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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

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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 40,000 2,740 13,675 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 21,000 0 0 20,995 2.1
French 17,950 920 17,035 0 0 17,035 94.9
Non-official languages 125,285 109,540 265 1,805 13,670 1,170 0.9
Aboriginal languages 21,330 20,770 10 50 500 35 0.2
Algonquian languages 20,350 19,825 5 40 475 25 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 10,850 10,645 5 15 185 15 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,845 10,640 5 15 185 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 3,695 3,555 0 15 120 10 0.3
Oji-Cree 5,800 5,630 0 15 165 5 0.1
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 20 15 5 10 0 10 50.0
Athapaskan languages 685 655 0 0 30 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 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 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 0 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 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 9,390 7,420 35 350 1,585 210 2.2
Italian 1,190 980 5 35 175 25 2.1
Portuguese 2,490 1,810 15 70 595 45 1.8
Romanian 240 180 0 45 15 25 10.4
Spanish 5,465 4,450 20 205 800 115 2.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 27,925 24,415 25 210 3,275 130 0.5
Dutch 350 315 0 25 10 15 4.3
Flemish 30 20 5 5 5 5 16.7
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 27,180 23,730 20 175 3,255 110 0.4
Yiddish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 255 245 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 5 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 10,870 9,335 10 265 1,270 140 1.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 360 310 0 10 40 0 0.0
Bulgarian 85 65 0 10 10 5 5.9
Croatian 370 340 0 5 25 5 1.4
Czech 140 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 85 70 0 5 10 5 5.9
Polish 2,475 2,125 0 45 300 25 1.0
Russian 4,010 3,320 5 65 615 40 1.0
Serbian 345 295 0 15 35 10 2.9
Serbo-Croatian 165 135 0 5 20 5 3.0
Slovak 100 85 0 10 5 5 5.0
Slovenian 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,640 2,345 0 85 210 45 1.7
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 440 385 0 15 40 10 2.3
Armenian 10 10 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 335 295 0 15 20 5 1.5
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 265 0 10 25 5 1.7
Turkic languages 105 95 0 0 10 5 4.8
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,410 3,670 40 230 470 155 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 810 685 5 25 100 15 1.9
Oromo 225 190 0 5 30 0 0.0
Somali 590 490 5 25 70 15 2.5
Semitic languages 3,560 2,965 35 190 365 130 3.7
Amharic 800 735 0 15 45 10 1.3
Arabic 1,935 1,505 30 160 240 110 5.7
Hebrew 185 170 5 10 5 5 2.7
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 615 530 5 5 75 5 0.8
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 5 10 5 14.3
Indo-Iranian languages 12,265 10,395 5 160 1,710 85 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 10,810 9,190 5 120 1,495 65 0.6
Bengali 400 375 0 0 25 0 0.0
Gujarati 755 660 0 10 80 5 0.7
Hindi 750 680 0 10 60 5 0.7
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,360 6,120 5 80 1,155 40 0.5
Sindhi 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 255 230 0 0 15 0 0.0
Urdu 990 905 0 15 70 10 1.0
Nepali 240 165 5 5 80 5 2.1
Iranian languages 1,435 1,190 0 35 215 20 1.4
Kurdish 200 150 5 0 55 5 2.5
Pashto 140 115 0 0 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,100 925 0 35 135 15 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 460 0 10 45 0 0.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 190 180 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 205 180 0 5 15 5 2.4
Telugu 95 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 160 130 0 5 25 0 0.0
Korean 2,265 1,915 0 25 325 15 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,365 7,480 5 80 2,805 45 0.4
Chinese languages 9,970 7,230 5 75 2,660 40 0.4
Cantonese 2,325 1,540 0 20 770 10 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,845 1,500 0 15 325 5 0.3
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 5 35 1,545 20 0.3
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 350 220 0 0 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 585 445 5 30 110 20 3.4
Lao 500 375 0 30 95 15 3.0
Thai 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,635 2,040 10 50 530 35 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 155 105 0 0 45 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,475 1,940 10 50 485 35 1.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 19,630 18,920 5 60 645 35 0.2
Bisayan languages 330 320 0 5 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 255 250 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) 18,775 18,105 5 60 605 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 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 25 25 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 95 170 75 185 22.4
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 0 0 5 11.1
Bantu languages 560 270 75 155 60 150 26.8
Lingala 20 5 5 15 0 10 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 25 10 20 10 15 23.1
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 25 10 25 5 25 33.3
Shona 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 330 160 40 90 30 90 27.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 30 0 5 10 5 10.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Ewe 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Ga 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 120 10 5 15 10 6.9
African languages, n.i.e. 185 160 0 0 20 5 2.7
Creoles 250 140 20 85 10 60 24.0
Non-verbal languages 515 350 0 0 155 5 1.0
American Sign Language 235 170 0 0 60 5 2.1
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 285 185 5 0 95 0 0.0
Other languages 65 35 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 42,535 39,895 1,705 940 0 2,175 5.1
English and French 2,485 485 1,290 705 0 1,645 66.2
English and non-official language 38,935 38,865 65 0 0 65 0.2
French and non-official language 635 375 260 0 0 255 40.2
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-XCB2011056.

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