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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 Ottawa West - Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest - Nepean
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 109,070 96,050 8,735 2,345 1,940 9,905 9.1
Single responses 103,335 91,685 7,895 1,815 1,940 8,805 8.5
English 83,470 79,635 3,835 0 0 3,830 4.6
French 3,910 155 3,755 0 0 3,750 95.9
Non-official languages 15,950 11,885 310 1,815 1,940 1,215 7.6
Aboriginal languages 30 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 20 20 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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Naskapi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Inuktitut 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 2,160 1,495 35 350 280 210 9.7
Italian 965 730 15 85 140 55 5.7
Portuguese 135 90 0 20 20 10 7.4
Romanian 195 60 5 100 30 55 28.2
Spanish 855 610 15 140 90 90 10.5
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. 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
Germanic languages 155 115 5 35 5 20 12.9
Dutch 25 15 0 10 0 5 20.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 105 80 0 25 5 15 14.3
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 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
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 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
Slavic languages 1,795 1,325 15 310 150 170 9.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 65 45 0 15 5 5 7.7
Bulgarian 90 55 0 25 10 10 11.1
Croatian 50 35 5 10 0 10 20.0
Czech 45 35 0 15 0 5 11.1
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 340 260 5 55 20 30 8.8
Russian 770 590 10 100 80 55 7.1
Serbian 220 160 0 45 15 20 9.1
Serbo-Croatian 45 30 0 15 0 5 11.1
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 115 65 0 35 15 20 17.4
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 5 5 33.3
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 120 105 0 10 10 5 4.2
Armenian 45 25 0 15 5 5 11.1
Albanian 50 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 140 105 0 25 10 15 10.7
Estonian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 115 90 0 25 10 10 8.7
Turkic languages 205 170 0 20 15 10 4.9
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Turkish 185 160 0 15 15 5 2.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,525 2,435 120 525 450 380 10.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 5 10 0 10 66.7
Cushitic languages 655 430 45 105 70 100 15.3
Oromo 40 25 0 10 0 5 12.5
Somali 620 405 45 95 70 95 15.3
Semitic languages 2,840 1,995 70 400 375 270 9.5
Amharic 100 80 5 5 5 5 5.0
Arabic 2,625 1,825 70 375 360 255 9.7
Hebrew 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 5 5 5 20.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 10 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,105 1,775 0 120 215 65 3.1
Indo-Aryan languages 1,140 985 0 60 90 30 2.6
Bengali 275 240 0 10 20 5 1.8
Gujarati 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hindi 155 135 0 10 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 140 115 0 5 20 5 3.6
Sindhi 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 350 305 0 20 30 10 2.9
Nepali 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 960 780 0 60 125 30 3.1
Kurdish 60 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 115 90 0 5 15 5 4.3
Persian (Farsi) 790 645 0 50 95 30 3.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 290 245 0 15 30 5 1.7
Kannada 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 200 170 0 10 20 5 2.5
Telugu 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 50 35 5 5 5 10 20.0
Korean 170 140 0 15 20 5 2.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,100 2,400 10 130 565 70 2.3
Chinese languages 3,025 2,335 5 130 550 70 2.3
Cantonese 740 500 0 30 210 15 2.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 830 685 0 30 115 20 2.4
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,405 1,125 5 60 215 35 2.5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 70 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lao 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 865 640 10 95 120 55 6.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 145 105 0 10 30 5 3.4
Vietnamese 720 530 10 85 95 55 7.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 605 590 5 0 10 5 0.8
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 500 485 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 5 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 185 85 40 50 10 65 35.1
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 135 50 35 40 10 55 40.7
Lingala 10 0 10 5 0 10 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 10 15 5 15 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 0 10 10 0 10 50.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 45 25 10 10 5 15 33.3
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 10 0 5 25.0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5 5 10.0
Creoles 185 25 75 80 5 115 62.2
Non-verbal languages 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 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
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,735 4,365 835 530 0 1,100 19.2
English and French 945 155 465 330 0 630 66.7
English and non-official language 4,175 4,150 25 0 0 25 0.6
French and non-official language 290 10 275 0 0 280 96.6
English, French and non-official language 330 55 65 205 0 165 50.0

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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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