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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 St. Catharines, CY
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 129,115 125,035 2,740 435 905 2,955 2.3
Single responses 126,045 122,215 2,585 335 910 2,755 2.2
English 116,525 114,800 1,725 0 0 1,725 1.5
French 895 50 840 0 0 845 94.4
Non-official languages 8,630 7,365 15 335 910 185 2.1
Aboriginal languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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. 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
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 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mohawk 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,250 1,840 0 85 320 45 2.0
Italian 780 610 5 10 160 5 0.6
Portuguese 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Romanian 55 35 0 15 5 5 9.1
Spanish 1,330 1,125 0 60 145 30 2.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 565 525 0 15 20 10 1.8
Dutch 60 55 5 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
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 480 450 0 10 25 5 1.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 1,815 1,555 5 85 165 45 2.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 855 745 0 40 80 20 2.3
Russian 275 220 5 15 45 10 3.6
Serbian 70 55 0 10 0 5 7.1
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 250 215 0 20 20 15 6.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 95 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Albanian 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 145 130 0 5 10 5 3.4
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 115 95 0 5 10 5 4.3
Turkic languages 35 30 5 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 965 800 5 70 95 40 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 935 770 5 70 90 35 3.7
Amharic 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
Arabic 890 740 5 60 85 35 3.9
Hebrew 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 615 560 0 10 50 5 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 400 355 0 10 35 0 0.0
Bengali 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 70 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hindi 50 50 0 0 0 5 10.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 160 145 0 0 10 0 0.0
Nepali 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 215 200 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kurdish 100 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 100 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 50 45 0 5 0 5 10.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 230 205 0 10 25 5 2.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 955 840 0 15 100 5 0.5
Chinese languages 945 835 0 15 100 5 0.5
Cantonese 100 80 0 0 20 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 270 240 0 5 20 5 1.9
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 570 510 0 5 60 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 135 105 0 0 35 0 0.0
Lao 120 90 0 5 30 0 0.0
Thai 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 215 165 5 10 40 5 2.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 55 0 5 20 5 6.3
Vietnamese 140 115 0 5 25 5 3.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 235 230 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 210 210 0 0 0 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 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 55 40 0 10 0 5 9.1
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 25 5 10 0 5 11.1
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Non-verbal languages 45 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,070 2,815 150 100 0 200 6.5
English and French 260 60 120 80 0 160 61.5
English and non-official language 2,720 2,710 5 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 25 15 10 0 0 10 40.0
English, French and non-official language 70 30 10 20 0 25 35.7

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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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