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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 Winnipeg, 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 655,600 578,910 925 67,280 8,485
Single responses 638,095 564,505 845 64,335 8,410
English 468,305 429,850 15 38,255 185
French 23,455 1,740 665 21,045 0
Non-official languages 146,340 132,915 165 5,035 8,225
Aboriginal languages 3,705 3,630 0 55 20
Algonquian languages 3,475 3,415 0 35 20
Algonquin 5 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 1,140 1,125 0 15 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,115 1,095 0 15 5
Swampy Cree 20 20 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,640 1,605 0 20 15
Oji-Cree 685 680 0 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 50 40 0 10 0
Athapaskan languages 35 40 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 35 35 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 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 40 40 0 0 0
Dakota 40 40 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 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) 5 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 55 55 0 0 0
Inuktitut 45 40 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Romance languages 15,710 13,595 15 1,060 1,045
Italian 3,720 3,310 5 235 180
Portuguese 5,355 4,460 15 300 580
Romanian 525 415 0 90 15
Spanish 6,110 5,405 0 430 270
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 19,185 18,370 5 675 135
Dutch 1,515 1,400 0 115 0
Flemish 170 125 0 40 0
Frisian 25 25 0 5 0
German 16,260 15,660 5 470 125
Yiddish 470 445 5 20 0
Scandinavian languages 590 565 0 25 0
Danish 195 180 0 15 5
Icelandic 195 190 0 0 0
Norwegian 70 70 0 0 0
Swedish 135 125 0 10 0
Afrikaans 155 145 0 0 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 65 0 15 0
Gaelic languages 45 40 0 5 0
Welsh 25 20 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages 23,035 21,320 10 880 830
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 585 530 0 20 35
Bulgarian 120 100 0 10 10
Croatian 910 855 0 35 25
Czech 520 480 0 35 5
Macedonian 135 120 0 5 10
Polish 5,845 5,285 5 280 280
Russian 3,955 3,570 0 115 260
Serbian 565 505 0 25 35
Serbo-Croatian 295 260 0 20 20
Slovak 325 295 0 35 5
Slovenian 250 245 0 5 0
Ukrainian 9,410 8,965 5 295 145
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 5 0
Baltic languages 160 150 0 5 5
Latvian 75 70 0 0 0
Lithuanian 85 80 0 5 0
Greek 1,050 965 0 45 40
Armenian 35 30 0 5 0
Albanian 285 255 0 10 20
Georgian 5 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,260 1,155 0 85 20
Estonian 30 25 0 5 0
Finnish 155 145 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,075 985 0 70 20
Turkic languages 225 210 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 35 30 0 5 0
Turkish 160 150 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 10 10 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,290 5,395 30 440 420
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 5
Cushitic languages 1,145 985 0 55 105
Oromo 350 295 0 15 35
Somali 800 690 5 40 65
Semitic languages 5,100 4,390 25 375 310
Amharic 1,155 1,095 0 20 40
Arabic 2,660 2,125 20 315 195
Hebrew 330 305 0 20 5
Maltese 25 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 920 830 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 45 20 5 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages 16,740 14,750 5 365 1,625
Indo-Aryan languages 14,635 12,935 5 290 1,410
Bengali 645 605 0 15 25
Gujarati 975 890 0 20 65
Hindi 1,285 1,195 0 35 55
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 9,285 8,020 0 170 1,100
Sindhi 60 45 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 495 465 0 10 15
Urdu 1,495 1,405 0 30 55
Nepali 325 245 0 0 75
Iranian languages 2,065 1,775 0 70 210
Kurdish 365 300 0 15 50
Pashto 180 150 0 5 25
Persian (Farsi) 1,520 1,330 0 55 140
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 825 770 0 15 40
Kannada 45 45 0 0 0
Malayalam 290 270 0 5 15
Tamil 355 330 0 10 15
Telugu 135 120 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 410 380 0 10 20
Korean 2,395 2,050 5 50 295
Sino-Tibetan languages 12,220 9,760 5 220 2,235
Chinese languages 11,770 9,460 5 220 2,080
Cantonese 3,205 2,440 0 70 690
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 25 0 0 10
Fukien 35 25 0 0 0
Hakka 25 20 0 0 5
Mandarin 2,070 1,755 5 50 265
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 60 50 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,330 5,135 0 90 1,100
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 60 45 0 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 390 245 0 0 140
Tai languages 1,005 840 0 65 95
Lao 820 670 0 65 90
Thai 185 170 0 5 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,410 2,805 5 75 520
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 215 0 0 45
Vietnamese 3,150 2,590 5 75 480
Malayo-Polynesian languages 35,085 34,130 5 325 625
Bisayan languages 765 745 0 5 10
Ilocano 875 860 0 5 20
Malay 110 110 0 0 5
Pampango 455 450 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 32,590 31,695 5 315 575
Bikol 110 105 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 100 95 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 2,015 1,360 80 505 70
Akan (Twi) 95 90 0 10 0
Bantu languages 1,150 640 55 405 60
Lingala 50 5 10 30 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 35 5 40 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 140 45 10 85 5
Shona 60 55 0 0 0
Swahili 560 300 25 195 35
Ganda 30 25 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 225 175 5 45 5
Edo 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 130 125 0 5 0
Wolof 40 0 5 30 0
Bamanankan 20 0 0 10 0
Ewe 25 10 5 10 0
Ga 15 15 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 530 460 10 35 15
African languages, n.i.e. 495 455 0 20 25
Creoles 335 250 5 75 5
Non-verbal languages 275 170 0 10 100
American Sign Language 170 115 0 10 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 105 50 0 5 60
Other languages 85 60 0 0 30
Multiple responses 17,505 14,405 80 2,945 75
English and French 2,565 555 20 1,995 0
English and non-official language 13,730 13,185 5 475 65
French and non-official language 925 565 55 295 10
English, French and non-official language 280 105 0 180 0

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

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