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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 Oakville
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 119,245 104,265 80 13,510 1,380
Single responses 116,915 102,520 75 12,955 1,375
English 86,540 77,800 0 8,715 20
French 2,045 125 50 1,870 0
Non-official languages 28,330 24,590 25 2,360 1,350
Aboriginal languages 5 5 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 5 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 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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 6,795 5,680 10 685 420
Italian 2,330 1,985 5 270 75
Portuguese 2,240 1,880 5 95 255
Romanian 515 355 0 125 25
Spanish 1,705 1,455 0 185 65
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 2,350 1,995 0 345 10
Dutch 570 470 0 95 0
Flemish 20 10 0 15 0
Frisian 0 5 0 0 0
German 1,465 1,260 0 205 10
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 185 160 0 25 0
Danish 90 80 0 10 0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 70 55 0 10 0
Afrikaans 100 90 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 15 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Welsh 15 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,290 5,570 5 485 230
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 60 0 5 5
Bulgarian 115 95 0 15 5
Croatian 1,075 990 0 55 40
Czech 190 180 0 15 0
Macedonian 180 150 0 25 5
Polish 2,120 1,895 0 150 70
Russian 785 680 0 60 45
Serbian 785 675 0 75 45
Serbo-Croatian 90 80 0 5 5
Slovak 255 225 0 25 5
Slovenian 90 85 0 5 0
Ukrainian 505 440 0 50 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 200 175 5 20 0
Latvian 75 65 0 10 0
Lithuanian 125 110 5 10 0
Greek 420 345 0 55 10
Armenian 110 80 0 30 5
Albanian 70 65 0 5 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 600 525 0 55 15
Estonian 70 55 0 10 0
Finnish 85 80 0 5 5
Hungarian 450 395 0 45 10
Turkic languages 185 160 0 20 0
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 175 155 0 20 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,560 1,305 5 205 45
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Oromo 5 0 0 5 0
Somali 30 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,525 1,270 5 200 50
Amharic 15 10 0 5 0
Arabic 1,310 1,080 5 190 45
Hebrew 25 25 0 5 0
Maltese 75 70 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,975 3,550 0 210 205
Indo-Aryan languages 3,070 2,765 0 160 145
Bengali 120 100 0 15 0
Gujarati 315 275 0 20 20
Hindi 470 425 0 35 5
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,000 875 5 40 85
Sindhi 45 40 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 105 100 0 5 0
Urdu 955 890 0 45 25
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 870 760 0 50 60
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 0
Pashto 175 165 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 685 580 0 45 55
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 265 250 0 15 0
Kannada 10 5 0 5 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 5 0
Tamil 180 170 0 5 0
Telugu 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 130 115 0 10 5
Korean 1,195 1,045 0 45 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,570 2,210 0 110 255
Chinese languages 2,550 2,190 0 110 245
Cantonese 570 505 0 20 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 30 25 0 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 5 0
Mandarin 695 585 0 30 80
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,205 1,040 0 50 115
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 45 45 0 5 5
Lao 10 5 0 0 0
Thai 35 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 245 210 0 20 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 235 205 0 20 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,125 1,105 0 20 5
Bisayan languages 45 40 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 40 35 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,000 980 0 15 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 135 125 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 35 0 10 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 15 10 0 5 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 15 5 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 20 15 0 0 10
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,325 1,750 10 560 10
English and French 310 45 5 260 0
English and non-official language 1,845 1,660 0 180 10
French and non-official language 95 35 0 50 0
English, French and non-official language 80 10 0 65 0

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

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