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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 West / York-Ouest
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 107,705 98,480 800 660 7,765 1,130 1.0
Single responses 98,000 88,985 680 570 7,770 970 1.0
English 56,525 56,260 270 0 0 270 0.5
French 355 45 315 0 0 315 88.7
Non-official languages 41,120 32,680 100 570 7,770 385 0.9
Aboriginal languages 10 10 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 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 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
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 13,320 9,970 35 200 3,115 135 1.0
Italian 6,325 4,305 15 80 1,925 55 0.9
Portuguese 525 370 5 5 150 5 1.0
Romanian 100 80 0 10 15 5 5.0
Spanish 6,370 5,220 15 105 1,030 70 1.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 100 90 0 5 0 5 5.0
Dutch 20 20 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 65 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Swedish 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
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 1,040 890 0 20 120 10 1.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 155 125 0 0 25 5 3.2
Macedonian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 250 215 0 5 30 5 2.0
Russian 385 330 5 5 45 5 1.3
Serbian 45 35 0 0 0 5 11.1
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic 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
Baltic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 140 115 0 5 20 0 0.0
Armenian 75 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Albanian 90 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 130 0 5 105 0 0.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 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
Hungarian 225 125 0 5 100 0 0.0
Turkic languages 600 460 0 5 130 5 0.8
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 560 435 0 5 125 5 0.9
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,165 2,530 10 50 575 40 1.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 905 835 0 15 50 10 1.1
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 875 805 5 15 55 10 1.1
Semitic languages 2,255 1,695 10 35 515 25 1.1
Amharic 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Arabic 1,185 900 5 25 255 20 1.7
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 70 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 920 660 0 0 260 5 0.5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,480 6,275 5 95 1,110 50 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 6,770 5,670 5 80 1,010 45 0.7
Bengali 470 420 0 10 35 10 2.1
Gujarati 1,025 845 5 10 170 5 0.5
Hindi 405 355 0 0 40 5 1.2
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,310 1,820 0 35 455 15 0.6
Sindhi 15 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,445 2,120 0 20 310 10 0.4
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 710 600 0 10 100 5 0.7
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 115 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 570 480 0 10 80 10 1.8
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 2,455 2,150 5 20 280 15 0.6
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 2,310 2,005 5 20 275 15 0.6
Telugu 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 290 225 0 0 60 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,415 2,470 10 35 900 25 0.7
Chinese languages 3,250 2,345 10 35 865 25 0.8
Cantonese 1,410 915 5 15 475 15 1.1
Chaochow (Teochow) 55 35 0 0 25 0 0.0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 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
Mandarin 500 415 0 5 85 5 1.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,285 980 5 10 285 10 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 145 110 0 0 35 0 0.0
Tai languages 205 160 5 0 45 5 2.4
Lao 160 125 5 0 25 5 3.1
Thai 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 5,230 4,005 10 55 1,165 35 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 575 435 0 10 125 5 0.9
Vietnamese 4,660 3,575 5 45 1,040 30 0.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,115 1,080 0 5 30 5 0.4
Bisayan languages 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 985 950 0 5 25 0 0.0
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 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
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 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 1,810 1,710 15 40 55 30 1.7
Akan (Twi) 1,040 995 0 15 25 10 1.0
Bantu languages 370 330 5 15 15 15 4.1
Lingala 10 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 160 140 5 5 10 5 3.1
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 165 155 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 110 110 0 0 5 5 4.5
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 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
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 235 215 10 5 5 10 4.3
African languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 190 155 10 20 5 20 10.5
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 10 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. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,705 9,495 115 95 0 165 1.7
English and French 125 35 40 50 0 65 52.0
English and non-official language 9,395 9,385 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 80 35 45 0 0 45 56.3
English, French and non-official language 100 40 15 45 0 40 40.0

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

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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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