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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 AlbertaFootnote 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 3,610,185 3,484,245 65,105 12,525 48,310 71,370 2.0
Single responses 3,499,490 3,379,435 61,605 10,145 48,310 66,680 1.9
English 3,095,255 3,057,480 37,770 0 0 37,770 1.2
French 24,690 1,970 22,725 0 0 22,720 92.0
Non-official languages 379,545 319,985 1,115 10,145 48,310 6,185 1.6
Aboriginal languages 10,615 10,415 10 50 140 35 0.3
Algonquian languages 7,390 7,240 5 30 110 20 0.3
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 800 785 5 0 10 0 0.0
Cree languages 6,480 6,365 5 30 80 20 0.3
Cree, n.o.s. 6,465 6,355 5 30 80 15 0.2
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 5 5 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 95 80 0 0 15 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Athapaskan languages 980 950 0 0 25 5 0.5
Carrier 0 5 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 880 860 5 0 20 0 0.0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gwich'in 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavey, n.o.s. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sarcee 30 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Beaver 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,195 2,165 0 20 10 10 0.5
Dakota 125 120 0 0 0 0 0.0
Stoney 2,070 2,045 0 10 5 10 0.5
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 5 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) 0 0 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Romance languages 37,315 29,795 305 3,035 4,180 1,820 4.9
Italian 3,235 2,700 15 135 380 80 2.5
Portuguese 2,915 2,340 15 155 405 90 3.1
Romanian 3,735 2,655 20 725 330 385 10.3
Spanish 27,405 22,080 255 2,015 3,050 1,265 4.6
Catalan 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Germanic languages 39,920 35,425 45 650 3,800 370 0.9
Dutch 2,390 2,135 0 180 65 95 4.0
Flemish 35 20 0 20 0 10 28.6
Frisian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
German 35,485 31,385 35 385 3,685 225 0.6
Yiddish 5 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 505 470 5 20 20 10 2.0
Danish 175 165 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 185 165 0 10 15 5 2.7
Swedish 115 110 0 5 0 5 4.3
Afrikaans 1,435 1,370 0 25 35 20 1.4
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 5 0 5 11.1
Gaelic languages 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Welsh 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 26,500 23,145 40 1,145 2,170 610 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bosnian 885 785 0 20 80 5 0.6
Bulgarian 755 610 0 95 45 50 6.6
Croatian 1,380 1,240 0 30 100 15 1.1
Czech 755 695 0 35 25 20 2.6
Macedonian 110 90 0 10 10 5 4.5
Polish 7,930 7,005 10 295 625 155 2.0
Russian 8,360 7,110 20 390 835 215 2.6
Serbian 2,025 1,780 5 95 140 50 2.5
Serbo-Croatian 430 395 0 10 25 5 1.2
Slovak 680 610 5 30 30 15 2.2
Slovenian 120 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 2,985 2,625 0 130 230 65 2.2
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 170 160 0 5 5 5 2.9
Latvian 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 905 805 5 35 60 20 2.2
Armenian 205 150 0 40 15 15 7.3
Albanian 915 805 0 25 80 15 1.6
Georgian 75 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,035 1,780 5 100 150 55 2.7
Estonian 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 115 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hungarian 1,900 1,660 5 95 145 50 2.6
Turkic languages 1,920 1,570 20 105 230 70 3.6
Azerbaijani 95 80 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkish 1,610 1,310 20 85 190 65 4.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 215 180 0 15 25 5 2.3
Mongolian 260 240 0 10 15 5 1.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 27,820 23,285 305 1,680 2,550 1,145 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 20 0 10 0 5 14.3
Cushitic languages 5,160 4,390 50 230 485 165 3.2
Oromo 1,050 875 5 40 135 20 1.9
Somali 4,105 3,520 45 190 350 145 3.5
Semitic languages 22,555 18,850 250 1,405 2,055 950 4.2
Amharic 3,555 3,340 5 45 175 25 0.7
Arabic 16,655 13,435 235 1,325 1,660 900 5.4
Hebrew 365 330 5 20 15 15 4.1
