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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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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 Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)Footnote 1
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
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 312,235 242,730 40,660 17,320 8,785 1,055 1,090 570 15
Single responses 304,310 238,115 39,280 16,330 8,130 1,005 960 470 15
English 40,515 29,455 2,670 7,605 620 15 20 130 0
French 238,805 196,855 34,270 5,045 2,075 40 470 50 0
Non-official languages 24,990 11,805 2,345 3,680 5,435 955 470 290 15
Aboriginal languages 130 65 35 10 20 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 115 55 30 10 20 0 5 0 0
Algonquin 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 75 35 25 5 10 5 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 70 35 25 5 10 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 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 5 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 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 5 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 0 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 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 7,960 3,705 610 1,490 1,545 300 195 105 10
Italian 450 190 45 55 125 5 15 20 0
Portuguese 2,640 1,230 185 415 615 60 100 30 5
Romanian 875 420 60 170 120 80 15 10 5
Spanish 3,990 1,860 325 845 690 160 60 40 0
Catalan 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 930 465 90 60 230 15 30 35 0
Dutch 235 115 30 15 55 0 5 5 0
Flemish 20 10 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 610 310 55 40 150 15 20 30 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 50 25 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Danish 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 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 2,685 1,430 230 355 455 160 25 30 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 145 85 15 20 20 10 0 0 0
Bulgarian 205 135 20 15 30 5 0 0 5
Croatian 200 115 10 20 25 25 0 5 0
Czech 70 30 5 5 20 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 440 235 60 20 100 10 5 5 0
Russian 515 250 65 45 120 15 5 15 0
Serbian 510 280 30 100 50 55 5 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 415 200 15 110 50 30 5 5 0
Slovak 55 30 5 5 10 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 105 50 15 5 25 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 15 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
Latvian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 130 45 15 5 50 5 5 5 0
Armenian 55 20 5 5 20 5 0 5 5
Albanian 40 20 15 0 10 5 0 0 0
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 160 85 15 15 40 5 5 0 0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 140 75 15 15 25 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 140 70 20 0 45 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 100 55 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 5 15 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,415 2,935 605 1,100 1,305 310 115 50 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 110 45 5 35 20 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 360 135 10 90 100 15 5 0 0
Oromo 205 80 5 55 60 0 5 0 0
Somali 155 60 10 35 40 15 5 0 0
Semitic languages 5,875 2,730 585 955 1,145 295 100 50 5
Amharic 60 30 15 0 15 5 0 0 0
Arabic 5,750 2,675 575 940 1,110 295 100 50 0
Hebrew 15 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 10 0 5 15 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 20 5 10 35 0 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 880 430 170 30 205 30 5 10 5
Indo-Aryan languages 300 135 65 15 75 5 0 5 0
Bengali 75 25 30 5 10 5 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 30 10 5 5 10 0 5 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 20 25 5 20 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 105 60 10 5 30 0 0 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 570 285 100 25 125 25 5 5 0
Kurdish 65 35 10 5 15 10 0 0 0
Pashto 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 490 255 85 20 115 10 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 50 25 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tamil 35 20 5 0 10 5 0 0 0
Telugu 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 95 30 20 5 25 5 5 5 0
Korean 100 50 20 5 20 5 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,455 860 260 90 180 55 15 5 0
Chinese languages 1,450 850 265 85 175 55 15 5 0
Cantonese 160 80 15 15 40 0 5 5 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 450 255 85 30 45 25 5 5 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 830 510 155 40 85 25 5 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 145 75 15 15 30 5 5 5 0
Lao 115 55 10 15 20 5 5 0 0
Thai 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 625 345 55 75 120 10 10 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 200 90 15 40 50 5 0 5 0
Vietnamese 425 255 40 45 70 5 10 5 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 285 120 30 30 100 0 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 10 5 0 10 5 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 185 85 20 15 60 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 50 10 0 15 25 0 0 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. 10 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,770 630 105 245 700 25 45 10 0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 1,265 440 80 185 495 20 30 10 5
Lingala 110 50 10 5 40 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 385 115 25 65 150 15 10 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 360 120 25 55 140 5 10 5 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 260 100 20 50 90 0 5 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 140 55 5 5 65 0 5 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 105 25 5 15 55 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 35 10 0 5 20 0 5 0 0
Ewe 45 20 0 5 20 0 5 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 300 125 15 30 110 0 5 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 70 30 0 10 25 5 5 0 0
Creoles 780 325 25 115 280 5 20 5 0
Non-verbal languages 35 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 7,925 4,620 1,380 990 655 50 125 105 0
English and French 5,205 3,085 1,200 810 70 5 10 25 0
English and non-official language 655 370 45 30 150 10 10 30 0
French and non-official language 1,655 945 110 115 380 20 70 20 0
English, French and non-official language 405 220 30 30 50 15 30 30 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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.

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