Tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (158), Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Number of Non-Official Languages Spoken (5), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

• Knowledge of official languages (5): Total - Knowledge of official languages
• Number of non-official languages spoken (5): Total - Number of non-official languages spoken
• Age groups (10): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details detailed mother tongue , immigrant status and period of immigration , knowledge of official languages , number of non-official languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Alberta^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 27.4 %

Detailed mother tongue (158)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration	Non-immigrants^Footnote 3	Immigrants^Footnote 4	Before 1971	1971 to 1980	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2011^Footnote 5	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2011	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 6
Total - Detailed mother tongue	3,567,980	2,864,245	644,115	92,610	83,625	86,190	124,465	257,230	113,060	144,170	59,625
Single responses	3,518,785	2,838,480	623,200	91,505	81,455	83,850	119,910	246,485	108,640	137,840	57,110
English	2,775,660	2,607,930	154,160	38,710	32,945	20,095	19,820	42,580	17,850	24,735	13,565
French	64,475	58,330	5,500	855	525	515	1,125	2,480	1,025	1,460	650
Non-official languages	678,650	172,215	463,540	51,940	47,980	63,235	98,970	201,420	89,770	111,650	42,890
Aboriginal languages	24,155	24,085	55	0	0	0	0	40	30	0	15
Romance languages	66,770	11,480	49,050	7,545	6,075	7,030	6,415	21,980	8,470	13,515	6,245
Italian	11,750	4,005	7,525	5,810	1,025	240	180	265	170	95	220
Portuguese	6,900	1,515	5,015	1,165	1,440	615	515	1,285	425	865	375
Romanian	6,110	705	5,185	30	165	565	975	3,460	1,640	1,820	220
Spanish	41,960	5,250	31,275	520	3,445	5,615	4,740	16,950	6,240	10,710	5,435
Catalan	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	25	0	25	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	90,455	38,255	50,250	25,920	4,725	3,620	6,085	9,900	4,365	5,535	1,950
Dutch	17,595	3,530	13,710	8,055	1,635	1,025	1,635	1,360	575	785	360
Flemish	335	130	210	80	25	40	40	15	15	0	0
Frisian	425	20	400	255	15	35	95	0	0	0	0
German	64,580	33,145	30,195	15,250	2,460	2,190	3,465	6,830	3,110	3,720	1,245
Yiddish	135	45	90	75	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	4,855	1,240	3,445	2,175	550	300	225	195	60	130	170
Danish	2,790	400	2,360	1,820	265	105	100	65	20	50	25
Icelandic	145	90	45	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	1,000	410	485	275	55	85	45	30	0	30	105
Swedish	920	330	555	75	205	110	80	85	30	55	35
Afrikaans	2,495	145	2,170	15	30	25	615	1,485	595	890	180
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	40	0	30	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	275	55	205	130	15	0	45	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	165	50	100	80	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Welsh	110	0	105	50	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	73,615	29,690	42,660	6,670	2,935	8,135	12,820	12,100	6,150	5,945	1,270
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	40	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	1,790	230	1,535	45	40	45	1,205	195	95	105	0
Bulgarian	1,115	90	1,005	0	0	35	240	715	390	325	0
Croatian	3,435	890	2,530	845	505	150	950	80	50	30	15
Czech	2,695	545	2,105	715	285	605	285	205	95	115	50
Macedonian	310	50	245	0	40	0	55	135	120	15	15
Polish	19,060	4,895	13,895	2,105	1,065	5,995	3,265	1,465	520	945	270
Russian	13,880	1,950	11,505	275	430	640	3,325	6,830	3,480	3,350	430
Serbian	3,210	465	2,615	185	185	240	1,595	410	195	215	130
Serbo-Croatian	855	45	810	20	30	0	695	45	40	0	0
Slovak	2,020	450	1,530	255	105	230	320	625	410	215	40
Slovenian	585	100	455	365	65	0	20	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	24,345	19,900	4,185	1,755	120	160	815	1,340	725	615	260
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	280	70	215	75	60	0	50	30	25	0	0
