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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 Lac-Saint-Louis
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 106,930 68,075 30,165 7,505 1,190 71,825 67.2
Single responses 100,780 65,305 28,575 5,710 1,190 68,160 67.6
English 65,005 60,415 4,595 0 0 60,410 92.9
French 23,375 530 22,850 0 0 530 2.3
Non-official languages 12,405 4,360 1,135 5,710 1,190 7,220 58.2
Aboriginal languages 40 20 0 15 5 25 62.5
Algonquian languages 30 20 0 10 0 20 66.7
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 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
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 25 15 0 5 0 20 80.0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 20 0 5 5 20 80.0
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 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 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5 5 5 100.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,660 305 415 1,705 235 1,160 43.6
Italian 475 65 100 230 80 180 37.9
Portuguese 215 50 20 130 20 115 53.5
Romanian 670 20 90 510 45 280 41.8
Spanish 1,290 170 195 835 90 585 45.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 450 220 10 205 15 325 72.2
Dutch 65 25 0 40 0 45 69.2
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 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
German 340 165 5 155 10 245 72.1
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Scandinavian languages 30 15 0 5 0 25 83.3
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Swedish 25 10 0 5 5 15 60.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,590 460 160 870 100 895 56.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 5 5 10 0 5 33.3
Bulgarian 90 10 10 70 5 40 44.4
Croatian 70 20 5 45 0 40 57.1
Czech 35 15 0 20 0 25 71.4
Macedonian 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
Polish 545 170 40 310 20 325 59.6
Russian 670 195 90 330 55 360 53.7
Serbian 35 15 0 20 0 25 71.4
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 25 15 0 10 0 15 60.0
Slovenian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 60 20 0 35 5 40 66.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 5 5 15 5 10 40.0
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Latvian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Greek 250 110 0 100 40 160 64.0
Armenian 145 20 15 105 5 75 51.7
Albanian 20 0 5 5 5 5 25.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 150 70 5 65 10 100 66.7
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 10 0 5 5 10 66.7
Hungarian 125 55 5 60 10 85 68.0
Turkic languages 100 35 10 40 10 60 60.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 95 40 10 40 10 60 63.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,550 405 225 780 145 790 51.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 10 0 0 10 5 5 50.0
Oromo 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 1,530 405 225 765 140 785 51.3
Amharic 15 0 5 10 0 5 33.3
Arabic 1,490 390 225 740 140 760 51.0
Hebrew 20 10 0 15 0 15 75.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,975 940 40 750 245 1,320 66.8
Indo-Aryan languages 1,170 665 10 335 155 830 70.9
Bengali 75 45 0 20 10 55 73.3
Gujarati 185 105 5 45 40 125 67.6
Hindi 135 95 0 25 10 110 81.5
Konkani 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
Marathi 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 460 235 5 150 70 310 67.4
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Urdu 275 155 5 85 30 200 72.7
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Iranian languages 805 280 30 415 85 485 60.2
Kurdish 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
Pashto 15 10 5 10 0 10 66.7
Persian (Farsi) 785 265 25 405 85 475 60.5
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 390 235 10 100 40 290 74.4
Kannada 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
Malayalam 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Tamil 365 220 5 100 40 265 72.6
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 45 0 10 0 55 100.0
Korean 190 100 5 65 20 130 68.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,960 1,020 105 575 265 1,310 66.8
Chinese languages 1,965 1,025 100 575 265 1,310 66.7
Cantonese 215 95 5 80 40 135 62.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 450 230 20 140 55 295 65.6
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,295 695 75 355 165 870 67.2
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 25 5 5 10 0 5 20.0
Lao 20 0 10 5 0 5 25.0
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 245 55 40 120 25 115 46.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 0 5 15 5 10 40.0
Vietnamese 215 55 35 110 20 110 51.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 310 260 0 45 10 280 90.3
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0 10 66.7
Malay 10 5 5 0 5 5 50.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 275 235 0 40 5 255 92.7
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. 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Niger-Congo languages 60 15 10 30 0 35 58.3
Akan (Twi) 25 10 0 10 0 15 60.0
Bantu languages 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Lingala 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 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
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 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, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
African 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
Creoles 195 10 55 110 15 70 35.9
Non-verbal languages 40 15 15 0 5 20 50.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Quebec Sign Language 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
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15 0 5 15 50.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 6,155 2,770 1,590 1,790 0 3,670 59.6
English and French 2,290 415 795 1,080 0 955 41.7
English and non-official language 2,210 2,190 20 0 0 2,190 99.1
French and non-official language 660 20 640 0 0 20 3.0
English, French and non-official language 1,000 145 140 715 0 500 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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