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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Calgary Southwest / Calgary-Sud-Ouest
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 134,835 123,150 135 9,790 1,755
Single responses 131,955 120,730 130 9,365 1,735
English 96,150 90,355 5 5,750 45
French 2,015 160 75 1,775 0
Non-official languages 33,790 30,210 50 1,835 1,695
Aboriginal languages 95 90 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 60 60 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 35 35 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 20 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 20 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0
Athapaskan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 10 15 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Dakota 0 5 0 0 0
Stoney 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,085 4,120 30 665 270
Italian 375 305 5 60 0
Portuguese 305 255 0 35 15
Romanian 1,115 825 5 230 55
Spanish 3,290 2,735 20 340 195
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,425 2,240 0 170 10
Dutch 545 490 0 55 5
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,490 1,405 0 85 0
Yiddish 65 50 0 15 0
Scandinavian languages 195 190 0 5 0
Danish 110 110 0 0 0
Icelandic 20 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 30 30 0 5 0
Afrikaans 115 105 0 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 6,445 5,815 0 325 305
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 105 0 5 5
Bulgarian 115 100 0 15 0
Croatian 290 270 0 10 10
Czech 245 230 0 15 0
Macedonian 45 30 0 10 0
Polish 1,390 1,275 5 75 45
Russian 2,740 2,420 0 125 200
Serbian 460 410 0 25 20
Serbo-Croatian 150 125 0 15 5
Slovak 220 210 0 10 5
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 635 600 0 20 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 65 55 0 5 0
Latvian 10 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 55 45 0 0 0
Greek 195 170 0 25 5
Armenian 55 40 5 10 0
Albanian 170 150 0 5 20
Georgian 30 25 0 0 5
Finno-Ugric languages 715 650 0 55 10
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 40 40 0 5 0
Hungarian 660 595 0 55 10
Turkic languages 135 115 5 10 5
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 95 80 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Mongolian 25 25 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,465 1,215 5 180 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 60 50 0 10 5
Oromo 20 15 0 10 0
Somali 40 40 0 5 5
Semitic languages 1,400 1,165 5 165 65
Amharic 165 160 0 0 5
Arabic 880 685 5 150 45
Hebrew 235 215 0 15 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 80 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,200 2,955 0 95 155
Indo-Aryan languages 2,585 2,390 0 70 120
Bengali 260 240 0 10 10
Gujarati 525 470 0 15 35
Hindi 455 435 0 10 5
Konkani 25 25 0 5 0
Marathi 80 80 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 400 355 0 5 40
Sindhi 70 60 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 130 130 0 5 0
Urdu 595 560 0 10 20
Nepali 40 35 0 5 5
Iranian languages 590 540 0 15 35
Kurdish 25 20 0 5 0
Pashto 30 25 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 540 490 0 15 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 425 395 0 15 15
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 120 115 0 0 5
Tamil 205 185 0 5 10
Telugu 75 70 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 215 195 0 10 15
Korean 915 805 5 25 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,790 5,035 5 115 640
Chinese languages 5,725 4,975 5 115 635
Cantonese 1,050 875 0 30 150
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 30 30 0 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,900 1,665 0 35 200
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,695 2,370 0 55 275
Tibetan languages 35 30 0 0 0
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Tai languages 75 65 0 0 0
Lao 25 20 0 0 0
Thai 45 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 375 325 0 15 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 0 0
Vietnamese 325 275 0 10 30
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,390 5,300 5 40 50
Bisayan languages 275 270 0 0 5
Ilocano 350 345 0 0 5
Malay 80 75 0 0 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,580 4,505 0 35 35
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 350 295 0 60 0
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 160 120 5 40 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 45 40 0 0 0
Swahili 55 45 0 10 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 10 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 25 25 0 5 0
Wolof 5 5 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 105 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 0 0
Creoles 25 20 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 5 10
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 5
Other languages 5 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,875 2,425 5 430 15
English and French 315 70 0 240 0
English and non-official language 2,400 2,300 0 90 15
French and non-official language 115 45 5 65 0
English, French and non-official language 45 10 0 35 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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