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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 London
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 469,005 456,520 5,670 1,920 4,900 6,630 1.4
Single responses 456,370 444,565 5,300 1,605 4,900 6,105 1.3
English 417,230 413,550 3,685 0 0 3,685 0.9
French 1,660 145 1,515 0 0 1,515 91.3
Non-official languages 37,480 30,875 105 1,600 4,905 905 2.4
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 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
Oneida 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
Iroquoian 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
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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 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 9,890 7,575 40 720 1,555 395 4.0
Italian 955 810 0 35 105 20 2.1
Portuguese 2,465 1,690 15 65 700 50 2.0
Romanian 425 275 5 115 30 60 14.1
Spanish 6,035 4,795 20 500 725 270 4.5
Catalan 5 5 5 5 0 5 100.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 1,085 945 0 45 90 25 2.3
Dutch 260 235 0 10 15 0 0.0
Flemish 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 725 620 5 30 70 15 2.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Danish 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,795 5,050 5 275 465 140 2.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 375 330 0 10 30 5 1.3
Bulgarian 35 30 0 10 0 5 14.3
Croatian 450 415 0 10 25 5 1.1
Czech 130 120 0 10 0 5 3.8
Macedonian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 2,970 2,595 0 130 245 65 2.2
Russian 605 480 0 50 75 25 4.1
Serbian 510 455 0 25 30 15 2.9
Serbo-Croatian 165 150 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovak 130 110 0 15 0 5 3.8
Slovenian 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 330 280 0 10 40 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 60 60 0 0 0 5 8.3
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 760 665 0 15 85 5 0.7
Armenian 30 20 5 5 5 5 16.7
Albanian 565 465 0 5 90 5 0.9
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 445 410 0 15 20 5 1.1
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 430 395 5 15 15 10 2.3
Turkic languages 220 185 0 5 25 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 190 155 0 5 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,590 4,590 25 285 690 165 3.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 195 170 5 10 10 5 2.6
Oromo 15 10 0 10 0 5 33.3
Somali 175 155 5 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 5,400 4,420 25 275 680 160 3.0
Amharic 130 115 0 0 10 5 3.8
Arabic 4,465 3,645 25 260 545 150 3.4
Hebrew 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 630 500 0 15 120 5 0.8
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 3,930 3,395 10 90 430 55 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 2,170 1,925 0 45 205 20 0.9
Bengali 250 225 0 5 20 0 0.0
Gujarati 290 260 0 5 30 0 0.0
Hindi 300 270 0 5 20 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 445 390 0 15 45 10 2.2
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 685 620 0 25 40 10 1.5
Nepali 120 85 0 0 40 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,745 1,460 10 40 230 30 1.7
Kurdish 530 435 5 10 80 10 1.9
Pashto 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,135 960 0 30 140 20 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 320 280 0 10 30 10 3.1
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 140 135 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tamil 125 95 0 5 25 0 0.0
Telugu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 100 75 0 5 25 0 0.0
Korean 1,975 1,690 0 30 255 15 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,925 3,205 5 50 670 25 0.6
Chinese languages 3,730 3,100 5 50 585 25 0.7
Cantonese 705 555 0 5 140 5 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,055 900 0 20 135 10 0.9
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,945 1,620 0 25 300 15 0.8
Tibetan 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
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 100 0 0 85 0 0.0
Tai languages 75 60 0 5 5 5 6.7
Lao 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Thai 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,680 1,280 5 25 370 15 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 515 375 0 10 125 10 1.9
Vietnamese 1,170 910 0 10 245 10 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 560 545 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 35 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 500 490 0 0 5 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 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 160 125 0 20 10 15 9.4
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 70 5 15 5 15 15.8
Lingala 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 30 0 5 0 5 12.5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Non-verbal languages 175 120 0 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 65 50 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 110 75 5 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 12,640 11,955 370 315 0 525 4.2
English and French 570 170 235 165 0 315 55.3
English and non-official language 11,725 11,690 40 0 0 40 0.3
French and non-official language 85 25 60 0 0 60 70.6
English, French and non-official language 255 70 35 150 0 110 43.1

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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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