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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 Scarborough - Guildwood
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 110,335 104,740 1,325 865 3,410 1,755 1.6
Single responses 100,430 95,155 1,155 715 3,415 1,510 1.5
English 70,205 69,730 475 0 0 475 0.7
French 635 50 590 0 0 585 92.1
Non-official languages 29,595 25,375 90 715 3,410 450 1.5
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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 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 1,535 1,270 5 80 175 45 2.9
Italian 390 315 0 5 65 5 1.3
Portuguese 135 100 0 5 30 5 3.7
Romanian 175 130 0 35 5 20 11.4
Spanish 835 720 5 35 75 20 2.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 180 170 0 10 5 5 2.8
Dutch 10 10 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 165 155 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian 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
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
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 1,270 1,095 5 40 130 20 1.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 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
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 115 90 0 0 20 0 0.0
Macedonian 350 305 0 5 40 5 1.4
Polish 455 400 0 20 30 10 2.2
Russian 125 105 0 5 10 5 4.0
Serbian 95 80 0 5 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 40 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 460 415 0 5 40 0 0.0
Armenian 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Albanian 180 145 0 5 25 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 415 305 0 10 95 5 1.2
Estonian 110 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finnish 30 30 0 5 0 5 16.7
Hungarian 270 170 0 5 90 0 0.0
Turkic languages 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,015 870 10 50 85 35 3.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 210 185 5 10 15 10 4.8
Oromo 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 190 165 5 10 10 10 5.3
Semitic languages 805 690 5 35 70 25 3.1
Amharic 285 260 0 10 20 5 1.8
Arabic 365 300 5 25 35 20 5.5
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 70 55 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 5 15 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 12,120 10,470 10 230 1,415 125 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 10,245 8,920 10 180 1,135 95 0.9
Bengali 1,450 1,345 0 40 70 20 1.4
Gujarati 4,640 3,880 5 65 700 35 0.8
Hindi 760 695 0 15 60 5 0.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 480 425 0 10 50 5 1.0
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 205 195 0 0 10 0 0.0
Urdu 2,540 2,250 5 45 240 30 1.2
Nepali 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,845 1,515 0 50 280 25 1.4
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 305 255 0 5 40 5 1.6
Persian (Farsi) 1,530 1,245 5 40 240 25 1.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 7,130 6,205 5 120 800 70 1.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 305 290 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tamil 6,695 5,795 5 120 775 60 0.9
Telugu 130 120 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 180 155 0 0 20 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,845 1,380 5 20 445 15 0.8
Chinese languages 1,820 1,355 0 20 440 15 0.8
Cantonese 615 430 0 5 180 5 0.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 555 425 0 10 120 5 0.9
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 630 485 0 5 140 5 0.8
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan 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
Tai languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lao 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 215 165 5 10 40 10 4.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 210 155 0 10 40 5 2.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,245 2,165 0 15 55 10 0.4
Bisayan languages 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 85 85 0 0 0 5 5.9
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,055 1,985 0 15 55 10 0.5
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 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. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 305 265 10 15 15 15 4.9
Akan (Twi) 105 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 105 80 5 5 10 10 9.5
Lingala 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 15 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0 0 5 8.3
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 265 115 45 85 20 85 32.1
Non-verbal languages 40 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 9,900 9,590 170 145 0 240 2.4
English and French 210 65 60 85 0 105 50.0
English and non-official language 9,435 9,420 15 0 0 15 0.2
French and non-official language 95 30 65 0 0 65 68.4
English, French and non-official language 165 75 30 65 0 65 39.4

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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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