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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 Ottawa Centre / Ottawa-Centre
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 111,960 96,630 11,505 1,850 1,980 12,430 11.1
Single responses 107,850 93,930 10,690 1,255 1,975 11,320 10.5
English 91,190 86,820 4,370 0 0 4,370 4.8
French 6,410 240 6,175 0 0 6,175 96.3
Non-official languages 10,255 6,875 145 1,255 1,980 775 7.6
Aboriginal languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 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 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
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) 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,700 1,125 35 285 260 175 10.3
Italian 805 570 5 70 155 40 5.0
Portuguese 130 80 10 20 25 20 15.4
Romanian 115 35 0 65 15 35 30.4
Spanish 650 435 15 140 65 85 13.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 185 115 5 55 5 30 16.2
Dutch 20 10 0 10 0 5 25.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 145 95 0 40 0 25 17.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 15 10 5 5 0 5 33.3
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 1,105 795 10 195 105 105 9.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Bulgarian 75 45 0 25 0 15 20.0
Croatian 50 40 0 10 5 0 0.0
Czech 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
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 245 165 0 55 15 35 14.3
Russian 385 285 5 45 55 25 6.5
Serbian 140 105 0 20 10 10 7.1
Serbo-Croatian 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Slovak 20 15 0 10 0 5 25.0
Slovenian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 65 40 0 25 0 15 23.1
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 115 75 5 15 20 5 4.3
Armenian 20 10 0 10 5 5 25.0
Albanian 40 25 5 5 5 5 12.5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 75 50 0 25 0 10 13.3
Estonian 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 65 40 0 20 5 5 7.7
Turkic languages 65 40 0 20 5 10 15.4
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 55 40 0 10 5 5 9.1
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,630 1,110 30 285 210 170 10.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages 345 220 10 70 45 45 13.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 340 220 10 70 45 45 13.2
Semitic languages 1,265 875 20 210 160 120 9.5
Amharic 80 65 0 5 10 5 6.3
Arabic 1,085 725 15 200 140 115 10.6
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 70 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 890 760 0 50 80 25 2.8
Indo-Aryan languages 505 435 0 25 40 10 2.0
Bengali 240 210 0 10 15 5 2.1
Gujarati 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 70 60 0 5 5 5 7.1
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 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nepali 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 390 320 0 30 35 15 3.8
Kurdish 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 335 280 0 30 30 15 4.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 120 105 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Malayalam 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Telugu 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 75 55 0 10 10 5 6.7
Korean 110 85 0 10 20 5 4.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,715 1,620 5 110 985 60 2.2
Chinese languages 2,565 1,510 0 105 945 55 2.1
Cantonese 740 340 0 25 365 15 2.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 650 410 0 35 210 20 3.1
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,150 745 0 45 355 25 2.2
Tibetan 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
Burmese 55 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 100 75 0 0 25 0 0.0
Tai languages 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 880 575 15 85 205 60 6.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 75 55 0 5 15 5 6.7
Vietnamese 805 520 15 85 190 55 6.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 190 175 5 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 25 0 0 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) 140 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 135 55 25 50 15 50 37.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 120 40 20 45 10 45 37.5
Lingala 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 5 10 0 5 20.0
Shona 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
Swahili 50 15 5 20 10 15 30.0
Ganda 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, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 0 5 33.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 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
Niger-Congo 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
African languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Creoles 75 10 25 30 5 45 60.0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 5 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 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
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 20 5 0 0 15 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,105 2,700 815 590 0 1,110 27.0
English and French 1,165 175 595 395 0 795 68.2
English and non-official language 2,475 2,455 20 0 0 20 0.8
French and non-official language 160 10 150 0 0 150 93.8
English, French and non-official language 305 60 50 195 0 150 49.2

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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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