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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 York Centre / York-Centre
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 117,425 108,000 1,115 1,350 6,965 1,790 1.5
Single responses 106,840 97,680 970 1,230 6,965 1,580 1.5
English 62,655 62,140 520 0 0 515 0.8
French 380 35 345 0 0 345 90.8
Non-official languages 43,805 35,505 110 1,225 6,960 720 1.6
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 10,165 7,480 45 405 2,240 245 2.4
Italian 4,625 3,170 10 55 1,395 35 0.8
Portuguese 695 520 0 20 150 10 1.4
Romanian 805 520 5 175 105 95 11.8
Spanish 4,035 3,275 25 155 585 105 2.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 265 235 0 10 15 5 1.9
Dutch 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Yiddish 185 170 0 5 15 5 2.7
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 12,755 10,235 10 405 2,100 215 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 255 210 0 30 15 15 5.9
Croatian 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 55 50 0 0 10 5 9.1
Macedonian 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 345 295 0 10 45 5 1.4
Russian 11,330 9,040 10 335 1,940 180 1.6
Serbian 250 215 0 5 30 5 2.0
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Slovak 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 310 235 0 10 55 5 1.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 95 85 0 5 15 0 0.0
Latvian 45 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lithuanian 55 45 0 0 5 5 9.1
Greek 490 435 0 10 50 0 0.0
Armenian 145 120 0 15 20 5 3.4
Albanian 160 125 0 15 25 10 6.3
Georgian 345 260 5 5 85 10 2.9
Finno-Ugric languages 585 435 0 10 130 5 0.9
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 560 420 0 10 135 5 0.9
Turkic languages 945 745 0 20 180 10 1.1
Azerbaijani 100 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Turkish 795 625 0 15 155 5 0.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,540 1,325 15 95 105 60 3.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 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
Cushitic languages 75 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 65 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,460 1,255 15 85 105 60 4.1
Amharic 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 415 310 10 50 50 35 8.4
Hebrew 850 775 5 30 35 25 2.9
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 80 0 0 15 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 2,955 2,535 5 100 320 60 2.0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,090 955 5 20 115 15 1.4
Bengali 115 110 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 355 310 0 10 40 5 1.4
Hindi 150 130 5 5 15 5 3.3
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 160 130 0 5 25 5 3.1
Sindhi 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 45 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 200 175 0 5 20 0 0.0
Nepali 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,820 1,540 0 80 200 45 2.5
Kurdish 75 55 0 0 20 0 0.0
Pashto 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,690 1,435 0 75 170 45 2.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 410 360 0 5 50 5 1.2
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 345 295 0 5 50 5 1.4
Telugu 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 2,120 1,645 0 30 450 15 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,725 2,005 0 50 665 25 0.9
Chinese languages 2,655 1,950 0 45 655 25 0.9
Cantonese 970 655 5 15 295 10 1.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 605 480 0 10 115 5 0.8
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 965 725 0 20 220 10 1.0
Tibetan languages 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 40 35 0 0 0 5 12.5
Lao 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,665 1,265 5 25 370 20 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 5 5 5 10.0
Vietnamese 1,610 1,225 5 15 360 15 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,960 5,825 5 20 115 10 0.2
Bisayan languages 140 140 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 475 450 0 0 20 0 0.0
Malay 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,255 5,145 5 20 95 10 0.2
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 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 265 250 5 5 5 5 1.9
Akan (Twi) 170 165 0 0 5 5 2.9
Bantu languages 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Edo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Creoles 40 25 5 5 0 10 25.0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 5 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 10,585 10,320 145 120 0 205 1.9
English and French 165 40 60 60 0 90 54.5
English and non-official language 10,220 10,190 30 0 0 25 0.2
French and non-official language 90 40 45 0 0 45 50.0
English, French and non-official language 115 45 15 60 0 40 34.8

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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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