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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Québec, V
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 509,915 1,130 316,635 190,625 1,515
Single responses 505,555 1,070 315,235 187,760 1,490
English 7,365 465 390 6,500 10
French 478,395 35 305,155 173,145 55
Non-official languages 19,795 570 9,685 8,110 1,430
Aboriginal languages 320 5 250 55 5
Algonquian languages 300 5 235 50 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 30 0 25 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 250 0 210 35 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 0 15 5 0
Inuktitut 10 0 10 5 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0
Romance languages 7,190 65 4,065 2,655 405
Italian 500 5 225 275 5
Portuguese 990 10 560 385 35
Romanian 610 10 225 355 25
Spanish 5,080 50 3,050 1,630 350
Catalan 10 0 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 560 30 80 445 10
Dutch 110 5 15 90 5
Flemish 25 0 10 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 375 15 50 310 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 25 5 0 15 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 0 0 10 0
Swedish 15 5 0 10 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 10 0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 5 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,020 25 1,015 880 100
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 615 5 395 165 45
Bulgarian 185 0 90 90 5
Croatian 85 0 40 40 0
Czech 40 0 20 20 5
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0
Polish 250 5 90 155 5
Russian 410 10 170 200 30
Serbian 165 0 85 75 5
Serbo-Croatian 200 0 100 90 10
Slovak 15 0 5 10 0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 45 0 15 25 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Baltic languages 5 0 5 5 0
Latvian 5 0 5 5 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 105 0 15 80 0
Armenian 45 5 15 25 0
Albanian 195 5 145 25 30
Georgian 0 0 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 120 10 25 80 0
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0
Finnish 5 0 0 5 0
Hungarian 105 10 25 70 0
Turkic languages 65 10 20 35 0
Azerbaijani 10 0 5 10 0
Turkish 50 10 20 25 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,430 35 1,630 1,650 110
Berber languages (Kabyle) 130 0 75 60 5
Cushitic languages 230 0 120 95 10
Oromo 215 5 110 95 10
Somali 10 0 10 5 0
Semitic languages 3,010 35 1,405 1,465 100
Amharic 5 0 5 5 0
Arabic 2,985 30 1,400 1,455 100
Hebrew 15 0 5 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 65 0 30 30 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,160 140 295 360 360
Indo-Aryan languages 690 90 120 175 310
Bengali 65 20 30 10 10
Gujarati 15 5 5 15 0
Hindi 40 15 5 15 0
Konkani 10 0 5 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10 5 0 5 0
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 0 0 0
Urdu 20 10 0 10 0
Nepali 525 45 70 115 295
Iranian languages 385 45 135 175 30
Kurdish 35 0 20 10 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 360 50 115 160 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 80 0 40 15 20
Dravidian languages 30 10 5 10 5
Kannada 0 0 0 5 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 5 0
Tamil 15 5 0 5 0
Telugu 0 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 110 20 20 55 10
Korean 25 5 5 10 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 960 135 275 410 140
Chinese languages 925 130 255 395 140
Cantonese 115 10 25 60 25
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 230 40 65 100 30
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 580 85 170 235 85
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 5 0
Burmese 5 0 5 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 5 5
Tai languages 130 10 70 50 5
Lao 100 5 60 30 5
Thai 35 5 10 20 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,025 25 480 390 135
Khmer (Cambodian) 330 5 170 120 40
Vietnamese 700 20 310 265 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 190 25 65 90 10
Bisayan languages 10 5 0 10 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 5 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 50 20 0 30 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 95 0 55 40 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 30 5 15 0 10
Niger-Congo languages 1,600 10 925 620 45
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 1,075 5 675 360 40
Lingala 80 0 45 35 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 305 0 205 90 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 220 5 90 120 5
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 375 0 260 85 20
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 0 70 30 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 5 0
Wolof 185 0 75 110 0
Bamanankan 50 0 30 20 0
Ewe 15 0 10 10 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 270 5 140 120 5
African languages, n.i.e. 50 0 20 25 0
Creoles 305 0 190 115 0
Non-verbal languages 100 0 50 10 40
American Sign Language 0 0 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 60 0 35 0 20
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 0 15 5 20
Other languages 55 0 20 10 15
Multiple responses 4,360 60 1,405 2,870 25
English and French 2,315 20 265 2,035 0
English and non-official language 180 35 25 110 10
French and non-official language 1,710 5 1,095 585 20
English, French and non-official language 160 5 25 140 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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