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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Mother Tongue (4A), Age Groups (8B) 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 selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , mother tongue , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario)
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 2 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 910,525 724,340 155,135 19,490
0 to 4 years 51,355 40,125 7,315 1,360
5 to 9 years 51,025 41,340 7,645 1,875
10 to 14 years 53,220 43,065 7,985 2,100
15 to 19 years 61,105 49,900 9,310 1,820
20 to 24 years 67,900 56,585 9,765 1,425
25 to 29 years 62,960 52,275 9,230 1,260
30 to 34 years 59,845 48,565 9,830 1,270
35 to 39 years 62,775 50,720 10,295 1,510
40 to 44 years 66,965 53,895 11,135 1,575
45 to 49 years 76,535 60,580 14,095 1,370
50 to 54 years 71,830 56,260 13,915 1,125
55 to 59 years 59,955 46,750 11,730 875
60 to 64 years 52,135 40,665 10,135 620
65 to 69 years 37,015 27,885 7,680 440
70 to 74 years 27,385 20,050 5,600 340
75 to 79 years 21,130 15,400 4,215 245
80 to 84 years 15,115 11,040 2,930 165
85 years and over 12,290 9,240 2,335 95
Median ageFootnote 3 38.8 38.0 42.8 29.6
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 754,930 599,805 132,195 14,160
Married or living with a common-law partner 429,465 340,485 76,035 7,610
Married (and not separated) 362,930 290,015 60,570 7,090
Living common law 66,535 50,475 15,460 520
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 325,465 259,320 56,165 6,550
Single (never legally married) 228,115 185,995 36,400 5,205
Separated 21,290 16,380 4,200 385
Divorced 43,345 33,655 8,695 615
Widowed 32,715 23,290 6,865 345
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 910,525 724,345 155,135 19,490
English only 533,385 533,385 0 0
French only 15,900 0 15,900 0
English and French 349,355 190,710 139,165 19,480
Neither English nor French 11,890 250 70 15
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 910,525 724,345 155,140 19,490
Single responses 883,380 705,570 150,920 15,335
English 558,785 558,670 115 0
French 145,355 1,935 143,415 0
Non-official languages 179,240 144,960 7,390 15,335
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 465 445 5 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 145 140 0 0
Dene 5 10 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 210 205 5 0
Mi'kmaq 20 20 0 0
Ojibway 65 65 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 176,840 143,010 7,220 15,165
African languages, n.i.e. 450 385 40 25
Afrikaans 140 140 5 0
Akan (Twi) 310 290 5 15
Albanian 585 505 5 35
Amharic 1,165 1,065 10 55
Arabic 28,270 20,410 1,375 4,375
Armenian 420 275 20 105
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 510 320 155 30
Bengali 2,845 2,560 5 165
Berber languages (Kabyle) 65 15 30 25
Bisayan languages 380 375 0 5
Bosnian 580 505 5 45
Bulgarian 825 665 10 120
Burmese 165 140 0 0
Cantonese 6,415 5,035 40 210
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,755 10,610 45 450
Creoles 3,675 685 2,145 690
Croatian 1,005 910 10 65
Czech 995 930 10 50
Danish 320 320 0 5
Dutch 2,505 2,410 40 50
Estonian 185 170 0 15
Finnish 330 325 0 0
Flemish 85 65 10 5
Fukien 85 70 0 5
German 6,035 5,705 85 230
Greek 2,045 1,845 25 110
Gujarati 1,215 1,120 5 35
Hakka 60 45 0 0
Hebrew 355 335 5 15
Hindi 2,335 2,195 10 65
Hungarian 1,750 1,580 25 115
Ilocano 360 360 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 10
Italian 9,510 8,420 210 420
Japanese 935 845 15 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 930 15 50
Korean 1,610 1,435 5 65
Kurdish 645 560 5 40
Lao 360 290 20 35
Latvian 275 260 0 20
Lingala 275 40 180 45
Lithuanian 210 195 0 10
Macedonian 65 55 0 5
Malay 360 340 5 5
Malayalam 450 425 0 15
Maltese 35 35 0 0
Mandarin 6,825 5,620 15 270
Marathi 230 210 0 15
Nepali 465 410 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 575 335 180 55
Norwegian 140 130 0 5
Oromo 365 205 70 65
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,300 2,935 0 160
Pashto 710 590 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 6,060 5,130 45 425
Polish 5,790 5,110 70 470
Portuguese 3,985 3,095 245 390
Romanian 2,405 1,555 80 650
Rundi (Kirundi) 550 60 335 145
Russian 5,520 4,585 40 545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 520 140 245 115
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 130 0 15
Serbian 1,680 1,310 15 275
Serbo-Croatian 545 475 5 55
Shanghainese 80 55 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 55 0 0
Sindhi 250 230 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 720 680 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 275 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slovak 625 590 5 25
