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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 Division No. 11
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 658,200 625,085 22,765 2,130 8,230 23,825 3.6
Single responses 625,780 594,510 21,610 1,435 8,230 22,330 3.6
English 545,985 533,885 12,100 0 0 12,100 2.2
French 9,710 410 9,305 0 0 9,305 95.8
Non-official languages 70,090 60,220 205 1,435 8,230 920 1.3
Aboriginal languages 980 955 5 5 20 5 0.5
Algonquian languages 920 895 0 5 20 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 235 230 0 5 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 235 230 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 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
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 395 380 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 290 285 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 15 10 5 0 0 5 33.3
Athapaskan languages 10 15 0 0 0 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 15 10 0 0 0 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 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 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 15 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 6,960 5,580 30 305 1,040 185 2.7
Italian 1,125 920 5 25 175 15 1.3
Portuguese 2,300 1,655 15 60 575 40 1.7
Romanian 220 160 0 40 10 25 11.4
Spanish 3,320 2,845 20 175 275 100 3.0
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 5 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 2,715 2,515 5 70 135 35 1.3
Dutch 95 80 0 10 0 10 10.5
Flemish 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 2,470 2,290 0 50 130 25 1.0
Yiddish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 8,215 7,150 5 230 820 125 1.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 350 305 0 5 35 0 0.0
Bulgarian 85 60 0 10 10 5 5.9
Croatian 335 310 0 10 20 5 1.5
Czech 115 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 2,155 1,825 0 45 280 25 1.2
Russian 2,775 2,450 5 55 265 30 1.1
Serbian 335 285 0 20 35 5 1.5
Serbo-Croatian 150 125 0 5 20 0 0.0
Slovak 85 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,665 1,455 5 75 140 40 2.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 405 350 0 10 35 10 2.5
Armenian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 150 125 0 0 20 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 280 250 0 10 20 5 1.8
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 270 235 0 15 15 10 3.7
Turkic languages 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,065 3,395 35 205 430 140 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 810 685 0 25 100 15 1.9
Oromo 225 190 0 0 30 0 0.0
Somali 585 490 0 25 65 15 2.6
Semitic languages 3,220 2,685 35 175 320 120 3.7
Amharic 690 640 0 10 40 10 1.4
Arabic 1,735 1,350 30 145 210 105 6.1
Hebrew 180 165 5 5 5 5 2.8
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 595 515 5 10 70 10 1.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 5 10 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 11,470 9,695 5 145 1,630 75 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,060 8,530 5 115 1,410 60 0.6
Bengali 380 350 0 5 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 580 505 0 10 65 5 0.9
Hindi 670 610 0 10 50 5 0.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,020 5,835 0 80 1,105 40 0.6
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 245 230 0 0 20 0 0.0
Urdu 875 805 0 10 60 5 0.6
Nepali 235 160 5 5 75 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,400 1,155 0 30 210 15 1.1
Kurdish 200 145 0 5 55 5 2.5
Pashto 130 110 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,065 900 0 30 140 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 445 395 0 10 40 5 1.1
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 160 150 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 175 155 0 10 15 0 0.0
Telugu 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 140 120 0 5 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,970 1,645 5 25 295 15 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,850 6,540 0 70 2,235 35 0.4
Chinese languages 8,450 6,290 0 70 2,090 40 0.5
Cantonese 2,210 1,470 0 20 720 10 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,590 1,325 0 15 250 10 0.6
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,590 3,450 5 35 1,100 15 0.3
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 220 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 555 415 5 30 100 20 3.6
Lao 470 350 5 25 90 15 3.2
Thai 80 65 0 5 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,530 1,960 10 45 515 30 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 145 100 0 0 45 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,385 1,855 5 50 470 35 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 18,650 17,970 5 60 615 30 0.2
Bisayan languages 305 290 0 5 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 250 240 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,855 17,215 0 55 580 30 0.2
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 790 450 95 175 75 180 22.8
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 545 255 75 155 60 155 28.4
Lingala 20 5 10 15 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 10 20 10 20 30.8
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 30 15 30 5 30 40.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 165 45 95 30 90 27.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 25 5 5 10 5 11.1
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 115 10 5 15 10 7.1
African languages, n.i.e. 165 140 0 0 20 0 0.0
Creoles 160 130 0 25 5 15 9.4
Non-verbal languages 385 265 0 0 115 5 1.3
American Sign Language 195 145 0 0 50 5 2.6
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 185 115 0 0 65 0 0.0
Other languages 65 35 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 32,420 30,575 1,155 695 0 1,495 4.6
English and French 1,640 335 815 485 0 1,060 64.6
English and non-official language 29,905 29,845 55 0 0 60 0.2
French and non-official language 455 250 205 0 0 205 45.1
English, French and non-official language 415 135 75 205 0 175 42.2

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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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