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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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Detailed language spoken most often at home (232)

This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Québec^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Other language spoken regularly at home	None	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 mother tongue	756,400	708,510	28,530	9,330	8,170	435	1,155	240	30
Single responses	750,695	704,820	27,520	8,955	7,670	410	1,065	215	30
English	10,845	5,370	2,565	2,740	95	10	30	40	0
French	717,770	688,580	24,390	1,270	2,865	10	625	25	5
Non-official languages	22,080	10,865	570	4,950	4,710	385	415	155	30
Aboriginal languages	350	175	10	75	85	5	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	320	170	10	65	70	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	40	20	0	5	10	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree languages	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	265	140	5	60	60	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wetsuweten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarcee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tutchone, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitksan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	20	5	0	5	10	0	5	0	0
Inuktitut	15	5	0	0	5	0	5	0	0
Inuinnaqtun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Romance languages	8,025	3,605	150	2,410	1,490	175	135	60	5
Italian	610	305	35	80	140	15	25	15	0
Portuguese	1,115	530	10	315	220	20	10	10	0
Romanian	670	320	15	180	115	25	15	5	5
Spanish	5,605	2,445	90	1,830	1,000	120	85	35	5
Catalan	15	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	765	390	70	65	150	25	50	15	0
Dutch	140	65	15	10	30	10	10	5	0
Flemish	25	15	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	535	265	45	50	100	15	40	15	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	40	25	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Danish	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	10	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Swedish	20	15	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	0	5	0	5	0	0
Celtic languages	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	2,290	1,115	45	620	400	55	30	20	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	650	335	5	205	95	5	5	0	0
Bulgarian	200	110	0	60	25	5	0	0	0
Croatian	105	60	5	25	20	0	0	0	0
Czech	60	30	5	10	15	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	320	150	15	55	75	10	10	5	0
Russian	455	230	10	105	85	15	10	5	0
Serbian	175	75	5	70	30	5	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	225	100	0	75	45	5	0	0	0
Slovak	30	15	0	5	0	5	0	5	0
Slovenian	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	60	20	5	20	10	0	0	5	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	10	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0
Latvian	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
Greek	120	55	10	10	35	5	10	0	5
Armenian	45	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	5
Albanian	195	130	0	45	20	0	0	5	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	145	85	10	15	35	0	5	5	0
Estonian	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Finnish	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	130	75	10	10	25	0	5	0	0
Turkic languages	80	45	5	10	15	0	5	0	5
Azerbaijani	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Turkish	65	40	5	5	10	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	3,745	1,690	50	790	1,115	25	55	10	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	140	55	0	25	60	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	245	100	0	60	75	0	5	0	0
Oromo	230	95	5	50	75	5	5	0	0
Somali	15	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	3,290	1,505	45	690	970	25	45	5	5
Amharic	5	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	3,260	1,490	40	690	965	30	45	5	0
Hebrew	15	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	60	35	0	15	15	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	1,180	865	55	115	100	30	10	5	5
Indo-Aryan languages	695	575	30	30	40	15	0	5	5
Bengali	65	45	5	10	5	5	0	0	0
Gujarati	25	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
Hindi	40	15	5	5	15	0	0	0	0
Konkani	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Sindhi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	25	10	5	5	5	0	0	0	0
Nepali	530	480	15	15	10	10	0	0	0
Iranian languages	395	235	20	80	40	15	10	0	5
Kurdish	35	25	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	360	210	15	70	40	10	15	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	80	60	0	5	10	5	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	35	20	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kannada	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Tamil	20	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	130	55	5	15	35	0	10	5	0
Korean	30	15	10	5	5	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	1,115	665	70	200	120	30	20	10	5
Chinese languages	1,085	640	75	205	120	30	15	10	5
Cantonese	130	75	10	15	25	5	5	0	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	265	160	10	60	20	5	10	5	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	685	405	50	130	65	20	5	5	5
Tibetan languages	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Burmese	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	25	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	190	120	0	15	45	0	5	0	0
Lao	135	85	5	10	25	0	0	0	0
Thai	55	30	0	5	15	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,155	620	25	230	240	25	15	5	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	360	170	5	80	100	5	10	0	0
Vietnamese	795	445	25	155	140	20	5	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	230	115	10	30	50	0	15	5	0
Bisayan languages	20	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ilocano	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	60	25	5	10	10	0	5	0	0
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malagasy	110	50	5	20	30	0	5	0	0
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,665	750	35	235	580	10	45	5	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	1,110	470	20	170	390	5	45	5	0
Lingala	85	35	5	10	40	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	315	130	0	40	130	0	15	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	225	85	10	30	90	0	10	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	380	165	5	90	90	0	20	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	105	50	0	0	45	0	5	5	5
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	195	70	5	40	75	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	50	30	0	5	10	0	0	0	0
Ewe	15	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	290	175	0	15	95	0	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	60	25	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Creoles	345	160	0	40	130	5	5	0	0
Non-verbal languages	120	100	0	5	10	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	70	55	0	10	5	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Other languages	50	40	0	0	10	5	0	0	0
Multiple responses	5,710	3,690	1,005	370	500	25	90	25	0
English and French	3,295	2,135	920	195	30	0	10	10	0
English and non-official language	215	95	20	20	45	10	20	5	0
French and non-official language	1,995	1,320	50	145	410	10	50	0	0
English, French and non-official language	205	140	15	10	15	10	15	5	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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