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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, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Papineau
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 108,315 20,245 70,905 11,090 6,080 25,785 23.8
Single responses 98,335 17,775 64,900 9,585 6,080 22,565 22.9
English 9,605 8,960 645 0 0 8,960 93.3
French 54,570 550 54,020 0 0 550 1.0
Non-official languages 34,165 8,260 10,235 9,585 6,080 13,050 38.2
Aboriginal languages 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Algonquian languages 10 5 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,655 460 4,605 3,060 1,530 1,985 20.6
Italian 2,570 105 1,075 840 555 525 20.4
Portuguese 1,385 65 650 430 235 285 20.6
Romanian 210 5 70 110 20 60 28.6
Spanish 5,485 275 2,805 1,680 720 1,115 20.3
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 25 10 0 20 0 15 60.0
Dutch 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 5 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 0 not applicable ...
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 670 180 160 260 75 310 46.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Bulgarian 110 10 50 50 5 30 27.3
Croatian 30 10 5 5 0 20 66.7
Czech 15 0 10 5 0 5 33.3
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 195 70 25 75 30 110 56.4
Russian 165 30 50 65 15 65 39.4
Serbian 15 5 5 15 0 10 66.7
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovenian 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ukrainian 120 40 20 35 20 55 45.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 3,710 1,740 65 915 990 2,195 59.2
Armenian 135 35 5 80 15 75 55.6
Albanian 150 30 30 75 15 70 46.7
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 35 15 5 15 5 25 71.4
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 35 15 5 15 5 25 71.4
Turkic languages 565 75 235 135 115 145 25.7
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 560 75 235 130 115 140 25.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,750 185 1,940 1,160 465 765 20.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 125 0 80 35 10 20 16.0
Cushitic languages 215 10 110 65 30 40 18.6
Oromo 190 0 110 50 25 30 15.8
Somali 25 5 10 10 0 10 40.0
Semitic languages 3,370 175 1,720 1,050 425 705 20.9
Amharic 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Arabic 3,360 175 1,720 1,045 420 695 20.7
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 0 25 15 5 5 12.5
Indo-Iranian languages 7,320 3,675 505 1,775 1,365 4,560 62.3
Indo-Aryan languages 7,020 3,600 450 1,675 1,295 4,435 63.2
Bengali 1,825 950 105 540 230 1,225 67.1
Gujarati 970 495 40 240 190 620 63.9
Hindi 205 120 5 50 25 150 73.2
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,035 1,050 130 365 490 1,230 60.4
Sindhi 40 20 0 20 5 30 75.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 35 0 10 0 40 72.7
Urdu 1,845 905 160 425 350 1,115 60.4
Nepali 50 25 5 20 5 30 60.0
Iranian languages 285 70 55 95 65 120 42.1
Kurdish 10 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 220 55 30 70 55 95 43.2
Persian (Farsi) 60 15 15 25 5 25 41.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Dravidian languages 1,660 910 150 405 195 1,110 66.9
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Tamil 1,635 895 150 400 190 1,095 67.0
Telugu 25 15 5 0 5 15 60.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Korean 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,920 400 435 490 590 645 33.6
Chinese languages 1,915 400 425 490 595 645 33.7
Cantonese 435 75 55 125 175 140 32.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 170 55 35 50 30 80 47.1
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,290 265 340 310 375 420 32.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 45 0 20 15 5 10 22.2
Lao 25 5 15 10 0 5 20.0
Thai 15 0 5 10 5 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,810 360 1,065 815 570 765 27.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 350 45 150 90 70 85 24.3
Vietnamese 2,455 320 915 725 500 680 27.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 60 35 5 10 5 45 75.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 35 30 0 10 0 30 85.7
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 315 115 95 90 15 155 49.2
Akan (Twi) 140 90 5 40 0 110 78.6
Bantu languages 50 0 35 10 5 5 10.0
Lingala 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 55 5 30 20 5 10 18.2
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 15 5 5 5 5 10 66.7
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 15 20 15 0 25 45.5
African languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 5 0 5 25.0
Creoles 1,260 35 870 250 105 160 12.7
Non-verbal languages 45 0 20 5 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 15 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 0 10 0 20 5 20.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 9,980 2,475 6,005 1,505 0 3,225 32.3
English and French 1,175 200 450 520 0 460 39.1
English and non-official language 2,110 2,060 50 0 0 2,065 97.9
French and non-official language 5,290 60 5,230 0 0 60 1.1
English, French and non-official language 1,400 150 270 980 0 640 45.7

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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-XCB2011056.

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