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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

About this variable: Detailed mother tongue (232)

Definition

Mother tongue

Part A - Short definition
Not applicable

Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual on May 10, 2011.

Values

  1. Total - Detailed mother tongue
  2. Single responses
  3. English
  4. French
  5. Non-official languages
  6. Aboriginal languages
  7. Algonquian languages
  8. Algonquin
  9. Atikamekw
  10. Blackfoot
  11. Cree languages
  12. Cree, n.o.s.
  13. Swampy Cree
  14. Plains Cree
  15. Woods Cree
  16. Cree, n.i.e.
  17. Malecite
  18. Mi'kmaq
  19. Innu/Montagnais
  20. Naskapi
  21. Ojibway
  22. Oji-Cree
  23. Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
  24. Michif
  25. Athapaskan languages
  26. Carrier
  27. Wetsuweten
  28. Chilcotin
  29. Dene
  30. Tlicho (Dogrib)
  31. Gwich'in
  32. North Slavey (Hare)
  33. South Slavey
  34. Slavey, n.o.s.
  35. Sarcee
  36. Beaver
  37. Sekani
  38. Kaska (Nahani)
  39. Tahltan
  40. Northern Tutchone
  41. Southern Tutchone
  42. Tutchone, n.o.s.
  43. Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
  44. Haida
  45. Iroquoian languages
  46. Mohawk
  47. Cayuga
  48. Oneida
  49. Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
  50. Kutenai
  51. Salish languages
  52. Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)
  53. Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
  54. Halkomelem
  55. Lillooet
  56. Okanagan
  57. Squamish
  58. Straits
  59. Salish languages, n.i.e.
  60. Siouan languages
  61. Dakota
  62. Stoney
  63. Siouan languages, n.i.e.
  64. Tlingit
  65. Tsimshian languages
  66. Gitksan
  67. Nisga'a
  68. Tsimshian
  69. Wakashan languages
  70. Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
  71. Haisla
  72. Heiltsuk
  73. Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)
  74. Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
  75. Inuit languages
  76. Inuktitut
  77. Inuinnaqtun
  78. Inuvialuktun
  79. Inuit languages, n.i.e.
  80. Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
  81. Romance languages
  82. Italian
  83. Portuguese
  84. Romanian
  85. Spanish
  86. Catalan
  87. Romance languages, n.i.e.
  88. Germanic languages
  89. Dutch
  90. Flemish
  91. Frisian
  92. German
  93. Yiddish
  94. Scandinavian languages
  95. Danish
  96. Icelandic
  97. Norwegian
  98. Swedish
  99. Afrikaans
  100. Germanic languages, n.i.e.
  101. Celtic languages
  102. Gaelic languages
  103. Welsh
  104. Celtic languages, n.i.e.
  105. Slavic languages
  106. Belarusian (Byelorussian)
  107. Bosnian
  108. Bulgarian
  109. Croatian
  110. Czech
  111. Macedonian
  112. Polish
  113. Russian
  114. Serbian
  115. Serbo-Croatian
  116. Slovak
  117. Slovenian
  118. Ukrainian
  119. Slavic languages, n.i.e.
  120. Baltic languages
  121. Latvian
  122. Lithuanian
  123. Greek
  124. Armenian
  125. Albanian
  126. Georgian
  127. Finno-Ugric languages
  128. Estonian
  129. Finnish
  130. Hungarian
  131. Turkic languages
  132. Azerbaijani
  133. Turkish
  134. Turkic languages, n.i.e.
  135. Mongolian
  136. Afro-Asiatic languages
  137. Berber languages (Kabyle)
  138. Cushitic languages
  139. Oromo
  140. Somali
  141. Semitic languages
  142. Amharic
  143. Arabic
  144. Hebrew
  145. Maltese
  146. Tigrigna
  147. Semitic languages, n.i.e.
  148. Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
  149. Indo-Iranian languages
  150. Indo-Aryan languages
  151. Bengali
  152. Gujarati
  153. Hindi
  154. Konkani
  155. Marathi
  156. Panjabi (Punjabi)
  157. Sindhi
  158. Sinhala (Sinhalese)
  159. Urdu
  160. Nepali
  161. Iranian languages
  162. Kurdish
  163. Pashto
  164. Persian (Farsi)
  165. Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
  166. Dravidian languages
  167. Kannada
  168. Malayalam
  169. Tamil
  170. Telugu
  171. Dravidian languages, n.i.e.
  172. Japanese
  173. Korean
  174. Sino-Tibetan languages
  175. Chinese languages
  176. Cantonese
  177. Chaochow (Teochow)
  178. Fukien
  179. Hakka
  180. Mandarin
  181. Shanghainese
  182. Taiwanese
  183. Chinese, n.o.s.
  184. Tibetan languages
  185. Burmese
  186. Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.
  187. Tai languages
  188. Lao
  189. Thai
  190. Austro-Asiatic languages
  191. Khmer (Cambodian)
  192. Vietnamese
  193. Malayo-Polynesian languages
  194. Bisayan languages
  195. Ilocano
  196. Malay
  197. Pampango
  198. Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
  199. Bikol
  200. Malagasy
  201. Fijian
  202. Pangasinan
  203. Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.
  204. Niger-Congo languages
  205. Akan (Twi)
  206. Bantu languages
  207. Lingala
  208. Rundi (Kirundi)
  209. Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
  210. Shona
  211. Swahili
  212. Ganda
  213. Bantu languages, n.i.e.
  214. Edo
  215. Igbo
  216. Wolof
  217. Bamanankan
  218. Ewe
  219. Ga
  220. Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
  221. African languages, n.i.e.
  222. Creoles
  223. Non-verbal languages
  224. American Sign Language
  225. Quebec Sign Language
  226. Sign languages, n.i.e.
  227. Other languages
  228. Multiple responses
  229. English and French
  230. English and non-official language
  231. French and non-official language
  232. English, French and non-official language
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