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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 AlbertaFootnote 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 3,610,185 3,484,240 65,105 12,530 48,310 71,370 2.0
Single responses 3,499,490 3,379,435 61,605 10,145 48,305 66,680 1.9
English 3,095,250 3,057,480 37,770 0 0 37,770 1.2
French 24,690 1,970 22,725 0 0 22,725 92.0
Non-official languages 379,550 319,985 1,110 10,145 48,305 6,185 1.6
Aboriginal languages 10,615 10,415 10 50 140 35 0.3
Algonquian languages 7,385 7,245 5 30 105 20 0.3
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 800 790 0 0 5 0 0.0
Cree languages 6,480 6,365 0 30 80 20 0.3
Cree, n.o.s. 6,465 6,355 5 30 80 20 0.3
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 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
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 95 80 0 0 15 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. 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
Michif 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 980 950 5 0 25 5 0.5
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 880 855 5 0 15 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sarcee 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Beaver 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Iroquoian 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
Mohawk 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
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 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
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,190 2,165 5 15 10 10 0.5
Dakota 125 120 0 0 0 5 4.0
Stoney 2,065 2,045 0 10 10 5 0.2
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 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
Gitksan 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
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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 37,315 29,795 305 3,035 4,180 1,820 4.9
Italian 3,235 2,700 15 140 385 80 2.5
Portuguese 2,915 2,340 15 155 410 95 3.3
Romanian 3,735 2,655 20 725 330 380 10.2
Spanish 27,405 22,080 255 2,020 3,050 1,265 4.6
Catalan 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages 39,915 35,425 45 645 3,800 365 0.9
Dutch 2,395 2,135 5 185 65 95 4.0
Flemish 35 20 0 20 0 10 28.6
Frisian 55 50 0 5 0 5 9.1
German 35,490 31,380 35 385 3,680 230 0.6
Yiddish 5 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 510 470 0 20 20 10 2.0
Danish 175 170 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Norwegian 190 170 0 5 15 5 2.6
Swedish 115 110 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 1,435 1,370 5 30 35 15 1.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 40 35 0 10 0 5 12.5
Gaelic languages 20 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Welsh 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 26,500 23,145 40 1,145 2,170 610 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bosnian 880 785 0 15 75 5 0.6
Bulgarian 755 610 0 95 45 50 6.6
Croatian 1,380 1,240 0 30 105 20 1.4
Czech 755 695 0 40 25 15 2.0
Macedonian 115 90 0 10 10 5 4.3
Polish 7,935 7,005 10 295 625 155 2.0
Russian 8,360 7,115 25 390 840 220 2.6
Serbian 2,025 1,780 5 95 145 55 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 435 395 0 10 30 5 1.1
Slovak 680 615 0 30 30 15 2.2
Slovenian 120 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,985 2,625 5 125 230 65 2.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Baltic languages 170 160 0 10 10 5 2.9
Latvian 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 900 810 0 35 55 20 2.2
Armenian 205 150 0 35 20 20 9.8
Albanian 915 805 0 25 85 15 1.6
Georgian 75 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,035 1,780 5 100 150 55 2.7
Estonian 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Finnish 110 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,900 1,660 5 90 145 50 2.6
Turkic languages 1,920 1,570 20 100 225 75 3.9
Azerbaijani 95 80 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkish 1,610 1,310 20 90 195 65 4.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 215 180 0 10 20 5 2.3
Mongolian 260 240 0 5 10 5 1.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 27,820 23,280 305 1,680 2,555 1,145 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 20 5 10 5 10 28.6
Cushitic languages 5,160 4,390 50 230 485 165 3.2
