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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 Calgary
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 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 1,205,175 1,154,660 18,835 6,260 25,415 21,965 1.8
Single responses 1,153,670 1,105,400 17,595 5,265 25,415 20,225 1.8
English 967,735 957,450 10,290 0 0 10,290 1.1
French 7,305 500 6,805 0 0 6,805 93.2
Non-official languages 178,625 147,450 495 5,260 25,415 3,130 1.8
Aboriginal languages 220 215 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 115 115 0 0 0 5 4.3
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 50 45 0 0 0 5 10.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 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
Algonquian 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
Michif 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
Athapaskan languages 35 35 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 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
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 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 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
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 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 19,355 15,450 175 1,765 1,970 1,055 5.5
Italian 1,450 1,205 10 75 160 45 3.1
Portuguese 1,100 915 0 60 130 30 2.7
Romanian 2,195 1,535 15 450 195 235 10.7
Spanish 14,600 11,785 150 1,185 1,480 745 5.1
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 3,030 2,675 5 240 100 130 4.3
Dutch 510 405 0 90 10 45 8.8
Flemish 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Frisian 0 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
German 1,805 1,610 10 125 65 70 3.9
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Scandinavian languages 295 260 0 15 15 10 3.4
Danish 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 155 140 0 10 15 5 3.2
Swedish 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Afrikaans 410 390 0 10 10 5 1.2
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 12,640 10,925 15 645 1,055 335 2.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 450 385 0 10 50 5 1.1
Bulgarian 475 390 0 55 30 30 6.3
Croatian 695 635 0 30 25 15 2.2
Czech 385 350 0 20 15 10 2.6
Macedonian 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 3,405 2,970 5 175 260 90 2.6
Russian 4,875 4,105 15 235 520 130 2.7
Serbian 1,040 910 0 65 70 35 3.4
Serbo-Croatian 230 210 0 10 10 0 0.0
Slovak 450 410 0 10 25 5 1.1
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 535 460 0 25 50 15 2.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 100 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 55 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 450 400 0 15 35 5 1.1
Armenian 150 100 0 30 15 15 10.0
Albanian 580 510 0 20 50 10 1.7
Georgian 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,285 1,125 5 65 90 40 3.1
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,210 1,065 5 60 85 35 2.9
Turkic languages 785 640 5 40 90 30 3.8
Azerbaijani 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkish 590 480 5 30 75 25 4.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10 10 5 3.8
Mongolian 215 205 0 0 10 5 2.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 13,270 11,170 130 740 1,240 495 3.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Cushitic languages 1,200 1,050 5 35 115 20 1.7
Oromo 445 385 5 15 40 10 2.2
Somali 755 660 0 20 70 10 1.3
Semitic languages 12,025 10,100 120 685 1,120 460 3.8
Amharic 2,200 2,080 0 20 95 10 0.5
Arabic 8,435 6,805 115 645 875 435 5.2
Hebrew 220 205 5 10 10 5 2.3
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 905 800 0 5 90 5 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 265 200 0 0 55 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 15 5 10 33.3
Indo-Iranian languages 46,740 39,000 20 660 7,060 350 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 40,600 33,860 10 490 6,240 255 0.6
Bengali 2,275 2,045 0 90 140 45 2.0
Gujarati 2,135 1,850 0 40 240 20 0.9
Hindi 2,835 2,585 5 35 215 20 0.7
Konkani 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 230 215 0 5 10 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,575 17,770 5 175 4,615 90 0.4
Sindhi 700 630 0 10 65 5 0.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 425 405 0 5 15 0 0.0
Urdu 8,855 7,850 5 120 880 65 0.7
Nepali 555 485 0 10 60 5 0.9
Iranian languages 5,720 4,775 5 170 765 90 1.6
Kurdish 465 365 0 5 100 0 0.0
Pashto 760 605 0 10 145 5 0.7
Persian (Farsi) 4,490 3,805 10 155 520 85 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 425 365 0 0 55 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,675 1,555 0 25 95 15 0.9
Kannada 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 610 555 0 5 45 0 0.0
Tamil 730 680 0 10 40 10 1.4
Telugu 260 240 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 995 880 0 15 95 10 1.0
Korean 5,770 4,990 5 60 715 35 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 42,065 31,510 20 415 10,120 230 0.5
Chinese languages 41,450 31,015 20 410 10,000 230 0.6
Cantonese 14,515 9,960 5 125 4,425 70 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 60 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Fukien 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Mandarin 8,845 7,395 5 100 1,345 55 0.6
Shanghainese 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 70 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,850 13,490 5 190 4,165 100 0.6
Tibetan languages 230 195 0 0 35 5 2.2
Burmese 160 145 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 160 0 0 65 0 0.0
Tai languages 470 400 0 10 55 10 2.1
Lao 250 205 0 10 35 5 2.0
Thai 225 195 5 0 25 5 2.2
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,555 7,305 30 180 2,045 120 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 455 340 0 15 100 10 2.2
Vietnamese 9,100 6,965 30 165 1,945 110 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 16,365 15,935 10 100 325 65 0.4
Bisayan languages 520 505 0 0 15 5 1.0
Ilocano 590 565 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malay 230 205 5 10 20 5 2.2
Pampango 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 14,845 14,485 5 85 270 50 0.3
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0 5 25.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Fijian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 5 5 0 5 6.7
Niger-Congo languages 1,180 975 35 130 40 100 8.5
Akan (Twi) 210 200 0 5 5 5 2.4
Bantu languages 500 375 30 80 10 70 14.0
Lingala 15 5 10 5 0 10 66.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 5 20 0 15 60.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 0 10 0 10 40.0
Shona 80 75 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 210 160 10 35 0 30 14.3
Ganda 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 5 10 5 3.8
Edo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 20 10 5 10 0 10 50.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ewe 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 305 265 5 20 15 15 4.9
African languages, n.i.e. 1,060 985 0 0 65 0 0.0
Creoles 220 90 30 90 10 75 34.1
Non-verbal languages 290 180 0 0 110 0 0.0
American Sign Language 90 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 195 115 0 0 80 5 2.6
Other languages 85 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Multiple responses 51,505 49,265 1,240 1,000 0 1,740 3.4
English and French 1,755 435 715 605 0 1,025 58.4
English and non-official language 48,505 48,420 85 0 0 85 0.2
French and non-official language 485 190 290 0 0 290 59.8
English, French and non-official language 760 225 145 395 0 345 45.4

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

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