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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 New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
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 739,895 656,325 47,560 28,410 6,810 125 250 405 10
Single responses 731,860 651,115 46,505 27,095 6,450 115 220 350 10
English 479,935 462,275 2,775 13,105 1,620 5 5 150 0
French 233,530 179,295 40,040 13,685 360 15 105 40 0
Non-official languages 18,395 9,555 3,695 305 4,470 105 105 160 5
Aboriginal languages 2,545 1,120 590 5 820 5 5 5 0
Algonquian languages 2,525 1,105 595 5 815 0 5 5 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 10 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 395 125 40 0 230 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 2,120 965 555 5 585 0 5 5 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 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 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 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. 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 5 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 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 5 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. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,225 1,115 395 75 555 25 20 40 5
Italian 445 265 25 25 110 0 10 10 0
Portuguese 220 125 30 5 55 0 0 5 0
Romanian 425 215 105 5 95 5 0 5 0
Spanish 1,135 505 245 50 295 15 10 20 5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,130 1,745 430 45 850 10 15 40 0
Dutch 925 520 130 10 245 5 0 10 0
Flemish 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 30 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
German 1,800 980 265 30 495 5 10 20 0
Yiddish 25 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 240 145 10 0 75 0 0 0 0
Danish 150 90 10 0 45 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 30 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Swedish 45 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 70 35 25 0 10 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 20 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,145 635 175 5 290 10 10 20 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Croatian 80 40 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Czech 45 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 255 140 30 5 70 5 0 5 0
Russian 355 195 45 0 105 0 5 0 0
Serbian 120 60 40 0 15 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 45 15 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Slovak 20 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 140 90 15 0 25 5 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 140 85 5 5 45 0 0 0 0
Armenian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Albanian 20 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 140 20 5 65 0 0 5 0
Estonian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 50 25 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 155 100 5 5 45 0 0 5 0
Turkic languages 90 55 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 65 35 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,480 645 330 85 360 30 15 10 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 35 10 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,410 625 325 85 335 25 15 10 0
Amharic 40 25 5 10 5 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,330 585 320 70 305 25 15 10 0
Hebrew 30 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,450 720 395 5 310 0 5 15 5
Indo-Aryan languages 950 435 260 0 240 0 5 5 5
Bengali 180 80 55 0 40 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 50 20 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Hindi 245 105 65 5 75 0 5 0 0
Konkani 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 35 10 5 0 15 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 35 20 0 30 0 5 5 5
Sindhi 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Urdu 205 105 45 0 60 0 0 0 0
Nepali 100 75 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 470 265 125 5 70 0 0 5 0
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pashto 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 450 255 125 0 60 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 200 90 30 5 75 0 5 0 0
Kannada 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 35 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Tamil 90 40 5 5 40 0 0 0 0
Telugu 50 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
Japanese 115 50 15 0 45 0 0 5 0
Korean 1,810 1,180 500 10 120 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,860 975 525 10 330 5 10 5 0
Chinese languages 1,830 960 515 10 320 5 10 5 0
Cantonese 220 120 50 5 50 0 5 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 405 190 130 0 75 0 5 0 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,190 645 335 5 190 5 10 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 30 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 70 35 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 65 30 10 0 25 0 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 290 180 60 5 40 5 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 285 175 60 0 40 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 380 135 5 200 0 5 10 0
Bisayan languages 65 30 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 45 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 305 110 5 155 0 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 10 10 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 540 190 40 30 240 10 15 10 0
Akan (Twi) 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 310 110 20 30 125 10 10 10 5
Lingala 15 5 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 15 5 0 15 5 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 5 5 0 20 5 0 0 0
Shona 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 140 60 5 15 45 5 5 5 5
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 65 20 5 5 30 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 20 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 30 10 5 5 15 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 50 10 0 70 0 5 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 0 15 0 0 5 0
Creoles 70 35 10 5 25 0 5 0 0
Non-verbal languages 135 105 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 35 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Other languages 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 8,040 5,205 1,060 1,315 365 10 35 55 0
English and French 6,585 4,315 940 1,280 35 0 5 10 0
English and non-official language 1,115 735 85 10 260 5 10 15 0
French and non-official language 250 115 25 20 50 5 15 20 0
English, French and non-official language 90 45 0 10 20 5 5 10 0

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

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