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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 M1K
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 47,135 42,850 70 2,180 2,025
Single responses 44,995 40,940 60 1,980 2,010
English 22,905 21,955 0 925 25
French 450 45 25 380 0
Non-official languages 21,635 18,945 35 675 1,985
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 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 1,755 1,460 5 85 205
Italian 795 650 0 25 120
Portuguese 190 155 5 10 20
Romanian 115 90 0 20 10
Spanish 650 560 5 35 55
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 300 290 0 10 5
Dutch 35 35 0 0 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 240 230 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 0 0
Danish 5 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,125 1,015 0 30 85
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 85 75 0 5 5
Croatian 35 30 0 0 0
Czech 55 50 0 5 0
Macedonian 490 440 0 0 50
Polish 220 190 0 10 15
Russian 65 60 0 5 0
Serbian 100 90 0 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 35 35 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 5 0
Greek 1,130 1,020 0 10 100
Armenian 40 35 0 5 5
Albanian 85 70 0 5 10
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 225 200 0 10 15
Estonian 25 25 0 0 0
Finnish 30 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 175 150 0 10 15
Turkic languages 95 80 0 0 5
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 80 65 5 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,215 1,045 5 95 65
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 245 215 0 15 20
Oromo 45 40 0 0 5
Somali 205 170 5 15 15
Semitic languages 965 835 0 80 50
Amharic 315 295 0 10 10
Arabic 410 325 5 55 30
Hebrew 5 5 0 5 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 120 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,045 3,670 0 130 245
Indo-Aryan languages 3,530 3,220 5 110 195
Bengali 1,720 1,560 0 75 90
Gujarati 330 285 0 5 40
Hindi 265 250 0 5 10
Konkani 20 10 0 0 5
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 175 150 0 5 20
Sindhi 45 45 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 125 120 0 0 0
Urdu 700 655 5 10 30
Nepali 135 125 0 10 5
Iranian languages 500 430 0 20 50
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 5
Pashto 85 75 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 390 335 0 20 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,870 3,405 5 110 355
Kannada 15 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 80 80 0 0 5
Tamil 3,560 3,110 5 110 340
Telugu 205 200 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 85 0 0 5
Korean 75 65 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,105 2,285 5 50 770
Chinese languages 3,055 2,235 5 50 765
Cantonese 1,220 830 0 20 365
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 25 25 0 0 0
Hakka 50 45 0 0 5
Mandarin 645 505 0 15 130
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,095 815 0 15 260
Tibetan languages 30 30 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Tai languages 15 10 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0
Thai 15 10 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 220 175 0 10 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 215 165 5 10 35
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,895 3,800 0 35 60
Bisayan languages 185 180 0 0 0
Ilocano 220 210 0 0 5
Malay 25 30 0 0 5
Pampango 35 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,380 3,300 0 35 45
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 205 165 5 35 0
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 130 95 5 30 5
Lingala 10 0 5 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 5 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 70 65 0 5 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Creoles 70 25 0 40 0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,145 1,910 10 205 20
English and French 90 30 0 60 0
English and non-official language 1,945 1,840 5 80 20
French and non-official language 75 25 5 35 0
English, French and non-official language 40 15 0 30 0

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


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