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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 Edmonton
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 1,146,600 1,101,745 24,010 4,785 16,060 26,400 2.3
Single responses 1,104,225 1,061,735 22,575 3,855 16,065 24,500 2.2
English 967,740 954,175 13,560 0 0 13,565 1.4
French 9,055 525 8,535 0 0 8,530 94.2
Non-official languages 127,430 107,040 475 3,855 16,060 2,405 1.9
Aboriginal languages 520 510 0 5 5 5 1.0
Algonquian languages 415 405 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 390 380 0 5 5 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 390 380 0 5 5 5 1.3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 20 20 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 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
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 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
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iroquoian 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
Mohawk 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
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 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
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gitksan 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
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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 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
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 13,020 10,385 100 985 1,555 595 4.6
Italian 1,605 1,335 5 50 215 30 1.9
Portuguese 1,695 1,325 10 85 270 55 3.2
Romanian 1,260 930 10 220 105 120 9.5
Spanish 8,450 6,780 80 625 965 390 4.6
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages 3,200 2,920 10 160 105 95 3.0
Dutch 325 285 0 25 10 15 4.6
Flemish 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Frisian 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
German 2,545 2,330 5 115 90 70 2.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 105 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 200 190 0 0 5 5 2.5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Gaelic 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
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 11,035 9,720 20 430 865 230 2.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 340 310 0 5 20 5 1.5
Bulgarian 255 200 5 30 15 20 7.8
Croatian 530 465 5 5 60 5 0.9
Czech 220 205 0 10 10 5 2.3
Macedonian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 3,895 3,465 5 110 320 60 1.5
Russian 2,620 2,280 10 130 205 75 2.9
Serbian 815 720 0 25 65 15 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 0 15 0 0.0
Slovak 155 140 0 10 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,880 1,640 0 95 140 50 2.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Baltic languages 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 315 290 0 15 15 10 3.2
Armenian 50 40 0 5 0 5 10.0
Albanian 255 225 0 5 30 5 2.0
Georgian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 525 450 0 30 45 15 2.9
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 490 420 0 30 45 15 3.1
Turkic languages 1,070 870 10 60 130 40 3.7
Azerbaijani 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Turkish 965 780 15 55 115 40 4.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mongolian 45 35 5 5 0 5 11.1
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,845 9,830 145 775 1,090 530 4.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Cushitic languages 3,010 2,505 40 175 290 125 4.2
Oromo 360 275 0 20 60 10 2.8
Somali 2,655 2,230 40 150 230 115 4.3
Semitic languages 8,800 7,315 100 590 795 395 4.5
Amharic 1,110 1,025 5 10 65 10 0.9
Arabic 6,830 5,510 95 555 665 375 5.5
Hebrew 135 120 0 10 5 5 3.7
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 625 565 0 5 55 5 0.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 5 10 5 5.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 10 5 10 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 29,690 25,380 15 470 3,820 250 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 26,640 22,750 15 385 3,500 200 0.8
Bengali 1,025 955 0 30 40 15 1.5
Gujarati 2,025 1,705 5 45 270 25 1.2
Hindi 3,630 3,330 0 50 245 30 0.8
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 170 155 0 10 10 5 2.9
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,730 12,015 10 175 2,540 95 0.6
Sindhi 370 335 0 10 30 5 1.4
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 460 440 0 5 15 0 0.0
Urdu 3,855 3,505 0 55 295 25 0.6
Nepali 350 295 0 5 50 5 1.4
Iranian languages 2,980 2,585 0 80 310 40 1.3
Kurdish 300 260 0 5 35 5 1.7
Pashto 335 290 0 5 40 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,345 2,030 0 75 240 35 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 10 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,670 1,545 0 20 105 15 0.9
Kannada 45 45 0 0 0 5 11.1
Malayalam 740 685 0 5 50 5 0.7
Tamil 615 570 0 10 35 5 0.8
Telugu 260 240 0 0 15 5 1.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 425 370 0 0 50 5 1.2
Korean 3,155 2,700 0 40 415 25 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 28,330 21,895 20 300 6,115 170 0.6
Chinese languages 28,055 21,695 15 295 6,040 165 0.6
Cantonese 9,550 6,780 5 70 2,695 40 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Fukien 65 40 0 0 30 0 0.0
Hakka 90 60 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,630 4,825 5 90 710 50 0.9
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,590 9,900 10 130 2,550 75 0.6
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 165 0 0 70 0 0.0
Tai languages 345 285 0 15 45 10 2.9
Lao 180 145 0 10 25 10 5.6
Thai 165 135 0 0 25 5 3.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 5,900 4,710 20 85 1,090 60 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 365 290 5 0 70 0 0.0
Vietnamese 5,540 4,425 15 85 1,015 60 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 13,090 12,790 5 45 255 25 0.2
Bisayan languages 390 390 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 345 330 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malay 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,095 11,835 5 45 220 30 0.2
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,415 990 100 240 80 225 15.9
Akan (Twi) 205 185 0 10 10 5 2.4
Bantu languages 875 550 80 190 50 175 20.0
Lingala 25 5 5 10 5 10 40.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 10 30 0 25 38.5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 85 20 70 36.8
Shona 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 305 195 35 55 20 60 19.7
Ganda 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 150 130 0 10 5 5 3.3
Edo 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 35 10 10 20 0 20 57.1
Bamanankan 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ewe 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Ga 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 205 160 10 15 15 15 7.3
African languages, n.i.e. 570 530 0 10 25 5 0.9
Creoles 345 175 20 135 15 85 24.6
Non-verbal languages 455 285 0 0 175 0 0.0
American Sign Language 180 120 0 0 60 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 280 160 0 0 115 0 0.0
Other languages 70 45 5 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,380 40,010 1,435 930 0 1,905 4.5
English and French 1,905 410 915 575 0 1,205 63.3
English and non-official language 39,395 39,305 90 0 0 90 0.2
French and non-official language 390 110 280 0 0 275 70.5
English, French and non-official language 685 180 150 355 0 330 48.2

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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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