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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Detailed Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (233), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census
Data table
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) | Age groups (17A) | ||||||||||||||||
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Total - Age groups | Under 5 years | 5 to 9 years | 10 to 14 years | 15 to 19 years | 20 to 24 years | 25 to 29 years | 30 to 34 years | 35 to 39 years | 40 to 44 years | 45 to 49 years | 50 to 54 years | 55 to 59 years | 60 to 64 years | 65 to 69 years | 70 to 74 years | 75 years and over | |
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home | 4,356,205 | 219,570 | 218,800 | 238,690 | 274,825 | 278,895 | 287,460 | 274,380 | 279,335 | 312,120 | 348,670 | 352,605 | 321,555 | 289,345 | 209,400 | 158,735 | 291,815 |
Single responses | 4,193,385 | 211,540 | 208,555 | 226,495 | 261,395 | 266,495 | 275,575 | 262,405 | 266,860 | 299,065 | 335,840 | 341,640 | 312,910 | 282,400 | 204,155 | 154,015 | 284,040 |
English | 3,506,600 | 176,795 | 181,375 | 198,425 | 227,140 | 226,245 | 231,635 | 218,575 | 218,310 | 240,625 | 272,495 | 284,330 | 261,880 | 238,025 | 173,315 | 125,295 | 232,135 |
French | 16,685 | 1,010 | 865 | 810 | 730 | 770 | 1,245 | 1,375 | 1,295 | 1,265 | 1,280 | 1,250 | 1,185 | 1,025 | 780 | 645 | 1,165 |
Non-official languages | 670,100 | 33,735 | 26,310 | 27,260 | 33,525 | 39,485 | 42,695 | 42,455 | 47,265 | 57,180 | 62,070 | 56,060 | 49,845 | 43,350 | 30,060 | 28,070 | 50,735 |
Aboriginal languages | 1,840 | 70 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 50 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 100 | 125 | 155 | 185 | 180 | 180 | 160 | 245 |
Algonquian languages | 160 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 10 |
Algonquin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Atikamekw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blackfoot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cree languages | 140 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Cree, n.o.s. | 135 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Swampy Cree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plains Cree | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Woods Cree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cree, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malecite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mi'kmaq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Innu/Montagnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Naskapi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ojibway | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Oji-Cree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michif | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Athapaskan languages | 855 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 30 | 60 | 65 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 60 | 55 | 115 |
Carrier | 300 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 35 |
Wetsuweten | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Chilcotin | 350 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 60 |
Dene | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Tlicho (Dogrib) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gwich'in | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Slavey (Hare) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Slavey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slavey, n.o.s. | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Sarcee | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beaver | 95 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Sekani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kaska (Nahani) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tahltan | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Northern Tutchone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Tutchone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tutchone, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Iroquoian languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mohawk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cayuga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oneida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kutenai | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salish languages | 320 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 50 |
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) | 115 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Halkomelem | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Lillooet | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Okanagan | 60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
Squamish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Straits | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salish languages, n.i.e. | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Siouan languages | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Dakota | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Stoney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Siouan languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tlingit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tsimshian languages | 320 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 30 | 50 | 40 | 40 |
Gitksan | 220 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 |
