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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 Vancouver Centre / Vancouver-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 135,640 128,395 3,605 1,160 2,485 4,185 3.1
Single responses 131,100 124,220 3,385 1,015 2,480 3,890 3.0
English 108,015 106,050 1,970 0 0 1,970 1.8
French 1,430 90 1,345 0 0 1,340 93.7
Non-official languages 21,645 18,080 70 1,015 2,485 580 2.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Algonquian languages 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
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 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
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 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 5 0 0 5 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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 2,325 1,900 25 270 125 165 7.1
Italian 110 85 5 20 10 10 9.1
Portuguese 385 345 0 30 10 15 3.9
Romanian 235 150 5 60 20 35 14.9
Spanish 1,580 1,320 15 160 85 95 6.0
Catalan 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Romance 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
Germanic languages 515 420 0 85 15 45 8.7
Dutch 60 45 0 15 5 5 8.3
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 345 270 0 60 15 30 8.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 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
Swedish 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,985 2,555 5 215 200 115 3.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Bulgarian 140 110 0 20 10 10 7.1
Croatian 105 95 0 5 5 5 4.8
Czech 105 100 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 265 225 0 20 20 10 3.8
Russian 1,095 945 0 60 90 30 2.7
Serbian 895 765 0 75 60 35 3.9
Serbo-Croatian 180 150 0 15 10 10 5.6
Slovak 80 65 5 10 5 5 6.3
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 80 70 0 0 10 5 6.3
Armenian 20 15 5 5 0 5 25.0
Albanian 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 125 105 0 15 5 5 4.0
Estonian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Hungarian 90 80 0 5 5 5 5.6
Turkic languages 265 230 0 15 20 10 3.8
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 225 190 0 15 20 10 4.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,295 1,095 20 55 125 45 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 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
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,280 1,085 20 55 125 45 3.5
Amharic 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Arabic 1,150 960 20 50 120 40 3.5
Hebrew 100 95 0 5 0 5 5.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,195 2,805 5 165 215 90 2.8
Indo-Aryan languages 345 310 0 10 30 5 1.4
Bengali 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Gujarati 85 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hindi 100 90 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 45 40 0 0 5 5 11.1
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 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
Urdu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 2,845 2,490 5 160 190 85 3.0
Kurdish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,815 2,470 5 160 185 85 3.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 35 30 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 1,695 1,440 0 20 230 10 0.6
Korean 2,550 2,265 0 40 245 20 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,835 4,530 5 85 1,220 50 0.9
Chinese languages 5,835 4,530 5 85 1,220 50 0.9
Cantonese 1,625 1,265 5 25 335 15 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 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
Mandarin 2,060 1,595 0 30 435 15 0.7
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 75 50 0 5 20 5 6.7
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,035 1,585 0 30 420 15 0.7
Tibetan 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
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 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 100 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 85 50 0 10 20 10 11.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 85 50 5 10 20 10 11.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 370 355 0 10 5 5 1.4
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 255 250 0 0 0 5 2.0
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 15 5 5 10 0 5 33.3
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
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 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu 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
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African 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
Creoles 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,545 4,175 225 140 0 295 6.5
English and French 270 50 150 70 0 190 70.4
English and non-official language 4,080 4,070 10 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 75 40 35 0 0 35 46.7
English, French and non-official language 115 10 30 75 0 65 56.5

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not applicable

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Symbol x

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too unreliable to be published

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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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