Tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (158), Generation Status (4), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Number of Non-Official Languages Spoken (5), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

• Knowledge of official languages (5): Total - Knowledge of official languages
• Number of non-official languages spoken (5): Total - Number of non-official languages spoken
• Age groups (10): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details detailed mother tongue , generation status , knowledge of official languages , number of non-official languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in private households in Ontario^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 27.1 %

Detailed mother tongue (158)	Generation status (4)
	Total - Generation status	First generation^Footnote 3	Second generation^Footnote 4	Third generation or more^Footnote 5
Total - Detailed mother tongue	12,651,790	3,779,630	2,849,290	6,022,875
Single responses	12,423,615	3,666,530	2,755,680	6,001,405
English	8,674,195	995,890	2,135,880	5,542,435
French	473,315	36,350	31,555	405,405
Non-official languages	3,276,100	2,634,290	588,240	53,565
Aboriginal languages	15,080	465	200	14,415
Romance languages	608,685	460,590	143,325	4,775
Italian	248,470	165,120	80,470	2,885
Portuguese	146,975	114,295	31,655	1,025
Romanian	39,030	35,175	3,810	50
Spanish	173,935	145,780	27,350	805
Catalan	190	185	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	80	50	0	0
Germanic languages	214,245	151,200	42,480	20,565
Dutch	58,795	47,965	8,740	2,085
Flemish	2,865	2,215	600	50
Frisian	1,425	1,230	185	0
German	135,910	87,875	29,745	18,300
Yiddish	4,565	2,455	2,050	55
Scandinavian languages	8,585	7,495	1,040	50
Danish	4,800	4,280	505	0
Icelandic	205	180	15	20
Norwegian	1,005	825	175	0
Swedish	2,565	2,215	340	0
Afrikaans	2,020	1,890	125	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	85	80	0	0
Celtic languages	1,265	1,080	110	75
Gaelic languages	695	530	90	75
Welsh	570	550	20	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	399,240	313,150	80,425	5,660
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	415	355	55	0
Bosnian	6,185	5,515	655	0
Bulgarian	8,665	7,915	755	0
Croatian	33,510	24,315	8,620	570
Czech	11,395	9,680	1,670	45
Macedonian	15,190	10,950	4,105	135
Polish	126,920	98,850	26,675	1,395
Russian	92,540	84,020	8,390	130
Serbian	39,490	31,880	7,500	105
Serbo-Croatian	5,020	4,415	585	0
Slovak	9,385	6,805	2,485	95
Slovenian	7,610	5,245	2,315	50
Ukrainian	40,750	21,425	16,360	2,960
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	2,160	1,765	255	135
Baltic languages	10,215	6,475	3,445	295
Latvian	4,470	2,860	1,495	115
Lithuanian	5,745	3,610	1,950	180
Greek	58,640	37,005	19,630	2,005
Armenian	13,285	10,445	2,745	100
Albanian	17,700	15,835	1,825	45
Georgian	515	500	15	0
Finno-Ugric languages	53,090	38,205	13,630	1,255
Estonian	4,850	2,980	1,690	175
Finnish	10,290	5,560	4,075	645
Hungarian	37,955	29,665	7,865	430
Turkic languages	20,185	17,225	2,945	25
Azerbaijani	1,650	1,595	55	0
Turkish	17,015	14,290	2,700	20
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	1,530	1,340	190	0
Mongolian	230	225	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	202,680	169,890	32,390	400
Berber languages (Kabyle)	90	65	0	0
Cushitic languages	24,560	18,375	6,180	0
Oromo	1,730	1,525	200	0
Somali	22,830	16,845	5,980	0
Semitic languages	177,865	151,295	26,180	395
Amharic	9,085	8,270	795	0
Arabic	130,950	110,855	19,895	195
Hebrew	10,985	9,010	1,860	115
Maltese	5,575	4,965	555	65
Tigrigna	5,495	5,035	455	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15,780	13,155	2,620	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	160	155	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	598,530	494,110	103,625	795
