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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in WinnipegFootnote 1
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 721,115 683,630 26,760 2,215 8,510 27,865 3.9
Single responses 687,725 652,245 25,495 1,475 8,510 26,230 3.8
English 603,730 589,490 14,235 0 0 14,235 2.4
French 11,535 490 11,040 0 0 11,040 95.7
Non-official languages 72,465 62,265 215 1,470 8,510 955 1.3
Aboriginal languages 985 955 0 10 20 5 0.5
Algonquian languages 925 895 0 5 20 5 0.5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 240 230 0 5 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 235 230 0 5 0 5 2.1
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 395 380 0 5 10 5 1.3
Oji-Cree 290 285 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 7,110 5,700 35 320 1,060 190 2.7
Italian 1,155 945 5 30 170 20 1.7
Portuguese 2,375 1,715 15 60 590 45 1.9
Romanian 220 160 0 45 15 25 11.4
Spanish 3,360 2,880 15 180 280 110 3.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 4,250 3,850 10 85 310 55 1.3
Dutch 115 95 0 20 0 10 8.7
Flemish 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 3,970 3,595 15 60 300 40 1.0
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 8,680 7,565 5 240 875 125 1.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 350 305 0 5 40 5 1.4
Bulgarian 85 65 0 10 5 5 5.9
Croatian 355 325 0 5 25 0 0.0
Czech 125 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 85 75 0 5 5 5 5.9
Polish 2,330 1,995 5 50 290 25 1.1
Russian 2,920 2,555 5 55 305 35 1.2
Serbian 335 285 0 15 35 5 1.5
Serbo-Croatian 150 125 0 5 20 5 3.3
Slovak 95 85 0 10 5 5 5.3
Slovenian 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,760 1,540 0 75 140 35 2.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 420 370 0 15 35 5 1.2
Armenian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 145 120 0 5 20 0 0.0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finno-Ugric languages 285 250 0 10 20 5 1.8
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 270 240 0 10 20 5 1.9
Turkic languages 100 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 60 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,075 3,400 35 210 430 140 3.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cushitic languages 815 685 0 25 100 15 1.8
Oromo 225 190 0 0 30 5 2.2
Somali 585 490 0 25 70 15 2.6
Semitic languages 3,230 2,700 35 170 320 120 3.7
Amharic 690 645 0 10 40 10 1.4
Arabic 1,740 1,355 30 150 210 100 5.7
Hebrew 180 165 0 5 5 5 2.8
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 595 515 5 5 70 10 1.7
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 11,560 9,765 0 145 1,645 75 0.6
Indo-Aryan languages 10,140 8,600 5 115 1,425 60 0.6
Bengali 380 350 0 5 25 5 1.3
Gujarati 585 505 0 5 65 5 0.9
Hindi 670 610 0 10 50 5 0.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,095 5,890 0 75 1,120 40 0.6
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 10 5 20.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 245 225 0 0 15 5 2.0
Urdu 880 810 0 10 60 5 0.6
Nepali 240 160 0 0 80 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,400 1,160 0 30 215 15 1.1
Kurdish 200 145 0 5 50 0 0.0
Pashto 130 110 0 0 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,070 905 0 30 135 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 445 395 0 5 40 5 1.1
Kannada 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 165 150 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 180 155 0 5 15 5 2.8
Telugu 85 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 140 120 0 0 20 5 3.6
Korean 1,990 1,665 0 25 300 15 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,870 6,555 5 70 2,240 35 0.4
Chinese languages 8,475 6,310 0 70 2,095 35 0.4
Cantonese 2,205 1,465 0 20 720 10 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,600 1,330 0 15 250 10 0.6
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,605 3,465 0 35 1,105 20 0.4
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 35 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 350 220 0 0 140 0 0.0
Tai languages 555 420 5 25 105 20 3.6
Lao 470 350 5 25 85 15 3.2
Thai 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,550 1,975 5 45 520 35 1.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 100 0 0 45 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,400 1,870 10 45 475 35 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 18,670 17,995 0 55 615 35 0.2
Bisayan languages 305 295 0 0 5 5 1.6
Ilocano 250 240 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,875 17,230 5 55 585 30 0.2
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 790 445 95 170 75 185 23.4
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 540 255 75 155 60 150 27.8
Lingala 20 0 10 15 5 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 25 10 20 10 20 30.8
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 30 10 25 5 30 40.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 160 45 90 35 90 27.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 5 10 5 12.5
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 0 5 10 5 5 33.3
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 115 10 5 15 10 6.9
African languages, n.i.e. 165 145 0 5 20 0 0.0
Creoles 160 125 0 25 5 15 9.4
Non-verbal languages 395 270 0 0 115 0 0.0
American Sign Language 200 150 5 0 50 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 190 125 0 0 65 0 0.0
Other languages 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 33,390 31,385 1,265 745 0 1,635 4.9
English and French 1,820 360 925 540 0 1,190 65.4
English and non-official language 30,690 30,635 60 0 0 60 0.2
French and non-official language 465 250 210 0 0 210 45.2
English, French and non-official language 420 140 75 210 0 175 41.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011037.

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