Plain language definition
Not applicable
Detailed definition
Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual on May 10, 2011. Data on other languages spoken on a regular basis at home are also collected.
Values (English)
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home
Single responses
English
French
Non-official languages
Aboriginal languages
Algonquian languages
Algonquin
Atikamekw
Blackfoot
Cree languages
Cree, n.o.s.
Swampy Cree
Plains Cree
Woods Cree
Cree, n.i.e.
Malecite
Mi'kmaq
Innu/Montagnais
Naskapi
Ojibway
Oji-Cree
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
Michif
Athapaskan languages
Carrier
Wetsuweten
Chilcotin
Dene
Tlicho (Dogrib)
Gwich'in
North Slavey (Hare)
South Slavey
Slavey, n.o.s.
Sarcee
Beaver
Sekani
Kaska (Nahani)
Tahltan
Northern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone
Tutchone, n.o.s.
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
Haida
Iroquoian languages
Mohawk
Cayuga
Oneida
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
Kutenai
Salish languages
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
Halkomelem
Lillooet
Okanagan
Squamish
Straits
Salish languages, n.i.e.
Siouan languages
Dakota
Stoney
Siouan languages, n.i.e.
Tlingit
Tsimshian languages
Gitksan
Nisga'a
Tsimshian
Wakashan languages
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Haisla
Heiltsuk
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
Inuit languages
Inuktitut
Inuinnaqtun
Inuvialuktun
Inuit languages, n.i.e.
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
Romance languages
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Catalan
Romance languages, n.i.e.
Germanic languages
Dutch
Flemish
Frisian
German
Yiddish
Scandinavian languages
Danish
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
Afrikaans
Germanic languages, n.i.e.
Celtic languages
Gaelic languages
Welsh
Celtic languages, n.i.e.
Slavic languages
Belarusian (Byelorussian)
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Macedonian
Polish
Russian
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Ukrainian
Slavic languages, n.i.e.
Baltic languages
Latvian
Lithuanian
Greek
Armenian
Albanian
Georgian
Finno-Ugric languages
Estonian
Finnish
Hungarian
Turkic languages
Azerbaijani
Turkish
Turkic languages, n.i.e.
Mongolian
Afro-Asiatic languages
Berber languages (Kabyle)
Cushitic languages
Oromo
Somali
Semitic languages
Amharic
Arabic
Hebrew
Maltese
Tigrigna
Semitic languages, n.i.e.
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Aryan languages
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi
Konkani
Marathi
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Sindhi
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Urdu
Nepali
Iranian languages
Kurdish
Pashto
Persian (Farsi)
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
Dravidian languages
Kannada
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.
Japanese
Korean
Sino-Tibetan languages
Chinese languages
Cantonese
Chaochow (Teochow)
Fukien
Hakka
Mandarin
Shanghainese
Taiwanese
Chinese, n.o.s.
Tibetan languages
Burmese
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.
Tai languages
Lao
Thai
Austro-Asiatic languages
Khmer (Cambodian)
Vietnamese
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Bisayan languages
Ilocano
Malay
Pampango
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
Bikol
Malagasy
Fijian
Pangasinan
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.
Niger-Congo languages
Akan (Twi)
Bantu languages
Lingala
Rundi (Kirundi)
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Shona
Swahili
Ganda
Bantu languages, n.i.e.
Edo
Igbo
Wolof
Bamanankan
Ewe
Ga
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
African languages, n.i.e.
Creoles
Non-verbal languages
American Sign Language
Quebec Sign Language
Sign languages, n.i.e.
Other languages
Multiple responses
English and French
English and non-official language
French and non-official language
English, French and non-official language