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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 Region 6^{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	19,205	16,275	40	2,820	65
Single responses	18,930	16,070	40	2,750	70
English	15,240	13,405	0	1,835	0
French	810	50	35	725	0
Non-official languages	2,875	2,620	0	190	70
Aboriginal languages	845	830	0	15	5
Algonquian languages	25	20	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	20	20	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	20	15	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	5	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	5	5	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages	625	615	0	5	5
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0
Wetsuweten	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	125	125	0	0	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	335	325	0	5	0
Gwich'in	10	10	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	75	75	0	0	0
South Slavey	25	20	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	55	50	0	5	5
Sarcee	5	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	5	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	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	190	180	0	5	5
Inuktitut	110	105	0	5	0
Inuinnaqtun	20	20	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	45	45	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Romance languages	140	115	0	20	5
Italian	35	35	0	5	0
Portuguese	15	10	0	5	0
Romanian	15	10	0	5	0
Spanish	70	60	0	10	0
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	195	155	0	35	0
Dutch	40	30	0	5	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0
German	135	105	0	25	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	15	10	0	5	0
Danish	5	5	0	0	0
Icelandic	5	0	0	5	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	5	0	0	5	0
Afrikaans	5	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	5	5	0	0	0
Welsh	5	5	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	165	150	0	10	10
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	5	5	0	0	0
Bosnian	5	5	0	0	0
Bulgarian	5	5	0	0	0
Croatian	10	10	0	5	0
Czech	5	10	0	0	0
Macedonian	5	5	0	0	0
Polish	25	25	0	0	0
Russian	35	30	0	0	5
Serbian	10	15	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	5	0	0	0
Slovak	10	10	0	5	0
Slovenian	5	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	35	30	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	5	5	0	0	0
Armenian	70	70	0	0	5
Albanian	5	5	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	25	20	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	5	10	0	0	0
Hungarian	15	15	0	5	0
Turkic languages	15	15	0	5	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	15	15	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	160	125	5	30	10
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	40	35	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	35	30	0	0	0
Semitic languages	115	85	0	20	10
Amharic	15	15	0	0	0
Arabic	95	65	5	25	5
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	10	10	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	150	135	0	20	0
Indo-Aryan languages	130	120	0	10	0
Bengali	35	30	0	5	0
Gujarati	10	10	0	0	0
Hindi	20	15	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	30	20	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	25	30	0	0	0
Nepali	10	10	0	5	0
Iranian languages	15	15	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	15	15	0	5	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	40	30	0	10	5
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	15	10	0	0	5
Tamil	20	15	0	5	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	25	25	0	0	0
Korean	10	10	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	170	155	0	5	10
Chinese languages	165	155	0	5	5
Cantonese	75	75	0	0	5
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	15	15	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	75	70	0	5	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Tai languages	5	5	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	5	5	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	155	130	0	5	20
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	155	130	0	5	15
Malayo-Polynesian languages	560	545	0	5	10
Bisayan languages	55	55	0	0	0
Ilocano	40	40	0	0	5
Malay	5	5	0	0	0
Pampango	5	5	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	455	440	0	5	5
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	90	80	0	10	0
Akan (Twi)	5	5	0	0	0
Bantu languages	80	70	0	10	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	0	0	0	0
Shona	45	40	0	0	0
Swahili	5	0	0	5	0
Ganda	10	10	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0	5	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	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.	0	5	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Creoles	40	10	0	25	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	5	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	280	205	5	70	0
English and French	65	5	0	55	0
English and non-official language	195	185	0	15	0
French and non-official language	10	10	0	5	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	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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