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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 Richmond, CY
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 189,740 160,045 80 9,875 19,745
Single responses 183,470 154,450 70 9,280 19,670
English 69,465 63,920 0 5,340 195
French 1,115 115 15 980 0
Non-official languages 112,890 90,415 50 2,960 19,470
Aboriginal languages 20 15 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 0 5 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 5 0 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 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 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 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 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 5 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. 10 0 0 0 5
Romance languages 2,865 2,385 5 385 90
Italian 355 255 0 95 0
Portuguese 330 280 0 30 15
Romanian 305 220 0 70 15
Spanish 1,875 1,625 0 185 60
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,365 2,190 5 165 10
Dutch 440 405 0 35 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 1,595 1,480 0 110 5
Yiddish 40 40 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 240 230 0 10 0
Danish 140 135 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 35 0 0 0
Swedish 55 50 0 0 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,795 3,395 5 220 175
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 30 25 0 5 0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0
Croatian 260 250 0 5 0
Czech 170 155 0 10 5
Macedonian 15 10 0 5 0
Polish 435 400 0 25 10
Russian 2,140 1,880 0 130 135
Serbian 200 175 0 15 10
Serbo-Croatian 65 60 0 5 0
Slovak 90 85 0 5 0
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 320 295 0 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 5 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0
Greek 300 280 0 15 0
Armenian 75 60 0 10 0
Albanian 35 30 0 0 5
Georgian 10 10 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 325 295 0 25 10
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 85 80 0 5 0
Hungarian 220 195 0 15 10
Turkic languages 385 325 0 35 30
Azerbaijani 20 10 0 0 0
Turkish 350 300 0 30 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Mongolian 25 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,515 1,235 0 180 95
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 125 110 0 5 10
Oromo 20 15 0 0 5
Somali 110 100 0 5 10
Semitic languages 1,375 1,120 0 170 85
Amharic 50 50 0 0 0
Arabic 965 755 0 135 70
Hebrew 270 235 0 30 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 10,150 8,890 5 280 965
Indo-Aryan languages 8,900 7,820 5 205 860
Bengali 125 115 0 5 5
Gujarati 610 560 0 25 25
Hindi 1,095 1,040 0 25 25
Konkani 30 35 0 0 0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,795 4,915 5 110 760
Sindhi 245 230 0 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 70 0 0 0
Urdu 865 795 0 30 35
Nepali 25 25 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,205 1,035 5 75 100
Kurdish 20 20 0 0 5
Pashto 10 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,175 1,000 0 70 100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 400 380 0 0 15
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 150 145 0 0 0
Tamil 210 200 0 0 15
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 2,075 1,830 0 25 220
Korean 885 780 0 15 90
Sino-Tibetan languages 78,045 59,050 25 1,415 17,555
Chinese languages 77,910 58,930 25 1,415 17,540
Cantonese 30,170 23,375 10 550 6,235
Chaochow (Teochow) 95 55 0 5 35
Fukien 670 620 0 5 45
Hakka 190 150 0 15 30
Mandarin 20,680 15,155 5 420 5,100
Shanghainese 355 215 0 5 135
Taiwanese 1,075 790 0 20 260
Chinese, n.o.s. 24,670 18,570 5 390 5,705
Tibetan languages 20 10 0 0 5
Burmese 105 100 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Tai languages 170 160 0 0 10
Lao 15 15 0 0 0
Thai 155 145 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 785 665 0 30 90
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 5 0
Vietnamese 775 655 0 30 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 8,440 8,265 0 100 75
Bisayan languages 325 320 0 5 0
Ilocano 240 230 0 5 5
Malay 360 350 0 0 15
Pampango 85 85 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,305 7,165 0 80 55
Bikol 30 30 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 35 35 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 85 70 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 55 45 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 5 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Creoles 40 10 0 30 0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 5 20
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 20
Other languages 5 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,275 5,595 10 590 75
English and French 220 35 0 185 0
English and non-official language 5,760 5,440 5 250 70
French and non-official language 160 95 0 55 10
English, French and non-official language 135 25 0 105 0

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

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