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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 AlbertaFootnote 1
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 2 = 27.4 %
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 2,888,740 2,206,720 58,965 587,025 2,420 31,990 1,345 270
Single responses 2,820,730 2,201,695 57,855 538,340 2,190 19,475 960 215
English 2,502,465 2,193,215 41,095 249,905 2,130 15,340 605 190
French 18,215 825 16,330 870 45 0 140 0
Non-official languages 300,050 7,655 430 287,570 0 4,135 220 25
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 3 6,220 205 0 5,980 0 25 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 4,110 115 0 3,975 0 10 0 0
Dene 640 30 0 610 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 40 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 1,425 60 0 1,360 0 10 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 4 290,475 7,255 420 278,600 0 3,985 175 25
African languages, n.i.e. 1,340 0 0 1,335 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 1,165 20 0 1,130 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 500 65 0 430 0 0 0 0
Albanian 500 0 0 500 0 0 0 0
Amharic 2,955 0 0 2,950 0 0 0 0
Arabic 10,870 435 120 10,115 0 150 50 0
Armenian 210 0 0 210 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 325 0 0 290 0 0 0 0
Bengali 2,540 70 0 2,405 0 65 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 1,045 90 0 900 0 55 0 0
Bosnian 805 0 0 790 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 495 0 0 490 0 0 0 0
Burmese 150 0 0 145 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 23,905 375 0 23,225 0 290 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,105 400 0 26,575 0 125 0 0
Creoles 495 70 15 380 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,140 0 0 1,140 0 0 0 0
Czech 670 0 0 670 0 0 0 0
Danish 140 0 0 120 0 0 0 0
Dutch 1,930 30 0 1,895 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 95 0 0 90 0 0 0 0
Flemish 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Fukien 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
German 13,200 165 0 12,905 0 85 0 0
Greek 665 0 0 650 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 4,320 120 0 4,115 0 85 0 0
Hakka 65 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 300 50 0 240 0 0 0 0
Hindi 5,255 135 0 4,920 0 195 0 0
Hungarian 1,610 30 0 1,555 0 20 0 0
Ilocano 1,465 20 0 1,390 0 50 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 405 0 0 400 0 0 0 0
Italian 3,075 155 0 2,895 0 25 0 0
Japanese 1,690 70 0 1,605 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,205 45 0 1,155 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,075 95 0 7,900 0 85 0 0
Kurdish 875 0 0 740 0 135 0 0
Lao 465 20 0 440 0 0 0 0
Latvian 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 75 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 105 0 0 110 0 0 0 0
Malay 275 0 0 275 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 1,180 50 0 1,110 0 25 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 12,605 175 0 12,280 0 150 0 0
Marathi 365 0 0 350 0 0 0 0
Nepali 1,050 0 0 1,045 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 390 0 0 380 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Oromo 705 0 0 700 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30,100 555 0 29,245 0 300 0 0
Pashto 1,035 0 0 1,010 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 6,585 80 0 6,475 0 25 0 0
Polish 7,030 130 0 6,860 0 45 0 0
Portuguese 2,300 50 0 2,250 0 0 0 0
Romanian 3,150 0 25 3,075 0 25 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Russian 7,105 85 0 6,965 0 60 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 0 0 185 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 370 0 0 365 0 0 0 0
Serbian 1,810 0 0 1,805 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 365 0 0 365 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 160 0 0 150 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 430 165 0 225 0 45 0 0
Sindhi 1,025 35 0 950 0 35 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 905 40 0 810 0 50 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 280 0 0 280 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 0 0 70 0 0 0 0
Slovak 685 0 0 680 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 55 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Somali 2,510 110 0 2,375 0 15 0 0
Spanish 21,225 650 50 20,345 0 180 0 0
Swahili 470 25 75 360 0 0 0 0
Swedish 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 34,930 1,580 0 32,170 0 1,160 0 0
Taiwanese 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0
Tamil 1,400 135 0 1,230 0 40 0 0
Telugu 370 35 0 320 0 0 0 0
Thai 375 0 0 375 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 195 0 0 195 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 975 0 0 950 0 0 0 0
Turkish 1,005 0 0 980 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 2,570 50 0 2,480 0 40 0 0
Urdu 8,755 75 0 8,515 0 160 0 0
Vietnamese 13,465 580 75 12,695 0 115 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 5 3,355 200 0 2,985 0 120 0 0
Multiple responses 68,005 5,025 1,110 48,685 230 12,510 385 55
English and French 1,525 235 840 180 235 0 0 0
English and non-official language 65,795 4,775 165 48,170 0 12,475 165 50
French and non-official language 500 10 75 240 0 0 175 0
English, French and non-official language 185 0 25 90 0 0 40 0

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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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