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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 SaskatchewanFootnote 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 1,018,310 998,300 13,705 1,165 5,145 14,285 1.4
Single responses 1,001,700 982,455 13,285 820 5,145 13,695 1.4
English 938,170 928,635 9,535 0 0 9,535 1.0
French 4,295 645 3,645 0 0 3,645 84.9
Non-official languages 59,235 53,170 100 820 5,145 510 0.9
Aboriginal languages 17,550 16,965 10 25 560 20 0.1
Algonquian languages 11,235 11,075 5 20 135 15 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 11,060 10,905 5 15 135 10 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,970 10,815 0 20 130 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains 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
Woods Cree 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 175 170 0 0 5 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 40 40 0 5 0 5 12.5
Athapaskan languages 6,210 5,785 0 0 420 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 6,200 5,785 5 0 415 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 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
Mohawk 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
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 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 25 20 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 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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. 15 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 2,190 1,800 15 150 225 95 4.3
Italian 145 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Portuguese 150 120 0 15 15 5 3.3
Romanian 305 245 0 35 25 20 6.6
Spanish 1,585 1,305 10 100 170 65 4.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance 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
Germanic languages 8,600 7,985 5 80 525 45 0.5
Dutch 150 135 0 15 5 5 3.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 7,925 7,340 5 65 515 40 0.5
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 475 455 0 10 10 5 1.1
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,135 3,650 0 80 400 40 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 80 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 330 280 0 15 40 5 1.5
Russian 1,290 1,135 0 30 120 15 1.2
Serbian 295 275 0 5 20 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 60 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,635 1,435 0 20 180 10 0.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 230 210 0 0 20 5 2.2
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 295 275 0 5 10 5 1.7
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 130 115 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 195 0 5 30 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 205 170 0 10 30 5 2.4
Turkic languages 155 135 5 5 15 5 3.2
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 125 110 5 0 10 5 4.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,500 1,905 10 105 480 65 2.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 415 320 0 15 80 5 1.2
Oromo 100 65 0 0 35 0 0.0
Somali 320 255 0 15 45 5 1.6
Semitic languages 2,080 1,580 10 90 400 55 2.6
Amharic 110 95 0 5 10 5 4.5
Arabic 1,375 1,030 10 70 265 45 3.3
Hebrew 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 190 170 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 370 265 0 15 100 5 1.4
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,910 6,030 5 155 720 85 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 5,980 5,250 5 120 610 65 1.1
Bengali 1,000 895 5 45 60 25 2.5
Gujarati 390 345 0 0 40 0 0.0
Hindi 470 435 0 5 30 5 1.1
Konkani 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
Marathi 25 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,305 1,130 0 10 160 5 0.4
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 2,410 2,125 0 55 220 30 1.2
Nepali 250 160 0 5 85 5 2.0
Iranian languages 840 715 0 30 100 15 1.8
Kurdish 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 150 120 0 5 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 650 555 0 25 70 10 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 90 70 0 10 10 5 5.6
Dravidian languages 345 315 0 0 20 5 1.4
Kannada 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 115 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 105 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 955 800 0 5 140 5 0.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,550 5,000 10 65 1,480 40 0.6
Chinese languages 5,890 4,590 5 55 1,235 35 0.6
Cantonese 1,065 750 0 15 305 10 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,100 895 0 10 195 5 0.5
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,690 2,920 5 35 730 25 0.7
Tibetan 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
Burmese 125 95 0 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 535 320 0 0 220 0 0.0
Tai languages 205 175 5 5 30 5 2.4
Lao 155 130 0 10 15 0 0.0
Thai 50 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,320 1,070 0 30 210 20 1.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,270 1,035 5 30 200 20 1.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,085 5,920 5 25 130 15 0.2
Bisayan languages 270 265 0 0 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,645 5,495 5 30 120 20 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 345 245 25 45 30 45 13.0
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 225 150 25 35 25 40 17.8
Lingala 10 5 5 5 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 10 10 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 120 80 15 15 15 20 16.7
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 0 5 5 2.7
Creoles 30 15 5 15 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 245 170 0 0 70 0 0.0
American Sign Language 60 35 0 5 25 5 8.3
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 185 135 0 5 55 0 0.0
Other languages 90 60 0 0 30 0 0.0
Multiple responses 16,610 15,845 425 340 0 595 3.6
English and French 860 305 320 235 0 440 51.2
English and non-official language 15,355 15,340 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 205 135 65 0 0 70 34.1
English, French and non-official language 190 60 20 105 0 75 39.5

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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-XCB2011037.

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