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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 - Orléans
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 118,685 77,300 37,920 2,710 755 39,275 33.1
Single responses 112,925 74,570 35,990 1,605 755 36,795 32.6
English 77,275 69,320 7,955 0 0 7,955 10.3
French 28,380 680 27,700 0 0 27,705 97.6
Non-official languages 7,270 4,570 335 1,605 760 1,140 15.7
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 10 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 815 450 30 250 85 155 19.0
Italian 35 15 0 10 10 5 14.3
Portuguese 180 90 5 55 30 35 19.4
Romanian 75 30 0 40 5 20 26.7
Spanish 520 315 20 145 45 90 17.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 80 60 0 20 0 10 12.5
Dutch 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 60 35 5 15 0 10 16.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 505 365 5 115 25 60 11.9
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 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Croatian 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Czech 30 25 5 5 0 5 16.7
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 255 190 0 50 15 25 9.8
Russian 125 90 0 25 5 10 8.0
Serbian 20 5 0 10 0 5 25.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Slovak 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 20 5 0 10 5 5 25.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 15 10 0 10 5 5 33.3
Armenian 20 10 0 10 0 10 50.0
Albanian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 30 20 0 10 0 5 16.7
Estonian 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
Finnish 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
Hungarian 30 15 0 10 0 5 16.7
Turkic languages 50 30 0 10 10 5 10.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 45 30 0 10 10 5 11.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,745 815 95 660 170 425 24.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 205 105 20 55 20 45 22.0
Oromo 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Somali 190 100 20 55 20 50 26.3
Semitic languages 1,540 715 80 600 145 375 24.4
Amharic 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,480 665 75 595 145 370 25.0
Hebrew 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
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,635 1,315 5 185 135 100 6.1
Indo-Aryan languages 1,060 880 5 105 75 55 5.2
Bengali 200 165 0 25 10 15 7.5
Gujarati 45 35 0 10 5 0 0.0
Hindi 115 105 0 5 5 5 4.3
Konkani 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
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 325 255 0 30 30 15 4.6
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 290 240 0 25 20 15 5.2
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Iranian languages 575 435 5 80 55 40 7.0
Kurdish 70 60 0 5 0 5 7.1
Pashto 60 40 0 5 10 5 8.3
Persian (Farsi) 445 335 5 65 45 35 7.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 80 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Kannada 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Korean 50 40 0 5 5 5 10.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,185 890 5 70 225 35 3.0
Chinese languages 1,175 890 5 65 220 35 3.0
Cantonese 325 240 0 15 75 10 3.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 5 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 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 245 180 5 15 45 10 4.1
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 595 465 0 40 95 15 2.5
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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Lao 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 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
Austro-Asiatic languages 245 155 10 60 30 35 14.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 240 150 10 60 25 35 14.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 225 215 0 10 0 5 2.2
Bisayan languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 180 175 0 0 0 5 2.8
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
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 95 30 20 40 5 40 42.1
Akan (Twi) 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 45 10 15 25 0 25 55.6
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 15 0 15 75.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 0 5 10 0 15 75.0
Shona 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
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 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
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 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
Wolof 5 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 10 100.0
African 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
Creoles 350 10 155 130 60 220 62.9
Non-verbal languages 35 15 10 5 10 10 28.6
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 15 10 5 10 5 16.7
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 5,765 2,730 1,925 1,110 0 2,480 43.0
English and French 2,485 330 1,305 850 0 1,730 69.6
English and non-official language 2,370 2,345 25 0 0 25 1.1
French and non-official language 475 5 470 0 0 470 98.9
English, French and non-official language 430 45 130 250 0 255 59.3

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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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