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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. 11
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 1,189,405 1,144,045 24,440 4,790 16,135 26,830 2.3
Single responses 1,146,510 1,103,535 22,990 3,855 16,130 24,915 2.2
English 1,008,750 994,870 13,880 0 0 13,880 1.4
French 9,180 550 8,625 0 0 8,625 94.0
Non-official languages 128,580 108,110 480 3,855 16,130 2,410 1.9
Aboriginal languages 790 775 0 5 10 5 0.6
Algonquian languages 685 675 0 5 5 5 0.7
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 655 645 0 5 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 650 640 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gwich'in 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 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
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iroquoian 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
Mohawk 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
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 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
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 25 25 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 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 13,080 10,435 100 985 1,560 590 4.5
Italian 1,605 1,340 5 50 215 30 1.9
Portuguese 1,700 1,325 10 90 270 55 3.2
Romanian 1,260 930 10 220 100 120 9.5
Spanish 8,505 6,835 75 620 970 385 4.5
Catalan 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Germanic languages 3,630 3,315 10 165 135 90 2.5
Dutch 370 330 0 25 15 15 4.1
Flemish 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Frisian 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
German 2,890 2,650 5 115 115 70 2.4
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Danish 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 230 220 0 0 5 5 2.2
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 11,070 9,750 20 430 870 230 2.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 340 310 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bulgarian 250 200 0 30 15 15 6.0
Croatian 530 465 0 5 60 0 0.0
Czech 220 205 0 10 5 5 2.3
Macedonian 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 3,915 3,480 5 110 325 60 1.5
Russian 2,625 2,285 10 125 205 75 2.9
Serbian 815 725 0 25 65 15 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 160 145 0 5 15 5 3.1
Slovak 160 145 0 10 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,895 1,650 5 100 140 55 2.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 320 290 5 15 10 10 3.1
Armenian 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 260 225 0 5 30 0 0.0
Georgian 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
Finno-Ugric languages 525 455 0 30 45 15 2.9
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 495 425 0 30 40 15 3.0
Turkic languages 1,070 865 15 55 135 40 3.7
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkish 965 775 10 55 115 40 4.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 40 35 5 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,855 9,835 140 780 1,095 530 4.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Cushitic languages 3,010 2,505 40 175 295 130 4.3
Oromo 360 275 0 20 60 10 2.8
Somali 2,650 2,230 40 150 230 115 4.3
Semitic languages 8,805 7,320 100 595 795 395 4.5
Amharic 1,110 1,025 5 15 65 10 0.9
Arabic 6,840 5,515 90 560 665 370 5.4
Hebrew 135 120 5 10 5 10 7.4
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 625 565 0 5 50 5 0.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 5 5 5 25.0
Indo-Iranian languages 29,720 25,410 15 475 3,825 250 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 26,670 22,775 15 380 3,500 205 0.8
Bengali 1,030 960 0 30 40 15 1.5
Gujarati 2,030 1,705 5 45 270 25 1.2
Hindi 3,630 3,335 5 50 250 25 0.7
Konkani 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 170 155 0 10 10 5 2.9
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,735 12,015 10 170 2,540 95 0.6
Sindhi 370 335 0 10 30 5 1.4
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 460 440 0 5 10 0 0.0
Urdu 3,870 3,520 0 55 295 30 0.8
Nepali 350 295 0 5 55 5 1.4
Iranian languages 2,980 2,580 0 80 315 45 1.5
Kurdish 305 260 0 5 35 0 0.0
Pashto 335 290 0 5 40 5 1.5
Persian (Farsi) 2,345 2,030 5 70 240 40 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 10 10 5 7.1
Dravidian languages 1,680 1,550 0 20 105 10 0.6
Kannada 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 745 690 0 5 55 0 0.0
Tamil 620 575 0 10 30 5 0.8
Telugu 265 240 5 5 20 5 1.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 425 375 0 5 50 0 0.0
Korean 3,170 2,715 0 40 415 20 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 28,375 21,935 15 300 6,125 170 0.6
Chinese languages 28,100 21,735 20 300 6,050 165 0.6
Cantonese 9,560 6,785 5 75 2,700 40 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Fukien 65 40 0 0 30 0 0.0
Hakka 85 60 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,630 4,825 0 95 710 50 0.9
Shanghainese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,630 9,930 10 130 2,555 80 0.6
Tibetan 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
Burmese 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 165 0 0 70 0 0.0
Tai languages 345 285 5 15 50 10 2.9
Lao 185 145 0 10 25 5 2.7
Thai 165 140 0 5 25 5 3.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 5,905 4,715 15 90 1,090 60 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 360 290 5 0 70 5 1.4
Vietnamese 5,545 4,425 20 85 1,015 60 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 13,295 12,985 10 45 255 25 0.2
Bisayan languages 395 385 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 350 330 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malay 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,300 12,030 5 45 220 25 0.2
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 35 30 5 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,425 1,000 100 240 80 220 15.4
Akan (Twi) 205 190 0 10 5 5 2.4
Bantu languages 870 550 80 195 50 175 20.1
Lingala 20 0 5 10 5 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 10 35 0 25 38.5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 85 20 70 36.8
Shona 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 305 195 30 60 20 60 19.7
Ganda 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 150 130 0 15 5 5 3.3
Edo 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 40 30 0 0 0 5 12.5
Wolof 40 10 5 20 5 20 50.0
Bamanankan 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 165 10 15 20 20 9.5
African languages, n.i.e. 570 535 0 10 30 5 0.9
Creoles 340 175 20 130 15 85 25.0
Non-verbal languages 485 305 0 0 180 0 0.0
American Sign Language 190 130 0 0 55 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 300 175 0 0 125 0 0.0
Other languages 70 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,890 40,510 1,450 935 0 1,920 4.5
English and French 1,930 420 925 580 0 1,215 63.0
English and non-official language 39,880 39,785 90 0 0 90 0.2
French and non-official language 400 120 280 0 0 280 70.0
English, French and non-official language 690 185 150 355 0 330 47.8

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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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