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 1,590 1,430 0 10 150 10 0.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 380 305 0 10 60 5 1.3
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 30 5 30 10 20 26.7
Indo-Iranian languages 81,050 68,415 40 1,205 11,380 640 0.8
Indo-Aryan languages 71,255 60,130 30 925 10,175 490 0.7
Bengali 3,535 3,220 0 125 190 65 1.8
Gujarati 5,035 4,335 5 100 600 55 1.1
Hindi 6,955 6,370 5 90 485 50 0.7
Konkani 55 50 0 5 5 5 9.1
Marathi 435 400 5 10 15 10 2.3
Panjabi (Punjabi) 38,215 30,575 15 360 7,275 190 0.5
Sindhi 1,105 990 0 25 90 10 0.9
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 995 960 0 5 30 5 0.5
Urdu 13,735 12,285 0 195 1,255 100 0.7
Nepali 1,195 940 0 15 235 10 0.8
Iranian languages 9,280 7,855 10 265 1,145 145 1.6
Kurdish 785 640 0 10 135 5 0.6
Pashto 1,235 1,020 5 20 195 10 0.8
Persian (Farsi) 7,255 6,195 15 235 815 130 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 510 435 0 10 70 5 1.0
Dravidian languages 3,715 3,440 0 50 225 30 0.8
Kannada 130 120 0 5 5 5 3.8
Malayalam 1,495 1,370 0 10 115 10 0.7
Tamil 1,515 1,405 0 30 80 10 0.7
Telugu 565 525 0 10 25 5 0.9
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 2,120 1,860 0 25 240 15 0.7
Korean 10,345 8,945 10 110 1,280 65 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 73,580 55,810 45 740 16,990 415 0.6
Chinese languages 72,635 55,075 45 735 16,785 415 0.6
Cantonese 24,790 17,265 15 205 7,310 115 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 110 65 0 0 45 0 0.0
Fukien 120 80 0 0 40 5 4.2
Hakka 110 80 0 0 30 0 0.0
Mandarin 14,910 12,590 10 200 2,115 110 0.7
Shanghainese 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Taiwanese 135 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 32,395 24,850 20 335 7,195 190 0.6
Tibetan languages 235 195 0 5 35 0 0.0
Burmese 215 190 0 0 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 495 350 0 0 145 0 0.0
Tai languages 1,125 840 10 30 250 20 1.8
Lao 535 430 5 25 75 15 2.8
Thai 600 410 5 5 175 5 0.8
Austro-Asiatic languages 16,040 12,500 50 275 3,215 190 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 960 745 5 20 195 10 1.0
Vietnamese 15,080 11,755 45 260 3,020 175 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 36,145 35,320 25 155 650 100 0.3
Bisayan languages 1,125 1,105 0 0 20 5 0.4
Ilocano 1,060 1,025 0 5 35 0 0.0
Malay 370 330 5 5 30 5 1.4
Pampango 90 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 33,190 32,490 15 140 555 85 0.3
Bikol 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Fijian 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Pangasinan 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 145 140 5 5 0 5 3.4
Niger-Congo languages 3,040 2,355 145 405 140 350 11.5
Akan (Twi) 460 435 0 15 10 10 2.2
Bantu languages 1,635 1,155 115 295 75 260 15.9
Lingala 45 10 15 15 0 20 44.4
Rundi (Kirundi) 105 25 15 55 5 45 42.9
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 220 65 35 100 20 85 38.6
Shona 245 235 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swahili 580 410 50 100 25 100 17.2
Ganda 50 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 395 355 0 20 20 10 2.5
Edo 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 175 160 0 5 10 0 0.0
Wolof 60 20 10 30 5 30 50.0
Bamanankan 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Ewe 55 35 5 5 5 10 18.2
Ga 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 590 500 10 45 40 35 5.9
African languages, n.i.e. 1,880 1,750 0 20 105 15 0.8
Creoles 630 310 55 240 25 175 27.8
Non-verbal languages 1,000 640 0 0 360 5 0.5
American Sign Language 320 220 0 0 95 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 685 415 0 0 265 0 0.0
Other languages 175 135 0 0 40 5 2.9
Multiple responses 110,695 104,810 3,500 2,385 0 4,690 4.2
English and French 4,940 1,110 2,295 1,540 0 3,060 61.9
English and non-official language 102,995 102,790 210 0 0 205 0.2
French and non-official language 1,115 460 660 0 0 660 59.2
English, French and non-official language 1,640 455 340 845 0 760 46.3

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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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