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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 Markham--Stouffville
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 108,780 98,080 65 7,305 3,335
Single responses 105,415 95,220 60 6,820 3,325
English 66,020 61,820 5 4,155 45
French 1,105 75 25 995 0
Non-official languages 38,290 33,320 30 1,665 3,275
Aboriginal languages 5 0 0 0 0
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 5 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 5 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 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 4,415 3,870 5 310 235
Italian 2,710 2,410 0 165 130
Portuguese 445 405 0 25 20
Romanian 360 275 5 60 25
Spanish 900 780 0 60 55
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,145 1,020 0 120 0
Dutch 270 250 0 20 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 780 695 0 85 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 55 50 0 10 0
Danish 35 30 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,225 2,015 5 130 75
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 5 0
Bulgarian 50 45 0 5 0
Croatian 65 60 0 5 0
Czech 75 70 0 5 5
Macedonian 845 795 0 25 25
Polish 465 410 0 35 15
Russian 330 280 0 30 20
Serbian 125 115 0 5 10
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0
Slovak 55 50 0 5 0
Slovenian 50 50 0 5 0
Ukrainian 135 110 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 60 55 0 5 0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 5 0
Greek 1,155 1,090 0 35 30
Armenian 370 305 0 50 15
Albanian 65 60 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 430 395 0 30 5
Estonian 45 40 0 5 0
Finnish 120 115 0 5 0
Hungarian 265 235 0 20 5
Turkic languages 110 95 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0
Turkish 70 55 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,070 885 0 140 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 5 0
Somali 25 25 0 5 0
Semitic languages 1,035 855 0 135 35
Amharic 40 35 0 0 0
Arabic 915 740 5 130 35
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0
Maltese 35 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,490 4,975 5 200 310
Indo-Aryan languages 4,735 4,305 5 160 260
Bengali 165 145 0 10 5
Gujarati 1,085 945 0 50 95
Hindi 640 600 0 15 25
Konkani 30 30 0 0 0
Marathi 70 65 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 710 640 0 20 45
Sindhi 135 125 5 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 170 160 0 5 5
Urdu 1,705 1,575 5 50 80
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 710 625 0 35 45
Kurdish 10 10 0 0 5
Pashto 45 40 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 650 575 0 30 45
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 4,495 3,975 0 150 365
Kannada 15 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 185 170 0 0 5
Tamil 4,210 3,715 0 140 355
Telugu 90 75 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 120 110 0 0 5
Korean 335 305 0 10 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 14,055 11,605 10 350 2,090
Chinese languages 14,040 11,590 10 350 2,095
Cantonese 7,445 6,150 5 185 1,105
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5
Fukien 65 55 0 0 10
Hakka 190 160 0 0 30
Mandarin 1,925 1,575 0 50 295
Shanghainese 15 10 0 5 0
Taiwanese 50 45 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,325 3,565 0 110 640
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 40 35 0 5 0
Lao 15 20 0 5 0
Thai 25 20 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 345 285 0 30 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 335 275 0 25 35
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,185 2,130 0 30 25
Bisayan languages 80 80 0 0 5
Ilocano 55 50 0 0 0
Malay 100 95 0 0 5
Pampango 20 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,920 1,870 0 30 20
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 90 70 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 30 20 0 5 5
Bantu languages 40 35 5 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0
Swahili 25 25 0 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 70 20 0 45 0
Non-verbal languages 15 5 0 0 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,365 2,860 5 485 15
English and French 265 35 5 230 0
English and non-official language 2,950 2,770 5 165 10
French and non-official language 80 40 0 35 0
English, French and non-official language 70 15 0 60 0

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

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