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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 Calgary, 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 1,087,405 1,039,250 17,240 6,040 24,870 20,265 1.9
Single responses 1,037,895 991,850 16,065 5,115 24,870 18,620 1.8
English 857,570 848,275 9,290 0 0 9,295 1.1
French 6,730 450 6,280 0 0 6,280 93.3
Non-official languages 173,595 143,125 485 5,115 24,870 3,045 1.8
Aboriginal languages 200 195 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 115 110 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 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 45 45 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 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-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
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 5 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 25 25 0 5 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 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
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 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
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 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 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 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 30 30 0 0 0 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 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 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 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romance languages 18,875 15,070 175 1,715 1,920 1,035 5.5
Italian 1,415 1,180 10 70 155 45 3.2
Portuguese 1,045 875 5 50 115 30 2.9
Romanian 2,120 1,485 15 440 190 230 10.8
Spanish 14,285 11,520 150 1,155 1,460 725 5.1
Catalan 5 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance 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
Germanic languages 2,385 2,075 10 215 85 120 5.0
Dutch 420 330 0 80 10 40 9.5
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 1,345 1,180 10 110 50 60 4.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 290 260 0 15 15 10 3.4
Danish 70 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 160 140 0 10 10 5 3.1
Swedish 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 320 305 0 10 10 5 1.6
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 12,275 10,590 15 630 1,035 330 2.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 425 365 0 10 50 10 2.4
Bulgarian 470 380 0 60 30 30 6.4
Croatian 635 585 0 25 25 10 1.6
Czech 345 320 0 15 15 10 2.9
Macedonian 55 45 0 5 5 5 9.1
Polish 3,275 2,850 5 170 255 85 2.6
Russian 4,815 4,055 10 235 510 130 2.7
Serbian 1,025 900 0 60 65 30 2.9
Serbo-Croatian 225 210 0 5 10 5 2.2
Slovak 430 395 0 15 20 10 2.3
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 520 445 0 25 50 15 2.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 430 385 0 10 35 10 2.3
Armenian 145 100 0 30 15 15 10.3
Albanian 580 510 0 20 50 10 1.7
Georgian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,230 1,075 5 65 85 35 2.8
Estonian 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,170 1,025 5 60 85 35 3.0
Turkic languages 770 625 5 40 90 25 3.2
Azerbaijani 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkish 570 465 5 30 70 20 3.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 10 10 5 3.8
Mongolian 220 200 0 5 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 13,135 11,070 120 720 1,225 480 3.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Cushitic languages 1,200 1,045 10 35 115 20 1.7
Oromo 445 390 5 10 40 10 2.2
Somali 755 660 5 20 70 10 1.3
Semitic languages 11,895 9,995 115 670 1,110 450 3.8
Amharic 2,200 2,080 0 25 90 10 0.5
Arabic 8,315 6,710 115 630 865 430 5.2
Hebrew 220 200 0 10 5 5 2.3
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 905 805 0 5 95 5 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 260 200 0 0 55 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 10 5 5 20.0
Indo-Iranian languages 45,155 37,650 15 650 6,835 340 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 39,090 32,580 10 480 6,020 250 0.6
Bengali 2,260 2,040 0 90 140 40 1.8
Gujarati 2,095 1,815 0 40 240 25 1.2
Hindi 2,760 2,510 0 35 210 20 0.7
Konkani 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Marathi 230 215 0 5 10 5 2.2
Panjabi (Punjabi) 21,370 16,775 5 170 4,420 90 0.4
Sindhi 690 615 0 10 60 5 0.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 420 405 0 5 15 5 1.2
Urdu 8,680 7,695 0 120 860 65 0.7
Nepali 555 485 0 10 60 5 0.9
Iranian languages 5,650 4,710 10 170 760 90 1.6
Kurdish 465 360 0 5 100 5 1.1
Pashto 755 595 0 10 145 10 1.3
Persian (Farsi) 4,430 3,750 5 155 520 85 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 415 360 0 0 55 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,655 1,540 0 25 95 15 0.9
Kannada 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 605 555 0 5 45 5 0.8
Tamil 720 670 0 15 35 10 1.4
Telugu 255 240 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 970 860 0 15 95 10 1.0
Korean 5,600 4,830 5 55 700 35 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 41,710 31,225 25 405 10,055 225 0.5
Chinese languages 41,095 30,730 25 400 9,935 225 0.5
Cantonese 14,405 9,880 5 115 4,405 65 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 60 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Fukien 45 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hakka 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 8,760 7,325 10 95 1,335 55 0.6
Shanghainese 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 70 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,690 13,360 10 190 4,135 100 0.6
Tibetan languages 235 195 0 5 35 5 2.1
Burmese 160 140 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 220 160 0 0 65 0 0.0
Tai languages 425 360 5 10 50 5 1.2
Lao 220 185 0 10 30 5 2.3
Thai 205 175 0 0 25 5 2.4
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,900 6,765 30 175 1,935 120 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 430 320 5 15 95 10 2.3
Vietnamese 8,475 6,445 25 165 1,840 105 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 15,995 15,570 5 100 315 60 0.4
Bisayan languages 500 485 0 0 10 5 1.0
Ilocano 580 560 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malay 220 200 5 10 15 5 2.3
Pampango 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 14,510 14,160 10 85 260 50 0.3
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,150 950 35 125 40 95 8.3
Akan (Twi) 195 185 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 495 370 30 85 15 75 15.2
Lingala 15 0 5 5 0 15 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 20 0 15 60.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 0 15 5 5 20.0
Shona 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 205 155 10 30 5 30 14.6
Ganda 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 5 10 5 4.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Wolof 25 10 5 15 0 10 40.0
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 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 255 0 20 15 15 5.1
African languages, n.i.e. 1,050 985 0 5 65 0 0.0
Creoles 215 90 30 85 10 75 34.9
Non-verbal languages 265 160 0 0 100 0 0.0
American Sign Language 90 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 175 100 0 0 70 0 0.0
Other languages 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 49,510 47,405 1,180 925 0 1,645 3.3
English and French 1,610 395 665 550 0 945 58.7
English and non-official language 46,710 46,625 85 0 0 90 0.2
French and non-official language 460 175 285 0 0 285 62.0
English, French and non-official language 725 210 140 375 0 330 45.5

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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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