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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 Vaughan
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 194,870 176,715 125 9,675 8,360
Single responses 187,340 170,055 105 8,860 8,315
English 88,990 85,015 5 3,890 80
French 930 80 25 825 0
Non-official languages 97,420 84,965 75 4,150 8,235
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 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 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 48,430 42,110 45 2,275 4,005
Italian 37,485 32,620 30 1,595 3,235
Portuguese 3,685 3,210 0 175 300
Romanian 1,505 1,135 5 265 110
Spanish 5,745 5,145 5 235 360
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 685 630 0 50 0
Dutch 105 90 0 10 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 500 465 0 35 5
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 40 40 0 5 0
Danish 20 15 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 10 15 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 8,995 7,990 10 465 540
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 50 0 5 0
Bulgarian 170 150 5 10 10
Croatian 575 535 0 25 15
Czech 55 50 0 0 0
Macedonian 315 295 0 10 10
Polish 1,295 1,185 5 65 40
Russian 5,545 4,825 0 300 420
Serbian 365 325 0 25 20
Serbo-Croatian 40 35 0 5 0
Slovak 65 60 0 0 0
Slovenian 155 145 0 5 0
Ukrainian 330 295 0 15 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 85 80 0 0 0
Latvian 30 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 50 50 0 0 0
Greek 1,085 1,020 0 45 20
Armenian 345 280 0 50 20
Albanian 605 530 5 25 50
Georgian 10 5 0 5 5
Finno-Ugric languages 440 400 0 25 15
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 25 20 0 0 0
Hungarian 400 365 0 25 15
Turkic languages 885 750 0 35 95
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0
Turkish 850 725 0 35 90
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,290 4,620 10 260 400
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 100 80 0 10 5
Oromo 5 10 0 0 0
Somali 95 75 0 15 5
Semitic languages 5,180 4,535 5 240 395
Amharic 90 80 0 5 5
Arabic 2,385 2,035 5 175 165
Hebrew 680 625 5 40 15
Maltese 185 185 0 0 5
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,790 1,565 0 20 205
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 14,025 12,185 5 485 1,345
Indo-Aryan languages 10,740 9,330 5 355 1,055
Bengali 185 165 0 10 5
Gujarati 1,370 1,190 0 50 135
Hindi 930 850 0 35 45
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 40 40 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,225 3,550 5 120 550
Sindhi 65 50 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 5 5
Urdu 3,790 3,355 0 120 315
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 3,250 2,825 0 130 295
Kurdish 250 200 0 10 40
Pashto 90 85 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,910 2,540 0 120 250
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 2,990 2,690 0 80 220
Kannada 10 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 245 225 0 5 10
Tamil 2,685 2,405 0 70 205
Telugu 40 40 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Japanese 80 75 0 5 0
Korean 1,035 910 0 35 90
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,445 4,480 5 145 820
Chinese languages 5,430 4,465 5 145 815
Cantonese 1,915 1,530 0 55 335
Chaochow (Teochow) 70 55 0 5 15
Fukien 15 15 0 0 5
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,175 1,000 5 30 145
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,220 1,845 0 55 320
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 225 200 0 10 15
Lao 200 170 0 10 15
Thai 30 25 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,820 3,185 5 90 535
Khmer (Cambodian) 355 310 0 10 35
Vietnamese 3,465 2,875 5 80 500
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,370 2,305 0 25 40
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 105 105 0 0 0
Malay 80 75 0 5 5
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,105 2,050 0 20 30
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 490 460 0 20 5
Akan (Twi) 215 200 0 10 0
Bantu languages 50 45 0 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 20 15 0 5 5
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 15 15 0 0 0
Igbo 70 65 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 0 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 115 115 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Creoles 40 20 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 25 5 0 0 20
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 20
Other languages 0 0 0 5 0
Multiple responses 7,530 6,660 15 810 45
English and French 260 40 0 215 0
English and non-official language 6,880 6,455 5 380 40
French and non-official language 255 130 5 120 5
English, French and non-official language 140 35 0 100 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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