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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 West / Calgary-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 148,135 143,220 2,575 800 1,535 2,980 2.0
Single responses 143,545 138,910 2,420 685 1,535 2,765 1.9
English 126,740 125,325 1,410 0 0 1,415 1.1
French 1,045 70 970 0 0 970 92.8
Non-official languages 15,760 13,505 40 685 1,535 375 2.4
Aboriginal languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian 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
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 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. 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 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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 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
Stoney 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,210 1,815 10 205 180 115 5.2
Italian 125 95 0 15 15 5 4.0
Portuguese 145 120 0 5 20 0 0.0
Romanian 305 220 0 65 20 35 11.5
Spanish 1,630 1,385 10 120 120 70 4.3
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 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
Germanic languages 555 485 0 45 30 20 3.6
Dutch 90 75 0 10 5 5 5.6
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 265 225 0 30 10 15 5.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 125 110 0 5 10 5 4.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 85 80 0 5 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,045 1,770 5 125 140 70 3.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 115 90 0 15 10 10 8.7
Croatian 155 140 0 10 5 5 3.2
Czech 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 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
Polish 600 520 0 30 45 15 2.5
Russian 645 555 0 35 50 20 3.1
Serbian 180 145 0 20 10 15 8.3
Serbo-Croatian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 95 90 5 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 90 75 0 10 5 5 5.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 140 130 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Albanian 100 90 0 0 10 5 5.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 140 120 0 5 15 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 125 115 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 140 125 0 10 15 5 3.6
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 110 100 0 5 5 5 4.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,145 930 10 100 95 60 5.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,095 890 10 100 95 60 5.5
Amharic 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Arabic 980 785 10 95 90 60 6.1
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,015 1,825 5 55 130 30 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,225 1,125 0 20 80 10 0.8
Bengali 225 220 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 120 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hindi 145 140 0 0 5 5 3.4
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 245 210 0 5 35 0 0.0
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 340 320 0 0 20 5 1.5
Nepali 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 775 690 0 35 50 20 2.6
Kurdish 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
Pashto 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 750 670 0 35 45 15 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 190 185 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 80 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tamil 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 170 145 0 10 20 5 2.9
Korean 1,805 1,565 0 30 215 15 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,725 3,075 5 45 595 30 0.8
Chinese languages 3,650 3,020 5 45 580 30 0.8
Cantonese 1,065 860 0 10 190 5 0.5
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 975 835 0 10 125 5 0.5
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,580 1,305 5 20 250 15 0.9
Tibetan languages 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 310 240 5 15 45 10 3.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 5 33.3
Vietnamese 290 230 0 15 45 10 3.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 775 755 0 5 15 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 55 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 650 635 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 65 55 0 5 5 5 7.7
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 20 5 5 15 0 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 5 0 0 5 5 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,590 4,310 160 120 0 220 4.8
English and French 225 45 100 85 0 140 62.2
English and non-official language 4,230 4,220 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 35 5 30 0 0 25 71.4
English, French and non-official language 95 35 20 35 0 40 42.1

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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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