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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Total - Other language spoken regularly at home None English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue 509,950 501,995 2,045 2,720 3,020 20 40 110 0
Single responses 508,830 501,235 1,965 2,610 2,860 20 40 95 0
English 497,565 494,435 105 2,075 895 0 0 50 0
French 2,480 1,650 300 500 20 0 5 0 0
Non-official languages 8,790 5,150 1,560 35 1,940 20 35 45 0
Aboriginal languages 2,715 2,010 395 0 300 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 2,050 1,630 325 0 95 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 2,035 1,615 325 0 90 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 665 380 75 0 205 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 640 365 70 0 200 0 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 630 310 120 5 180 5 0 5 0
Italian 70 40 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 95 55 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Romanian 40 25 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Spanish 420 190 110 0 115 5 0 5 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 685 390 75 5 200 0 0 10 0
Dutch 90 65 0 0 25 0 0 5 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 365 245 20 0 90 0 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 145 60 25 0 55 0 0 0 0
Danish 40 15 5 5 15 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 35 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 50 20 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Swedish 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 70 15 30 0 25 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 515 265 90 0 145 0 0 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 55 15 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Croatian 25 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Czech 25 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 100 65 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Russian 205 115 40 0 50 0 0 0 0
Serbian 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 30 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 50 15 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 100 35 40 0 25 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 75 50 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Estonian 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 40 25 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 50 20 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 35 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 655 325 150 10 160 5 5 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 20 10 5 0 10 5 0 0 0
Oromo 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 630 320 150 5 150 5 0 5 0
Amharic 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Arabic 590 300 145 5 135 0 5 5 0
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 955 460 180 0 290 0 15 5 0
Indo-Aryan languages 790 365 160 0 255 0 15 0 0
Bengali 200 95 45 0 50 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 45 20 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hindi 95 25 10 0 45 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 35 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 115 50 15 0 40 0 5 0 0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 15 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Urdu 200 75 55 0 70 0 5 0 0
Nepali 55 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 150 90 25 0 35 5 0 0 0
Kurdish 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 125 80 20 0 20 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 210 90 45 0 65 0 5 0 0
Kannada 20 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 65 25 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tamil 80 35 25 0 25 0 0 0 0
Telugu 45 20 10 0 10 0 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 15 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Korean 70 45 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,250 705 310 5 225 0 0 5 0
Chinese languages 1,230 695 305 5 225 0 0 5 0
Cantonese 155 110 25 5 20 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 175 80 45 0 40 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 10 0 0 15 0 5 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 875 485 225 0 150 5 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 35 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 325 155 60 0 100 0 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 260 125 50 0 80 0 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 150 55 15 0 70 5 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 35 5 5 30 0 0 0 0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Swahili 30 15 5 0 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 60 30 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Creoles 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 135 115 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 55 35 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,120 765 70 110 160 0 0 10 0
English and French 465 320 30 110 5 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 585 400 40 0 140 0 0 5 0
French and non-official language 45 25 0 0 5 0 0 10 0
English, French and non-official language 25 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

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