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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 Kingston
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 155,405 143,510 3,495 3,010 5,055 45 70 225 0
Single responses 153,800 142,420 3,420 2,865 4,815 45 60 185 0
English 135,720 132,640 130 1,680 1,195 5 0 65 0
French 5,095 2,725 1,155 1,120 55 0 15 25 0
Non-official languages 12,985 7,050 2,135 65 3,560 40 40 100 0
Aboriginal languages 50 30 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 30 20 0 0 10 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 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 5 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 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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 10 5 0 0 10 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,165 1,710 450 15 945 10 5 30 0
Italian 680 375 70 0 220 5 0 5 0
Portuguese 1,630 910 215 10 485 5 0 15 0
Romanian 80 45 10 5 20 0 0 0 0
Spanish 775 375 155 5 215 5 0 15 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,305 1,535 105 20 620 5 0 20 0
Dutch 855 620 30 5 205 0 0 5 0
Flemish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 35 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
German 1,175 735 55 10 345 5 0 15 0
Yiddish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 180 115 10 0 50 0 0 0 0
Danish 125 80 5 0 40 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 45 30 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 20 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,305 670 255 5 355 5 0 15 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 20 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Croatian 35 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Czech 140 70 15 0 50 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 25 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Polish 535 270 110 0 145 0 5 5 0
Russian 245 115 65 5 65 0 0 5 0
Serbian 45 20 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovak 40 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 150 95 25 0 25 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 45 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 420 210 75 0 135 5 0 0 0
Armenian 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Albanian 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 280 180 15 0 80 0 0 0 0
Estonian 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finnish 65 45 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 175 120 15 0 45 0 0 5 0
Turkic languages 95 50 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 80 40 20 0 15 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 690 345 140 10 175 10 5 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 680 335 145 10 175 10 0 5 0
Amharic 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 630 310 135 5 155 15 5 5 0
Hebrew 25 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,415 670 355 0 370 0 15 10 0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,025 460 270 5 275 0 15 5 0
Bengali 165 75 50 0 40 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 130 55 45 0 25 0 0 5 0
Hindi 170 65 35 0 65 0 5 0 0
Konkani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 155 70 25 0 55 0 10 0 0
Sindhi 25 5 10 0 5 0 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 325 155 95 5 75 0 0 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 385 205 85 0 90 5 0 0 0
Kurdish 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 25 15 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 335 190 70 0 80 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 145 70 20 0 50 0 0 0 0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 65 15 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tamil 60 40 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Telugu 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 100 45 15 0 40 0 0 0 0
Korean 440 250 110 0 75 0 5 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,630 790 440 5 380 5 0 10 0
Chinese languages 1,610 780 440 5 375 0 5 5 0
Cantonese 335 150 90 0 90 0 0 5 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 395 195 100 0 100 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 860 420 245 0 185 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 215 120 40 0 50 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 45 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 145 75 35 0 35 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 415 205 60 0 145 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 30 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 315 170 40 0 105 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. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 115 55 20 0 40 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 65 35 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 25 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Creoles 25 10 0 5 5 5 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,600 1,090 70 145 240 10 15 35 0
English and French 565 415 10 135 5 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 890 600 60 5 215 0 5 10 0
French and non-official language 100 45 5 5 15 10 5 15 0
English, French and non-official language 50 30 0 0 5 0 0 10 0

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

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