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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 Lethbridge, CYFootnote 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 82,855 81,450 780 155 475 855 1.0
Single responses 81,645 80,330 730 115 475 790 1.0
English 77,675 77,210 470 0 0 470 0.6
French 295 45 250 0 0 250 84.7
Non-official languages 3,680 3,075 15 115 475 70 1.9
Aboriginal languages 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 50 55 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 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 745 595 5 65 70 45 6.0
Italian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romanian 50 25 0 20 10 10 20.0
Spanish 620 510 5 40 60 30 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 250 240 0 5 0 5 2.0
Dutch 70 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 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
German 150 145 0 5 5 5 3.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 20 20 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 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 360 320 0 10 25 5 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Croatian 80 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 140 140 0 0 0 0 0.0
Russian 45 35 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 30 25 0 0 0 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 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 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
Greek 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 45 40 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 150 130 0 5 15 0 0.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 130 115 0 5 15 5 3.8
Amharic 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 75 60 0 0 10 5 6.7
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 665 505 0 10 155 5 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 525 380 0 5 140 0 0.0
Bengali 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hindi 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 250 130 0 0 120 0 0.0
Iranian languages 140 125 0 5 10 5 3.6
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Persian (Farsi) 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Kannada 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
Malayalam 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 105 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 540 405 0 5 130 5 0.9
Chinese languages 525 385 5 5 130 5 1.0
Cantonese 160 105 0 0 50 5 3.1
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 55 50 0 0 5 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. 310 225 0 5 75 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 155 130 0 5 25 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 155 130 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 270 265 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 235 235 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 70 55 0 10 0 5 7.1
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 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 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 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
African languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 1,205 1,120 50 40 0 70 5.8
English and French 55 10 20 25 0 30 54.5
English and non-official language 1,100 1,095 5 0 0 5 0.5
French and non-official language 25 5 15 0 0 20 80.0
English, French and non-official language 25 5 10 15 0 15 60.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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