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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 St. Paul's
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 115,255 109,620 2,360 985 2,285 2,855 2.5
Single responses 110,580 105,265 2,185 845 2,285 2,610 2.4
English 94,490 93,300 1,190 0 0 1,195 1.3
French 985 60 925 0 0 925 93.9
Non-official languages 15,105 11,910 70 840 2,285 485 3.2
Aboriginal 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
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 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 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 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
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 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 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
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 4,860 3,435 25 365 1,040 205 4.2
Italian 1,095 700 0 40 355 20 1.8
Portuguese 1,475 1,015 10 40 405 30 2.0
Romanian 380 230 5 120 30 65 17.1
Spanish 1,905 1,485 5 170 250 90 4.7
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 165 115 5 45 5 25 15.2
Dutch 40 20 5 20 0 10 25.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 100 75 0 15 5 10 10.0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 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 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,090 1,735 10 165 175 95 4.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 125 95 0 20 5 15 12.0
Croatian 60 50 0 5 0 5 8.3
Czech 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 65 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 200 155 0 20 25 10 5.0
Russian 850 700 5 60 90 30 3.5
Serbian 585 490 0 50 40 30 5.1
Serbo-Croatian 60 50 5 5 5 5 8.3
Slovak 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 85 70 0 5 5 5 5.9
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 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 680 520 0 15 150 10 1.5
Armenian 70 50 5 15 0 10 14.3
Albanian 160 135 0 10 15 5 3.1
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 515 385 0 25 105 10 1.9
Estonian 50 35 0 10 0 5 10.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 445 325 0 15 105 5 1.1
Turkic languages 225 195 0 5 25 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 205 175 0 5 20 5 2.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 655 525 10 60 55 45 6.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 615 485 15 60 55 45 7.3
Amharic 110 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Arabic 250 165 10 40 30 35 14.0
Hebrew 130 105 5 15 5 10 7.7
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 110 95 0 5 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,055 910 5 60 80 35 3.3
Indo-Aryan languages 300 275 0 10 15 5 1.7
Bengali 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 105 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 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
Urdu 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 755 630 5 55 60 30 4.0
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 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
Persian (Farsi) 750 630 5 50 65 30 4.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 135 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Kannada 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 85 75 0 5 10 5 5.9
Telugu 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 150 130 0 0 25 0 0.0
Korean 715 575 0 15 130 10 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,685 1,300 0 30 355 20 1.2
Chinese languages 1,665 1,280 5 35 355 15 0.9
Cantonese 545 370 5 5 165 5 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 520 430 0 15 65 5 1.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 590 455 0 10 120 5 0.8
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 250 180 0 10 60 10 4.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 225 160 5 10 50 10 4.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,515 1,475 0 5 30 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,340 1,305 0 0 30 0 0.0
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 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 35 30 5 5 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 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) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 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
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. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 20 5 0 10 5 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,675 4,355 175 145 0 245 5.2
English and French 280 65 115 95 0 165 58.9
English and non-official language 4,250 4,230 15 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 50 20 35 0 0 35 70.0
English, French and non-official language 100 40 15 45 0 40 40.0

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Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

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Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

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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