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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Markham, T
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 300,680 271,000 2,280 2,695 24,700 3,630 1.2
Single responses 274,070 244,995 2,065 2,305 24,700 3,215 1.2
English 156,845 155,765 1,080 0 0 1,085 0.7
French 925 55 865 0 0 870 94.1
Non-official languages 116,295 89,180 115 2,300 24,705 1,265 1.1
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 3,060 2,385 15 220 440 125 4.1
Italian 1,270 995 5 15 250 15 1.2
Portuguese 200 165 0 10 30 0 0.0
Romanian 565 365 5 135 65 70 12.4
Spanish 1,020 855 0 65 95 35 3.4
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 215 195 5 15 5 10 4.7
Dutch 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 170 150 0 15 5 10 5.9
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afrikaans 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,670 2,305 5 135 230 75 2.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 70 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 30 25 0 5 5 5 16.7
Czech 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 565 510 0 5 55 5 0.9
Polish 240 200 0 15 20 10 4.2
Russian 1,435 1,230 0 70 135 40 2.8
Serbian 200 165 0 25 15 10 5.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Baltic languages 35 35 5 5 0 5 14.3
Latvian 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 870 790 0 5 65 5 0.6
Armenian 865 650 5 140 65 75 8.7
Albanian 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 280 255 5 15 10 10 3.6
Estonian 35 30 0 5 0 5 14.3
Finnish 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 200 185 0 10 10 10 5.0
Turkic languages 185 155 0 15 20 5 2.7
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 140 120 0 10 15 5 3.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,515 1,210 20 150 140 90 5.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 55 40 0 5 10 5 9.1
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 50 30 0 10 10 5 10.0
Semitic languages 1,450 1,165 15 140 130 85 5.9
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,250 990 15 125 120 80 6.4
Hebrew 135 115 0 15 10 10 7.4
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages 15,260 13,080 15 365 1,800 200 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 10,990 9,440 10 210 1,330 110 1.0
Bengali 320 295 0 0 15 5 1.6
Gujarati 2,540 2,110 0 50 380 25 1.0
Hindi 1,265 1,150 5 20 95 15 1.2
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 50 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,695 2,145 0 65 480 30 1.1
Sindhi 220 200 0 10 15 5 2.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 150 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Urdu 3,715 3,325 5 60 325 35 0.9
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 4,230 3,605 10 160 460 90 2.1
Kurdish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 170 140 0 10 20 5 2.9
Persian (Farsi) 4,030 3,440 10 140 440 80 2.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 11,360 9,825 0 195 1,340 100 0.9
Kannada 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 235 220 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 10,990 9,480 0 195 1,315 95 0.9
Telugu 115 100 0 5 5 5 4.3
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Japanese 250 215 0 5 25 0 0.0
Korean 2,130 1,700 5 55 370 30 1.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 74,740 53,875 30 900 19,945 475 0.6
Chinese languages 74,695 53,840 25 895 19,935 475 0.6
Cantonese 40,255 29,335 10 485 10,425 255 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 50 25 0 0 25 0 0.0
Fukien 145 60 0 5 80 0 0.0
Hakka 630 485 0 5 145 0 0.0
Mandarin 11,750 8,175 5 160 3,410 85 0.7
Shanghainese 80 40 0 5 40 0 0.0
Taiwanese 175 155 0 5 20 5 2.9
Chinese, n.o.s. 21,605 15,565 15 240 5,795 135 0.6
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tai languages 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 40 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Thai 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 395 5 20 115 15 2.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 510 375 0 20 110 10 2.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,965 1,890 5 5 65 5 0.3
Bisayan languages 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 50 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,770 1,710 0 5 50 5 0.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages 65 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Igbo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 100 20 15 55 5 45 45.0
Non-verbal languages 45 20 0 0 30 0 0.0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 20 0 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 26,615 26,005 215 395 0 410 1.5
English and French 435 130 95 210 0 200 46.0
English and non-official language 25,720 25,680 40 0 0 45 0.2
French and non-official language 75 30 40 0 0 40 53.3
English, French and non-official language 385 160 40 190 0 135 35.1

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

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