Population by mother tongue, by province and territory, excluding institutional residents (2011 Census) (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia)

Population by mother tongue, by province and territory, excluding institutional residents (2011 Census)
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia)
	2011
	Canada	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.
	number
Total population	33,121,175	509,950	138,435	910,615
Single responses¹	32,481,635	508,830	137,685	904,285
English	18,858,975	497,560	127,635	836,090
French	7,054,970	2,480	5,190	31,105
Non-official languages	6,567,685	8,790	4,860	37,090
Chinese	1,072,555	1,230	1,600	4,325
Cantonese	372,465	155	95	590
Mandarin	248,705	170	295	905
Hakka	5,115	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	425,210	875	1,185	2,750
Italian	407,490	70	60	785
German	409,200	365	295	3,275
Polish	191,650	100	60	820
Spanish	410,670	425	230	1,550
Portuguese	211,335	90	50	380
Panjabi (Punjabi)	430,705	115	40	375
Ukrainian	111,540	30	30	300
Arabic	327,870	590	270	5,960
Dutch	110,490	95	465	1,725
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	327,450	260	110	1,190
Greek	108,925	50	5	775
Vietnamese	144,885	30	40	455
Cree	78,200	10	0	25
Inuktitut (Eskimo)	33,500	640	0	25
Other non-official languages	2,191,240	4,695	1,610	15,135
Multiple responses²	639,540	1,120	750	6,335
English and French	144,685	470	445	3,035
English and non-official language	396,330	585	260	2,855
French and non-official language	74,430	45	35	315
English, French and non-official language	24,095	25	10	125
1. A single language response occurs when a respondent provides one language only. 2. A multiple language response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages. Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population and Statistics Canada catalogue no. 98-314-XCB. Last modified: 2013-02-13.

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