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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Division No. 6
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 234,990 221,085 145 12,280 1,480
Single responses 232,200 218,785 140 11,815 1,465
English 203,785 195,000 5 8,735 45
French 2,875 500 95 2,285 0
Non-official languages 25,540 23,285 40 800 1,420
Aboriginal languages 635 625 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 495 495 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 375 370 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 370 365 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 5 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 120 120 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 20 15 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 15 10 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 10 5 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 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 95 90 0 0 5
Dakota 55 55 0 0 0
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 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 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,745 1,510 5 180 55
Italian 395 355 0 35 5
Portuguese 80 70 0 10 5
Romanian 310 280 0 25 5
Spanish 955 800 0 110 40
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 4,235 4,100 0 110 20
Dutch 360 335 0 25 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 3,570 3,470 0 80 15
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 135 135 0 0 0
Danish 55 50 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 60 55 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 0 0
Afrikaans 140 135 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 0 0 5 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,510 3,330 0 80 100
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 60 65 0 0 0
Bulgarian 10 15 0 0 0
Croatian 120 115 0 10 0
Czech 40 40 0 5 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 530 500 0 25 5
Russian 685 620 0 10 55
Serbian 160 150 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 35 40 0 0 0
Slovak 40 35 0 5 0
Slovenian 25 30 0 0 0
Ukrainian 1,755 1,700 0 20 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Latvian 10 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0
Greek 505 485 0 15 5
Armenian 0 5 0 0 0
Albanian 65 60 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 590 570 0 20 0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 35 30 0 0 0
Hungarian 560 540 0 15 0
Turkic languages 85 75 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 70 65 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,250 1,080 0 65 100
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 320 275 0 5 35
Oromo 40 30 0 0 10
Somali 275 245 0 5 25
Semitic languages 925 800 5 60 65
Amharic 115 110 0 5 5
Arabic 635 530 5 55 55
Hebrew 40 35 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 125 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,880 3,470 0 100 315
Indo-Aryan languages 3,280 2,940 0 75 270
Bengali 385 345 0 20 20
Gujarati 285 265 0 0 20
Hindi 305 290 0 5 15
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 20 15 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,010 910 0 15 85
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0
Urdu 1,060 965 0 25 70
Nepali 175 110 5 0 65
Iranian languages 545 480 0 25 40
Kurdish 50 45 0 0 0
Pashto 135 115 0 10 15
Persian (Farsi) 360 320 0 15 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 265 260 0 0 5
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 70 65 0 0 0
Tamil 100 100 0 0 5
Telugu 80 75 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 70 0 0 5
Korean 465 395 0 10 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,360 2,765 5 65 525
Chinese languages 2,975 2,495 5 65 410
Cantonese 580 475 0 10 95
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 510 430 0 10 70
Shanghainese 15 5 0 5 5
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,855 1,570 5 40 235
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 30 30 0 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 350 235 0 0 115
Tai languages 210 190 0 10 15
Lao 155 135 0 10 5
Thai 60 50 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 960 820 0 20 110
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 40 0 5 5
Vietnamese 915 780 5 25 105
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,945 2,895 5 15 35
Bisayan languages 175 175 0 0 5
Ilocano 180 170 0 5 10
Malay 20 20 0 0 0
Pampango 25 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,500 2,465 0 10 25
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 455 355 15 75 15
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 215 150 10 45 10
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 10 0 15 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0 5 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0
Swahili 75 50 10 15 0
Ganda 20 20 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 45 45 0 5 0
Wolof 15 0 0 15 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Ga 15 10 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 100 5 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 140 135 0 5 5
Creoles 30 15 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 0 10
Other languages 65 50 0 0 10
Multiple responses 2,790 2,300 5 465 15
English and French 420 115 5 295 0
English and non-official language 2,185 2,100 0 70 10
French and non-official language 130 75 0 50 0
English, French and non-official language 55 10 0 45 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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