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 Quebec / Québec^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 22.4 %

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	7,732,520	6,690,535	974,895	151,825	115,645	130,680	195,925	380,825	157,425	223,400	67,095
Single responses	7,629,915	6,632,330	933,130	148,735	111,365	125,595	186,675	360,755	149,365	211,390	64,450
English	589,600	510,110	72,285	20,770	14,865	9,620	10,440	16,585	6,550	10,030	7,205
French	6,053,020	5,859,010	173,325	26,975	23,330	18,065	33,105	71,855	28,935	42,920	20,680
Non-official languages	987,290	263,205	687,520	100,990	73,165	97,920	143,130	272,320	113,880	158,445	36,565
Aboriginal languages	42,790	42,740	45	0	15	0	0	25	0	25	0
Romance languages	306,515	91,710	203,890	56,260	22,245	24,215	28,405	72,765	30,495	42,270	10,915
Italian	114,030	56,660	56,610	46,125	6,875	1,775	945	885	370	515	760
Portuguese	33,890	8,930	23,915	6,480	7,105	3,910	1,545	4,880	1,055	3,820	1,045
Romanian	29,415	2,760	26,280	445	575	1,700	6,105	17,455	9,865	7,590	375
Spanish	128,930	23,320	96,880	3,135	7,665	16,815	19,805	49,460	19,180	30,285	8,730
Catalan	185	20	155	70	25	0	0	50	10	35	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	60	0	40	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0
Germanic languages	29,860	10,350	17,990	9,675	2,445	1,845	1,640	2,400	1,065	1,330	1,520
Dutch	3,205	450	2,550	1,405	300	200	220	425	195	230	205
Flemish	515	60	445	265	95	35	30	0	0	0	0
Frisian	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	15,180	2,920	11,400	6,525	1,560	1,235	880	1,190	500	695	865
Yiddish	9,395	6,785	2,475	1,095	310	285	340	445	190	255	135
Scandinavian languages	1,285	115	935	320	160	70	120	255	135	120	235
Danish	355	40	280	170	45	0	25	35	20	0	35
Icelandic	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	320	50	195	35	60	35	0	50	40	0	70
Swedish	585	30	440	115	60	25	70	170	75	95	120
Afrikaans	100	0	70	0	0	0	0	45	35	10	30
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	150	0	110	55	0	0	25	15	0	0	0
Celtic languages	130	0	110	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	70	0	55	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	50	0	45	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	62,925	10,980	51,035	6,685	2,520	5,845	16,010	19,975	9,570	10,405	910
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	105	25	80	0	0	0	15	50	15	30	0
Bosnian	1,390	175	1,200	0	20	0	850	325	275	55	0
Bulgarian	6,220	595	5,580	45	70	205	1,250	4,020	2,515	1,500	45
Croatian	2,260	595	1,665	555	345	90	560	120	65	60	0
Czech	1,510	195	1,260	420	275	230	180	165	65	95	55
Macedonian	250	45	190	0	0	60	55	65	25	40	0
Polish	15,165	3,925	11,125	3,070	1,010	4,100	2,175	770	405	365	105
Russian	24,795	2,400	21,790	520	355	575	7,500	12,840	5,620	7,215	605
Serbian	2,710	395	2,285	225	190	200	1,330	340	160	180	30
Serbo-Croatian	2,055	235	1,825	100	50	70	1,450	145	60	90	0
Slovak	1,010	320	685	280	65	165	105	70	25	40	0
Slovenian	745	205	540	490	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	4,285	1,790	2,460	845	45	130	430	1,010	330	685	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	440	90	350	125	65	0	110	45	0	45	0
Baltic languages	975	395	540	380	0	0	30	115	80	35	40
Latvian	345	105	230	160	0	0	0	70	50	20	0
Lithuanian	625	290	310	215	0	0	30	50	30	20	0
Greek	41,975	20,970	20,810	13,760	5,100	1,175	365	415	170	240	195
Armenian	15,550	4,420	11,080	2,210	2,730	2,660	1,970	1,510	680	830	45
Albanian	2,635	360	2,215	80	0	0	680	1,440	780	660	55