Slovenian 235 230 5 5
Somali 6,135 4,140 620 925
Spanish 10,935 8,790 300 1,325
Swahili 805 415 230 130
Swedish 275 250 5 20
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 4,885 4,785 10 35
Taiwanese 165 145 5 5
Tamil 2,065 1,860 0 90
Telugu 340 325 0 5
Thai 345 315 5 5
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 745 680 5 20
Turkish 1,410 1,210 5 115
Ukrainian 1,575 1,365 10 165
Urdu 3,680 3,425 5 120
Vietnamese 5,805 4,555 90 570
Yiddish 230 220 0 10
Other languagesFootnote 8 1,935 1,505 170 160
Multiple responses 27,145 18,775 4,215 4,160
English and French 11,460 6,640 1,365 3,455
English and non-official language 11,135 11,125 15 0
French and non-official language 2,975 240 2,735 0
English, French and non-official language 1,580 770 100 705
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 910,530 724,340 155,140 19,490
Single responses 867,600 696,315 146,015 13,715
English 670,360 629,060 41,295 0
French 104,990 2,775 102,210 0
Non-official languages 92,250 64,480 2,505 13,715
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 115 100 0 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 30 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 60 50 5 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 15 0 5
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 91,465 63,970 2,455 13,600
African languages, n.i.e. 180 155 10 10
Afrikaans 50 50 0 0
Akan (Twi) 110 95 0 15
Albanian 290 220 5 25
Amharic 655 580 5 35
Arabic 16,995 10,490 590 3,810
Armenian 210 100 5 90
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 45 15 15
Bengali 1,915 1,640 5 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 0 5 20
Bisayan languages 115 115 0 0
Bosnian 295 230 0 35
Bulgarian 435 290 0 115
Burmese 100 80 0 0
Cantonese 4,005 2,635 10 190
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,485 6,435 25 420
Creoles 1,605 170 715 570
Croatian 375 285 5 65
Czech 275 225 0 45
Danish 25 20 0 5
Dutch 165 110 5 50
Estonian 45 35 0 10
Finnish 25 20 0 5
Flemish 5 0 0 5
Fukien 20 10 0 0
German 780 555 15 195
Greek 640 475 5 100
Gujarati 460 380 0 30
Hakka 10 5 0 0
Hebrew 140 115 0 20
Hindi 1,045 910 0 65
Hungarian 505 375 5 95
Ilocano 165 160 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 10
Italian 2,920 2,065 50 350
Japanese 375 295 5 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 375 10 40
Korean 995 825 5 70
Kurdish 405 330 0 25
Lao 190 145 10 25
Latvian 70 50 0 15
Lingala 105 10 40 40
Lithuanian 50 40 0 10
Macedonian 25 15 0 5
Malay 110 90 0 10
Malayalam 185 160 5 10
Maltese 10 10 0 0
Mandarin 5,195 3,960 10 290
Marathi 120 100 0 15
Nepali 345 290 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 55 10 45
Norwegian 15 0 0 10
Oromo 200 105 15 60
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,800 1,460 0 145
Pashto 515 405 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 3,885 2,995 15 405
Polish 2,335 1,745 15 430
Portuguese 1,625 940 90 340
Romanian 1,245 485 35 605
Rundi (Kirundi) 210 20 60 120
Russian 3,485 2,555 25 550
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 205 35 50 95
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 55 0 10
Serbian 1,150 800 0 265
Serbo-Croatian 280 220 0 50
Shanghainese 40 20 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 200 115 20 5
Sindhi 60 50 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 340 305 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 275 205 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Slovak 195 165 0 20
Slovenian 30 30 0 0
Somali 3,845 2,280 320 790
Spanish 5,780 3,880 140 1,230
Swahili 305 110 55 115
Swedish 65 40 0 15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,090 2,005 0 30
Taiwanese 75 65 0 0
Tamil 1,270 1,070 0 75
Telugu 125 110 0 0
Thai 120 95 0 10
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 395 335 0 20
Turkish 765 590 0 105
Ukrainian 405 220 5 150
Urdu 1,995 1,750 5 105
Vietnamese 4,040 2,850 55 550
Yiddish 15 15 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 12 670 405 50 105
Multiple responses 42,930 28,025 9,125 5,780
English and French 11,585 1,725 5,895 3,970
English and non-official language 25,885 25,685 205 0
French and non-official language 2,450 75 2,370 0
English, French and non-official language 3,010 545 655 1,815
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 910,525 724,340 155,140 19,490
None 699,310 598,080 80,785 9,935
Single responses 203,285 122,305 72,400 7,560
English 82,225 34,420 41,690 5,505
French 59,115 33,330 24,555 1,195
Non-official languages 61,940 54,555 6,155 860
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 320 310 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 95 95 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 140 135 5 0
