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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 Calgary Centre / Calgary-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 125,010 119,310 2,735 850 2,115 3,165 2.5
Single responses 121,185 115,795 2,560 720 2,110 2,915 2.4
English 104,445 103,055 1,390 0 0 1,390 1.3
French 1,130 45 1,080 0 0 1,080 95.6
Non-official languages 15,605 12,690 90 715 2,110 445 2.9
Aboriginal languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 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 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
Athapaskan 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
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 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
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 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 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 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
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 2,125 1,600 30 265 225 165 7.8
Italian 155 125 0 15 10 10 6.5
Portuguese 155 125 0 10 15 5 3.2
Romanian 240 150 0 70 25 35 14.6
Spanish 1,570 1,200 30 175 170 115 7.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 260 220 0 30 10 15 5.8
Dutch 60 45 0 10 0 5 8.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 130 110 0 10 5 5 3.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 60 50 0 5 0 5 8.3
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 35 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,570 1,285 5 105 175 55 3.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 90 70 0 15 5 5 5.6
Croatian 70 65 0 10 5 5 7.1
Czech 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Macedonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 390 320 0 35 35 15 3.8
Russian 610 465 5 35 100 20 3.3
Serbian 215 190 0 10 15 5 2.3
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 145 135 0 0 10 5 3.4
Armenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 145 135 0 10 5 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 185 155 5 10 20 5 2.7
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 170 140 5 10 20 5 2.9
Turkic languages 160 130 0 5 25 5 3.1
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 105 85 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 120 110 0 0 5 5 4.2
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,165 1,810 40 150 170 115 5.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0 5 5 100.0
Cushitic languages 255 220 0 10 25 5 2.0
Oromo 120 100 0 0 10 5 4.2
Somali 140 120 0 5 15 5 3.6
Semitic languages 1,895 1,580 35 135 140 105 5.5
Amharic 620 580 0 5 30 0 0.0
Arabic 950 700 40 125 90 100 10.5
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 285 265 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,510 1,350 0 35 125 15 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,075 975 0 15 85 10 0.9
Bengali 195 180 0 15 10 10 5.1
Gujarati 100 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 215 195 0 5 20 5 2.3
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 35 35 0 0 0 5 14.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 375 340 0 5 30 0 0.0
Nepali 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 425 365 0 15 45 5 1.2
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 370 320 0 15 30 5 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 190 175 0 5 15 0 0.0
Kannada 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tamil 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 175 150 0 5 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,175 1,025 5 10 140 5 0.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,715 2,570 5 35 1,100 20 0.5
Chinese languages 3,580 2,460 0 30 1,085 20 0.6
Cantonese 910 465 0 5 440 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 975 830 0 10 135 5 0.5
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,675 1,155 0 15 500 5 0.3
Tibetan languages 95 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 115 90 0 5 30 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 110 85 0 0 25 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,495 1,465 0 5 25 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,355 1,330 0 5 25 5 0.4
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 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
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 130 95 5 20 5 15 11.5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 85 65 0 15 0 10 11.8
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 30 5 15 0 10 25.0
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. 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 20 5 0 10 5 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 3,825 3,515 175 135 0 245 6.4
English and French 230 55 90 85 0 130 56.5
English and non-official language 3,435 3,425 15 0 0 15 0.4
French and non-official language 60 10 45 0 0 45 75.0
English, French and non-official language 100 25 30 50 0 50 50.0

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not applicable

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Symbol x

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too unreliable to be published

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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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