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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 Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
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 910,615 814,670 875 93,435 1,635
Single responses 904,285 811,360 840 90,470 1,615
English 836,085 776,845 50 59,095 100
French 31,105 2,250 725 28,130 5
Non-official languages 37,090 32,260 70 3,245 1,515
Aboriginal languages 4,715 4,630 0 55 30
Algonquian languages 4,665 4,585 0 50 30
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 5 0 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 25 25 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 25 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 10 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 4,620 4,540 0 45 30
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 15 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 5 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 5 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 30 25 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 25 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 5 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Romance languages 2,890 2,225 15 525 130
Italian 785 605 5 170 15
Portuguese 375 320 5 45 15
Romanian 170 95 0 65 10
Spanish 1,550 1,210 10 240 90
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,615 4,705 5 790 115
Dutch 1,725 1,510 0 205 5
Flemish 30 20 0 15 0
Frisian 30 30 0 5 0
German 3,280 2,680 0 495 100
Yiddish 20 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 440 375 0 60 5
Danish 180 155 0 20 0
Icelandic 55 45 0 5 5
Norwegian 125 110 0 15 0
Swedish 85 70 0 15 0
Afrikaans 80 70 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 230 220 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 205 190 0 10 0
Welsh 35 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,875 2,455 5 350 75
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 90 0 0 5
Bulgarian 50 40 0 10 0
Croatian 215 190 0 20 0
Czech 180 150 0 35 5
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 0
Polish 825 685 5 120 15
Russian 815 710 0 75 35
Serbian 115 100 0 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 110 95 0 10 5
Slovak 120 105 0 20 0
Slovenian 30 30 0 5 0
Ukrainian 295 250 0 45 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Baltic languages 100 85 0 20 0
Latvian 65 55 0 10 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 0
Greek 775 675 0 75 25
Armenian 50 35 0 20 0
Albanian 250 215 0 20 15
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 425 365 0 60 0
Estonian 50 45 0 0 0
Finnish 95 85 0 5 0
Hungarian 280 230 0 50 0
Turkic languages 330 290 0 25 20
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 270 240 0 25 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0 10
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,365 5,225 25 805 300
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 80 65 5 5 10
Oromo 40 25 0 5 10
Somali 40 40 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,280 5,160 25 800 295
Amharic 145 135 0 10 5
Arabic 5,965 4,875 25 775 285
Hebrew 80 60 0 10 0
Maltese 15 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 60 55 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,680 3,280 5 165 225
Indo-Aryan languages 2,310 2,050 0 100 155
Bengali 375 345 0 20 10
Gujarati 110 105 0 5 0
Hindi 520 480 0 30 10
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 375 335 0 20 20
Sindhi 15 15 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 105 0 5 5
Urdu 540 505 0 20 20
Nepali 225 130 5 0 95
Iranian languages 1,330 1,190 5 70 70
Kurdish 75 65 0 5 0
Pashto 70 60 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,185 1,060 0 65 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 545 515 0 20 5
Kannada 35 30 0 5 0
Malayalam 120 110 0 0 0
Tamil 265 255 0 10 0
Telugu 125 120 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 310 275 0 15 15
Korean 820 730 0 30 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,340 3,890 5 120 325
Chinese languages 4,325 3,875 5 120 320
Cantonese 590 480 0 40 75
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 15 10 0 5 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 905 835 5 20 50
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 40 40 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,750 2,490 0 60 195
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 120 70 5 10 45
Lao 10 5 0 5 0
Thai 115 60 0 0 45
Austro-Asiatic languages 460 410 0 20 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 455 400 0 20 30
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,390 1,360 0 15 15
Bisayan languages 85 80 0 5 0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 5
Malay 65 65 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,190 1,165 0 10 10
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 505 410 5 85 5
Akan (Twi) 50 45 0 5 0
Bantu languages 250 190 5 50 0
Lingala 10 5 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 80 60 5 10 5
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 80 0 20 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 45 40 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 30 25 0 5 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 90 0 15 5
African languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 5 0
Creoles 45 35 0 5 5
Non-verbal languages 185 100 0 5 75
American Sign Language 65 40 0 0 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 60 0 5 55
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5
Multiple responses 6,335 3,315 35 2,965 15
English and French 3,035 565 20 2,455 0
English and non-official language 2,850 2,575 0 270 15
French and non-official language 315 140 20 155 0
English, French and non-official language 125 40 0 90 0

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

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