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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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Sex (3)

This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ontario^{Footnote 1}
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Knowledge of official languages (5)
Detailed mother tongue (232)	Total - Knowledge of official languages	English only	French only	English and French	Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue	12,722,065	10,984,360	42,980	1,395,805	298,920
Single responses	12,434,775	10,767,950	41,500	1,328,095	297,235
English	8,677,045	7,978,135	495	694,300	4,110
French	493,300	21,255	34,630	437,270	145
Non-official languages	3,264,435	2,768,560	6,370	196,520	292,980
Aboriginal languages	16,955	16,220	10	310	415
Algonquian languages	15,465	14,840	10	220	395
Algonquin	70	45	0	25	0
Atikamekw	5	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	20	15	0	0	0
Cree languages	3,945	3,745	0	65	135
Cree, n.o.s.	3,935	3,735	0	65	135
Swampy Cree	10	5	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.i.e.	0	5	0	0	0
Malecite	15	10	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	75	55	0	10	0
Innu/Montagnais	10	5	0	5	0
Naskapi	10	5	0	5	0
Ojibway	8,255	8,030	5	110	110
Oji-Cree	3,030	2,880	0	5	145
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	50	45	0	0	0
Michif	20	10	0	15	0
Athapaskan languages	115	100	5	5	5
Carrier	5	10	0	0	0
Wetsuweten	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	5	0	0	0	0
Dene	15	20	0	0	0
Tlicho (Dogrib)	30	25	0	0	5
Gwich'in	5	5	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	5	5	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	5	5	0	0	0
Sarcee	30	25	0	0	5
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.	10	5	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	720	690	0	25	0
Mohawk	305	290	0	15	0
Cayuga	210	205	0	5	0
Oneida	145	145	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	50	50	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	10	10	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	5	5	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	5	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.	5	5	0	0	0
Siouan languages	15	15	0	0	0
Dakota	10	10	0	0	0
Stoney	0	5	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	0	0
Tlingit	5	5	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	5	10	0	0	0
Gitksan	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	5	5	0	0	0
Tsimshian	5	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	20	15	0	0	0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)	15	15	0	0	5
Haisla	5	0	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	5	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0
Inuit languages	355	320	0	25	5
Inuktitut	300	280	0	20	0
Inuinnaqtun	0	0	0	0	0
Inuvialuktun	10	5	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	40	30	5	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	220	200	0	15	5
Romance languages	619,650	511,140	1,125	50,825	56,565
Italian	251,335	212,705	300	17,800	20,525
Portuguese	147,730	120,200	335	7,920	19,270
Romanian	41,975	29,640	155	9,860	2,320
Spanish	178,330	148,410	340	15,150	14,430
Catalan	215	140	0	70	5
Romance languages, n.i.e.	65	40	0	20	10
Germanic languages	218,220	196,985	140	16,130	4,965
Dutch	58,135	54,015	30	3,815	275
Flemish	2,710	2,240	5	460	10
Frisian	1,265	1,200	5	65	0
German	140,315	125,525	100	10,155	4,540
Yiddish	5,105	4,345	5	645	115
Scandinavian languages	8,520	7,670	5	825	20
Danish	4,745	4,425	5	310	15
Icelandic	215	190	0	20	0
Norwegian	1,060	915	0	140	5
Swedish	2,500	2,135	5	355	10
Afrikaans	2,060	1,950	0	100	10
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	110	45	0	65	0
Celtic languages	1,200	1,040	0	155	10
Gaelic languages	675	570	0	95	5
Welsh	515	465	0	55	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	5	0
Slavic languages	407,615	357,950	310	28,310	21,050
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	320	265	0	30	30
Bosnian	6,140	5,405	5	355	375
Bulgarian	9,015	7,540	20	1,085	370
Croatian	33,830	31,000	25	1,715	1,090
Czech	12,110	10,545	15	1,115	445
Macedonian	16,305	14,985	10	540	775
Polish	128,440	114,070	85	8,525	5,760
Russian	93,080	78,770	85	6,830	7,405
Serbian	41,915	36,305	40	3,200	2,370
Serbo-Croatian	5,250	4,500	5	530	215
Slovak	10,250	9,235	5	685	325
Slovenian	7,505	6,980	0	450	65
Ukrainian	41,460	36,515	15	3,165	1,765
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	2,005	1,850	5	95	60
Baltic languages	10,240	8,980	10	1,130	120
Latvian	4,640	4,005	0	590	40
Lithuanian	5,595	4,975	10	540	80
Greek	56,890	50,530	35	3,340	2,985
Armenian	13,075	9,965	55	2,305	745
Albanian	17,440	14,940	35	1,005	1,455
