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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 Vaughan, 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 286,945 258,300 175 16,950 11,520
Single responses 276,805 249,495 155 15,700 11,455
English 131,765 124,320 5 7,330 110
French 1,790 140 40 1,610 0
Non-official languages 143,250 125,035 110 6,755 11,345
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 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 0 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 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 5 5 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 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 54,655 47,270 55 2,965 4,370
Italian 40,405 35,165 35 1,760 3,450
Portuguese 4,450 3,885 5 205 365
Romanian 2,430 1,780 5 495 150
Spanish 7,365 6,440 10 510 410
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,895 1,710 5 170 15
Dutch 155 140 0 20 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 720 645 5 75 5
Yiddish 925 840 0 75 10
Scandinavian languages 65 55 0 5 0
Danish 25 25 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 30 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 23,730 20,850 15 1,265 1,605
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 30 25 0 0 5
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 0
Bulgarian 295 250 5 25 20
Croatian 640 595 0 30 15
Czech 90 90 0 5 0
Macedonian 390 365 0 15 15
Polish 1,860 1,705 0 95 60
Russian 18,700 16,280 10 995 1,420
Serbian 635 560 5 50 25
Serbo-Croatian 55 50 0 5 0
Slovak 120 120 0 5 0
Slovenian 180 175 0 10 0
Ukrainian 640 555 0 25 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0 0
Baltic languages 180 170 0 10 0
Latvian 65 60 0 5 0
Lithuanian 110 110 0 0 5
Greek 1,605 1,490 0 70 45
Armenian 565 445 0 85 35
Albanian 800 695 5 45 60
Georgian 80 65 0 5 5
Finno-Ugric languages 1,075 955 0 85 30
Estonian 40 40 0 0 0
Finnish 55 50 0 0 0
Hungarian 980 865 0 80 35
Turkic languages 1,135 960 0 65 110
Azerbaijani 90 75 0 5 10
Turkish 1,010 855 0 55 95
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,760 8,710 15 560 480
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 130 105 0 10 10
Oromo 20 20 0 0 0
Somali 110 90 0 15 5
Semitic languages 9,630 8,600 15 550 470
Amharic 110 100 0 0 5
Arabic 2,820 2,390 10 250 175
Hebrew 4,615 4,265 5 265 80
Maltese 195 195 0 5 5
Tigrigna 80 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,805 1,585 0 20 205
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 18,395 16,095 10 680 1,615
Indo-Aryan languages 13,350 11,675 10 455 1,215
Bengali 335 305 0 20 10
Gujarati 2,410 2,115 0 85 220
Hindi 1,350 1,225 0 65 55
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 90 85 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,835 4,090 0 135 605
Sindhi 100 80 0 15 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 150 150 0 0 0
Urdu 4,050 3,600 0 135 320
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 4,980 4,355 0 225 395
Kurdish 280 230 0 5 40
Pashto 100 95 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 4,600 4,035 0 215 350
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,720 3,355 0 95 260
Kannada 15 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 330 305 0 10 15
Tamil 3,275 2,945 0 85 245
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 150 130 0 5 15
Korean 3,470 2,990 0 115 360
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,310 9,440 0 295 1,575
Chinese languages 11,275 9,410 5 295 1,570
Cantonese 4,045 3,295 0 100 650
Chaochow (Teochow) 115 90 0 5 20
Fukien 55 50 0 0 5
Hakka 100 75 0 10 15
Mandarin 2,420 2,060 5 65 290
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 60 50 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,465 3,780 0 110 575
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 35 30 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 280 250 5 15 20
Lao 230 200 0 10 15
Thai 55 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,400 3,655 5 110 625
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 350 0 10 35
Vietnamese 4,005 3,305 5 100 590
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,345 5,225 0 50 75
Bisayan languages 95 90 0 0 0
Ilocano 370 360 0 0 5
Malay 130 125 0 0 5
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,675 4,570 0 40 60
Bikol 10 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 555 515 0 30 5
Akan (Twi) 225 215 0 15 0
Bantu languages 70 65 0 10 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 20 15 0 5 0
Swahili 35 25 0 5 5
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Edo 25 20 0 0 5
Igbo 75 75 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 0 0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 120 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Creoles 70 30 0 35 0
Non-verbal languages 35 5 0 5 25
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 20
Other languages 10 5 0 5 0
Multiple responses 10,135 8,800 20 1,250 65
English and French 395 65 5 325 0
English and non-official language 9,115 8,515 5 540 60
French and non-official language 415 180 10 225 5
English, French and non-official language 210 45 5 160 0

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

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