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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 (2013 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 Kingston and the Islands / Kingston et les Îles
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 114,715 98,275 290 15,605 545
Single responses 113,350 97,475 285 15,045 540
English 97,725 87,700 5 10,000 20
French 4,180 215 260 3,710 0
Non-official languages 11,430 9,560 20 1,335 515
Aboriginal languages 50 40 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 25 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 20 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 5 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 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 5 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 15 15 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,750 2,170 10 365 200
Italian 565 455 0 90 10
Portuguese 1,375 1,150 0 75 150
Romanian 70 25 0 45 0
Spanish 735 540 5 155 35
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,670 1,395 0 270 5
Dutch 605 515 0 90 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0 0
Frisian 25 20 0 5 0
German 860 710 0 155 5
Yiddish 20 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 135 120 0 10 0
Danish 90 80 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0
Swedish 30 35 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,120 945 0 150 20
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 5 0 5 0
Bulgarian 30 30 0 5 0
Croatian 30 25 0 5 0
Czech 115 100 0 15 0
Macedonian 25 20 0 0 0
Polish 445 380 0 55 5
Russian 225 190 0 20 15
Serbian 45 30 0 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 5 0
Slovak 35 30 0 5 0
Slovenian 10 10 0 5 0
Ukrainian 120 100 0 20 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 10 0
Latvian 15 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0
Greek 390 325 0 45 20
Armenian 15 15 0 5 0
Albanian 25 25 0 5 0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 220 180 0 40 0
Estonian 25 20 0 5 0
Finnish 45 40 0 5 0
Hungarian 145 125 0 25 5
Turkic languages 90 75 0 10 0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 80 70 0 10 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 675 500 5 140 35
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0
Somali 10 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 660 490 5 135 35
Amharic 10 10 0 0 5
Arabic 615 450 0 130 30
Hebrew 30 25 0 5 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,360 1,215 0 105 40
Indo-Aryan languages 970 890 0 60 25
Bengali 170 150 0 10 10
Gujarati 115 95 0 15 0
Hindi 165 150 0 10 0
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 150 140 0 5 0
Sindhi 20 20 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 20 0 0 0
Urdu 310 290 0 15 5
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 375 325 0 45 10
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0
Pashto 30 30 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 335 280 0 45 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 140 125 0 10 0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 5
Tamil 55 50 0 5 0
Telugu 15 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 95 85 0 5 5
Korean 425 360 0 25 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,595 1,380 0 85 130
Chinese languages 1,575 1,365 0 85 125
Cantonese 330 280 0 25 25
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 395 345 0 25 30
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 835 730 0 35 70
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Tai languages 15 15 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 210 175 0 20 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 60 0 5 5
Vietnamese 140 115 0 15 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 385 370 0 10 5
Bisayan languages 25 20 0 5 0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0
Malay 30 25 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 290 280 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 110 85 5 30 0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages 65 40 0 20 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 5 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 20 10 0 10 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Creoles 25 5 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 35 20 0 0 10
American Sign Language 15 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,365 805 5 555 5
English and French 465 75 0 395 0
English and non-official language 765 695 0 65 5
French and non-official language 90 25 0 60 5
English, French and non-official language 50 10 0 35 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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