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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 Toronto, C
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 2,589,085 2,222,695 2,975 227,375 136,035
Single responses 2,503,940 2,151,670 2,655 214,260 135,350
English 1,317,025 1,189,065 105 126,295 1,570
French 32,665 2,305 1,170 29,160 30
Non-official languages 1,154,245 960,300 1,385 58,805 133,745
Aboriginal languages 485 455 0 20 5
Algonquian languages 360 345 0 20 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 105 95 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 105 95 0 10 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 10 10 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 230 220 0 5 5
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 20 15 0 5 5
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 5 0 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 5 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 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 5
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Mohawk 20 20 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0
Oneida 5 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 10 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 20 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 5 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Romance languages 214,060 170,795 340 15,530 27,400
Italian 71,725 57,080 75 4,350 10,215
Portuguese 58,175 44,880 115 2,765 10,420
Romanian 13,300 8,925 50 3,560 760
Spanish 70,760 59,830 90 4,830 6,000
Catalan 85 55 0 25 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages 26,000 22,120 20 3,660 195
Dutch 3,575 2,865 5 695 5
Flemish 150 90 0 65 0
Frisian 50 40 0 10 0
German 16,790 14,435 15 2,260 80
Yiddish 3,325 2,865 0 355 95
Scandinavian languages 1,730 1,480 0 245 5
Danish 715 645 0 65 5
Icelandic 65 55 0 10 0
Norwegian 265 220 0 45 5
Swedish 690 560 0 125 0
Afrikaans 345 330 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 15 0
Celtic languages 295 250 0 50 0
Gaelic languages 210 170 0 30 0
Welsh 85 75 0 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 122,485 105,285 115 8,945 8,140
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 125 100 0 15 10
Bosnian 1,035 885 0 75 70
Bulgarian 4,530 3,820 15 480 215
Croatian 6,035 5,405 5 420 205
Czech 3,430 2,890 0 315 220
Macedonian 6,760 6,110 5 220 435
Polish 27,885 24,190 20 2,070 1,600
Russian 36,950 31,065 35 2,445 3,405
Serbian 13,420 11,460 15 1,200 740
Serbo-Croatian 1,695 1,425 5 190 75
Slovak 2,405 2,090 0 145 170
Slovenian 2,120 1,950 5 145 30
Ukrainian 15,640 13,480 10 1,200 950
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 450 410 0 25 15
Baltic languages 4,005 3,465 5 475 60
Latvian 1,940 1,665 0 250 25
Lithuanian 2,065 1,805 5 225 35
Greek 29,015 25,570 15 1,315 2,125
Armenian 6,485 4,905 40 1,090 455
Albanian 8,060 6,835 15 580 630
Georgian 650 525 0 20 105
Finno-Ugric languages 17,520 13,990 15 1,500 2,015
Estonian 2,400 2,075 0 300 25
Finnish 1,590 1,445 0 120 25
Hungarian 13,525 10,470 15 1,085 1,960
Turkic languages 9,465 8,000 5 495 965
Azerbaijani 820 710 0 45 65
Turkish 7,860 6,620 5 430 805
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 780 665 0 25 95
Mongolian 200 175 0 10 15
Afro-Asiatic languages 58,900 49,765 185 5,015 3,935
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 13,085 11,675 35 620 760
Oromo 885 790 5 45 50
Somali 12,200 10,885 25 575 715
Semitic languages 45,715 38,070 145 4,340 3,165
Amharic 5,690 5,285 10 230 170
Arabic 26,080 20,490 130 3,495 1,960
Hebrew 4,420 3,915 5 435 70
Maltese 1,710 1,650 5 35 20
Tigrigna 3,290 3,055 0 70 160
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 4,530 3,675 5 65 785
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 90 20 5 55 10
Indo-Iranian languages 183,680 162,535 135 6,355 14,655
Indo-Aryan languages 135,705 121,285 75 4,000 10,345
Bengali 24,325 22,215 15 970 1,125
Gujarati 28,240 24,490 15 720 3,010
Hindi 12,955 12,005 10 450 485
Konkani 695 645 0 35 10
Marathi 1,285 1,165 0 65 55
Panjabi (Punjabi) 23,000 19,365 10 590 3,040
Sindhi 2,565 2,295 5 130 140
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,280 3,135 0 80 70
Urdu 38,010 34,715 25 930 2,340
Nepali 1,350 1,245 0 40 70
Iranian languages 46,950 40,355 60 2,325 4,210
Kurdish 1,475 1,230 0 45 200
Pashto 3,570 3,050 0 85 435
Persian (Farsi) 41,905 36,075 50 2,200 3,575
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 1,030 895 0 30 100
Dravidian languages 67,635 59,865 35 1,840 5,895
Kannada 475 450 0 10 10
Malayalam 3,000 2,840 0 75 85
Tamil 61,605 54,165 35 1,685 5,720
Telugu 2,485 2,340 5 65 75
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 0 0
Japanese 6,225 5,585 5 230 405
Korean 31,135 25,960 10 975 4,185
Sino-Tibetan languages 240,295 177,520 110 6,170 56,495
Chinese languages 235,675 173,540 105 6,080 55,955
Cantonese 83,955 58,295 35 2,465 23,155
Chaochow (Teochow) 690 480 0 20 190
Fukien 2,060 1,105 0 35 925
Hakka 1,630 1,315 5 55 250
Mandarin 59,820 45,575 25 1,450 12,765
Shanghainese 735 460 0 20 250
Taiwanese 1,555 1,260 0 60 240
Chinese, n.o.s. 85,235 65,045 40 1,975 18,175
Tibetan languages 3,625 3,145 0 70 405
Burmese 635 570 0 10 60
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 265 0 5 85
Tai languages 1,690 1,470 0 65 155
Lao 700 595 0 45 55
Thai 990 875 0 20 95
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,940 19,810 40 855 4,245
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,365 1,090 5 55 210
Vietnamese 23,580 18,710 35 800 4,030
Malayo-Polynesian languages 82,395 80,505 10 885 1,000
Bisayan languages 3,435 3,380 0 30 25
Ilocano 5,120 4,980 0 40 100
Malay 1,805 1,695 0 55 50
Pampango 580 560 0 10 15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 70,465 68,935 5 735 790
Bikol 250 245 0 5 5
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 20 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 265 255 0 0 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 455 435 0 5 10
Niger-Congo languages 14,090 12,330 165 1,325 265
Akan (Twi) 4,765 4,560 5 120 75
Bantu languages 5,135 4,000 135 865 125
Lingala 325 25 60 235 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 205 25 15 155 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 265 85 10 170 5
Shona 560 550 0 10 0
Swahili 2,065 1,815 15 155 80
Ganda 290 280 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 1,420 1,230 30 140 20
Edo 660 645 0 10 10
Igbo 630 590 0 25 10
Wolof 50 20 0 35 0
Bamanankan 25 0 0 20 0
Ewe 165 140 0 10 5
Ga 225 210 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 2,445 2,155 25 225 50
African languages, n.i.e. 870 795 0 65 10
Creoles 2,880 1,355 135 1,310 80
Non-verbal languages 505 225 5 5 270
American Sign Language 165 115 0 0 55
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 335 110 0 5 220
Other languages 275 225 0 15 30
Multiple responses 85,150 71,025 315 13,115 690
English and French 6,345 1,075 70 5,195 5
English and non-official language 72,995 68,000 45 4,355 605
French and non-official language 3,715 1,445 185 2,005 80
English, French and non-official language 2,090 510 20 1,555 5

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

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