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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 267,285 249,580 120 15,445 2,145
Single responses 263,380 246,335 115 14,825 2,100
English 221,975 211,465 10 10,450 55
French 3,805 625 75 3,105 0
Non-official languages 37,595 34,250 30 1,270 2,045
Aboriginal languages 1,610 1,590 5 20 10
Algonquian languages 1,370 1,345 0 15 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,190 1,175 0 10 5
Cree, n.o.s. 1,180 1,160 5 10 5
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 10 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 5 5 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 170 165 0 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 25 15 0 5 0
Athapaskan languages 165 165 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 165 170 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 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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 45 45 0 0 0
Dakota 40 40 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 10 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,310 1,970 5 215 125
Italian 225 200 0 25 5
Portuguese 305 250 0 40 15
Romanian 315 255 0 45 20
Spanish 1,460 1,275 5 100 80
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,330 7,050 0 190 90
Dutch 470 440 0 30 0
Flemish 20 20 0 5 0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0
German 6,390 6,155 0 140 90
Yiddish 5 5 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 265 255 0 10 0
Danish 80 80 0 5 0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 125 115 0 5 0
Swedish 45 40 0 0 0
Afrikaans 175 165 0 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,070 5,735 0 155 180
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 135 0 0 5
Bulgarian 25 20 0 5 0
Croatian 140 135 0 5 5
Czech 85 85 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 10 0 0 0
Polish 545 485 5 35 20
Russian 870 785 0 35 45
Serbian 150 140 0 5 10
Serbo-Croatian 85 80 0 5 0
Slovak 25 20 0 5 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 3,890 3,745 0 55 85
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 5 5
Baltic languages 45 40 0 5 0
Latvian 40 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 185 175 0 0 5
Armenian 5 10 0 0 0
Albanian 40 35 0 5 5
Georgian 5 0 0 0 5
Finno-Ugric languages 485 445 0 20 20
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 55 50 0 5 0
Hungarian 420 385 0 10 25
Turkic languages 135 115 0 5 10
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 5
Turkish 95 85 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Mongolian 25 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,195 1,715 5 135 345
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 190 140 0 15 30
Oromo 100 80 0 0 25
Somali 85 65 0 15 5
Semitic languages 1,990 1,560 5 115 315
Amharic 85 80 0 5 5
Arabic 1,245 950 0 95 195
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 180 165 0 0 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 470 350 5 15 100
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages 5,575 5,005 5 205 360
Indo-Aryan languages 4,700 4,240 5 160 295
Bengali 855 765 0 50 40
Gujarati 305 275 0 5 20
Hindi 435 410 0 5 20
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 45 45 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 875 775 0 15 85
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 145 140 0 0 0
Urdu 1,855 1,665 5 75 105
Nepali 145 120 0 0 15
Iranian languages 775 680 0 40 55
Kurdish 45 40 0 0 10
Pashto 130 120 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 600 525 0 35 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 345 330 0 5 10
Kannada 50 45 0 0 5
Malayalam 65 65 0 0 0
Tamil 140 140 0 0 0
Telugu 75 75 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 140 135 0 0 5
Korean 375 335 0 10 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,610 3,870 5 100 645
Chinese languages 4,340 3,690 0 100 545
Cantonese 875 710 0 30 145
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 795 690 0 15 90
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,620 2,255 0 55 310
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 5
Burmese 110 90 0 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 155 80 0 0 75
Tai languages 175 150 0 10 15
Lao 140 120 0 10 5
Thai 35 25 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 750 640 0 30 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 55 0 0 0
Vietnamese 690 580 0 30 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,335 4,195 5 70 60
Bisayan languages 220 215 0 5 5
Ilocano 100 95 0 0 0
Malay 40 40 0 0 0
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,905 3,775 0 70 55
Bikol 10 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 5 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 40 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 475 400 5 65 5
Akan (Twi) 35 40 0 0 0
Bantu languages 280 220 5 55 5
Lingala 10 0 5 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 0 10 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 25 30 0 0 0
Swahili 115 95 0 15 5
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 15 0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 30 25 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 100 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 195 185 0 5 10
Creoles 35 20 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 85 60 0 0 20
American Sign Language 30 25 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 5 10
Other languages 35 20 0 0 15
Multiple responses 3,910 3,240 10 620 45
English and French 515 160 0 355 0
English and non-official language 3,000 2,830 0 135 35
French and non-official language 335 240 5 80 5
English, French and non-official language 60 15 0 45 0

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

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