Baltic languages	810	205	575	220	0	15	20	310	135	180	25
Latvian	400	75	300	130	0	0	0	170	0	155	25
Lithuanian	405	130	275	90	0	10	20	140	120	25	0
Greek	2,680	1,260	1,375	695	375	175	60	70	20	50	45
Armenian	385	25	360	15	30	60	65	190	55	135	0
Albanian	1,235	80	1,090	0	0	0	380	685	410	275	65
Georgian	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	7,515	2,340	4,945	2,335	495	605	730	780	360	420	230
Estonian	140	40	100	75	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Finnish	900	370	485	265	120	40	0	45	30	15	40
Hungarian	6,480	1,930	4,365	2,005	370	565	695	730	330	400	185
Turkic languages	2,835	470	2,230	35	85	270	335	1,500	890	605	130
Azerbaijani	240	15	215	0	0	30	0	175	90	85	0
Turkish	2,055	335	1,615	35	85	240	330	920	580	345	115
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	535	125	405	0	0	0	0	400	225	180	0
Mongolian	305	15	265	0	0	0	0	260	90	170	30
Afro-Asiatic languages	41,255	7,605	31,515	820	2,390	3,325	7,135	17,850	7,760	10,085	2,130
Berber languages (Kabyle)	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	6,420	1,120	5,095	30	20	430	1,365	3,250	1,280	1,970	205
Oromo	1,510	190	1,260	30	0	70	205	955	325	630	55
Somali	4,910	925	3,835	0	20	365	1,160	2,295	955	1,340	150
Semitic languages	34,710	6,465	26,315	785	2,365	2,895	5,755	14,515	6,445	8,065	1,925
Amharic	5,270	505	4,580	0	55	425	810	3,275	1,640	1,635	190
Arabic	26,050	5,565	18,945	665	2,140	2,115	4,290	9,730	4,290	5,435	1,545
Hebrew	885	225	545	70	90	90	105	195	90	105	110
Maltese	60	0	60	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	1,745	120	1,545	0	30	195	335	970	250	720	75
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	700	55	645	0	25	55	215	345	180	160	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	110	0	90	0	0	0	0	75	0	45	0
Indo-Iranian languages	118,070	23,190	90,015	1,445	8,490	8,790	21,365	49,920	25,160	24,765	4,865
Indo-Aryan languages	102,040	20,945	77,350	1,410	8,315	7,875	17,880	41,875	20,895	20,980	3,750
Bengali	5,085	540	4,245	65	100	205	915	2,960	1,355	1,605	305
Gujarati	8,725	1,020	7,590	145	2,155	860	900	3,530	2,035	1,495	115
Hindi	12,320	1,770	9,770	335	1,205	1,090	2,030	5,115	2,575	2,540	780
Konkani	305	0	290	0	25	15	30	210	70	140	0
Marathi	895	90	710	50	30	0	75	560	255	305	95
Panjabi (Punjabi)	49,805	13,230	35,020	680	3,390	4,700	10,085	16,165	7,700	8,470	1,555
Sindhi	2,450	355	2,055	0	775	490	435	335	140	195	40
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	2,205	100	1,765	0	100	90	265	1,300	455	845	335
Urdu	18,690	3,800	14,475	115	525	425	3,050	10,365	5,830	4,535	415
Nepali	1,555	35	1,425	0	0	0	100	1,330	475	855	90
Iranian languages	14,785	2,115	11,615	0	130	895	3,285	7,270	3,860	3,410	1,055
Kurdish	1,620	330	1,030	0	0	35	630	370	175	195	255
Pashto	2,075	480	1,580	0	0	30	325	1,215	545	670	0
Persian (Farsi)	11,085	1,305	9,000	0	120	825	2,335	5,690	3,145	2,545	780
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	1,245	130	1,050	0	45	20	190	780	405	380	60
Dravidian languages	7,105	670	5,925	280	370	415	1,010	3,845	1,160	2,685	510
Kannada	360	35	315	0	0	0	80	215	125	90	0
Malayalam	3,005	245	2,610	150	200	120	335	1,805	375	1,425	150
Tamil	2,850	280	2,325	70	125	260	480	1,395	495	905	245
Telugu	845	100	640	45	45	35	100	415	160	255	110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	50	0	40	0	0	0	15	20	10	0	0
Japanese	4,520	1,200	2,625	220	360	210	470	1,360	490	870	695
Korean	12,840	1,140	9,090	175	920	585	2,305	5,100	2,270	2,830	2,610
Sino-Tibetan languages	104,165	19,965	79,990	4,450	12,675	15,915	19,900	27,055	15,145	11,910	4,210
Chinese languages	103,030	19,865	78,985	4,435	12,605	15,860	19,685	26,400	15,030	11,360	4,185
Cantonese	36,245	9,775	26,030	1,725	5,885	8,060	7,725	2,630	1,255	1,380	435
Chaochow (Teochow)	455	75	375	0	105	80	140	55	35	20	0
Fukien	465	35	425	25	95	155	100	50	30	25	0
Hakka	255	40	215	0	40	85	55	35	0	20	0
Mandarin	18,845	2,115	15,220	75	380	1,035	3,680	10,050	5,780	4,270	1,505
Shanghainese	215	0	210	0	20	25	140	15	15	0	0
