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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 Montréal
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 1,862,195 218,820 521,020 1,073,815 48,540
Single responses 1,785,930 210,750 503,100 1,024,070 48,005
English 309,885 100,645 1,170 207,730 345
French 874,435 1,190 356,740 515,765 740
Non-official languages 601,615 108,925 145,190 300,575 46,925
Aboriginal languages 595 265 80 235 15
Algonquian languages 300 105 65 120 5
Algonquin 20 0 10 10 0
Atikamekw 25 0 20 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 190 95 10 80 5
Cree, n.o.s. 190 95 10 80 5
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 15 5 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 45 0 25 20 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 5 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 15 5 5 10 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 5 5 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. 10 5 5 5 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 25 10 0 10 0
Mohawk 25 10 0 10 0
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 5
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 230 135 5 85 5
Inuktitut 190 105 0 75 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 5 10 5 0
Romance languages 197,430 10,435 53,475 119,675 13,850
Italian 83,470 3,775 14,505 59,245 5,955
Portuguese 18,125 1,150 5,210 10,585 1,180
Romanian 17,555 725 4,275 11,635 930
Spanish 78,100 4,775 29,445 38,100 5,785
Catalan 150 10 40 95 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 20 5
Germanic languages 16,095 6,185 175 8,695 1,040
Dutch 1,340 360 15 955 10
Flemish 180 5 10 155 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 6,785 2,245 105 4,390 45
Yiddish 6,930 3,195 30 2,735 975
Scandinavian languages 730 335 5 375 5
Danish 180 90 0 95 0
Icelandic 35 10 0 25 0
Norwegian 175 85 0 80 0
Swedish 340 150 5 180 5
Afrikaans 55 35 0 25 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 5 5 55 0
Celtic languages 75 20 15 40 0
Gaelic languages 30 15 0 15 0
Welsh 20 5 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 15 0
Slavic languages 41,910 9,420 6,060 24,040 2,395
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 60 20 10 30 0
Bosnian 250 40 55 140 15
Bulgarian 4,455 435 1,020 2,765 235
Croatian 1,185 345 70 740 30
Czech 985 305 50 610 10
Macedonian 130 30 15 75 5
Polish 10,160 2,750 825 6,225 360
Russian 17,770 3,730 3,365 9,160 1,510
Serbian 1,390 250 170 925 50
Serbo-Croatian 515 50 65 380 20
Slovak 745 240 20 480 10
Slovenian 465 235 5 220 5
Ukrainian 3,610 935 360 2,180 140
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 195 55 30 105 10
Baltic languages 675 260 10 395 10
Latvian 235 100 0 130 0
Lithuanian 440 165 5 265 5
Greek 21,245 7,200 270 11,570 2,205
Armenian 7,250 840 605 5,400 405
Albanian 1,570 190 415 840 125
Georgian 130 35 20 65 10
Finno-Ugric languages 4,790 1,845 225 2,475 235
Estonian 150 70 5 70 0
Finnish 255 110 5 140 0
Hungarian 4,385 1,670 215 2,265 240
Turkic languages 5,590 1,125 1,695 2,095 680
Azerbaijani 145 50 10 70 15
Turkish 5,095 1,000 1,605 1,865 625
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 350 70 80 160 40
Mongolian 105 20 30 45 10
Afro-Asiatic languages 106,385 9,555 39,905 51,295 5,630
Berber languages (Kabyle) 4,165 20 2,665 1,310 170
Cushitic languages 5,615 90 3,095 2,215 210
Oromo 5,015 20 2,905 1,915 175
Somali 595 75 190 295 40
Semitic languages 95,460 9,425 33,525 47,300 5,210
Amharic 545 165 30 335 15
Arabic 90,985 7,975 33,390 44,555 5,065
Hebrew 3,585 1,180 80 2,230 105
Maltese 10 5 0 10 0
Tigrigna 245 80 15 135 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 85 25 10 35 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 1,140 10 625 470 40
Indo-Iranian languages 46,720 20,865 2,560 18,315 4,985
Indo-Aryan languages 33,820 16,755 1,365 11,800 3,900
Bengali 9,395 4,520 535 3,385 950
Gujarati 5,175 2,530 160 1,855 635
Hindi 2,095 1,250 20 730 100
Konkani 60 30 5 25 0
Marathi 130 90 0 30 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 8,590 4,265 270 2,720 1,335
Sindhi 260 100 10 140 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 440 280 5 140 15
Urdu 7,510 3,605 355 2,700 850
Nepali 180 85 5 80 5
Iranian languages 12,560 3,975 1,140 6,395 1,050
Kurdish 505 70 175 200 55
Pashto 780 235 120 285 140
Persian (Farsi) 11,275 3,675 840 5,915 850
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 340 140 55 115 35
Dravidian languages 11,935 6,100 540 4,030 1,265
Kannada 140 100 0 35 5
Malayalam 215 130 10 80 5
Tamil 11,265 5,640 530 3,850 1,240
Telugu 305 230 5 55 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Japanese 1,515 720 75 655 70
Korean 3,255 1,605 100 1,265 285
Sino-Tibetan languages 45,995 16,625 4,995 15,935 8,445
Chinese languages 45,855 16,560 4,985 15,875 8,435
Cantonese 7,110 1,890 575 2,925 1,720
Chaochow (Teochow) 160 25 20 85 35
Fukien 60 30 5 25 5
Hakka 55 15 5 20 15
Mandarin 7,850 3,375 790 2,700 975
Shanghainese 55 25 0 25 5
Taiwanese 275 125 10 100 35
Chinese, n.o.s. 30,290 11,075 3,575 9,990 5,640
Tibetan languages 40 5 0 30 0
Burmese 45 30 0 15 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 55 25 5 15 5
Tai languages 1,955 185 590 1,015 170
Lao 1,570 60 535 825 150
Thai 385 125 55 185 25
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,135 2,860 6,310 11,540 3,425
Khmer (Cambodian) 5,035 385 1,725 2,200 720
Vietnamese 19,100 2,475 4,585 9,340 2,705
Malayo-Polynesian languages 15,420 10,995 245 3,955 220
Bisayan languages 770 590 10 165 5
Ilocano 1,580 1,265 0 285 35
Malay 460 240 15 180 20
Pampango 155 125 0 30 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 11,775 8,565 45 3,015 145
Bikol 95 60 0 30 5
Malagasy 365 0 155 200 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 70 55 0 10 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 150 95 10 40 10
Niger-Congo languages 11,470 1,150 5,110 5,020 185
Akan (Twi) 980 490 15 455 15
Bantu languages 5,375 305 2,655 2,350 70
Lingala 1,475 5 1,025 430 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 990 10 445 525 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 1,020 15 385 595 20
Shona 85 40 0 40 0
Swahili 780 85 355 335 10
Ganda 20 15 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 1,010 130 450 405 20
Edo 45 30 0 15 0
Igbo 85 60 0 20 5
Wolof 1,095 10 480 580 30
Bamanankan 455 5 280 170 0
Ewe 225 15 90 125 0
Ga 80 40 0 35 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,120 195 1,590 1,275 55
African languages, n.i.e. 565 70 200 290 10
Creoles 34,365 330 21,335 11,570 1,130
Non-verbal languages 295 25 110 50 110
American Sign Language 20 10 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 135 0 75 25 30
Sign languages, n.i.e. 145 10 35 20 80
Other languages 140 15 45 75 5
Multiple responses 76,265 8,065 17,920 49,745 535
English and French 21,720 505 855 20,305 55
English and non-official language 16,080 7,030 300 8,625 135
French and non-official language 30,725 325 16,425 13,690 285
English, French and non-official language 7,740 210 340 7,130 65

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

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