Georgian	850	690	5	40	120
Finno-Ugric languages	57,385	50,325	40	4,055	2,960
Estonian	5,020	4,395	0	595	35
Finnish	11,350	10,585	0	585	185
Hungarian	41,010	35,345	35	2,875	2,750
Turkic languages	19,775	16,850	20	1,230	1,675
Azerbaijani	1,595	1,370	0	105	120
Turkish	16,615	14,145	10	1,065	1,395
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	1,555	1,335	5	55	165
Mongolian	260	230	0	10	15
Afro-Asiatic languages	205,210	164,525	1,465	25,815	13,410
Berber languages (Kabyle)	125	15	20	80	5
Cushitic languages	24,450	19,765	420	2,565	1,705
Oromo	1,770	1,420	30	220	95
Somali	22,680	18,345	390	2,340	1,605
Semitic languages	180,305	144,655	1,005	22,970	11,685
Amharic	9,190	8,440	15	450	285
Arabic	133,385	102,550	960	21,015	8,865
Hebrew	11,410	10,260	10	960	185
Maltese	5,830	5,675	5	110	40
Tigrigna	5,560	5,115	5	170	270
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	14,935	12,615	5	265	2,040
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	330	85	20	205	15
Indo-Iranian languages	598,670	524,415	345	22,660	51,245
Indo-Aryan languages	482,990	424,745	220	16,340	41,690
Bengali	38,680	35,140	20	1,880	1,645
Gujarati	68,110	59,575	35	2,180	6,315
Hindi	47,650	43,935	25	2,010	1,675
Konkani	2,190	2,075	0	80	30
Marathi	4,155	3,805	0	230	120
Panjabi (Punjabi)	173,975	144,325	75	5,125	24,445
Sindhi	6,530	5,870	10	380	270
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	9,335	8,865	5	280	190
Urdu	128,730	117,885	50	4,045	6,745
Nepali	3,645	3,270	0	125	250
Iranian languages	112,830	97,155	120	6,200	9,350
Kurdish	5,760	4,910	15	240	595
Pashto	8,165	7,095	5	250	815
Persian (Farsi)	98,905	85,155	105	5,710	7,940
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	2,845	2,520	5	115	210
Dravidian languages	130,565	116,435	55	4,045	10,030
Kannada	1,805	1,695	5	75	30
Malayalam	10,740	10,060	5	360	325
Tamil	111,060	98,175	50	3,375	9,455
Telugu	6,730	6,290	0	225	215
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	225	215	0	10	5
Japanese	12,215	10,845	10	535	820
Korean	64,080	54,530	30	2,280	7,235
Sino-Tibetan languages	520,320	402,125	260	16,145	101,790
Chinese languages	513,165	396,145	255	16,010	100,755
Cantonese	186,865	139,600	75	6,085	41,100
Chaochow (Teochow)	1,415	1,000	0	55	360
Fukien	3,415	2,090	0	60	1,255
Hakka	3,535	2,885	10	140	505
Mandarin	118,390	92,405	55	3,705	22,225
Shanghainese	1,410	935	5	40	435
Taiwanese	3,020	2,465	0	125	430
Chinese, n.o.s.	195,120	154,760	110	5,795	34,450
Tibetan languages	3,970	3,435	5	90	440
Burmese	1,405	1,255	0	25	115
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	1,775	1,285	0	15	480
Tai languages	8,265	7,070	20	395	775
Lao	5,350	4,580	15	315	435
Thai	2,915	2,490	0	80	345
Austro-Asiatic languages	73,120	59,100	120	3,450	10,445
Khmer (Cambodian)	7,205	5,960	15	345	890
Vietnamese	65,915	53,150	105	3,105	9,555
Malayo-Polynesian languages	163,510	159,475	35	2,140	1,860
Bisayan languages	6,380	6,250	0	80	50
Ilocano	8,050	7,825	0	60	160
Malay	5,305	5,000	5	175	130
Pampango	1,120	1,090	0	15	20
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	140,810	137,610	20	1,725	1,450
Bikol	460	450	0	0	5
Malagasy	75	5	10	65	0
Fijian	80	65	0	5	5
Pangasinan	435	420	0	0	10
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	800	755	5	20	20
Niger-Congo languages	32,345	26,190	840	4,740	575
Akan (Twi)	9,680	9,180	10	360	130
Bantu languages	12,860	8,530	670	3,350	310
Lingala	755	55	170	515	15
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,035	80	160	760	25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	1,115	260	105	725	30
Shona	1,515	1,465	0	50	5
Swahili	4,750	3,665	140	750	185
Ganda	650	610	0	35	5
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	3,040	2,395	100	500	40
Edo	1,020	980	0	20	15
Igbo	1,620	1,540	0	60	20
Wolof	160	30	15	115	0
Bamanankan	65	10	15	45	0
Ewe	535	435	15	80	10
Ga	625	585	0	35	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5,780	4,900	115	680	90
African languages, n.i.e.	3,075	2,755	15	235	70
Creoles	9,645	2,890	1,385	5,070	300
Non-verbal languages	2,635	1,360	10	85	1,190
American Sign Language	1,050	705	0	50	290
Quebec Sign Language	5	0	0	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	1,575	650	5	30	895
Other languages	1,230	1,000	0	70	155
Multiple responses	287,290	216,410	1,480	67,715	1,690
English and French	46,605	6,835	355	39,395	25
English and non-official language	219,425	202,900	120	14,960	1,460
French and non-official language	13,645	5,125	945	7,395	180
English, French and non-official language	7,610	1,550	65	5,970	25

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Footnote 1: Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

Date modified:: 2020-04-18

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