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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 Richmond Hill, 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 184,455 171,130 1,620 2,505 9,205 2,875 1.6
Single responses 170,030 157,180 1,420 2,230 9,205 2,535 1.5
English 106,250 105,460 790 0 0 790 0.7
French 585 45 535 0 0 535 91.5
Non-official languages 63,200 51,675 90 2,230 9,205 1,210 1.9
Aboriginal 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
Algonquian languages 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
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 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 4,135 3,255 20 335 525 185 4.5
Italian 1,765 1,445 5 40 270 30 1.7
Portuguese 240 195 0 10 25 10 4.2
Romanian 990 675 5 185 125 100 10.1
Spanish 1,130 935 0 90 105 50 4.4
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 190 165 0 20 5 10 5.3
Dutch 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 140 125 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 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
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 8,070 6,745 5 400 920 205 2.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Bulgarian 85 70 0 10 5 5 5.9
Croatian 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Czech 25 15 0 0 0 5 20.0
Macedonian 155 145 0 0 10 5 3.2
Polish 330 280 5 15 30 5 1.5
Russian 7,015 5,845 5 350 815 180 2.6
Serbian 230 190 0 15 25 5 2.2
Serbo-Croatian 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
Slovak 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 115 95 0 0 20 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 5 100.0
Baltic languages 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Latvian 20 10 0 10 0 5 25.0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 635 560 0 20 55 10 1.6
Armenian 560 405 5 115 40 65 11.6
Albanian 110 80 0 0 25 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 320 280 0 20 15 10 3.1
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 255 225 0 15 20 5 2.0
Turkic languages 345 295 0 10 35 5 1.4
Azerbaijani 75 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkish 255 215 0 10 30 5 2.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,840 1,480 30 175 155 110 6.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 50 35 0 5 10 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,790 1,445 30 170 145 110 6.1
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,435 1,115 25 160 130 105 7.3
Hebrew 300 285 0 5 15 5 1.7
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 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
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 14,315 12,385 15 530 1,390 275 1.9
Indo-Aryan languages 2,735 2,460 0 65 210 35 1.3
Bengali 140 130 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 760 670 5 25 65 15 2.0
Hindi 325 300 0 5 20 5 1.5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 220 200 0 5 20 0 0.0
Sindhi 160 130 0 10 15 5 3.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 75 70 5 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,020 935 5 15 75 10 1.0
Nepali 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 11,545 9,895 15 460 1,180 240 2.1
Kurdish 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 11,415 9,780 15 455 1,165 245 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 820 750 5 10 65 5 0.6
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 110 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 665 600 5 10 55 5 0.8
Telugu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 160 135 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 3,130 2,675 0 65 385 30 1.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 27,210 21,310 15 460 5,425 245 0.9
Chinese languages 27,185 21,290 15 465 5,420 240 0.9
Cantonese 13,185 10,430 5 210 2,535 110 0.8
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10 5 25.0
Fukien 55 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 50 35 0 5 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 5,890 4,490 5 105 1,290 55 0.9
Shanghainese 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 105 75 0 5 30 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,830 6,175 5 140 1,520 70 0.9
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 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
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 15 10 5 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 320 245 0 15 60 10 3.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 290 220 0 15 55 10 3.4
Malayo-Polynesian languages 785 750 0 0 35 5 0.6
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 75 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 660 630 0 5 25 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 90 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 55 40 0 0 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 45 35 0 0 15 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Creoles 60 15 5 40 0 25 41.7
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 14,425 13,950 200 275 0 340 2.4
English and French 295 95 80 120 0 140 47.5
English and non-official language 13,775 13,725 45 0 0 45 0.3
French and non-official language 65 20 45 0 0 45 69.2
English, French and non-official language 295 105 30 160 0 105 35.6

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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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