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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 CapitalFootnote 1
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 355,015 317,350 190 34,810 2,665
Single responses 350,795 314,350 170 33,620 2,645
English 301,975 276,590 15 25,295 80
French 6,015 525 140 5,345 5
Non-official languages 42,805 37,235 15 2,985 2,560
Aboriginal languages 345 335 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 40 35 0 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 20 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 20 0 5 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 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 15 15 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 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 0 5 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 5 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Haida 5 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 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 210 205 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 55 50 0 5 0
Lillooet 5 5 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 140 140 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Siouan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 5 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 10 15 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 35 30 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 10 10 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 20 20 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,160 4,370 5 635 155
Italian 1,105 920 5 175 10
Portuguese 1,285 1,130 5 100 55
Romanian 245 170 0 70 5
Spanish 2,510 2,135 5 290 85
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,305 7,305 0 985 25
Dutch 2,210 1,955 0 250 5
Flemish 45 25 0 20 0
Frisian 25 25 0 5 0
German 4,825 4,195 0 615 15
Yiddish 35 25 0 10 0
Scandinavian languages 1,035 955 0 75 5
Danish 550 505 0 40 5
Icelandic 45 40 0 5 0
Norwegian 240 225 0 10 0
Swedish 205 185 0 20 0
Afrikaans 130 120 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 90 70 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 35 25 0 10 0
Welsh 50 45 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 4,190 3,710 0 380 95
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0
Bulgarian 100 80 0 15 10
Croatian 465 440 0 20 5
Czech 335 305 0 35 0
Macedonian 15 15 0 5 0
Polish 1,165 1,035 0 115 20
Russian 895 775 0 80 40
Serbian 155 125 0 20 5
Serbo-Croatian 80 70 0 10 0
Slovak 145 130 0 10 0
Slovenian 85 75 0 10 5
Ukrainian 680 610 0 55 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Baltic languages 115 100 0 15 0
Latvian 65 55 0 5 0
Lithuanian 50 40 0 5 0
Greek 315 285 0 20 10
Armenian 45 25 0 15 5
Albanian 120 115 0 0 10
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,100 1,015 0 75 5
Estonian 65 55 0 10 0
Finnish 300 285 0 15 5
Hungarian 730 670 0 50 0
Turkic languages 175 155 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 160 145 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,195 925 0 200 65
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 90 90 0 5 0
Oromo 50 50 0 5 0
Somali 45 40 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,095 835 0 195 65
Amharic 100 90 0 5 5
Arabic 840 615 0 170 60
Hebrew 80 65 0 15 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 60 55 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,365 4,685 0 190 485
Indo-Aryan languages 4,610 4,035 5 120 450
Bengali 120 110 0 10 5
Gujarati 120 105 0 10 0
Hindi 340 315 0 10 10
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,720 3,210 5 85 425
Sindhi 25 30 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 55 0 0 5
Urdu 170 150 0 5 10
Nepali 25 25 0 0 0
Iranian languages 730 630 0 70 30
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0
Pashto 35 35 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 690 590 0 60 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 180 175 0 5 0
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 0
Tamil 85 80 5 5 0
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,245 1,130 0 60 55
Korean 1,310 1,150 0 50 115
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,240 7,635 0 200 1,405
Chinese languages 9,200 7,600 5 200 1,405
Cantonese 2,935 2,330 0 55 545
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5
Fukien 30 35 0 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,960 1,720 0 55 195
Shanghainese 15 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 80 70 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,140 3,400 0 85 660
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Burmese 20 20 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 240 230 0 5 5
Lao 20 20 0 5 0
Thai 215 205 0 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 995 880 0 40 70
Khmer (Cambodian) 125 105 0 5 15
Vietnamese 870 780 0 30 55
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,660 2,615 0 25 15
Bisayan languages 235 230 0 5 0
Ilocano 100 95 0 5 0
Malay 110 100 0 5 5
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,140 2,115 5 20 5
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 250 215 0 30 5
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 160 135 0 20 5
Lingala 5 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 5 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 70 55 0 5 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Creoles 35 15 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 90 50 0 5 40
American Sign Language 30 20 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 35 0 0 30
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,220 3,000 15 1,185 20
English and French 950 195 5 750 0
English and non-official language 2,970 2,705 5 250 20
French and non-official language 190 75 5 110 0
English, French and non-official language 105 25 5 75 0

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Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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

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