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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 Red Deer
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 132,430 130,135 1,575 180 540 1,660 1.3
Single responses 130,405 128,220 1,510 130 540 1,570 1.2
English 124,500 123,365 1,135 0 0 1,135 0.9
French 420 65 360 0 0 360 85.7
Non-official languages 5,480 4,795 15 130 540 80 1.5
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 20 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 0 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 0 5 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 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
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 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
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 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 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
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 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
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 1,170 925 10 65 165 45 3.8
Italian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romanian 60 50 0 5 5 5 8.3
Spanish 1,080 850 10 60 160 45 4.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 570 515 0 25 25 15 2.6
Dutch 115 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 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
German 370 330 0 20 20 10 2.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 80 75 0 0 0 5 6.3
Germanic 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
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 445 400 0 15 30 10 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Russian 135 125 0 0 10 5 3.7
Serbian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 95 80 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Greek 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 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
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 160 135 5 5 20 5 3.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 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
Somali 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 125 100 5 5 15 5 4.0
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 115 90 5 5 10 5 4.3
Hebrew 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
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 555 485 0 0 65 5 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 355 320 0 0 35 0 0.0
Bengali 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 140 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 0 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
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 90 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 200 160 0 0 35 0 0.0
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 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 145 115 0 0 35 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian 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
Japanese 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
Korean 135 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 560 405 0 0 150 5 0.9
Chinese languages 560 400 0 5 155 0 0.0
Cantonese 155 105 0 5 45 0 0.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 350 245 0 0 100 0 0.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 150 125 0 0 25 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 120 100 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,445 1,425 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,380 1,355 0 0 20 5 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 5 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 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 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
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,025 1,915 60 50 0 90 4.4
English and French 95 20 45 30 0 60 63.2
English and non-official language 1,870 1,870 0 0 0 5 0.3
French and non-official language 35 20 15 0 0 10 28.6
English, French and non-official language 25 5 0 20 0 15 60.0

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not applicable

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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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