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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 Brampton, 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 521,690 471,625 370 25,500 24,185
Single responses 499,230 451,660 340 23,205 24,020
English 269,790 257,515 10 12,010 250
French 4,375 385 165 3,820 5
Non-official languages 225,065 193,765 160 7,370 23,765
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 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 20 15 0 0 5
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) 10 15 0 0 5
Gwich'in 5 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 5 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 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 0 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 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 29,995 26,100 40 1,295 2,560
Italian 7,990 7,160 5 410 410
Portuguese 11,095 9,390 20 340 1,345
Romanian 680 530 0 115 40
Spanish 10,225 9,025 10 425 765
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,275 3,085 5 180 10
Dutch 1,245 1,200 0 45 5
Flemish 20 20 0 5 0
Frisian 50 50 0 0 0
German 1,745 1,620 0 120 5
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 150 145 0 5 0
Danish 95 95 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 15 0 0 0
Swedish 35 35 0 0 0
Afrikaans 40 45 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 9,060 8,225 5 445 385
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 145 130 5 10 5
Bulgarian 155 135 0 10 10
Croatian 1,215 1,140 0 40 35
Czech 260 245 0 5 0
Macedonian 340 315 0 10 15
Polish 4,780 4,300 0 260 225
Russian 600 520 0 35 40
Serbian 595 540 0 30 25
Serbo-Croatian 65 55 0 5 0
Slovak 235 220 0 10 0
Slovenian 170 165 0 10 0
Ukrainian 470 425 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Baltic languages 100 90 0 10 0
Latvian 50 45 0 5 0
Lithuanian 50 40 0 10 0
Greek 805 750 0 35 20
Armenian 180 145 0 20 10
Albanian 195 165 0 5 25
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 830 770 0 40 20
Estonian 45 40 0 5 0
Finnish 75 70 0 5 0
Hungarian 710 660 0 25 20
Turkic languages 325 285 0 10 25
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 320 275 0 15 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,240 5,365 15 430 430
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 655 590 0 30 35
Oromo 85 80 0 0 0
Somali 575 510 0 30 30
Semitic languages 5,570 4,770 10 390 395
Amharic 250 235 0 10 5
Arabic 3,140 2,550 15 365 215
Hebrew 35 40 0 5 0
Maltese 510 500 0 5 5
Tigrigna 75 65 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,565 1,385 0 10 160
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 134,810 113,575 60 3,715 17,465
Indo-Aryan languages 131,995 111,120 55 3,620 17,200
Bengali 1,960 1,760 0 95 100
Gujarati 11,040 9,645 5 285 1,105
Hindi 10,060 9,270 5 340 450
Konkani 185 175 0 10 0
Marathi 425 390 0 20 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 91,345 74,340 45 2,395 14,565
Sindhi 435 395 0 15 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,385 1,315 0 40 30
Urdu 14,585 13,305 5 395 875
Nepali 575 530 0 20 30
Iranian languages 2,575 2,230 0 90 255
Kurdish 110 85 0 5 20
Pashto 335 300 0 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 2,135 1,845 0 85 205
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 235 220 0 10 10
Dravidian languages 12,080 10,885 5 305 885
Kannada 235 225 0 10 5
Malayalam 1,605 1,495 0 45 65
Tamil 9,530 8,495 5 235 795
Telugu 695 660 0 20 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Japanese 150 140 0 0 10
Korean 365 325 0 5 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,180 5,085 0 145 955
Chinese languages 6,060 4,970 0 145 945
Cantonese 2,245 1,815 0 50 380
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 30 0 0 5
Fukien 35 30 0 0 0
Hakka 80 65 0 5 10
Mandarin 1,180 965 0 30 185
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,445 2,040 0 50 355
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Burmese 60 60 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Tai languages 560 495 0 15 60
Lao 485 415 0 10 50
Thai 85 75 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,395 3,615 5 140 635
Khmer (Cambodian) 185 155 0 5 15
Vietnamese 4,215 3,455 5 130 615
Malayo-Polynesian languages 9,940 9,740 0 90 110
Bisayan languages 370 365 0 0 5
Ilocano 365 355 0 0 5
Malay 205 195 0 5 0
Pampango 115 110 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,780 8,605 5 75 95
Bikol 35 35 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 25 0 0 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 4,640 4,345 15 215 65
Akan (Twi) 2,570 2,455 0 75 35
Bantu languages 555 475 10 70 10
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 5 10 5
Shona 95 90 0 5 0
Swahili 235 210 0 20 0
Ganda 40 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 145 135 0 15 0
Edo 140 135 0 0 5
Igbo 270 260 0 10 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 70 65 0 5 0
Ga 150 140 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 885 825 0 50 10
African languages, n.i.e. 220 200 0 15 5
Creoles 550 265 20 245 15
Non-verbal languages 90 40 0 0 50
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 25 0 0 45
Other languages 10 15 0 0 0
Multiple responses 22,460 19,965 35 2,290 170
English and French 940 205 5 725 0
English and non-official language 20,415 19,205 5 1,045 160
French and non-official language 735 480 25 230 5
English, French and non-official language 375 80 5 290 0

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

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