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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 Cambridge
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 134,960 130,885 1,710 340 2,025 1,880 1.4
Single responses 130,965 127,085 1,610 245 2,020 1,740 1.3
English 119,780 118,610 1,170 0 0 1,170 1.0
French 465 30 430 0 0 430 92.5
Non-official languages 10,730 8,440 15 250 2,025 135 1.3
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 3,975 2,745 5 95 1,130 55 1.4
Italian 240 200 0 15 30 5 2.1
Portuguese 2,910 1,895 0 25 980 15 0.5
Romanian 155 110 0 20 20 10 6.5
Spanish 670 535 5 30 95 20 3.0
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 150 145 0 10 0 5 3.3
Dutch 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 105 95 0 5 0 5 4.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 960 860 0 30 65 15 1.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 15 0 0 0 5 50.0
Croatian 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 410 370 0 10 30 5 1.2
Russian 100 85 0 5 10 5 5.0
Serbian 90 75 0 5 0 5 5.6
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 75 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 115 100 0 5 5 5 4.3
Albanian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 155 135 0 5 15 5 3.2
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 140 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 375 300 0 30 40 20 5.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 355 280 0 30 40 15 4.2
Amharic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 310 240 0 30 35 15 4.8
Hebrew 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
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,055 2,550 0 45 460 20 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 2,515 2,095 0 25 395 15 0.6
Bengali 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Gujarati 700 555 0 10 140 5 0.7
Hindi 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 950 765 0 5 175 5 0.5
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 695 620 0 10 70 5 0.7
Nepali 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 540 460 0 10 65 5 0.9
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 420 360 0 5 50 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 100 85 0 10 10 5 5.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 145 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 90 70 0 5 10 5 5.6
Telugu 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 95 85 0 0 10 5 5.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 585 450 0 10 125 5 0.9
Chinese languages 585 450 0 10 125 5 0.9
Cantonese 155 120 0 0 35 5 3.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 150 120 0 0 35 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 270 210 0 5 55 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 160 125 0 5 30 0 0.0
Lao 135 115 0 5 20 5 3.7
Thai 15 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 515 425 0 10 80 5 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 510 425 5 5 80 5 1.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 175 170 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 150 150 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 3,990 3,805 95 95 0 140 3.5
English and French 175 35 75 65 0 110 62.9
English and non-official language 3,740 3,735 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 20 5 10 0 0 15 75.0
English, French and non-official language 60 20 5 30 0 20 33.3

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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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