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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 M2R
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 39,225 33,985 35 2,655 2,550
Single responses 37,605 32,565 25 2,475 2,535
English 12,100 11,115 0 955 30
French 360 35 10 320 0
Non-official languages 25,150 21,420 20 1,200 2,510
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 2,345 1,830 15 305 190
Italian 580 490 0 40 40
Portuguese 135 125 0 15 5
Romanian 745 520 5 145 80
Spanish 880 700 10 105 65
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 785 675 0 50 55
Dutch 40 35 0 5 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 205 180 0 20 5
Yiddish 515 440 0 25 50
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 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 11,005 9,105 5 460 1,435
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 130 100 0 15 10
Croatian 55 50 0 0 0
Czech 60 55 0 5 5
Macedonian 30 30 0 0 5
Polish 395 355 0 30 15
Russian 9,600 7,905 0 390 1,305
Serbian 210 190 0 5 10
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0
Slovak 35 30 0 0 0
Slovenian 25 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 435 340 0 10 85
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Baltic languages 120 105 0 5 15
Latvian 60 50 0 5 10
Lithuanian 65 60 0 5 10
Greek 165 140 0 10 10
Armenian 145 115 0 20 15
Albanian 135 95 5 25 10
Georgian 335 250 0 0 80
Finno-Ugric languages 555 475 0 45 35
Estonian 25 15 0 5 0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 0
Hungarian 515 445 0 35 35
Turkic languages 355 275 0 25 60
Azerbaijani 130 105 0 5 15
Turkish 135 105 0 15 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 90 65 0 0 20
Mongolian 10 15 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,145 1,025 0 75 45
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages 1,140 1,020 0 70 45
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0
Arabic 235 195 0 30 15
Hebrew 850 780 0 45 30
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages 1,530 1,340 0 85 100
Indo-Aryan languages 500 465 0 20 20
Bengali 90 80 0 10 5
Gujarati 100 95 0 5 10
Hindi 85 85 0 5 0
Konkani 5 5 0 5 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 45 40 0 0 5
Sindhi 15 20 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 0 5
Urdu 120 115 0 0 0
Nepali 10 5 0 5 0
Iranian languages 980 845 5 65 75
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0
Pashto 30 25 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 930 795 5 60 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 10
Dravidian languages 155 155 0 5 0
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 0
Tamil 80 75 0 5 0
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 35 0 0 5
Korean 1,225 960 0 30 230
Sino-Tibetan languages 990 800 0 35 155
Chinese languages 970 790 0 35 150
Cantonese 290 225 0 15 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 295 235 0 10 50
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 340 285 0 5 45
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Tai languages 0 5 0 0 0
Lao 0 5 0 0 0
Thai 0 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 90 70 0 10 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 5 0
Vietnamese 80 65 0 10 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,940 3,870 0 25 50
Bisayan languages 160 160 0 5 0
Ilocano 425 420 0 0 10
Malay 15 15 0 0 5
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,245 3,190 0 15 40
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 25 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 65 55 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 0 5 0 0 0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Creoles 10 10 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,620 1,420 5 185 10
English and French 70 15 0 50 0
English and non-official language 1,435 1,370 0 60 10
French and non-official language 95 35 5 55 0
English, French and non-official language 25 10 0 15 0

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


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