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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 Calgary Southwest / Calgary-Sud-Ouest
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 134,835 130,135 2,015 985 1,695 2,510 1.9
Single responses 129,020 124,585 1,885 860 1,695 2,315 1.8
English 108,740 107,620 1,120 0 0 1,120 1.0
French 750 45 700 0 0 700 93.3
Non-official languages 19,530 16,915 65 860 1,695 490 2.5
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 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
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 5 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 3,265 2,575 30 390 270 225 6.9
Italian 70 65 0 5 5 5 7.1
Portuguese 160 130 0 10 15 5 3.1
Romanian 680 475 5 150 55 75 11.0
Spanish 2,365 1,915 25 230 195 140 5.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 360 310 0 40 10 20 5.6
Dutch 70 55 0 10 5 10 14.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 195 170 0 20 5 10 5.1
Yiddish 5 5 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
Scandinavian languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 3,545 3,080 0 155 305 80 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 5 5 8.3
Bulgarian 80 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 110 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Czech 75 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 15 0 5 5 5 25.0
Polish 660 590 5 30 40 15 2.3
Russian 1,935 1,650 0 85 205 40 2.1
Serbian 290 250 0 10 25 5 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 85 75 0 5 5 5 5.9
Slovak 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 120 100 0 5 10 5 4.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 100 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 260 230 0 20 10 10 3.8
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 245 215 0 20 10 10 4.1
Turkic languages 75 60 0 5 5 5 6.7
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 790 625 10 85 70 55 7.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Somali 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 740 590 5 80 65 45 6.1
Amharic 95 90 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 430 310 5 65 45 40 9.3
Hebrew 135 120 0 10 0 5 3.7
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 1,940 1,745 0 40 155 20 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,505 1,360 0 30 120 10 0.7
Bengali 185 165 0 5 10 5 2.7
Gujarati 315 270 0 5 40 0 0.0
Hindi 205 190 0 5 5 5 2.4
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 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Panjabi (Punjabi) 270 225 0 0 40 0 0.0
Sindhi 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 390 360 0 5 20 0 0.0
Nepali 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 420 375 0 15 35 5 1.2
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 385 340 0 15 30 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 295 275 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 95 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 150 140 0 0 10 5 3.3
Telugu 40 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 95 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 715 625 5 5 75 10 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,295 3,600 0 50 645 25 0.6
Chinese languages 4,240 3,555 0 55 635 30 0.7
Cantonese 765 590 0 10 165 5 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,580 1,355 0 20 200 10 0.6
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,880 1,590 0 25 265 10 0.5
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 30 20 0 0 5 5 16.7
Lao 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 15 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 230 190 0 5 35 5 2.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 215 175 0 10 30 5 2.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,195 3,135 5 15 45 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 125 125 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,905 2,855 0 10 40 10 0.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 100 70 5 20 0 15 15.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 50 30 5 15 0 15 30.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
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 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 5 5 5 0 10 66.7
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
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 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Non-verbal languages 25 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 5,815 5,555 130 125 0 195 3.4
English and French 205 50 90 70 0 120 58.5
English and non-official language 5,480 5,475 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 30 15 15 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 90 15 20 55 0 45 50.0

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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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