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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Edmonton - Sherwood Park
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 135,770 131,830 2,535 330 1,075 2,700 2.0
Single responses 132,765 129,025 2,415 250 1,075 2,540 1.9
English 123,445 121,940 1,505 0 0 1,500 1.2
French 920 50 870 0 0 870 94.6
Non-official languages 8,405 7,035 40 250 1,075 165 2.0
Aboriginal languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,350 1,105 15 75 150 55 4.1
Italian 50 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 180 145 0 10 20 10 5.6
Romanian 80 70 0 10 5 0 0.0
Spanish 1,045 855 10 60 120 40 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 210 195 0 10 0 5 2.4
Dutch 45 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 130 125 0 0 0 5 3.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 770 695 5 15 55 10 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 325 295 0 5 25 5 1.5
Russian 100 90 0 10 5 5 5.0
Serbian 50 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 150 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Latvian 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hungarian 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 85 65 0 5 15 5 5.9
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 60 45 0 10 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 950 785 15 55 105 35 3.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cushitic languages 455 390 5 15 40 15 3.3
Oromo 25 10 0 10 10 5 20.0
Somali 430 380 5 10 30 10 2.3
Semitic languages 490 390 5 35 60 20 4.1
Amharic 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 355 265 5 35 45 25 7.0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tigrigna 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,720 1,460 0 35 220 20 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 1,510 1,290 0 20 195 10 0.7
Bengali 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 110 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 325 295 0 5 20 5 1.5
Konkani 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 800 630 0 10 150 5 0.6
Sindhi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 185 175 0 5 15 0 0.0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 205 175 0 5 25 5 2.4
Kurdish 90 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 85 70 0 5 10 5 5.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dravidian languages 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,595 1,180 0 10 405 5 0.3
Chinese languages 1,585 1,175 0 10 405 5 0.3
Cantonese 555 375 0 5 180 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 250 205 5 0 40 5 2.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chinese, n.o.s. 730 560 0 5 165 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 5 5 16.7
Lao 20 20 0 5 5 5 25.0
Thai 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 295 240 0 0 50 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 285 235 0 5 50 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 900 880 0 5 20 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 860 840 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 130 85 5 25 10 20 15.4
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 95 60 10 20 5 15 15.8
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 5 10 5 10 40.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 60 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 3,000 2,795 120 80 0 160 5.3
English and French 190 40 80 70 0 120 63.2
English and non-official language 2,745 2,740 5 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 20 10 10 0 0 10 50.0
English, French and non-official language 45 10 20 10 0 25 55.6

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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