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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 Guelph, 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 121,085 109,280 50 10,360 1,395
Single responses 119,345 107,910 45 10,000 1,395
English 95,845 88,410 0 7,410 20
French 1,605 120 25 1,465 0
Non-official languages 21,885 19,385 20 1,125 1,365
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 5 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 5 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) 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 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 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 4,075 3,585 5 315 165
Italian 2,325 2,095 0 125 100
Portuguese 330 280 0 35 10
Romanian 260 185 0 50 15
Spanish 1,160 1,020 0 105 40
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,860 1,665 0 190 0
Dutch 760 715 0 50 0
Flemish 25 15 0 10 0
Frisian 15 15 0 0 0
German 920 805 0 115 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 110 100 0 15 0
Danish 75 70 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 5 0
Swedish 20 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 5
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,810 2,550 0 160 100
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 85 85 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0
Croatian 145 130 0 5 5
Czech 105 95 0 10 0
Macedonian 35 35 0 0 0
Polish 1,290 1,190 0 55 40
Russian 235 200 0 20 15
Serbian 495 430 0 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 60 55 0 0 0
Slovak 65 55 0 5 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 5 0
Ukrainian 220 195 0 15 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 60 50 0 10 0
Latvian 30 30 0 0 0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 5 0
Greek 210 190 0 10 10
Armenian 60 50 0 10 0
Albanian 60 50 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 985 915 5 30 35
Estonian 15 10 0 0 0
Finnish 30 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 940 870 5 30 40
Turkic languages 390 330 0 10 40
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 80 65 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 305 265 0 10 35
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 815 720 5 55 35
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 40 35 0 5 10
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0
Somali 40 30 0 0 10
Semitic languages 770 685 5 55 30
Amharic 120 105 0 0 5
Arabic 530 465 0 45 20
Hebrew 35 35 5 0 0
Maltese 55 50 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,885 3,445 0 115 320
Indo-Aryan languages 2,875 2,565 0 75 235
Bengali 215 205 0 5 5
Gujarati 455 395 0 10 45
Hindi 245 225 0 10 5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 40 35 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,270 1,080 0 30 155
Sindhi 30 30 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 0 0
Urdu 495 465 0 10 25
Nepali 30 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 985 860 0 45 85
Kurdish 30 25 0 0 0
Pashto 145 135 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 805 695 0 35 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 350 330 0 10 15
Kannada 20 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 80 75 0 5 0
Tamil 220 205 0 5 15
Telugu 20 25 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 65 60 0 5 5
Korean 185 160 0 10 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,785 2,365 0 100 320
Chinese languages 2,775 2,360 5 95 320
Cantonese 765 620 5 25 120
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 630 550 0 30 50
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,325 1,140 0 40 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 200 175 0 5 20
Lao 160 140 0 5 10
Thai 40 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,570 1,285 5 25 260
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 80 0 0 20
Vietnamese 1,460 1,200 0 20 240
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,220 1,185 0 25 10
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0
Malay 55 50 5 0 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,045 1,015 0 20 5
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 155 120 5 25 5
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 90 55 5 25 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 55 30 0 15 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 0
Creoles 20 20 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 40 30 0 0 5
American Sign Language 25 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,740 1,370 10 360 5
English and French 275 45 0 225 0
English and non-official language 1,390 1,300 0 90 5
French and non-official language 50 25 0 25 5
English, French and non-official language 15 5 0 15 0

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

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