Georgian	90	0	70	0	0	0	10	60	30	30	0
Finno-Ugric languages	7,000	1,335	5,545	2,985	415	580	555	995	500	500	120
Estonian	200	55	145	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	350	110	235	65	40	40	30	55	0	50	0
Hungarian	6,455	1,170	5,170	2,795	370	540	525	940	495	445	115
Turkic languages	7,605	1,745	5,540	160	365	1,085	1,855	2,075	805	1,265	320
Azerbaijani	195	0	175	0	0	65	50	60	35	20	0
Turkish	7,170	1,735	5,125	155	345	1,015	1,730	1,885	740	1,150	310
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	245	10	235	0	20	0	75	130	35	95	0
Mongolian	150	0	140	0	0	0	0	140	0	130	15
Afro-Asiatic languages	162,255	24,605	131,250	3,335	7,225	16,215	28,840	75,635	30,340	45,300	6,400
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5,990	500	5,400	0	20	40	510	4,825	1,355	3,470	90
Cushitic languages	8,915	1,175	7,490	15	45	255	1,335	5,840	2,625	3,215	245
Oromo	8,055	845	7,020	20	40	175	1,135	5,655	2,530	3,120	195
Somali	850	335	470	0	0	80	200	185	90	90	50
Semitic languages	145,740	22,815	116,920	3,315	7,135	15,895	26,725	63,855	25,955	37,895	6,010
Amharic	725	110	610	0	0	110	265	220	120	95	0
Arabic	140,440	21,765	113,020	2,890	6,460	14,990	25,815	62,860	25,685	37,180	5,665
Hebrew	4,140	890	2,920	415	625	715	485	685	140	545	325
Maltese	35	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	290	40	250	0	0	55	115	70	0	55	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	115	0	105	0	0	20	45	20	0	20	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	1,610	120	1,435	0	25	25	270	1,120	400	715	55
Indo-Iranian languages	64,980	13,620	47,895	985	3,970	5,795	16,165	20,985	9,105	11,880	3,465
Indo-Aryan languages	42,930	10,245	30,660	870	3,425	3,450	10,735	12,175	5,410	6,770	2,025
Bengali	11,010	2,920	7,820	60	265	910	3,795	2,790	1,285	1,500	275
Gujarati	6,075	1,665	4,360	35	1,325	820	1,435	740	360	375	55
Hindi	2,890	465	2,080	210	390	245	515	720	280	440	335
Konkani	100	0	60	0	20	0	0	20	15	0	0
Marathi	145	0	75	20	20	0	0	35	25	0	70
Panjabi (Punjabi)	11,420	2,415	8,160	280	775	750	2,675	3,670	1,660	2,015	855
Sindhi	160	50	110	0	60	20	0	20	0	20	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	610	50	530	0	55	60	195	215	90	120	30
Urdu	9,190	2,630	6,260	255	505	610	2,050	2,835	1,650	1,185	300
Nepali	1,325	50	1,220	0	0	0	65	1,130	40	1,090	55
Iranian languages	21,465	3,280	16,820	90	490	2,325	5,325	8,590	3,635	4,955	1,360
Kurdish	755	140	615	0	0	60	315	245	115	130	0
Pashto	1,075	435	590	0	0	40	270	270	130	140	50
Persian (Farsi)	19,635	2,710	15,620	75	490	2,225	4,745	8,080	3,395	4,685	1,305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	585	95	415	20	50	25	100	220	65	150	80
Dravidian languages	17,785	5,195	12,000	85	280	2,395	5,235	3,995	1,975	2,020	585
Kannada	270	50	190	0	20	20	40	100	40	60	30
Malayalam	250	0	205	35	60	20	0	70	50	25	25
Tamil	16,905	5,090	11,405	35	165	2,360	5,150	3,690	1,855	1,835	415
Telugu	340	40	185	0	30	0	25	125	30	95	115
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	2,450	445	1,605	95	135	90	315	975	330	645	405
Korean	4,750	520	3,460	80	230	640	740	1,760	870	890	770
Sino-Tibetan languages	65,815	13,320	49,660	2,045	4,650	7,850	13,020	22,085	11,660	10,425	2,840
Chinese languages	65,570	13,295	49,485	2,050	4,645	7,835	12,945	22,015	11,635	10,380	2,790
Cantonese	10,800	3,080	7,585	580	1,435	2,240	2,585	740	425	315	135
Chaochow (Teochow)	310	110	195	0	60	95	15	25	30	0	0
Fukien	65	0	65	0	0	20	20	20	0	0	0
Hakka	160	0	120	0	30	50	30	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	11,520	1,580	9,350	40	120	535	2,270	6,380	3,400	2,985	590
