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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 (2003 Representation Order), 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 ManitobaFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 1,193,095 1,136,685 39,995 2,740 13,670 41,365 3.5
Single responses 1,150,560 1,096,795 38,295 1,800 13,670 39,195 3.4
English 1,007,330 986,335 20,995 0 0 20,995 2.1
French 17,950 920 17,035 0 0 17,030 94.9
Non-official languages 125,280 109,540 265 1,805 13,670 1,170 0.9
Aboriginal languages 21,325 20,770 10 50 500 30 0.1
Algonquian languages 20,350 19,825 10 40 475 30 0.1
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 10,855 10,650 5 10 185 10 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,845 10,640 5 15 185 10 0.1
Swampy Cree 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 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.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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 3,695 3,550 0 20 125 10 0.3
Oji-Cree 5,800 5,625 0 10 165 5 0.1
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Athapaskan languages 680 655 0 0 25 0 0.0
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 680 655 0 0 25 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 235 235 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 230 230 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 15 15 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,390 7,415 35 350 1,585 210 2.2
Italian 1,190 980 10 30 170 20 1.7
Portuguese 2,490 1,815 15 70 600 45 1.8
Romanian 240 175 0 45 15 25 10.4
Spanish 5,465 4,445 15 200 795 120 2.2
Catalan 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
Romance 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
Germanic languages 27,925 24,415 25 210 3,275 130 0.5
Dutch 350 315 0 25 10 15 4.3
Flemish 30 15 5 10 0 5 16.7
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 27,180 23,730 20 170 3,255 110 0.4
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 255 245 0 5 5 5 2.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 10,875 9,335 10 260 1,265 145 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 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
Bosnian 360 310 0 5 45 0 0.0
Bulgarian 80 65 0 10 10 5 6.3
Croatian 370 340 0 10 20 0 0.0
Czech 140 140 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 85 70 0 5 10 5 5.9
Polish 2,475 2,125 5 45 300 25 1.0
Russian 4,010 3,325 5 70 615 40 1.0
Serbian 350 295 0 20 35 5 1.4
Serbo-Croatian 165 140 0 10 20 0 0.0
Slovak 95 85 0 10 5 5 5.3
Slovenian 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,640 2,345 0 80 210 40 1.5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 435 385 0 15 40 10 2.3
Armenian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 165 140 0 5 20 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 330 295 0 10 20 5 1.5
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 270 0 10 20 5 1.7
Turkic languages 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,405 3,670 40 225 470 155 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 810 685 5 25 100 15 1.9
Oromo 225 195 0 0 30 5 2.2
Somali 585 490 0 20 70 15 2.6
Semitic languages 3,560 2,965 35 195 365 130 3.7
Amharic 795 735 0 15 45 10 1.3
Arabic 1,935 1,505 30 165 240 110 5.7
Hebrew 185 170 0 5 5 5 2.7
Maltese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 620 530 5 5 75 5 0.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 10 5 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 12,265 10,395 5 160 1,715 85 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,805 9,190 5 120 1,495 65 0.6
Bengali 400 375 0 0 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 755 660 0 5 85 5 0.7
Hindi 755 680 0 10 60 5 0.7
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,360 6,125 0 85 1,155 40 0.5
Sindhi 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 255 235 0 5 20 0 0.0
Urdu 990 905 0 15 70 10 1.0
Nepali 240 165 5 5 75 5 2.1
Iranian languages 1,435 1,190 5 35 215 20 1.4
Kurdish 205 145 0 0 55 0 0.0
Pashto 135 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,100 925 0 35 135 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 455 0 10 45 5 1.0
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 195 180 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 205 180 0 5 15 5 2.4
Telugu 90 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 160 130 0 0 25 5 3.1
Korean 2,265 1,910 5 25 325 15 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,365 7,480 0 75 2,805 40 0.4
Chinese languages 9,970 7,235 5 75 2,660 40 0.4
Cantonese 2,330 1,540 0 25 770 10 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,845 1,500 0 15 325 10 0.5
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,730 4,145 0 35 1,545 25 0.4
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 220 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 585 445 0 30 105 20 3.4
Lao 500 375 5 30 90 15 3.0
Thai 85 70 0 5 15 5 5.9
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,630 2,040 10 50 530 35 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 155 105 0 0 45 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,480 1,940 5 50 485 30 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 19,635 18,920 0 60 645 30 0.2
Bisayan languages 330 320 0 0 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 260 250 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 18,770 18,100 0 60 610 30 0.2
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 825 480 95 175 75 185 22.4
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 560 270 75 155 55 155 27.7
Lingala 20 0 5 10 5 15 75.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 10 20 10 15 23.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 30 10 25 5 25 33.3
Shona 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Swahili 330 165 40 95 35 90 27.3
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 5 10 10 22.2
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 5 0 10 0 5 33.3
Bamanankan 5 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Ewe 10 0 5 5 0 10 100.0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 115 10 5 15 15 10.3
African languages, n.i.e. 185 160 0 5 20 5 2.7
Creoles 250 140 20 80 10 60 24.0
Non-verbal languages 515 350 0 0 155 5 1.0
American Sign Language 235 170 0 5 60 5 2.1
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 280 180 0 0 95 0 0.0
Other languages 65 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,535 39,895 1,705 935 0 2,170 5.1
English and French 2,480 485 1,290 705 0 1,645 66.3
English and non-official language 38,935 38,865 65 0 0 70 0.2
French and non-official language 630 375 255 0 0 255 40.5
English, French and non-official language 485 165 90 230 0 205 42.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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Footnote 3

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-XCB2011040.

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