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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 HaltonFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 498,105 481,745 8,865 2,705 4,795 10,215 2.1
Single responses 480,425 465,090 8,320 2,210 4,795 9,430 2.0
English 431,675 426,685 4,985 0 0 4,985 1.2
French 3,420 205 3,215 0 0 3,220 94.2
Non-official languages 45,330 38,205 120 2,210 4,795 1,225 2.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 9,260 7,265 30 740 1,225 395 4.3
Italian 1,275 1,060 10 50 155 35 2.7
Portuguese 2,260 1,695 0 65 490 35 1.5
Romanian 1,070 710 5 255 100 135 12.6
Spanish 4,650 3,805 15 360 470 195 4.2
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 1,060 875 5 145 35 80 7.5
Dutch 205 160 0 40 5 20 9.8
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 630 520 5 80 25 45 7.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 75 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 20 0 0 5 5 25.0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Norwegian 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
Swedish 40 40 5 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 135 120 0 5 0 5 3.7
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 9,800 8,540 15 480 770 250 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 150 125 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bulgarian 215 170 0 20 20 10 4.7
Croatian 1,380 1,240 0 45 90 20 1.4
Czech 165 155 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 285 250 0 20 15 10 3.5
Polish 3,720 3,310 0 140 270 75 2.0
Russian 1,725 1,460 0 100 155 55 3.2
Serbian 1,260 1,040 0 95 125 55 4.4
Serbo-Croatian 85 80 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovak 320 285 0 10 20 10 3.1
Slovenian 60 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 415 350 0 30 40 15 3.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 165 150 0 15 0 10 6.1
Latvian 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Lithuanian 120 110 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 340 285 0 15 35 10 2.9
Armenian 105 80 0 20 10 10 9.5
Albanian 190 145 5 10 35 5 2.6
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 530 465 0 25 50 15 2.8
Estonian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 55 55 0 5 5 5 9.1
Hungarian 440 385 0 15 45 10 2.3
Turkic languages 385 330 0 20 35 10 2.6
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 365 320 0 20 25 10 2.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,585 2,110 40 230 205 155 6.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,540 2,070 40 225 205 150 5.9
Amharic 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 2,265 1,830 35 215 180 145 6.4
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 175 155 0 5 15 5 2.9
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 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
Indo-Iranian languages 10,470 9,055 10 275 1,135 145 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 8,885 7,705 0 215 970 110 1.2
Bengali 295 270 0 10 15 5 1.7
Gujarati 685 570 0 20 95 5 0.7
Hindi 695 630 0 25 40 15 2.2
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,110 2,515 5 60 535 35 1.1
Sindhi 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 155 145 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 3,740 3,385 0 90 265 45 1.2
Nepali 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,540 1,310 5 65 165 35 2.3
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Pashto 275 250 0 5 15 5 1.8
Persian (Farsi) 1,250 1,045 5 55 145 35 2.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Dravidian languages 800 725 0 15 60 5 0.6
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 150 140 0 5 10 0 0.0
Tamil 525 475 0 10 40 5 1.0
Telugu 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 130 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 2,330 2,000 0 60 275 35 1.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,560 3,705 0 110 745 55 1.2
Chinese languages 4,540 3,690 0 105 745 60 1.3
Cantonese 895 715 0 20 165 10 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,590 1,305 0 35 250 20 1.3
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,000 1,630 5 50 325 25 1.3
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 85 80 0 0 10 5 5.9
Lao 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 565 460 5 30 65 25 4.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 555 455 5 30 65 20 3.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,570 1,530 0 10 30 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,410 1,380 0 5 25 5 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 120 105 5 5 5 15 12.5
Akan (Twi) 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 35 25 5 0 5 10 28.6
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 5 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
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. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 5 5 20 0 15 50.0
Non-verbal languages 220 165 0 0 55 5 2.3
American Sign Language 130 100 0 0 30 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 17,685 16,650 540 495 0 785 4.4
English and French 920 215 390 315 0 550 59.8
English and non-official language 16,265 16,230 30 0 0 30 0.2
French and non-official language 125 65 60 0 0 60 48.0
English, French and non-official language 375 145 60 180 0 145 38.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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Footnote 3

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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