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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 Thornhill
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 139,995 131,530 1,450 1,765 5,245 2,335 1.7
Single responses 130,025 121,870 1,305 1,610 5,250 2,110 1.6
English 87,710 86,930 780 0 0 780 0.9
French 445 20 425 0 0 430 96.6
Non-official languages 41,870 34,920 100 1,605 5,245 900 2.1
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 5 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 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 3,435 2,600 25 370 440 210 6.1
Italian 1,120 865 5 15 230 15 1.3
Portuguese 390 310 0 10 75 5 1.3
Romanian 785 500 5 200 75 110 14.0
Spanish 1,130 920 15 130 65 80 7.1
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 175 155 5 10 5 5 2.9
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 90 75 0 10 5 5 5.6
Yiddish 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 5 10 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afrikaans 15 10 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 11,165 9,515 10 440 1,195 225 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 105 90 0 10 5 5 4.8
Croatian 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Polish 160 140 0 10 15 5 3.1
Russian 10,340 8,805 10 380 1,145 200 1.9
Serbian 245 210 0 25 10 10 4.1
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Slovak 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 145 130 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 60 50 0 5 5 5 8.3
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 40 30 0 0 5 5 12.5
Greek 285 245 0 5 30 0 0.0
Armenian 370 255 0 70 40 40 10.8
Albanian 105 85 0 5 15 5 4.8
Georgian 55 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 320 280 0 15 25 10 3.1
Estonian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 270 230 0 20 20 10 3.7
Turkic languages 250 205 0 20 20 10 4.0
Azerbaijani 75 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkish 165 135 0 15 10 10 6.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,520 2,215 35 160 115 120 4.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 2,510 2,205 35 160 115 115 4.6
Amharic 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 340 265 5 50 20 30 8.8
Hebrew 2,115 1,895 30 110 85 85 4.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 5,950 5,155 10 210 575 115 1.9
Indo-Aryan languages 1,865 1,630 5 45 190 25 1.3
Bengali 110 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 770 655 0 20 95 10 1.3
Hindi 250 230 0 5 15 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 390 330 0 5 55 5 1.3
Sindhi 45 40 5 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 235 215 0 5 15 5 2.1
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iranian languages 4,085 3,525 10 170 380 90 2.2
Kurdish 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 4,035 3,480 10 165 380 90 2.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 505 455 0 10 45 5 1.0
Kannada 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
Malayalam 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 430 385 0 10 40 0 0.0
Telugu 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 120 100 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 3,475 2,850 0 95 535 45 1.3
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,135 8,945 5 165 2,020 85 0.8
Chinese languages 11,120 8,935 5 160 2,020 85 0.8
Cantonese 5,190 4,140 0 55 990 30 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hakka 45 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 2,250 1,795 5 45 405 25 1.1
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 60 50 0 0 5 5 8.3
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,525 2,880 0 55 585 30 0.9
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 25 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 400 290 0 15 90 5 1.3
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 380 270 0 15 90 10 2.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,450 1,400 0 5 40 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 135 125 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malay 30 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,265 1,230 0 0 35 5 0.4
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 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 25 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 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
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. 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
African 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
Creoles 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Non-verbal languages 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 9,970 9,665 140 160 0 225 2.3
English and French 170 40 60 65 0 90 52.9
English and non-official language 9,595 9,565 30 0 0 25 0.3
French and non-official language 50 15 30 0 0 30 60.0
English, French and non-official language 155 35 25 95 0 70 45.2

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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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