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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Barrie
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 185,345 180,540 3,785 310 700 3,940 2.1
Single responses 182,460 177,945 3,630 185 705 3,720 2.0
English 175,335 173,050 2,285 0 0 2,285 1.3
French 1,405 80 1,325 0 0 1,325 94.3
Non-official languages 5,715 4,820 10 185 700 105 1.8
Aboriginal languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,375 1,105 5 50 215 25 1.8
Italian 370 295 0 10 60 5 1.4
Portuguese 320 250 0 5 70 5 1.6
Romanian 80 60 0 5 5 5 6.3
Spanish 610 505 5 25 80 15 2.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 325 295 0 20 15 10 3.1
Dutch 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
German 250 225 0 10 15 5 2.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Danish 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,155 1,000 0 45 110 20 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 35 35 0 0 0 5 14.3
Czech 65 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Polish 610 540 0 15 50 5 0.8
Russian 260 220 0 15 30 10 3.8
Serbian 50 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 40 25 0 5 5 5 12.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Albanian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 180 170 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 130 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 35 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 170 130 0 15 15 10 5.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 170 135 0 20 15 10 5.9
Amharic 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 120 90 0 15 15 10 8.3
Hebrew 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 840 755 0 25 65 10 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 705 635 0 15 50 10 1.4
Bengali 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 105 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hindi 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Panjabi (Punjabi) 205 175 0 0 25 5 2.4
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 295 265 0 10 15 10 3.4
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 135 115 0 10 15 5 3.7
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 120 100 0 10 15 5 4.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dravidian languages 85 75 0 5 10 5 5.9
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 55 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Telugu 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 80 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 255 210 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 620 495 0 5 120 5 0.8
Chinese languages 610 485 5 10 120 5 0.8
Cantonese 130 110 0 0 25 5 3.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 220 185 0 0 40 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 240 180 0 0 55 5 2.1
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 20 15 5 5 0 5 25.0
Lao 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 190 155 0 0 35 5 2.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 180 150 0 5 35 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 150 150 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 145 140 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Non-verbal languages 70 50 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 2,890 2,600 160 130 0 225 7.8
English and French 330 70 145 110 0 200 60.6
English and non-official language 2,500 2,495 0 0 0 5 0.2
French and non-official language 20 10 5 0 0 5 25.0
English, French and non-official language 40 20 5 15 0 10 25.0

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not applicable

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too unreliable to be published

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 2

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-XCB2011037.

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