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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 (2003 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 Oak Ridges - Markham
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 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 227,490 213,465 2,075 1,885 10,065 3,020 1.3
Single responses 211,540 197,980 1,895 1,600 10,065 2,695 1.3
English 148,900 147,850 1,055 0 0 1,050 0.7
French 840 70 775 0 0 775 92.3
Non-official languages 61,795 50,065 70 1,600 10,065 875 1.4
Aboriginal languages 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
Algonquian 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 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 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
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 3,735 2,945 10 250 530 135 3.6
Italian 1,735 1,395 5 40 300 25 1.4
Portuguese 265 220 0 5 30 5 1.9
Romanian 700 480 10 130 90 70 10.0
Spanish 1,030 835 0 75 115 40 3.9
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 230 195 0 30 0 15 6.5
Dutch 25 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 175 155 0 15 5 10 5.7
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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 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
Welsh 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
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 3,705 3,175 5 180 340 95 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 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
Bosnian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 45 40 0 5 5 5 11.1
Czech 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 415 370 0 10 35 5 1.2
Polish 455 400 0 20 35 10 2.2
Russian 2,455 2,100 5 120 235 65 2.6
Serbian 120 95 0 10 15 5 4.2
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 65 50 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 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
Baltic languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 570 515 0 10 45 5 0.9
Armenian 485 370 0 75 40 40 8.2
Albanian 85 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 205 0 10 15 5 2.1
Estonian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 170 150 0 10 15 5 2.9
Turkic languages 120 95 0 0 15 5 4.2
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 80 65 0 5 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,300 1,070 15 95 120 65 5.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 55 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 50 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,245 1,025 15 90 110 60 4.8
Amharic 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,085 875 15 90 105 65 6.0
Hebrew 90 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 8,500 7,360 10 240 885 130 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 4,640 4,095 5 95 445 50 1.1
Bengali 195 180 0 5 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 1,195 1,010 0 25 160 10 0.8
Hindi 540 490 0 10 35 10 1.9
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 615 525 0 10 75 5 0.8
Sindhi 150 130 0 15 5 10 6.7
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 0 5 5 4.5
Urdu 1,785 1,610 5 25 145 20 1.1
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 3,790 3,210 5 140 440 75 2.0
Kurdish 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 55 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 3,705 3,125 5 140 435 75 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 4,480 3,910 0 85 480 40 0.9
Kannada 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Malayalam 170 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 4,215 3,675 0 85 460 40 0.9
Telugu 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 120 105 0 5 10 5 4.2
Korean 1,125 965 0 35 130 15 1.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 35,325 27,530 10 495 7,290 255 0.7
Chinese languages 35,315 27,520 10 495 7,290 255 0.7
Cantonese 19,850 15,540 5 270 4,030 140 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 5 0 5 5 0 0.0
Fukien 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hakka 140 95 0 5 40 5 3.6
Mandarin 5,555 4,280 0 80 1,195 40 0.7
Shanghainese 50 30 0 5 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 9,590 7,475 0 135 1,975 70 0.7
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lao 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 420 325 0 25 65 15 3.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 400 310 0 25 65 15 3.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,115 1,065 0 5 40 5 0.4
Bisayan languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 60 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 995 955 0 5 30 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 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
Niger-Congo languages 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 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
Creoles 75 10 15 55 0 35 46.7
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 15,950 15,480 185 285 0 325 2.0
English and French 370 100 95 170 0 185 50.0
English and non-official language 15,275 15,240 30 0 0 30 0.2
French and non-official language 50 20 30 0 0 30 60.0
English, French and non-official language 260 115 25 115 0 85 32.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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