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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 Division No. 8
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 186,660 177,275 60 8,640 690
Single responses 185,065 175,990 60 8,335 680
English 166,670 160,725 5 5,915 20
French 2,350 395 40 1,925 0
Non-official languages 16,040 14,875 15 490 660
Aboriginal languages 1,180 1,175 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 1,140 1,130 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,115 1,115 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 1,105 1,100 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 15 15 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 15 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 10 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 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 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 20 15 0 5 0
Dakota 5 5 0 5 0
Stoney 10 15 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 5 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 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,995 1,655 10 150 175
Italian 125 110 0 10 5
Portuguese 65 55 0 10 0
Romanian 115 95 0 15 5
Spanish 1,700 1,400 10 120 170
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 4,735 4,530 0 150 65
Dutch 1,715 1,660 0 50 10
Flemish 15 15 0 0 0
Frisian 60 60 0 0 0
German 2,480 2,345 0 80 55
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 295 285 0 10 0
Danish 180 180 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 45 0 5 0
Swedish 50 50 0 5 0
Afrikaans 170 165 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 35 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 25 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,490 1,410 0 50 35
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 65 60 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 20 0 0 0
Croatian 50 45 0 0 5
Czech 65 65 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 250 235 0 15 5
Russian 335 320 0 10 10
Serbian 90 85 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 0
Slovak 40 40 0 0 0
Slovenian 5 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 535 510 0 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 5 0
Greek 95 90 0 5 0
Armenian 15 15 0 0 0
Albanian 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 225 210 0 10 0
Estonian 10 5 0 5 0
Finnish 60 60 0 0 0
Hungarian 150 140 0 10 0
Turkic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 365 310 0 35 20
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 55 45 0 0 10
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 45 40 0 0 10
Semitic languages 315 265 0 35 15
Amharic 20 20 0 0 0
Arabic 280 230 0 25 15
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 955 865 0 15 80
Indo-Aryan languages 690 635 0 10 45
Bengali 35 30 0 0 0
Gujarati 45 40 0 5 5
Hindi 145 145 0 5 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 245 210 0 0 25
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 35 0 0 0
Urdu 150 140 0 0 10
Nepali 25 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 260 230 0 0 30
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 65 65 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 195 165 0 0 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 100 90 0 0 5
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 35 30 0 0 5
Tamil 25 25 0 0 0
Telugu 30 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 40 40 0 0 0
Korean 305 275 0 10 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 925 745 0 15 170
Chinese languages 920 740 0 20 165
Cantonese 270 225 0 5 40
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 5
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 75 65 0 5 10
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 435 0 15 110
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Tai languages 150 120 0 0 30
Lao 65 60 0 0 5
Thai 85 60 0 0 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 245 220 0 5 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 55 0 0 10
Vietnamese 185 160 0 5 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,865 2,830 5 15 20
Bisayan languages 120 120 0 0 0
Ilocano 150 145 0 5 0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,540 2,515 0 10 20
Bikol 10 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 165 150 0 10 5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 80 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0
Swahili 25 20 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 0
Creoles 20 10 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 0 10
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,595 1,285 0 300 5
English and French 295 70 0 220 0
English and non-official language 1,170 1,135 0 25 5
French and non-official language 90 70 0 20 0
English, French and non-official language 40 5 0 30 0

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

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