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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 L6A
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 76,970 69,525 40 4,185 3,215
Single responses 73,955 66,900 40 3,810 3,200
English 34,175 32,495 0 1,645 25
French 455 40 10 400 0
Non-official languages 39,325 34,370 25 1,765 3,170
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 13,955 12,185 10 715 1,045
Italian 9,335 8,205 5 415 715
Portuguese 1,535 1,350 0 65 115
Romanian 620 455 0 120 50
Spanish 2,460 2,175 0 115 165
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 245 225 0 25 0
Dutch 25 15 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 185 175 0 15 0
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 5 0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 5 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 5,430 4,775 5 295 360
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 5 0
Bulgarian 55 50 5 5 0
Croatian 115 105 0 5 5
Czech 20 20 0 0 0
Macedonian 85 80 0 0 0
Polish 490 450 5 25 15
Russian 4,245 3,695 5 230 315
Serbian 145 125 0 15 10
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0
Slovak 25 25 0 0 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 170 145 0 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 45 40 0 0 0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 35 0 0 0
Greek 440 405 0 25 5
Armenian 215 175 0 30 10
Albanian 165 145 0 5 10
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 170 155 0 10 5
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 150 135 0 10 5
Turkic languages 500 430 0 20 55
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 0
Turkish 480 410 0 20 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,125 1,870 5 130 120
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 50 35 0 10 5
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 45 30 0 10 5
Semitic languages 2,075 1,835 5 120 110
Amharic 55 45 0 0 5
Arabic 835 720 0 70 40
Hebrew 655 595 5 40 15
Maltese 55 55 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 445 400 0 5 50
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,300 6,340 0 265 690
Indo-Aryan languages 5,405 4,695 0 175 535
Bengali 105 100 0 0 5
Gujarati 690 590 0 30 75
Hindi 355 330 0 15 15
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,145 940 0 30 175
Sindhi 40 30 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 0
Urdu 2,965 2,600 0 100 270
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,865 1,620 0 85 155
Kurdish 125 90 0 5 30
Pashto 45 45 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,700 1,490 5 80 125
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,535 1,390 0 45 105
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 95 90 0 5 5
Tamil 1,410 1,275 0 40 95
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 45 45 0 0 0
Korean 590 510 0 25 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,290 2,740 5 80 460
Chinese languages 3,275 2,730 0 80 460
Cantonese 1,095 885 0 30 180
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 25 0 0 5
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 820 695 0 20 100
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,305 1,100 0 35 170
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 145 135 0 5 10
Lao 130 120 0 5 10
Thai 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,515 1,265 0 40 215
Khmer (Cambodian) 215 185 0 0 25
Vietnamese 1,305 1,075 0 30 190
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,330 1,285 0 20 15
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 5 0
Ilocano 75 75 0 0 5
Malay 40 35 0 0 5
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,170 1,135 0 20 15
Bikol 10 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 245 230 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 110 100 0 5 0
Bantu languages 35 35 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 10 15 0 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 25 20 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Creoles 15 10 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 10 0 0 0 10
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 10
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,015 2,620 0 375 20
English and French 115 15 0 100 0
English and non-official language 2,735 2,545 5 170 15
French and non-official language 85 40 0 45 5
English, French and non-official language 75 15 0 60 0

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


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