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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 Ottawa - VanierFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 101,545 66,220 31,070 3,085 1,175 32,615 32.1
Single responses 95,650 63,245 29,045 2,190 1,170 30,140 31.5
English 62,455 56,355 6,105 0 0 6,105 9.8
French 22,750 505 22,250 0 0 22,245 97.8
Non-official languages 10,445 6,380 695 2,195 1,175 1,790 17.1
Aboriginal languages 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquin 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
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 5 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 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
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 not applicable ...
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 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,695 975 80 430 210 295 17.4
Italian 80 35 5 25 15 25 31.3
Portuguese 460 225 35 110 90 90 19.6
Romanian 130 40 10 65 5 40 30.8
Spanish 1,035 675 25 225 100 145 14.0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 160 95 5 60 5 30 18.8
Dutch 25 15 0 10 5 10 40.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 115 75 0 40 5 20 17.4
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Danish 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 10 5 0 5 5 5 50.0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 805 500 15 225 70 125 15.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 15 0 0 0 5 20.0
Bulgarian 45 30 0 15 5 10 22.2
Croatian 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Czech 35 30 0 10 0 5 14.3
Macedonian 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
Polish 220 135 0 65 25 35 15.9
Russian 285 180 5 70 30 45 15.8
Serbian 80 55 0 25 5 10 12.5
Serbo-Croatian 30 20 0 5 5 5 16.7
Slovak 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 55 30 0 30 5 15 27.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Latvian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Greek 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 15 10 5 5 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 30 20 0 0 5 5 16.7
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages 145 105 0 25 10 15 10.3
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 130 95 0 25 10 10 7.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,165 1,720 230 875 335 670 21.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 640 325 75 190 55 170 26.6
Oromo 30 20 0 15 5 5 16.7
Somali 610 305 70 180 50 160 26.2
Semitic languages 2,510 1,395 150 680 280 495 19.7
Amharic 115 110 0 5 5 5 4.3
Arabic 2,315 1,225 155 670 265 490 21.2
Hebrew 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 55 55 0 0 5 5 9.1
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 5 10 100.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,575 1,240 10 135 185 75 4.8
Indo-Aryan languages 880 730 5 70 70 45 5.1
Bengali 440 370 5 30 35 20 4.5
Gujarati 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 80 70 0 5 5 5 6.3
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 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
Panjabi (Punjabi) 85 60 0 15 5 5 5.9
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 190 160 0 15 20 5 2.6
Nepali 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 685 510 5 60 110 35 5.1
Kurdish 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 155 120 0 5 30 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 490 350 5 50 80 30 6.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 30 30 0 0 5 5 16.7
Telugu 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 45 35 5 5 0 5 11.1
Korean 85 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,020 740 10 60 210 40 3.9
Chinese languages 925 670 10 60 185 40 4.3
Cantonese 200 130 0 10 55 5 2.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mandarin 250 205 0 15 25 10 4.0
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 455 320 10 30 95 20 4.4
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 75 50 0 0 25 0 0.0
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 275 185 0 60 25 35 12.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 10 0 10 0 5 20.0
Vietnamese 250 175 0 50 25 25 10.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 355 335 5 10 10 5 1.4
Bisayan languages 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 295 280 0 5 10 5 1.7
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian 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
Niger-Congo languages 295 85 60 140 15 130 44.1
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 245 55 55 120 10 120 49.0
Lingala 25 5 10 10 0 10 40.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 75 10 15 45 0 35 46.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 70 5 20 35 5 40 57.1
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 55 20 5 25 5 20 36.4
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 0 0 10 50.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 15 0 5 16.7
African languages, n.i.e. 55 55 5 0 0 5 9.1
Creoles 490 45 265 135 50 335 68.4
Non-verbal languages 35 20 5 5 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 5 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,895 2,970 2,025 890 0 2,475 42.0
English and French 2,140 285 1,210 645 0 1,530 71.5
English and non-official language 2,620 2,590 35 0 0 35 1.3
French and non-official language 665 20 645 0 0 645 97.0
English, French and non-official language 465 80 135 250 0 255 54.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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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