Indo-Aryan languages	481,610	392,040	88,885	685
Bengali	38,105	32,785	5,310	0
Gujarati	68,645	58,045	10,580	20
Hindi	49,650	44,260	5,305	80
Konkani	2,215	2,190	30	0
Marathi	4,345	4,040	305	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	174,880	132,335	42,175	365
Sindhi	6,115	5,320	790	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	9,510	8,980	530	0
Urdu	123,810	99,895	23,715	205
Nepali	4,330	4,195	135	0
Iranian languages	113,275	98,825	14,340	115
Kurdish	5,930	4,725	1,180	0
Pashto	7,800	6,380	1,415	0
Persian (Farsi)	99,550	87,730	11,750	80
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	3,645	3,240	400	0
Dravidian languages	142,390	118,125	24,170	100
Kannada	1,815	1,670	155	0
Malayalam	11,815	10,875	940	0
Tamil	121,890	99,225	22,560	100
Telugu	6,565	6,055	515	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	300	300	0	0
Japanese	12,220	9,000	3,055	165
Korean	64,965	59,170	5,765	30
Sino-Tibetan languages	518,620	439,015	78,785	820
Chinese languages	511,060	431,945	78,310	810
Cantonese	189,160	150,570	38,135	455
Chaochow (Teochow)	1,590	1,215	370	0
Fukien	3,740	3,510	220	0
Hakka	3,320	2,815	505	0
Mandarin	121,765	107,565	14,110	90
Shanghainese	1,520	1,425	95	0
Taiwanese	2,905	2,735	165	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	187,060	162,100	24,710	255
Tibetan languages	4,245	3,920	325	0
Burmese	1,480	1,425	50	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	1,830	1,730	100	0
Tai languages	8,650	7,640	990	0
Lao	5,725	4,825	885	0
Thai	2,925	2,820	105	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	78,095	61,380	16,525	195
Khmer (Cambodian)	7,665	6,485	1,160	20
Vietnamese	70,430	54,895	15,360	175
Malayo-Polynesian languages	185,350	177,820	7,415	115
Bisayan languages	7,130	7,005	115	0
Ilocano	8,740	8,520	210	0
Malay	5,180	5,015	165	0
Pampango	1,135	1,085	40	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	161,360	154,405	6,855	90
Bikol	485	485	0	0
Malagasy	75	70	0	0
Fijian	25	20	0	0
Pangasinan	475	470	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	760	740	20	0
Niger-Congo languages	34,680	31,735	2,830	115
Akan (Twi)	10,555	9,070	1,405	85
Bantu languages	13,415	12,630	775	0
Lingala	730	710	20	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,355	1,345	10	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	1,010	965	35	0
Shona	1,400	1,360	40	0
Swahili	5,025	4,450	575	0
Ganda	685	645	40	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	3,205	3,150	50	0
Edo	850	830	25	0
Igbo	1,985	1,890	100	0
Wolof	140	140	0	0
Bamanankan	45	40	0	0
Ewe	655	640	15	0
Ga	715	645	70	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	6,310	5,845	440	0
African languages, n.i.e.	3,315	2,810	515	0
Creoles	10,395	9,865	525	0
Non-verbal languages	2,665	455	600	1,615
American Sign Language	880	105	120	655
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	1,775	350	475	945
Other languages	1,160	890	270	0
Multiple responses	228,175	113,100	93,610	21,465
English and French	18,945	1,290	3,585	14,065
English and non-official language	196,450	102,750	86,825	6,875
French and non-official language	10,525	7,975	2,230	325
English, French and non-official language	2,260	1,085	970	205

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

Footnote 2

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

Footnote 3

'First generation' includes persons who were born outside Canada. For the most part, these are people who are now, or have ever been, immigrants to Canada.

Footnote 4

'Second generation' includes persons who were born in Canada and had at least one parent born outside Canada. For the most part, these are the children of immigrants.

Footnote 5

'Third generation or more' includes persons who were born in Canada with both parents born in Canada.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011034.