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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 Hamilton Centre / Hamilton-CentreFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 113,150 107,775 1,810 500 3,060 2,065 1.8
Single responses 109,040 103,885 1,660 425 3,060 1,880 1.7
English 91,260 90,245 1,015 0 0 1,010 1.1
French 660 65 595 0 0 595 90.2
Non-official languages 17,120 13,575 55 430 3,065 265 1.5
Aboriginal languages 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 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
Mohawk 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
Cayuga 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 4,805 3,465 15 125 1,205 80 1.7
Italian 1,405 1,020 5 10 365 10 0.7
Portuguese 1,770 1,145 5 25 595 15 0.8
Romanian 210 150 0 25 30 15 7.1
Spanish 1,415 1,140 5 60 205 35 2.5
Catalan 5 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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
Germanic languages 165 145 0 15 5 10 6.1
Dutch 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 125 120 0 10 5 5 4.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 5 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
Afrikaans 10 15 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,920 1,540 5 40 335 25 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 565 430 5 5 135 5 0.9
Macedonian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 490 415 5 10 65 5 1.0
Russian 275 220 0 10 50 5 1.8
Serbian 165 130 0 10 25 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 95 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 130 110 0 10 15 5 3.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 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
Baltic languages 110 95 0 10 5 5 4.5
Latvian 50 40 0 10 5 5 10.0
Lithuanian 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Greek 180 160 0 0 15 0 0.0
Armenian 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 230 200 0 5 30 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 520 395 0 20 105 10 1.9
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 500 370 0 20 110 10 2.0
Turkic languages 140 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,550 1,240 5 50 245 35 2.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 440 310 0 0 130 0 0.0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 425 300 0 0 130 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,105 930 10 55 120 30 2.7
Amharic 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Arabic 910 765 5 45 95 30 3.3
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 0 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,575 1,365 0 40 170 20 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 1,045 930 0 30 85 15 1.4
Bengali 405 355 5 10 40 10 2.5
Gujarati 85 75 0 0 5 5 5.9
Hindi 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 115 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 335 305 0 5 25 5 1.5
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 520 435 0 10 80 5 1.0
Kurdish 55 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 455 380 0 10 65 5 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 115 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 350 295 0 5 55 5 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,875 2,375 5 15 480 10 0.3
Chinese languages 2,660 2,225 5 15 410 15 0.6
Cantonese 375 225 0 5 140 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 570 490 0 5 80 5 0.9
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,705 1,495 5 5 190 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 200 140 0 0 60 0 0.0
Tai languages 120 70 0 0 45 0 0.0
Lao 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Thai 50 20 0 0 30 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,245 960 0 20 260 15 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 90 70 0 0 25 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,155 895 5 20 235 15 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 625 610 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 495 490 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 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
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 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 180 145 5 20 15 15 8.3
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 130 100 10 15 10 15 11.5
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 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
Shona 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 85 60 5 10 10 10 11.8
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Edo 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
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 190 170 0 15 5 10 5.3
Creoles 65 20 5 40 5 30 46.2
Non-verbal languages 45 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 40 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,110 3,890 150 75 0 185 4.5
English and French 165 60 60 45 0 85 51.5
English and non-official language 3,745 3,740 10 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 130 70 60 0 0 60 46.2
English, French and non-official language 65 15 20 30 0 30 46.2

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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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