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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) 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 detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in St. John's
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Total - Other language spoken regularly at home None 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 mother tongue 194,935 190,265 1,160 1,545 1,855 20 25 70 0
Single responses 194,305 189,850 1,100 1,485 1,760 15 25 60 0
English 188,965 187,080 55 1,260 545 0 0 30 0
French 815 475 110 205 10 0 5 0 0
Non-official languages 4,520 2,290 935 25 1,205 20 15 30 0
Aboriginal languages 50 30 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 25 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 490 235 105 0 130 5 0 5 0
Italian 50 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 60 30 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Romanian 30 15 5 0 15 5 0 0 0
Spanish 345 155 95 5 85 0 0 5 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 375 215 40 0 110 0 0 5 0
Dutch 50 35 0 0 15 0 0 5 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
German 195 135 10 5 45 0 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 95 40 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Danish 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 35 15 10 5 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 10 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 25 5 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 415 210 75 5 125 0 5 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 50 10 10 0 25 0 0 5 0
Croatian 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Czech 20 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 70 45 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Russian 180 95 35 0 45 0 5 0 0
Serbian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 45 10 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 100 35 40 0 25 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 35 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 40 25 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 25 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 430 205 105 5 105 5 5 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 20 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 405 200 100 5 95 0 0 5 0
Amharic 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Arabic 370 185 100 5 80 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 755 370 155 0 225 5 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 620 290 130 0 195 0 5 0 0
Bengali 190 95 45 0 50 0 0 5 0
Gujarati 35 15 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hindi 80 25 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 25 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 30 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Urdu 135 50 40 0 50 0 0 0 0
Nepali 50 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 130 70 25 0 35 5 0 0 0
Kurdish 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 105 65 20 0 20 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 150 60 40 0 50 0 5 0 0
Kannada 15 10 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
Malayalam 40 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tamil 65 25 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Telugu 30 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 30 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Korean 60 40 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,045 575 280 0 180 0 0 5 0
Chinese languages 1,030 565 280 0 180 0 0 5 0
Cantonese 105 70 20 0 20 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 165 80 45 0 35 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 730 405 210 0 110 5 0 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 20 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 30 15 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 155 75 25 0 50 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 110 60 15 0 35 0 0 0 0
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 110 40 10 0 45 5 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 70 30 10 5 25 0 0 5 0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Swahili 30 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 60 30 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Creoles 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 85 65 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 45 30 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 635 410 55 60 95 0 0 10 0
English and French 230 150 20 55 5 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 355 240 30 5 85 0 0 0 0
French and non-official language 30 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

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