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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 ManitobaFootnote 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 1,193,095 1,136,690 39,995 2,740 13,670 41,370 3.5
Single responses 1,150,560 1,096,790 38,295 1,805 13,670 39,195 3.4
English 1,007,330 986,330 20,995 0 0 20,995 2.1
French 17,950 920 17,030 0 0 17,030 94.9
Non-official languages 125,280 109,540 265 1,805 13,675 1,170 0.9
Aboriginal languages 21,330 20,770 10 50 500 35 0.2
Algonquian languages 20,350 19,825 5 45 475 25 0.1
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 10,850 10,650 5 10 185 10 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,840 10,640 5 15 185 10 0.1
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 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.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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 3,690 3,550 5 15 120 10 0.3
Oji-Cree 5,805 5,625 0 10 165 5 0.1
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 25 10 0 10 0 10 40.0
Athapaskan languages 680 660 0 0 30 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 685 655 0 0 25 0 0.0
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 235 235 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 230 230 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,390 7,415 35 350 1,585 215 2.3
Italian 1,190 980 5 30 175 20 1.7
Portuguese 2,495 1,810 10 70 600 50 2.0
Romanian 240 180 0 40 20 25 10.4
Spanish 5,465 4,450 20 205 800 120 2.2
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. 0 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
Germanic languages 27,920 24,415 25 210 3,275 130 0.5
Dutch 350 315 0 25 10 15 4.3
Flemish 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 27,180 23,730 25 170 3,255 110 0.4
Yiddish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 255 245 0 5 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 10,875 9,335 10 265 1,265 140 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 360 315 0 5 45 0 0.0
Bulgarian 85 65 0 10 5 5 5.9
Croatian 370 340 0 5 25 5 1.4
Czech 140 135 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 90 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Polish 2,475 2,130 0 50 300 30 1.2
Russian 4,010 3,325 5 65 615 40 1.0
Serbian 345 295 0 20 35 5 1.4
Serbo-Croatian 160 140 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slovak 100 85 0 10 5 5 5.0
Slovenian 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,640 2,345 0 85 210 40 1.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 435 385 0 15 40 10 2.3
Armenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 170 140 0 5 25 5 2.9
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 335 295 0 10 20 10 3.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 270 0 10 20 10 3.3
Turkic languages 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,405 3,670 40 225 475 150 3.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 815 685 0 25 100 15 1.8
Oromo 225 195 0 0 30 0 0.0
Somali 585 490 5 20 70 10 1.7
Semitic languages 3,560 2,960 35 195 370 130 3.7
Amharic 800 735 0 15 45 5 0.6
Arabic 1,940 1,510 30 160 240 110 5.7
Hebrew 185 170 0 10 10 5 2.7
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 615 530 0 10 75 10 1.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 12,265 10,390 5 160 1,715 80 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,810 9,190 5 125 1,495 65 0.6
Bengali 405 370 0 5 25 5 1.2
Gujarati 750 660 0 10 85 5 0.7
Hindi 750 685 0 10 60 5 0.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,360 6,120 0 80 1,155 40 0.5
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 255 230 0 0 20 0 0.0
Urdu 990 905 0 15 70 5 0.5
Nepali 240 160 5 0 80 5 2.1
Iranian languages 1,440 1,190 0 35 215 20 1.4
Kurdish 205 145 0 5 55 5 2.4
Pashto 140 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,100 925 0 35 140 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 455 0 10 45 5 1.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 195 180 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 205 180 0 5 15 5 2.4
Telugu 90 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 160 130 0 0 20 5 3.1
Korean 2,270 1,915 5 30 325 15 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,365 7,480 0 75 2,805 40 0.4
Chinese languages 9,970 7,230 5 75 2,655 40 0.4
Cantonese 2,330 1,540 0 20 770 10 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,845 1,505 0 20 325 10 0.5
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,735 4,145 5 40 1,545 20 0.3
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 350 215 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 585 445 5 30 110 15 2.6
Lao 500 375 0 30 95 15 3.0
Thai 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,635 2,040 10 50 530 35 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 155 105 0 0 45 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,480 1,935 10 50 485 30 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 19,630 18,925 0 60 645 35 0.2
Bisayan languages 325 320 0 5 10 5 1.5
Ilocano 260 250 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 18,775 18,105 5 55 605 30 0.2
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 825 480 95 175 75 180 21.8
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 560 275 75 155 60 150 26.8
Lingala 20 0 5 10 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 25 10 20 5 15 23.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 70 25 15 25 5 30 42.9
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 165 40 95 30 90 27.3
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 30 5 10 10 5 10.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 5 5 10 0 10 66.7
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 120 10 5 15 10 6.9
African languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 5 20 0 0.0
Creoles 245 140 20 80 10 60 24.5
Non-verbal languages 515 350 5 5 155 5 1.0
American Sign Language 235 170 0 5 60 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 280 180 5 0 100 0 0.0
Other languages 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,535 39,890 1,705 935 0 2,170 5.1
English and French 2,480 485 1,290 705 0 1,645 66.3
English and non-official language 38,935 38,870 65 0 0 65 0.2
French and non-official language 630 375 260 0 0 255 40.5
English, French and non-official language 485 165 85 235 0 205 42.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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