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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 Laval
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 397,570 66,400 292,630 31,350 7,185 82,075 20.6
Single responses 369,480 59,900 276,565 25,830 7,185 72,815 19.7
English 51,335 47,905 3,435 0 0 47,900 93.3
French 259,090 2,800 256,285 0 0 2,800 1.1
Non-official languages 59,050 9,195 16,840 25,830 7,185 22,110 37.4
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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
Mohawk 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
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 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 17,015 705 6,680 7,965 1,665 4,690 27.6
Italian 3,375 180 1,170 1,600 430 980 29.0
Portuguese 2,115 135 915 765 300 515 24.3
Romanian 4,020 95 1,240 2,405 285 1,295 32.2
Spanish 7,500 295 3,350 3,200 650 1,895 25.3
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 265 155 15 90 5 200 75.5
Dutch 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Flemish 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 235 140 10 80 5 180 76.6
Yiddish 5 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Scandinavian 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
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic 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
Celtic languages 5 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
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Slavic languages 2,490 400 600 1,285 205 1,040 41.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 85 10 30 35 10 25 29.4
Bulgarian 325 20 80 210 15 120 36.9
Croatian 165 65 20 75 15 95 57.6
Czech 35 5 5 25 0 15 42.9
Macedonian 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Polish 365 80 75 185 25 170 46.6
Russian 1,290 185 335 655 120 505 39.1
Serbian 85 10 20 45 5 35 41.2
Serbo-Croatian 35 5 15 10 0 15 42.9
Slovak 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0 20 80.0
Ukrainian 50 5 10 25 5 20 40.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 5 0 0 5 10 66.7
Latvian 5 5 0 0 5 5 100.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Greek 6,755 3,205 110 2,245 1,200 4,325 64.0
Armenian 5,525 625 545 3,835 520 2,545 46.1
Albanian 200 10 85 75 30 50 25.0
Georgian 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 365 90 80 155 50 170 46.6
Estonian 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
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 365 90 75 150 50 165 45.2
Turkic languages 515 75 175 175 95 160 31.1
Azerbaijani 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Turkish 495 70 170 165 95 155 31.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 5 0 5 100.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,435 925 4,540 5,730 1,240 3,790 30.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 145 0 95 35 15 15 10.3
Cushitic languages 170 0 85 65 20 35 20.6
Oromo 160 0 80 60 20 30 18.8
Somali 10 0 5 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 12,085 925 4,340 5,620 1,200 3,730 30.9
Amharic 20 5 0 10 0 10 50.0
Arabic 11,975 895 4,315 5,565 1,200 3,680 30.7
Hebrew 65 15 20 30 0 25 38.5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 5 0 5 0 10 66.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 10 0 10 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 0 20 20 5 10 25.0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,450 1,475 600 1,550 825 2,250 50.6
Indo-Aryan languages 2,415 1,150 115 750 395 1,525 63.1
Bengali 210 110 5 65 20 150 71.4
Gujarati 235 105 15 65 50 135 57.4
Hindi 80 50 5 20 5 60 75.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,070 520 45 300 200 670 62.6
Sindhi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 25 0 5 5 25 83.3
Urdu 775 335 35 290 110 485 62.6
Nepali 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
Iranian languages 1,985 310 480 780 415 700 35.3
Kurdish 40 10 10 15 10 15 37.5
Pashto 65 30 5 20 15 35 53.8
Persian (Farsi) 1,880 275 465 745 395 650 34.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 15 5 15 10 25 50.0
Dravidian languages 1,215 535 95 410 165 745 61.3
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tamil 1,220 535 100 410 170 745 61.1
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 5 5 0 10 100.0
Korean 45 15 5 10 15 20 44.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,645 480 295 570 305 765 46.5
Chinese languages 1,645 480 295 570 300 765 46.5
Cantonese 210 60 20 90 40 105 50.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 290 90 50 105 40 145 50.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 5 5 0 0 5 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 330 225 365 220 510 44.7
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 710 30 380 195 105 130 18.3
Lao 690 25 375 190 95 125 18.1
Thai 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,780 305 1,020 1,000 455 805 29.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,040 75 440 330 195 240 23.1
Vietnamese 1,740 230 580 665 260 560 32.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 150 95 10 45 10 115 76.7
Bisayan 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
Ilocano 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Malay 20 10 5 0 5 10 50.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 110 70 5 35 5 90 81.8
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 185 20 85 70 10 55 29.7
Akan (Twi) 40 15 5 20 0 20 50.0
Bantu languages 80 5 45 25 5 15 18.8
Lingala 10 5 10 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 20 10 5 5 16.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 20 0 5 10 5 5 25.0
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 0 30 15 5 5 11.1
African languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 5 0 5 20.0
Creoles 2,140 20 1,450 415 255 230 10.7
Non-verbal languages 85 15 45 0 25 15 17.6
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 25 5 20 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 10 30 0 20 15 25.0
Other languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 28,095 6,505 16,065 5,520 0 9,265 33.0
English and French 5,385 935 2,105 2,345 0 2,110 39.2
English and non-official language 5,175 5,070 105 0 0 5,070 98.0
French and non-official language 13,045 95 12,945 0 0 95 0.7
English, French and non-official language 4,490 405 905 3,175 0 1,995 44.4

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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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