Taiwanese	395	0	370	0	60	40	175	90	35	55	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	46,160	7,805	36,140	2,600	6,020	6,380	7,670	13,475	7,875	5,595	2,210
Tibetan languages	325	70	245	0	50	0	45	135	70	65	15
Burmese	300	0	280	0	20	30	130	95	25	70	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	510	25	480	0	0	0	40	425	20	410	10
Tai languages	2,185	250	1,715	0	560	380	160	595	280	315	220
Lao	1,070	190	880	0	475	285	60	65	35	30	0
Thai	1,110	65	835	0	85	100	100	530	250	285	215
Austro-Asiatic languages	24,960	5,575	18,895	90	3,555	7,660	4,175	3,415	1,645	1,770	490
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,990	345	1,625	0	120	1,025	220	255	80	175	15
Vietnamese	22,970	5,230	17,270	90	3,430	6,630	3,955	3,160	1,565	1,595	470
Malayo-Polynesian languages	76,955	2,730	58,120	760	3,500	5,360	12,940	35,560	10,790	24,765	16,105
Bisayan languages	3,510	25	2,815	15	60	175	460	2,105	665	1,445	675
Ilocano	3,465	180	2,875	50	150	255	535	1,875	535	1,340	410
Malay	1,125	25	945	45	75	155	130	540	175	360	155
Pampango	415	30	275	0	20	65	50	140	55	85	105
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	67,390	2,440	50,340	620	3,145	4,615	11,550	30,410	9,195	21,215	14,605
Bikol	245	0	175	0	10	0	50	95	35	60	65
Malagasy	35	0	35	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0
Fijian	155	0	100	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	40
Pangasinan	125	0	125	0	15	25	0	65	25	45	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	490	0	430	0	0	55	60	300	110	190	50
Niger-Congo languages	9,285	435	8,140	30	185	465	1,440	6,015	2,440	3,575	715
Akan (Twi)	1,175	50	1,115	0	20	130	355	595	170	425	0
Bantu languages	4,805	230	4,080	0	65	215	675	3,115	1,420	1,695	500
Lingala	155	0	115	0	0	0	40	80	65	15	30
Rundi (Kirundi)	245	0	220	0	0	0	45	175	85	90	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	685	55	565	0	0	0	255	305	45	260	60
Shona	740	0	650	0	0	0	20	630	315	315	40
Swahili	1,485	45	1,285	0	65	105	125	980	460	525	160
Ganda	125	0	120	0	0	35	0	80	0	45	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	1,375	60	1,120	0	0	65	195	865	415	450	190
Edo	85	0	65	0	0	0	0	60	15	50	0
Igbo	555	0	470	0	40	0	70	345	125	220	75
Wolof	80	0	75	0	0	0	0	50	25	20	0
Bamanankan	55	0	50	0	0	0	0	30	0	25	0
Ewe	105	0	85	0	0	0	0	80	75	0	0
Ga	80	0	80	0	20	30	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	2,345	125	2,110	0	40	75	280	1,720	590	1,130	105
African languages, n.i.e.	3,960	790	3,040	0	95	145	875	1,905	1,370	545	140
Creoles	1,230	40	1,020	0	90	65	145	710	215	490	170
Non-verbal languages	715	645	65	0	0	0	0	30	25	0	0
American Sign Language	225	205	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	495	440	50	0	0	0	0	25	25	0	0
Other languages	330	0	310	0	0	10	60	195	25	175	0
Multiple responses	49,190	25,760	20,910	1,105	2,170	2,340	4,555	10,750	4,415	6,330	2,515
English and French	3,275	3,115	145	15	20	15	0	85	40	40	0
English and non-official language	43,930	21,925	19,575	975	1,990	2,190	4,340	10,080	4,110	5,970	2,430
French and non-official language	1,630	515	1,045	80	130	90	190	550	265	285	70
English, French and non-official language	355	200	145	30	30	45	0	35	0	30	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

Non-immigrant refers to a person who is a Canadian citizen by birth.

Footnote 4

Immigrant refers to a person who is or has ever been a landed immigrant/permanent resident. This person has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others have arrived recently. Some immigrants are Canadian citizens, while others are not. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number are born in Canada. In the 2011 National Household Survey, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to May 10, 2011.

Footnote 5

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to May 10, 2011.

Footnote 6

Non-permanent resident refers to a person from another country who has a work or study permit, or who is a refugee claimant, and any non-Canadian-born family member living in Canada with them.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011033.