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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 HaltonFootnote 1
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 498,110 446,350 395 46,430 4,925
Single responses 488,365 438,825 370 44,270 4,900
English 375,485 346,645 15 28,715 105
French 8,860 580 265 8,010 5
Non-official languages 104,025 91,600 90 7,540 4,795
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 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 5 5 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 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) 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 5 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 5 0
Mohawk 0 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 23,555 19,910 30 2,395 1,220
Italian 7,220 6,165 20 875 160
Portuguese 6,750 5,910 5 345 495
Romanian 1,915 1,350 5 460 100
Spanish 7,660 6,485 5 700 465
Catalan 10 5 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Germanic languages 8,485 7,580 0 870 35
Dutch 2,635 2,395 0 240 5
Flemish 80 50 0 25 0
Frisian 30 25 0 0 0
German 4,855 4,295 0 535 25
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 585 535 0 45 5
Danish 330 310 0 20 0
Icelandic 20 20 0 5 0
Norwegian 55 50 0 5 0
Swedish 170 150 0 15 5
Afrikaans 275 260 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 60 55 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 30 25 0 0 0
Welsh 35 30 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 22,370 20,210 10 1,370 780
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 255 230 0 15 15
Bulgarian 385 330 0 35 20
Croatian 3,880 3,615 5 170 95
Czech 670 625 0 45 5
Macedonian 595 540 0 45 15
Polish 8,425 7,690 0 460 275
Russian 2,605 2,245 5 195 155
Serbian 2,400 2,090 0 180 120
Serbo-Croatian 255 220 0 20 10
Slovak 720 655 0 45 25
Slovenian 380 345 0 30 0
Ukrainian 1,730 1,560 0 125 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 0
Baltic languages 595 545 5 50 5
Latvian 230 205 0 20 0
Lithuanian 370 335 5 25 5
Greek 1,385 1,190 0 165 35
Armenian 265 195 5 65 5
Albanian 390 335 5 15 35
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,100 1,885 0 165 50
Estonian 195 165 0 25 0
Finnish 265 250 0 20 5
Hungarian 1,640 1,470 0 120 45
Turkic languages 745 655 0 50 40
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0
Turkish 695 615 0 50 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,825 4,855 25 740 205
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 105 95 5 10 0
Oromo 20 15 0 0 0
Somali 90 80 0 5 0
Semitic languages 5,695 4,750 25 720 205
Amharic 55 50 0 5 5
Arabic 4,900 4,010 20 685 180
Hebrew 95 85 0 10 0
Maltese 300 290 0 10 0
Tigrigna 30 25 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 320 290 5 5 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 18,840 16,880 10 815 1,140
Indo-Aryan languages 16,175 14,535 0 670 965
Bengali 530 475 0 40 15
Gujarati 1,400 1,235 0 70 95
Hindi 1,795 1,645 0 110 40
Konkani 90 90 0 5 0
Marathi 130 125 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,360 4,635 5 185 540
Sindhi 185 160 0 20 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 350 335 0 15 5
Urdu 6,255 5,760 0 230 260
Nepali 75 75 0 5 5
Iranian languages 2,510 2,205 5 135 165
Kurdish 45 45 0 5 0
Pashto 395 370 0 5 20
Persian (Farsi) 2,065 1,795 5 130 140
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 155 140 0 10 10
Dravidian languages 1,570 1,460 0 55 60
Kannada 75 70 0 5 0
Malayalam 310 290 0 15 10
Tamil 995 920 0 30 45
Telugu 180 170 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 380 350 0 10 15
Korean 3,150 2,750 0 125 270
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,605 6,505 5 340 750
Chinese languages 7,555 6,460 5 340 745
Cantonese 1,715 1,480 5 75 155
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 0
Fukien 70 65 0 0 5
Hakka 30 20 5 5 0
Mandarin 2,205 1,870 0 95 240
Shanghainese 15 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 40 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,460 2,955 0 165 340
Tibetan languages 35 30 0 0 5
Burmese 15 20 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 215 190 0 15 5
Lao 75 70 0 10 0
Thai 135 125 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,030 895 5 70 65
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 35 0 5 0
Vietnamese 990 860 0 65 65
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,530 4,440 0 55 30
Bisayan languages 150 145 0 0 0
Ilocano 95 95 0 0 0
Malay 205 195 0 5 5
Pampango 35 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,005 3,930 0 55 25
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 560 490 0 70 0
Akan (Twi) 150 140 0 10 0
Bantu languages 240 185 0 50 0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 65 60 0 0 0
Swahili 60 55 0 10 0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 15 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 30 30 0 5 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 15 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 100 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 5 0
Creoles 100 35 0 65 0
Non-verbal languages 170 110 0 10 45
American Sign Language 110 75 0 10 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 35 0 0 20
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 9,745 7,525 25 2,165 25
English and French 1,370 210 5 1,150 5
English and non-official language 7,690 7,075 0 590 20
French and non-official language 420 205 10 200 0
English, French and non-official language 270 40 0 230 5

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Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

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