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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Essex
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 384,935 364,845 10,820 2,400 6,865 12,025 3.1
Single responses 371,220 352,170 10,275 1,905 6,865 11,230 3.0
English 325,175 318,040 7,135 0 0 7,135 2.2
French 3,230 310 2,925 0 0 2,925 90.6
Non-official languages 42,810 33,825 215 1,910 6,865 1,170 2.7
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 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
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 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
Athapaskan 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 5 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 9,540 6,535 40 545 2,425 310 3.2
Italian 3,730 3,025 15 90 610 55 1.5
Portuguese 1,020 715 5 30 265 20 2.0
Romanian 1,400 1,010 10 270 110 140 10.0
Spanish 3,385 1,785 10 155 1,440 90 2.7
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 3,485 2,930 5 40 510 20 0.6
Dutch 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Flemish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 3,420 2,880 0 25 510 15 0.4
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 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 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,835 5,160 5 210 460 105 1.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 180 160 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bulgarian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 705 650 0 10 40 5 0.7
Czech 50 45 5 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 550 485 0 15 50 10 1.8
Polish 1,650 1,435 0 75 135 40 2.4
Russian 330 265 0 30 35 15 4.5
Serbian 1,710 1,525 0 55 125 30 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 125 110 0 5 5 5 4.0
Slovak 280 250 0 5 30 5 1.8
Slovenian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 125 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 455 405 0 5 40 0 0.0
Armenian 110 80 0 10 15 10 9.1
Albanian 570 450 5 40 85 20 3.5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 515 445 0 15 55 10 1.9
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 475 410 0 15 55 5 1.1
Turkic languages 230 195 0 5 20 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 200 180 0 5 15 5 2.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,005 6,950 105 670 1,275 440 4.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 425 320 0 5 100 5 1.2
Oromo 35 30 0 0 5 5 14.3
Somali 390 290 0 5 95 0 0.0
Semitic languages 8,580 6,630 105 665 1,180 435 5.1
Amharic 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 6,930 5,295 100 630 900 415 6.0
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,455 1,160 0 30 265 15 1.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages 4,490 3,890 0 125 475 65 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 3,990 3,460 0 110 425 55 1.4
Bengali 430 375 0 25 30 15 3.5
Gujarati 400 340 0 0 50 5 1.3
Hindi 320 305 0 5 15 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,445 1,200 0 40 210 20 1.4
Sindhi 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 1,205 1,100 0 30 80 15 1.2
Nepali 85 50 0 0 30 0 0.0
Iranian languages 480 410 0 20 50 10 2.1
Kurdish 90 70 5 0 20 0 0.0
Pashto 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 370 325 0 15 30 10 2.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 275 245 0 5 20 5 1.8
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 140 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Telugu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 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
Japanese 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 295 260 0 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,460 3,465 10 80 905 45 1.0
Chinese languages 4,270 3,350 10 75 835 50 1.2
Cantonese 905 690 0 15 205 10 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 910 730 5 30 150 20 2.2
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,435 1,910 5 35 485 20 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 180 110 0 0 65 0 0.0
Tai languages 305 170 0 5 135 0 0.0
Lao 155 120 5 5 30 5 3.2
Thai 150 50 0 0 100 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,710 1,400 10 35 265 25 1.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 205 0 0 65 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,435 1,200 10 30 205 20 1.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 870 845 0 0 20 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 825 805 0 5 15 5 0.6
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 255 135 30 65 20 55 21.6
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 170 65 25 60 15 55 32.4
Lingala 5 5 5 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 15 5 0 0 5 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 0 10 5 10 40.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 105 30 20 35 15 35 33.3
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 0 15 0 0.0
Creoles 100 20 10 55 15 40 40.0
Non-verbal languages 130 75 5 0 50 5 3.8
American Sign Language 35 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 55 0 0 40 5 5.3
Other languages 15 5 5 0 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 13,720 12,675 550 490 0 795 5.8
English and French 830 190 370 270 0 505 60.8
English and non-official language 12,380 12,330 50 0 0 50 0.4
French and non-official language 150 65 85 0 0 85 56.7
English, French and non-official language 360 95 40 220 0 150 41.7

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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-XCB2011039.

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