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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 ChilliwackFootnote 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 90,735 85,325 1,390 600 3,335 5 15 65 5
Single responses 89,895 84,700 1,360 565 3,190 5 15 55 5
English 78,705 77,700 55 280 650 0 0 20 0
French 1,200 810 115 260 10 0 0 0 0
Non-official languages 9,985 6,190 1,190 20 2,530 5 15 35 0
Aboriginal languages 85 60 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 20 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 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 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 5 5 0 0 5 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 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 5 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 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 35 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 10 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. 5 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 0 0 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 945 525 170 5 230 5 0 10 0
Italian 120 85 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 75 40 5 0 30 5 0 5 0
Romanian 190 95 50 0 50 0 0 0 0
Spanish 550 300 115 0 130 0 0 0 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 5,235 3,465 345 10 1,400 5 5 10 0
Dutch 1,910 1,140 125 0 630 0 0 5 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
German 2,960 2,105 180 5 660 5 0 5 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 220 155 5 0 60 0 0 0 0
Danish 140 90 5 0 45 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Swedish 35 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 105 35 30 0 40 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 810 490 100 5 205 0 0 10 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Croatian 50 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Czech 70 30 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 195 110 30 0 50 0 0 5 0
Russian 150 80 20 0 45 0 5 0 0
Serbian 30 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 30 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 230 175 10 5 45 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 25 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 15 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 65 30 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 260 165 20 0 75 0 0 0 0
Estonian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finnish 90 50 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 170 110 10 0 40 0 5 0 0
Turkic languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 0 0 5 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 90 55 15 0 20 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 90 45 15 0 20 0 0 5 0
Amharic 25 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Arabic 45 30 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 0 5 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 800 445 185 0 165 0 5 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 690 390 155 0 150 0 5 0 0
Bengali 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hindi 95 60 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 525 305 120 0 95 0 5 0 0
Sindhi 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 40 15 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 105 55 35 0 15 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) 105 60 30 0 15 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 95 50 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Korean 405 225 120 0 55 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 540 305 115 10 105 0 0 5 0
Chinese languages 535 305 120 5 105 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 85 45 15 5 25 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 195 105 40 5 40 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 240 145 55 5 35 0 0 0 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 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Lao 15 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Thai 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 150 85 25 0 40 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 150 90 25 0 35 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 330 185 45 5 100 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 25 10 5 0 5 0 0 5 0
Ilocano 10 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 270 155 35 0 75 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 845 620 25 35 145 0 0 15 0
English and French 170 130 10 30 5 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 610 445 15 0 140 5 0 0 0
French and non-official language 45 30 5 5 5 0 0 10 0
English, French and non-official language 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 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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