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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 - St. Albert
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 134,635 129,425 3,075 470 1,665 3,310 2.5
Single responses 129,625 124,695 2,910 360 1,665 3,090 2.4
English 116,450 114,565 1,890 0 0 1,890 1.6
French 1,015 35 980 0 0 980 96.6
Non-official languages 12,160 10,095 45 355 1,665 225 1.9
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 0 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 20 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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 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
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 1,330 1,060 10 100 160 65 4.9
Italian 335 275 0 10 45 10 3.0
Portuguese 220 180 0 5 35 10 4.5
Romanian 120 95 0 15 10 5 4.2
Spanish 655 505 5 65 70 40 6.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 215 190 0 15 5 5 2.3
Dutch 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 150 135 0 10 5 5 3.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 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 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
Afrikaans 25 25 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,330 1,195 5 30 95 20 1.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Czech 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 495 460 0 10 25 5 1.0
Russian 125 110 5 10 10 5 4.0
Serbian 150 125 0 0 20 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 270 235 0 10 20 5 1.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Baltic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 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
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 60 45 0 10 5 5 8.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 55 40 0 10 0 5 9.1
Turkic languages 185 160 0 10 15 5 2.7
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 185 155 0 10 20 5 2.7
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,645 2,230 15 125 275 80 3.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 425 385 0 5 30 5 1.2
Oromo 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 400 370 0 5 25 5 1.3
Semitic languages 2,215 1,840 20 115 245 80 3.6
Amharic 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 2,005 1,645 15 110 235 75 3.7
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 90 80 0 5 5 5 5.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,010 905 5 15 90 10 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 880 790 5 10 75 10 1.1
Bengali 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 260 240 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 310 245 0 5 60 5 1.6
Sindhi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 175 165 0 5 5 5 2.9
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 125 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 90 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,560 1,860 0 20 685 10 0.4
Chinese languages 2,545 1,845 0 20 680 10 0.4
Cantonese 1,025 705 0 10 310 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 355 295 0 5 60 0 0.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,125 820 0 5 295 5 0.4
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. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,085 835 0 15 235 10 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,050 815 5 15 215 10 1.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,295 1,265 5 0 25 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,220 1,195 0 0 20 5 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 75 45 0 20 10 15 20.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 25 5 15 5 15 33.3
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 0 0 10 5 5 25.0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
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. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Non-verbal languages 75 40 0 0 35 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 30 0 0 25 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 5,005 4,735 160 110 0 215 4.3
English and French 220 50 110 60 0 140 63.6
English and non-official language 4,670 4,655 20 0 0 20 0.4
French and non-official language 20 5 15 0 0 15 75.0
English, French and non-official language 95 30 20 50 0 45 47.4

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not applicable

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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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