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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2011 Census
Data table
| 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 | 739,900 | 502,040 | 234,410 | 2,575 | 870 | 235,700 | 31.9 |
| Single responses | 731,310 | 498,910 | 230,765 | 770 | 870 | 231,150 | 31.6 |
| English | 512,115 | 486,990 | 25,120 | 0 | 0 | 25,125 | 4.9 |
| French | 209,885 | 4,450 | 205,435 | 0 | 0 | 205,435 | 97.9 |
| Non-official languages | 9,310 | 7,465 | 210 | 770 | 870 | 590 | 6.3 |
| Aboriginal languages | 1,130 | 1,105 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0.9 |
| Algonquian languages | 1,125 | 1,100 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 0.9 |
| Algonquin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| 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 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| 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 | 100 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 1,030 | 1,000 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Naskapi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Ojibway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 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 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Inuktitut | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 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 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Romance languages | 1,035 | 685 | 55 | 170 | 130 | 135 | 13.0 |
| Italian | 90 | 60 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 11.1 |
| Portuguese | 75 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6.7 |
| Romanian | 270 | 185 | 5 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 7.4 |
| Spanish | 600 | 385 | 40 | 120 | 60 | 95 | 15.8 |
| Catalan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Romance languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Germanic languages | 780 | 625 | 5 | 115 | 35 | 65 | 8.3 |
| Dutch | 185 | 150 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 8.1 |
| Flemish | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Frisian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| German | 490 | 400 | 5 | 70 | 10 | 45 | 9.2 |
| Yiddish | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scandinavian languages | 25 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Danish | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Icelandic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Norwegian | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swedish | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Afrikaans | 50 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Celtic languages | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaelic languages | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Welsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Slavic languages | 495 | 385 | 5 | 65 | 40 | 40 | 8.1 |
| Belarusian (Byelorussian) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Bosnian | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.3 |
| Bulgarian | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Croatian | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Czech | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macedonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Polish | 65 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 7.7 |
| Russian | 225 | 175 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Serbian | 95 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Slovak | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Slovenian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Ukrainian | 40 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Baltic languages | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Latvian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lithuanian | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greek | 35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Armenian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Albanian | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Georgian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Finno-Ugric languages | 45 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11.1 |
| Estonian | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Finnish | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hungarian | 25 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Turkic languages | 50 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10.0 |
| Azerbaijani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Turkish | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.7 |
| Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mongolian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Afro-Asiatic languages | 770 | 515 | 40 | 155 | 60 | 125 | 16.2 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Cushitic languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Oromo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Somali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Semitic languages | 760 | 515 | 45 | 150 | 60 | 115 | 15.1 |
| Amharic | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33.3 |
| Arabic | 725 | 485 | 45 | 150 | 55 | 115 | 15.9 |
| Hebrew | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Maltese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Tigrigna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages | 885 | 775 | 0 | 30 | 80 | 15 | 1.7 |
| Indo-Aryan languages | 545 | 455 | 0 | 25 | 65 | 15 | 2.8 |
| Bengali | 105 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Gujarati | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25.0 |
| Hindi | 125 | 110 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Konkani | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Marathi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 45 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sindhi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Urdu | 125 | 105 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Nepali | 85 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iranian languages | 325 | 300 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Kurdish | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pashto | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 315 | 295 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dravidian languages | 75 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.7 |
| Kannada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Malayalam | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tamil | 35 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Japanese | 35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14.3 |
| Korean | 1,580 | 1,380 | 0 | 65 | 135 | 35 | 2.2 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages | 1,345 | 1,065 | 5 | 35 | 240 | 25 | 1.9 |
| Chinese languages | 1,320 | 1,045 | 5 | 40 | 235 | 25 | 1.9 |
| Cantonese | 130 | 95 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Chaochow (Teochow) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Fukien | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Mandarin | 325 | 250 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Shanghainese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Taiwanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 845 | 690 | 5 | 20 | 140 | 15 | 1.8 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Burmese | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tai languages | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Thai | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Austro-Asiatic languages | 240 | 190 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 6.3 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Vietnamese | 235 | 190 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 6.4 |
| Malayo-Polynesian languages | 335 | 325 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Bisayan languages | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ilocano | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Malay | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pampango | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 280 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Niger-Congo languages | 175 | 60 | 30 | 60 | 25 | 65 | 37.1 |
| Akan (Twi) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bantu languages | 130 | 40 | 25 | 50 | 20 | 45 | 34.6 |
| Lingala | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 20 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25.0 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Shona | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swahili | 65 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 30.8 |
| Ganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 100.0 |
| Edo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Igbo | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wolof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Bamanankan | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Ewe | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not applicable ... |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 33.3 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Creoles | 35 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 42.9 |
| Non-verbal languages | 210 | 105 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 35 | 16.7 |
| American Sign Language | 50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10.0 |
| Quebec Sign Language | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 160 | 75 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 30 | 18.8 |
| Other languages | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Multiple responses | 8,590 | 3,135 | 3,645 | 1,805 | 0 | 4,550 | 53.0 |
| English and French | 6,235 | 1,090 | 3,425 | 1,720 | 0 | 4,285 | 68.7 |
| English and non-official language | 2,020 | 2,005 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.7 |
| French and non-official language | 175 | 10 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 94.3 |
| English, French and non-official language | 160 | 30 | 30 | 95 | 0 | 80 | 50.0 |
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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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.
- Footnote 2
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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.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011056.
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