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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, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 London
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 469,010 432,600 245 31,095 5,065
Single responses 462,435 427,540 230 29,645 5,025
English 378,330 358,175 20 20,015 120
French 5,815 615 110 5,085 10
Non-official languages 78,295 68,750 105 4,545 4,900
Aboriginal languages 105 100 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 45 45 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 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 5 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. 5 5 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 45 40 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 30 30 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 5 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 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 19,515 16,345 35 1,575 1,555
Italian 3,545 3,165 5 265 105
Portuguese 5,980 5,025 10 245 700
Romanian 885 625 5 225 35
Spanish 9,095 7,530 15 830 720
Catalan 15 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 9,500 8,920 0 485 90
Dutch 4,375 4,205 0 150 15
Flemish 275 245 0 35 0
Frisian 75 70 0 0 0
German 4,300 3,955 0 275 70
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 360 340 5 15 5
Danish 250 240 0 5 5
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 75 65 0 10 0
Afrikaans 80 80 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 40 0 5 5
Gaelic languages 30 20 0 5 5
Welsh 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 12,765 11,530 10 760 465
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 5 0
Bosnian 670 625 0 15 30
Bulgarian 75 55 0 15 0
Croatian 1,110 1,035 0 50 25
Czech 435 400 0 35 0
Macedonian 85 70 0 10 5
Polish 6,195 5,600 5 340 245
Russian 1,240 1,050 0 115 75
Serbian 880 800 5 55 25
Serbo-Croatian 325 295 0 15 15
Slovak 375 340 0 30 0
Slovenian 265 245 0 10 5
Ukrainian 1,035 940 0 60 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 0
Baltic languages 285 255 0 25 0
Latvian 100 85 0 10 0
Lithuanian 180 165 0 10 0
Greek 1,895 1,720 5 95 80
Armenian 90 70 0 15 5
Albanian 1,005 895 0 15 95
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,620 1,510 0 90 15
Estonian 65 55 0 5 0
Finnish 125 110 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,435 1,345 0 70 20
Turkic languages 395 350 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 40 40 0 0 0
Turkish 305 260 0 20 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,895 8,470 25 715 690
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 270 240 0 15 10
Oromo 30 25 0 5 0
Somali 245 220 5 10 15
Semitic languages 9,615 8,225 20 690 680
Amharic 245 220 0 15 10
Arabic 7,810 6,630 20 630 530
Hebrew 95 90 0 5 5
Maltese 295 290 0 5 0
Tigrigna 250 230 0 15 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 760 0 25 130
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,560 5,880 0 240 435
Indo-Aryan languages 3,905 3,565 0 135 200
Bengali 375 340 0 10 25
Gujarati 520 470 0 15 30
Hindi 660 615 0 25 20
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 50 45 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 805 725 0 30 50
Sindhi 55 50 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 80 0 5 0
Urdu 1,190 1,110 0 40 35
Nepali 140 100 0 0 35
Iranian languages 2,620 2,280 5 110 230
Kurdish 835 735 0 20 80
Pashto 90 80 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,700 1,465 0 90 140
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 660 605 0 25 30
Kannada 35 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 280 270 5 5 5
Tamil 260 220 0 15 20
Telugu 85 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 220 185 0 10 25
Korean 2,560 2,220 0 80 255
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,855 4,990 0 180 680
Chinese languages 5,630 4,855 5 180 595
Cantonese 1,165 980 0 50 140
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 10 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 5 0
Mandarin 1,415 1,230 0 55 130
Shanghainese 15 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 35 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,970 2,580 0 80 315
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 205 120 0 0 85
Tai languages 185 170 0 10 0
Lao 130 115 5 10 0
Thai 60 55 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,615 2,190 0 60 360
Khmer (Cambodian) 920 765 0 25 125
Vietnamese 1,695 1,420 0 30 240
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,575 1,535 0 30 15
Bisayan languages 60 65 0 0 5
Ilocano 85 85 0 0 0
Malay 130 115 0 10 5
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,285 1,250 0 20 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 520 410 10 90 10
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 5 5
Bantu languages 310 225 10 70 10
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 10 10 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 40 35 0 0 0
Swahili 85 65 0 15 5
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 80 5 15 5
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 20 20 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 105 90 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 5 10
Creoles 40 25 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 125 80 0 0 45
American Sign Language 70 50 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 30 0 0 30
Other languages 35 30 0 5 5
Multiple responses 6,570 5,055 15 1,450 45
English and French 1,030 220 10 800 0
English and non-official language 4,990 4,620 5 330 35
French and non-official language 360 185 0 170 5
English, French and non-official language 190 40 0 150 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011031.

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