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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 FrederictonFootnote 1
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 93,515 85,305 2,865 3,395 1,795 20 40 95 5
Single responses 92,415 84,635 2,790 3,170 1,685 25 25 80 5
English 81,065 78,680 120 1,770 455 0 0 35 0
French 6,580 3,510 1,665 1,350 35 0 5 10 0
Non-official languages 4,765 2,435 1,005 50 1,195 20 20 40 5
Aboriginal languages 190 85 10 0 95 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 185 85 10 0 90 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 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 155 65 10 0 80 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 10 0 0 10 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 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 485 240 90 10 130 5 0 5 0
Italian 60 45 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 60 30 15 5 10 0 0 0 0
Romanian 85 40 15 0 25 5 0 0 0
Spanish 270 115 60 10 80 0 0 5 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 650 360 65 10 205 0 0 5 0
Dutch 210 120 20 5 75 0 0 0 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 365 190 45 5 115 0 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 50 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Danish 25 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 465 245 90 5 115 5 0 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 40 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Czech 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 80 40 10 5 25 0 0 5 0
Russian 155 85 25 5 45 0 0 0 0
Serbian 75 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 25 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 25 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 5 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Albanian 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 70 30 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 40 15 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 25 5 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 25 5 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 490 215 105 10 140 5 10 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 485 210 105 10 140 5 5 5 0
Amharic 20 15 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
Arabic 450 195 100 10 125 10 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 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 595 300 160 0 125 0 0 5 0
Indo-Aryan languages 360 165 90 0 105 0 0 0 0
Bengali 95 45 30 0 20 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hindi 95 40 20 0 35 0 0 5 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 20 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Urdu 65 25 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Nepali 45 30 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 225 135 60 5 20 0 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 225 135 60 5 20 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 60 25 10 0 25 0 5 0 0
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 30 15 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Telugu 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 15 5 0 15 0 0 5 0
Korean 560 370 145 0 40 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 735 355 250 0 120 5 5 5 0
Chinese languages 735 355 250 0 120 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 75 40 25 0 15 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 180 75 65 0 35 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 470 235 160 0 70 0 5 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 30 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 40 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 45 30 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 105 65 10 5 30 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 80 50 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 125 20 5 5 75 5 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 90 15 10 5 50 5 0 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 5 15 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 35 5 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,100 670 75 220 105 5 10 15 0
English and French 680 415 40 210 10 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 375 240 30 5 85 0 10 5 0
French and non-official language 15 10 0 5 0 0 5 5 0
English, French and non-official language 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

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