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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Saint-Laurent
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 93,185 30,995 43,435 14,385 4,370 38,185 41.0
Single responses 82,730 27,965 38,120 12,275 4,370 34,105 41.2
English 21,225 19,825 1,400 0 0 19,820 93.4
French 30,205 455 29,750 0 0 455 1.5
Non-official languages 31,310 7,690 6,975 12,275 4,370 13,825 44.2
Aboriginal languages 10 0 0 5 5 5 50.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 5 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 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 5 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 4,720 435 1,610 2,120 550 1,500 31.8
Italian 385 40 95 200 50 140 36.4
Portuguese 265 60 40 140 30 130 49.1
Romanian 1,195 40 350 705 95 395 33.1
Spanish 2,875 290 1,125 1,080 380 830 28.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 65 45 0 20 5 50 76.9
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 40 25 0 10 0 35 87.5
Yiddish 20 10 0 5 0 15 75.0
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,510 345 305 750 105 720 47.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Bulgarian 240 25 75 135 15 85 35.4
Croatian 45 15 0 30 5 25 55.6
Czech 10 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Macedonian 15 5 5 10 0 10 66.7
Polish 270 95 30 125 20 155 57.4
Russian 765 160 175 365 60 345 45.1
Serbian 55 10 5 40 5 30 54.5
Serbo-Croatian 20 0 5 10 5 10 50.0
Slovak 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Slovenian 10 10 0 5 0 10 100.0
Ukrainian 50 15 10 25 0 25 50.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Greek 1,725 910 25 520 270 1,170 67.8
Armenian 1,310 170 140 880 110 610 46.6
Albanian 90 10 20 55 5 40 44.4
Georgian 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Finno-Ugric languages 75 40 5 25 10 55 73.3
Estonian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 75 40 0 25 5 50 66.7
Turkic languages 185 55 30 70 25 95 51.4
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Turkish 160 55 25 55 25 80 50.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 0 5 33.3
Mongolian 5 0 5 0 5 5 100.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 8,600 1,090 2,990 3,695 825 2,935 34.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 50 5 30 15 10 10 20.0
Cushitic languages 90 5 50 25 5 20 22.2
Oromo 70 0 45 20 0 10 14.3
Somali 20 5 10 5 0 5 25.0
Semitic languages 8,440 1,085 2,905 3,645 815 2,905 34.4
Amharic 20 10 0 5 0 10 50.0
Arabic 8,130 980 2,860 3,490 800 2,725 33.5
Hebrew 290 85 45 150 10 165 56.9
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 10 5 5 25.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,825 1,240 200 930 450 1,705 60.4
Indo-Aryan languages 1,815 970 45 525 275 1,235 68.0
Bengali 180 110 5 50 20 135 75.0
Gujarati 450 255 10 120 65 315 70.0
Hindi 95 65 0 20 10 75 78.9
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Panjabi (Punjabi) 350 170 15 110 50 230 65.7
Sindhi 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 15 0 10 5 20 66.7
Urdu 700 355 20 210 120 460 65.7
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 960 255 125 400 175 455 47.4
Kurdish 30 5 5 15 0 15 50.0
Pashto 145 45 15 60 25 75 51.7
Persian (Farsi) 785 210 105 325 145 370 47.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 15 20 5 5 15 33.3
Dravidian languages 1,350 740 65 365 180 925 68.5
Kannada 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 1,305 710 70 355 170 890 68.2
Telugu 30 20 0 5 0 20 66.7
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 30 20 0 10 5 25 83.3
Korean 95 35 5 40 10 55 57.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,535 1,945 640 1,505 1,450 2,695 48.7
Chinese languages 5,515 1,930 640 1,500 1,445 2,685 48.7
Cantonese 1,110 360 75 310 360 510 45.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 5 0 10 5 5 33.3
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 790 325 120 225 125 435 55.1
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 20 10 0 5 10 10 50.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,570 1,235 445 950 950 1,705 47.8
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 15 10 0 0 5 10 66.7
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 100 5 30 50 15 30 30.0
Lao 95 5 25 45 15 25 26.3
Thai 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,915 265 505 860 290 695 36.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 435 55 150 120 105 120 27.6
Vietnamese 1,485 210 350 740 185 580 39.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 390 265 10 100 15 315 80.8
Bisayan languages 25 15 0 10 0 20 80.0
Ilocano 25 15 0 0 10 15 60.0
Malay 25 10 5 10 5 15 60.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 300 220 0 70 10 260 86.7
Bikol 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 5 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 270 35 135 85 15 80 29.6
Akan (Twi) 30 15 0 10 0 25 83.3
Bantu languages 135 20 65 40 10 40 29.6
Lingala 15 0 10 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 0 25 15 0 5 12.5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 0 5 5 5 5 25.0
Shona 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Swahili 25 10 10 5 5 10 40.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 30 5 5 10 0 10 33.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 15 0 10 10 0 5 33.3
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 5 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 0 60 20 0 10 11.8
African languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
Creoles 460 10 245 185 20 100 21.7
Non-verbal languages 25 10 5 5 5 10 40.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 10 5 33.3
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 10,460 3,025 5,315 2,110 0 4,085 39.1
English and French 1,745 255 615 875 0 690 39.5
English and non-official language 2,600 2,570 35 0 0 2,570 98.8
French and non-official language 4,375 50 4,325 0 0 50 1.1
English, French and non-official language 1,735 155 345 1,235 0 770 44.4

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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-XCB2011056.

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