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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. 2
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 155,285 151,830 1,320 220 1,915 1,430 0.9
Single responses 152,650 149,330 1,235 170 1,910 1,315 0.9
English 137,745 136,970 770 0 0 770 0.6
French 520 85 430 0 0 430 82.7
Non-official languages 14,390 12,280 30 170 1,915 115 0.8
Aboriginal languages 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 60 65 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 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,115 880 10 75 155 50 4.5
Italian 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romanian 60 30 0 20 10 10 16.7
Spanish 980 785 10 55 140 35 3.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 8,510 7,370 5 20 1,120 15 0.2
Dutch 425 405 0 5 15 5 1.2
Flemish 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
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 8,000 6,885 0 15 1,100 10 0.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
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 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 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 475 430 0 10 35 5 1.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Croatian 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 165 155 0 0 5 0 0.0
Russian 60 50 0 5 10 0 0.0
Serbian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 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
Greek 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 725 630 10 20 65 20 2.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 320 275 5 5 35 10 3.1
Oromo 195 170 0 5 25 5 2.6
Somali 130 110 5 0 15 10 7.7
Semitic languages 395 355 5 10 30 10 2.5
Amharic 95 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 270 235 5 5 25 10 3.7
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 800 615 0 10 175 5 0.6
Indo-Aryan languages 645 480 0 5 160 5 0.8
Bengali 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Gujarati 80 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 110 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 95 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Nepali 250 130 0 0 120 0 0.0
Iranian languages 155 135 0 0 15 5 3.2
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 150 130 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 145 140 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 865 615 0 5 245 5 0.6
Chinese languages 845 590 5 5 245 5 0.6
Cantonese 185 125 0 0 55 5 2.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 125 100 0 0 20 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 535 365 5 5 165 5 0.9
Tibetan 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
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 55 45 0 0 5 5 9.1
Lao 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Thai 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 245 210 0 5 35 5 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 90 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 155 130 0 5 20 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 765 755 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 50 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 690 685 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 135 95 10 20 10 20 14.8
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 70 55 5 15 5 10 14.3
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
African languages, n.i.e. 145 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 2,635 2,500 90 50 0 115 4.4
English and French 90 20 40 35 0 50 55.6
English and non-official language 2,445 2,440 10 0 0 10 0.4
French and non-official language 60 35 30 0 0 25 41.7
English, French and non-official language 35 5 15 15 0 25 71.4

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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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