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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Montréal, V
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 1,627,945 167,775 506,665 908,085 45,425
Single responses 1,561,740 161,130 489,210 866,480 44,915
English 206,210 69,380 1,095 135,425 310
French 818,975 990 347,250 470,015 715
Non-official languages 536,560 90,760 140,865 261,045 43,890
Aboriginal languages 465 190 85 180 5
Algonquian languages 245 75 70 105 0
Algonquin 20 5 5 10 0
Atikamekw 20 0 20 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 140 65 10 60 0
Cree, n.o.s. 140 65 10 60 5
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 5 0 0 5 0
Mi'kmaq 10 5 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 45 0 25 20 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 5 0
Ojibway 5 0 5 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 15 5 5 10 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 0 5 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. 10 5 5 5 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 20 5 0 10 0
Mohawk 15 10 0 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 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 5 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 5 5
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 0 0 0 5
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 160 105 5 50 5
Inuktitut 125 80 5 45 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0
Romance languages 181,455 9,055 52,025 107,080 13,300
Italian 76,540 3,330 14,305 53,115 5,790
Portuguese 16,910 990 5,120 9,670 1,135
Romanian 14,690 525 3,850 9,520 795
Spanish 73,160 4,200 28,700 34,685 5,570
Catalan 135 5 40 85 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 25 0 5 15 5
Germanic languages 11,575 4,410 150 6,005 1,015
Dutch 850 185 15 645 5
Flemish 140 5 5 120 0
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0
German 4,440 1,380 95 2,935 30
Yiddish 5,600 2,610 25 2,000 965
Scandinavian languages 455 210 0 235 5
Danish 115 55 0 55 0
Icelandic 25 10 0 20 0
Norwegian 105 60 0 45 5
Swedish 215 85 0 115 0
Afrikaans 40 15 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 55 0 10 45 0
Celtic languages 60 15 15 30 0
Gaelic languages 20 5 5 10 0
Welsh 15 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 10 0
Slavic languages 32,900 7,030 5,145 18,845 1,875
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 55 15 10 25 0
Bosnian 225 35 50 130 15
Bulgarian 3,905 360 925 2,415 205
Croatian 925 275 65 550 35
Czech 700 205 45 440 10
Macedonian 105 25 15 60 5
Polish 7,955 2,045 745 4,855 315
Russian 13,445 2,685 2,700 6,960 1,100
Serbian 1,150 195 155 755 45
Serbo-Croatian 465 40 65 340 15
Slovak 515 150 20 345 0
Slovenian 370 195 5 155 5
Ukrainian 2,925 765 325 1,720 115
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 170 45 25 90 10
Baltic languages 465 190 5 260 10
Latvian 145 65 0 75 0
Lithuanian 325 125 5 185 5
Greek 18,025 6,375 250 9,305 2,095
Armenian 6,040 720 555 4,395 375
Albanian 1,470 175 395 795 105
Georgian 110 25 15 60 15
Finno-Ugric languages 3,205 1,135 205 1,650 215
Estonian 85 40 5 45 0
Finnish 175 65 0 105 5
Hungarian 2,940 1,025 200 1,500 215
Turkic languages 5,120 970 1,660 1,855 635
Azerbaijani 120 45 10 60 10
Turkish 4,735 875 1,585 1,670 605
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 260 50 65 125 25
Mongolian 75 20 20 25 10
Afro-Asiatic languages 97,175 7,700 38,965 45,180 5,335
Berber languages (Kabyle) 4,120 20 2,645 1,285 170
Cushitic languages 5,530 90 3,065 2,165 210
Oromo 4,945 20 2,875 1,870 170
Somali 585 70 190 285 35
Semitic languages 86,410 7,580 32,645 41,270 4,910
Amharic 500 155 25 300 15
Arabic 83,785 6,735 32,535 39,715 4,800
Hebrew 1,800 585 50 1,085 80
Maltese 10 0 0 5 0
Tigrigna 245 80 15 135 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 20 15 35 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 1,120 10 615 455 35
Indo-Iranian languages 39,610 17,710 2,400 15,075 4,425
Indo-Aryan languages 29,325 14,435 1,320 10,055 3,510
Bengali 9,100 4,365 530 3,275 930
Gujarati 4,330 2,120 140 1,510 555
Hindi 1,515 905 15 520 80
Konkani 45 20 5 20 0
Marathi 90 65 0 20 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,010 3,495 250 2,135 1,135
Sindhi 175 65 10 90 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 390 240 10 125 15
Urdu 6,510 3,090 350 2,285 785
Nepali 160 75 5 75 5
Iranian languages 9,990 3,155 1,030 4,930 880
Kurdish 475 65 175 180 55
Pashto 735 215 120 265 135
Persian (Farsi) 8,780 2,870 735 4,485 690
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 290 115 50 95 30
Dravidian languages 10,615 5,385 525 3,560 1,150
Kannada 105 80 0 20 5
Malayalam 140 85 5 50 5
Tamil 10,110 5,025 510 3,435 1,125
Telugu 260 190 5 50 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Japanese 1,280 590 70 565 60
Korean 2,425 1,205 80 925 215
Sino-Tibetan languages 41,280 14,435 4,800 14,095 7,950
Chinese languages 41,150 14,375 4,800 14,040 7,940
Cantonese 6,460 1,625 555 2,615 1,655
Chaochow (Teochow) 165 20 25 85 35
Fukien 55 30 5 20 0
Hakka 45 10 5 15 15
Mandarin 6,950 2,940 765 2,375 875
Shanghainese 50 20 5 15 10
Taiwanese 205 90 5 75 25
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,230 9,635 3,440 8,835 5,320
Tibetan languages 40 10 0 30 0
Burmese 45 30 0 15 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 50 30 5 15 5
Tai languages 1,875 165 570 975 165
Lao 1,520 60 520 795 145
Thai 355 110 55 170 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 22,775 2,690 6,185 10,570 3,335
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,930 380 1,715 2,135 700
Vietnamese 17,850 2,310 4,470 8,435 2,630
Malayo-Polynesian languages 12,905 9,140 235 3,340 190
Bisayan languages 665 520 10 125 5
Ilocano 1,400 1,120 0 245 30
Malay 380 195 10 155 20
Pampango 110 90 5 20 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,730 7,035 45 2,535 120
Bikol 85 55 0 25 0
Malagasy 345 0 155 185 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 60 50 0 5 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 125 75 10 40 5
Niger-Congo languages 10,990 1,025 5,005 4,780 180
Akan (Twi) 885 440 15 415 15
Bantu languages 5,225 270 2,615 2,260 70
Lingala 1,455 5 1,015 425 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 965 5 435 510 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 985 15 380 570 15
Shona 80 40 0 40 0
Swahili 740 70 350 315 10
Ganda 20 15 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 980 125 440 395 20
Edo 40 30 5 10 0
Igbo 65 45 0 20 5
Wolof 1,045 10 460 550 30
Bamanankan 445 5 275 170 5
Ewe 220 10 85 125 5
Ga 65 35 0 25 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,995 180 1,550 1,215 55
African languages, n.i.e. 540 60 190 280 10
Creoles 33,725 320 21,160 11,125 1,115
Non-verbal languages 275 15 110 50 100
American Sign Language 15 10 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 135 0 75 25 30
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 10 35 15 70
Other languages 125 10 40 65 10
Multiple responses 66,210 6,640 17,450 41,605 510
English and French 17,430 395 825 16,155 55
English and non-official language 13,160 5,800 290 6,945 125
French and non-official language 29,085 285 16,025 12,505 270
English, French and non-official language 6,540 165 310 6,000 55

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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