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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 Vaughan
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 194,865 184,120 1,110 1,405 8,230 1,810 0.9
Single responses 178,965 168,590 955 1,185 8,235 1,545 0.9
English 129,980 129,425 560 0 0 560 0.4
French 365 40 320 0 0 325 89.0
Non-official languages 48,620 39,125 75 1,185 8,230 670 1.4
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
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. 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
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 18,700 14,190 45 465 4,000 275 1.5
Italian 13,285 9,855 30 180 3,225 115 0.9
Portuguese 1,380 1,030 10 50 295 35 2.5
Romanian 860 605 5 145 110 75 8.7
Spanish 3,170 2,700 0 90 375 50 1.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 95 90 0 5 0 5 5.3
Dutch 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
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 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 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
Afrikaans 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,335 4,600 5 190 540 100 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 100 85 0 5 10 0 0.0
Croatian 210 190 0 5 15 0 0.0
Czech 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 120 105 0 0 10 5 4.2
Polish 550 495 0 15 40 10 1.8
Russian 3,905 3,320 5 150 430 80 2.0
Serbian 175 155 0 10 15 5 2.9
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 160 140 0 5 20 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 295 275 0 5 20 0 0.0
Armenian 175 145 0 20 15 10 5.7
Albanian 285 225 5 5 45 10 3.5
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 145 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 145 125 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages 625 510 0 20 95 10 1.6
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 615 505 0 15 90 10 1.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,975 2,475 10 90 400 55 1.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,935 2,445 10 85 395 55 1.9
Amharic 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,245 990 5 65 185 35 2.8
Hebrew 430 395 5 15 20 15 3.5
Maltese 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,165 965 0 5 185 5 0.4
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 9,255 7,700 0 205 1,350 105 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 7,040 5,845 5 140 1,055 70 1.0
Bengali 95 95 0 0 5 5 5.3
Gujarati 805 660 0 20 125 10 1.2
Hindi 485 425 0 10 50 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,825 2,225 0 60 540 30 1.1
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,735 2,360 0 50 320 25 0.9
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 2,200 1,830 0 70 295 40 1.8
Kurdish 170 130 0 5 35 0 0.0
Pashto 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,970 1,645 0 70 250 35 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 2,140 1,880 0 35 220 20 0.9
Kannada 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
Malayalam 135 120 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 1,975 1,730 5 30 210 20 1.0
Telugu 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 715 610 0 10 85 5 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,875 2,985 5 65 825 35 0.9
Chinese languages 3,870 2,975 0 65 825 35 0.9
Cantonese 1,365 970 0 25 370 10 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 910 765 0 15 135 5 0.5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,540 1,205 0 25 305 10 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 115 90 0 5 20 5 4.3
Lao 110 85 0 5 20 5 4.5
Thai 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,700 2,125 5 50 525 30 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 240 200 0 10 30 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,465 1,920 0 45 495 30 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 885 850 0 5 35 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 825 790 0 0 35 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 170 160 0 5 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 5 5 5 20.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 15 10 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 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
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 15 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 15,905 15,525 155 220 0 265 1.7
English and French 250 65 75 105 0 130 52.0
English and non-official language 15,370 15,345 30 0 0 25 0.2
French and non-official language 55 25 30 0 0 30 54.5
English, French and non-official language 230 95 25 115 0 85 37.0

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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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