Mi'kmaq 5 10 0 0
Ojibway 65 60 5 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 60,500 53,290 6,020 840
African languages, n.i.e. 185 145 40 5
Afrikaans 65 65 0 0
Akan (Twi) 220 220 0 0
Albanian 155 150 0 0
Amharic 365 350 15 5
Arabic 8,720 7,500 975 205
Armenian 105 90 10 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 275 155 115 5
Bengali 625 620 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 5 20 5
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0
Bosnian 190 190 0 0
Bulgarian 250 245 5 5
Burmese 50 40 0 0
Cantonese 1,745 1,700 20 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,750 2,700 20 10
Creoles 2,525 560 1,900 70
Croatian 380 370 5 5
Czech 330 325 5 0
Danish 135 130 5 0
Dutch 840 825 15 0
Estonian 55 55 5 0
Finnish 125 125 0 0
Flemish 15 15 0 0
Fukien 35 35 0 0
German 2,475 2,360 90 15
Greek 1,095 1,065 20 10
Gujarati 600 585 5 5
Hakka 20 10 0 0
Hebrew 350 340 10 5
Hindi 1,395 1,375 5 5
Hungarian 535 520 5 10
Ilocano 95 95 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 55 5 5
Italian 3,995 3,775 185 30
Japanese 545 505 25 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 385 365 5 10
Korean 475 460 5 5
Kurdish 145 140 0 0
Lao 95 90 10 5
Latvian 75 75 0 0
Lingala 470 25 420 25
Lithuanian 65 65 0 0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0
Malay 165 165 0 0
Malayalam 190 190 0 0
Maltese 20 15 0 0
Mandarin 1,655 1,570 20 5
Marathi 60 60 0 0
Nepali 60 60 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 525 325 190 10
Norwegian 75 70 5 0
Oromo 70 35 30 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,060 1,050 0 5
Pashto 140 120 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,430 1,380 20 20
Polish 1,845 1,795 35 15
Portuguese 1,435 1,290 110 30
Romanian 695 640 25 20
Rundi (Kirundi) 300 20 275 10
Russian 1,445 1,395 25 20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 250 60 175 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5
Serbian 320 315 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 0
Shanghainese 25 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 120 5 0
Sindhi 125 115 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 285 280 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0
Slovak 225 225 5 0
Slovenian 65 65 0 0
Somali 1,965 1,535 400 30
Spanish 5,005 4,440 430 135
Swahili 600 315 250 25
Swedish 160 150 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,845 1,845 0 5
Taiwanese 65 55 0 0
Tamil 650 640 5 5
Telugu 135 135 0 0
Thai 195 185 5 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 250 245 0 0
Turkish 380 370 5 5
Ukrainian 515 495 5 10
Urdu 1,405 1,385 0 5
Vietnamese 1,320 1,230 35 15
Yiddish 50 50 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 1,125 960 125 20
Multiple responses 7,935 3,955 1,955 2,000
English and French 2,290 190 210 1,870
English and non-official language 2,040 620 1,350 65
French and non-official language 3,540 3,140 395 5
English, French and non-official language 70 5 5 60
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 910,525 724,345 155,135 19,490
English 724,345 724,345 0 0
French 155,135 0 155,135 0
English and French 19,490 0 0 19,495
Neither English nor French 11,550 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 164,885 0 155,135 9,745
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 18.1 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Language groups are defined as follows: 'English' includes respondents who reported English only or English and one non-official language; 'French' includes respondents who reported French only or French and one non-official language; 'English and French' includes respondents who reported English and French, with or without one non-official language.

'Total' category includes all groups mentioned as well as respondents who reported a non-official language as their only mother tongue.

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Footnote 2

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 3

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 4

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 5

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 6

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 9

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 10

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 13

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 14

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 17

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 18

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 19

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-XCB2011058.

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