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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 Halifax
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 386,435 338,465 380 46,400 1,190
Single responses 382,765 336,385 355 44,850 1,175
English 348,740 315,335 5 33,360 45
French 10,160 750 290 9,115 0
Non-official languages 23,860 20,300 55 2,375 1,135
Aboriginal languages 95 85 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 75 75 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 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 60 55 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 5 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. 5 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. 5 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. 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 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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) 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,155 1,655 10 405 80
Italian 595 455 0 125 10
Portuguese 280 230 0 35 10
Romanian 140 80 0 50 15
Spanish 1,130 885 10 185 55
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 2,105 1,675 5 415 10
Dutch 515 410 0 105 0
Flemish 20 10 0 5 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 1,250 990 5 250 5
Yiddish 20 15 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 250 210 0 40 5
Danish 95 85 0 10 0
Icelandic 25 15 0 5 0
Norwegian 85 70 0 10 0
Swedish 45 35 0 10 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 60 55 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 45 40 0 5 0
Welsh 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,185 1,860 0 255 65
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 80 80 0 0 0
Bulgarian 30 30 0 5 0
Croatian 170 150 0 15 0
Czech 125 95 0 25 5
Macedonian 10 10 0 5 5
Polish 580 485 0 85 10
Russian 695 600 0 60 35
Serbian 95 85 0 10 5
Serbo-Croatian 105 90 0 5 5
Slovak 90 75 0 15 5
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0
Ukrainian 155 120 5 30 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 50 50 0 5 0
Latvian 35 30 0 5 0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0
Greek 665 575 0 60 30
Armenian 45 30 0 15 0
Albanian 240 210 0 15 15
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 225 190 0 40 0
Estonian 35 30 0 0 0
Finnish 40 35 0 5 0
Hungarian 155 120 0 30 0
Turkic languages 305 270 0 20 20
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 250 225 0 20 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0 10
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,525 4,525 25 710 265
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 70 55 0 10 5
Oromo 35 20 0 5 5
Somali 35 35 0 5 0
Semitic languages 5,450 4,465 25 705 255
Amharic 130 115 0 10 5
Arabic 5,175 4,220 25 680 250
Hebrew 65 55 0 10 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 55 45 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,190 2,830 5 145 215
Indo-Aryan languages 1,885 1,660 0 80 145
Bengali 320 300 0 15 5
Gujarati 85 80 0 5 0
Hindi 440 405 0 25 10
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 25 25 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 300 270 0 10 20
Sindhi 10 15 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 75 0 10 0
Urdu 400 375 0 15 15
Nepali 210 115 5 0 95
Iranian languages 1,265 1,135 5 60 70
Kurdish 75 65 0 0 0
Pashto 60 55 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,130 1,010 0 55 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 430 410 0 15 5
Kannada 20 15 0 5 0
Malayalam 100 95 0 0 0
Tamil 200 195 0 10 5
Telugu 115 110 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 230 205 0 10 15
Korean 670 600 0 25 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,545 3,175 0 100 270
Chinese languages 3,530 3,160 0 100 265
Cantonese 465 365 0 35 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 805 745 5 15 45
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 35 35 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,195 1,985 5 50 155
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 55 45 0 5 5
Lao 10 5 0 5 0
Thai 45 40 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 380 335 5 15 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 380 330 5 20 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,065 1,040 0 10 15
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 5 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 45 45 0 0 0
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 910 890 0 5 10
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 420 330 5 80 5
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages 205 145 5 55 5
Lingala 10 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 25 25 0 5 0
Swahili 60 50 5 15 0
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 70 50 0 15 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 35 35 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 30 0 5 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 75 0 15 5
African languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0 0
Creoles 40 30 5 5 5
Non-verbal languages 100 55 0 5 45
American Sign Language 45 20 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 35 0 0 25
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,675 2,080 25 1,555 10
English and French 1,465 280 10 1,170 0
English and non-official language 1,895 1,685 0 200 10
French and non-official language 215 85 15 110 0
English, French and non-official language 100 30 0 75 0

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

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