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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 Westmount - Ville-Marie
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 101,865 57,275 35,085 7,920 1,590 61,230 60.1
Single responses 96,000 54,525 33,335 6,550 1,590 57,800 60.2
English 49,535 46,275 3,260 0 0 46,275 93.4
French 29,155 715 28,440 0 0 720 2.5
Non-official languages 17,305 7,535 1,635 6,550 1,590 10,805 62.4
Aboriginal languages 15 10 0 10 0 15 100.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 5 0 15 100.0
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 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
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 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 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
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. 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
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 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 3,495 630 585 2,005 270 1,635 46.8
Italian 410 70 50 210 85 175 42.7
Portuguese 365 75 45 230 15 190 52.1
Romanian 555 40 120 360 30 225 40.5
Spanish 2,160 445 370 1,200 140 1,050 48.6
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 285 110 5 160 10 190 66.7
Dutch 35 15 0 20 5 20 57.1
Flemish 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 180 55 10 110 5 110 61.1
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 55 40 0 20 0 50 90.9
Danish 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Swedish 30 20 0 10 0 25 83.3
Afrikaans 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, 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
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 1,530 400 175 870 95 830 54.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Bulgarian 200 30 25 135 5 95 47.5
Croatian 25 10 0 10 5 20 80.0
Czech 40 10 5 25 0 25 62.5
Macedonian 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 185 50 15 105 10 105 56.8
Russian 880 255 105 460 70 480 54.5
Serbian 85 20 5 55 0 45 52.9
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 5 15 0 10 66.7
Slovak 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
Slovenian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ukrainian 75 15 15 45 0 35 46.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Baltic languages 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Lithuanian 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Greek 145 60 5 65 20 95 65.5
Armenian 200 35 15 140 10 105 52.5
Albanian 35 5 5 20 10 15 42.9
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 95 40 5 55 0 70 73.7
Estonian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Hungarian 90 35 5 50 0 60 66.7
Turkic languages 225 160 10 50 5 180 80.0
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Turkish 210 155 10 45 5 175 83.3
Turkic 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
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,225 1,480 370 1,195 180 2,080 64.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Semitic languages 3,195 1,480 355 1,180 180 2,065 64.6
Amharic 35 10 5 20 5 20 57.1
Arabic 3,060 1,425 350 1,120 175 1,985 64.9
Hebrew 80 35 5 30 0 55 68.8
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 5 0 5 5 10 66.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 2,130 1,165 70 730 165 1,530 71.8
Indo-Aryan languages 695 490 10 140 55 560 80.6
Bengali 260 165 10 65 20 195 75.0
Gujarati 65 40 0 15 5 45 69.2
Hindi 150 100 0 35 10 115 76.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 75 60 5 15 0 65 86.7
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 5 5 100.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 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
Urdu 130 105 0 20 10 115 88.5
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 1,425 670 65 580 110 960 67.4
Kurdish 20 5 0 15 0 10 50.0
Pashto 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
Persian (Farsi) 1,400 660 60 565 110 945 67.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Dravidian languages 210 165 5 35 10 175 83.3
Kannada 25 20 0 5 0 25 100.0
Malayalam 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Tamil 120 90 5 20 10 95 79.2
Telugu 55 40 0 10 0 45 81.8
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 215 140 10 35 30 160 74.4
Korean 570 390 15 120 45 445 78.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,285 2,455 290 850 690 2,885 67.3
Chinese languages 4,285 2,455 290 850 690 2,880 67.2
Cantonese 355 130 10 85 130 175 49.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 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
Mandarin 955 600 60 195 95 695 72.8
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 25 10 0 5 5 15 60.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,940 1,715 215 560 450 1,995 67.9
Tibetan 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
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 220 50 35 105 30 105 47.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 5 0 0 0 5 33.3
Vietnamese 205 45 40 100 30 90 43.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 255 205 0 45 0 230 90.2
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Malay 15 10 0 5 0 15 100.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 215 175 0 40 0 190 88.4
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 60 15 10 30 5 30 50.0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Bantu languages 15 5 0 10 5 5 33.3
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 5 0 5 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 10 5 0 5 5 5 50.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 15 0 0 15 0 10 66.7
Bamanankan 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
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 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 75 5 35 35 10 25 33.3
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5 5 50.0
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
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 5,865 2,745 1,750 1,365 0 3,430 58.5
English and French 1,860 315 700 845 0 740 39.8
English and non-official language 2,350 2,325 20 0 0 2,325 98.9
French and non-official language 910 15 895 0 0 10 1.1
English, French and non-official language 750 90 135 520 0 350 46.7

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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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