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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 Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
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 910,620 863,715 16,325 15,705 14,030 95 175 565 5
Single responses 904,285 859,490 15,895 14,905 13,265 85 170 480 5
English 836,090 822,615 710 8,685 3,850 0 5 225 0
French 31,110 18,375 6,480 6,060 110 5 35 40 0
Non-official languages 37,090 18,505 8,695 155 9,305 85 130 210 5
Aboriginal languages 4,715 1,625 1,790 0 1,290 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 4,665 1,605 1,790 0 1,270 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 15 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 4,620 1,575 1,785 0 1,250 0 0 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 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 5 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 30 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 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. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,890 1,420 500 30 865 15 10 40 0
Italian 785 435 85 15 230 0 0 15 0
Portuguese 375 175 70 0 125 0 5 5 0
Romanian 170 80 40 5 45 0 5 0 5
Spanish 1,550 730 310 10 455 10 5 20 0
Catalan 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,615 3,405 670 20 1,455 5 5 55 0
Dutch 1,725 1,145 100 10 455 0 0 15 0
Flemish 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Frisian 35 20 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
German 3,275 1,890 520 10 815 0 0 30 0
Yiddish 25 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 440 265 40 0 130 0 0 0 0
Danish 180 125 5 0 45 0 0 5 0
Icelandic 55 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 125 75 10 0 40 0 0 0 0
Swedish 85 35 5 0 45 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 75 35 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 235 165 5 0 65 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 205 135 5 0 60 0 0 0 0
Welsh 30 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,880 1,535 500 10 785 10 20 20 5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 45 20 0 30 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 50 20 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Croatian 210 105 40 0 60 0 0 0 0
Czech 185 105 20 0 50 5 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 820 430 145 0 230 5 10 5 0
Russian 820 405 185 0 215 0 5 5 0
Serbian 115 65 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 110 45 30 0 35 0 0 0 0
Slovak 120 60 20 0 40 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 35 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 300 220 10 0 60 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 100 65 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Latvian 70 40 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 775 345 135 10 280 0 0 15 0
Armenian 50 20 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Albanian 250 100 65 5 80 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 425 250 60 5 110 0 0 5 0
Estonian 55 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finnish 95 65 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 280 145 50 5 75 0 0 5 0
Turkic languages 330 150 60 0 120 0 5 5 0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 270 135 50 0 80 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 10 5 0 40 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,360 3,005 1,815 45 1,405 45 20 35 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 50 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Oromo 40 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 45 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,280 2,950 1,810 45 1,385 45 15 35 0
Amharic 150 70 35 0 40 0 5 0 0
Arabic 5,960 2,805 1,735 45 1,295 45 10 35 0
Hebrew 75 35 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Maltese 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 55 20 15 0 15 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,680 1,855 955 10 800 0 50 5 0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,305 1,120 550 10 585 0 35 5 0
Bengali 375 150 120 0 95 0 5 5 0
Gujarati 110 50 30 0 30 0 0 0 0
Hindi 520 225 95 5 190 0 5 5 0
Konkani 5 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 35 5 15 0 5 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 370 185 85 5 95 0 10 0 0
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 50 25 0 30 0 0 0 0
Urdu 540 240 160 0 125 0 5 5 0
Nepali 220 200 15 0 10 0 5 0 0
Iranian languages 1,330 710 395 0 205 5 15 5 0
Kurdish 75 25 30 0 20 0 5 0 0
Pashto 70 35 20 0 10 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,185 650 345 0 180 5 10 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 20 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 545 240 130 5 170 0 5 5 0
Kannada 35 15 10 0 10 0 5 0 0
Malayalam 115 45 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Tamil 265 120 55 5 85 0 5 5 0
Telugu 125 55 35 0 35 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 310 145 40 0 115 0 0 0 0
Korean 815 465 190 0 160 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,340 2,350 1,230 10 725 5 10 5 0
Chinese languages 4,320 2,335 1,230 10 725 0 10 10 0
Cantonese 590 320 120 0 145 0 10 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 905 460 285 0 155 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 10 10 0 20 0 5 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,750 1,525 800 5 405 0 5 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 120 80 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Thai 110 80 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 455 265 105 0 85 5 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 450 265 100 0 80 0 5 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,385 630 340 5 405 0 0 10 0
Bisayan languages 80 30 30 0 25 0 5 0 0
Ilocano 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malay 65 40 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Pampango 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,185 535 290 5 350 0 0 5 0
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 510 220 35 5 235 5 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 50 15 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 250 110 15 5 110 5 0 0 0
Lingala 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 0 5 5 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 30 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Swahili 80 35 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Ganda 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 45 10 5 45 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 45 20 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 55 5 0 45 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 75 30 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Creoles 50 20 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 180 135 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 60 45 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 90 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,335 4,220 440 800 770 10 10 85 0
English and French 3,035 2,055 190 755 30 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 2,850 1,935 210 15 660 0 5 25 0
French and non-official language 315 145 30 25 65 10 5 40 0
English, French and non-official language 130 85 5 10 20 0 0 5 0

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

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