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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Saanich--Gulf Islands
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 103,355 92,720 30 9,680 925
Single responses 102,230 91,895 25 9,390 920
English 86,735 79,475 5 7,230 20
French 1,335 115 15 1,200 0
Non-official languages 14,165 12,300 5 960 895
Aboriginal languages 205 200 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 5 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 190 185 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 45 45 0 5 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 135 135 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,465 1,255 0 170 40
Italian 370 325 5 45 5
Portuguese 450 400 0 30 20
Romanian 65 50 0 20 0
Spanish 580 485 0 75 15
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,015 2,665 0 345 5
Dutch 865 780 0 90 0
Flemish 15 5 0 10 0
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0
German 1,700 1,485 0 215 5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 370 345 0 30 0
Danish 200 180 0 20 0
Icelandic 10 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 90 85 0 0 0
Swedish 75 65 0 5 0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 10 0
Gaelic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Welsh 25 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,190 1,060 0 105 30
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 15 0 5 0
Croatian 170 155 0 10 5
Czech 90 85 0 5 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 310 275 0 25 5
Russian 215 180 0 30 10
Serbian 50 35 0 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0
Slovak 45 35 0 5 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 230 215 0 10 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 5 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 0
Greek 125 115 0 10 0
Armenian 15 5 0 5 5
Albanian 20 15 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 325 310 0 15 0
Estonian 25 20 0 5 0
Finnish 85 80 0 5 0
Hungarian 220 205 0 10 0
Turkic languages 35 35 0 5 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 30 30 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 245 170 0 65 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 230 150 0 60 15
Amharic 5 0 0 0 0
Arabic 195 125 0 50 15
Hebrew 20 10 0 5 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,660 1,435 0 80 145
Indo-Aryan languages 1,490 1,295 0 60 140
Bengali 35 30 0 5 0
Gujarati 45 30 0 5 5
Hindi 100 90 0 5 5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 10 10 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,245 1,070 5 40 125
Sindhi 15 15 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0
Urdu 25 20 0 0 5
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 165 140 0 15 5
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 5 5 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 155 135 0 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 55 55 5 5 0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0
Tamil 35 30 0 0 0
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 340 295 0 20 30
Korean 445 400 0 10 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,020 3,355 0 85 570
Chinese languages 3,995 3,335 0 85 570
Cantonese 1,250 995 0 30 225
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 845 735 0 20 90
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 35 35 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,830 1,540 0 40 255
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 60 60 0 5 0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0
Thai 60 55 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 155 130 0 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 155 135 0 15 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 620 610 0 10 0
Bisayan languages 35 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 15 0 0 0
Malay 30 25 0 0 5
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 520 515 0 10 0
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 45 40 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages 20 20 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 5 5 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 15
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 10
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,125 830 0 285 5
English and French 210 55 0 160 0
English and non-official language 835 750 0 80 0
French and non-official language 50 20 0 25 0
English, French and non-official language 30 5 0 25 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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