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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 Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 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 Lethbridge
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 105,115 103,290 905 165 755 990 0.9
Single responses 103,630 101,905 845 120 755 910 0.9
English 97,285 96,730 555 0 0 555 0.6
French 325 50 275 0 0 280 86.2
Non-official languages 6,020 5,125 15 125 755 80 1.3
Aboriginal languages 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 60 60 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 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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. 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 815 640 10 70 95 45 5.5
Italian 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romanian 55 30 0 20 10 10 18.2
Spanish 685 550 10 45 80 30 4.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 2,420 2,155 0 15 250 10 0.4
Dutch 330 310 5 5 10 5 1.5
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 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
German 2,040 1,795 0 5 235 5 0.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Afrikaans 35 30 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 385 345 0 10 30 5 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Croatian 80 65 0 5 15 0 0.0
Czech 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Russian 45 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbian 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 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
Greek 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 160 135 0 0 15 0 0.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 140 125 0 5 15 5 3.6
Amharic 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 80 70 5 0 10 0 0.0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 675 515 0 10 150 5 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 535 385 0 10 140 5 0.9
Bengali 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 250 130 0 0 125 0 0.0
Iranian languages 140 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kurdish 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 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
Dravidian languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 115 100 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 105 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 560 415 5 5 135 0 0.0
Chinese languages 535 400 5 0 130 5 0.9
Cantonese 160 110 0 0 50 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 320 240 5 5 75 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 155 130 0 5 20 5 3.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 150 130 0 5 20 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 275 275 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 240 235 0 0 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 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 70 55 5 5 0 5 7.1
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo 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
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 1,485 1,385 55 40 0 80 5.4
English and French 65 10 25 25 0 40 61.5
English and non-official language 1,370 1,360 10 0 0 10 0.7
French and non-official language 30 10 15 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 25 5 10 15 0 15 60.0

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not applicable

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too unreliable to be published

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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-XCB2011036.

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