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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 Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 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 Ottawa - GatineauFootnote 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 1,222,760 774,485 408,010 27,225 13,040 421,620 34.5
Single responses 1,169,565 744,295 393,290 18,940 13,035 402,760 34.4
English 718,435 670,055 48,375 0 0 48,375 6.7
French 345,630 6,880 338,750 0 0 338,750 98.0
Non-official languages 105,505 67,360 6,165 18,945 13,035 15,635 14.8
Aboriginal languages 190 140 10 25 10 25 13.2
Algonquian languages 115 80 5 20 10 20 17.4
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 80 55 0 10 10 10 12.5
Cree, n.o.s. 80 55 5 15 10 5 6.3
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 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 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ojibway 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Oji-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
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Tlicho (Dogrib) 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 60 55 5 5 5 5 8.3
Inuktitut 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 16,120 7,960 2,005 4,285 1,880 4,145 25.7
Italian 2,980 2,085 60 375 460 245 8.2
Portuguese 2,775 1,055 530 715 475 890 32.1
Romanian 1,880 540 175 1,000 165 675 35.9
Spanish 8,485 4,275 1,240 2,190 785 2,330 27.5
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 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
Germanic languages 1,260 850 35 345 30 210 16.7
Dutch 200 130 0 60 5 35 17.5
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 870 590 30 240 15 145 16.7
Yiddish 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Scandinavian languages 105 70 5 30 0 15 14.3
Danish 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Swedish 65 45 0 15 0 10 15.4
Afrikaans 55 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 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
Slavic languages 11,055 7,150 475 2,605 825 1,775 16.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bosnian 410 245 60 70 30 100 24.4
Bulgarian 575 320 20 200 35 120 20.9
Croatian 500 305 35 130 30 100 20.0
Czech 295 235 10 50 5 30 10.2
Macedonian 30 15 0 15 5 5 16.7
Polish 2,500 1,830 25 500 150 270 10.8
Russian 3,825 2,660 90 685 395 430 11.2
Serbian 1,600 840 130 515 110 390 24.4
Serbo-Croatian 600 255 85 240 20 205 34.2
Slovak 205 165 0 30 10 15 7.3
Slovenian 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 445 235 10 165 35 90 20.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 5 5 5 10 40.0
Baltic languages 125 90 5 30 0 20 16.0
Latvian 75 55 0 15 0 5 6.7
Lithuanian 55 35 0 10 0 5 9.1
Greek 665 485 0 110 70 55 8.3
Armenian 235 100 5 115 20 65 27.7
Albanian 310 230 5 30 40 20 6.5
Georgian 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 620 445 0 140 25 70 11.3
Estonian 45 35 0 10 0 10 22.2
Finnish 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Hungarian 545 390 0 130 30 65 11.9
Turkic languages 930 685 10 135 100 80 8.6
Azerbaijani 65 40 5 20 10 10 15.4
Turkish 805 615 0 110 75 55 6.8
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 25 10 5 15 15 25.0
Mongolian 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 25,975 14,655 1,845 6,395 3,080 5,045 19.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 70 5 35 30 5 50 71.4
Cushitic languages 4,200 2,405 390 910 495 845 20.1
Oromo 265 110 50 80 25 85 32.1
Somali 3,940 2,295 340 830 470 755 19.2
Semitic languages 21,620 12,230 1,395 5,425 2,570 4,110 19.0
Amharic 680 595 10 40 40 25 3.7
Arabic 20,295 11,115 1,380 5,315 2,480 4,035 19.9
Hebrew 145 115 5 25 0 15 10.3
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 405 345 5 25 35 20 4.9
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 55 5 15 15 10 11.1
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 80 20 25 25 10 40 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 13,415 10,900 55 1,150 1,310 630 4.7
Indo-Aryan languages 8,255 7,000 10 590 655 305 3.7
Bengali 1,965 1,675 5 170 115 90 4.6
Gujarati 465 375 5 30 55 15 3.2
Hindi 1,055 920 0 70 70 35 3.3
Konkani 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Marathi 120 100 0 15 5 5 4.2
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,830 1,480 0 150 205 75 4.1
Sindhi 65 45 0 10 10 5 7.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 350 315 0 15 20 10 2.9
Urdu 2,050 1,790 5 115 145 60 2.9
Nepali 345 290 0 10 40 5 1.4
Iranian languages 5,130 3,885 40 550 650 325 6.3
Kurdish 445 350 5 45 50 25 5.6
Pashto 525 405 0 40 75 20 3.8
Persian (Farsi) 4,165 3,125 40 475 520 275 6.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,665 1,410 5 105 140 60 3.6
Kannada 70 55 0 10 5 5 7.1
Malayalam 185 160 0 10 10 5 2.7
Tamil 1,285 1,085 5 80 120 40 3.1
Telugu 125 115 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 420 315 15 60 30 45 10.7
Korean 1,050 855 5 85 100 50 4.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 19,355 14,040 180 1,120 4,020 740 3.8
Chinese languages 18,975 13,750 180 1,120 3,925 735 3.9
Cantonese 4,065 2,665 15 205 1,180 115 2.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 45 30 0 5 15 0 0.0
Fukien 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,530 4,135 60 345 1,000 225 4.1
Shanghainese 35 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Taiwanese 80 65 0 0 10 5 6.3
Chinese, n.o.s. 9,185 6,815 105 560 1,705 385 4.2
Tibetan languages 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Burmese 100 80 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 270 210 0 0 65 0 0.0
Tai languages 390 255 30 60 50 60 15.4
Lao 260 150 30 50 25 55 21.2
Thai 130 100 5 10 25 5 3.8
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,950 3,330 120 740 770 485 9.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 635 395 35 90 120 80 12.6
Vietnamese 4,315 2,935 85 650 645 410 9.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,585 2,420 15 65 85 50 1.9
Bisayan languages 125 120 0 0 0 5 4.0
Ilocano 160 160 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 120 100 0 10 5 5 4.2
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,125 2,025 0 35 65 15 0.7
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 35 5 15 15 0 25 71.4
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,675 495 420 645 120 740 44.2
Akan (Twi) 110 100 0 10 0 10 9.1
Bantu languages 1,285 295 360 530 110 620 48.2
Lingala 130 15 60 45 10 85 65.4
Rundi (Kirundi) 330 25 100 185 15 195 59.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 290 35 80 140 20 155 53.4
Shona 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 390 120 95 125 50 155 39.7
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 50 15 25 10 30 30.0
Edo 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
Igbo 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Wolof 50 5 20 25 5 35 70.0
Bamanankan 25 0 10 10 0 15 60.0
Ewe 20 5 10 0 0 5 25.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 150 55 25 70 5 60 40.0
African languages, n.i.e. 205 155 15 30 5 30 14.6
Creoles 1,855 175 850 650 180 1,170 63.1
Non-verbal languages 340 170 50 15 105 55 16.2
American Sign Language 80 55 0 0 30 5 6.3
Quebec Sign Language 30 0 15 10 5 20 66.7
Sign languages, n.i.e. 225 115 30 10 75 35 15.6
Other languages 75 40 5 5 30 5 6.7
Multiple responses 53,190 30,190 14,720 8,280 0 18,860 35.5
English and French 17,120 2,630 8,630 5,860 0 11,555 67.5
English and non-official language 27,060 26,830 235 0 0 230 0.8
French and non-official language 5,050 95 4,955 0 0 4,950 98.0
English, French and non-official language 3,965 630 905 2,425 0 2,120 53.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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-XCB2011036.

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