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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 Willowdale
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 139,535 127,545 1,490 2,275 8,220 2,625 1.9
Single responses 129,735 118,105 1,320 2,090 8,225 2,365 1.8
English 70,030 69,360 665 0 0 665 0.9
French 600 35 565 0 0 565 94.2
Non-official languages 59,105 48,710 90 2,090 8,220 1,130 1.9
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 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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
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 2,985 2,245 15 410 315 220 7.4
Italian 515 395 0 25 100 10 1.9
Portuguese 380 310 0 35 35 20 5.3
Romanian 840 515 10 220 100 120 14.3
Spanish 1,250 1,030 5 130 85 70 5.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 240 200 0 25 10 15 6.3
Dutch 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 190 160 0 20 10 10 5.3
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 10 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 3,920 3,240 10 255 420 135 3.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 135 110 0 15 10 5 3.7
Croatian 65 55 0 5 10 5 7.7
Czech 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 105 90 0 10 5 5 4.8
Polish 225 185 5 10 25 5 2.2
Russian 2,800 2,310 5 165 315 85 3.0
Serbian 365 295 0 45 30 20 5.5
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovak 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Baltic languages 85 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Latvian 75 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 335 310 0 0 25 5 1.5
Armenian 355 235 5 95 25 55 15.5
Albanian 95 75 0 10 10 5 5.3
Georgian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 420 375 0 25 15 15 3.6
Estonian 55 50 0 5 0 5 9.1
Finnish 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 305 270 0 20 15 10 3.3
Turkic languages 380 310 0 40 35 20 5.3
Azerbaijani 80 70 0 10 5 5 6.3
Turkish 285 230 0 30 25 15 5.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,160 945 15 110 95 75 6.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 80 75 0 5 5 5 6.3
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 85 70 0 0 5 5 5.9
Semitic languages 1,080 870 15 105 85 70 6.5
Amharic 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 860 680 10 90 80 55 6.4
Hebrew 175 150 5 15 5 15 8.6
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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 11,455 9,925 25 495 1,015 265 2.3
Indo-Aryan languages 1,300 1,185 0 45 70 25 1.9
Bengali 195 180 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 230 200 0 10 15 5 2.2
Hindi 355 325 0 10 20 5 1.4
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 75 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 5 0 5 14.3
Urdu 315 295 0 10 15 5 1.6
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 10,140 8,725 20 450 950 245 2.4
Kurdish 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 10,070 8,665 20 445 940 245 2.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 370 350 0 5 15 5 1.4
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 60 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Tamil 260 240 0 5 15 0 0.0
Telugu 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 585 495 0 10 80 5 0.9
Korean 8,800 7,270 5 145 1,380 80 0.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 26,415 21,305 10 400 4,700 210 0.8
Chinese languages 26,400 21,290 10 395 4,700 210 0.8
Cantonese 8,490 6,760 5 145 1,585 75 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 8,505 6,865 0 115 1,515 60 0.7
Shanghainese 50 35 0 0 15 0 0.0
Taiwanese 315 235 0 5 80 5 1.6
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,915 7,295 5 130 1,485 70 0.8
Tibetan 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
Burmese 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 170 130 0 15 20 5 2.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 160 130 5 15 20 5 3.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,100 1,070 0 5 30 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 45 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 155 150 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 860 835 0 5 20 5 0.6
Bikol 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
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 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 70 65 0 5 5 5 7.1
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 5 0 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 5 0 5 not applicable ...
Shona 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
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo 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
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 45 10 5 30 5 20 44.4
Non-verbal languages 25 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 9,800 9,450 175 180 0 260 2.7
English and French 245 70 100 75 0 140 57.1
English and non-official language 9,335 9,315 25 0 0 25 0.3
French and non-official language 50 25 20 0 0 25 50.0
English, French and non-official language 165 40 25 105 0 75 45.5

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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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