Nisga'a | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Tsimshian | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Wakashan languages | 100 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Haisla | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Heiltsuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) | 55 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inuit languages | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inuktitut | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inuvialuktun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inuit languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Romance languages | 36,230 | 1,830 | 1,375 | 1,395 | 1,565 | 1,680 | 2,115 | 2,540 | 2,850 | 3,035 | 2,555 | 2,275 | 1,875 | 1,985 | 1,990 | 2,280 | 4,880 |
Italian | 6,250 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 60 | 80 | 115 | 130 | 145 | 160 | 235 | 475 | 655 | 1,115 | 2,915 |
Portuguese | 5,190 | 115 | 105 | 100 | 120 | 190 | 220 | 265 | 235 | 240 | 235 | 235 | 305 | 485 | 570 | 615 | 1,155 |
Romanian | 4,155 | 300 | 165 | 155 | 140 | 160 | 225 | 450 | 475 | 630 | 380 | 350 | 220 | 140 | 100 | 110 | 160 |
Spanish | 20,585 | 1,380 | 1,065 | 1,115 | 1,260 | 1,295 | 1,605 | 1,740 | 2,030 | 2,030 | 1,790 | 1,530 | 1,115 | 885 | 665 | 435 | 645 |
Catalan | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Romance languages, n.i.e. | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Germanic languages | 16,205 | 800 | 710 | 630 | 660 | 550 | 500 | 640 | 780 | 965 | 1,065 | 915 | 795 | 860 | 1,085 | 1,385 | 3,870 |
Dutch | 2,230 | 75 | 85 | 90 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 45 | 100 | 160 | 175 | 120 | 125 | 170 | 140 | 160 | 625 |
Flemish | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Frisian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
German | 11,550 | 560 | 480 | 435 | 480 | 370 | 355 | 450 | 465 | 590 | 705 | 625 | 530 | 595 | 840 | 1,105 | 2,975 |
Yiddish | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Scandinavian languages | 975 | 55 | 45 | 30 | 25 | 45 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 80 | 90 | 220 |
Danish | 325 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 105 |
Icelandic | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Norwegian | 155 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 60 |
Swedish | 430 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 55 |
Afrikaans | 1,385 | 110 | 95 | 70 | 75 | 85 | 70 | 85 | 150 | 165 | 150 | 130 | 95 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 30 |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Celtic languages | 75 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Gaelic languages | 40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Welsh | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slavic languages | 31,680 | 1,610 | 1,330 | 1,185 | 1,330 | 1,480 | 1,650 | 1,920 | 2,280 | 2,645 | 3,370 | 3,205 | 2,495 | 2,095 | 1,400 | 1,405 | 2,270 |
Belarusian (Byelorussian) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bosnian | 705 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 50 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
Bulgarian | 1,085 | 80 | 55 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 35 | 120 | 150 | 155 | 140 | 75 | 35 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 20 |
Croatian | 2,540 | 70 | 45 | 35 | 60 | 55 | 75 | 75 | 85 | 125 | 175 | 170 | 250 | 275 | 250 | 295 | 500 |
Czech | 1,570 | 45 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 85 | 85 | 70 | 85 | 120 | 140 | 245 | 255 | 125 | 155 |
Macedonian | 140 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Polish | 6,395 | 205 | 150 | 145 | 205 | 215 | 250 | 300 | 305 | 390 | 685 | 975 | 875 | 675 | 310 | 225 | 495 |
Russian | 12,200 | 840 | 745 | 600 | 590 | 730 | 815 | 920 | 1,050 | 1,160 | 1,360 | 1,100 | 615 | 465 | 265 | 425 | 525 |
Serbian | 4,015 | 185 | 170 | 220 | 240 | 200 | 205 | 175 | 310 | 440 | 515 | 415 | 305 | 180 | 120 | 165 | 190 |
Serbo-Croatian | 615 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 20 | 50 | 95 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 15 | 25 | 35 |
Slovak | 1,085 | 80 | 40 | 25 | 45 | 35 | 60 | 95 | 130 | 90 | 100 | 75 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 40 | 50 |
Slovenian | 165 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 70 |
Ukrainian | 1,070 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 50 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 85 | 70 | 90 | 75 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 200 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 80 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
Baltic languages | 170 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
Latvian | 100 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
Lithuanian | 65 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Greek | 2,105 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 55 | 60 | 75 | 85 | 105 | 155 | 240 | 295 | 375 | 515 |
Armenian | 490 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 60 |
Albanian | 700 | 60 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 65 | 75 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
Georgian | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finno-Ugric languages | 3,470 | 135 | 100 | 85 | 95 | 105 | 105 | 145 | 190 | 210 | 195 | 190 | 220 | 280 | 265 | 310 | 845 |
Estonian | 110 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 65 |
Finnish | 795 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 40 | 115 | 100 | 110 | 280 |
Hungarian | 2,565 | 115 | 90 | 75 | 85 | 95 | 95 | 130 | 165 | 190 | 165 | 180 | 170 | 170 | 160 | 195 | 495 |
