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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Vaughan, CY
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 286,945 270,980 2,100 2,515 11,345 3,360 1.2
Single responses 264,305 248,945 1,835 2,185 11,345 2,925 1.1
English 188,740 187,675 1,070 0 0 1,065 0.6
French 675 60 620 0 0 620 91.9
Non-official languages 74,890 61,210 150 2,185 11,345 1,240 1.7
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 21,325 16,180 65 720 4,355 425 2.0
Italian 14,255 10,590 35 195 3,435 130 0.9
Portuguese 1,735 1,310 10 60 355 40 2.3
Romanian 1,325 905 5 270 150 140 10.6
Spanish 4,005 3,375 20 195 420 115 2.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 185 170 0 10 5 5 2.7
Dutch 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 95 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 14,995 12,830 15 540 1,615 285 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 170 140 0 10 15 5 2.9
Croatian 225 200 0 5 15 0 0.0
Czech 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 145 125 0 5 10 0 0.0
Polish 660 590 0 20 50 10 1.5
Russian 13,035 11,090 10 470 1,465 245 1.9
Serbian 315 275 0 15 20 10 3.2
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 270 245 0 0 25 5 1.9
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 65 60 0 5 0 5 7.7
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 480 430 0 10 45 5 1.0
Armenian 300 225 0 40 30 20 6.7
Albanian 375 300 5 15 60 10 2.7
Georgian 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 310 265 0 10 35 5 1.6
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 300 255 0 10 30 5 1.7
Turkic languages 745 610 0 30 100 15 2.0
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 5 5 12.5
Turkish 690 565 0 30 100 10 1.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,175 4,435 45 200 495 145 2.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 5,125 4,395 45 200 485 145 2.8
Amharic 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,410 1,130 10 75 195 50 3.5
Hebrew 2,415 2,170 30 120 95 90 3.7
Maltese 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,170 975 0 5 190 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 11,945 10,030 5 290 1,620 150 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 8,475 7,085 5 165 1,215 90 1.1
Bengali 190 180 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 1,435 1,185 0 35 210 20 1.4
Hindi 670 590 0 10 70 5 0.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,170 2,515 0 60 590 30 0.9
Sindhi 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 2,875 2,490 0 50 330 25 0.9
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iranian languages 3,440 2,910 0 125 400 65 1.9
Kurdish 185 145 0 5 40 5 2.7
Pashto 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 3,185 2,705 0 120 360 60 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 2,595 2,290 0 45 260 25 1.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 175 160 0 0 15 0 0.0
Tamil 2,365 2,080 0 40 245 20 0.8
Telugu 50 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 75 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 2,635 2,205 0 70 360 35 1.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,090 6,380 5 110 1,595 60 0.7
Chinese languages 8,070 6,360 0 115 1,590 55 0.7
Cantonese 3,050 2,290 0 35 730 15 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 55 40 0 5 15 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,880 1,555 0 30 295 10 0.5
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,000 2,415 0 50 535 30 1.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 135 105 0 5 20 5 3.7
Lao 120 95 0 10 20 5 4.2
Thai 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,065 2,385 5 65 605 40 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 250 215 0 10 30 5 2.0
Vietnamese 2,810 2,170 5 55 575 35 1.2
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,065 1,990 0 5 70 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 140 135 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,865 1,800 0 5 65 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 190 180 5 5 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Edo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 10 0 10 0 10 40.0
Non-verbal languages 55 25 0 0 30 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 22,640 22,040 270 330 0 435 1.9
English and French 375 90 120 155 0 200 53.3
English and non-official language 21,835 21,795 45 0 0 45 0.2
French and non-official language 95 40 55 0 0 55 57.9
English, French and non-official language 335 110 45 175 0 135 40.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

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