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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 L5A
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 46,975 42,050 45 2,695 2,180
Single responses 44,715 40,105 45 2,410 2,160
English 19,225 18,260 0 930 35
French 460 45 15 405 0
Non-official languages 25,025 21,800 25 1,080 2,120
Aboriginal languages 0 5 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 4,415 3,715 5 250 440
Italian 1,020 895 0 40 85
Portuguese 1,260 1,065 0 50 145
Romanian 265 185 0 60 15
Spanish 1,865 1,570 0 100 190
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 385 355 0 30 0
Dutch 70 65 0 10 0
Flemish 5 5 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 285 270 0 20 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 20 20 0 5 0
Danish 10 15 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 5 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 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 5,855 5,135 5 280 435
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 135 0 0 15
Bulgarian 170 140 0 15 10
Croatian 395 360 0 15 15
Czech 45 45 0 5 0
Macedonian 100 95 0 0 0
Polish 3,210 2,825 5 130 255
Russian 410 335 0 35 40
Serbian 430 360 0 25 40
Serbo-Croatian 65 50 0 5 10
Slovak 90 85 0 5 0
Slovenian 80 75 0 0 0
Ukrainian 690 605 0 45 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 100 90 0 5 5
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 80 75 0 5 0
Greek 185 165 0 5 15
Armenian 50 40 0 10 10
Albanian 260 215 5 10 30
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 235 205 0 10 20
Estonian 10 10 0 5 0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0
Hungarian 200 175 0 5 25
Turkic languages 100 85 0 0 15
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 90 75 0 0 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,395 1,955 10 200 230
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 50 50 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 50 50 0 0 5
Semitic languages 2,345 1,905 15 195 230
Amharic 30 30 0 0 0
Arabic 2,020 1,630 10 190 185
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0
Maltese 60 55 0 0 5
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 200 165 0 0 35
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,710 4,280 0 110 325
Indo-Aryan languages 3,920 3,590 0 95 240
Bengali 270 255 0 10 5
Gujarati 645 600 0 10 40
Hindi 380 350 0 15 15
Konkani 35 30 0 0 0
Marathi 100 95 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 340 295 0 5 40
Sindhi 60 60 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 55 0 0 0
Urdu 2,015 1,845 0 40 120
Nepali 15 10 0 0 5
Iranian languages 780 675 0 15 80
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 5
Pashto 115 105 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 650 560 0 10 80
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,215 1,110 0 25 80
Kannada 45 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 150 150 0 0 0
Tamil 850 760 0 20 70
Telugu 165 155 0 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 55 50 0 0 5
Korean 360 310 0 10 40
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,395 1,105 0 25 260
Chinese languages 1,370 1,095 0 20 260
Cantonese 305 230 0 5 75
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 450 365 0 10 75
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 595 475 0 15 105
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 5 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 5
Lao 5 0 0 0 5
Thai 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 965 760 0 20 185
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 960 760 5 20 180
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,065 2,015 0 30 25
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0 0
Ilocano 65 60 0 0 0
Malay 45 45 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,845 1,795 0 30 15
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 170 140 0 20 5
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 5 0
Bantu languages 70 50 0 10 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 10 0
Shona 25 25 0 0 0
Swahili 20 20 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Creoles 65 25 0 40 0
Non-verbal languages 5 0 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 10
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,260 1,945 5 285 25
English and French 90 15 0 75 0
English and non-official language 2,000 1,885 0 105 15
French and non-official language 110 35 5 60 0
English, French and non-official language 65 15 0 50 0

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


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