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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Markham, T
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 300,680 257,725 175 17,760 25,010
Single responses 289,660 248,200 170 16,370 24,915
English 115,750 107,280 0 8,260 210
French 2,035 140 65 1,825 0
Non-official languages 171,875 140,785 100 6,290 24,705
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 5 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 10 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) 5 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 10 5 0 0 5
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 7,910 6,750 5 715 440
Italian 4,265 3,740 0 275 250
Portuguese 710 625 0 55 30
Romanian 1,015 710 5 230 60
Spanish 1,920 1,670 0 160 95
Catalan 5 10 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,785 1,580 0 195 10
Dutch 300 270 0 30 0
Flemish 5 5 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,155 1,030 0 120 10
Yiddish 160 130 0 35 0
Scandinavian languages 110 105 0 5 0
Danish 60 65 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 20 0 0 0
Swedish 30 25 0 0 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 5,365 4,770 5 365 230
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 20 0 5 0
Bulgarian 145 125 0 15 5
Croatian 140 120 0 10 0
Czech 125 105 0 15 0
Macedonian 1,375 1,285 0 30 50
Polish 710 620 5 65 20
Russian 2,035 1,765 5 140 125
Serbian 350 300 5 40 15
Serbo-Croatian 50 45 0 5 0
Slovak 100 95 0 5 0
Slovenian 75 75 0 5 0
Ukrainian 240 200 0 25 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 120 105 0 10 0
Latvian 65 60 0 10 0
Lithuanian 55 50 0 5 5
Greek 2,700 2,540 0 90 70
Armenian 1,445 1,140 5 235 65
Albanian 130 115 0 5 10
Georgian 20 15 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 905 825 0 70 10
Estonian 115 100 0 15 0
Finnish 140 130 0 10 0
Hungarian 655 595 0 50 10
Turkic languages 420 360 0 30 25
Azerbaijani 95 75 0 10 10
Turkish 320 275 0 25 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,480 2,880 10 450 140
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 170 135 0 25 10
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0
Somali 150 115 0 20 10
Semitic languages 3,310 2,745 10 425 125
Amharic 55 50 0 5 0
Arabic 2,760 2,245 10 390 115
Hebrew 355 315 0 30 10
Maltese 55 50 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 25,975 23,160 30 990 1,790
Indo-Aryan languages 19,830 17,830 20 650 1,330
Bengali 535 505 0 15 15
Gujarati 4,710 4,145 10 165 390
Hindi 2,460 2,305 0 65 85
Konkani 105 110 0 0 5
Marathi 185 170 0 10 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,370 3,720 0 150 500
Sindhi 650 585 5 40 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 365 350 0 10 10
Urdu 6,405 5,905 10 185 305
Nepali 40 35 0 5 0
Iranian languages 6,045 5,240 10 335 460
Kurdish 65 60 0 5 0
Pashto 255 215 5 15 25
Persian (Farsi) 5,725 4,965 10 315 435
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 105 85 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 15,495 13,695 5 460 1,340
Kannada 60 60 0 0 0
Malayalam 500 470 0 15 15
Tamil 14,710 12,955 0 440 1,320
Telugu 225 210 0 10 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 445 410 0 5 30
Korean 2,885 2,400 5 110 375
Sino-Tibetan languages 95,540 73,370 25 2,245 19,900
Chinese languages 95,445 73,285 25 2,245 19,885
Cantonese 47,465 36,620 10 1,205 9,625
Chaochow (Teochow) 155 90 0 5 60
Fukien 595 355 0 5 235
Hakka 1,165 985 0 20 165
Mandarin 14,350 10,650 5 330 3,365
Shanghainese 215 120 0 5 90
Taiwanese 330 290 0 5 35
Chinese, n.o.s. 31,165 24,180 10 670 6,310
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 85 70 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Tai languages 155 140 0 5 10
Lao 75 70 0 0 5
Thai 80 75 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,105 890 5 70 140
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 25 0 5 5
Vietnamese 1,070 865 0 60 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,405 5,275 0 60 75
Bisayan languages 150 140 0 0 0
Ilocano 180 170 0 0 10
Malay 305 290 0 5 15
Pampango 30 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,720 4,620 0 50 50
Bikol 15 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 315 270 0 35 5
Akan (Twi) 65 60 0 5 0
Bantu languages 135 120 0 10 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 90 90 0 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 25 25 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Creoles 185 45 5 135 5
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 25
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0 25
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 11,020 9,525 5 1,390 95
English and French 530 85 0 440 0
English and non-official language 9,985 9,280 5 610 90
French and non-official language 255 115 0 130 5
English, French and non-official language 260 45 0 215 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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