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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 and Forward Sortation Areas, 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 M1E
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 45,700 43,975 585 300 835 740 1.6
Single responses 42,500 40,900 520 235 840 640 1.5
English 33,600 33,370 225 0 0 225 0.7
French 280 15 275 0 0 270 96.4
Non-official languages 8,615 7,515 25 240 840 145 1.7
Aboriginal languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 700 575 5 50 70 30 4.3
Italian 165 130 0 5 30 0 0.0
Portuguese 50 35 0 0 15 0 0.0
Romanian 120 85 0 25 0 15 12.5
Spanish 365 320 5 20 25 15 4.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 80 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dutch 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
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 545 470 0 15 55 10 1.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 25 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Macedonian 135 115 0 5 15 0 0.0
Polish 215 190 5 5 20 5 2.3
Russian 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Serbian 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 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
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 160 150 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 55 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 210 190 0 5 10 5 2.4
Estonian 105 100 0 5 5 0 0.0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 85 75 0 5 5 5 5.9
Turkic languages 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 395 355 0 15 25 10 2.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 65 60 0 0 5 5 7.7
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 330 295 5 15 20 5 1.5
Amharic 155 140 0 5 10 5 3.2
Arabic 110 90 0 5 10 5 4.5
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,375 2,115 5 50 205 30 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 1,855 1,690 0 35 130 20 1.1
Bengali 550 520 0 15 20 5 0.9
Gujarati 180 160 0 0 20 5 2.8
Hindi 150 140 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 145 120 0 5 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 695 625 5 15 50 10 1.4
Nepali 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 520 430 5 15 75 10 1.9
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 65 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 440 360 0 15 65 10 2.3
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 1,775 1,550 0 35 195 15 0.8
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 65 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 1,675 1,450 0 35 190 20 1.2
Telugu 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Korean 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 865 665 0 15 180 10 1.2
Chinese languages 860 660 5 15 180 10 1.2
Cantonese 275 205 0 0 65 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 290 235 0 10 50 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 285 220 5 5 65 5 1.8
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 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 95 80 0 5 10 5 5.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 95 75 0 5 15 5 5.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 915 885 0 10 20 5 0.5
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 5 5 50.0
Malay 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
Pampango 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 860 830 0 10 20 5 0.6
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 150 140 5 10 5 5 3.3
Akan (Twi) 65 60 0 5 5 5 7.7
Bantu languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 45 25 5 10 5 15 33.3
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,205 3,075 65 65 0 95 3.0
English and French 105 30 35 40 0 55 52.4
English and non-official language 3,020 3,015 10 0 0 10 0.3
French and non-official language 15 5 10 0 0 10 66.7
English, French and non-official language 60 30 10 30 0 25 41.7

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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-XCB2011038.


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