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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 VictoriaFootnote 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 339,725 311,580 7,880 4,190 15,505 55 135 380 5
Single responses 335,640 308,770 7,705 3,940 14,740 55 120 315 0
English 288,235 281,580 295 2,360 3,825 5 5 160 0
French 5,740 3,380 805 1,460 65 0 15 15 0
Non-official languages 41,675 23,810 6,605 125 10,845 45 100 140 5
Aboriginal languages 340 255 5 5 75 0 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 40 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 25 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 20 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 5 5 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 15 10 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 205 170 0 0 30 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 55 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 5 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 140 115 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 5 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 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 15 10 0 0 5 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) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,050 2,560 835 30 1,580 15 5 30 0
Italian 1,090 645 90 5 330 5 0 5 0
Portuguese 1,275 680 185 5 395 0 0 5 0
Romanian 245 110 55 0 70 5 5 0 0
Spanish 2,440 1,120 500 15 780 5 0 20 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,680 5,030 475 35 2,090 10 10 35 0
Dutch 2,025 1,385 110 5 510 0 0 10 0
Flemish 45 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Frisian 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
German 4,460 2,870 300 15 1,240 5 5 20 0
Yiddish 35 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 960 645 45 0 260 0 0 0 0
Danish 510 350 15 0 140 0 0 5 0
Icelandic 50 20 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 220 155 10 5 55 0 0 0 0
Swedish 185 120 10 0 55 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 130 60 20 5 45 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 70 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 50 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 4,090 2,410 535 15 1,085 5 10 25 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 100 50 15 0 30 0 0 5 0
Croatian 465 240 70 0 150 0 0 0 0
Czech 325 180 45 5 105 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 1,135 655 155 5 310 0 0 10 0
Russian 880 480 145 5 240 5 5 5 0
Serbian 150 85 20 0 40 0 5 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 75 35 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Slovak 145 80 15 0 40 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 85 55 5 0 25 0 0 5 0
Ukrainian 660 515 35 0 100 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 110 85 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Latvian 65 50 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 45 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 310 170 45 0 95 0 0 0 0
Armenian 40 15 10 0 15 0 5 0 0
Albanian 120 70 30 0 20 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,050 650 90 5 295 0 5 5 0
Estonian 55 35 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Finnish 290 185 25 5 70 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 705 425 65 0 200 0 5 5 0
Turkic languages 175 80 30 0 60 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 155 70 30 0 55 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,185 615 245 15 285 10 0 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 95 45 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Oromo 50 30 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Somali 40 15 10 0 15 0 5 0 0
Semitic languages 1,090 570 225 10 260 10 0 10 0
Amharic 100 50 15 0 40 0 0 0 0
Arabic 835 425 190 15 185 10 0 5 0
Hebrew 75 50 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Maltese 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 60 35 15 0 10 0 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,340 2,890 1,115 5 1,290 5 20 15 0
Indo-Aryan languages 4,595 2,490 975 5 1,095 0 20 15 0
Bengali 115 45 40 0 30 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 120 65 15 0 35 0 0 5 0
Hindi 335 165 60 0 105 0 10 0 0
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 20 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,710 2,055 805 0 825 0 10 10 0
Sindhi 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 30 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Urdu 170 85 25 0 55 0 0 0 0
Nepali 25 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 730 385 140 0 195 5 0 0 0
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 35 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 690 380 135 0 170 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 180 95 30 0 60 0 0 0 0
Kannada 20 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 40 25 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tamil 85 35 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Telugu 40 25 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,175 565 175 5 425 0 5 0 0
Korean 1,290 730 345 0 210 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,185 5,355 1,880 5 1,900 5 30 5 0
Chinese languages 9,150 5,340 1,870 10 1,890 5 30 10 0
Cantonese 2,930 1,750 510 0 655 0 15 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 30 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,945 1,050 485 5 400 0 5 0 0
Shanghainese 20 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 80 40 15 0 25 0 5 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,110 2,445 855 5 795 5 5 5 0
Tibetan languages 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 230 115 25 0 80 0 0 0 0
Lao 20 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Thai 210 105 30 0 75 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 990 550 245 0 200 0 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 125 85 20 0 15 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 865 460 220 5 180 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,635 1,265 460 0 890 0 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 230 100 40 0 90 0 5 0 0
Ilocano 100 50 10 0 35 0 5 0 0
Malay 100 60 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,120 1,020 395 0 695 0 5 5 0
Bikol 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 245 125 20 5 95 0 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 30 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 155 70 20 5 55 0 0 5 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 65 30 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Creoles 35 15 0 5 15 5 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 85 70 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 20 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,080 2,810 175 250 765 5 15 65 0
English and French 905 640 25 215 15 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 2,900 2,020 130 15 705 0 15 20 0
French and non-official language 180 80 15 10 35 5 0 35 0
English, French and non-official language 100 70 0 10 15 0 0 5 0

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Footnote 1

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

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

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