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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 CourtenayFootnote 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 54,785 52,080 590 820 1,235 5 15 40 0
Single responses 54,425 51,845 565 780 1,185 5 15 35 0
English 49,790 48,940 25 450 350 0 0 25 0
French 1,310 760 215 315 5 0 0 0 0
Non-official languages 3,325 2,135 325 10 830 0 10 15 0
Aboriginal languages 35 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 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 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 15 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 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 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 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. 5 0 0 0 5 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 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 0 0 0 5 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 5 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 0 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. 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 350 195 30 0 115 0 0 5 0
Italian 105 70 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 50 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Romanian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Spanish 180 80 15 0 80 0 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 1,425 975 105 5 335 5 0 5 0
Dutch 325 235 10 5 75 0 0 0 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 875 585 65 0 210 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 175 130 5 0 40 0 0 0 0
Danish 95 65 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 45 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 40 20 15 0 5 0 0 0 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 345 235 35 0 75 0 0 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Czech 50 25 10 0 15 0 0 5 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 85 55 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Russian 40 30 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Serbian 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 105 85 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 115 75 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 65 40 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 40 30 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 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 80 30 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 65 30 20 5 15 0 0 0 0
Bengali 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hindi 5 0 0 0 0 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) 35 15 15 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 10 5 0 0 5 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) 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10 5 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 60 40 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Korean 110 70 25 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 335 215 55 0 65 0 5 0 0
Chinese languages 335 210 55 0 65 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 140 100 25 0 20 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 150 90 25 0 25 0 5 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 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lao 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 145 105 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 140 110 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 185 95 5 0 85 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 150 75 5 0 70 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 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. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 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. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 365 240 20 40 55 0 0 10 0
English and French 155 105 15 40 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 185 125 10 0 50 0 0 5 0
French and non-official language 15 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
English, French and non-official language 10 0 0 5 5 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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