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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) 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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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in ManitobaFootnote 1
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 1,193,095 1,136,690 39,995 2,745 13,670 41,365 3.5
Single responses 1,150,560 1,096,790 38,290 1,800 13,670 39,195 3.4
English 1,007,330 986,335 20,995 0 0 21,000 2.1
French 17,950 920 17,030 0 0 17,035 94.9
Non-official languages 125,280 109,545 265 1,800 13,675 1,165 0.9
Aboriginal languages 21,325 20,770 5 50 500 35 0.2
Algonquian languages 20,350 19,830 10 45 470 25 0.1
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 10,855 10,650 5 15 185 10 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,840 10,640 5 15 185 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 3,695 3,550 0 15 125 10 0.3
Oji-Cree 5,805 5,630 0 10 165 10 0.2
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 25 15 0 10 0 5 20.0
Athapaskan languages 680 655 0 0 25 0 0.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 685 655 0 0 25 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 235 235 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 230 230 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,390 7,415 40 350 1,585 215 2.3
Italian 1,190 975 5 35 175 25 2.1
Portuguese 2,495 1,810 15 70 595 45 1.8
Romanian 235 180 5 40 15 25 10.6
Spanish 5,465 4,450 15 205 800 120 2.2
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 27,920 24,415 25 210 3,275 130 0.5
Dutch 350 315 0 25 10 10 2.9
Flemish 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 27,175 23,730 25 170 3,255 110 0.4
Yiddish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 80 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Afrikaans 255 245 0 5 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 10,875 9,335 10 260 1,265 140 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 360 315 0 5 40 5 1.4
Bulgarian 85 65 0 10 10 5 5.9
Croatian 370 340 0 10 25 5 1.4
Czech 145 140 0 5 0 5 3.4
Macedonian 90 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 2,475 2,125 5 50 300 25 1.0
Russian 4,010 3,320 10 65 610 40 1.0
Serbian 345 295 0 15 35 5 1.4
Serbo-Croatian 160 140 0 5 20 5 3.1
Slovak 100 80 0 10 5 5 5.0
Slovenian 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,640 2,345 5 85 210 45 1.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 435 380 5 15 35 5 1.1
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 165 140 0 5 20 5 3.0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 330 300 0 10 20 10 3.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 265 0 15 25 10 3.3
Turkic languages 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,410 3,665 40 230 470 155 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cushitic languages 815 685 0 25 100 15 1.8
Oromo 225 195 0 0 30 0 0.0
Somali 590 490 0 25 70 15 2.5
Semitic languages 3,560 2,960 35 195 370 135 3.8
Amharic 795 735 0 15 45 10 1.3
Arabic 1,940 1,505 35 160 235 115 5.9
Hebrew 185 170 0 5 5 5 2.7
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 620 530 5 10 75 10 1.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 12,270 10,390 0 160 1,710 85 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,810 9,185 5 125 1,495 65 0.6
Bengali 400 375 0 0 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 755 660 0 10 85 5 0.7
Hindi 755 685 0 10 55 5 0.7
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,360 6,120 0 80 1,155 40 0.5
Sindhi 30 20 0 0 5 5 16.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 250 230 0 0 15 5 2.0
Urdu 985 905 0 15 65 10 1.0
Nepali 245 160 5 5 75 5 2.0
Iranian languages 1,435 1,190 0 40 210 20 1.4
Kurdish 205 145 0 0 50 0 0.0
Pashto 135 115 0 0 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,100 925 0 30 140 20 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 455 0 10 45 5 1.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 195 180 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 200 180 0 10 15 5 2.5
Telugu 90 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 160 130 0 5 20 0 0.0
Korean 2,270 1,915 0 30 325 15 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,365 7,480 0 75 2,805 40 0.4
Chinese languages 9,970 7,235 5 80 2,655 40 0.4
Cantonese 2,325 1,540 0 20 770 15 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,840 1,500 0 15 325 10 0.5
Shanghainese 10 0 0 5 5 5 50.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,730 4,145 0 40 1,545 20 0.3
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 220 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 590 445 5 30 110 20 3.4
Lao 500 375 0 25 95 20 4.0
Thai 85 70 0 5 15 5 5.9
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,635 2,045 10 50 530 30 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 105 0 0 50 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,480 1,940 10 50 485 35 1.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 19,630 18,920 0 60 645 30 0.2
Bisayan languages 330 320 0 5 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 255 245 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 18,770 18,105 5 60 605 35 0.2
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 825 480 95 175 75 185 22.4
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 560 270 70 155 60 155 27.7
Lingala 20 0 5 10 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 10 20 10 20 30.8
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 30 15 30 5 25 33.3
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 160 40 90 35 90 27.3
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 10 10 10 22.2
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 150 115 10 5 15 10 6.7
African languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 5 20 0 0.0
Creoles 245 135 20 80 10 60 24.5
Non-verbal languages 515 350 0 0 155 5 1.0
American Sign Language 235 165 0 0 60 5 2.1
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 280 185 0 0 100 5 1.8
Other languages 65 40 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,535 39,890 1,705 935 0 2,175 5.1
English and French 2,485 485 1,290 705 0 1,645 66.2
English and non-official language 38,935 38,865 70 0 0 65 0.2
French and non-official language 630 375 255 0 0 260 41.3
English, French and non-official language 485 165 90 230 0 205 42.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011037.

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