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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 Don Valley West / Don Valley-Ouest
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 122,485 114,835 2,005 1,425 4,225 2,715 2.2
Single responses 113,710 106,420 1,785 1,275 4,225 2,425 2.1
English 80,680 79,780 895 0 0 900 1.1
French 860 45 810 0 0 815 94.8
Non-official languages 32,175 26,590 75 1,275 4,225 710 2.2
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 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
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. 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
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 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
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. 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
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,140 1,620 5 245 265 130 6.1
Italian 90 65 0 5 15 5 5.6
Portuguese 155 130 0 15 10 10 6.5
Romanian 560 355 0 145 50 75 13.4
Spanish 1,330 1,070 5 75 185 40 3.0
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 205 160 0 45 5 25 12.2
Dutch 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Flemish 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 155 120 5 35 5 15 9.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Danish 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
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,410 1,955 5 185 265 95 3.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 210 175 0 15 20 10 4.8
Croatian 80 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 90 75 0 5 15 0 0.0
Macedonian 120 100 0 5 10 5 4.2
Polish 165 140 5 5 15 0 0.0
Russian 980 795 0 90 95 50 5.1
Serbian 525 430 0 45 50 20 3.8
Serbo-Croatian 50 35 0 5 5 5 10.0
Slovak 120 65 0 5 55 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Baltic languages 90 80 0 10 0 5 5.6
Latvian 85 75 0 10 0 5 5.9
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 770 630 0 25 115 15 1.9
Armenian 235 160 0 55 15 30 12.8
Albanian 245 205 0 15 30 10 4.1
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 615 475 0 25 110 10 1.6
Estonian 100 85 0 10 5 5 5.0
Finnish 95 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hungarian 420 305 0 15 95 5 1.2
Turkic languages 605 490 5 35 80 20 3.3
Azerbaijani 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 500 405 5 30 65 15 3.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,230 1,005 15 105 105 70 5.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 175 135 0 25 20 15 8.6
Oromo 30 30 5 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 145 100 0 20 20 10 6.9
Semitic languages 1,050 875 15 80 80 55 5.2
Amharic 185 175 0 5 15 5 2.7
Arabic 670 525 10 70 65 45 6.7
Hebrew 75 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 100 90 0 0 5 5 5.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 13,720 11,550 20 295 1,860 170 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 9,260 8,000 10 140 1,120 80 0.9
Bengali 830 750 0 35 40 20 2.4
Gujarati 1,675 1,300 0 25 355 15 0.9
Hindi 500 455 5 5 40 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 375 315 0 10 50 5 1.3
Sindhi 365 305 0 10 55 5 1.4
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 5,390 4,755 5 55 585 30 0.6
Nepali 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 4,400 3,500 15 155 730 90 2.0
Kurdish 110 80 0 5 20 5 4.5
Pashto 740 570 0 15 160 10 1.4
Persian (Farsi) 3,545 2,845 15 135 550 80 2.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,260 1,075 0 35 155 15 1.2
Kannada 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 1,140 960 0 35 150 15 1.3
Telugu 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 155 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 1,325 1,100 0 30 195 15 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,240 4,155 0 130 950 70 1.3
Chinese languages 5,225 4,145 0 125 950 70 1.3
Cantonese 1,530 1,240 0 30 260 15 1.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,670 1,290 5 45 330 20 1.2
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,940 1,550 5 55 335 25 1.3
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 85 70 5 10 10 5 5.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 85 70 0 10 10 5 5.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,565 1,520 0 5 40 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,420 1,380 0 5 35 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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
Niger-Congo languages 150 110 0 25 10 15 10.0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 110 75 5 25 5 15 13.6
Lingala 10 5 0 10 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 35 0 0 5 5 12.5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 10 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 30 15 5 10 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 65 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 8,780 8,410 215 150 0 290 3.3
English and French 220 50 115 60 0 140 63.6
English and non-official language 8,315 8,300 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 80 15 65 0 0 70 87.5
English, French and non-official language 160 45 25 90 0 70 43.8

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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-XCB2011040.

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