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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada and Forward Sortation Areas, 2011 Census ©

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in H7W
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 39,630 6,605 6,980 24,380 1,670
Single responses 37,325 6,350 6,610 22,705 1,665
English 5,230 1,600 15 3,610 10
French 11,300 25 4,095 7,155 20
Non-official languages 20,795 4,725 2,500 11,935 1,635
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,545 155 570 1,675 145
Italian 690 45 40 595 10
Portuguese 545 45 165 285 50
Romanian 525 20 135 330 35
Spanish 785 40 240 455 55
Catalan 0 0 5 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 360 205 0 150 5
Dutch 25 10 0 15 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 260 155 0 95 0
Yiddish 70 35 0 35 0
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 660 170 70 385 35
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 0 5 5 0
Bulgarian 40 5 0 30 0
Croatian 135 45 5 75 10
Czech 10 5 0 10 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 160 50 10 90 5
Russian 205 40 35 115 10
Serbian 40 5 10 25 5
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 0 0
Slovak 15 5 0 10 0
Slovenian 15 5 0 5 0
Ukrainian 25 10 0 15 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 10 0 0 5
Latvian 10 0 5 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 5 0
Greek 7,330 2,690 45 3,885 705
Armenian 2,735 320 195 2,020 205
Albanian 30 5 5 20 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 145 55 10 65 5
Estonian 0 0 0 5 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 140 50 15 65 10
Turkic languages 120 25 15 55 25
Azerbaijani 10 0 5 5 0
Turkish 110 25 10 50 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,195 315 1,115 2,540 225
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 0 20 15 0
Cushitic languages 50 0 15 25 0
Oromo 45 0 15 30 5
Somali 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,090 315 1,070 2,490 220
Amharic 10 5 0 5 0
Arabic 3,950 280 1,060 2,390 220
Hebrew 120 20 5 85 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 15 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,255 450 110 545 160
Indo-Aryan languages 785 375 10 305 85
Bengali 30 15 0 10 0
Gujarati 95 50 0 30 10
Hindi 40 25 0 10 0
Konkani 0 0 0 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 355 180 10 130 40
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 255 105 5 125 30
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 475 70 95 230 80
Kurdish 10 0 0 0 0
Pashto 35 15 5 15 0
Persian (Farsi) 425 50 90 210 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 195 90 10 80 15
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 200 95 10 80 20
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 195 65 35 70 25
Chinese languages 195 65 40 65 20
Cantonese 30 10 5 10 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 20 5 5 5 5
Shanghainese 0 5 5 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 130 50 30 45 10
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 0 30 40 5
Lao 70 0 30 35 5
Thai 5 5 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 390 50 105 185 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 220 20 75 100 25
Vietnamese 175 35 30 85 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 120 80 0 40 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 5 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 105 70 5 30 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 95 20 40 35 0
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 50 0 30 15 5
Lingala 20 0 15 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 5 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 5 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Creoles 295 10 140 130 15
Non-verbal languages 5 5 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,305 255 365 1,675 10
English and French 395 15 15 370 0
English and non-official language 710 225 10 470 0
French and non-official language 780 10 330 440 5
English, French and non-official language 415 10 10 390 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011032.


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