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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--Thornhill
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 102,235 85,185 50 5,185 11,810
Single responses 98,065 81,500 55 4,745 11,770
English 32,920 30,575 5 2,240 100
French 430 40 20 370 0
Non-official languages 64,715 50,880 30 2,135 11,670
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 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 5 0 0 0 5
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 5 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 2,130 1,775 5 225 125
Italian 940 835 0 35 65
Portuguese 210 180 0 20 10
Romanian 465 310 5 120 25
Spanish 510 440 0 45 25
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 415 355 5 55 5
Dutch 40 30 0 10 0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 205 180 0 20 5
Yiddish 135 105 0 25 0
Scandinavian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,220 1,095 0 70 50
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 5 0
Bulgarian 45 45 0 0 0
Croatian 35 30 0 5 0
Czech 30 20 0 5 0
Macedonian 295 280 0 0 20
Polish 170 150 0 15 5
Russian 440 385 0 30 25
Serbian 110 100 5 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 0
Slovak 25 20 0 0 0
Slovenian 15 15 0 0 0
Ukrainian 30 30 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0
Latvian 10 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0 0
Greek 795 750 0 15 30
Armenian 525 395 5 100 25
Albanian 40 35 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 220 190 0 20 0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 15 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 195 170 0 20 0
Turkic languages 175 150 0 10 15
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 5
Turkish 150 130 0 10 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,110 925 5 145 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 90 65 0 15 5
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 80 60 0 15 10
Semitic languages 1,020 855 0 130 35
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0
Arabic 800 665 5 100 30
Hebrew 185 155 0 25 5
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 14,015 12,410 10 470 1,115
Indo-Aryan languages 11,485 10,240 5 320 925
Bengali 245 230 0 5 5
Gujarati 2,595 2,285 5 80 225
Hindi 1,175 1,095 0 35 50
Konkani 50 50 0 0 0
Marathi 70 65 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,185 2,655 0 110 415
Sindhi 245 225 0 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 135 130 0 0 10
Urdu 3,765 3,490 0 80 195
Nepali 15 10 0 5 0
Iranian languages 2,490 2,145 0 150 195
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0
Pashto 200 165 5 10 20
Persian (Farsi) 2,265 1,955 0 135 170
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 9,685 8,495 5 260 925
Kannada 30 30 0 0 5
Malayalam 245 235 0 10 5
Tamil 9,300 8,135 0 250 915
Telugu 105 100 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 140 130 0 0 10
Korean 1,070 855 0 40 165
Sino-Tibetan languages 30,515 20,855 5 615 9,040
Chinese languages 30,485 20,835 10 615 9,030
Cantonese 14,320 9,715 0 350 4,260
Chaochow (Teochow) 45 25 0 5 20
Fukien 390 205 0 5 180
Hakka 710 615 0 10 90
Mandarin 4,340 2,770 0 70 1,495
Shanghainese 45 20 0 0 20
Taiwanese 80 65 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 10,555 7,425 0 175 2,960
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Tai languages 60 50 0 5 5
Lao 30 25 0 0 5
Thai 25 25 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 420 315 0 35 70
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 0 5
Vietnamese 400 300 0 30 65
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,955 1,915 0 10 25
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 85 80 0 0 0
Malay 70 70 0 0 5
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,750 1,715 0 10 20
Bikol 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 135 120 0 15 5
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 65 50 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 40 40 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 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 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 5
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 55 20 0 35 0
Non-verbal languages 20 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. 15 5 0 0 10
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,165 3,685 5 435 45
English and French 120 15 0 100 0
English and non-official language 3,895 3,630 0 225 40
French and non-official language 85 30 0 50 5
English, French and non-official language 70 10 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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