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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 Brampton, CY
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 521,690 489,785 4,655 3,480 23,770 6,395 1.2
Single responses 469,600 438,770 4,195 2,870 23,765 5,630 1.2
English 325,005 322,850 2,155 0 0 2,155 0.7
French 2,020 170 1,850 0 0 1,855 91.8
Non-official languages 142,575 115,750 190 2,870 23,765 1,625 1.1
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 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 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gwich'in 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
North Slavey (Hare) 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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. 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
Romance languages 12,880 9,920 45 355 2,560 220 1.7
Italian 2,115 1,660 5 35 410 25 1.2
Portuguese 4,700 3,260 15 90 1,345 55 1.2
Romanian 295 215 0 50 35 25 8.5
Spanish 5,770 4,795 20 190 770 120 2.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 380 345 0 25 10 10 2.6
Dutch 130 125 0 5 5 5 3.8
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 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
German 210 185 0 20 5 10 4.8
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 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
Swedish 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
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 4,455 3,905 5 160 385 85 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 95 80 5 5 5 5 5.3
Bulgarian 85 70 0 5 10 5 5.9
Croatian 480 430 0 15 35 10 2.1
Czech 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 120 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Polish 2,700 2,370 0 100 225 50 1.9
Russian 350 290 0 10 45 10 2.9
Serbian 285 250 0 5 25 5 1.8
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 95 80 0 5 5 5 5.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Greek 250 220 0 10 20 5 2.0
Armenian 100 80 0 5 10 0 0.0
Albanian 100 75 0 5 25 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 275 245 0 10 20 5 1.8
Estonian 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 255 220 0 10 25 5 2.0
Turkic languages 215 175 0 5 30 5 2.3
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 210 175 0 0 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,430 2,790 25 180 435 120 3.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 390 345 0 10 35 5 1.3
Oromo 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Somali 335 290 0 10 30 10 3.0
Semitic languages 3,040 2,445 25 170 400 110 3.6
Amharic 110 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 1,730 1,310 25 165 230 105 6.1
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 125 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tigrigna 30 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,045 890 0 5 155 5 0.5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 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
Indo-Iranian languages 97,415 78,245 45 1,660 17,460 875 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 95,610 76,730 45 1,620 17,215 855 0.9
Bengali 1,340 1,200 0 40 100 20 1.5
Gujarati 7,285 6,050 5 110 1,120 60 0.8
Hindi 5,735 5,145 0 120 470 60 1.0
Konkani 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 235 210 0 10 10 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 69,840 54,130 35 1,165 14,510 620 0.9
Sindhi 230 200 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 715 680 0 10 25 0 0.0
Urdu 9,810 8,720 5 165 920 85 0.9
Nepali 370 330 0 5 30 5 1.4
Iranian languages 1,705 1,425 0 40 245 15 0.9
Kurdish 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 255 225 0 0 25 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,385 1,150 0 35 205 15 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 8,540 7,520 5 140 875 75 0.9
Kannada 110 105 0 5 5 5 4.5
Malayalam 855 775 0 15 60 10 1.2
Tamil 7,180 6,270 5 115 790 65 0.9
Telugu 385 360 0 5 20 5 1.3
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 230 195 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,105 3,065 5 60 970 40 1.0
Chinese languages 4,035 3,005 5 60 965 40 1.0
Cantonese 1,610 1,155 5 25 430 15 0.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 825 640 0 10 170 5 0.6
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,535 1,165 5 25 340 20 1.3
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai languages 290 225 0 5 55 5 1.7
Lao 265 205 5 10 55 5 1.9
Thai 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,225 2,530 5 65 620 40 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 130 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Vietnamese 3,095 2,425 5 60 605 40 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,065 3,940 5 10 110 5 0.1
Bisayan languages 120 115 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 60 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,715 3,610 5 5 100 10 0.3
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 2,025 1,910 10 35 65 30 1.5
Akan (Twi) 1,390 1,330 5 20 40 10 0.7
Bantu languages 145 120 5 10 5 15 10.3
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 5 5 5 5 33.3
Shona 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 65 55 0 5 5 5 7.7
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 5 5 25.0
Edo 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Igbo 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 280 265 0 5 10 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 90 80 5 0 0 10 11.1
Creoles 270 105 30 125 15 90 33.3
Non-verbal languages 130 70 0 0 60 0 0.0
American Sign Language 30 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 50 0 0 50 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 52,080 51,015 460 610 0 765 1.5
English and French 850 325 270 260 0 400 47.1
English and non-official language 50,120 50,075 45 0 0 45 0.1
French and non-official language 420 305 110 0 0 110 26.2
English, French and non-official language 695 310 35 350 0 210 30.2

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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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