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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 Calgary
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 1 = 23.6 %
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 976,575 680,935 16,925 262,945 750 14,325 600 90
Single responses 944,000 678,705 16,635 239,070 695 8,395 435 65
English 787,015 674,675 11,570 93,495 675 6,225 330 45
French 5,550 265 4,850 365 0 0 55 0
Non-official languages 151,440 3,765 210 145,210 0 2,165 60 0
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 2 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 0 0 35 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 3 150,235 3,700 195 144,140 0 2,105 55 0
African languages, n.i.e. 755 0 0 755 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 300 0 0 290 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 260 55 0 210 0 0 0 0
Albanian 345 0 0 340 0 0 0 0
Amharic 1,750 0 0 1,745 0 0 0 0
Arabic 5,455 305 65 5,010 0 55 15 0
Armenian 120 0 0 120 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0
Bengali 1,620 45 0 1,540 0 25 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 475 15 0 435 0 25 0 0
Bosnian 390 0 0 380 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 225 0 0 220 0 0 0 0
Burmese 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 13,765 135 0 13,470 0 145 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 14,900 225 0 14,570 0 100 0 0
Creoles 120 0 0 90 0 0 0 0
Croatian 505 0 0 505 0 0 0 0
Czech 380 0 0 380 0 0 0 0
Danish 55 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Dutch 370 0 0 370 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 60 0 0 65 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
German 1,310 45 0 1,230 0 30 0 0
Greek 450 0 0 445 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 1,880 95 0 1,730 0 50 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 135 0 0 95 0 0 0 0
Hindi 2,390 45 0 2,180 0 165 0 0
Hungarian 1,035 30 0 985 0 15 0 0
Ilocano 805 10 0 790 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 275 0 0 270 0 0 0 0
Italian 1,350 40 0 1,295 0 0 0 0
Japanese 835 30 0 805 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 585 0 0 580 0 0 0 0
Korean 4,805 60 0 4,680 0 65 0 0
Kurdish 560 0 0 425 0 135 0 0
Lao 165 15 0 150 0 0 0 0
Latvian 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 45 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Malay 225 0 0 225 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 560 40 0 510 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 7,490 135 0 7,240 0 120 0 0
Marathi 240 0 0 230 0 0 0 0
Nepali 680 0 0 685 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 250 0 0 250 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Oromo 370 0 0 355 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 18,010 350 0 17,475 0 180 0 0
Pashto 550 0 0 520 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,875 60 0 3,795 0 0 0 0
Polish 3,330 65 0 3,245 0 20 0 0
Portuguese 1,065 35 0 1,035 0 0 0 0
Romanian 1,985 0 25 1,940 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Russian 4,660 40 0 4,590 0 25 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 315 0 0 320 0 0 0 0
Serbian 1,000 0 0 995 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 190 0 0 190 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 35 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 150 60 0 55 0 40 0 0
Sindhi 775 35 0 705 0 35 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 360 0 0 345 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 390 0 0 385 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 460 30 0 430 0 0 0 0
Spanish 11,715 325 25 11,280 0 70 0 0
Swahili 140 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Swedish 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,875 725 0 14,655 0 490 0 0
Taiwanese 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0
Tamil 700 35 0 635 0 25 0 0
Telugu 175 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
Thai 220 0 0 220 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 195 0 0 195 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 650 0 0 645 0 0 0 0
Turkish 355 0 0 350 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 475 0 0 465 0 0 0 0
Urdu 5,650 55 0 5,535 0 50 0 0
Vietnamese 7,920 395 60 7,400 0 60 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 4 1,170 60 0 1,035 0 60 0 0
Multiple responses 32,575 2,230 295 23,875 55 5,935 160 25
English and French 335 45 160 75 50 0 0 0
English and non-official language 31,880 2,180 55 23,630 0 5,920 70 15
French and non-official language 260 0 60 125 0 0 80 0
English, French and non-official language 95 0 0 50 0 0 0 0

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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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