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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 Oakville, T
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 181,455 158,540 140 20,410 2,360
Single responses 177,435 155,510 130 19,440 2,355
English 126,220 113,765 0 12,410 45
French 3,280 160 90 3,025 0
Non-official languages 47,935 41,590 40 4,000 2,305
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 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 5 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 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 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 5 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 11,475 9,585 10 1,255 625
Italian 3,525 2,960 5 460 100
Portuguese 3,530 3,010 5 180 335
Romanian 945 635 0 260 55
Spanish 3,460 2,975 0 355 130
Catalan 10 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 5
Germanic languages 2,995 2,535 0 450 10
Dutch 665 550 0 110 0
Flemish 25 10 0 15 0
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0
German 1,885 1,595 0 275 10
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 235 205 0 25 0
Danish 110 95 0 15 0
Icelandic 15 15 0 5 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0
Swedish 90 80 0 10 0
Afrikaans 175 160 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 15 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 10,695 9,500 5 765 425
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 95 80 0 5 5
Bulgarian 215 180 0 25 10
Croatian 1,920 1,770 5 85 60
Czech 290 270 0 20 0
Macedonian 330 285 0 30 15
Polish 3,535 3,160 0 235 135
Russian 1,515 1,300 5 125 85
Serbian 1,360 1,170 5 120 70
Serbo-Croatian 105 95 0 5 5
Slovak 385 345 0 30 10
Slovenian 130 120 0 15 0
Ukrainian 775 675 0 70 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Baltic languages 270 245 0 25 0
Latvian 90 75 0 10 0
Lithuanian 185 165 5 10 5
Greek 635 510 0 105 20
Armenian 170 120 0 45 0
Albanian 175 145 0 20 15
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 890 790 0 80 25
Estonian 80 70 0 15 5
Finnish 130 120 0 10 0
Hungarian 680 595 0 60 20
Turkic languages 360 310 0 35 15
Azerbaijani 10 15 0 0 0
Turkish 335 285 0 35 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,820 2,320 10 390 95
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 50 40 5 5 5
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0
Somali 40 35 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,760 2,275 10 385 95
Amharic 20 20 0 5 0
Arabic 2,400 1,945 10 360 85
Hebrew 50 45 0 5 0
Maltese 110 105 0 5 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 170 155 0 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 10 5
Indo-Iranian languages 7,550 6,750 5 400 400
Indo-Aryan languages 6,100 5,485 0 315 305
Bengali 205 185 0 20 5
Gujarati 625 565 0 35 30
Hindi 825 750 0 55 15
Konkani 55 55 0 0 0
Marathi 60 60 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,195 1,915 0 85 195
Sindhi 60 55 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 180 175 0 5 0
Urdu 1,870 1,715 0 95 55
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,385 1,205 0 85 90
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 5
Pashto 250 225 0 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,115 955 5 80 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 500 470 0 15 10
Kannada 15 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 105 95 0 5 5
Tamil 345 320 0 10 10
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 195 180 0 5 10
Korean 2,165 1,880 0 85 195
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,265 3,660 0 190 410
Chinese languages 4,245 3,645 5 190 405
Cantonese 1,005 880 5 45 80
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5
Fukien 50 45 0 0 5
Hakka 20 15 5 5 0
Mandarin 1,210 1,020 0 55 130
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,915 1,650 0 80 180
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 65 0 5 5
Lao 15 15 0 5 0
Thai 60 50 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 435 370 0 40 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 425 365 0 40 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,905 1,860 0 30 10
Bisayan languages 50 50 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 0
Malay 85 80 0 5 0
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,705 1,670 0 25 10
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 235 215 0 20 5
Akan (Twi) 85 75 0 10 0
Bantu languages 75 65 0 10 0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 30 25 0 10 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Creoles 40 10 0 25 0
Non-verbal languages 30 25 0 0 10
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,020 3,035 10 965 10
English and French 510 65 5 445 0
English and non-official language 3,210 2,900 0 300 10
French and non-official language 160 55 10 100 0
English, French and non-official language 140 15 0 125 5

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

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