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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 Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest
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 105,170 94,930 150 6,560 3,540
Single responses 101,430 91,695 130 6,095 3,510
English 60,780 57,350 5 3,350 65
French 1,365 110 75 1,170 5
Non-official languages 39,290 34,230 50 1,570 3,435
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 20 20 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 20 15 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 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 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,550 2,970 5 260 320
Italian 1,440 1,190 0 70 175
Portuguese 445 385 0 35 25
Romanian 305 215 0 55 35
Spanish 1,355 1,175 5 95 85
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 890 810 0 80 5
Dutch 90 85 0 5 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 720 655 0 60 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 65 55 0 5 0
Danish 25 20 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,475 2,195 0 125 155
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 35 0 0 5
Bulgarian 170 150 0 10 5
Croatian 80 75 0 10 0
Czech 95 80 0 5 10
Macedonian 725 650 0 10 65
Polish 535 475 0 35 25
Russian 340 290 0 30 20
Serbian 205 185 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 5 0
Slovak 45 30 0 0 10
Slovenian 45 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 135 125 0 15 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 75 70 0 5 5
Latvian 60 55 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0
Greek 1,435 1,290 0 35 115
Armenian 55 45 0 15 0
Albanian 220 185 0 10 20
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 630 505 0 35 95
Estonian 90 85 0 5 0
Finnish 75 70 0 5 0
Hungarian 470 350 0 20 90
Turkic languages 225 195 0 5 15
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5
Turkish 180 160 5 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,330 2,015 10 155 155
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 415 355 5 30 30
Oromo 70 65 0 5 10
Somali 345 290 0 25 25
Semitic languages 1,915 1,660 5 125 125
Amharic 645 605 0 15 25
Arabic 750 585 5 85 70
Hebrew 20 15 0 5 0
Maltese 20 20 0 5 0
Tigrigna 305 280 0 10 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,310 10,255 0 360 700
Indo-Aryan languages 9,775 8,940 0 305 520
Bengali 6,180 5,625 0 225 325
Gujarati 345 295 0 15 30
Hindi 400 375 0 15 10
Konkani 25 20 0 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 385 330 0 10 45
Sindhi 135 120 0 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 200 185 0 5 0
Urdu 1,945 1,825 0 30 95
Nepali 155 140 0 5 10
Iranian languages 1,490 1,270 0 50 170
Kurdish 145 130 0 5 15
Pashto 180 160 0 10 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,170 980 0 35 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,700 3,335 5 100 255
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 135 130 0 0 0
Tamil 3,365 3,005 5 100 255
Telugu 175 170 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 155 145 0 0 5
Korean 230 190 0 5 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,500 4,025 5 110 1,355
Chinese languages 5,420 3,960 5 105 1,355
Cantonese 2,295 1,565 5 45 690
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 30 30 0 5 5
Hakka 40 40 5 0 0
Mandarin 1,120 865 0 20 230
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 10
Taiwanese 30 20 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,875 1,425 5 35 410
Tibetan languages 55 45 0 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 35 30 0 0 5
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 30 20 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 385 295 5 25 65
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 380 290 5 25 60
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,320 5,185 0 60 70
Bisayan languages 265 260 0 0 0
Ilocano 270 260 0 5 5
Malay 45 45 0 0 0
Pampango 35 35 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,645 4,535 0 50 55
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 485 365 10 105 5
Akan (Twi) 80 75 0 5 5
Bantu languages 285 195 10 85 0
Lingala 20 0 5 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 0 20 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 10 5 15 0
Shona 25 25 0 0 0
Swahili 120 95 0 20 5
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 10 0
Edo 10 15 0 0 0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 15 0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 5 5
Creoles 150 45 10 85 10
Non-verbal languages 60 15 0 0 45
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 10 0 0 40
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,740 3,230 15 460 30
English and French 230 60 0 165 0
English and non-official language 3,305 3,105 5 170 25
French and non-official language 135 50 10 65 10
English, French and non-official language 75 15 5 55 0

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

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