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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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Sex (3)

Detailed language spoken most often at home (232)

This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Other language spoken regularly at home	None	English	French	Non-official language	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue	41,040	34,395	2,345	605	3,630	0	10	50	0
Single responses	40,500	34,045	2,295	590	3,510	0	10	45	0
English	31,380	29,835	240	350	930	0	0	25	0
French	1,080	580	260	210	20	0	5	5	0
Non-official languages	8,045	3,630	1,800	25	2,555	0	5	25	0
Aboriginal languages	5,485	2,355	1,245	5	1,875	0	0	5	0
Algonquian languages	145	105	5	0	35	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	130	95	5	0	30	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	135	95	10	0	30	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	20	5	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages	4,605	1,815	1,200	5	1,580	0	0	5	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wetsuweten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	450	215	85	0	150	0	0	0	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	1,960	600	700	0	655	0	0	5	0
Gwich'in	255	170	15	0	65	0	5	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	205	100	20	0	85	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	400	175	75	0	150	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	1,340	560	305	0	470	0	0	0	0
Sarcee	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitksan	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	705	425	40	0	240	0	0	5	0
Inuktitut	185	100	15	0	70	0	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun	85	40	5	0	45	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	405	280	10	0	120	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	25	15	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	175	85	35	0	50	0	0	5	0
Italian	50	35	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	20	10	10	0	5	0	0	0	0
Romanian	15	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Spanish	90	35	25	0	30	0	0	5	0
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	265	190	20	5	55	0	0	5	0
Dutch	50	45	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	185	115	20	5	45	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	25	20	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Danish	10	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	15	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	215	120	30	0	60	0	0	0	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	15	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Czech	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	30	20	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Russian	40	15	15	0	10	0	0	0	0
Serbian	15	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	20	5	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Slovenian	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	45	40	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	75	15	30	0	30	0	0	0	0
Albanian	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	35	20	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	25	15	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	15	5	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	230	95	60	0	70	0	0	5	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	50	20	5	0	25	0	0	0	0
Oromo	10	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Somali	35	10	5	0	20	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	175	80	55	0	35	0	0	0	0
Amharic	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	150	60	55	0	30	5	0	5	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	185	80	40	0	65	0	0	0	0
Indo-Aryan languages	160	75	40	0	50	0	0	0	0
Bengali	40	25	10	5	10	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	30	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	30	10	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	30	15	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Nepali	20	10	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	20	5	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	20	5	5	0	15	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	45	15	15	0	10	0	0	5	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	15	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Tamil	20	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Telugu	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	30	20	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Korean	15	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	235	115	75	0	45	0	0	0	0
Chinese languages	235	115	75	0	45	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	90	35	25	0	20	0	0	0	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	35	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	110	60	30	0	20	0	0	0	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	155	100	40	5	15	0	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	155	100	40	0	20	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	675	325	165	0	180	0	5	0	0
Bisayan languages	70	35	15	0	20	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	45	25	5	0	20	0	0	0	0
Malay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampango	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	550	265	140	0	135	0	0	0	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	115	45	20	5	50	0	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	10	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	95	40	20	0	35	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Shona	40	15	10	0	20	0	0	0	0
Swahili	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	10	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	30	15	10	0	5	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creoles	40	10	10	5	10	0	0	5	0
Non-verbal languages	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	535	350	50	20	120	0	0	0	0
English and French	75	55	5	20	0	0	0	0	0
English and non-official language	450	285	45	0	115	0	0	0	0
French and non-official language	15	10	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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-XCB2011041.

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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