Turkic languages | 1,715 | 135 | 75 | 95 | 100 | 120 | 135 | 155 | 175 | 175 | 160 | 150 | 80 | 45 | 40 | 25 | 45 |
Azerbaijani | 175 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Turkish | 1,365 | 110 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 95 | 115 | 140 | 140 | 130 | 115 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 35 |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 180 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mongolian | 140 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 10,580 | 1,035 | 780 | 615 | 740 | 1,165 | 1,050 | 880 | 910 | 875 | 700 | 565 | 340 | 310 | 240 | 170 | 205 |
Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cushitic languages | 800 | 70 | 70 | 110 | 95 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 65 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Oromo | 180 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Somali | 625 | 50 | 60 | 90 | 70 | 50 | 30 | 35 | 50 | 60 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Semitic languages | 9,755 | 965 | 700 | 505 | 645 | 1,110 | 1,005 | 830 | 830 | 790 | 630 | 510 | 325 | 305 | 235 | 160 | 200 |
Amharic | 550 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 55 | 70 | 95 | 85 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Arabic | 7,635 | 805 | 565 | 400 | 545 | 995 | 860 | 640 | 585 | 550 | 425 | 365 | 225 | 210 | 180 | 125 | 155 |
Hebrew | 780 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 70 | 115 | 70 | 45 | 60 | 35 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
Maltese | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Tigrigna | 300 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 465 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 45 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indo-Iranian languages | 188,200 | 13,265 | 10,760 | 9,585 | 8,705 | 9,510 | 14,345 | 15,540 | 15,100 | 14,055 | 12,365 | 11,595 | 12,210 | 12,385 | 10,065 | 7,880 | 10,845 |
Indo-Aryan languages | 161,765 | 12,020 | 9,815 | 8,505 | 7,260 | 7,585 | 11,910 | 13,610 | 13,140 | 11,605 | 10,090 | 9,260 | 10,080 | 10,880 | 9,045 | 7,175 | 9,780 |
Bengali | 1,465 | 120 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 140 | 155 | 175 | 165 | 120 | 125 | 70 | 45 | 25 | 30 | 15 |
Gujarati | 3,045 | 105 | 95 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 105 | 155 | 125 | 115 | 150 | 200 | 260 | 305 | 290 | 365 | 590 |
Hindi | 12,390 | 675 | 525 | 575 | 510 | 545 | 800 | 995 | 1,045 | 955 | 920 | 895 | 830 | 905 | 855 | 635 | 725 |
Konkani | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Marathi | 225 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Panjabi (Punjabi) | 137,390 | 10,465 | 8,545 | 7,340 | 6,175 | 6,465 | 10,340 | 11,740 | 11,135 | 9,750 | 8,350 | 7,560 | 8,525 | 9,300 | 7,620 | 5,930 | 8,135 |
Sindhi | 675 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 85 | 90 | 175 |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 595 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 85 | 55 | 65 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
Urdu | 5,425 | 550 | 460 | 380 | 380 | 365 | 435 | 435 | 470 | 415 | 410 | 330 | 260 | 210 | 125 | 105 | 105 |
Nepali | 525 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Iranian languages | 26,260 | 1,235 | 935 | 1,065 | 1,435 | 1,915 | 2,420 | 1,915 | 1,945 | 2,430 | 2,260 | 2,325 | 2,125 | 1,490 | 1,010 | 695 | 1,060 |
Kurdish | 950 | 80 | 60 | 55 | 80 | 70 | 75 | 105 | 90 | 115 | 100 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
Pashto | 565 | 80 | 50 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 55 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
Persian (Farsi) | 24,750 | 1,070 | 830 | 975 | 1,330 | 1,800 | 2,290 | 1,760 | 1,795 | 2,285 | 2,125 | 2,240 | 2,075 | 1,465 | 995 | 675 | 1,045 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 175 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Dravidian languages | 3,040 | 260 | 195 | 135 | 120 | 170 | 275 | 365 | 325 | 300 | 230 | 180 | 150 | 100 | 95 | 60 | 75 |
Kannada | 75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Malayalam | 690 | 75 | 55 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 95 | 95 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
Tamil | 1,965 | 155 | 125 | 95 | 80 | 100 | 150 | 220 | 190 | 195 | 165 | 130 | 115 | 80 | 70 | 45 | 50 |
Telugu | 285 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 45 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Japanese | 9,540 | 725 | 440 | 270 | 285 | 450 | 615 | 735 | 920 | 965 | 645 | 390 | 475 | 785 | 540 | 415 | 880 |
Korean | 38,810 | 1,420 | 1,580 | 2,610 | 3,440 | 3,210 | 2,835 | 2,195 | 2,775 | 3,840 | 4,130 | 3,735 | 2,375 | 1,735 | 1,225 | 900 | 815 |
Sino-Tibetan languages | 268,810 | 10,100 | 7,035 | 8,180 | 13,370 | 17,695 | 15,150 | 12,825 | 15,840 | 23,940 | 29,935 | 26,495 | 24,190 | 19,350 | 10,755 | 11,145 | 22,805 |
Chinese languages | 267,510 | 9,995 | 6,940 | 8,075 | 13,250 | 17,585 | 15,065 | 12,720 | 15,745 | 23,810 | 29,850 | 26,435 | 24,130 | 19,315 | 10,710 | 11,115 | 22,775 |
Cantonese | 103,550 | 2,715 | 1,785 | 2,235 | 3,990 | 5,370 | 5,440 | 4,900 | 4,960 | 6,030 | 10,025 | 11,895 | 11,745 | 9,995 | 4,960 | 5,435 | 12,075 |
Chaochow (Teochow) | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
Fukien | 690 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 35 | 15 | 35 | 55 | 80 | 105 | 90 | 50 | 35 | 100 |
Hakka | 320 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 25 | 30 | 65 |
