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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 Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
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 910,620 877,990 29,545 1,560 1,520 30,330 3.3
Single responses 903,215 872,230 28,570 895 1,515 29,025 3.2
English 868,765 855,170 13,595 0 0 13,590 1.6
French 15,940 1,035 14,910 0 0 14,910 93.5
Non-official languages 18,510 16,020 75 900 1,515 525 2.8
Aboriginal languages 2,775 2,720 0 25 30 10 0.4
Algonquian languages 2,775 2,720 0 25 30 10 0.4
Algonquin 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 2,770 2,710 5 20 30 15 0.5
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 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 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 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal 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
Romance languages 1,145 875 20 125 130 80 7.0
Italian 165 140 5 15 10 10 6.1
Portuguese 120 90 0 15 15 5 4.2
Romanian 85 50 0 25 10 10 11.8
Spanish 775 590 15 75 95 55 7.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 1,460 1,170 5 170 115 90 6.2
Dutch 190 140 0 40 5 20 10.5
Flemish 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
Frisian 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
German 1,170 955 5 115 100 60 5.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 75 60 0 10 5 5 6.7
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 35 25 0 5 5 5 14.3
Norwegian 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,105 945 0 90 75 45 4.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 75 70 0 5 0 5 6.7
Czech 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 255 210 0 25 15 15 5.9
Russian 505 430 0 35 35 15 3.0
Serbian 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 45 40 0 0 10 5 11.1
Slovak 30 30 0 0 0 5 16.7
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 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 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
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Latvian 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 275 235 0 10 30 5 1.8
Armenian 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 120 100 0 5 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 80 70 0 10 0 5 6.3
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 65 60 0 10 0 5 7.7
Turkic languages 175 145 0 10 15 5 2.9
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 140 120 0 10 10 5 3.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,665 3,020 35 315 300 190 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 3,625 2,990 35 310 295 190 5.2
Amharic 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 3,495 2,865 30 305 290 185 5.3
Hebrew 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,320 2,030 0 60 235 35 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,275 1,085 0 25 160 15 1.2
Bengali 225 210 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 215 205 0 0 10 5 2.3
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 175 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 315 285 0 10 25 5 1.6
Nepali 210 115 5 0 95 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,030 925 0 35 70 20 1.9
Kurdish 55 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 935 840 0 30 60 15 1.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 240 235 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 130 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 55 55 0 0 0 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 125 105 0 5 15 0 0.0
Korean 560 490 0 10 60 5 0.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,000 2,635 0 40 320 20 0.7
Chinese languages 2,990 2,630 5 40 320 25 0.8
Cantonese 325 240 0 5 80 5 1.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 660 600 0 5 50 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,985 1,765 0 25 190 15 0.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 60 15 0 0 45 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 65 20 0 0 45 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 290 250 5 5 25 5 1.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 285 245 0 5 25 5 1.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 600 585 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 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
Malay 20 15 0 5 0 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) 550 535 0 0 15 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 115 85 10 15 5 15 13.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 50 35 0 15 0 10 20.0
Lingala 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 10 0 10 5 5 25.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 5 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 20 15 5 5 0 5 25.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 260 180 0 0 80 0 0.0
American Sign Language 65 40 0 0 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 195 140 0 0 55 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 7,405 5,765 975 665 0 1,310 17.7
English and French 1,810 395 850 570 0 1,135 62.7
English and non-official language 5,295 5,265 30 0 0 30 0.6
French and non-official language 120 50 70 0 0 70 58.3
English, French and non-official language 175 55 20 100 0 75 42.9

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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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