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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 Regina
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 208,080 204,080 2,270 335 1,395 2,435 1.2
Single responses 203,760 199,935 2,195 235 1,395 2,310 1.1
English 191,785 190,405 1,375 0 0 1,375 0.7
French 880 95 790 0 0 790 89.8
Non-official languages 11,100 9,435 30 235 1,400 145 1.3
Aboriginal languages 55 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 50 45 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 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 45 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dakota 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
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 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 620 495 0 70 55 35 5.6
Italian 95 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Romanian 80 65 0 10 5 5 6.3
Spanish 420 330 0 50 40 20 4.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 295 275 0 10 20 5 1.7
Dutch 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 195 175 0 5 15 5 2.6
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian 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
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 85 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,050 940 0 10 95 10 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Czech 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
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 100 85 0 5 10 0 0.0
Russian 525 475 0 5 50 0 0.0
Serbian 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 0 0 5 5 50.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 240 210 0 0 25 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 190 180 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 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
Albanian 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Turkic languages 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 50 45 0 0 5 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 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 810 670 5 25 100 20 2.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 220 180 0 0 40 0 0.0
Oromo 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 190 160 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages 590 490 5 25 65 20 3.4
Amharic 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 430 350 5 25 50 20 4.7
Hebrew 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,480 2,115 0 45 315 25 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,115 1,810 0 35 270 20 0.9
Bengali 255 225 0 15 20 5 2.0
Gujarati 155 130 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hindi 185 180 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 615 535 0 5 75 0 0.0
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 755 660 0 15 80 5 0.7
Nepali 135 70 0 0 70 0 0.0
Iranian languages 345 290 0 10 40 5 1.4
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 75 60 0 5 15 5 6.7
Persian (Farsi) 255 215 0 10 25 5 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 350 280 0 0 65 5 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,315 1,765 5 20 520 15 0.6
Chinese languages 1,985 1,550 5 25 405 20 1.0
Cantonese 355 255 0 5 95 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 395 315 0 5 75 5 1.3
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 5 100.0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,225 975 5 10 230 10 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 30 20 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 300 195 0 0 105 0 0.0
Tai languages 105 90 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 705 575 0 10 110 5 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 685 565 0 10 105 5 0.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,600 1,560 0 5 35 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,450 1,415 0 0 30 5 0.3
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. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 95 50 10 20 10 20 21.1
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 60 25 10 10 10 20 33.3
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 5 10 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 25 10 10 0 0 10 40.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 45 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,315 4,145 75 100 0 125 2.9
English and French 185 65 55 65 0 85 45.9
English and non-official language 4,035 4,030 0 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 35 25 15 0 0 10 28.6
English, French and non-official language 65 25 5 35 0 25 38.5

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not applicable

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too unreliable to be published

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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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