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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 Durham
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 604,125 589,345 9,730 1,670 3,375 10,565 1.7
Single responses 589,340 575,680 9,110 1,170 3,375 9,695 1.6
English 555,165 549,680 5,485 0 0 5,485 1.0
French 3,745 210 3,535 0 0 3,535 94.4
Non-official languages 30,425 25,790 85 1,170 3,375 675 2.2
Aboriginal languages 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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. 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
Romance languages 5,040 3,965 20 335 715 190 3.8
Italian 1,440 1,145 5 25 260 20 1.4
Portuguese 935 755 5 30 150 20 2.1
Romanian 670 425 0 160 80 80 11.9
Spanish 1,995 1,640 15 115 225 75 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 635 605 0 25 10 15 2.4
Dutch 150 140 0 10 5 5 3.3
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 425 405 5 15 5 10 2.4
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,055 3,530 10 165 350 90 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 80 65 0 15 5 5 6.3
Croatian 135 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 75 70 0 0 5 5 6.7
Macedonian 615 550 0 10 60 5 0.8
Polish 1,890 1,680 0 65 145 35 1.9
Russian 435 355 5 30 50 20 4.6
Serbian 265 220 0 20 25 5 1.9
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 80 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 375 320 0 20 35 10 2.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Latvian 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 585 515 0 10 65 5 0.9
Armenian 150 125 0 20 5 10 6.7
Albanian 85 65 0 0 20 5 5.9
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 530 475 0 20 35 10 1.9
Estonian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 460 405 0 15 35 10 2.2
Turkic languages 115 95 0 5 15 5 4.3
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 110 90 5 5 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,690 1,330 20 175 160 105 6.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 65 45 5 5 10 0 0.0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 50 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,625 1,285 15 170 150 100 6.2
Amharic 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,435 1,120 15 160 135 95 6.6
Hebrew 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 8,540 7,465 5 210 860 110 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 6,055 5,415 0 120 515 65 1.1
Bengali 415 385 0 10 15 5 1.2
Gujarati 730 620 0 15 100 5 0.7
Hindi 545 500 0 5 40 0 0.0
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 885 740 0 20 120 10 1.1
Sindhi 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 165 160 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 3,150 2,865 0 70 215 35 1.1
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 2,460 2,020 5 85 345 45 1.8
Kurdish 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 180 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,240 1,830 5 80 325 45 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 5 16.7
Dravidian languages 2,420 2,105 0 65 250 30 1.2
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 120 105 0 10 5 0 0.0
Tamil 2,200 1,905 0 55 240 30 1.4
Telugu 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 55 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Korean 505 430 0 5 65 5 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,145 2,490 0 40 620 20 0.6
Chinese languages 3,120 2,470 5 40 615 20 0.6
Cantonese 1,010 765 0 10 240 5 0.5
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 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 15 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 880 715 0 15 145 10 1.1
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,200 965 0 15 215 10 0.8
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 490 395 5 20 75 10 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 475 380 5 20 75 15 3.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,820 1,750 0 15 55 10 0.5
Bisayan languages 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Malay 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,680 1,625 0 10 45 5 0.3
Bikol 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
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 210 160 15 25 15 25 11.9
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 100 70 5 15 10 15 15.0
Lingala 10 0 5 5 0 10 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 80 35 10 30 5 20 25.0
Non-verbal languages 165 120 5 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 110 70 0 0 35 5 4.5
Other languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 14,790 13,665 625 500 0 870 5.9
English and French 1,085 280 470 335 0 635 58.5
English and non-official language 13,300 13,270 30 0 0 30 0.2
French and non-official language 95 15 80 0 0 85 89.5
English, French and non-official language 300 95 40 165 0 120 40.0

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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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