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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 Kingsway
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 124,090 107,905 1,120 680 14,385 1,465 1.2
Single responses 113,580 97,595 1,030 570 14,385 1,320 1.2
English 66,880 66,265 615 0 0 615 0.9
French 435 50 380 0 0 380 87.4
Non-official languages 46,265 31,270 35 570 14,380 320 0.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 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 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 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,220 1,815 0 125 275 65 2.9
Italian 590 490 0 30 70 20 3.4
Portuguese 670 535 0 30 105 15 2.2
Romanian 30 10 0 15 10 5 16.7
Spanish 930 785 0 55 90 30 3.2
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 195 155 0 25 10 15 7.7
Dutch 15 15 0 5 5 5 33.3
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 155 130 0 20 5 10 6.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Danish 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 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
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 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, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 695 590 5 30 70 15 2.2
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 115 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 170 155 0 10 10 5 2.9
Russian 180 135 0 5 40 5 2.8
Serbian 125 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 35 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 190 165 0 5 15 0 0.0
Armenian 15 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 260 215 5 20 25 15 5.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 210 175 5 20 15 15 7.1
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 120 90 5 15 15 10 8.3
Hebrew 70 55 0 10 0 5 7.1
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,230 2,695 0 50 485 25 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 3,035 2,530 0 45 465 20 0.7
Bengali 85 75 0 0 5 5 5.9
Gujarati 135 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 820 735 0 15 70 5 0.6
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,865 1,475 0 30 360 15 0.8
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 190 165 0 5 20 0 0.0
Kurdish 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 140 115 0 5 20 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 415 340 0 15 60 5 1.2
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 360 290 0 15 55 10 2.8
Telugu 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 505 405 5 5 95 5 1.0
Korean 540 465 0 0 70 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 29,275 16,835 10 200 12,230 110 0.4
Chinese languages 29,130 16,725 10 200 12,195 110 0.4
Cantonese 16,660 8,870 10 105 7,675 55 0.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fukien 65 50 0 0 20 0 0.0
Hakka 60 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 3,465 2,505 0 45 915 25 0.7
Shanghainese 40 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 105 75 0 0 30 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,710 5,155 5 45 3,505 25 0.3
Tibetan 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
Burmese 115 80 0 0 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 65 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,585 2,670 10 60 845 40 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 3,510 2,615 10 60 830 45 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,855 4,695 5 15 145 10 0.2
Bisayan languages 160 155 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 265 250 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,180 4,075 0 10 95 5 0.1
Bikol 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 25 0 0 30 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 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
Shona 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
Swahili 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
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 10 0 0 5 10 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 20 5 0 10 0 5 25.0
Non-verbal languages 40 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 10,510 10,310 90 105 0 145 1.4
English and French 150 35 50 65 0 80 53.3
English and non-official language 10,225 10,210 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 50 25 20 0 0 20 40.0
English, French and non-official language 90 40 5 45 0 25 27.8

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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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