Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

Archived Content

Content is archived.

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 ©

Data table

Select data categories for this table


This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in L5V
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 50,545 45,165 40 3,065 2,285
Single responses 47,715 42,700 35 2,705 2,270
English 18,280 17,135 0 1,120 25
French 360 15 5 330 0
Non-official languages 29,085 25,555 25 1,255 2,250
Aboriginal languages 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 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 3,075 2,640 5 200 230
Italian 780 690 0 55 35
Portuguese 1,425 1,230 5 65 125
Romanian 95 75 0 20 0
Spanish 770 645 0 60 65
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 110 95 0 10 0
Dutch 15 15 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 80 75 0 5 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Danish 5 5 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 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 2,055 1,830 0 105 120
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 45 40 0 5 5
Bulgarian 5 5 0 0 0
Croatian 300 285 0 15 5
Czech 20 20 0 0 0
Macedonian 70 65 0 0 5
Polish 1,145 1,020 0 50 70
Russian 155 125 0 10 20
Serbian 100 90 0 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 0
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0
Ukrainian 130 110 0 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 5 5
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 0 5
Greek 135 130 0 0 5
Armenian 30 25 0 0 0
Albanian 65 55 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 70 65 0 5 0
Estonian 0 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 60 55 0 5 0
Turkic languages 80 75 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 80 70 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,635 2,220 10 265 140
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 5
Cushitic languages 90 80 0 5 5
Oromo 0 0 0 5 0
Somali 90 85 0 5 5
Semitic languages 2,530 2,135 10 255 130
Amharic 20 15 0 0 0
Arabic 2,315 1,935 10 255 120
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0
Tigrigna 20 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 9,390 8,525 0 305 550
Indo-Aryan languages 8,920 8,110 0 285 525
Bengali 255 240 0 10 5
Gujarati 835 740 0 40 55
Hindi 1,075 975 0 55 45
Konkani 110 105 0 0 5
Marathi 160 150 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,200 1,885 0 55 260
Sindhi 150 140 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 50 0 5 0
Urdu 4,055 3,795 0 105 155
Nepali 30 30 0 5 0
Iranian languages 440 385 0 20 30
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0
Pashto 105 85 0 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 325 295 0 10 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 1,800 1,610 0 65 125
Kannada 45 40 0 0 0
Malayalam 200 190 0 5 5
Tamil 1,410 1,240 0 50 115
Telugu 140 120 0 15 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 35 35 0 0 5
Korean 345 290 0 15 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,975 4,015 0 125 825
Chinese languages 4,965 4,010 5 125 825
Cantonese 2,170 1,745 0 50 375
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5
Fukien 20 15 0 0 5
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 915 730 0 25 150
Shanghainese 35 25 0 0 5
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,790 1,465 0 50 275
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 30 25 0 0 0
Lao 15 20 0 5 0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,355 1,160 0 30 170
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 5 5
Vietnamese 1,345 1,155 0 25 165
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,605 2,535 5 40 30
Bisayan languages 50 45 0 5 0
Ilocano 40 40 0 0 0
Malay 220 205 0 5 5
Pampango 30 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,245 2,190 5 35 15
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 140 130 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 0 0
Bantu languages 30 30 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 10 15 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Creoles 85 20 0 60 5
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 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 2,835 2,460 5 350 15
English and French 120 30 0 90 0
English and non-official language 2,555 2,375 0 160 15
French and non-official language 65 30 0 35 0
English, French and non-official language 90 20 0 65 0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

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


© This data includes information copied with permission from Canada Post Corporation.

Date modified: