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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Montréal, V
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,627,950 388,520 1,062,075 133,460
0 to 4 years 95,255 18,025 60,680 4,240
5 to 9 years 77,225 16,805 53,640 5,870
10 to 14 years 75,095 17,645 49,115 8,110
15 to 19 years 86,640 22,070 53,885 10,490
20 to 24 years 119,355 31,930 75,490 11,440
25 to 29 years 139,180 35,685 90,305 12,365
30 to 34 years 139,845 33,680 90,815 14,310
35 to 39 years 121,360 31,115 75,295 13,655
40 to 44 years 115,240 32,065 70,030 11,600
45 to 49 years 117,845 31,660 75,150 9,110
50 to 54 years 115,490 28,135 77,890 7,395
55 to 59 years 101,550 22,795 70,535 5,975
60 to 64 years 87,885 19,700 60,140 5,630
65 to 69 years 66,800 13,560 46,705 4,045
70 to 74 years 54,925 11,185 36,485 3,785
75 to 79 years 47,900 9,270 31,940 2,830
80 to 84 years 37,130 7,125 24,860 1,640
85 years and over 29,240 6,075 19,110 960
Median ageFootnote 2 38.3 38.0 38.7 35.0
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 1,380,380 336,055 898,635 115,235
Married or living with a common-law partner 661,890 166,940 415,395 61,610
Married (and not separated) 468,905 139,135 256,005 56,515
Living common law 192,985 27,805 159,395 5,100
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 718,485 169,110 483,240 53,620
Single (never legally married) 502,135 121,510 336,990 41,335
Separated 30,270 7,735 19,240 2,375
Divorced 110,800 25,075 77,090 6,720
Widowed 75,280 14,785 49,925 3,185
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 1,627,950 388,520 1,062,075 133,465
English only 167,770 167,770 0 0
French only 506,665 0 506,670 0
English and French 908,090 220,310 554,425 133,355
Neither English nor French 45,420 435 985 110
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,627,950 388,525 1,062,075 133,465
Single responses 1,561,740 368,830 1,025,755 123,265
English 206,210 205,115 1,095 0
French 818,970 990 817,980 0
Non-official languages 536,560 162,730 206,680 123,265
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 350 210 100 40
Atikamekw 25 0 20 0
Cree, n.o.s. 140 95 20 15
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 50 0 40 5
Inuktitut 125 100 10 15
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 530,755 161,375 203,355 122,375
African languages, n.i.e. 540 105 380 50
Afrikaans 40 25 5 5
Akan (Twi) 885 615 45 210
Albanian 1,470 295 585 490
Amharic 495 250 70 165
Arabic 83,785 10,060 50,485 18,445
Armenian 6,040 1,675 975 3,015
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 980 185 690 85
Bengali 9,105 4,940 785 2,445
Berber languages (Kabyle) 4,120 20 3,475 455
Bisayan languages 665 575 25 55
Bosnian 225 50 80 85
Bulgarian 3,905 605 1,345 1,750
Burmese 45 35 0 5
Cantonese 6,455 2,275 1,075 1,450
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,230 11,075 4,810 6,030
Creoles 33,725 1,040 28,100 3,465
Croatian 925 510 170 210
Czech 700 400 150 140
Danish 115 95 5 10
Dutch 850 530 195 120
Estonian 85 75 10 5
Finnish 175 140 25 10
Flemish 135 50 65 25
Fukien 55 40 10 10
German 4,435 2,955 905 545
Greek 18,025 11,810 695 3,420
Gujarati 4,330 2,635 270 865
Hakka 45 15 5 5
Hebrew 1,800 1,175 165 380
Hindi 1,520 1,155 45 240
Hungarian 2,940 1,760 440 530
Ilocano 1,400 1,210 10 145
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 290 135 75 50
Italian 76,540 36,045 19,895 14,810
Japanese 1,280 830 230 170
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,930 490 2,780 955
Korean 2,425 1,460 170 585
Kurdish 475 80 205 130
Lao 1,520 105 935 330
Latvian 140 110 10 20
Lingala 1,455 15 1,350 80
Lithuanian 325 240 25 50
Macedonian 105 30 20 50
Malay 380 260 45 60
Malayalam 140 110 15 10
Maltese 15 5 0 5
Mandarin 6,950 3,355 1,030 1,685
Marathi 90 75 0 10
Nepali 165 95 10 55
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,995 270 2,440 230
Norwegian 105 85 10 5
Oromo 4,945 35 4,115 620
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,010 3,995 360 1,525
Pashto 735 250 140 210
Persian (Farsi) 8,780 3,910 1,305 2,875
Polish 7,960 3,845 1,640 2,160
Portuguese 16,905 3,815 7,925 4,035
Romanian 14,690 1,520 5,705 6,675
Rundi (Kirundi) 965 15 790 145
Russian 13,440 3,925 3,765 4,650
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 985 60 780 130
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 20 20 25
Serbian 1,150 380 290 435
Serbo-Croatian 465 135 150 160
Shanghainese 50 20 5 15
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 15 40 5
