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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 739,900 426,675 66,375 245,890 955
Single responses 731,855 425,080 66,165 239,665 945
English 479,930 408,395 175 71,310 60
French 233,530 2,125 65,685 165,700 20
Non-official languages 18,395 14,560 310 2,655 870
Aboriginal languages 2,545 2,470 0 60 10
Algonquian languages 2,525 2,445 5 60 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 390 385 0 5 0
Mi'kmaq 2,115 2,050 0 55 10
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,225 1,460 50 580 125
Italian 440 240 5 180 20
Portuguese 215 155 5 50 10
Romanian 425 290 10 80 40
Spanish 1,135 770 25 275 60
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,130 2,535 0 560 35
Dutch 925 755 0 165 5
Flemish 30 15 0 15 0
Frisian 35 30 0 5 0
German 1,800 1,455 5 335 10
Yiddish 30 5 0 5 20
Scandinavian languages 240 210 0 30 0
Danish 150 135 0 15 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 35 0 5 0
Swedish 45 40 0 10 0
Afrikaans 70 65 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 1,145 900 10 200 35
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 10 0
Croatian 75 65 0 10 0
Czech 45 30 0 20 0
Macedonian 15 10 0 5 0
Polish 250 195 0 50 5
Russian 355 280 10 45 25
Serbian 120 95 5 15 5
Serbo-Croatian 45 35 0 10 0
Slovak 20 15 0 5 0
Slovenian 10 10 0 5 0
Ukrainian 140 105 0 30 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Latvian 20 20 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0
Greek 145 110 0 25 5
Armenian 15 0 0 5 0
Albanian 15 15 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 230 180 0 45 5
Estonian 20 20 0 5 0
Finnish 55 40 0 5 0
Hungarian 155 125 0 30 0
Turkic languages 90 75 5 15 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 5 0
Turkish 65 55 0 10 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,480 850 100 470 60
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 5 0 0
Cushitic languages 35 15 10 15 0
Oromo 30 10 10 20 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,410 835 85 435 60
Amharic 40 30 5 5 5
Arabic 1,325 770 75 425 55
Hebrew 25 25 0 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 0 15 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,450 1,275 0 95 80
Indo-Aryan languages 950 830 0 55 60
Bengali 175 165 0 10 5
Gujarati 50 40 0 0 0
Hindi 245 220 0 20 10
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0
Marathi 35 30 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 95 80 0 10 5
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 15 0 0 0
Urdu 205 185 0 10 10
Nepali 100 65 0 0 40
Iranian languages 470 420 0 35 15
Kurdish 10 10 0 0 0
Pashto 5 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 450 400 0 35 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 200 180 0 20 0
Kannada 15 10 0 5 0
Malayalam 40 40 0 0 0
Tamil 90 85 0 10 0
Telugu 45 40 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 115 95 0 15 5
Korean 1,810 1,585 5 85 135
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,865 1,500 15 110 240
Chinese languages 1,825 1,475 15 110 230
Cantonese 225 170 0 25 30
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 400 325 5 20 55
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,190 965 5 70 145
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 5
Tai languages 65 55 0 10 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 65 55 0 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 290 215 0 50 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 5 0
Vietnamese 285 215 5 45 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 695 5 25 5
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0 0
Malay 40 40 5 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 565 0 15 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 545 190 105 230 20
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 5 0
Bantu languages 315 100 55 135 15
Lingala 10 5 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 10 0 25 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 0 5 30 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 140 45 25 55 10
Ganda 5 5 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 25 20 20 0
Edo 5 0 0 5 0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0
Wolof 15 0 5 10 0
Bamanankan 25 0 15 15 0
Ewe 10 5 5 10 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 45 30 60 5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 15 5 15 0
Creoles 70 30 10 30 0
Non-verbal languages 130 60 0 5 70
American Sign Language 30 15 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 40 0 0 50
Other languages 15 5 0 0 15
Multiple responses 8,040 1,595 210 6,225 15
English and French 6,585 600 145 5,840 0
English and non-official language 1,120 945 5 155 15
French and non-official language 245 35 65 145 0
English, French and non-official language 95 10 5 85 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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