 790 455 715 18.6
Semitic languages 18,240 11,570 600 3,875 2,190 2,540 13.9
Amharic 655 580 5 35 40 25 3.8
Arabic 16,970 10,480 590 3,795 2,105 2,485 14.6
Hebrew 135 110 5 20 5 10 7.4
Maltese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 395 335 5 20 30 15 3.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 55 0 10 20 5 6.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 60 20 15 30 5 25 41.7
Indo-Iranian languages 12,935 10,630 25 1,030 1,250 540 4.2
Indo-Aryan languages 8,095 6,885 10 560 640 290 3.6
Bengali 1,915 1,640 5 160 110 85 4.4
Gujarati 460 375 5 30 50 15 3.3
Hindi 1,045 910 0 70 65 35 3.3
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 120 100 5 10 5 10 8.3
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,800 1,460 0 145 200 75 4.2
Sindhi 60 50 0 10 5 5 8.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 345 305 0 20 20 5 1.4
Urdu 1,995 1,750 5 105 135 55 2.8
Nepali 345 290 0 10 40 10 2.9
Iranian languages 4,805 3,735 10 460 595 240 5.0
Kurdish 405 330 0 25 50 15 3.7
Pashto 520 410 0 35 75 15 2.9
Persian (Farsi) 3,880 2,990 15 400 475 215 5.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 10 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,650 1,400 5 105 145 55 3.3
Kannada 70 55 0 10 5 5 7.1
Malayalam 180 160 0 10 15 10 5.6
Tamil 1,270 1,075 0 75 120 40 3.1
Telugu 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Japanese 370 300 10 45 25 30 8.1
Korean 995 820 0 70 100 35 3.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 18,235 13,425 45 910 3,850 500 2.7
Chinese languages 17,855 13,140 45 910 3,765 500 2.8
Cantonese 4,000 2,635 10 195 1,165 105 2.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 40 25 0 5 10 0 0.0
Fukien 20 5 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,190 3,950 15 285 940 155 3.0
Shanghainese 40 20 0 5 15 0 0.0
Taiwanese 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,475 6,425 20 420 1,610 235 2.8
Tibetan languages 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Burmese 100 80 0 0 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 275 205 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 310 230 5 40 40 25 8.1
Lao 190 140 5 25 15 20 10.5
Thai 120 95 0 10 20 5 4.2
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,565 3,225 60 590 690 355 7.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 380 10 40 100 30 5.7
Vietnamese 4,035 2,850 55 545 590 325 8.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,520 2,385 10 50 80 30 1.2
Bisayan languages 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 165 160 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 110 90 0 5 5 5 4.5
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,090 2,005 5 30 60 15 0.7
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,245 465 250 450 75 480 38.6
Akan (Twi) 110 95 0 15 0 10 9.1
Bantu languages 950 270 230 380 75 415 43.7
Lingala 100 10 40 40 10 60 60.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 210 20 60 120 10 120 57.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 205 35 50 100 20 100 48.8
Shona 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 305 110 55 110 30 110 36.1
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 50 15 15 5 25 31.3
Edo 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
Igbo 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 25 5 10 5 0 15 60.0
Bamanankan 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ewe 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 55 10 45 5 35 31.8
African languages, n.i.e. 175 150 10 15 0 15 8.6
Creoles 1,590 165 710 560 150 990 62.3
Non-verbal languages 270 155 20 10 85 25 9.3
American Sign Language 70 45 5 0 25 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 190 110 15 5 60 20 10.5
Other languages 70 40 0 5 35 0 0.0
Multiple responses 41,965 27,830 8,600 5,535 0 11,370 27.1
English and French 10,775 1,615 5,425 3,730 0 7,290 67.7
English and non-official language 25,800 25,600 200 0 0 200 0.8
French and non-official language 2,405 75 2,330 0 0 2,330 96.9
English, French and non-official language 2,990 540 645 1,805 0 1,545 51.7

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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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