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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 York Centre / York-Centre
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 117,420 103,760 120 6,480 7,070
Single responses 112,950 99,765 100 6,045 7,040
English 45,790 43,150 5 2,570 70
French 980 115 40 825 0
Non-official languages 66,180 56,505 65 2,650 6,965
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 0 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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 0 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 5 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 0 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 16,855 13,650 30 930 2,245
Italian 8,595 6,865 10 315 1,400
Portuguese 1,370 1,160 0 60 150
Romanian 1,260 870 10 275 110
Spanish 5,625 4,750 10 285 580
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,720 1,530 0 120 75
Dutch 105 95 0 10 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 475 425 0 40 10
Yiddish 1,090 965 0 70 60
Scandinavian languages 30 30 0 5 0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 15 15 0 0 0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 16,320 13,640 5 670 2,010
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 15 0 5 0
Bulgarian 340 280 0 45 20
Croatian 200 185 0 10 5
Czech 115 100 0 5 10
Macedonian 110 100 0 0 5
Polish 950 870 0 40 40
Russian 13,385 11,060 5 530 1,795
Serbian 375 340 0 10 25
Serbo-Croatian 55 45 0 5 0
Slovak 85 75 0 5 5
Slovenian 40 45 0 0 0
Ukrainian 620 500 0 15 105
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Baltic languages 185 160 0 5 10
Latvian 85 70 0 5 5
Lithuanian 100 90 0 5 5
Greek 925 835 0 35 50
Armenian 255 210 0 20 25
Albanian 285 230 0 35 20
Georgian 415 325 0 5 90
Finno-Ugric languages 1,235 1,040 5 60 130
Estonian 40 35 0 5 0
Finnish 40 40 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,155 960 0 55 135
Turkic languages 1,240 1,000 0 40 200
Azerbaijani 195 160 0 5 25
Turkish 925 750 0 25 150
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 5 25
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,705 2,370 5 230 110
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 125 115 0 10 5
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0
Somali 100 90 0 10 0
Semitic languages 2,575 2,255 0 220 100
Amharic 65 60 0 5 0
Arabic 760 580 5 125 50
Hebrew 1,505 1,390 0 85 35
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 110 110 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 0 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,220 3,720 0 170 330
Indo-Aryan languages 1,760 1,580 5 65 115
Bengali 210 190 0 10 5
Gujarati 525 465 0 15 40
Hindi 255 235 0 10 10
Konkani 15 10 0 5 0
Marathi 35 30 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 265 225 0 10 30
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 75 65 0 5 5
Urdu 335 310 0 5 15
Nepali 30 25 0 0 0
Iranian languages 2,400 2,080 5 110 205
Kurdish 155 115 0 5 30
Pashto 70 60 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 2,175 1,905 0 105 165
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0 10
Dravidian languages 630 575 0 15 45
Kannada 25 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 65 65 0 0 5
Tamil 475 425 0 10 45
Telugu 65 60 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 115 105 0 5 5
Korean 2,665 2,160 0 65 445
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,530 2,775 5 105 650
Chinese languages 3,435 2,690 5 100 640
Cantonese 1,125 830 0 40 250
Chaochow (Teochow) 70 55 0 0 15
Fukien 25 20 0 0 0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 0
Mandarin 770 635 0 20 115
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5
Taiwanese 45 40 0 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,370 1,090 0 40 240
Tibetan languages 40 35 0 0 0
Burmese 45 45 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 70 60 0 5 0
Lao 55 50 0 0 5
Thai 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,135 1,700 0 40 385
Khmer (Cambodian) 85 75 0 0 10
Vietnamese 2,050 1,625 5 40 375
Malayo-Polynesian languages 9,990 9,825 5 45 115
Bisayan languages 410 405 0 5 5
Ilocano 1,025 990 0 5 20
Malay 40 35 0 0 0
Pampango 55 55 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,350 8,215 0 40 90
Bikol 15 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 55 50 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 500 470 0 25 10
Akan (Twi) 260 250 0 5 5
Bantu languages 110 95 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 0 0
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 45 45 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Edo 25 20 0 0 0
Igbo 20 15 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 5 5
African languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 10 0
Creoles 85 65 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 25 10 0 0 15
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 15
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,475 3,995 15 435 30
English and French 175 35 0 140 0
English and non-official language 4,030 3,865 0 130 25
French and non-official language 195 70 15 105 5
English, French and non-official language 80 15 0 60 0

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

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