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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 Kelowna
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 177,615 165,845 2,980 1,700 6,855 20 45 165 0
Single responses 175,820 164,530 2,925 1,600 6,565 20 45 135 5
English 152,525 150,145 85 875 1,380 0 0 35 0
French 3,075 2,005 360 680 20 0 5 10 0
Non-official languages 20,225 12,385 2,480 45 5,160 20 40 95 0
Aboriginal languages 105 60 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 30 20 0 0 5 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 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 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 25 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 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 40 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 5 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 40 20 0 0 15 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 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,240 1,255 255 5 695 10 5 15 0
Italian 920 595 80 5 235 0 0 10 0
Portuguese 355 215 30 5 105 5 0 0 0
Romanian 225 115 25 0 75 0 0 5 0
Spanish 745 335 120 0 280 5 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 7,785 5,150 620 15 1,950 5 15 35 0
Dutch 1,075 730 105 5 225 0 0 10 0
Flemish 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 6,160 4,065 460 10 1,580 0 15 25 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 405 280 25 0 95 0 0 0 0
Danish 185 125 5 0 50 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 15 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 105 75 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Swedish 110 65 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 110 45 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,560 2,220 375 15 925 0 10 15 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 45 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 340 180 20 0 140 0 0 0 0
Czech 280 155 45 0 80 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 710 405 90 5 205 0 0 5 0
Russian 680 400 90 0 180 0 5 5 0
Serbian 170 60 45 5 55 0 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 45 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Slovak 115 65 20 0 30 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 145 80 15 0 45 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 940 775 25 0 140 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Latvian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 125 60 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Albanian 25 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 910 555 120 0 235 0 5 0 0
Estonian 30 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finnish 170 95 25 0 45 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 715 435 90 0 185 0 5 0 0
Turkic languages 45 15 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 35 15 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 245 135 20 0 80 5 0 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 230 125 20 5 75 0 0 0 0
Amharic 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Arabic 170 90 20 5 55 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Maltese 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 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 2,270 1,295 530 5 435 0 10 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,045 1,190 475 5 365 0 5 0 0
Bengali 60 35 15 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hindi 130 45 20 0 60 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,760 1,060 410 5 275 0 5 0 0
Sindhi 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Urdu 35 20 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Nepali 20 10 10 0 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 230 100 50 0 70 5 0 5 0
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 215 100 45 0 65 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 20 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 350 200 40 0 100 0 0 0 0
Korean 350 200 95 0 50 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,020 540 230 0 245 0 0 5 0
Chinese languages 1,015 535 230 0 245 0 5 5 0
Cantonese 230 130 25 0 70 0 5 5 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 205 95 50 0 60 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 540 295 145 0 100 0 0 5 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 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 75 30 15 0 30 0 0 5 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Thai 70 25 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 210 120 25 0 65 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 200 120 25 0 55 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 405 105 0 210 0 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 40 20 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 55 25 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Malay 25 15 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 340 85 0 160 0 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 30 10 0 5 15 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 50 40 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 25 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,795 1,310 60 100 290 0 5 25 0
English and French 395 290 5 90 5 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 1,275 935 45 10 275 0 0 10 0
French and non-official language 90 60 0 0 10 0 0 15 0
English, French and non-official language 35 30 0 0 5 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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