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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 Edmonton Centre / Edmonton-CentreFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 119,405 114,585 2,660 615 1,545 2,970 2.5
Single responses 114,940 110,400 2,480 510 1,550 2,740 2.4
English 99,270 97,735 1,535 0 0 1,535 1.5
French 900 50 850 0 0 850 94.4
Non-official languages 14,770 12,615 95 515 1,545 350 2.4
Aboriginal languages 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 75 75 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 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 languages 70 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 65 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 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
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 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
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 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
Slavey, 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gitksan 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 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
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 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
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal 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
Romance languages 1,625 1,280 15 135 190 80 4.9
Italian 180 140 0 10 25 5 2.8
Portuguese 150 120 0 15 15 5 3.3
Romanian 240 170 0 50 20 25 10.4
Spanish 1,055 855 15 65 125 45 4.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 270 245 0 15 10 10 3.7
Dutch 45 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 195 175 0 15 5 10 5.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 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
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 15 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 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,515 1,290 0 80 140 45 3.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 70 50 0 15 5 10 14.3
Croatian 50 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 440 380 0 15 40 10 2.3
Russian 470 405 5 20 50 10 2.1
Serbian 120 100 0 0 15 5 4.2
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 250 210 0 20 20 10 4.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Armenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Finno-Ugric languages 60 50 0 0 10 5 8.3
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 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
Hungarian 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 200 155 0 5 35 5 2.5
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 180 140 0 10 25 5 2.8
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,895 1,580 35 125 155 95 5.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Cushitic languages 475 395 5 20 60 15 3.2
Oromo 140 110 0 5 25 5 3.6
Somali 335 285 5 15 30 10 3.0
Semitic languages 1,410 1,180 30 95 105 80 5.7
Amharic 505 465 0 0 35 5 1.0
Arabic 610 440 30 95 40 75 12.3
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 265 240 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,170 1,065 0 20 80 10 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 855 790 0 10 55 5 0.6
Bengali 130 115 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 320 300 0 0 25 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 125 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 105 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Nepali 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 310 275 0 10 25 5 1.6
Kurdish 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 265 245 0 10 15 5 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 160 155 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 75 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 230 210 0 0 15 5 2.2
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,220 2,615 0 20 585 10 0.3
Chinese languages 3,125 2,545 0 20 560 10 0.3
Cantonese 830 575 0 5 245 5 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 885 815 0 5 70 5 0.6
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 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
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,385 1,130 5 5 245 5 0.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 15 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 80 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai languages 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Thai 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 900 710 0 5 185 10 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 130 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 775 600 5 5 160 10 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,630 2,570 0 5 50 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,420 2,370 0 5 40 5 0.2
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 275 195 25 45 5 45 16.4
Akan (Twi) 65 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 165 105 25 35 5 45 27.3
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 10 0 10 66.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 5 10 20 0 20 50.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 30 0 10 0 10 25.0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 0 0 5 25.0
African languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 0 10 5 5.0
Creoles 80 35 10 30 5 30 37.5
Non-verbal languages 55 30 0 0 25 0 0.0
American Sign Language 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,470 4,180 180 110 0 230 5.1
English and French 205 40 115 50 0 140 68.3
English and non-official language 4,105 4,095 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 65 30 40 0 0 40 61.5
English, French and non-official language 90 15 15 60 0 45 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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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