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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada and Forward Sortation Areas, 2011 Census ©

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in L4Z
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 37,170 33,390 35 2,250 1,495
Single responses 35,155 31,660 30 1,975 1,490
English 14,835 14,030 0 790 20
French 305 15 15 275 0
Non-official languages 20,015 17,615 15 915 1,475
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,545 2,975 0 245 320
Italian 1,030 885 0 55 90
Portuguese 1,245 1,025 0 55 165
Romanian 195 150 0 45 5
Spanish 1,070 915 0 90 65
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 120 110 0 15 0
Dutch 20 15 0 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 95 85 0 10 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Danish 0 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,650 3,240 5 185 220
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 45 0 0 5
Bulgarian 60 55 0 5 0
Croatian 370 340 0 20 10
Czech 45 40 0 0 0
Macedonian 85 75 0 5 5
Polish 1,940 1,705 0 95 135
Russian 225 195 0 15 15
Serbian 245 210 0 20 20
Serbo-Croatian 40 35 0 0 0
Slovak 55 50 0 10 0
Slovenian 65 60 0 5 0
Ukrainian 465 415 0 25 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0
Greek 200 180 0 5 5
Armenian 25 20 0 0 5
Albanian 135 125 0 5 10
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 70 60 0 5 5
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 60 50 0 0 5
Turkic languages 100 90 0 0 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 100 90 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,300 1,095 5 125 80
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 55 50 0 5 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 60 50 0 10 0
Semitic languages 1,245 1,040 5 120 80
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0
Arabic 1,100 910 5 115 70
Hebrew 0 5 0 0 0
Maltese 70 70 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 5 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,135 3,755 0 145 230
Indo-Aryan languages 3,750 3,400 0 135 215
Bengali 170 160 0 5 5
Gujarati 465 420 0 20 30
Hindi 565 540 0 15 10
Konkani 75 70 0 0 0
Marathi 75 70 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 855 710 0 35 110
Sindhi 75 70 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 85 0 5 5
Urdu 1,340 1,240 0 45 60
Nepali 40 35 0 5 0
Iranian languages 380 345 0 10 20
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0
Pashto 50 45 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 325 300 0 10 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,065 975 0 30 65
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 140 130 0 5 0
Tamil 815 740 5 15 60
Telugu 80 75 0 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 30 35 0 0 0
Korean 355 305 0 10 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,260 1,900 5 45 310
Chinese languages 2,250 1,890 5 45 310
Cantonese 685 565 0 10 110
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 15 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 625 520 0 10 90
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 885 755 0 20 110
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 15 15 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,020 845 0 35 145
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 1,015 845 0 35 145
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,740 1,690 0 25 20
Bisayan languages 50 45 0 5 0
Ilocano 45 45 0 5 0
Malay 35 35 0 0 0
Pampango 20 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,570 1,530 0 25 20
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 160 145 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 60 60 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 30 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 25 20 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Creoles 45 10 0 25 5
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 10
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,015 1,735 5 275 5
English and French 85 20 0 65 0
English and non-official language 1,810 1,690 0 120 5
French and non-official language 75 15 5 50 0
English, French and non-official language 45 10 0 35 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011032.


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