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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 Brampton West / Brampton-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 203,215 191,625 2,135 1,300 8,155 2,785 1.4
Single responses 184,515 173,380 1,920 1,055 8,155 2,450 1.3
English 134,700 133,760 940 0 0 940 0.7
French 990 90 895 0 0 900 90.9
Non-official languages 48,825 39,530 80 1,055 8,160 610 1.2
Aboriginal languages 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
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 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
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 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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 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
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 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 5,500 4,040 25 155 1,275 100 1.8
Italian 520 405 0 5 105 5 1.0
Portuguese 3,065 2,080 10 40 930 30 1.0
Romanian 120 80 5 25 10 15 12.5
Spanish 1,800 1,480 10 80 230 50 2.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 210 190 0 10 10 10 4.8
Dutch 115 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
German 75 65 5 10 5 5 6.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 2,405 2,120 0 85 200 45 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 45 40 0 5 0 5 11.1
Bulgarian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Croatian 305 275 0 10 20 5 1.6
Czech 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 40 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 1,595 1,410 5 60 125 30 1.9
Russian 135 105 0 5 25 5 3.7
Serbian 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 50 50 0 0 0 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. 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
Baltic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 85 80 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 60 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 105 90 0 5 10 0 0.0
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 95 75 0 5 10 5 5.3
Turkic languages 130 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 130 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 970 785 10 65 110 40 4.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 80 5 0 10 5 5.6
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 880 710 5 65 105 35 4.0
Amharic 60 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 590 460 10 60 70 35 5.9
Hebrew 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
Maltese 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 175 145 0 0 30 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 30,980 24,950 10 530 5,485 280 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 30,415 24,465 15 520 5,420 270 0.9
Bengali 545 480 0 15 45 10 1.8
Gujarati 2,080 1,755 0 40 280 20 1.0
Hindi 1,985 1,795 0 30 155 20 1.0
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 21,355 16,430 10 345 4,570 180 0.8
Sindhi 90 75 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 265 250 0 5 15 5 1.9
Urdu 3,845 3,440 5 75 330 35 0.9
Nepali 155 140 0 0 15 0 0.0
Iranian languages 515 445 0 10 60 5 1.0
Kurdish 40 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 100 95 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 375 320 0 5 50 5 1.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0 5 12.5
Dravidian languages 3,000 2,640 0 60 300 30 1.0
Kannada 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 390 355 0 10 25 5 1.3
Tamil 2,405 2,090 5 50 260 30 1.2
Telugu 165 155 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 80 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,370 995 0 20 355 15 1.1
Chinese languages 1,365 985 5 25 355 15 1.1
Cantonese 530 380 0 10 150 5 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 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
Hakka 5 0 0 5 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mandarin 305 220 0 10 75 5 1.6
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chinese, n.o.s. 520 385 0 10 125 5 1.0
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 75 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Lao 70 50 0 0 15 5 7.1
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,170 895 5 20 245 15 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,150 885 5 20 240 15 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,805 1,755 5 5 50 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,645 1,595 5 0 45 5 0.3
Bikol 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
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 645 600 5 20 20 15 2.3
Akan (Twi) 370 350 5 5 15 10 2.7
Bantu languages 85 65 5 10 0 10 11.8
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0 5 12.5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 30 25 10 0 0 10 33.3
Creoles 115 30 15 65 5 45 39.1
Non-verbal languages 50 30 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 18,705 18,245 215 245 0 335 1.8
English and French 390 145 125 125 0 185 47.4
English and non-official language 17,985 17,960 20 0 0 20 0.1
French and non-official language 80 30 50 0 0 50 62.5
English, French and non-official language 255 110 25 120 0 80 31.4

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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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