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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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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in York
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 1,026,635 910,275 610 67,255 48,500
Single responses 995,175 883,580 555 62,750 48,285
English 523,690 489,545 15 33,645 480
French 8,310 625 200 7,475 10
Non-official languages 463,170 393,405 345 21,625 47,800
Aboriginal languages 55 45 0 0 10
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 0 5
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 20 15 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 15 5 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 5 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 5 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 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 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. 10 10 0 0 5
Romance languages 86,185 74,445 100 5,815 5,825
Italian 58,305 51,130 50 2,955 4,165
Portuguese 7,380 6,505 5 395 480
Romanian 6,470 4,685 30 1,335 415
Spanish 14,010 12,105 15 1,125 760
Catalan 20 15 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 9,330 8,410 0 880 40
Dutch 1,730 1,580 0 145 5
Flemish 40 25 0 15 0
Frisian 20 15 0 0 0
German 5,590 5,040 5 525 20
Yiddish 1,220 1,085 0 120 15
Scandinavian languages 535 490 0 45 5
Danish 315 300 0 15 0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 60 60 0 5 0
Swedish 140 120 0 20 0
Afrikaans 190 170 0 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Celtic languages 45 40 0 10 0
Gaelic languages 20 20 0 5 0
Welsh 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 48,660 42,670 25 2,900 3,065
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 65 55 0 5 5
Bosnian 145 140 0 5 5
Bulgarian 810 695 5 80 30
Croatian 1,305 1,205 0 70 25
Czech 505 455 0 50 0
Macedonian 2,880 2,715 0 70 90
Polish 4,885 4,405 5 320 150
Russian 33,315 28,790 10 1,960 2,560
Serbian 1,715 1,500 5 135 75
Serbo-Croatian 165 150 0 15 0
Slovak 475 440 0 35 5
Slovenian 490 470 0 20 0
Ukrainian 1,810 1,565 5 130 110
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5
Baltic languages 670 610 0 45 10
Latvian 320 280 0 30 5
Lithuanian 355 330 0 15 10
Greek 7,690 7,165 5 310 210
Armenian 3,300 2,575 5 565 155
Albanian 1,260 1,085 5 70 95
Georgian 115 95 0 0 10
Finno-Ugric languages 4,390 3,965 0 335 90
Estonian 425 380 0 45 0
Finnish 625 590 0 25 5
Hungarian 3,340 2,990 5 265 80
Turkic languages 2,515 2,155 0 140 215
Azerbaijani 390 335 0 25 35
Turkish 2,025 1,730 0 115 175
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 5 5
Mongolian 15 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 18,560 15,960 45 1,710 840
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 425 345 0 50 30
Oromo 55 45 0 5 5
Somali 375 300 0 45 30
Semitic languages 18,130 15,610 45 1,655 810
Amharic 205 190 5 5 10
Arabic 9,620 7,840 45 1,260 475
Hebrew 5,785 5,330 5 350 100
Maltese 405 390 0 10 0
Tigrigna 115 110 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,000 1,750 0 20 225
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 70,790 62,715 55 3,010 5,010
Indo-Aryan languages 41,685 37,295 25 1,480 2,875
Bengali 1,225 1,145 0 45 30
Gujarati 9,260 8,170 10 380 700
Hindi 4,940 4,575 5 190 170
Konkani 170 165 0 0 5
Marathi 355 325 0 20 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10,145 8,680 5 315 1,150
Sindhi 1,270 1,140 5 90 40
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 880 830 0 25 30
Urdu 13,350 12,185 10 410 740
Nepali 90 80 0 5 5
Iranian languages 28,845 25,180 25 1,520 2,115
Kurdish 540 465 0 20 50
Pashto 470 400 0 25 40
Persian (Farsi) 27,835 24,310 25 1,475 2,030
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 260 235 0 10 15
Dravidian languages 22,110 19,685 0 640 1,770
Kannada 120 115 0 0 0
Malayalam 1,190 1,120 0 25 40
Tamil 20,295 17,980 5 590 1,720
Telugu 490 455 0 30 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Japanese 1,120 1,005 0 25 90
Korean 11,595 9,960 10 415 1,205
Sino-Tibetan languages 149,250 117,545 45 3,885 27,775
Chinese languages 149,065 117,385 45 3,885 27,750
Cantonese 69,980 55,150 15 1,905 12,915
Chaochow (Teochow) 360 240 0 15 105
Fukien 845 565 0 15 270
Hakka 1,490 1,230 0 50 215
Mandarin 25,395 19,575 15 660 5,150
Shanghainese 355 225 0 10 130
Taiwanese 640 515 0 20 100
Chinese, n.o.s. 50,000 39,885 15 1,220 8,880
Tibetan languages 30 30 0 0 5
Burmese 140 120 0 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 5
Tai languages 1,115 995 0 45 80
Lao 865 760 0 40 70
Thai 250 235 0 5 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,480 6,215 10 270 980
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,180 1,005 0 35 135
Vietnamese 6,295 5,215 10 230 850
Malayo-Polynesian languages 14,945 14,590 0 155 195
Bisayan languages 380 375 0 5 5
Ilocano 735 710 0 5 20
Malay 735 695 0 15 25
Pampango 60 55 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,910 12,635 0 125 150
Bikol 35 35 0 5 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 5 0
Pangasinan 30 30 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,375 1,225 5 110 35
Akan (Twi) 380 355 0 20 5
Bantu languages 480 410 0 50 20
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 5 0 0 0
Shona 55 45 0 5 0
Swahili 305 270 0 10 20
Ganda 25 20 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 10 5
Edo 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 120 120 0 5 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 20 20 0 0 0
Ga 35 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 300 260 0 30 5
African languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5
Creoles 400 110 10 275 5
Non-verbal languages 130 45 0 5 75
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 30 0 0 70
Other languages 20 20 0 0 0
Multiple responses 31,465 26,695 55 4,510 210
English and French 1,830 315 5 1,510 0
English and non-official language 27,775 25,760 15 1,805 195
French and non-official language 1,090 475 25 570 15
English, French and non-official language 770 140 5 625 0

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

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