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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa West - Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest - Nepean
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 109,070 75,830 945 30,290 2,000
Single responses 105,790 74,270 840 28,690 1,985
English 69,205 52,780 10 16,375 40
French 7,830 245 460 7,110 10
Non-official languages 28,760 21,245 370 5,200 1,940
Aboriginal languages 95 85 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 65 60 0 5 5
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 45 40 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 45 40 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages 4,590 3,015 25 1,270 285
Italian 2,345 1,585 10 620 135
Portuguese 330 215 0 90 25
Romanian 375 145 0 200 30
Spanish 1,525 1,070 15 355 90
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,485 1,100 5 380 5
Dutch 375 285 0 85 0
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 900 670 0 230 5
Yiddish 75 45 0 30 0
Scandinavian languages 90 70 0 20 0
Danish 40 30 0 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 20 0 5 0
Swedish 25 20 0 10 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,315 2,465 5 695 145
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 135 105 0 15 10
Bulgarian 150 105 0 40 10
Croatian 135 105 5 30 0
Czech 140 95 0 45 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 5
Polish 815 600 0 200 20
Russian 1,095 840 5 180 70
Serbian 300 210 0 75 15
Serbo-Croatian 80 55 0 20 0
Slovak 90 75 0 15 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 5 0
Ukrainian 310 220 0 70 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 90 55 0 30 0
Latvian 50 35 0 15 0
Lithuanian 40 20 0 15 0
Greek 285 210 0 65 10
Armenian 65 30 0 30 5
Albanian 100 75 0 10 15
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 445 340 5 95 15
Estonian 35 25 0 10 0
Finnish 45 30 0 10 0
Hungarian 365 285 0 70 10
Turkic languages 360 310 0 40 15
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 5 0
Turkish 330 285 0 30 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,550 3,870 130 1,110 450
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 5 10 10 0
Cushitic languages 1,115 755 50 235 70
Oromo 55 35 0 15 5
Somali 1,065 720 45 220 65
Semitic languages 4,390 3,095 70 845 375
Amharic 155 135 0 10 5
Arabic 4,000 2,775 70 790 360
Hebrew 90 70 0 20 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 85 0 10 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,440 2,915 10 305 215
Indo-Aryan languages 2,060 1,785 0 180 90
Bengali 395 355 0 20 20
Gujarati 215 190 0 15 5
Hindi 325 270 5 40 10
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 40 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 320 265 0 35 20
Sindhi 30 15 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 85 0 10 5
Urdu 555 485 0 45 25
Nepali 70 70 0 5 0
Iranian languages 1,365 1,120 5 120 125
Kurdish 95 80 0 5 15
Pashto 175 135 0 20 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,095 900 0 100 90
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 485 430 0 25 30
Kannada 40 35 0 0 5
Malayalam 80 70 0 5 5
Tamil 290 255 0 20 20
Telugu 65 65 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Japanese 115 95 0 15 5
Korean 250 205 0 30 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,390 3,450 5 370 565
Chinese languages 4,285 3,370 5 365 550
Cantonese 1,095 785 0 110 205
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 20 0 5 0
Fukien 15 5 0 5 5
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,030 840 0 90 110
Shanghainese 15 10 0 5 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,060 1,670 5 155 230
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 0 15
Tai languages 100 90 0 10 5
Lao 45 30 0 10 0
Thai 60 60 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,240 910 5 210 120
Khmer (Cambodian) 245 195 0 20 30
Vietnamese 1,000 710 0 190 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,175 1,125 0 40 15
Bisayan languages 70 75 0 0 0
Ilocano 100 95 0 5 0
Malay 50 50 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 920 880 0 30 15
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 615 280 90 230 10
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 10 0
Bantu languages 435 160 80 185 10
Lingala 30 5 15 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 100 10 25 60 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 10 15 55 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 115 60 20 30 0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 55 5 30 5
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 20 25 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 45 10 30 0
African languages, n.i.e. 115 95 0 15 0
Creoles 390 50 100 225 5
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 25 20 0 0 5
Multiple responses 3,280 1,565 100 1,605 10
English and French 1,065 120 10 930 0
English and non-official language 1,680 1,380 0 290 5
French and non-official language 355 40 90 230 0
English, French and non-official language 175 20 0 155 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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