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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 Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 13,710 1,160 5,145 14,290 1.4
Single responses 1,001,700 982,455 13,280 825 5,140 13,695 1.4
English 938,170 928,635 9,535 0 0 9,540 1.0
French 4,295 650 3,645 0 0 3,645 84.9
Non-official languages 59,235 53,170 105 825 5,145 515 0.9
Aboriginal languages 17,550 16,965 10 20 555 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 15 130 10 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,970 10,815 5 20 130 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 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
Woods Cree 80 80 0 0 5 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 0 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 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 6,205 5,790 0 0 420 5 0.1
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 6,205 5,785 0 0 420 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 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
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 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
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 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dakota 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 20 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 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
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 10 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 0 0 0 5 33.3
Romance languages 2,195 1,800 15 150 220 90 4.1
Italian 140 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Portuguese 155 115 0 15 20 5 3.2
Romanian 305 240 0 35 25 20 6.6
Spanish 1,590 1,305 15 95 175 60 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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
Germanic languages 8,600 7,980 5 80 525 50 0.6
Dutch 155 135 0 15 0 5 3.2
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 7,925 7,345 10 60 515 35 0.4
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 5 5 0 0.0
Danish 20 20 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 0 5 33.3
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 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 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Croatian 80 70 0 5 5 5 6.3
Czech 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 325 275 0 10 35 5 1.5
Russian 1,290 1,140 0 30 125 15 1.2
Serbian 300 275 0 5 15 5 1.7
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 5 5 5 8.3
Slovak 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,640 1,440 0 20 180 10 0.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 230 210 0 5 20 0 0.0
Baltic languages 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Latvian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 290 280 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Albanian 125 110 0 5 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 200 0 10 30 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 205 170 0 10 30 0 0.0
Turkic languages 155 135 5 5 10 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 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,505 1,905 10 105 485 65 2.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 420 325 0 15 80 5 1.2
Oromo 100 70 0 0 35 0 0.0
Somali 315 255 5 15 45 5 1.6
Semitic languages 2,080 1,580 10 85 400 55 2.6
Amharic 115 95 0 5 10 0 0.0
Arabic 1,375 1,030 10 70 265 45 3.3
Hebrew 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 190 165 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 265 0 10 95 10 2.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 6,910 6,030 5 155 715 80 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 5,980 5,250 5 120 605 70 1.2
Bengali 1,000 895 0 40 60 20 2.0
Gujarati 385 340 0 0 40 0 0.0
Hindi 475 440 0 5 30 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,305 1,130 0 10 160 10 0.8
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 2,405 2,130 5 60 215 35 1.5
Nepali 250 160 0 0 85 5 2.0
Iranian languages 840 710 0 30 100 15 1.8
Kurdish 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 150 125 0 5 20 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 655 555 0 30 70 10 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 10 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 340 315 0 0 25 0 0.0
Kannada 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 115 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 105 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 955 800 5 10 145 5 0.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,550 5,000 5 60 1,480 40 0.6
Chinese languages 5,890 4,585 5 60 1,235 35 0.6
Cantonese 1,065 750 0 10 305 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,100 895 0 10 195 5 0.5
Shanghainese 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,690 2,915 5 35 730 25 0.7
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Burmese 130 95 0 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 535 320 0 0 220 0 0.0
Tai languages 205 170 0 5 30 5 2.4
Lao 155 135 0 10 15 5 3.2
Thai 50 40 0 0 15 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,320 1,075 5 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 20 0.3
Bisayan languages 275 265 0 0 5 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 30 115 20 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
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 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 345 245 20 45 30 45 13.0
Akan (Twi) 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 225 145 25 35 20 40 17.8
Lingala 15 5 5 5 0 5 33.3
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 10 10 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 120 80 15 15 10 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 10 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 30 15 5 10 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 245 170 0 5 70 0 0.0
American Sign Language 60 35 0 5 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 185 135 0 0 50 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 855 300 320 235 0 435 50.9
English and non-official language 15,360 15,345 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 205 140 70 0 0 70 34.1
English, French and non-official language 185 60 25 105 0 75 40.5

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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-XCB2011039.

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