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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Hamilton
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 712,580 656,785 480 45,060 10,250
Single responses 700,400 646,920 445 42,855 10,180
English 540,875 513,700 15 26,965 195
French 10,150 1,070 250 8,820 0
Non-official languages 149,370 132,150 175 7,070 9,980
Aboriginal languages 120 110 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 60 55 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 15 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 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 35 35 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 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 5 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 40 40 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 20 20 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 39,575 34,080 55 2,320 3,115
Italian 19,030 16,780 20 975 1,260
Portuguese 8,760 7,330 15 350 1,070
Romanian 2,295 1,805 5 380 110
Spanish 9,450 8,150 10 615 675
Catalan 20 15 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 12,535 11,775 5 720 30
Dutch 4,865 4,645 5 215 5
Flemish 110 95 0 15 0
Frisian 115 110 0 0 0
German 6,630 6,175 0 430 25
Yiddish 80 65 0 15 0
Scandinavian languages 515 480 0 35 0
Danish 320 300 0 20 0
Icelandic 15 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 45 0 5 0
Swedish 130 115 0 15 5
Afrikaans 210 200 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 85 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 55 55 0 0 0
Welsh 30 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 33,205 30,190 15 1,280 1,715
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 975 860 0 35 80
Bulgarian 225 205 0 10 10
Croatian 6,015 5,510 5 175 325
Czech 1,570 1,350 5 55 165
Macedonian 640 595 0 20 25
Polish 10,230 9,475 0 380 380
Russian 2,025 1,785 0 110 130
Serbian 6,380 5,665 5 255 455
Serbo-Croatian 520 455 0 35 30
Slovak 800 725 0 25 45
Slovenian 805 765 0 35 5
Ukrainian 2,820 2,630 0 135 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 185 175 0 10 10
Baltic languages 1,115 1,030 0 75 10
Latvian 465 420 0 35 5
Lithuanian 650 605 0 40 5
Greek 2,055 1,880 0 110 70
Armenian 345 290 5 40 15
Albanian 1,235 1,085 0 25 125
Georgian 15 10 0 0 5
Finno-Ugric languages 4,150 3,805 5 160 180
Estonian 265 245 0 20 0
Finnish 180 165 0 15 0
Hungarian 3,705 3,385 5 125 185
Turkic languages 900 825 0 25 50
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 0
Turkish 825 760 0 25 45
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 10,975 9,320 25 695 935
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 855 705 5 5 140
Oromo 60 55 0 0 0
Somali 795 655 0 10 135
Semitic languages 10,105 8,615 20 680 795
Amharic 225 215 0 5 5
Arabic 7,665 6,495 20 630 525
Hebrew 150 135 0 10 5
Maltese 185 180 0 5 0
Tigrigna 110 105 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,760 1,485 0 30 245
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 17,955 15,885 10 610 1,445
Indo-Aryan languages 13,805 12,265 5 425 1,105
Bengali 1,120 1,020 0 50 55
Gujarati 1,320 1,150 0 40 125
Hindi 1,275 1,195 0 55 20
Konkani 40 40 0 5 0
Marathi 110 100 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,680 4,800 0 160 720
Sindhi 130 115 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 280 270 0 10 0
Urdu 3,790 3,520 0 100 170
Nepali 65 60 0 0 5
Iranian languages 4,000 3,480 5 180 330
Kurdish 1,020 845 0 55 115
Pashto 245 230 5 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,740 2,405 5 110 210
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 135 5 5 5
Dravidian languages 1,175 1,090 5 45 40
Kannada 55 55 0 0 0
Malayalam 535 495 0 15 25
Tamil 480 440 5 25 10
Telugu 110 100 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 405 380 0 15 10
Korean 2,105 1,830 5 70 205
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,385 7,895 5 275 1,210
Chinese languages 9,075 7,670 5 275 1,125
Cantonese 1,975 1,555 0 70 350
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,215 1,925 0 70 215
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 65 55 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,770 4,085 5 130 550
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 55 40 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 260 185 0 0 70
Tai languages 550 465 0 20 70
Lao 380 325 0 20 30
Thai 170 135 0 0 35
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,220 3,500 10 105 605
Khmer (Cambodian) 940 790 5 20 125
Vietnamese 3,275 2,710 5 80 480
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,235 5,135 0 45 50
Bisayan languages 200 195 0 0 0
Ilocano 245 235 0 0 10
Malay 145 140 0 0 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,565 4,480 0 45 35
Bikol 30 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,330 1,050 25 230 20
Akan (Twi) 225 215 0 10 0
Bantu languages 840 610 25 185 20
Lingala 30 0 5 25 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 60 10 5 40 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 60 25 0 30 0
Shona 205 195 0 5 5
Swahili 275 205 5 60 15
Ganda 30 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 185 150 10 25 0
Edo 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 45 45 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 25 25 0 5 0
Ga 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 120 0 25 5
African languages, n.i.e. 240 200 0 35 10
Creoles 285 110 20 160 5
Non-verbal languages 145 75 0 5 65
American Sign Language 50 30 5 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 45 0 0 45
Other languages 40 25 0 5 10
Multiple responses 12,180 9,870 40 2,205 70
English and French 1,545 330 10 1,205 0
English and non-official language 9,670 9,070 0 535 60
French and non-official language 735 405 20 295 10
English, French and non-official language 230 60 5 170 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011031.

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