Tabulation: Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

• Other language spoken regularly at home (9): Total - Other language spoken regularly at home
• Generation status (4): Total - Generation status
• Age groups (10C): Total - Age groups
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over, in private households in Ontario^{Footnote 1}
Global non-response rate (GNR)^{Footnote 2} = 27.1 %

Detailed language spoken most often at home (111)	Mother tongue (8)
	Total - Mother tongue	English	French	Non-official language	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home	10,473,665	6,979,095	415,630	2,910,900	14,255	143,495	8,850	1,445
Single responses	10,119,855	6,951,890	404,395	2,658,375	11,555	86,740	5,965	925
English	8,279,370	6,908,840	190,445	1,097,600	10,440	68,285	3,110	655
French	230,535	7,535	212,195	8,135	995	70	1,555	50
Non-official languages	1,609,950	35,515	1,765	1,552,630	120	18,395	1,305	225
Selected Aboriginal languages^Footnote 3	3,860	210	0	3,635	0	15	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	1,020	45	0	970	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	2,180	120	0	2,045	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	630	45	0	585	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^Footnote 4	1,598,035	34,700	1,700	1,541,925	115	18,090	1,285	220
African languages, n.i.e.	875	75	0	785	0	0	0	0
Afrikaans	635	0	0	620	0	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	4,810	435	0	4,270	0	105	0	0
Albanian	8,930	35	0	8,790	0	25	80	0
Amharic	4,355	45	0	4,260	0	35	0	0
Arabic	59,490	1,495	290	56,210	0	920	510	55
Armenian	6,800	45	0	6,630	0	70	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	710	15	0	695	0	0	0	0
Bengali	21,550	420	0	20,355	0	745	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	2,555	90	0	2,395	0	65	0	0
Bosnian	3,430	0	0	3,385	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	4,590	90	0	4,490	0	0	0	0
Burmese	830	0	0	805	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	139,860	2,535	20	135,970	0	1,320	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	118,960	2,235	10	115,830	0	855	15	0
Creoles	4,330	190	360	3,570	30	60	115	0
Croatian	12,580	110	0	12,400	0	50	0	0
Czech	3,160	0	0	3,145	0	0	0	0
Danish	245	0	0	230	0	0	0	0
Dutch	4,370	40	0	4,300	0	15	0	0
Estonian	1,075	0	0	1,060	0	0	0	0
Finnish	2,015	25	0	1,990	0	0	0	0
Flemish	170	0	0	160	0	0	0	0
Fukien	1,030	0	0	1,005	0	0	0	0
German	26,130	220	25	25,750	0	115	15	0
Greek	23,780	530	0	22,995	0	225	0	0
Gujarati	36,170	885	0	34,550	0	710	0	0
Hakka	1,350	55	0	1,280	0	15	0	0
Hebrew	4,065	240	40	3,690	0	75	0	0
Hindi	23,050	1,075	0	21,315	0	650	0	0
Hungarian	12,350	45	0	12,275	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	3,800	125	0	3,500	0	170	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	1,245	20	0	1,210	0	10	0	0
Italian	85,505	1,875	70	82,955	0	530	60	0
Japanese	4,865	160	0	4,595	0	100	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	4,025	115	0	3,860	0	40	0	0
Korean	43,990	900	0	42,820	0	270	0	0
Kurdish	3,035	60	0	2,965	0	0	0	0
Lao	2,790	90	30	2,635	0	30	0	0
Latvian	1,175	0	0	1,165	0	0	0	0
Lingala	240	0	30	210	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	1,635	0	0	1,630	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	6,275	90	0	6,140	0	30	0	0
Malay	1,570	15	0	1,545	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	4,560	150	0	4,315	0	100	0	0
Maltese	1,060	50	0	990	0	20	0	0
Mandarin	86,485	830	0	85,325	0	325	0	0
Marathi	1,680	25	0	1,615	0	45	0	0
Nepali	2,630	0	0	2,610	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,325	70	0	1,180	0	50	0	0
Norwegian	70	0	0	65	0	0	0	0
Oromo	645	0	0	605	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	105,040	2,175	0	101,320	0	1,520	0	0
Pashto	4,200	55	0	4,105	0	30	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	60,305	880	15	58,970	0	380	40	0
Polish	57,635	825	45	56,490	0	265	0	0
Portuguese	66,315	1,725	30	64,050	0	475	35	0
Romanian	18,760	155	20	18,505	0	55	25	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	440	0	0	410	0	0	0	0
Russian	58,145	725	30	57,070	0	310	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	260	0	20	220	0	0	15	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	9,320	80	0	9,200	0	40	0	0
Serbian	21,745	155	15	21,515	0	65	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	2,105	25	0	2,070	0	15	0	0
Shanghainese	640	0	0	610	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	1,755	725	10	965	0	60	0	0
Sindhi	2,560	155	0	2,385	0	20	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	3,975	110	0	3,790	0	80	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	920	0	0	920	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	445	80	0	365	0	0	0	0
Slovak	2,410	0	0	2,380	0	15	0	0
Slovenian	1,775	50	0	1,705	0	0	0	0
Somali	10,015	355	20	9,585	0	40	10	0
Spanish	87,305	1,990	210	84,145	0	825	75	40
Swahili	1,460	40	25	1,370	0	15	0	0
Swedish	320	25	0	295	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	71,995	2,845	0	66,620	0	2,520	0	0
Taiwanese	1,375	0	0	1,365	0	0	0	0
Tamil	76,605	2,265	20	73,100	0	1,200	0	0
Telugu	3,160	185	0	2,895	0	90	0	0
Thai	1,260	25	0	1,220	0	0	0	0
Tibetan languages	2,890	35	0	2,805	0	50	0	0
Tigrigna	2,120	20	0	2,100	0	0	0	0
Turkish	8,300	95	35	8,090	0	80	0	0
Ukrainian	13,540	160	0	13,300	0	60	0	0
Urdu	61,525	1,680	0	58,290	0	1,515	0	0
Vietnamese	44,095	1,380	85	42,170	0	370	75	0
Yiddish	490	70	0	410	0	0	0	0
Other languages^Footnote 5	8,050	600	60	7,080	0	295	0	0
Multiple responses	353,815	27,210	11,230	252,520	2,700	56,755	2,885	520
English and French	15,730	2,305	9,805	700	2,600	50	170	100
English and non-official language	331,670	24,665	630	248,575	35	56,485	1,090	195
French and non-official language	4,420	80	650	2,255	25	55	1,355	0
English, French and non-official language	1,990	165	140	990	45	165	270	220

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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

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

Footnote 4

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

Footnote 5

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011041.