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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 Oakville, T
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 181,455 174,305 3,375 1,470 2,305 4,115 2.3
Single responses 173,850 167,130 3,155 1,255 2,305 3,785 2.2
English 150,715 148,900 1,815 0 0 1,810 1.2
French 1,355 65 1,285 0 0 1,290 95.2
Non-official languages 21,785 18,165 55 1,260 2,305 685 3.1
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 5 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 4,815 3,780 10 410 620 215 4.5
Italian 715 585 5 30 90 20 2.8
Portuguese 1,410 1,030 0 45 345 20 1.4
Romanian 520 320 0 145 50 75 14.4
Spanish 2,165 1,845 5 185 135 95 4.4
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 510 410 0 85 10 45 8.8
Dutch 90 65 0 25 0 10 11.1
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 290 230 0 50 10 25 8.6
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 35 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 95 85 0 10 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 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
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 5,035 4,300 5 305 425 165 3.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 35 0 5 5 5 10.0
Bulgarian 115 85 0 15 10 5 4.3
Croatian 715 635 0 30 55 15 2.1
Czech 75 70 0 10 0 5 6.7
Macedonian 170 145 0 15 10 5 2.9
Polish 1,630 1,420 0 75 140 35 2.1
Russian 1,035 865 0 70 95 40 3.9
Serbian 800 655 0 75 65 40 5.0
Serbo-Croatian 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 180 160 0 10 10 5 2.8
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 215 170 0 20 25 10 4.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 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
Baltic languages 90 80 0 5 5 5 5.6
Latvian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 65 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 155 130 0 10 15 5 3.2
Armenian 65 55 0 10 0 5 7.7
Albanian 75 60 0 5 15 5 6.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 260 225 0 10 25 5 1.9
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 40 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 205 175 0 5 20 5 2.4
Turkic languages 180 155 0 15 15 5 2.8
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 175 145 0 15 10 10 5.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,165 925 20 125 100 80 6.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 10 10 5 0 0 5 50.0
Semitic languages 1,140 910 15 120 95 75 6.6
Amharic 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,020 805 15 115 85 70 6.9
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5 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 3,845 3,320 0 125 395 65 1.7
Indo-Aryan languages 2,965 2,570 5 85 300 45 1.5
Bengali 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 255 220 0 5 30 0 0.0
Hindi 275 250 0 10 20 5 1.8
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,240 1,015 0 30 190 15 1.2
Sindhi 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 0 0 5 6.3
Urdu 960 865 0 30 60 20 2.1
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 860 730 0 40 90 20 2.3
Kurdish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 185 165 0 0 10 5 2.7
Persian (Farsi) 665 555 0 35 75 20 3.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 240 225 0 0 15 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 180 170 0 5 10 0 0.0
Telugu 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 1,660 1,415 0 45 195 25 1.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,585 2,110 0 65 405 35 1.4
Chinese languages 2,575 2,110 0 65 400 30 1.2
Cantonese 530 420 0 20 95 10 1.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 895 735 0 20 140 10 1.1
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,110 920 0 25 160 15 1.4
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 230 185 5 15 25 10 4.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 235 185 0 20 30 10 4.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 620 605 0 5 10 5 0.8
Bisayan languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 555 540 0 5 5 0 0.0
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. 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 65 50 10 5 5 5 7.7
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 5 5 5 12.5
Bantu languages 10 0 5 0 0 10 100.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 0 5 10 0 10 100.0
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 7,600 7,170 220 210 0 325 4.3
English and French 360 90 145 120 0 205 56.9
English and non-official language 7,020 7,005 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 40 15 30 0 0 25 62.5
English, French and non-official language 190 65 30 90 0 80 42.1

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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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