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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 267,290 261,305 3,370 570 2,045 3,655 1.4
Single responses 261,235 255,515 3,225 450 2,045 3,455 1.3
English 243,095 240,800 2,300 0 0 2,295 0.9
French 1,015 130 885 0 0 880 86.7
Non-official languages 17,125 14,585 50 450 2,045 270 1.6
Aboriginal languages 375 365 0 0 5 5 1.3
Algonquian languages 290 280 0 5 5 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 255 250 0 0 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 255 255 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains 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
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 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
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 25 25 0 0 5 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 60 65 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 60 65 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 15 15 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 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
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 1,060 860 10 70 120 50 4.7
Italian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 105 85 0 5 15 0 0.0
Romanian 180 135 5 20 20 10 5.6
Spanish 740 610 10 40 80 35 4.7
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 1,160 1,030 5 40 95 20 1.7
Dutch 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 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
German 1,020 900 5 25 90 15 1.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 90 80 0 5 5 5 5.6
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
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 1,620 1,390 0 55 175 30 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 80 75 0 0 5 5 6.3
Bulgarian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 135 115 0 5 20 5 3.7
Russian 485 420 0 25 40 10 2.1
Serbian 120 110 0 5 5 5 4.2
Serbo-Croatian 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Slovak 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 635 530 0 15 90 10 1.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 150 120 0 5 25 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 125 95 0 5 20 5 4.0
Turkic languages 90 75 5 0 10 5 5.6
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 55 5 0 5 5 8.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,500 1,075 0 70 355 35 2.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 130 85 0 15 30 5 3.8
Oromo 60 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Somali 70 50 0 15 5 5 7.1
Semitic languages 1,365 990 5 55 320 30 2.2
Amharic 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 850 600 5 40 205 25 2.9
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 265 0 15 100 5 1.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,830 3,365 5 105 355 55 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 3,295 2,915 0 85 295 45 1.4
Bengali 705 635 0 30 40 15 2.1
Gujarati 175 155 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hindi 220 200 0 0 25 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 530 450 0 5 75 5 0.9
Sindhi 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,410 1,255 5 45 110 25 1.8
Nepali 110 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Iranian languages 470 400 0 15 55 10 2.1
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 380 325 0 15 35 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 165 150 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 65 65 5 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 255 215 0 5 35 5 2.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,170 2,490 5 35 645 20 0.6
Chinese languages 2,940 2,360 5 35 545 20 0.7
Cantonese 480 335 0 10 140 5 1.0
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 615 515 0 5 95 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,820 1,490 0 20 305 15 0.8
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 90 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 140 60 0 0 80 0 0.0
Tai languages 80 60 0 5 15 5 6.3
Lao 65 50 0 5 10 5 7.7
Thai 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 510 405 5 20 80 10 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 485 385 0 20 80 10 2.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,565 2,485 5 20 65 15 0.6
Bisayan languages 85 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,405 2,330 5 20 55 15 0.6
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 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 160 135 5 15 5 10 6.3
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 125 95 5 15 5 15 12.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 5 5 5 33.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 70 55 0 0 5 5 7.1
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 120 110 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Non-verbal languages 105 75 0 5 25 5 4.8
American Sign Language 40 30 0 5 15 5 12.5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 6,055 5,790 145 115 0 205 3.4
English and French 275 115 90 65 0 125 45.5
English and non-official language 5,595 5,590 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 105 70 35 0 0 40 38.1
English, French and non-official language 80 20 10 50 0 35 43.8

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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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