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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Tabulation: Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

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This table details mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over, in private households in Vancouver
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 1 = 24.4 %
Detailed language spoken most often at home (111) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 1,926,230 1,042,925 23,175 822,770 1,190 34,995 1,025 140
Single responses 1,839,635 1,036,695 22,645 758,790 1,090 19,400 900 120
English 1,311,025 1,025,960 16,740 252,240 945 14,430 635 85
French 6,905 455 5,670 600 90 0 85 0
Non-official languages 521,705 10,275 235 505,950 55 4,970 185 30
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 2 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 3 519,525 10,120 230 504,015 55 4,885 185 35
African languages, n.i.e. 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 535 0 0 510 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 115 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
Albanian 365 0 0 360 0 0 0 0
Amharic 420 0 0 415 0 0 0 0
Arabic 5,060 15 0 4,835 0 90 95 0
Armenian 240 0 0 235 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 0
Bengali 985 15 0 945 0 15 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 1,245 35 0 1,155 0 55 0 0
Bosnian 485 0 0 490 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 780 0 0 780 0 0 0 0
Burmese 775 0 0 750 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 98,290 1,820 0 95,615 0 815 15 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 65,790 1,055 0 64,255 55 405 0 0
Creoles 310 20 35 255 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,915 0 0 1,875 0 20 0 0
Czech 870 0 0 855 0 0 0 0
Danish 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0
Dutch 655 0 0 640 0 0 0 0
Estonian 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Finnish 335 0 0 340 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 590 0 0 580 0 0 0 0
German 2,890 60 0 2,810 0 10 0 0
Greek 1,590 70 0 1,515 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 2,305 100 0 2,165 0 40 0 0
Hakka 395 0 0 385 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 695 25 0 670 0 0 0 0
Hindi 10,900 640 0 10,035 0 220 0 0
Hungarian 1,400 25 0 1,375 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,220 15 0 1,200 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 175 0 0 175 0 0 0 0
Italian 4,040 145 0 3,875 0 20 0 0
Japanese 7,160 205 0 6,895 0 50 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 490 0 0 440 0 45 0 0
Korean 30,295 485 0 29,690 0 125 0 0
Kurdish 730 0 0 715 0 0 0 0
Lao 475 30 0 450 0 0 0 0
Latvian 70 0 0 65 0 0 0 0
Lingala 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 55 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,125 20 0 1,095 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 490 25 0 465 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 66,220 595 0 65,290 0 335 0 0
Marathi 130 20 0 105 0 0 0 0
Nepali 365 0 0 365 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 80 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Oromo 45 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 87,480 1,515 0 85,030 0 935 0 0
Pashto 420 0 0 420 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 21,265 205 0 20,890 0 155 0 0
Polish 4,440 35 0 4,390 0 15 0 0
Portuguese 3,170 10 0 3,135 0 0 0 0
Romanian 2,740 0 0 2,725 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Russian 8,620 185 0 8,380 0 45 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 320 0 0 320 0 0 0 0
Serbian 3,630 15 0 3,585 0 15 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 495 0 0 490 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 585 0 0 575 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 390 135 0 240 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 530 70 0 445 0 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 520 0 0 515 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 485 0 0 490 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Slovak 655 0 0 655 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Somali 260 0 0 260 0 0 0 0
Spanish 14,545 525 35 13,850 0 105 25 0
Swahili 75 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Swedish 165 0 0 150 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30,400 1,080 0 28,440 0 880 0 0
Taiwanese 2,805 15 0 2,785 0 0 0 0
Tamil 1,885 110 0 1,750 0 20 0 0
Telugu 195 0 0 190 0 0 0 0
Thai 580 20 0 550 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 175 0 0 170 0 0 0 0
Turkish 1,140 45 0 1,075 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 560 0 0 540 0 0 0 0
Urdu 3,810 180 0 3,440 0 190 0 0
Vietnamese 13,380 415 20 12,840 0 95 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 4 2,155 150 0 1,910 0 90 0 0
Multiple responses 86,590 6,235 530 63,980 100 15,595 125 20
English and French 775 210 415 65 75 0 10 0
English and non-official language 85,390 6,020 80 63,620 0 15,575 65 0
French and non-official language 230 0 35 140 0 0 45 0
English, French and non-official language 195 0 0 155 0 10 0 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

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Footnote 2

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 3

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 4

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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011041.

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