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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 Chestermere, T^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue	14,825	13,965	0	555	300
Single responses	14,455	13,620	0	525	300
English	10,795	10,470	0	315	10
French	145	15	5	125	0
Non-official languages	3,515	3,135	0	85	290
Aboriginal languages	5	5	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	5	5	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	5	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	5	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	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	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	0	0	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	0	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.	0	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	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	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	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	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.	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	310	275	0	25	10
Italian	50	45	0	0	5
Portuguese	90	80	5	10	10
Romanian	40	30	0	10	0
Spanish	125	120	0	5	5
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	190	190	0	5	5
Dutch	35	35	0	0	0
Flemish	0	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	130	125	0	5	5
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	5	5	0	0	0
Danish	5	10	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	20	20	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	5	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	0	5	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	205	195	0	10	5
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	10	10	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	55	55	0	0	0
Czech	10	10	0	0	0
Macedonian	5	5	0	0	0
Polish	55	50	0	0	0
Russian	20	20	0	0	5
Serbian	15	15	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	5	5	0	0	0
Slovenian	5	5	0	0	0
Ukrainian	15	20	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	5	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0
Albanian	5	5	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	40	35	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	35	35	0	0	0
Turkic languages	30	25	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	25	25	0	0	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	130	120	0	5	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	5	5	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	125	120	0	5	10
Amharic	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	125	115	0	5	5
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	1,210	1,055	0	25	130
Indo-Aryan languages	1,140	995	0	15	130
Bengali	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	35	35	0	5	0
Hindi	110	105	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	840	715	0	10	115
Sindhi	20	20	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	135	115	0	5	15
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	65	55	0	5	5
Kurdish	5	5	0	0	0
Pashto	10	5	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	55	40	0	5	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0	5
Dravidian languages	10	10	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	5	0	0	0	0
Tamil	10	5	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	10	10	0	0	0
Korean	5	5	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	225	195	0	5	25
Chinese languages	210	190	0	5	20
Cantonese	75	70	0	0	5
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	20	20	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	120	105	0	0	15
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	5	10	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	35	25	0	0	5
Lao	30	25	0	0	5
Thai	5	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	750	640	0	10	100
Khmer (Cambodian)	30	25	0	5	0
Vietnamese	720	610	0	5	100
Malayo-Polynesian languages	320	315	0	5	0
Bisayan languages	20	20	0	0	0
Ilocano	25	25	0	0	0
Malay	5	5	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	265	260	0	0	5
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	5	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	20	20	0	5	0
Akan (Twi)	5	5	0	0	0
Bantu languages	5	5	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	5	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	5	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	5	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0	0	0
Creoles	0	0	0	5	0
Non-verbal languages	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	375	340	0	25	0
English and French	25	5	0	15	0
English and non-official language	335	330	0	5	0
French and non-official language	10	5	0	5	0
English, French and non-official language	5	0	0	5	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1: 2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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