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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Longueuil, V
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 229,550 6,430 109,935 111,205 1,975
Single responses 224,065 6,265 108,445 107,400 1,955
English 14,150 3,625 155 10,355 15
French 181,800 65 98,600 83,075 55
Non-official languages 28,115 2,570 9,690 13,965 1,890
Aboriginal languages 10 5 10 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 5 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 5 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 5 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 5 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 10,570 280 4,080 5,590 620
Italian 1,225 20 235 935 35
Portuguese 1,205 50 375 725 50
Romanian 1,605 15 485 1,040 65
Spanish 6,535 195 2,980 2,890 470
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 435 105 20 310 0
Dutch 70 15 5 55 0
Flemish 20 0 5 15 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 315 85 5 225 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 20 10 0 10 0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 5 0
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Celtic languages 5 0 5 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 5 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages 1,955 340 415 1,125 70
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 0 5 5 0
Bulgarian 315 15 90 195 15
Croatian 70 20 5 50 0
Czech 35 10 5 20 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 410 90 55 250 10
Russian 730 90 200 405 35
Serbian 70 5 10 45 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 10 10 0
Slovak 30 5 5 20 0
Slovenian 140 90 5 45 0
Ukrainian 120 20 30 75 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 0
Baltic languages 35 15 5 25 0
Latvian 10 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 25 5 0 20 0
Greek 610 155 25 395 40
Armenian 80 5 10 55 5
Albanian 30 5 15 10 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 175 35 30 105 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 165 40 25 100 0
Turkic languages 130 15 35 60 15
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 115 15 30 55 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 5
Mongolian 5 0 5 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,510 155 2,075 2,085 190
Berber languages (Kabyle) 270 5 175 85 10
Cushitic languages 195 0 85 105 5
Oromo 190 0 85 100 0
Somali 5 0 0 10 0
Semitic languages 4,000 155 1,805 1,865 175
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0
Arabic 3,980 150 1,805 1,850 175
Hebrew 10 0 0 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 0 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 50 0 15 30 5
Indo-Iranian languages 2,125 425 460 955 290
Indo-Aryan languages 535 215 30 260 25
Bengali 65 30 5 30 5
Gujarati 80 25 5 45 0
Hindi 65 20 0 40 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 5 0 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 130 60 0 60 10
Sindhi 5 0 5 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 0 5 0
Urdu 165 75 15 75 10
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,575 205 425 690 260
Kurdish 20 5 0 10 0
Pashto 35 5 10 15 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,520 195 415 665 250
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 5 0
Dravidian languages 100 55 0 35 5
Kannada 5 0 0 5 0
Malayalam 10 5 0 5 0
Tamil 65 35 5 25 5
Telugu 15 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 5 5 30 0
Korean 135 45 10 70 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,300 690 360 850 405
Chinese languages 2,245 670 360 825 395
Cantonese 375 75 70 160 70
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 5 0
Mandarin 485 160 70 200 65
Shanghainese 10 0 0 5 5
Taiwanese 20 10 0 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,340 425 220 450 255
Tibetan languages 45 15 5 25 10
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 360 20 125 195 25
Lao 340 10 125 185 20
Thai 15 5 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,090 45 305 640 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 215 5 85 105 20
Vietnamese 875 35 220 535 80
Malayo-Polynesian languages 390 150 70 170 5
Bisayan languages 15 5 0 10 0
Ilocano 20 10 0 10 0
Malay 10 5 0 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 230 125 0 95 5
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 110 0 65 45 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 710 15 335 350 10
Akan (Twi) 15 0 0 10 0
Bantu languages 305 5 130 160 5
Lingala 75 0 35 35 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 75 0 20 50 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 45 5 15 25 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 50 0 25 25 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 0 25 30 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 115 0 65 45 0
Bamanankan 45 0 25 20 0
Ewe 15 0 5 10 0
Ga 5 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 0 110 100 5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 0 15 20 0
Creoles 2,250 10 1,290 875 80
Non-verbal languages 45 5 15 10 15
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 10 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 5 10
Other languages 10 0 5 10 5
Multiple responses 5,480 165 1,485 3,805 20
English and French 2,460 20 175 2,260 5
English and non-official language 390 125 25 240 0
French and non-official language 2,305 10 1,280 1,005 10
English, French and non-official language 330 10 15 305 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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