Oromo 1,050 875 5 40 135 25 2.4
Somali 4,110 3,515 50 195 350 145 3.5
Semitic languages 22,555 18,845 245 1,405 2,055 950 4.2
Amharic 3,555 3,340 5 40 170 25 0.7
Arabic 16,655 13,435 235 1,320 1,660 900 5.4
Hebrew 370 335 5 20 10 15 4.1
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 1,595 1,425 0 15 150 5 0.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 380 305 5 10 60 5 1.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 70 25 5 35 5 20 28.6
Indo-Iranian languages 81,050 68,420 40 1,205 11,385 640 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 71,255 60,130 25 930 10,170 490 0.7
Bengali 3,535 3,225 0 125 190 60 1.7
Gujarati 5,040 4,335 10 100 600 55 1.1
Hindi 6,950 6,375 0 90 480 50 0.7
Konkani 55 50 0 5 5 5 9.1
Marathi 430 400 0 15 20 10 2.3
Panjabi (Punjabi) 38,215 30,575 15 360 7,270 195 0.5
Sindhi 1,105 990 0 25 90 10 0.9
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,000 960 0 10 30 5 0.5
Urdu 13,740 12,285 0 195 1,255 100 0.7
Nepali 1,195 940 0 15 235 10 0.8
Iranian languages 9,280 7,855 15 265 1,145 145 1.6
Kurdish 785 640 0 10 140 5 0.6
Pashto 1,235 1,020 5 20 195 15 1.2
Persian (Farsi) 7,255 6,195 10 240 815 135 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 510 430 0 10 65 5 1.0
Dravidian languages 3,715 3,435 0 50 225 30 0.8
Kannada 130 125 0 5 5 5 3.8
Malayalam 1,495 1,370 0 10 115 5 0.3
Tamil 1,515 1,405 0 25 80 15 1.0
Telugu 560 525 0 5 30 5 0.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 2,120 1,860 0 25 235 10 0.5
Korean 10,340 8,940 5 110 1,275 65 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 73,585 55,810 45 740 16,985 415 0.6
Chinese languages 72,635 55,075 45 735 16,780 410 0.6
Cantonese 24,790 17,265 15 205 7,305 120 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 110 65 0 0 45 0 0.0
Fukien 120 80 0 0 40 0 0.0
Hakka 110 80 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 14,910 12,590 10 200 2,115 110 0.7
Shanghainese 70 45 0 0 25 0 0.0
Taiwanese 130 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 32,395 24,850 20 330 7,190 190 0.6
Tibetan languages 230 195 0 5 35 0 0.0
Burmese 215 190 0 0 25 5 2.3
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 500 350 0 0 150 0 0.0
Tai languages 1,130 845 10 25 250 20 1.8
Lao 530 435 0 25 75 15 2.8
Thai 595 415 0 0 180 5 0.8
Austro-Asiatic languages 16,045 12,505 50 275 3,210 190 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 960 745 5 15 195 10 1.0
Vietnamese 15,085 11,755 45 260 3,020 175 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 36,140 35,315 20 160 650 100 0.3
Bisayan languages 1,130 1,105 0 5 15 0 0.0
Ilocano 1,060 1,020 0 0 40 0 0.0
Malay 365 330 0 5 30 5 1.4
Pampango 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 33,195 32,490 15 135 550 85 0.3
Bikol 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 145 140 5 5 0 5 3.4
Niger-Congo languages 3,040 2,350 140 410 140 345 11.3
Akan (Twi) 460 435 0 15 10 10 2.2
Bantu languages 1,635 1,155 115 295 75 265 16.2
Lingala 45 10 15 15 0 25 55.6
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 25 15 55 5 45 45.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 220 65 30 100 20 80 36.4
Shona 240 235 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swahili 585 410 45 100 25 95 16.2
Ganda 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 395 360 0 20 15 10 2.5
Edo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 175 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wolof 65 20 10 35 5 25 38.5
Bamanankan 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ewe 55 35 5 10 5 10 18.2
Ga 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 590 495 10 45 40 35 5.9
African languages, n.i.e. 1,880 1,750 5 20 105 15 0.8
Creoles 625 305 50 245 25 175 28.0
Non-verbal languages 1,005 640 0 0 360 0 0.0
American Sign Language 315 220 0 5 95 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 680 415 5 5 265 5 0.7
Other languages 175 130 0 0 40 0 0.0
Multiple responses 110,695 104,810 3,500 2,385 0 4,690 4.2
English and French 4,945 1,110 2,295 1,545 0 3,065 62.0
English and non-official language 102,995 102,785 205 0 0 205 0.2
French and non-official language 1,115 455 660 0 0 660 59.2
English, French and non-official language 1,640 455 340 845 0 765 46.6

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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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