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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 London, 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 362,265 331,030 230 26,360 4,640
Single responses 356,425 326,555 215 25,055 4,600
English 282,000 265,270 15 16,605 105
French 4,775 465 100 4,205 5
Non-official languages 69,655 60,815 100 4,245 4,495
Aboriginal languages 95 90 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 45 40 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 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 5 5 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 35 40 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0 5 0
Cayuga 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 25 25 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 5 5 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 5 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 17,505 14,625 30 1,500 1,350
Italian 3,180 2,830 5 240 105
Portuguese 4,590 3,860 5 210 505
Romanian 840 585 5 220 30
Spanish 8,890 7,345 15 815 710
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,760 5,375 0 375 15
Dutch 2,320 2,210 0 105 5
Flemish 155 135 0 20 0
Frisian 40 40 0 0 0
German 2,845 2,615 0 220 5
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 300 285 0 15 0
Danish 200 195 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 60 55 0 5 0
Afrikaans 70 65 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 30 20 0 0 5
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,495 10,325 10 715 445
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 660 615 0 20 30
Bulgarian 75 55 0 15 0
Croatian 825 765 0 40 20
Czech 380 345 0 30 0
Macedonian 80 65 0 10 0
Polish 5,645 5,080 5 325 230
Russian 1,170 990 0 110 70
Serbian 860 780 0 55 25
Serbo-Croatian 315 295 0 15 10
Slovak 325 295 0 25 5
Slovenian 205 195 0 15 5
Ukrainian 880 785 0 55 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 5 0 0
Baltic languages 245 220 0 25 0
Latvian 85 70 0 10 0
Lithuanian 165 150 0 10 0
Greek 1,805 1,630 0 90 80
Armenian 85 70 0 15 5
Albanian 905 815 0 15 75
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,345 1,250 0 80 15
Estonian 60 55 0 5 0
Finnish 100 95 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,185 1,105 0 60 15
Turkic languages 395 345 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 45 45 0 5 0
Turkish 300 255 0 20 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,705 8,300 25 695 685
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 270 240 0 15 10
Oromo 30 20 0 10 0
Somali 245 220 5 10 15
Semitic languages 9,420 8,055 20 675 670
Amharic 245 220 0 10 15
Arabic 7,705 6,545 20 615 520
Hebrew 95 85 0 5 0
Maltese 225 225 0 5 0
Tigrigna 240 215 0 15 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 910 760 0 25 130
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,355 5,695 5 235 420
Indo-Aryan languages 3,735 3,410 5 130 190
Bengali 370 340 0 10 20
Gujarati 470 425 0 15 25
Hindi 640 590 0 25 20
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 50 45 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 755 680 0 30 45
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 5 0
Urdu 1,155 1,075 0 45 35
Nepali 140 100 0 0 35
Iranian languages 2,585 2,245 5 110 230
Kurdish 830 730 0 20 80
Pashto 90 80 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,665 1,440 0 90 135
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 630 575 0 25 30
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 260 250 0 10 0
Tamil 250 210 0 15 20
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 195 165 0 5 20
Korean 2,470 2,145 0 80 240
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,715 4,875 0 180 665
Chinese languages 5,490 4,740 0 175 580
Cantonese 1,135 950 0 45 140
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,390 1,215 0 50 125
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 40 35 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,890 2,505 0 75 310
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 210 125 0 0 90
Tai languages 150 135 5 10 5
Lao 105 95 0 5 0
Thai 50 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,370 1,965 0 60 340
Khmer (Cambodian) 765 630 0 30 110
Vietnamese 1,600 1,340 5 30 235
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,475 1,435 0 25 10
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 0
Ilocano 85 85 0 0 0
Malay 120 110 0 5 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,195 1,170 0 20 5
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 510 405 10 85 10
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0 0
Bantu languages 310 225 10 70 5
Lingala 5 0 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 10 5 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 85 65 0 15 0
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 15 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 85 5 15 0
African languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 0 10
Creoles 35 25 5 10 0
Non-verbal languages 100 60 0 0 35
American Sign Language 55 40 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0 20
Other languages 40 30 0 5 5
Multiple responses 5,835 4,475 15 1,305 40
English and French 870 165 10 695 0
English and non-official language 4,480 4,135 0 310 30
French and non-official language 310 140 0 155 5
English, French and non-official language 175 35 0 145 0

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

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