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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 Middlesex
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 433,960 422,000 5,265 1,890 4,810 6,210 1.4
Single responses 421,800 410,485 4,920 1,585 4,810 5,710 1.4
English 383,510 380,140 3,365 0 0 3,365 0.9
French 1,580 130 1,455 0 0 1,450 91.8
Non-official languages 36,710 30,215 100 1,585 4,805 895 2.4
Aboriginal languages 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
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 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 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 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
Oneida 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iroquoian 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
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish 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
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. 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
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 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
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 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
Romance languages 9,775 7,470 40 710 1,550 395 4.0
Italian 910 775 0 30 100 20 2.2
Portuguese 2,460 1,680 15 60 700 45 1.8
Romanian 420 265 0 115 30 60 14.3
Spanish 5,975 4,740 20 500 720 270 4.5
Catalan 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 1,015 875 5 45 95 25 2.5
Dutch 270 240 0 10 15 5 1.9
Flemish 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 650 540 5 30 75 20 3.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 30 0 5 0 5 16.7
Danish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,570 4,845 5 270 450 140 2.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 365 325 0 10 25 5 1.4
Bulgarian 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Croatian 355 330 0 10 20 5 1.4
Czech 120 110 0 10 0 5 4.2
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 2,880 2,515 5 130 235 65 2.3
Russian 600 475 5 55 75 25 4.2
Serbian 505 455 0 25 30 10 2.0
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 10 10 5 3.0
Slovak 125 105 0 10 0 10 8.0
Slovenian 55 50 0 5 0 5 9.1
Ukrainian 310 265 0 10 40 5 1.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 760 660 0 10 85 10 1.3
Armenian 30 20 5 0 0 5 16.7
Albanian 525 435 0 10 85 5 1.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 430 395 0 15 15 5 1.2
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 420 385 0 15 15 5 1.2
Turkic languages 225 190 0 5 25 5 2.2
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 185 160 0 5 25 5 2.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,565 4,565 25 285 690 165 3.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 195 165 5 10 10 5 2.6
Oromo 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 180 160 0 0 15 5 2.8
Semitic languages 5,370 4,400 20 270 675 160 3.0
Amharic 130 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 4,435 3,620 25 255 540 150 3.4
Hebrew 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 5 10 5 4.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 635 500 0 10 115 5 0.8
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 3,850 3,330 10 90 425 55 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 2,105 1,865 0 50 190 25 1.2
Bengali 250 225 0 5 20 0 0.0
Gujarati 275 245 0 0 25 0 0.0
Hindi 290 265 0 5 20 5 1.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 415 365 0 10 40 5 1.2
Sindhi 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 680 615 0 20 45 15 2.2
Nepali 120 85 0 0 40 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,735 1,455 10 45 230 35 2.0
Kurdish 530 435 5 10 85 15 2.8
Pashto 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 950 0 35 140 20 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 310 275 0 5 30 5 1.6
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 130 125 0 5 5 5 3.8
Tamil 125 95 0 5 20 5 4.0
Telugu 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 90 75 0 5 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,970 1,690 0 30 250 20 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,885 3,175 0 50 655 25 0.6
Chinese languages 3,690 3,070 5 50 570 30 0.8
Cantonese 695 550 0 10 140 5 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,045 895 0 20 130 10 1.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,925 1,605 0 20 300 10 0.5
Tibetan 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
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 100 0 5 85 0 0.0
Tai languages 65 55 0 10 5 5 7.7
Lao 45 35 0 5 0 5 11.1
Thai 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,575 1,195 5 20 345 15 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 450 325 0 15 110 10 2.2
Vietnamese 1,125 865 0 10 240 5 0.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 540 530 0 0 10 5 0.9
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 480 470 0 0 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. 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 155 130 5 20 10 10 6.5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 70 5 20 5 10 10.5
Lingala 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 35 25 0 10 5 5 14.3
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 155 110 0 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 55 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 70 0 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 12,165 11,515 345 300 0 500 4.1
English and French 525 150 215 160 0 295 56.2
English and non-official language 11,305 11,270 40 0 0 40 0.4
French and non-official language 90 25 60 0 0 65 72.2
English, French and non-official language 250 70 35 140 0 105 42.0

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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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