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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 Niagara
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 425,490 390,430 495 31,805 2,760
Single responses 419,995 386,525 480 30,255 2,745
English 348,610 332,890 10 15,640 70
French 13,280 1,065 420 11,800 5
Non-official languages 58,100 52,575 45 2,815 2,670
Aboriginal languages 95 80 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 55 45 0 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 15 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 15 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 20 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 25 25 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 10 5 0 0 0
Oneida 5 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 5 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 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 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 5 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 5 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 10 0 5 0
Romance languages 17,020 14,990 15 910 1,110
Italian 11,695 10,465 5 555 670
Portuguese 775 690 5 50 30
Romanian 355 295 0 50 10
Spanish 4,185 3,535 5 250 405
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 12,170 11,605 5 450 115
Dutch 4,650 4,505 0 135 10
Flemish 55 45 0 10 0
Frisian 70 70 0 5 0
German 6,965 6,580 5 275 105
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 315 295 0 20 0
Danish 195 190 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 80 70 5 5 0
Afrikaans 100 95 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 10 0
Gaelic languages 30 20 0 10 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,635 10,675 10 545 405
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 165 150 0 5 15
Bulgarian 290 255 0 25 5
Croatian 1,200 1,145 0 25 30
Czech 310 290 0 10 5
Macedonian 80 70 0 5 5
Polish 4,015 3,690 0 190 140
Russian 885 760 5 65 55
Serbian 1,510 1,340 0 80 90
Serbo-Croatian 110 100 0 5 5
Slovak 505 480 0 15 0
Slovenian 455 445 0 5 0
Ukrainian 2,005 1,860 0 105 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 5 0
Baltic languages 275 255 0 15 5
Latvian 140 130 0 10 5
Lithuanian 140 130 0 10 0
Greek 835 780 0 30 30
Armenian 225 185 0 25 10
Albanian 130 120 0 0 10
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,280 2,145 5 85 45
Estonian 110 105 0 10 0
Finnish 195 185 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,980 1,860 0 75 45
Turkic languages 320 290 0 15 15
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 0
Turkish 300 265 0 20 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,435 2,065 5 235 125
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 130 125 0 0 5
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 125 120 0 5 5
Semitic languages 2,295 1,935 5 230 125
Amharic 30 25 0 0 0
Arabic 2,020 1,685 5 215 120
Hebrew 60 50 0 5 0
Maltese 125 125 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,780 2,530 0 105 145
Indo-Aryan languages 2,125 1,935 0 75 115
Bengali 150 135 0 5 5
Gujarati 475 410 0 20 45
Hindi 290 270 0 10 5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 400 360 0 10 35
Sindhi 40 35 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 70 0 0 0
Urdu 635 600 0 20 15
Nepali 25 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 610 555 0 30 30
Kurdish 200 180 0 5 10
Pashto 40 40 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 370 335 0 20 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 280 265 0 5 5
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 110 0 5 5
Tamil 115 110 0 5 5
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 300 280 0 10 10
Korean 845 760 0 30 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,030 2,580 0 60 390
Chinese languages 3,015 2,570 0 60 385
Cantonese 665 525 0 20 125
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 565 505 0 10 50
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,740 1,500 0 30 205
Tibetan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 325 275 0 10 35
Lao 265 215 0 15 30
Thai 65 60 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 805 660 0 40 105
Khmer (Cambodian) 175 135 0 15 20
Vietnamese 630 525 0 20 80
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,540 1,510 0 20 10
Bisayan languages 75 70 0 0 0
Ilocano 60 60 0 5 0
Malay 35 35 0 5 0
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,340 1,320 0 10 10
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 410 320 0 75 10
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages 295 225 5 60 5
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 15 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 10 0
Shona 100 95 0 5 0
Swahili 105 85 0 10 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 35 5 15 0
Edo 5 5 0 5 0
Igbo 5 10 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Creoles 180 55 10 115 5
Non-verbal languages 95 60 0 0 30
American Sign Language 50 35 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0 15
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 5,495 3,905 20 1,550 20
English and French 1,390 240 5 1,145 0
English and non-official language 3,730 3,510 5 200 15
French and non-official language 270 120 15 130 0
English, French and non-official language 105 35 0 65 0

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

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