Mandarin | 78,075 | 4,010 | 2,860 | 3,305 | 5,495 | 6,925 | 5,395 | 4,165 | 5,750 | 9,550 | 10,070 | 6,940 | 5,190 | 2,930 | 1,755 | 1,455 | 2,285 |
Shanghainese | 555 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 105 |
Taiwanese | 2,910 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 85 | 140 | 190 | 195 | 135 | 150 | 225 | 310 | 390 | 345 | 230 | 150 | 215 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 81,270 | 3,185 | 2,235 | 2,460 | 3,630 | 5,080 | 3,975 | 3,400 | 4,850 | 7,985 | 9,390 | 7,115 | 6,605 | 5,850 | 3,650 | 3,960 | 7,890 |
Tibetan languages | 105 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
Burmese | 585 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 45 | 55 | 95 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 20 |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 615 | 70 | 65 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 55 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
Tai languages | 1,390 | 40 | 35 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 85 | 90 | 165 | 185 | 210 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 30 |
Lao | 545 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 85 | 125 | 70 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
Thai | 850 | 30 | 30 | 45 | 85 | 85 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 100 | 95 | 85 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
Austro-Asiatic languages | 18,020 | 955 | 865 | 845 | 915 | 790 | 980 | 1,060 | 1,390 | 1,925 | 2,105 | 2,235 | 1,485 | 875 | 450 | 435 | 710 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 750 | 40 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 65 | 70 | 135 | 85 | 55 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
Vietnamese | 17,270 | 920 | 850 | 835 | 895 | 750 | 920 | 1,015 | 1,345 | 1,860 | 2,040 | 2,100 | 1,395 | 820 | 430 | 410 | 690 |
Malayo-Polynesian languages | 33,805 | 935 | 680 | 1,155 | 1,680 | 2,010 | 2,375 | 2,880 | 3,155 | 3,550 | 3,880 | 3,360 | 2,500 | 1,885 | 1,260 | 995 | 1,510 |
Bisayan languages | 1,265 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 115 | 155 | 165 | 135 | 65 | 55 | 20 | 30 | 45 |
Ilocano | 1,190 | 35 | 20 | 40 | 55 | 50 | 60 | 100 | 120 | 130 | 145 | 125 | 80 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 90 |
Malay | 1,315 | 60 | 35 | 35 | 75 | 190 | 155 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 60 | 65 | 40 | 40 |
Pampango | 135 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 29,380 | 790 | 570 | 1,010 | 1,430 | 1,630 | 2,020 | 2,535 | 2,760 | 3,135 | 3,415 | 2,950 | 2,215 | 1,675 | 1,100 | 845 | 1,300 |
Bikol | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Malagasy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fijian | 230 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
Pangasinan | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. | 190 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Niger-Congo languages | 925 | 75 | 50 | 65 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 100 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 60 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
Akan (Twi) | 115 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bantu languages | 550 | 45 | 35 | 50 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 65 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Lingala | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 75 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Shona | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swahili | 255 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ganda | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 115 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Edo | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Igbo | 40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Wolof | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bamanankan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ewe | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 140 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
African languages, n.i.e. | 185 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Creoles | 315 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
Non-verbal languages | 1,355 | 130 | 110 | 115 | 125 | 130 | 125 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 25 |
American Sign Language | 375 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
Quebec Sign Language | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sign languages, n.i.e. | 985 | 100 | 85 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 20 |
Other languages | 270 | 30 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Multiple responses | 162,825 | 8,030 | 10,245 | 12,200 | 13,430 | 12,395 | 11,890 | 11,980 | 12,475 | 13,055 | 12,830 | 10,965 | 8,640 | 6,945 | 5,250 | 4,720 | 7,780 |
English and French | 4,700 | 375 | 440 | 445 | 295 | 255 | 285 | 285 | 290 | 295 | 300 | 310 | 240 | 235 | 190 | 155 | 305 |
English and non-official language | 155,065 | 7,480 | 9,565 | 11,365 | 12,760 | 11,965 | 11,435 | 11,510 | 12,030 | 12,580 | 12,345 | 10,470 | 8,275 | 6,590 | 4,925 | 4,465 | 7,300 |
French and non-official language | 930 | 70 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 50 | 70 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 60 | 105 |
English, French and non-official language | 2,130 | 100 | 205 | 350 | 345 | 150 | 115 | 105 | 105 | 115 | 120 | 105 | 70 | 65 | 65 | 45 | 70 |
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Footnote(s)
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011042.
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