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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Brossard - La Prairie
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 127,265 23,810 89,550 10,630 3,280 29,120 22.9
Single responses 119,885 21,710 86,120 8,780 3,275 26,100 21.8
English 17,210 15,640 1,570 0 0 15,635 90.8
French 81,520 1,055 80,460 0 0 1,055 1.3
Non-official languages 21,160 5,010 4,090 8,780 3,275 9,405 44.4
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 4,680 190 1,710 2,415 370 1,395 29.8
Italian 190 15 65 95 20 65 34.2
Portuguese 530 30 190 270 40 165 31.1
Romanian 1,150 15 290 785 60 410 35.7
Spanish 2,805 120 1,170 1,265 250 755 26.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 50 20 0 30 0 35 70.0
Dutch 10 5 5 5 0 10 100.0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 35 15 5 20 0 20 57.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,105 185 265 580 75 480 43.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bulgarian 280 30 75 165 20 110 39.3
Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Czech 20 5 5 15 0 10 50.0
Macedonian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Polish 205 45 40 110 15 105 51.2
Russian 495 85 135 235 40 205 41.4
Serbian 20 10 5 15 0 10 50.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Slovak 10 5 0 5 5 5 50.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Ukrainian 35 5 5 25 0 15 42.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Baltic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Greek 740 305 30 320 90 465 62.8
Armenian 145 20 20 75 25 60 41.4
Albanian 40 0 15 15 10 5 12.5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 60 25 0 35 0 40 66.7
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hungarian 65 30 0 30 0 40 61.5
Turkic languages 155 55 25 45 25 80 51.6
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Turkish 150 60 30 45 25 80 53.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,035 365 525 935 205 830 40.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 0 10 10 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 20 0 10 5 5 5 25.0
Oromo 15 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Somali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,985 365 505 915 200 820 41.3
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Arabic 1,970 360 505 905 200 815 41.4
Hebrew 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 10 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,555 755 395 975 435 1,240 48.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,040 535 30 365 105 715 68.8
Bengali 230 120 5 85 20 165 71.7
Gujarati 75 40 5 25 5 55 73.3
Hindi 125 65 5 40 10 85 68.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 210 100 0 85 20 145 69.0
Sindhi 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 5 0 0 0 10 66.7
Urdu 370 190 10 125 40 255 68.9
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 1,515 220 370 605 320 520 34.3
Kurdish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 5 0 0 5 5 5 100.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,505 220 370 600 320 515 34.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 150 80 0 50 10 105 70.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 15 10 0 10 0 15 100.0
Tamil 115 60 5 40 10 85 73.9
Telugu 10 5 0 5 5 10 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 35 10 5 15 10 20 57.1
Korean 185 60 15 80 35 100 54.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,275 2,675 615 2,160 1,820 3,755 51.6
Chinese languages 7,275 2,670 620 2,160 1,820 3,750 51.5
Cantonese 2,235 765 150 695 630 1,115 49.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 5 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 920 385 95 255 180 510 55.4
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 55 20 5 15 10 30 54.5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,045 1,495 375 1,185 995 2,090 51.7
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 35 0 20 15 5 10 28.6
Lao 40 0 20 15 5 10 25.0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,220 130 300 685 110 470 38.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 85 5 45 30 15 15 17.6
Vietnamese 1,135 130 260 650 95 455 40.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 160 115 5 35 5 130 81.3
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Malay 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 130 100 0 30 5 115 88.5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages 55 10 25 15 5 20 36.4
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 25 0 5 15 5 10 40.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 5 15 0 5 33.3
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 10 66.7
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Creoles 435 15 90 300 30 165 37.9
Non-verbal languages 25 0 10 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Quebec Sign Language 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Multiple responses 7,380 2,100 3,430 1,855 0 3,025 41.0
English and French 1,990 345 785 860 0 775 38.9
English and non-official language 1,625 1,595 25 0 0 1,595 98.2
French and non-official language 2,440 30 2,415 0 0 30 1.2
English, French and non-official language 1,325 125 210 995 0 620 46.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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