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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 107,120 96,855 145 6,500 3,615
Single responses 103,270 93,495 125 6,065 3,580
English 61,275 57,865 5 3,340 65
French 1,345 115 60 1,160 5
Non-official languages 40,650 35,515 50 1,565 3,515
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 20 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,680 3,080 10 260 335
Italian 1,490 1,235 0 65 185
Portuguese 460 395 5 40 25
Romanian 305 215 0 60 30
Spanish 1,425 1,235 0 95 95
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 875 800 0 75 5
Dutch 100 90 0 5 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 705 640 0 55 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 65 55 0 5 0
Danish 25 20 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 5 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 25 0 5 0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,510 2,230 0 130 150
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 35 0 0 0
Bulgarian 195 170 0 15 5
Croatian 85 75 0 5 0
Czech 125 100 0 5 10
Macedonian 715 650 0 10 60
Polish 525 470 0 35 25
Russian 330 280 0 30 20
Serbian 210 185 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 0 5
Slovak 45 35 0 0 10
Slovenian 55 50 0 0 5
Ukrainian 130 120 0 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 75 75 0 5 5
Latvian 65 60 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 5 0
Greek 1,615 1,450 0 35 130
Armenian 75 60 0 15 0
Albanian 225 190 0 10 20
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 555 470 0 30 50
Estonian 90 80 0 5 0
Finnish 75 70 0 5 0
Hungarian 395 320 5 20 50
Turkic languages 235 215 0 10 15
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 5
Turkish 195 170 0 10 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,365 2,040 10 170 145
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 405 345 0 30 30
Oromo 70 65 0 0 5
Somali 335 275 0 25 20
Semitic languages 1,960 1,695 5 140 115
Amharic 640 600 0 15 20
Arabic 800 620 5 105 70
Hebrew 20 15 0 5 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 310 285 0 5 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 170 160 0 10 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,305 10,265 0 345 690
Indo-Aryan languages 9,800 8,970 5 305 515
Bengali 6,250 5,690 5 225 325
Gujarati 335 295 0 10 30
Hindi 425 405 0 15 10
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 380 325 0 10 45
Sindhi 130 115 0 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 195 190 0 5 5
Urdu 1,835 1,720 0 25 85
Nepali 200 185 0 5 10
Iranian languages 1,460 1,245 0 35 175
Kurdish 150 135 0 5 15
Pashto 180 165 0 5 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,130 945 0 35 145
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 50 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,865 3,450 5 110 295
Kannada 20 20 0 0 5
Malayalam 125 120 0 0 0
Tamil 3,470 3,075 5 110 285
Telugu 235 230 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 170 155 0 0 10
Korean 225 180 0 5 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,855 4,310 5 110 1,425
Chinese languages 5,775 4,235 10 110 1,420
Cantonese 2,390 1,630 0 45 710
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 30 30 0 0 0
Hakka 50 45 5 5 5
Mandarin 1,245 970 5 20 250
Shanghainese 25 20 0 0 5
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,995 1,510 0 35 445
Tibetan languages 60 50 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 35 30 0 0 5
Lao 5 10 0 0 0
Thai 30 20 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 410 315 5 25 65
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 400 310 5 20 70
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,890 5,740 0 65 85
Bisayan languages 300 285 0 5 5
Ilocano 315 310 0 0 5
Malay 55 50 0 5 5
Pampango 35 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,130 5,005 0 55 65
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 445 335 10 100 5
Akan (Twi) 65 55 0 0 0
Bantu languages 275 180 10 80 0
Lingala 20 0 5 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 0 20 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 15 5 15 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0
Swahili 110 90 0 20 5
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 15 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 65 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0
Creoles 105 40 0 60 0
Non-verbal languages 55 10 0 0 40
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 5 0 0 40
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,850 3,360 20 440 30
English and French 220 55 0 160 0
English and non-official language 3,410 3,225 5 150 25
French and non-official language 140 50 10 70 10
English, French and non-official language 75 20 5 55 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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