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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Durham
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 604,125 558,685 385 41,560 3,495
Single responses 595,120 551,685 370 39,600 3,465
English 508,645 482,120 15 26,425 90
French 9,925 740 270 8,910 0
Non-official languages 76,545 68,825 80 4,265 3,375
Aboriginal languages 30 25 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 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 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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 5 0 0 0
Dakota 5 0 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 14,995 13,035 20 1,225 715
Italian 6,265 5,590 10 405 260
Portuguese 3,085 2,750 0 180 150
Romanian 1,270 900 5 285 80
Spanish 4,365 3,785 10 350 220
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Germanic languages 7,740 7,300 0 430 10
Dutch 2,685 2,570 0 115 5
Flemish 70 50 0 20 0
Frisian 75 75 0 5 0
German 4,385 4,115 0 270 5
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 400 375 0 25 0
Danish 205 195 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 5 0
Norwegian 55 55 0 5 0
Swedish 125 115 0 10 0
Afrikaans 110 110 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 75 75 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 40 35 0 0 0
Welsh 30 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,095 10,150 5 595 350
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 25 25 0 5 0
Bulgarian 135 115 0 15 5
Croatian 600 570 0 15 10
Czech 320 290 0 25 0
Macedonian 1,630 1,530 0 40 60
Polish 4,635 4,235 0 250 140
Russian 930 800 5 80 50
Serbian 535 475 0 35 25
Serbo-Croatian 80 70 0 10 5
Slovak 280 255 0 15 10
Slovenian 305 290 0 15 5
Ukrainian 1,560 1,435 0 80 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 5
Baltic languages 250 220 0 30 0
Latvian 160 140 0 20 0
Lithuanian 95 85 0 10 0
Greek 2,330 2,180 0 90 65
Armenian 325 285 0 35 5
Albanian 140 115 0 5 20
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,095 1,940 0 120 35
Estonian 230 215 0 15 0
Finnish 345 330 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,510 1,390 0 85 35
Turkic languages 240 210 0 10 20
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5
Turkish 215 190 0 10 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,100 3,370 20 550 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 135 115 0 10 10
Oromo 35 30 0 0 0
Somali 100 80 0 5 10
Semitic languages 3,965 3,255 20 540 150
Amharic 100 95 0 0 0
Arabic 3,265 2,600 15 520 140
Hebrew 40 35 0 5 0
Maltese 365 360 0 5 0
Tigrigna 60 55 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 120 0 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,120 13,730 10 530 860
Indo-Aryan languages 11,285 10,415 5 350 510
Bengali 765 715 0 35 20
Gujarati 1,575 1,420 0 55 100
Hindi 1,270 1,205 0 30 35
Konkani 70 70 0 5 0
Marathi 95 85 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,720 1,535 0 55 130
Sindhi 250 235 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 455 445 0 5 5
Urdu 5,045 4,685 0 150 210
Nepali 35 25 0 0 5
Iranian languages 3,765 3,240 5 175 345
Kurdish 60 50 0 5 5
Pashto 255 225 0 5 20
Persian (Farsi) 3,455 2,965 5 170 315
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 3,945 3,555 0 135 255
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 300 275 0 20 5
Tamil 3,425 3,085 0 105 240
Telugu 170 155 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 190 170 0 10 5
Korean 770 675 0 25 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,185 4,435 0 125 620
Chinese languages 5,130 4,390 0 125 615
Cantonese 1,625 1,375 0 45 215
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 25 20 0 0 0
Hakka 60 45 0 0 10
Mandarin 1,205 1,035 0 30 140
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,165 1,870 5 50 240
Tibetan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Tai languages 135 125 0 0 0
Lao 55 50 0 0 0
Thai 75 75 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 760 630 0 50 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 5 0
Vietnamese 710 590 0 45 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,765 5,630 0 80 60
Bisayan languages 170 165 0 0 0
Ilocano 135 125 0 5 5
Malay 150 140 0 0 5
Pampango 60 55 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,210 5,110 0 60 45
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 830 705 10 100 15
Akan (Twi) 190 180 0 5 0
Bantu languages 325 255 10 60 10
Lingala 15 0 5 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 0 15 0
Shona 50 50 0 5 0
Swahili 135 115 0 15 5
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 10 0
Edo 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 70 70 0 0 0
Wolof 10 0 0 10 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 20 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 175 150 0 20 10
African languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 5
Creoles 220 105 5 110 5
Non-verbal languages 125 75 0 10 45
American Sign Language 55 45 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 35 0 5 35
Other languages 15 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 9,005 7,000 15 1,960 25
English and French 1,485 285 5 1,190 0
English and non-official language 6,915 6,515 5 380 25
French and non-official language 390 155 10 220 0
English, French and non-official language 220 45 0 165 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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