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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 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 110,270 97,580 70 8,840 3,775
Single responses 107,180 95,045 70 8,315 3,755
English 52,075 47,810 0 4,230 35
French 1,040 80 20 945 0
Non-official languages 54,065 47,155 50 3,140 3,720
Aboriginal languages 0 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 0 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 5 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 5 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 6,980 5,790 15 770 405
Italian 3,270 2,845 5 195 230
Portuguese 800 710 0 30 65
Romanian 1,050 735 5 255 50
Spanish 1,860 1,505 5 290 55
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,550 1,385 5 150 15
Dutch 110 95 0 10 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 445 385 0 55 0
Yiddish 920 835 0 75 10
Scandinavian languages 40 35 0 0 5
Danish 25 20 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 30 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 16,380 14,285 10 925 1,160
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 20 0 0 5
Bosnian 10 5 0 0 0
Bulgarian 155 125 0 25 10
Croatian 90 80 0 5 0
Czech 50 50 0 0 0
Macedonian 105 95 0 10 5
Polish 650 600 0 35 15
Russian 14,360 12,490 5 785 1,080
Serbian 360 315 0 35 10
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 5 0
Slovak 90 80 0 5 0
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 390 330 0 25 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 150 140 0 5 5
Latvian 65 55 0 10 0
Lithuanian 90 85 0 0 0
Greek 635 575 0 30 30
Armenian 315 235 0 55 20
Albanian 195 165 5 20 15
Georgian 80 65 0 0 10
Finno-Ugric languages 880 780 5 80 20
Estonian 55 50 0 0 0
Finnish 70 65 0 5 0
Hungarian 755 660 0 70 25
Turkic languages 330 270 0 30 25
Azerbaijani 100 85 0 10 15
Turkish 200 165 0 30 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,775 4,340 10 345 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0
Somali 15 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,745 4,310 10 340 90
Amharic 20 25 0 0 5
Arabic 565 445 5 105 10
Hebrew 4,085 3,780 0 235 70
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 35 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,390 5,670 10 315 400
Indo-Aryan languages 2,830 2,545 5 115 170
Bengali 165 155 0 5 5
Gujarati 1,115 980 0 40 90
Hindi 460 415 0 25 15
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 640 575 0 15 50
Sindhi 40 30 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 50 0 0 0
Urdu 310 285 0 15 15
Nepali 5 5 0 5 0
Iranian languages 3,520 3,090 5 200 225
Kurdish 50 45 0 0 0
Pashto 10 5 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,460 3,035 5 200 225
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 775 710 0 15 45
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 105 100 0 0 0
Tamil 605 555 0 15 40
Telugu 50 50 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 105 90 0 0 10
Korean 3,480 2,935 0 110 435
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,895 5,820 0 185 900
Chinese languages 6,875 5,800 0 180 900
Cantonese 2,490 2,070 0 55 360
Chaochow (Teochow) 50 40 0 0 10
Fukien 55 40 0 5 10
Hakka 90 65 0 10 15
Mandarin 1,525 1,290 0 40 195
Shanghainese 20 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,595 2,225 0 65 305
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 70 0 5 0
Lao 50 45 0 5 0
Thai 25 30 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 610 495 0 20 95
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 40 0 0 0
Vietnamese 570 455 5 15 90
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,315 3,240 0 30 40
Bisayan languages 80 80 0 0 0
Ilocano 280 275 0 0 5
Malay 55 50 0 0 5
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,850 2,795 0 25 30
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 5 0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 80 70 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 5 0
Bantu languages 30 25 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Creoles 40 15 5 20 0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Other languages 5 5 0 5 0
Multiple responses 3,090 2,535 5 525 25
English and French 180 30 0 145 0
English and non-official language 2,650 2,430 0 195 25
French and non-official language 180 60 5 115 0
English, French and non-official language 85 15 0 75 0

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

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