Tabulation: Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

• Other language spoken regularly at home (9): Total - Other language spoken regularly at home
• Generation status (4): Total - Generation status
• Age groups (10C): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over, in private households in Canada^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 26.1 %

Detailed language spoken most often at home (111)	Mother tongue (8)
	Total - Mother tongue	English	French	Non-official language	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home	27,259,525	15,258,565	5,889,225	5,756,460	42,635	260,875	47,630	4,135
Single responses	26,560,355	15,207,800	5,851,745	5,274,710	34,095	160,175	29,185	2,650
English	17,706,165	15,070,050	407,950	2,071,575	23,005	125,285	6,805	1,495
French	5,704,450	72,105	5,430,615	172,575	10,700	1,175	16,860	425
Non-official languages	3,149,745	65,650	13,175	3,030,560	395	33,710	5,525	730
Selected Aboriginal languages^Footnote 3	74,475	1,880	140	71,965	0	430	55	10
Atikamekw	3,175	0	20	3,155	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	28,965	905	50	27,795	0	190	20	0
Dene	5,265	85	0	5,095	0	80	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	6,550	10	40	6,475	0	10	15	0
Inuktitut	17,245	285	25	16,870	0	50	10	0
Mi'kmaq	3,095	100	0	2,970	0	20	0	0
Ojibway	4,965	275	0	4,625	0	55	10	0
Oji-Cree	3,795	150	0	3,610	0	25	0	0
Stoney	1,430	55	0	1,360	0	10	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^Footnote 4	3,052,525	62,295	12,665	2,938,545	390	32,600	5,310	725
African languages, n.i.e.	2,815	100	0	2,690	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	3,440	60	0	3,340	0	40	0	0
Akan (Twi)	5,855	525	0	5,205	0	125	0	0
Albanian	11,320	50	20	11,110	0	35	100	0
Amharic	8,945	105	0	8,780	0	40	0	0
Arabic	141,790	2,845	2,205	132,560	40	1,845	2,120	180
Armenian	17,095	110	105	16,620	0	165	55	25
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	1,660	30	0	1,590	0	25	0	0
Bengali	33,205	640	40	31,555	0	925	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	1,535	0	45	1,460	0	0	30	0
Bisayan languages	6,205	335	0	5,665	0	210	0	0
Bosnian	6,010	35	0	5,930	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	9,865	125	25	9,690	0	25	0	0
Burmese	1,965	25	0	1,915	0	25	0	0
Cantonese	276,865	4,915	110	269,210	0	2,550	50	40
Chinese, n.o.s.	255,610	4,530	355	248,920	75	1,620	85	25
Creoles	27,445	530	2,335	23,700	75	135	650	25
Croatian	17,550	125	15	17,330	0	75	0	0
Czech	5,660	20	0	5,625	0	0	0	0
Danish	740	45	0	690	0	0	0	0
Dutch	9,115	105	0	8,950	0	35	0	0
Estonian	1,230	0	0	1,215	0	0	0	0
Finnish	2,720	30	0	2,680	0	0	0	0
Flemish	350	0	0	325	0	0	0	0
Fukien	1,775	15	0	1,735	0	20	0	0
German	66,950	615	125	65,745	0	375	80	0
Greek	47,285	860	100	45,875	0	390	30	0
Gujarati	47,295	1,200	0	45,175	0	875	25	0
Hakka	1,900	75	0	1,795	0	15	0	0
Hebrew	6,630	380	190	5,945	0	90	0	0
Hindi	42,745	1,915	0	39,620	0	1,200	0	0
Hungarian	18,255	165	0	18,030	0	35	0	0
Ilocano	7,910	240	0	7,400	0	250	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	2,125	45	0	2,050	0	20	0	0
Italian	134,915	2,640	645	130,660	45	715	150	60
Japanese	15,805	495	50	15,055	0	165	30	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	11,355	195	200	10,820	0	95	35	0
Korean	92,645	1,645	15	90,460	0	520	0	0
Kurdish	5,095	70	0	4,875	0	145	0	0
Lao	7,065	190	150	6,650	0	50	0	0
Latvian	1,560	0	0	1,545	0	0	0	0
Lingala	1,030	0	135	850	0	0	40	0
Lithuanian	1,940	0	0	1,935	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	6,655	95	0	6,520	0	30	0	0
Malay	3,400	55	0	3,345	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	6,560	235	0	6,205	0	120	0	0
Maltese	1,075	45	0	1,005	0	20	0	0
Mandarin	179,320	1,805	75	176,580	0	835	0	0
Marathi	2,315	55	0	2,205	0	55	0	0
Nepali	6,260	25	0	6,180	0	50	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	2,960	105	55	2,720	0	50	20	0
Norwegian	360	0	0	350	0	0	0	0
Oromo	3,505	0	25	3,415	0	0	30	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	263,480	4,705	0	255,685	0	3,035	15	0
Pashto	6,405	60	0	6,265	0	55	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	103,845	1,315	170	101,545	0	690	70	40
Polish	79,145	1,085	100	77,555	0	365	20	0
Portuguese	90,225	1,880	275	87,315	0	620	125	0
Romanian	43,020	305	370	42,125	0	105	110	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,065	0	45	995	0	0	0	0
Russian	95,140	1,265	265	92,935	0	535	90	45
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	965	0	100	835	0	0	35	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	10,250	80	0	10,120	0	55	0	0
Serbian	29,725	215	60	29,345	0	85	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	4,500	25	20	4,440	0	15	0	0
Shanghainese	1,410	20	0	1,360	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	4,575	1,780	245	2,345	0	170	30	0
Sindhi	4,245	260	0	3,910	0	70	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	6,080	165	0	5,760	0	145	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	2,405	0	0	2,405	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	885	75	0	805	0	0	0	0
Slovak	4,150	0	0	4,075	0	15	0	0
Slovenian	2,235	65	0	2,130	0	0	0	0
Somali	13,545	470	35	12,945	0	70	10	0
Spanish	202,630	4,205	2,095	194,390	30	1,400	450	60
Swahili	2,910	80	155	2,600	0	20	45	0
Swedish	805	35	0	755	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	175,685	6,965	0	162,525	0	6,155	35	0
Taiwanese	4,850	25	0	4,835	0	0	0	0
Tamil	90,805	2,820	100	86,325	0	1,495	45	0
Telugu	4,210	260	0	3,815	0	135	0	0
Thai	2,645	45	0	2,550	0	40	0	0
Tibetan languages	3,160	30	0	3,075	0	55	0	0
Tigrigna	4,025	75	0	3,925	0	0	0	0
Turkish	14,930	175	90	14,515	0	125	30	0
Ukrainian	21,750	380	30	21,185	0	140	0	0
Urdu	81,345	1,990	15	77,290	0	2,015	30	0
Vietnamese	96,085	2,825	1,265	90,770	30	800	380	20
Yiddish	3,720	90	0	3,585	0	30	0	0
Other languages^Footnote 5	22,745	1,475	370	20,055	0	685	165	0
Multiple responses	699,165	50,760	37,485	481,745	8,545	100,700	18,445	1,490
English and French	48,085	8,535	26,625	3,720	8,235	250	490	225
English and non-official language	571,250	41,460	1,495	426,065	115	99,650	2,025	440
French and non-official language	71,695	380	8,680	47,055	55	345	14,965	215
English, French and non-official language	8,135	390	685	4,900	135	455	965	610

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

Footnote 4

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

Footnote 5

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011041.