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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 Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-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 110,590 103,180 1,160 1,025 5,230 1,670 1.5
Single responses 99,735 92,655 995 845 5,225 1,420 1.4
English 62,970 62,505 460 0 0 465 0.7
French 490 30 455 0 0 455 92.9
Non-official languages 36,270 30,120 75 845 5,225 500 1.4
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 2,075 1,570 10 115 385 65 3.1
Italian 665 470 0 5 195 0 0.0
Portuguese 225 160 0 5 55 5 2.2
Romanian 250 175 0 60 15 35 14.0
Spanish 940 765 5 45 125 30 3.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 140 140 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 5 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 135 130 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
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 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
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 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
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 1,440 1,230 0 40 165 20 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 90 85 0 5 0 5 5.6
Croatian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 80 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Macedonian 510 440 0 0 65 0 0.0
Polish 305 285 0 5 20 5 1.6
Russian 135 110 0 5 15 5 3.7
Serbian 150 130 0 15 5 10 6.7
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 60 25 0 5 30 0 0.0
Slovenian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 1,510 1,285 0 10 215 10 0.7
Armenian 295 215 0 35 45 20 6.8
Albanian 200 160 0 5 30 5 2.5
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 175 0 10 50 5 2.2
Estonian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 190 135 0 5 45 5 2.6
Turkic languages 205 160 0 0 40 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 180 145 0 5 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,790 1,380 25 150 240 100 5.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 145 120 0 10 20 0 0.0
Oromo 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 120 100 0 5 20 5 4.2
Semitic languages 1,645 1,260 20 140 215 95 5.8
Amharic 150 140 5 5 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,355 1,000 20 135 195 90 6.6
Hebrew 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
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 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 7,130 6,160 0 115 860 60 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 5,570 4,875 0 85 615 40 0.7
Bengali 1,165 1,070 0 25 65 15 1.3
Gujarati 1,355 1,095 0 15 250 5 0.4
Hindi 415 370 0 5 40 0 0.0
Konkani 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 305 255 0 5 50 5 1.6
Sindhi 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 175 0 0 10 5 2.6
Urdu 1,960 1,745 0 25 190 10 0.5
Nepali 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,525 1,260 0 30 240 15 1.0
Kurdish 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 315 265 0 5 50 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,145 940 0 25 180 15 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 7,575 6,595 5 125 845 65 0.9
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 160 145 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tamil 7,315 6,370 10 120 820 70 1.0
Telugu 85 80 0 0 5 5 5.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 80 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 360 270 0 5 80 5 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,755 6,555 5 115 2,080 60 0.7
Chinese languages 8,705 6,510 10 110 2,075 65 0.7
Cantonese 3,145 2,125 5 50 965 25 0.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 70 55 0 0 10 5 7.1
Mandarin 2,465 1,990 0 35 440 20 0.8
Shanghainese 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,975 2,305 5 25 640 15 0.5
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 10 10 0 0 0 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 230 165 5 5 60 5 2.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 225 160 0 5 60 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,815 3,700 0 15 100 10 0.3
Bisayan languages 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 130 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,540 3,430 0 15 95 5 0.1
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 190 165 5 10 5 5 2.6
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 110 100 0 5 5 5 4.5
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
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. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 5 5 0 5 16.7
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 170 55 25 80 10 60 35.3
Non-verbal languages 30 10 0 0 15 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. 30 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 10,855 10,520 165 175 0 250 2.3
English and French 205 60 65 75 0 105 51.2
English and non-official language 10,390 10,365 25 0 0 25 0.2
French and non-official language 80 40 45 0 0 45 56.3
English, French and non-official language 185 55 25 100 0 75 40.5

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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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