Sindhi 175 85 20 55
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 390 285 15 75
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 50 25 5 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 170 65 50 45
Slovak 515 330 100 75
Slovenian 370 310 15 35
Somali 585 95 290 165
Spanish 73,155 8,350 38,855 20,385
Swahili 740 110 550 65
Swedish 210 150 45 15
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 9,730 8,425 90 1,100
Taiwanese 205 105 20 50
Tamil 10,110 5,725 830 2,425
Telugu 260 215 5 25
Thai 355 170 120 50
Tibetan languages 40 10 5 20
Tigrigna 245 125 35 70
Turkish 4,735 1,135 1,935 1,060
Ukrainian 2,925 1,545 495 765
Urdu 6,510 3,680 570 1,480
Vietnamese 17,845 2,885 6,895 5,435
Yiddish 5,600 3,405 40 1,185
Other languagesFootnote 7 5,455 1,145 3,225 850
Multiple responses 66,205 19,690 36,320 10,200
English and French 17,430 4,975 5,825 6,635
English and non-official language 13,155 12,870 290 0
French and non-official language 29,085 285 28,800 0
English, French and non-official language 6,535 1,560 1,405 3,565
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 1,627,950 388,520 1,062,075 133,465
Single responses 1,504,990 356,530 992,140 112,430
English 298,955 278,480 20,470 0
French 886,075 10,675 875,405 0
Non-official languages 319,955 67,375 96,260 112,430
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 135 60 35 40
Atikamekw 5 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 60 35 5 20
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 25 0 20 10
Inuktitut 40 25 0 10
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 317,780 67,010 95,325 111,775
African languages, n.i.e. 130 25 50 45
Afrikaans 5 5 0 5
Akan (Twi) 470 240 20 190
Albanian 925 135 250 435
Amharic 280 110 25 135
Arabic 45,955 5,030 19,355 16,760
Armenian 4,280 565 490 2,850
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 190 45 75 55
Bengali 7,415 3,810 455 2,230
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,465 5 905 390
Bisayan languages 190 160 5 20
Bosnian 145 20 40 75
Bulgarian 3,000 290 840 1,670
Burmese 25 15 0 5
Cantonese 4,895 1,355 490 1,365
Chinese, n.o.s. 22,580 8,145 3,375 5,745
Creoles 14,335 270 9,900 3,050
Croatian 420 165 40 185
Czech 215 70 25 105
Danish 25 20 0 5
Dutch 135 25 5 95
Estonian 15 10 0 5
Finnish 30 15 0 10
Flemish 20 0 0 15
Fukien 10 5 0 0
German 780 305 50 405
Greek 10,495 5,065 205 3,130
Gujarati 3,060 1,670 100 735
Hakka 15 0 0 0
Hebrew 870 370 85 335
Hindi 850 545 20 205
Hungarian 1,170 455 100 410
Ilocano 510 405 0 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 135 45 35 30
Italian 32,830 2,005 12,485 12,555
Japanese 510 265 55 140
Khmer (Cambodian) 3,260 335 1,390 825
Korean 1,710 895 55 545
Kurdish 220 20 90 85
Lao 915 40 410 300
Latvian 60 30 0 25
Lingala 410 0 325 70
Lithuanian 110 55 0 45
Macedonian 70 10 10 45
Malay 165 100 0 45
Malayalam 35 25 0 10
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 5,865 2,505 770 1,710
Marathi 45 35 0 10
Nepali 115 55 10 50
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 710 55 430 175
Norwegian 25 20 0 5
Oromo 1,595 5 950 475
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,385 2,755 230 1,290
Pashto 600 170 90 200
Persian (Farsi) 6,220 2,160 655 2,715
Polish 3,985 1,225 515 1,930
Portuguese 9,145 715 3,705 3,605
Romanian 10,825 415 3,270 6,325
Rundi (Kirundi) 290 0 160 120
Russian 10,390 2,215 2,510 4,545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 225 10 105 90
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 10
Serbian 700 130 125 395
Serbo-Croatian 220 25 50 125
Shanghainese 25 10 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 245 40 100 15
Sindhi 95 35 10 40
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 225 145 5 60
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 30 20 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 90 10 25 40
Slovak 100 30 5 60
Slovenian 155 130 0 25
Somali 365 70 110 155
Spanish 50,470 3,485 22,210 19,175
Swahili 215 20 130 50
Swedish 40 20 5 10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,870 4,650 35 1,055
Taiwanese 100 40 5 30
Tamil 8,760 4,680 670 2,275
Telugu 170 130 5 25
Thai 125 35 25 40
Tibetan languages 20 5 0 15
Tigrigna 130 50 10 50
Turkish 3,570 630 1,325 1,005
Ukrainian 1,395 415 220 665
Urdu 4,940 2,490 305 1,320
Vietnamese 14,750 2,170 4,745 5,205
Yiddish 4,205 2,005 35 1,195
Other languagesFootnote 11 2,040 305 910 615
Multiple responses 122,960 31,990 69,940 21,035
English and French 22,835 4,140 8,800 9,895
