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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 QuébecFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 756,400 12,050 738,330 4,505 1,515 14,300 1.9
Single responses 749,205 11,300 732,995 3,395 1,515 12,995 1.7
English 7,720 6,080 1,645 0 0 6,080 78.8
French 730,095 4,775 725,320 0 0 4,775 0.7
Non-official languages 11,390 445 6,030 3,400 1,515 2,145 18.8
Aboriginal languages 150 5 115 20 5 15 10.0
Algonquian languages 140 5 110 20 5 15 10.7
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 15 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 125 0 100 15 5 10 8.0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Aboriginal 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
Romance languages 4,775 65 2,900 1,395 420 755 15.8
Italian 115 0 70 45 5 20 17.4
Portuguese 610 5 330 235 35 125 20.5
Romanian 420 5 165 225 25 115 27.4
Spanish 3,630 50 2,335 885 360 490 13.5
Catalan 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 120 10 15 80 10 55 45.8
Dutch 25 0 5 20 0 15 60.0
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 0 not applicable ...
German 85 5 15 60 10 35 41.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 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
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,380 15 775 475 115 250 18.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 465 5 300 105 55 60 12.9
Bulgarian 135 0 70 60 10 30 22.2
Croatian 55 0 30 20 0 10 18.2
Czech 15 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Polish 115 0 50 60 5 30 26.1
Russian 270 0 135 110 30 60 22.2
Serbian 135 5 75 55 0 30 22.2
Serbo-Croatian 150 0 80 55 10 25 16.7
Slovak 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 35 0 15 10 5 5 14.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 25 0 10 20 5 5 20.0
Armenian 30 5 10 20 0 10 33.3
Albanian 130 0 85 15 25 10 7.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 10 10 20 0 20 50.0
Estonian 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
Finnish 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
Hungarian 35 10 10 20 0 20 57.1
Turkic languages 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 5 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Turkish 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,340 20 700 500 115 275 20.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 40 0 25 10 5 5 12.5
Cushitic languages 70 0 45 15 10 5 7.1
Oromo 65 0 40 10 10 5 7.7
Somali 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,220 25 620 470 105 255 20.9
Amharic 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
Arabic 1,205 20 615 470 100 255 21.2
Hebrew 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 5 5 5 33.3
Indo-Iranian languages 955 120 220 260 360 250 26.2
Indo-Aryan languages 635 75 105 140 315 145 22.8
Bengali 65 15 25 10 15 20 30.8
Gujarati 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
Hindi 20 5 5 10 5 10 50.0
Konkani 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 5 0 5 5 5 100.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Urdu 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Nepali 505 45 65 100 295 95 18.8
Iranian languages 280 40 95 115 35 100 35.7
Kurdish 20 0 15 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 260 40 80 115 30 95 36.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 0 20 0 15 5 12.5
Dravidian languages 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 10 0 0 5 0 10 100.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 60 15 15 25 10 20 33.3
Korean 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 805 130 255 270 160 260 32.3
Chinese languages 785 125 240 265 155 255 32.5
Cantonese 65 5 15 20 20 15 23.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 190 30 60 75 30 70 36.8
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 525 90 165 175 100 175 33.3
Tibetan 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
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 70 0 45 5 15 5 7.1
Lao 45 0 30 5 10 0 0.0
Thai 25 0 10 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 680 30 345 155 145 105 15.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 175 5 110 30 35 15 8.6
Vietnamese 505 30 240 130 115 95 18.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 65 5 25 20 15 15 23.1
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 35 0 15 15 0 10 28.6
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 5 10 0 15 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 455 10 305 90 45 55 12.1
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 350 10 250 50 35 40 11.4
Lingala 25 0 20 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 90 0 70 15 10 5 5.6
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 0 20 15 5 5 12.5
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 180 10 130 20 20 20 11.1
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 60 0 30 30 0 10 16.7
Bamanankan 5 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 0 25 10 10 5 12.5
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Creoles 75 5 50 20 5 15 20.0
Non-verbal languages 160 0 115 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 90 0 65 0 25 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 0 50 5 20 0 0.0
Other languages 35 0 15 0 20 0 0.0
Multiple responses 7,195 750 5,335 1,110 0 1,305 18.1
English and French 2,845 530 1,465 855 0 960 33.7
English and non-official language 175 165 10 0 0 165 94.3
French and non-official language 3,725 25 3,700 0 0 25 0.7
English, French and non-official language 445 25 165 255 0 155 34.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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Footnote 3

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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