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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Tabulation: Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

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This table details mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over, in private households in MontréalFootnote 1
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 2 = 19.7 %
Detailed language spoken most often at home (111) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue 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 language spoken most often at home 3,120,055 349,800 1,967,760 742,265 9,680 18,200 30,560 1,790
Single responses 3,007,170 344,515 1,952,980 672,690 6,735 12,000 17,235 1,020
English 510,475 311,360 43,975 142,770 2,705 8,095 1,255 315
French 2,081,955 28,305 1,899,900 135,875 3,855 910 12,815 300
Non-official languages 414,740 4,850 9,105 394,040 180 2,990 3,170 405
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 3 55 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 4 412,235 4,820 8,915 391,840 180 2,980 3,095 400
African languages, n.i.e. 220 0 0 200 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 375 25 0 345 0 0 0 0
Albanian 1,100 0 0 1,075 0 0 0 0
Amharic 275 15 0 265 0 0 0 0
Arabic 54,430 635 1,645 50,325 20 425 1,290 85
Armenian 9,665 65 60 9,375 0 90 45 25
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 330 0 0 330 0 0 0 0
Bengali 6,420 60 0 6,245 0 70 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 1,380 0 30 1,320 0 0 30 0
Bisayan languages 245 0 0 240 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 220 0 0 220 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 3,575 0 15 3,535 0 15 0 0
Burmese 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 7,415 125 70 7,140 0 45 30 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,440 480 320 26,380 0 185 50 0
Creoles 21,235 145 1,740 18,745 40 55 500 0
Croatian 655 0 0 650 0 0 0 0
Czech 255 0 0 255 0 0 0 0
Danish 45 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Dutch 270 0 0 260 0 0 0 0
Estonian 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Finnish 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Flemish 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Fukien 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
German 1,720 0 35 1,660 0 0 0 0
Greek 19,975 195 90 19,510 0 155 0 0
Gujarati 3,415 60 0 3,295 0 35 20 0
Hakka 60 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,335 0 150 1,105 0 0 0 0
Hindi 1,335 0 0 1,265 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,855 45 0 1,800 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 840 40 0 770 0 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 165 0 0 160 0 0 0 0
Italian 38,745 415 565 37,470 35 115 90 55
Japanese 665 20 0 610 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,840 0 180 4,605 0 0 25 0
Korean 2,910 75 15 2,800 0 20 0 0
Kurdish 170 0 0 170 0 0 0 0
Lao 2,305 45 85 2,145 0 0 0 0
Latvian 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
Lingala 590 0 40 515 0 0 25 0
Lithuanian 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0
Malay 280 0 0 280 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 7,275 170 70 7,025 0 0 0 0
Marathi 35 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Nepali 280 0 0 270 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 805 0 0 770 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Oromo 1,830 0 30 1,790 0 0 15 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 6,940 75 0 6,770 0 90 0 0
Pashto 465 0 0 445 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 11,415 115 125 11,070 0 60 25 20
Polish 5,750 0 50 5,645 0 25 0 0
Portuguese 13,065 60 220 12,620 0 70 85 0
Romanian 16,470 125 295 15,955 0 15 70 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 245 0 0 230 0 0 0 0
Russian 14,795 195 210 14,205 0 60 60 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 275 0 0 260 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
Serbian 775 0 0 750 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 355 0 15 340 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 45 100 190 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 70 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 325 0 0 320 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0
Slovak 150 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 255 0 0 235 0 0 0 0
Somali 250 0 0 245 0 0 0 0
Spanish 59,795 395 1,340 57,595 0 150 280 30
Swahili 315 0 45 260 0 0 0 0
Swedish 100 0 0 95 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,750 380 0 7,805 0 560 0 0
Taiwanese 290 0 0 290 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10,360 295 75 9,725 0 220 40 0
Telugu 190 25 0 140 0 25 0 0
Thai 170 0 0 170 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 0 0 120 0 0 0 0
Turkish 4,015 10 60 3,895 0 0 25 0
Ukrainian 1,560 0 0 1,490 0 20 0 0
Urdu 4,430 20 0 4,280 0 125 0 0
Vietnamese 19,150 175 1,035 17,480 20 160 255 20
Yiddish 3,195 0 0 3,150 0 20 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 5 2,445 25 175 2,155 0 0 80 0
Multiple responses 112,885 5,290 14,780 69,580 2,940 6,200 13,320 765
English and French 15,455 2,825 7,130 2,200 2,825 120 255 95
English and non-official language 33,900 2,060 475 25,135 45 5,585 455 145
French and non-official language 58,330 215 6,755 38,890 15 250 12,015 190
English, French and non-official language 5,200 190 425 3,355 55 250 590 340

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

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Footnote 3

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 4

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 5

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011041.

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