English and non-official language 26,025 25,560 465 0
French and non-official language 58,005 535 57,475 0
English, French and non-official language 16,095 1,755 3,200 11,145
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 1,627,950 388,525 1,062,075 133,465
None 1,174,155 245,980 821,060 66,590
Single responses 413,685 130,825 228,110 51,605
English 127,635 28,495 81,510 16,910
French 129,415 42,200 56,500 29,300
Non-official languages 156,640 60,130 90,105 5,395
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 145 100 35 0
Atikamekw 10 0 10 0
Cree, n.o.s. 65 55 10 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 15 0 15 0
Inuktitut 45 30 5 0
Mi'kmaq 5 10 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 153,595 59,480 87,865 5,280
African languages, n.i.e. 370 65 305 0
Afrikaans 20 15 0 0
Akan (Twi) 335 300 15 15
Albanian 220 60 145 10
Amharic 140 100 25 20
Arabic 28,540 3,435 24,405 660
Armenian 1,070 650 300 95
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 570 105 455 10
Bengali 895 685 150 55
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,355 10 1,330 15
Bisayan languages 185 165 10 10
Bosnian 40 15 25 5
Bulgarian 460 160 270 30
Burmese 10 10 0 0
Cantonese 1,125 610 365 80
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,450 1,895 1,255 185
Creoles 21,530 865 20,435 220
Croatian 215 140 60 10
Czech 190 135 45 5
Danish 40 35 0 5
Dutch 290 195 75 15
Estonian 25 25 0 0
Finnish 60 50 10 0
Flemish 30 15 15 5
Fukien 20 15 0 0
German 1,990 1,210 665 110
Greek 5,360 4,910 315 125
Gujarati 715 590 85 35
Hakka 15 10 0 5
Hebrew 1,270 835 330 90
Hindi 1,185 990 30 115
Hungarian 675 530 95 45
Ilocano 410 375 0 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 135 60 30 25
Italian 24,255 19,195 4,240 800
Japanese 605 365 220 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,225 140 945 70
Korean 425 350 60 10
Kurdish 155 25 90 20
Lao 365 20 335 5
Latvian 35 30 5 5
Lingala 1,810 15 1,780 15
Lithuanian 85 75 10 0
Macedonian 25 5 15 5
Malay 125 95 20 5
Malayalam 60 60 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,110 705 295 65
Marathi 20 25 0 0
Nepali 15 15 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,725 150 1,560 15
Norwegian 55 40 10 0
Oromo 1,640 25 1,595 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,045 790 65 145
Pashto 50 30 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,445 990 355 85
Polish 1,765 1,185 520 60
Portuguese 4,375 1,710 2,495 165
Romanian 2,110 505 1,445 155
Rundi (Kirundi) 485 10 465 10
Russian 2,690 1,125 1,175 330
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 420 15 395 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 15 10
Serbian 240 130 100 10
Serbo-Croatian 90 50 40 5
Shanghainese 25 10 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 25 65 5
Sindhi 50 45 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 85 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 20 20 10
Slovak 165 115 50 5
Slovenian 85 85 5 0
Somali 170 30 135 0
Spanish 19,360 3,910 14,755 655
Swahili 510 90 400 25
Swedish 150 90 60 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,290 3,200 25 60
Taiwanese 65 45 5 10
Tamil 1,040 830 180 30
Telugu 40 40 0 0
Thai 150 65 75 5
Tibetan languages 15 5 10 0
Tigrigna 60 40 5 10
Turkish 740 290 355 65
Ukrainian 725 545 100 60
Urdu 1,315 1,060 160 70
Vietnamese 2,810 590 1,895 170
Yiddish 1,175 1,130 25 10
Other languagesFootnote 15 2,895 550 2,200 110
Multiple responses 40,110 11,720 12,905 15,270
English and French 16,795 965 1,295 14,355
English and non-official language 11,395 715 10,495 165
French and non-official language 11,360 10,005 1,070 265
English, French and non-official language 565 35 45 485
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 1,627,950 388,520 1,062,075 133,465
English 388,520 388,525 0 0
French 1,062,075 0 1,062,075 0
English and French 133,460 0 0 133,460
Neither English nor French 43,890 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 455,255 388,520 0 66,735
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 28.0 100.0 0.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 11

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 14

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 15

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 16

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

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 18

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-XCB2011053.

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