Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

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

Data table

Select data categories for this table


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. 6
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 234,990 230,690 2,530 350 1,420 2,705 1.2
Single responses 230,545 226,425 2,445 250 1,420 2,575 1.1
English 218,165 216,585 1,580 0 0 1,580 0.7
French 955 115 840 0 0 835 87.4
Non-official languages 11,425 9,725 30 250 1,425 155 1.4
Aboriginal languages 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 70 70 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 55 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 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
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 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
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 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dakota 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 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 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 625 500 0 70 55 35 5.6
Italian 100 90 0 5 10 0 0.0
Portuguese 25 15 0 10 5 5 20.0
Romanian 85 70 5 10 5 5 5.9
Spanish 420 330 0 50 40 20 4.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 435 400 0 10 25 10 2.3
Dutch 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 310 280 0 10 20 5 1.6
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 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
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 90 85 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 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,065 955 0 15 95 10 0.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 100 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Russian 530 480 0 5 50 0 0.0
Serbian 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 245 220 0 0 30 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 200 190 0 5 5 5 2.5
Armenian 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
Albanian 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Turkic languages 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 820 680 5 30 105 20 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 220 180 0 0 40 0 0.0
Oromo 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 185 160 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages 605 495 5 35 70 25 4.1
Amharic 60 55 0 0 5 5 8.3
Arabic 445 355 5 30 50 25 5.6
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,490 2,125 0 45 320 25 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,125 1,820 0 35 270 15 0.7
Bengali 250 225 0 10 20 5 2.0
Gujarati 155 135 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hindi 190 175 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 615 535 0 5 75 0 0.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 760 665 0 15 80 5 0.7
Nepali 140 70 0 0 65 5 3.6
Iranian languages 345 290 0 10 40 5 1.4
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 255 215 0 10 30 5 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 50 40 0 0 5 5 10.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 370 300 0 5 65 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,340 1,785 5 25 525 20 0.9
Chinese languages 2,010 1,575 5 20 415 15 0.7
Cantonese 370 265 0 0 100 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 395 315 0 5 70 0 0.0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,235 985 5 10 235 10 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 300 195 0 0 105 0 0.0
Tai languages 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 705 580 5 10 110 5 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 690 570 0 10 110 5 0.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,620 1,585 0 5 35 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,475 1,440 0 5 30 5 0.3
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 100 55 10 20 15 25 25.0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 60 25 10 10 15 20 33.3
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 10 10 5 0 15 60.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 50 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 45 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,445 4,265 80 100 0 135 3.0
English and French 200 80 55 65 0 90 45.0
English and non-official language 4,140 4,135 0 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 20 15 0 0 15 42.9
English, French and non-official language 65 25 10 35 0 25 38.5

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

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.

Return to footnote 1 referrer

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.

Return to footnote 2 referrer

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

Date modified: