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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 Okanagan-Similkameen^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue	79,780	74,285	40	4,760	705
Single responses	78,910	73,600	35	4,580	690
English	67,365	64,475	0	2,870	15
French	1,515	245	25	1,240	5
Non-official languages	10,035	8,885	5	465	680
Aboriginal languages	185	185	0	5	0
Algonquian languages	20	25	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	5	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	15	20	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	15	15	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	5	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	10	0	0	0
Carrier	5	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	150	150	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	5	5	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	5	5	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	130	130	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	10	10	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)	5	0	0	5	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	5	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun	0	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	1,520	1,295	0	105	120
Italian	315	285	0	25	5
Portuguese	845	720	0	45	80
Romanian	35	25	0	10	0
Spanish	330	270	0	25	30
Catalan	5	5	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	3,370	3,155	5	195	20
Dutch	640	600	0	40	0
Flemish	15	15	0	0	0
Frisian	5	5	0	0	0
German	2,390	2,230	0	145	15
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	265	255	0	10	5
Danish	140	140	0	5	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	55	55	0	0	0
Swedish	65	65	0	0	5
Afrikaans	55	50	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	20	15	0	5	0
Gaelic languages	10	10	0	5	0
Welsh	10	10	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	1,120	1,045	0	65	5
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	5	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	10	10	0	0	0
Croatian	110	100	0	5	0
Czech	135	120	0	10	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	190	165	0	25	0
Russian	180	170	0	5	0
Serbian	20	20	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	5	5	0	0	0
Slovak	65	60	0	10	0
Slovenian	50	50	0	5	5
Ukrainian	335	325	0	10	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0	0	0
Baltic languages	15	10	0	0	0
Latvian	10	5	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	5	0	0	0
Greek	75	65	0	5	0
Armenian	5	0	0	0	0
Albanian	15	10	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	445	425	0	15	5
Estonian	15	10	0	5	0
Finnish	105	100	0	0	5
Hungarian	330	315	0	10	5
Turkic languages	5	10	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	10	10	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	50	40	0	5	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	50	35	0	10	0
Amharic	5	5	0	0	0
Arabic	20	15	0	10	0
Hebrew	10	10	0	5	0
Maltese	10	5	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	2,400	1,885	0	50	460
Indo-Aryan languages	2,345	1,840	5	50	455
Bengali	5	5	0	0	0
Gujarati	5	5	0	0	0
Hindi	40	35	0	0	5
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	5	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	2,280	1,775	5	50	450
Sindhi	5	5	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	5	0	0	0
Urdu	5	5	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	40	40	0	0	5
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	40	40	0	0	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	5	5	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	5	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	80	75	0	0	0
Korean	55	55	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	285	245	0	5	35
Chinese languages	280	240	0	5	35
Cantonese	85	65	0	0	15
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	45	40	0	5	10
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	5	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	155	130	0	0	15
Tibetan languages	5	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	5	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Tai languages	40	35	0	0	5
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	40	35	0	0	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	75	65	0	5	10
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	5	0	0	0
Vietnamese	70	65	0	0	5
Malayo-Polynesian languages	225	215	0	5	5
Bisayan languages	10	10	0	0	5
Ilocano	5	10	0	0	0
Malay	5	5	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	190	185	0	0	0
Bikol	5	5	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	15	15	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	5	5	0	0	0
Bantu languages	10	10	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	5	5	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	5	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Creoles	5	5	0	0	0
Non-verbal languages	30	15	0	0	15
American Sign Language	5	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	30	5	0	0	15
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	870	680	0	175	10
English and French	170	45	0	125	0
English and non-official language	630	585	0	35	5
French and non-official language	55	45	0	10	5
English, French and non-official language	10	0	0	10	0

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

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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