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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 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 1,018,315 998,300 13,705 1,160 5,140 14,290 1.4
Single responses 1,001,700 982,450 13,280 825 5,140 13,695 1.4
English 938,170 928,635 9,535 0 0 9,535 1.0
French 4,290 650 3,645 0 0 3,645 85.0
Non-official languages 59,240 53,170 100 820 5,145 510 0.9
Aboriginal languages 17,555 16,965 10 25 560 25 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 11,055 10,900 0 20 135 15 0.1
Cree, n.o.s. 10,970 10,815 0 20 130 15 0.1
Swampy Cree 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 5 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 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 5,785 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 6,205 5,785 5 0 420 5 0.1
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 0 0.0
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 45 40 0 0 5 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. 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 0 0.0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 5 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 5 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 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 2,195 1,805 15 155 225 95 4.3
Italian 145 130 0 0 10 5 3.4
Portuguese 150 115 0 15 15 10 6.7
Romanian 305 245 0 35 25 20 6.6
Spanish 1,590 1,310 15 100 170 60 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 8,600 7,980 10 85 530 50 0.6
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 10 60 510 40 0.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afrikaans 470 455 0 5 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 10 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 3,655 5 80 395 40 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 120 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 15 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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 325 275 0 15 40 10 3.1
Russian 1,290 1,140 5 30 125 15 1.2
Serbian 300 280 0 5 20 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 5 5 5 8.3
Slovak 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 1,640 1,435 0 20 180 10 0.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 235 215 0 5 15 5 2.1
Baltic languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 295 275 0 5 10 0 0.0
Armenian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Albanian 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 195 0 10 30 5 2.1
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 205 170 0 10 30 5 2.4
Turkic languages 155 135 0 5 15 5 3.2
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 120 105 5 5 10 5 4.2
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 2,500 1,905 15 105 480 65 2.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 420 325 0 15 80 10 2.4
Oromo 100 70 0 0 35 0 0.0
Somali 315 255 0 15 45 10 3.2
Semitic languages 2,080 1,585 10 90 400 55 2.6
Amharic 115 100 0 10 10 5 4.3
Arabic 1,380 1,030 10 70 270 45 3.3
Hebrew 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 185 165 0 0 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 375 265 0 10 100 10 2.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,910 6,030 5 160 720 85 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 5,980 5,245 5 120 610 65 1.1
Bengali 1,000 900 0 40 60 25 2.5
Gujarati 390 340 0 0 45 0 0.0
Hindi 475 435 0 5 30 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,305 1,130 0 10 160 5 0.4
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 2,405 2,125 5 60 220 35 1.5
Nepali 250 160 0 5 85 0 0.0
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 5 3.3
Persian (Farsi) 655 555 0 30 70 15 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 5 10 5 5.9
Dravidian languages 345 315 0 5 25 0 0.0
Kannada 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 115 115 5 0 0 0 0.0
Telugu 90 85 0 0 5 5 5.6
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 110 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 955 805 5 5 140 5 0.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,550 5,000 5 65 1,480 35 0.5
Chinese languages 5,885 4,585 10 60 1,235 40 0.7
Cantonese 1,065 750 0 10 305 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,685 2,920 5 35 725 25 0.7
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 125 100 0 5 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 535 315 0 0 220 0 0.0
Tai languages 210 170 0 5 30 5 2.4
Lao 155 130 0 10 15 5 3.2
Thai 55 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,320 1,070 5 30 215 20 1.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,275 1,035 5 30 200 20 1.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,080 5,925 5 30 130 15 0.2
Bisayan languages 275 265 0 0 10 0 0.0
Ilocano 110 100 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 5,500 5 25 115 20 0.4
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 10 10 5 20.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 120 80 15 10 10 20 16.7
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 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 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 0 5 8.3
African languages, n.i.e. 180 175 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 30 15 5 15 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 245 170 0 0 75 0 0.0
American Sign Language 60 40 0 5 20 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 185 130 0 0 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 855 305 315 235 0 435 50.9
English and non-official language 15,360 15,345 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 205 135 70 0 0 70 34.1
English, French and non-official language 190 60 20 100 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-XCB2011056.

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