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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 Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)Footnote 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 312,230 50,145 252,875 7,730 1,485 54,010 17.3
Single responses 301,965 47,985 247,275 5,225 1,485 50,595 16.8
English 48,070 40,995 7,080 0 0 40,995 85.3
French 240,645 4,100 236,540 0 0 4,105 1.7
Non-official languages 13,250 2,885 3,655 5,225 1,480 5,500 41.5
Aboriginal languages 55 25 5 15 5 35 63.6
Algonquian languages 50 30 5 15 5 35 70.0
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 45 25 0 15 5 30 66.7
Cree, n.o.s. 45 20 0 10 5 30 66.7
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
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 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 5 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 4,550 580 1,700 1,755 515 1,455 32.0
Italian 60 20 10 30 0 30 50.0
Portuguese 1,150 115 440 375 220 300 26.1
Romanian 640 55 145 395 45 255 39.8
Spanish 2,710 390 1,100 960 260 870 32.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 130 60 15 55 5 85 65.4
Dutch 35 20 0 15 0 25 71.4
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 40 5 40 0 55 64.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 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
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 1,755 360 425 865 110 790 45.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 110 10 60 35 5 30 27.3
Bulgarian 140 30 20 80 10 70 50.0
Croatian 130 20 35 65 10 50 38.5
Czech 25 10 5 10 0 15 60.0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 165 85 10 65 5 120 72.7
Russian 340 105 65 135 40 170 50.0
Serbian 450 45 135 245 25 165 36.7
Serbo-Croatian 325 35 85 195 15 130 40.0
Slovak 15 0 0 10 0 10 66.7
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 40 15 5 10 5 20 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 25 10 0 10 5 15 60.0
Armenian 30 5 5 25 0 10 33.3
Albanian 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 40 15 0 25 0 30 75.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 45 15 0 25 0 30 66.7
Turkic languages 70 35 10 5 15 40 57.1
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 40 30 0 5 0 30 75.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 10 0 10 10 40.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,575 665 895 1,605 410 1,470 41.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 50 0 30 15 5 5 10.0
Cushitic languages 155 15 55 60 25 45 29.0
Oromo 65 0 30 20 10 10 15.4
Somali 90 15 20 35 15 30 33.3
Semitic languages 3,355 650 800 1,530 380 1,415 42.2
Amharic 25 20 0 10 5 20 80.0
Arabic 3,295 625 785 1,510 370 1,385 42.0
Hebrew 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 5 0 0 5 5 33.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 485 265 30 120 65 325 67.0
Indo-Aryan languages 155 110 0 25 10 125 80.6
Bengali 50 35 0 5 5 40 80.0
Gujarati 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
Hindi 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 20 5 5 0 25 83.3
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 10 0 0 0 5 100.0
Urdu 60 40 0 10 10 50 83.3
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 325 150 30 95 50 195 60.0
Kurdish 35 20 5 20 0 25 71.4
Pashto 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 280 135 30 75 50 170 60.7
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 20 10 5 0 0 15 75.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 15 10 0 0 0 10 66.7
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 40 20 5 10 5 25 62.5
Korean 60 35 5 15 5 45 75.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,105 595 135 215 160 705 63.8
Chinese languages 1,105 595 135 215 160 700 63.3
Cantonese 65 35 5 10 15 35 53.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 335 180 45 55 55 205 61.2
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 700 380 80 140 90 450 64.3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 80 20 25 20 10 30 37.5
Lao 70 10 25 20 10 25 35.7
Thai 15 5 0 0 0 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 385 100 50 155 75 175 45.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 15 20 50 20 40 38.1
Vietnamese 280 85 30 105 55 135 48.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 60 30 10 15 5 40 66.7
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 25 0 5 0 25 83.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 20 0 10 10 0 5 25.0
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 425 25 165 190 45 120 28.2
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 340 20 135 140 40 95 27.9
Lingala 30 0 15 5 0 5 16.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 115 5 40 65 5 35 30.4
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 85 5 30 40 5 25 29.4
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 85 10 40 10 20 20 23.5
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 10 5 10 40.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 30 0 5 20 0 10 33.3
Bamanankan 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 5 15 25 0 15 37.5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 0 5 20 5 10 33.3
Creoles 245 5 130 75 35 45 18.4
Non-verbal languages 55 10 25 10 10 15 27.3
American Sign Language 5 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Quebec Sign Language 25 0 10 5 5 5 20.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 0 10 5 10 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 10,270 2,165 5,600 2,505 0 3,415 33.3
English and French 5,540 915 2,735 1,895 0 1,855 33.5
English and non-official language 1,175 1,145 30 0 0 1,145 97.4
French and non-official language 2,600 20 2,580 0 0 20 0.8
English, French and non-official language 955 85 255 615 0 390 40.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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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