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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 (2013 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 Vancouver Centre / Vancouver-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 101,515 95,805 2,710 950 2,045 3,185 3.1
Single responses 97,870 92,435 2,540 850 2,045 2,965 3.0
English 78,340 76,880 1,465 0 0 1,465 1.9
French 1,090 75 1,015 0 0 1,015 93.1
Non-official languages 18,435 15,480 60 850 2,045 485 2.6
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 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 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 1,995 1,640 20 230 105 135 6.8
Italian 90 70 5 10 5 10 11.1
Portuguese 345 305 5 30 10 20 5.8
Romanian 195 125 5 55 15 30 15.4
Spanish 1,350 1,130 15 135 75 80 5.9
Catalan 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 415 330 0 70 15 35 8.4
Dutch 45 35 0 10 0 5 11.1
Flemish 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 280 215 0 55 10 30 10.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 30 25 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,560 2,225 0 175 160 90 3.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 110 90 0 15 5 5 4.5
Croatian 80 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 95 90 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 220 190 0 15 15 10 4.5
Russian 960 840 0 55 70 25 2.6
Serbian 780 670 0 60 50 30 3.8
Serbo-Croatian 155 130 5 15 5 10 6.5
Slovak 60 55 0 5 5 5 8.3
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 20 15 0 5 5 5 25.0
Albanian 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 95 80 0 10 5 5 5.3
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Hungarian 70 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 250 215 5 15 20 5 2.0
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 215 185 5 10 15 10 4.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,195 1,010 15 45 125 40 3.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,185 1,000 15 45 125 40 3.4
Amharic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,090 920 15 40 120 35 3.2
Hebrew 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,005 2,635 5 160 205 80 2.7
Indo-Aryan languages 320 285 0 5 25 5 1.6
Bengali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 70 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hindi 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 45 35 0 0 5 5 11.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 2,685 2,345 5 155 180 80 3.0
Kurdish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,655 2,320 5 150 180 80 3.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 1,450 1,240 0 15 195 10 0.7
Korean 2,355 2,105 0 30 220 15 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,455 3,445 0 60 950 35 0.8
Chinese languages 4,455 3,445 0 60 950 30 0.7
Cantonese 1,175 915 0 20 245 10 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,585 1,215 0 25 345 10 0.6
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 50 35 0 0 20 5 10.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,620 1,260 0 15 340 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 90 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 70 45 5 10 20 5 7.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 75 40 0 10 15 10 13.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 280 265 0 10 5 5 1.8
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 85 75 0 0 5 5 5.9
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 175 175 0 5 0 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 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Non-verbal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 3,645 3,375 175 100 0 225 6.2
English and French 195 35 115 50 0 140 71.8
English and non-official language 3,305 3,300 0 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 65 35 35 0 0 35 53.8
English, French and non-official language 80 10 20 50 0 45 56.3

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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-XCB2011056.

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