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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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Sex (3)

Detailed language spoken most often at home (232)

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 Nunavut^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	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	31,770	17,065	7,820	250	6,595	5	10	15	0
Single responses	31,430	16,965	7,760	245	6,435	5	10	15	0
English	8,925	6,520	340	120	1,930	0	0	5	0
French	435	215	105	90	15	0	0	5	0
Non-official languages	22,070	10,220	7,310	40	4,485	5	10	5	0
Aboriginal languages	21,585	10,025	7,220	30	4,305	0	5	5	0
Algonquian languages	35	15	15	0	5	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	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	15	5	5	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	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	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	5	0	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	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	5	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	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	21,545	10,010	7,205	30	4,295	0	0	5	0
Inuktitut	21,225	9,885	7,160	30	4,145	0	0	5	0
Inuinnaqtun	285	110	35	0	135	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	20	5	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	45	15	5	0	25	5	0	0	0
Italian	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romanian	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Spanish	25	10	5	5	5	0	0	0	0
Catalan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	55	40	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Dutch	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Flemish	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	35	30	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Danish	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	40	15	5	5	20	0	0	0	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	15	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Russian	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Serbian	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Slovenian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	25	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	25	10	0	5	10	0	0	0	0
Amharic	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	20	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	60	20	10	0	30	0	5	0	0
Indo-Aryan languages	55	20	10	0	25	0	0	0	0
Bengali	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	25	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Konkani	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Urdu	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Nepali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iranian languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	10	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0
Kannada	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Telugu	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Korean	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	45	25	10	0	15	0	0	0	0
Chinese languages	45	20	10	0	15	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	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	15	10	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	135	30	45	0	50	0	5	0	0
Bisayan languages	20	0	5	0	10	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	10	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Malay	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	100	25	35	0	35	0	5	0	0
Bikol	5	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.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	25	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	10	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creoles	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Non-verbal languages	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	335	105	65	5	160	0	0	0	0
English and French	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
English and non-official language	320	100	60	5	155	0	0	0	0
French and non-official language	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 10% but lower than 25%.

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

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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