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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 Halifax
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 386,440 361,515 7,935 7,680 8,740 75 150 345 5
Single responses 382,765 359,100 7,675 7,240 8,235 70 145 290 5
English 348,740 341,620 335 4,410 2,235 0 5 140 0
French 10,160 5,505 1,825 2,715 70 0 30 15 0
Non-official languages 23,865 11,970 5,515 120 5,940 70 120 135 0
Aboriginal languages 95 50 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 75 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 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 60 25 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 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 5 5 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. 5 5 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) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,155 1,025 410 25 650 15 10 20 0
Italian 595 315 70 5 190 5 0 5 0
Portuguese 280 135 55 0 85 0 0 5 0
Romanian 140 60 35 5 40 0 5 0 0
Spanish 1,135 510 245 10 335 15 5 10 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,105 1,235 200 5 640 0 0 25 0
Dutch 515 325 35 5 145 0 0 5 0
Flemish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,250 710 135 5 380 0 0 15 0
Yiddish 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 250 145 25 0 80 0 0 0 0
Danish 100 65 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 25 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 80 45 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Swedish 45 20 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 45 25 5 0 15 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 60 50 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 45 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,180 1,115 400 5 620 10 15 10 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 80 40 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Croatian 170 85 35 0 50 0 0 0 0
Czech 125 70 15 5 30 0 5 0 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 585 295 105 0 170 5 5 0 0
Russian 695 340 165 0 180 0 5 0 0
Serbian 95 55 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 105 40 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Slovak 90 40 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 25 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 155 105 5 0 35 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 50 30 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Latvian 30 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 665 285 115 5 245 0 0 10 0
Armenian 45 15 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Albanian 245 95 65 0 80 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 225 120 45 0 65 0 0 5 0
Estonian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 45 30 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 155 65 40 0 50 0 0 5 0
Turkic languages 305 135 60 0 110 0 5 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 250 125 50 0 75 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 15 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,525 2,575 1,625 40 1,200 40 20 25 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 70 45 5 0 15 0 5 0 0
Oromo 35 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Somali 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 5,450 2,525 1,620 40 1,185 40 15 25 0
Amharic 135 65 30 0 30 0 5 0 0
Arabic 5,175 2,400 1,555 40 1,105 40 10 25 0
Hebrew 70 25 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Maltese 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 55 25 15 5 15 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,190 1,630 815 10 680 5 50 5 0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,885 925 435 10 480 0 35 5 0
Bengali 320 130 105 0 75 0 5 5 0
Gujarati 85 40 25 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hindi 435 185 80 5 160 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 25 5 10 0 10 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 300 145 70 5 75 0 10 0 0
Sindhi 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 40 25 0 25 0 0 0 0
Urdu 400 175 110 5 110 0 5 5 0
Nepali 215 190 15 0 5 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,265 690 370 0 185 5 15 5 0
Kurdish 70 25 30 0 15 0 5 0 0
Pashto 65 40 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 630 330 0 160 0 10 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 430 185 105 5 130 0 5 0 0
Kannada 25 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 95 35 25 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tamil 200 85 45 0 70 0 5 0 0
Telugu 110 50 30 0 30 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 230 105 35 0 85 0 0 5 0
Korean 670 395 160 0 120 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,545 1,905 1,045 15 565 5 10 5 0
Chinese languages 3,530 1,895 1,045 10 565 0 10 5 0
Cantonese 460 260 90 0 100 5 5 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 810 395 270 5 135 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 35 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,195 1,210 665 5 310 0 0 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 50 30 5 0 20 0 0 5 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 50 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 385 230 80 0 65 0 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 380 230 75 0 70 0 5 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,065 470 270 0 315 0 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 60 25 20 0 20 0 0 5 0
Ilocano 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 50 25 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 910 405 230 0 270 0 0 5 0
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 415 180 30 5 195 5 5 5 0
Akan (Twi) 45 15 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 205 85 15 0 90 5 0 0 0
Lingala 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 30 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Swahili 65 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 25 10 5 30 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 40 15 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 30 10 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 45 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 65 20 15 0 20 0 5 0 0
Creoles 40 20 10 5 5 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 105 80 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 40 35 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 45 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,675 2,415 260 435 500 0 5 55 0
English and French 1,465 975 65 395 20 0 0 10 0
English and non-official language 1,895 1,280 165 15 415 0 0 20 0
French and non-official language 215 95 20 20 45 0 0 30 0
English, French and non-official language 100 70 5 10 20 0 0 5 0

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

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