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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 Quebec / QuébecFootnote 1
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 2 = 22.4 %
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 6,474,590 481,410 5,078,510 841,640 17,195 19,445 34,365 2,030
Single responses 6,342,720 473,740 5,057,850 764,635 12,570 12,925 19,805 1,190
English 641,985 411,785 63,100 152,865 3,865 8,605 1,380 375
French 5,227,730 56,700 4,984,415 161,715 8,510 1,070 14,945 375
Non-official languages 473,010 5,255 10,330 450,055 195 3,245 3,480 450
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 3 24,535 185 120 24,140 0 65 25 10
Atikamekw 3,175 0 15 3,155 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 9,230 125 40 9,000 0 45 10 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5,405 0 40 5,340 0 0 15 0
Inuktitut 6,510 45 15 6,430 0 15 0 0
Mi'kmaq 225 10 0 210 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 4 444,800 5,025 9,950 422,635 195 3,175 3,365 445
African languages, n.i.e. 280 0 0 255 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 380 30 0 345 0 0 0 0
Albanian 1,235 0 0 1,185 0 0 0 0
Amharic 300 20 0 280 0 0 0 0
Arabic 59,175 665 1,760 54,770 25 460 1,375 120
Armenian 9,750 70 65 9,450 0 90 45 25
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 480 0 0 470 0 0 0 0
Bengali 6,550 55 0 6,375 0 70 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,525 0 45 1,450 0 0 25 0
Bisayan languages 245 0 0 235 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 815 0 0 800 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 3,745 0 15 3,705 0 20 0 0
Burmese 45 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 7,585 125 70 7,310 0 45 25 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 28,970 500 335 27,865 0 190 55 15
Creoles 21,570 145 1,790 19,035 40 55 495 0
Croatian 970 0 0 965 0 0 0 0
Czech 350 0 0 345 0 0 0 0
Danish 50 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Dutch 450 0 0 430 0 0 0 0
Estonian 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Finnish 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Flemish 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Fukien 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
German 2,610 0 60 2,515 0 25 0 0
Greek 20,115 195 90 19,650 0 155 0 0
Gujarati 3,420 60 0 3,305 0 35 20 0
Hakka 60 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,330 0 150 1,105 0 0 0 0
Hindi 1,360 0 0 1,285 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 2,065 50 0 1,995 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 840 40 0 770 0 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 165 0 0 160 0 0 0 0
Italian 39,320 425 580 38,015 40 110 90 55
Japanese 780 20 35 710 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5,215 0 200 4,960 0 0 25 0
Korean 3,015 75 15 2,905 0 15 0 0
Kurdish 230 0 0 230 0 0 0 0
Lao 2,695 45 120 2,505 0 0 0 0
Latvian 110 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Lingala 625 0 45 545 0 0 40 0
Lithuanian 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Malay 280 0 0 280 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 7,850 175 75 7,585 0 0 0 0
Marathi 40 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Nepali 925 0 0 895 0 30 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 940 0 0 885 0 0 15 0
Norwegian 35 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Oromo 1,930 0 30 1,885 0 0 15 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 6,975 75 0 6,800 0 95 0 0
Pashto 480 0 0 465 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 12,230 120 145 11,855 0 65 30 20
Polish 6,235 0 50 6,110 0 30 0 0
Portuguese 14,865 60 235 14,380 0 95 90 0
Romanian 17,485 130 320 16,945 0 15 70 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 415 0 0 395 0 0 0 0
Russian 15,580 195 225 14,980 0 60 60 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 440 0 50 385 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
Serbian 1,630 30 30 1,540 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 1,240 0 20 1,215 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 20 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 635 45 185 365 0 0 30 0
Sindhi 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 330 0 0 320 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 200 0 0 200 0 0 0 0
Slovak 180 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 255 0 0 240 0 0 0 0
Somali 305 0 0 295 0 0 0 0
Spanish 69,850 475 1,750 67,035 0 215 345 25
Swahili 595 0 50 510 0 0 0 0
Swedish 115 0 0 105 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,870 390 0 7,920 0 560 0 0
Taiwanese 315 0 0 315 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10,440 290 75 9,805 0 220 35 0
Telugu 200 25 0 140 0 30 0 0
Thai 220 0 0 210 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 15 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Turkish 4,170 15 55 4,050 0 0 25 0
Ukrainian 1,640 0 0 1,570 0 15 0 0
Urdu 4,465 20 0 4,320 0 125 0 0
Vietnamese 19,970 185 1,085 18,240 20 170 255 20
Yiddish 3,195 0 0 3,150 0 20 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 5 3,675 40 260 3,280 0 10 85 0
Multiple responses 131,870 7,665 20,660 77,005 4,625 6,515 14,560 835
English and French 24,515 5,035 11,775 2,650 4,500 155 285 115
English and non-official language 35,865 2,175 530 26,655 45 5,825 485 145
French and non-official language 65,910 245 7,855 44,115 15 280 13,185 210
English, French and non-official language 5,585 205 500 3,590 60 260 610 365

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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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