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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 Port AlberniFootnote 1
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 25,240 23,830 290 210 880 5 0 20 0
Single responses 25,040 23,675 285 200 855 0 5 20 0
English 22,420 22,030 10 120 250 0 0 10 0
French 455 340 35 70 5 0 0 0 0
Non-official languages 2,160 1,310 240 10 595 0 0 5 0
Aboriginal languages 110 60 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 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 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 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 0 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 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. 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 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 65 40 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 65 35 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 260 140 50 5 65 5 0 0 0
Italian 200 105 40 5 55 0 0 5 0
Portuguese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 55 30 5 0 10 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 855 565 45 5 235 0 0 0 0
Dutch 300 200 5 0 95 0 0 0 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
German 415 275 25 5 115 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 95 75 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Danish 40 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 30 10 15 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 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 270 170 20 0 80 0 5 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 80 45 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Czech 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 30 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Russian 25 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Serbian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 35 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 60 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 5 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 110 65 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 60 40 10 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 5 0 0 0 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 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 335 180 70 0 85 0 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 330 175 70 0 85 0 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 310 170 65 0 70 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 5 5 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) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 10 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 105 60 25 0 20 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages 105 55 25 0 25 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 60 40 15 0 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 55 35 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 40 30 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 5 5 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 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 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 205 160 5 10 25 0 0 5 0
English and French 65 50 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 125 95 5 0 25 5 0 0 0
French and non-official language 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

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