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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 Vancouver, 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 595,720 537,105 9,165 4,020 45,430 11,175 1.9
Single responses 560,345 502,920 8,515 3,485 45,430 10,255 1.8
English 387,300 382,295 5,000 0 0 5,005 1.3
French 3,560 285 3,280 0 0 3,280 92.1
Non-official languages 169,485 120,335 230 3,485 45,430 1,975 1.2
Aboriginal languages 65 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 25 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 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
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 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
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 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
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 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
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. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,295 7,510 65 780 945 455 4.9
Italian 2,040 1,675 10 105 250 60 2.9
Portuguese 1,545 1,290 5 90 165 50 3.2
Romanian 450 260 10 135 40 75 16.7
Spanish 5,240 4,270 35 450 485 260 5.0
Catalan 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages 1,530 1,215 5 250 55 130 8.5
Dutch 130 90 0 30 5 15 11.5
Flemish 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Frisian 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
German 1,100 865 5 190 40 105 9.5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 210 190 0 10 15 5 2.4
Danish 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 35 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swedish 115 110 0 5 5 5 4.3
Afrikaans 60 60 0 0 5 5 8.3
Germanic 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
Celtic languages 20 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
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 5,845 5,010 5 365 460 195 3.3
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 115 95 0 5 15 5 4.3
Bulgarian 215 175 5 30 15 15 7.0
Croatian 475 430 0 10 30 5 1.1
Czech 190 175 0 15 0 5 2.6
Macedonian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 860 730 0 55 75 30 3.5
Russian 2,090 1,770 0 110 210 55 2.6
Serbian 1,325 1,140 0 100 85 50 3.8
Serbo-Croatian 235 205 5 25 15 10 4.3
Slovak 125 115 0 10 5 5 4.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 140 115 5 10 15 5 3.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 955 835 0 35 80 20 2.1
Armenian 90 75 5 15 5 5 5.6
Albanian 50 40 0 5 10 5 10.0
Georgian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 450 400 0 30 25 15 3.3
Estonian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 95 85 0 10 5 5 5.3
Hungarian 330 295 0 15 20 10 3.0
Turkic languages 420 350 5 25 35 15 3.6
Azerbaijani 35 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Turkish 365 300 5 25 35 15 4.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,345 1,950 25 150 225 100 4.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 115 100 0 0 15 0 0.0
Oromo 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 75 65 0 5 10 5 6.7
Semitic languages 2,225 1,845 25 150 205 95 4.3
Amharic 130 120 0 5 10 0 0.0
Arabic 1,660 1,335 25 120 185 80 4.8
Hebrew 345 315 5 25 10 15 4.3
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 18,315 14,840 10 455 3,010 240 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 14,115 11,195 5 220 2,695 115 0.8
Bengali 560 510 0 15 40 5 0.9
Gujarati 485 420 0 5 60 0 0.0
Hindi 1,920 1,735 0 25 155 10 0.5
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10,495 7,925 0 170 2,395 85 0.8
Sindhi 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 400 365 0 5 30 5 1.3
Nepali 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 4,180 3,630 10 230 315 120 2.9
Kurdish 215 190 0 0 20 0 0.0
Pashto 90 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 3,875 3,365 5 225 280 120 3.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,305 1,140 0 25 140 15 1.1
Kannada 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 205 185 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tamil 1,035 895 0 25 115 10 1.0
Telugu 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 3,560 3,015 0 45 495 30 0.8
Korean 5,445 4,625 5 110 705 60 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 100,480 62,555 55 930 36,940 520 0.5
Chinese languages 100,185 62,325 55 925 36,880 520 0.5
Cantonese 49,175 28,560 35 405 20,175 235 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 85 40 0 0 45 0 0.0
Fukien 170 135 0 0 30 0 0.0
Hakka 110 75 0 0 40 0 0.0
Mandarin 19,035 13,495 5 260 5,275 135 0.7
Shanghainese 195 110 0 0 85 0 0.0
Taiwanese 765 545 0 10 205 5 0.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 30,655 19,365 15 245 11,025 140 0.5
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 225 180 0 0 45 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 300 260 0 5 30 5 1.7
Lao 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 270 240 0 5 25 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,650 5,620 30 150 1,850 105 1.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 170 135 0 0 40 0 0.0
Vietnamese 7,480 5,485 25 155 1,815 100 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 10,845 10,490 5 45 310 25 0.2
Bisayan languages 340 330 0 0 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 530 505 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malay 390 365 0 5 20 0 0.0
Pampango 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,345 9,100 5 30 200 20 0.2
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 120 70 0 0 45 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 150 95 10 35 15 25 16.7
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 100 60 5 30 5 20 20.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 10 0 10 0 10 40.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 50 30 0 15 5 10 20.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
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 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 45 15 5 25 0 20 44.4
Non-verbal languages 160 80 0 5 70 5 3.1
American Sign Language 60 35 0 0 25 5 8.3
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 45 0 0 50 0 0.0
Other languages 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 35,375 34,185 655 535 0 920 2.6
English and French 890 195 415 280 0 555 62.4
English and non-official language 33,780 33,735 45 0 0 45 0.1
French and non-official language 250 150 110 0 0 105 42.0
English, French and non-official language 455 115 85 250 0 210 46.2

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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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