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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. 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 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,905 6,355 25,570 23,080 1.8
Single responses 1,248,560 1,199,020 18,630 5,340 25,575 21,300 1.7
English 1,059,805 1,048,785 11,025 0 0 11,025 1.0
French 7,675 575 7,105 0 0 7,105 92.6
Non-official languages 181,075 149,660 500 5,340 25,570 3,170 1.8
Aboriginal languages 485 475 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 60 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 45 50 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 5 5 0 0 0 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. 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
Michif 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
Athapaskan languages 35 35 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 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
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 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 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
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 300 295 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 275 275 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 19,720 15,740 175 1,785 2,015 1,070 5.4
Italian 1,465 1,220 5 75 165 45 3.1
Portuguese 1,105 915 5 60 130 30 2.7
Romanian 2,210 1,545 10 455 200 240 10.9
Spanish 14,920 12,045 155 1,195 1,525 750 5.0
Catalan 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 3,770 3,360 10 280 125 150 4.0
Dutch 685 565 0 105 10 50 7.3
Flemish 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 2,290 2,060 10 140 80 80 3.5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 300 270 0 15 15 10 3.3
Danish 75 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 165 140 0 5 10 5 3.0
Swedish 50 45 0 5 5 5 10.0
Afrikaans 475 455 0 10 10 5 1.1
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 12,815 11,085 20 645 1,065 340 2.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 455 390 0 15 45 5 1.1
Bulgarian 480 390 0 55 30 30 6.3
Croatian 700 650 0 25 30 10 1.4
Czech 400 370 0 20 10 10 2.5
Macedonian 60 45 0 5 5 5 8.3
Polish 3,470 3,030 5 175 260 90 2.6
Russian 4,910 4,140 15 235 525 130 2.6
Serbian 1,050 920 0 65 65 30 2.9
Serbo-Croatian 235 210 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovak 465 425 5 15 25 5 1.1
Slovenian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 540 460 0 25 50 15 2.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 105 100 0 0 0 5 4.8
Latvian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 450 405 5 15 35 5 1.1
Armenian 150 100 0 30 15 15 10.0
Albanian 585 515 0 20 50 10 1.7
Georgian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,300 1,135 5 65 95 35 2.7
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 60 50 0 5 5 5 8.3
Hungarian 1,225 1,070 5 65 90 35 2.9
Turkic languages 790 645 5 40 90 30 3.8
Azerbaijani 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkish 590 485 10 30 70 25 4.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 15 15 10 7.7
Mongolian 220 205 0 5 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 13,320 11,210 125 745 1,240 495 3.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Cushitic languages 1,205 1,050 5 35 110 20 1.7
Oromo 445 385 0 15 40 10 2.2
Somali 760 660 5 20 70 15 2.0
Semitic languages 12,070 10,140 115 690 1,125 460 3.8
Amharic 2,200 2,085 0 20 95 10 0.5
Arabic 8,480 6,840 115 645 870 440 5.2
Hebrew 220 200 0 10 5 10 4.5
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 905 800 0 5 95 5 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 260 205 0 0 55 5 1.9
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 15 5 5 16.7
Indo-Iranian languages 46,950 39,190 20 665 7,080 355 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 40,815 34,045 15 495 6,260 260 0.6
Bengali 2,280 2,055 0 85 140 45 2.0
Gujarati 2,155 1,875 5 40 245 25 1.2
Hindi 2,850 2,595 0 30 220 20 0.7
Konkani 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
Marathi 230 215 0 5 10 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,675 17,860 5 180 4,635 95 0.4
Sindhi 700 625 0 15 60 5 0.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 440 425 0 5 15 0 0.0
Urdu 8,900 7,895 0 125 880 65 0.7
Nepali 555 490 0 10 60 5 0.9
Iranian languages 5,720 4,775 10 170 765 90 1.6
Kurdish 470 365 0 0 100 0 0.0
Pashto 760 605 5 10 145 5 0.7
Persian (Farsi) 4,490 3,805 5 155 525 85 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 420 365 0 5 55 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,690 1,570 0 25 100 15 0.9
Kannada 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 610 560 0 5 45 5 0.8
Tamil 745 695 0 15 40 10 1.3
Telugu 255 240 0 5 10 5 2.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 1,000 885 0 20 95 10 1.0
Korean 5,880 5,090 5 60 725 35 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 42,155 31,575 25 420 10,140 230 0.5
Chinese languages 41,540 31,080 20 420 10,025 230 0.6
Cantonese 14,525 9,970 5 125 4,425 65 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 60 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Fukien 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 8,865 7,410 10 100 1,350 60 0.7
Shanghainese 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 75 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,915 13,535 10 190 4,180 100 0.6
Tibetan languages 230 195 0 0 35 5 2.2
Burmese 165 145 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 220 160 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 490 405 5 10 70 10 2.0
Lao 260 210 5 10 35 10 3.8
Thai 235 195 0 0 35 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,595 7,340 30 180 2,045 125 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 465 345 5 15 100 10 2.2
Vietnamese 9,135 6,995 25 165 1,945 110 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 16,680 16,245 10 100 325 60 0.4
Bisayan languages 540 525 0 0 15 0 0.0
Ilocano 590 570 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malay 230 205 0 10 15 5 2.2
Pampango 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,135 14,775 10 85 270 50 0.3
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 70 5 0 0 5 7.1
Niger-Congo languages 1,190 980 35 130 40 100 8.4
Akan (Twi) 205 200 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 495 375 30 85 10 70 14.1
Lingala 15 5 10 10 0 15 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 5 20 0 15 60.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 5 15 0 10 40.0
Shona 80 80 0 5 0 5 6.3
Swahili 205 155 15 35 0 30 14.6
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 130 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wolof 20 10 5 15 0 10 50.0
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 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 315 275 0 20 15 10 3.2
African languages, n.i.e. 1,060 990 0 5 65 5 0.5
Creoles 220 95 30 90 10 75 34.1
Non-verbal languages 305 185 0 0 115 5 1.6
American Sign Language 95 65 0 0 35 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 210 120 0 0 85 0 0.0
Other languages 85 70 0 0 15 5 5.9
Multiple responses 52,365 50,080 1,270 1,020 0 1,780 3.4
English and French 1,810 450 745 615 0 1,055 58.3
English and non-official language 49,295 49,205 85 0 0 90 0.2
French and non-official language 485 200 295 0 0 290 59.8
English, French and non-official language 775 225 145 400 0 345 44.5

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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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