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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 910,620 877,990 29,550 1,560 1,515 30,330 3.3
Single responses 903,215 872,225 28,575 900 1,515 29,020 3.2
English 868,765 855,175 13,590 0 0 13,595 1.6
French 15,940 1,030 14,910 0 0 14,910 93.5
Non-official languages 18,505 16,025 75 900 1,520 525 2.8
Aboriginal languages 2,775 2,720 0 25 30 15 0.5
Algonquian languages 2,775 2,720 0 25 30 15 0.5
Algonquin 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 2,765 2,715 0 25 30 10 0.4
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,145 875 20 125 130 80 7.0
Italian 165 140 0 15 10 10 6.1
Portuguese 115 95 0 15 15 5 4.3
Romanian 80 50 0 20 10 10 12.5
Spanish 775 590 15 80 95 55 7.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 1,460 1,175 5 165 115 85 5.8
Dutch 185 145 0 40 5 20 10.8
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
German 1,170 950 5 110 100 55 4.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 75 55 0 15 5 10 13.3
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 35 25 5 5 5 5 14.3
Norwegian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,110 945 5 85 75 50 4.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 75 70 0 5 5 5 6.7
Czech 45 35 0 5 0 5 11.1
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Polish 255 215 0 25 15 15 5.9
Russian 505 435 5 35 35 20 4.0
Serbian 60 50 0 10 5 5 8.3
Serbo-Croatian 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ukrainian 25 20 0 5 5 5 20.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Baltic languages 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Latvian 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 270 235 0 10 30 0 0.0
Armenian 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Albanian 120 100 0 5 20 5 4.2
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 80 70 0 10 0 5 6.3
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 65 55 0 10 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 170 150 0 10 15 5 2.9
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Turkish 140 120 0 10 10 5 3.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,665 3,020 30 310 300 190 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 0 5 5 12.5
Oromo 20 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Somali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 3,630 2,990 30 310 300 185 5.1
Amharic 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 3,490 2,865 30 310 290 180 5.2
Hebrew 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,325 2,030 0 60 230 30 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 1,275 1,090 0 25 160 10 0.8
Bengali 225 210 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 215 205 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 175 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 320 285 0 10 25 5 1.6
Nepali 210 115 5 0 95 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,030 920 0 35 70 20 1.9
Kurdish 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 940 840 0 35 65 15 1.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 240 235 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 130 125 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Japanese 130 105 0 5 20 5 3.8
Korean 560 490 0 10 60 5 0.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,000 2,635 0 40 325 20 0.7
Chinese languages 2,990 2,630 5 40 320 20 0.7
Cantonese 320 235 0 5 80 5 1.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 660 600 0 5 50 5 0.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,985 1,770 0 25 190 15 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tai languages 60 20 0 0 45 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 60 15 0 5 45 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 290 250 0 5 25 5 1.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 285 250 5 5 30 5 1.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 600 580 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 550 540 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 115 90 5 15 10 15 13.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 55 35 0 10 0 10 18.2
Lingala 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 260 180 5 0 80 0 0.0
American Sign Language 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 195 140 0 0 55 5 2.6
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Multiple responses 7,405 5,765 975 665 0 1,310 17.7
English and French 1,815 395 850 570 0 1,135 62.5
English and non-official language 5,295 5,260 30 0 0 35 0.7
French and non-official language 120 50 70 0 0 70 58.3
English, French and non-official language 180 55 20 95 0 75 41.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011037.

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