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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 Richmond, CY
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 189,740 167,780 1,180 1,310 19,470 1,835 1.0
Single responses 174,635 152,950 1,060 1,150 19,470 1,640 0.9
English 93,715 93,040 675 0 0 675 0.7
French 370 40 330 0 0 330 89.2
Non-official languages 80,545 59,865 55 1,155 19,470 635 0.8
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,310 1,065 10 150 90 80 6.1
Italian 60 50 0 15 0 5 8.3
Portuguese 130 100 0 15 15 5 3.8
Romanian 145 100 0 35 10 20 13.8
Spanish 970 815 0 90 60 50 5.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 235 205 0 25 5 15 6.4
Dutch 35 30 5 5 0 5 14.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 185 165 0 15 5 5 2.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 5 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,120 1,850 0 95 175 45 2.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Polish 150 135 0 5 15 0 0.0
Russian 1,495 1,285 0 65 140 30 2.0
Serbian 150 130 0 10 15 5 3.3
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 95 85 0 5 5 5 5.3
Armenian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 80 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 260 220 0 15 25 5 1.9
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 240 210 0 15 20 5 2.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 965 780 15 70 95 50 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 75 0 5 15 5 5.6
Oromo 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 865 705 15 65 85 45 5.2
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 635 505 10 55 75 35 5.5
Hebrew 160 140 5 15 0 10 6.3
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 5,880 4,795 5 115 970 60 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 5,100 4,150 5 85 865 45 0.9
Bengali 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 295 260 0 5 25 0 0.0
Hindi 450 420 0 5 25 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,630 2,805 0 65 760 35 1.0
Sindhi 100 90 0 5 5 5 5.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 480 440 0 10 40 5 1.0
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 760 630 0 25 100 15 2.0
Kurdish 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 740 615 0 30 100 15 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 190 175 0 0 15 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 120 110 0 0 10 0 0.0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 1,140 915 0 10 210 5 0.4
Korean 600 505 0 10 90 5 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 63,330 45,105 25 615 17,585 330 0.5
Chinese languages 63,245 45,035 25 615 17,575 330 0.5
Cantonese 26,550 19,415 10 230 6,900 125 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fukien 295 270 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hakka 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 17,920 12,470 5 220 5,225 120 0.7
Shanghainese 140 75 0 5 65 0 0.0
Taiwanese 570 395 0 5 170 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,680 12,345 10 160 5,170 85 0.5
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 65 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 405 315 0 10 85 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 405 315 0 10 80 5 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,680 3,585 0 20 70 10 0.3
Bisayan languages 110 110 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 145 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,305 3,230 0 15 60 10 0.3
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 5 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
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 25 0 0 20 0 15 60.0
Non-verbal languages 60 35 5 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0 20 5 11.1
Other 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
Multiple responses 15,110 14,825 120 160 0 200 1.3
English and French 185 75 50 60 0 80 43.2
English and non-official language 14,680 14,655 20 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 80 50 30 0 0 30 37.5
English, French and non-official language 170 50 15 100 0 70 41.2

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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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