Shanghainese	95	0	65	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	505	35	445	20	40	110	180	90	40	45	30
Chinese, n.o.s.	42,115	8,460	31,665	1,405	2,950	4,765	7,835	14,710	7,685	7,030	1,985
Tibetan languages	65	0	45	0	0	0	0	20	0	15	0
Burmese	135	0	95	0	0	0	60	25	0	0	40
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	50	0	35	0	0	0	0	25	0	15	0
Tai languages	5,770	1,235	4,490	35	1,635	1,780	465	575	265	305	45
Lao	4,925	1,170	3,735	30	1,585	1,635	310	175	120	60	20
Thai	840	65	755	0	50	145	155	405	155	250	30
Austro-Asiatic languages	40,200	10,975	28,580	270	7,850	11,555	5,630	3,270	1,460	1,815	645
Khmer (Cambodian)	10,090	2,715	7,175	25	1,740	3,625	895	890	365	520	205
Vietnamese	30,110	8,260	21,410	250	6,105	7,930	4,740	2,385	1,090	1,295	445
Malayo-Polynesian languages	22,345	1,005	19,315	525	1,225	2,580	5,845	9,135	2,550	6,585	2,030
Bisayan languages	1,075	0	915	20	45	150	205	490	115	375	155
Ilocano	1,925	60	1,740	25	65	215	510	935	230	705	120
Malay	805	60	550	0	35	30	100	375	155	230	200
Pampango	165	0	150	0	0	15	65	75	0	55	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	16,860	810	14,665	465	1,050	2,075	4,680	6,405	1,780	4,625	1,380
Bikol	95	0	80	0	0	0	45	30	0	30	0
Malagasy	1,045	45	875	0	20	65	155	635	205	425	125
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	100	0	95	0	0	0	60	20	0	20	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	275	0	230	0	0	15	35	170	55	110	40
Niger-Congo languages	22,080	1,320	19,100	85	320	895	4,060	13,735	4,915	8,820	1,665
Akan (Twi)	1,100	165	935	0	35	170	495	235	120	120	0
Bantu languages	11,380	500	10,135	20	130	385	2,460	7,140	3,015	4,125	745
Lingala	2,530	135	2,190	0	30	95	740	1,315	715	600	205
Rundi (Kirundi)	2,615	55	2,440	0	0	55	600	1,785	690	1,095	115
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	2,040	45	1,835	0	10	45	600	1,170	425	745	165
Shona	75	0	75	0	0	0	0	70	50	20	0
Swahili	2,025	175	1,750	0	15	75	235	1,420	605	815	100
Ganda	50	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	2,045	100	1,805	0	50	100	280	1,370	530	840	140
Edo	110	0	60	0	0	0	30	30	0	30	0
Igbo	120	20	100	0	0	0	0	75	0	60	0
Wolof	2,380	110	2,005	0	25	25	155	1,795	420	1,375	260
Bamanankan	845	85	645	0	0	25	170	450	95	350	110
Ewe	515	0	485	0	0	0	50	410	150	260	25
Ga	125	0	110	0	0	30	55	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5,505	375	4,620	40	105	245	645	3,590	1,095	2,495	500
African languages, n.i.e.	1,210	95	1,005	0	0	80	190	685	215	470	110
Creoles	57,930	4,800	49,715	1,090	9,780	10,550	10,990	17,300	5,905	11,395	3,415
Non-verbal languages	1,105	990	110	0	0	0	35	40	25	0	0
American Sign Language	45	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	395	365	25	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	665	600	70	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0
Other languages	410	65	325	30	0	25	65	205	60	140	25
Multiple responses	102,610	58,200	41,765	3,085	4,280	5,080	9,245	20,070	8,060	12,005	2,645
English and French	24,185	22,700	1,445	255	155	205	325	505	190	310	40
English and non-official language	25,780	13,855	10,965	1,285	1,130	1,505	2,745	4,300	1,800	2,500	960
French and non-official language	49,595	19,645	28,335	1,310	2,880	3,270	5,990	14,890	5,870	9,020	1,620
English, French and non-official language	3,040	2,000	1,020	235	115	105	190	380	200	175	25

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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.