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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 Toronto Centre / Toronto-CentreFootnote 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 127,110 119,190 3,695 1,285 2,940 4,340 3.4
Single responses 121,110 113,705 3,385 1,080 2,940 3,925 3.2
English 96,230 94,500 1,730 0 0 1,725 1.8
French 1,655 85 1,565 0 0 1,565 94.6
Non-official languages 23,230 19,120 90 1,080 2,940 630 2.7
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 2,110 1,640 25 255 195 145 6.9
Italian 160 105 0 45 15 25 15.6
Portuguese 300 250 0 30 20 15 5.0
Romanian 175 105 5 50 10 30 17.1
Spanish 1,465 1,185 15 125 145 75 5.1
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 180 135 5 40 5 20 11.1
Dutch 20 15 0 10 0 5 25.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 120 90 5 25 0 15 12.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,060 1,715 5 180 170 90 4.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Bulgarian 85 70 0 5 5 5 5.9
Croatian 55 45 5 0 0 5 9.1
Czech 65 55 0 5 5 5 7.7
Macedonian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 260 215 0 25 20 15 5.8
Russian 1,040 870 0 85 90 45 4.3
Serbian 320 270 0 30 20 15 4.7
Serbo-Croatian 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Slovak 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 115 95 0 10 10 5 4.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 100 75 0 10 10 5 5.0
Armenian 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Albanian 65 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 185 145 0 10 35 5 2.7
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 160 120 0 10 35 5 3.1
Turkic languages 185 165 0 5 10 5 2.7
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 170 155 0 5 10 5 2.9
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,860 2,465 25 180 195 110 3.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 560 460 5 55 45 30 5.4
Oromo 110 95 0 5 10 5 4.5
Somali 450 370 5 50 35 25 5.6
Semitic languages 2,290 2,000 15 120 155 80 3.5
Amharic 625 580 0 15 25 10 1.6
Arabic 1,190 1,000 15 85 90 60 5.0
Hebrew 95 80 0 10 5 5 5.3
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 305 270 0 5 25 5 1.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 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 4,260 3,830 10 130 295 75 1.8
Indo-Aryan languages 3,300 3,010 5 65 220 40 1.2
Bengali 1,635 1,495 0 30 110 15 0.9
Gujarati 100 85 5 5 15 5 5.0
Hindi 340 320 0 5 20 0 0.0
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 150 140 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 600 540 5 15 40 10 1.7
Nepali 350 325 0 0 30 5 1.4
Iranian languages 925 785 5 60 70 35 3.8
Kurdish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 820 695 5 60 65 35 4.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,500 1,310 0 30 155 15 1.0
Kannada 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Malayalam 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 1,350 1,175 0 25 155 15 1.1
Telugu 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 250 205 0 5 40 5 2.0
Korean 1,120 920 0 20 180 10 0.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,465 3,970 5 105 1,390 60 1.1
Chinese languages 5,365 3,880 5 100 1,375 55 1.0
Cantonese 1,325 775 5 25 520 20 1.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 2,055 1,575 5 40 440 25 1.2
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,910 1,475 0 35 395 20 1.0
Tibetan languages 85 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 40 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 620 430 5 15 170 15 2.4
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 605 415 0 15 165 15 2.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,785 1,725 0 15 35 10 0.6
Bisayan languages 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,555 1,505 0 15 35 10 0.6
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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 255 170 10 45 20 35 13.7
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 195 125 10 40 20 35 17.9
Lingala 15 0 10 5 0 10 66.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 0 0 15 0 10 40.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 105 85 0 5 15 5 4.8
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0 5 25.0
Edo 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 35 10 0 25 0 10 28.6
Non-verbal languages 40 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,995 5,480 305 205 0 410 6.8
English and French 400 85 185 135 0 250 62.5
English and non-official language 5,370 5,345 25 0 0 25 0.5
French and non-official language 90 25 70 0 0 70 77.8
English, French and non-official language 130 30 30 70 0 65 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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-XCB2011040.

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