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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 Ancaster - Dundas - Flamborough - Westdale
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 114,655 112,475 1,260 335 585 1,425 1.2
Single responses 112,365 110,290 1,205 285 590 1,350 1.2
English 104,830 104,035 795 0 0 795 0.8
French 440 35 405 0 0 405 92.0
Non-official languages 7,095 6,220 10 280 585 150 2.1
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian 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
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 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. 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
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 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 1,030 810 5 85 130 45 4.4
Italian 265 210 0 5 50 5 1.9
Portuguese 210 160 0 5 40 5 2.4
Romanian 180 135 0 35 15 15 8.3
Spanish 370 300 5 35 30 20 5.4
Catalan 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 345 315 0 20 5 10 2.9
Dutch 75 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 195 175 0 15 0 10 5.1
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,020 915 5 40 65 20 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 345 310 0 15 15 5 1.4
Russian 280 255 0 5 20 5 1.8
Serbian 145 120 0 5 20 5 3.4
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 100 85 0 5 5 5 5.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 70 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Greek 85 80 0 0 0 5 5.9
Armenian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 180 170 0 0 10 0 0.0
Estonian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 165 155 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 575 465 0 60 55 30 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 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
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 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
Semitic languages 575 465 0 55 55 30 5.2
Amharic 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
Arabic 480 375 0 55 50 30 6.3
Hebrew 45 35 0 0 0 5 11.1
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,125 1,000 0 35 90 15 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 765 695 0 25 50 15 2.0
Bengali 110 105 0 0 5 5 4.5
Gujarati 90 70 0 0 15 5 5.6
Hindi 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 145 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 250 235 5 5 10 5 2.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 350 300 0 10 45 5 1.4
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Persian (Farsi) 340 280 0 10 40 5 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 130 125 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Korean 420 365 0 10 45 5 1.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,695 1,535 0 20 140 15 0.9
Chinese languages 1,685 1,525 0 20 135 10 0.6
Cantonese 205 170 0 0 30 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 405 360 0 5 40 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,055 980 0 15 65 10 0.9
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 95 80 0 5 10 5 5.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 95 80 0 5 10 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 95 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 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
Malay 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 70 65 0 0 5 5 7.1
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 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 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
Bantu languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 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 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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
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. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,290 2,185 50 55 0 75 3.3
English and French 85 30 30 20 0 40 47.1
English and non-official language 2,105 2,100 10 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 50 45 5 0 0 10 20.0
English, French and non-official language 50 20 5 30 0 20 40.0

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not available for a specific reference period

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Symbol ...

not applicable

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Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

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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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