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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 Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre
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 107,485 97,195 135 5,225 4,935
Single responses 102,895 93,170 125 4,700 4,900
English 50,020 47,850 5 2,105 65
French 970 105 45 820 0
Non-official languages 51,900 45,210 75 1,770 4,840
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 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 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 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 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,845 3,215 5 225 390
Italian 1,455 1,210 0 45 195
Portuguese 440 360 5 20 55
Romanian 395 290 0 80 20
Spanish 1,555 1,350 0 75 125
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 800 765 0 35 5
Dutch 85 80 0 5 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 660 630 0 25 5
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 45 40 0 0 0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0
Swedish 20 25 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 5 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,485 2,225 0 90 175
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 15 0 0 0
Bulgarian 145 130 0 10 0
Croatian 75 60 0 5 0
Czech 140 120 0 5 20
Macedonian 885 805 0 10 70
Polish 505 470 0 20 20
Russian 190 165 0 5 15
Serbian 240 210 0 15 10
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 80 50 0 5 30
Slovenian 55 50 0 0 0
Ukrainian 120 120 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 65 65 0 0 0
Latvian 60 65 0 5 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 2,920 2,650 0 60 210
Armenian 435 345 0 50 40
Albanian 335 285 5 15 30
Georgian 20 20 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 425 350 0 25 45
Estonian 55 50 0 5 0
Finnish 55 50 0 5 0
Hungarian 310 250 0 15 45
Turkic languages 305 260 0 5 40
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 275 240 0 0 35
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,000 2,435 10 320 235
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 230 200 5 15 20
Oromo 30 25 5 0 0
Somali 200 170 0 15 15
Semitic languages 2,770 2,240 10 310 210
Amharic 295 275 0 15 10
Arabic 2,170 1,685 10 285 190
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 175 165 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 9,785 8,745 10 220 815
Indo-Aryan languages 7,765 7,000 5 175 585
Bengali 1,665 1,530 0 60 80
Gujarati 1,680 1,415 0 25 240
Hindi 630 580 0 15 35
Konkani 50 50 0 0 5
Marathi 70 60 0 10 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 470 405 0 5 55
Sindhi 85 80 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 335 325 0 0 10
Urdu 2,625 2,410 0 50 160
Nepali 160 145 0 5 0
Iranian languages 1,970 1,705 5 40 225
Kurdish 115 105 0 0 10
Pashto 390 335 0 5 50
Persian (Farsi) 1,460 1,260 5 30 165
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 9,590 8,445 5 245 890
Kannada 30 25 0 0 5
Malayalam 270 255 0 0 15
Tamil 9,085 7,975 10 240 865
Telugu 210 190 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 185 165 0 5 10
Korean 430 340 0 15 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,645 6,820 5 170 1,655
Chinese languages 8,580 6,760 5 165 1,650
Cantonese 2,955 2,170 0 70 705
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 10
Fukien 35 25 0 5 10
Hakka 125 95 5 10 20
Mandarin 2,290 1,890 0 40 355
Shanghainese 30 25 0 0 10
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,105 2,520 5 40 545
Tibetan languages 30 25 0 0 5
Burmese 25 25 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 30 25 0 5 5
Lao 10 10 0 5 0
Thai 20 20 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 415 320 0 15 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0 0
Vietnamese 395 305 0 15 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 7,420 7,225 0 75 120
Bisayan languages 300 290 0 10 5
Ilocano 375 370 0 5 5
Malay 65 60 0 5 0
Pampango 60 60 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,530 6,360 0 65 105
Bikol 25 25 0 5 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 30 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 410 345 5 45 10
Akan (Twi) 55 60 0 0 0
Bantu languages 250 210 5 25 5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 10 0
Shona 40 40 0 0 0
Swahili 115 105 0 0 5
Ganda 5 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5 0
Creoles 265 95 20 145 10
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5
American Sign Language 0 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,590 4,020 15 530 30
English and French 195 35 0 160 0
English and non-official language 4,095 3,880 0 185 35
French and non-official language 190 75 10 100 0
English, French and non-official language 115 40 5 80 0

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

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