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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 Niagara
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 425,490 390,425 495 31,805 2,760
Single responses 419,995 386,525 480 30,255 2,740
English 348,615 332,890 15 15,640 75
French 13,280 1,065 420 11,800 0
Non-official languages 58,100 52,575 45 2,815 2,665
Aboriginal languages 95 85 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 55 50 0 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 20 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 15 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 20 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 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 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 5 5 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 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. 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages 17,025 14,985 10 915 1,110
Italian 11,695 10,465 10 555 670
Portuguese 775 695 0 50 30
Romanian 360 300 0 50 10
Spanish 4,190 3,530 5 250 405
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 12,175 11,610 5 450 115
Dutch 4,650 4,505 0 135 5
Flemish 60 50 0 10 0
Frisian 75 70 0 5 0
German 6,960 6,580 5 275 105
Yiddish 15 15 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 310 290 0 20 0
Danish 195 185 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 0 0
Swedish 80 70 0 5 0
Afrikaans 100 95 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 40 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 30 20 0 5 0
Welsh 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,630 10,675 10 545 405
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 165 145 0 5 15
Bulgarian 290 255 0 25 5
Croatian 1,200 1,140 0 25 30
Czech 310 285 0 15 10
Macedonian 80 70 0 0 5
Polish 4,015 3,690 0 185 135
Russian 880 760 0 65 55
Serbian 1,510 1,340 0 80 95
Serbo-Croatian 110 95 0 10 5
Slovak 500 480 5 20 0
Slovenian 455 445 0 5 0
Ukrainian 2,005 1,860 0 105 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 95 0 0 5
Baltic languages 275 260 0 10 5
Latvian 140 130 0 10 0
Lithuanian 135 130 0 5 0
Greek 835 780 0 25 25
Armenian 225 185 0 25 15
Albanian 130 125 0 5 10
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,285 2,150 0 85 45
Estonian 110 105 0 5 0
Finnish 190 180 0 10 5
Hungarian 1,980 1,860 5 75 45
Turkic languages 320 290 0 20 15
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 300 265 0 15 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,430 2,065 0 235 125
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 135 125 0 0 5
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 125 115 0 5 5
Semitic languages 2,295 1,940 0 230 120
Amharic 30 25 0 0 0
Arabic 2,020 1,680 5 220 115
Hebrew 55 50 0 5 0
Maltese 125 120 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,780 2,525 5 105 140
Indo-Aryan languages 2,125 1,935 0 75 115
Bengali 150 135 0 5 0
Gujarati 475 410 0 20 50
Hindi 290 270 0 10 10
Konkani 10 5 0 5 0
Marathi 35 35 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 400 360 0 10 30
Sindhi 40 35 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 70 0 0 0
Urdu 640 600 0 20 20
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 610 555 5 25 25
Kurdish 200 180 5 10 10
Pashto 45 45 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 365 335 0 20 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 280 265 0 5 5
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 110 0 5 0
Tamil 110 110 0 0 0
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 300 280 0 10 10
Korean 850 755 0 30 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,030 2,580 0 60 395
Chinese languages 3,015 2,570 0 60 385
Cantonese 670 525 0 20 125
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 10 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 565 500 0 10 55
Shanghainese 10 15 0 0 5
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,740 1,505 0 30 205
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 5
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 325 275 0 10 35
Lao 260 215 0 15 35
Thai 65 60 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 805 660 0 40 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 170 135 0 20 20
Vietnamese 635 525 0 25 85
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,540 1,510 0 20 10
Bisayan languages 70 75 0 0 0
Ilocano 60 60 0 0 0
Malay 35 30 0 0 0
Pampango 10 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,340 1,325 0 10 10
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 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 410 320 0 80 10
Akan (Twi) 35 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 295 225 0 60 10
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 0 15 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 10 0
Shona 100 95 0 5 0
Swahili 105 85 0 10 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 35 5 15 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
Creoles 180 55 5 115 5
Non-verbal languages 95 60 0 0 35
American Sign Language 45 35 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 25 0 5 15
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 5,495 3,905 20 1,550 20
English and French 1,390 235 5 1,150 0
English and non-official language 3,730 3,510 0 200 15
French and non-official language 270 125 15 135 0
English, French and non-official language 100 35 0 65 0

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

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