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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 Edmonton - Strathcona
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 99,945 95,305 3,340 525 780 3,600 3.6
Single responses 97,230 92,895 3,160 390 780 3,360 3.5
English 86,590 85,195 1,390 0 0 1,395 1.6
French 1,815 80 1,740 0 0 1,740 95.9
Non-official languages 8,825 7,620 35 390 785 225 2.5
Aboriginal languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 5 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 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
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 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 995 785 5 105 100 55 5.5
Italian 110 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Portuguese 45 35 0 5 10 5 11.1
Romanian 85 45 0 30 10 15 17.6
Spanish 745 610 10 65 65 40 5.4
Catalan 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, 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
Germanic languages 525 480 5 30 10 20 3.8
Dutch 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 470 430 5 25 10 15 3.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 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
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 10 10 0 5 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 935 780 5 70 85 35 3.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 315 255 5 15 45 5 1.6
Russian 190 160 0 20 10 15 7.9
Serbian 55 45 0 5 5 5 9.1
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Slovak 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 225 190 0 20 15 10 4.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 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
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Latvian 10 5 0 5 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 40 30 5 0 5 5 12.5
Armenian 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
Albanian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 55 40 0 10 5 5 9.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 50 30 0 15 5 5 10.0
Turkic languages 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 535 415 5 60 60 35 6.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Oromo 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
Somali 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 500 380 5 55 55 35 7.0
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 460 350 5 55 55 35 7.6
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,300 1,165 0 40 95 20 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 850 755 5 15 70 10 1.2
Bengali 190 180 0 0 5 5 2.6
Gujarati 85 60 0 5 20 5 5.9
Hindi 200 185 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 90 5 5 5 5 5.3
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 145 130 0 0 15 0 0.0
Nepali 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 445 400 0 20 25 10 2.2
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 405 370 0 20 20 10 2.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 215 200 0 5 10 5 2.3
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 90 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 55 45 0 0 0 5 9.1
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 100 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 510 445 0 10 60 5 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,310 1,990 5 35 290 15 0.6
Chinese languages 2,295 1,975 0 30 290 15 0.7
Cantonese 430 335 0 5 90 5 1.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
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 725 645 0 15 65 10 1.4
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,120 980 0 10 130 5 0.4
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 5 5 0 5 5 5 100.0
Thai 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 140 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 125 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 885 875 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 785 775 0 5 10 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. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 90 65 5 10 5 10 11.1
Akan (Twi) 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 45 35 0 5 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 5 5 5 5 20.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 5 0 5 5 10 100.0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 5 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,710 2,410 175 135 0 235 8.7
English and French 270 40 125 95 0 175 64.8
English and non-official language 2,355 2,350 10 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 30 10 25 0 0 25 83.3
English, French and non-official language 60 10 15 35 0 30 50.0

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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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