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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 Windsor, 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 208,825 197,690 5,175 1,900 4,060 6,125 2.9
Single responses 198,755 188,300 4,830 1,560 4,060 5,610 2.8
English 166,280 163,145 3,130 0 0 3,130 1.9
French 1,640 120 1,520 0 0 1,515 92.4
Non-official languages 30,835 25,035 185 1,565 4,055 965 3.1
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 5,325 4,170 30 410 720 235 4.4
Italian 2,600 2,095 10 70 430 45 1.7
Portuguese 150 110 0 10 30 5 3.3
Romanian 1,135 825 10 225 85 120 10.6
Spanish 1,440 1,140 10 110 175 65 4.5
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 205 180 0 15 5 10 4.9
Dutch 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 185 165 0 15 5 5 2.7
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 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
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 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,555 4,030 5 150 370 80 1.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 170 150 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 50 45 0 5 0 5 10.0
Croatian 535 490 5 10 30 10 1.9
Czech 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 390 340 0 10 40 5 1.3
Polish 1,250 1,095 0 50 110 25 2.0
Russian 260 210 0 20 30 10 3.8
Serbian 1,470 1,315 0 45 110 25 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 130 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 85 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 360 325 0 5 30 5 1.4
Armenian 65 45 0 10 10 5 7.7
Albanian 555 440 0 35 80 20 3.6
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 395 340 0 15 45 5 1.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 375 315 0 15 40 10 2.7
Turkic languages 210 180 0 5 25 5 2.4
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 185 165 0 5 20 5 2.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,940 6,140 90 575 1,140 380 4.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 425 315 0 5 95 0 0.0
Oromo 30 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Somali 390 290 0 5 95 5 1.3
Semitic languages 7,515 5,820 90 565 1,040 375 5.0
Amharic 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 6,030 4,620 90 540 780 360 6.0
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,310 1,035 5 25 245 15 1.1
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 3,915 3,385 0 115 410 60 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 3,455 2,990 0 100 360 50 1.4
Bengali 420 360 0 25 30 10 2.4
Gujarati 325 280 0 5 40 0 0.0
Hindi 260 240 0 0 15 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,145 940 0 30 165 15 1.3
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,130 1,020 0 35 80 20 1.8
Nepali 85 50 0 0 30 0 0.0
Iranian languages 445 380 0 15 50 10 2.2
Kurdish 85 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 335 300 0 15 30 5 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 250 225 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 125 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 40 40 0 5 5 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 170 150 0 5 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,015 3,095 5 80 835 45 1.1
Chinese languages 3,860 3,005 5 75 770 45 1.2
Cantonese 795 595 0 10 190 5 0.6
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 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 835 675 5 25 135 15 1.8
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,200 1,715 0 35 445 20 0.9
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 145 75 0 5 70 0 0.0
Tai languages 85 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,565 1,285 10 30 240 25 1.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 255 185 0 5 65 5 2.0
Vietnamese 1,315 1,100 10 30 180 20 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 655 635 0 0 10 5 0.8
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 620 605 0 0 10 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 245 135 25 65 20 55 22.4
Akan (Twi) 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 160 60 25 55 20 60 37.5
Lingala 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 5 5 10 5 10 50.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 95 30 20 35 10 35 36.8
Ganda 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Creoles 95 20 15 50 15 35 36.8
Non-verbal languages 65 45 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 10,070 9,390 345 340 0 515 5.1
English and French 455 105 195 155 0 270 59.3
English and non-official language 9,220 9,175 45 0 0 45 0.5
French and non-official language 105 35 70 0 0 70 66.7
English, French and non-official language 295 75 35 185 0 125 42.4

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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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