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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 Division No. 11
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 658,200 581,290 925 67,490 8,485
Single responses 640,680 566,870 845 64,545 8,415
English 470,625 432,025 15 38,400 180
French 23,515 1,745 665 21,105 0
Non-official languages 146,540 133,105 165 5,045 8,230
Aboriginal languages 3,710 3,635 5 50 20
Algonquian languages 3,480 3,420 5 35 25
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,145 1,125 0 10 5
Cree, n.o.s. 1,115 1,100 0 10 0
Swampy Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,640 1,605 0 25 15
Oji-Cree 685 680 0 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 50 35 0 10 0
Athapaskan languages 40 40 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 35 40 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. 5 5 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 40 40 0 5 0
Dakota 40 40 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 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 5 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 55 50 0 0 0
Inuktitut 45 40 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
Romance languages 15,730 13,610 20 1,060 1,040
Italian 3,735 3,315 0 235 180
Portuguese 5,360 4,460 15 305 580
Romanian 525 420 0 95 15
Spanish 6,115 5,410 0 425 270
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 19,280 18,460 0 675 135
Dutch 1,535 1,420 0 115 0
Flemish 165 125 5 40 5
Frisian 25 20 0 0 0
German 16,330 15,730 0 470 130
Yiddish 470 445 0 20 0
Scandinavian languages 595 565 0 30 0
Danish 195 180 0 15 0
Icelandic 195 190 0 0 0
Norwegian 70 70 0 0 0
Swedish 135 120 0 10 0
Afrikaans 160 150 0 0 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 65 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 50 45 0 5 5
Welsh 25 20 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Slavic languages 23,075 21,350 10 885 830
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 590 530 0 15 40
Bulgarian 120 100 0 10 10
Croatian 915 855 0 35 25
Czech 520 485 0 35 0
Macedonian 135 115 0 5 10
Polish 5,855 5,290 5 285 280
Russian 3,955 3,570 0 115 260
Serbian 565 505 0 25 35
Serbo-Croatian 295 260 0 20 15
Slovak 330 295 0 35 5
Slovenian 250 245 0 10 0
Ukrainian 9,435 8,985 5 295 145
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 5 5
Baltic languages 155 150 0 5 0
Latvian 75 70 0 5 5
Lithuanian 85 75 0 5 0
Greek 1,055 975 0 45 40
Armenian 35 30 0 10 0
Albanian 285 255 0 10 20
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,265 1,160 0 85 15
Estonian 30 25 0 0 0
Finnish 155 145 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,080 990 0 70 20
Turkic languages 225 210 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 35 30 0 0 0
Turkish 160 150 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,290 5,395 30 440 425
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,145 990 0 55 100
Oromo 350 295 0 15 35
Somali 800 690 0 45 65
Semitic languages 5,095 4,395 25 375 310
Amharic 1,150 1,090 0 20 40
Arabic 2,660 2,130 20 320 195
Hebrew 325 300 0 20 5
Maltese 20 20 0 5 0
Tigrigna 920 830 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 50 20 5 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages 16,750 14,760 0 360 1,625
Indo-Aryan languages 14,645 12,945 5 285 1,410
Bengali 645 605 0 15 30
Gujarati 975 890 0 15 70
Hindi 1,285 1,195 0 35 55
Konkani 20 25 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 9,295 8,030 0 170 1,100
Sindhi 60 40 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 495 465 0 10 15
Urdu 1,495 1,405 0 35 60
Nepali 325 245 0 0 80
Iranian languages 2,065 1,780 0 70 215
Kurdish 365 300 0 10 50
Pashto 180 150 0 5 20
Persian (Farsi) 1,520 1,325 0 55 140
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 830 770 0 15 45
Kannada 45 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 285 275 0 0 15
Tamil 355 330 0 10 15
Telugu 130 120 0 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 410 375 0 15 15
Korean 2,400 2,045 5 50 295
Sino-Tibetan languages 12,225 9,770 5 220 2,235
Chinese languages 11,770 9,465 5 220 2,080
Cantonese 3,205 2,445 0 75 685
Chaochow (Teochow) 30 20 0 0 10
Fukien 35 25 0 0 5
Hakka 25 20 0 0 10
Mandarin 2,075 1,755 0 45 265
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5
Taiwanese 55 50 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,335 5,135 0 95 1,100
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 55 45 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 390 245 0 0 140
Tai languages 1,005 835 0 65 100
Lao 820 665 5 60 85
Thai 185 170 0 5 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,415 2,810 5 75 520
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 215 0 0 45
Vietnamese 3,150 2,595 5 80 475
Malayo-Polynesian languages 35,090 34,135 5 330 625
Bisayan languages 765 750 0 5 10
Ilocano 880 855 0 0 20
Malay 115 105 0 0 5
Pampango 455 445 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 32,600 31,705 5 315 575
Bikol 110 105 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 100 95 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,015 1,360 75 510 70
Akan (Twi) 95 90 0 5 0
Bantu languages 1,150 640 55 400 55
Lingala 45 0 15 30 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 30 5 40 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 145 50 5 85 5
Shona 60 55 0 5 0
Swahili 555 300 30 195 30
Ganda 30 25 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 230 170 0 45 10
Edo 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 130 125 0 5 0
Wolof 40 0 5 30 0
Bamanankan 20 0 0 15 0
Ewe 20 10 5 15 0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 530 460 10 40 15
African languages, n.i.e. 495 455 0 20 25
Creoles 335 250 0 80 5
Non-verbal languages 280 165 0 10 100
American Sign Language 170 120 0 5 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 105 50 0 0 60
Other languages 85 60 0 0 30
Multiple responses 17,520 14,420 80 2,945 75
English and French 2,570 555 20 1,995 0
English and non-official language 13,745 13,195 10 475 65
French and non-official language 925 565 60 295 5
English, French and non-official language 285 100 0 180 0

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

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