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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 Essex
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 384,930 341,720 455 35,775 6,985
Single responses 376,960 335,870 435 33,705 6,950
English 281,970 262,940 15 18,940 80
French 11,705 1,530 270 9,905 0
Non-official languages 83,275 71,400 150 4,865 6,865
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Michif 5 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 5 0 0 0
Oneida 5 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 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 5
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 5
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. 10 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 20,550 16,610 25 1,495 2,420
Italian 10,785 9,545 0 625 610
Portuguese 2,390 2,005 10 110 265
Romanian 2,405 1,860 5 440 110
Spanish 4,965 3,200 10 325 1,435
Catalan 5 10 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Germanic languages 10,045 9,330 0 205 515
Dutch 815 755 0 60 0
Flemish 95 85 0 10 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 8,950 8,310 5 125 515
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 110 105 0 5 0
Danish 85 80 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 15 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 25 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Welsh 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 13,025 11,995 5 565 460
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 330 300 0 15 15
Bulgarian 100 90 0 10 0
Croatian 1,845 1,745 0 60 40
Czech 195 185 5 10 0
Macedonian 1,210 1,130 0 25 50
Polish 3,425 3,095 5 195 135
Russian 555 465 0 55 35
Serbian 3,040 2,790 5 125 125
Serbo-Croatian 215 200 0 10 5
Slovak 1,030 970 0 30 30
Slovenian 195 190 0 5 0
Ukrainian 725 685 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 145 140 0 0 5
Baltic languages 95 90 0 0 0
Latvian 15 20 0 0 0
Lithuanian 80 75 0 5 5
Greek 1,100 1,030 0 40 35
Armenian 230 190 0 25 10
Albanian 1,080 940 0 55 80
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,695 1,570 0 55 60
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0
Finnish 160 155 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,515 1,400 0 55 55
Turkic languages 450 405 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 400 360 0 15 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 14,790 11,990 50 1,470 1,280
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 620 505 0 10 105
Oromo 45 40 0 5 0
Somali 575 460 0 10 100
Semitic languages 14,150 11,475 50 1,445 1,175
Amharic 125 120 0 0 0
Arabic 11,550 9,235 50 1,385 880
Hebrew 35 30 0 5 0
Maltese 235 230 5 10 0
Tigrigna 120 110 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,085 1,760 0 45 280
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,025 6,275 0 265 475
Indo-Aryan languages 6,195 5,545 0 225 420
Bengali 620 555 0 35 30
Gujarati 630 565 0 15 55
Hindi 600 555 0 30 10
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 80 75 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,095 1,800 0 80 215
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 120 0 0 0
Urdu 1,920 1,785 0 55 75
Nepali 95 60 0 0 35
Iranian languages 775 680 5 45 45
Kurdish 130 110 5 0 20
Pashto 30 30 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 610 545 0 40 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 555 520 0 15 20
Kannada 30 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 150 140 0 5 5
Tamil 255 240 0 10 10
Telugu 115 115 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 70 0 5 5
Korean 415 370 0 15 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,045 4,930 5 210 900
Chinese languages 5,830 4,785 5 205 830
Cantonese 1,230 995 0 40 195
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 5 0
Mandarin 1,110 915 0 55 140
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,440 2,835 0 110 495
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 20 20 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 200 125 0 5 70
Tai languages 430 290 0 10 135
Lao 245 205 0 15 30
Thai 190 85 0 0 105
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,375 2,030 10 60 270
Khmer (Cambodian) 450 375 0 10 70
Vietnamese 1,925 1,660 10 50 205
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,035 1,975 0 35 20
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 70 70 0 0 5
Malay 60 55 0 0 5
Pampango 10 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,800 1,755 0 30 15
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 685 435 30 195 25
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 5 0
Bantu languages 375 155 30 165 20
Lingala 15 5 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 10 0 30 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 90 15 5 70 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 140 65 15 45 10
Ganda 20 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 40 10 10 0
Edo 15 10 0 5 0
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 15 5
African languages, n.i.e. 205 190 0 0 10
Creoles 185 50 10 110 15
Non-verbal languages 85 40 0 0 40
American Sign Language 35 25 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 20 0 0 35
Other languages 30 10 0 0 15
Multiple responses 7,975 5,845 25 2,070 35
English and French 1,720 430 5 1,280 0
English and non-official language 5,555 5,155 5 370 20
French and non-official language 440 210 10 205 15
English, French and non-official language 265 50 0 215 0

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

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