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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ajax, T
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 109,300 100,425 80 7,655 1,145
Single responses 106,455 98,105 75 7,135 1,135
English 83,200 78,580 5 4,590 25
French 1,580 85 55 1,445 0
Non-official languages 21,680 19,440 20 1,100 1,115
Aboriginal languages 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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 0 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. 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 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 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 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 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,005 2,625 0 250 130
Italian 995 870 0 70 45
Portuguese 590 535 0 35 20
Romanian 325 245 0 70 10
Spanish 1,090 970 0 75 50
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 920 865 0 50 0
Dutch 220 205 0 15 0
Flemish 5 10 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 610 575 0 30 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 65 65 0 0 0
Danish 35 30 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,625 1,465 0 85 70
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 20 0 5 5
Croatian 85 85 0 0 0
Czech 35 35 0 5 0
Macedonian 455 420 0 10 30
Polish 545 485 0 40 25
Russian 205 175 0 15 10
Serbian 100 90 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 0
Slovak 50 40 0 0 5
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 85 70 0 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 5 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 505 475 0 20 10
Armenian 70 65 0 5 0
Albanian 35 30 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 305 280 0 20 10
Estonian 40 40 0 5 0
Finnish 50 45 0 5 5
Hungarian 210 195 0 10 5
Turkic languages 50 45 0 0 5
Azerbaijani 5 10 0 0 0
Turkish 45 40 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,435 1,150 0 215 65
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 65 0 0 5
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0
Somali 60 55 0 5 5
Semitic languages 1,355 1,080 5 215 55
Amharic 30 35 0 0 5
Arabic 1,195 935 5 205 50
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 35 30 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,390 5,830 0 200 355
Indo-Aryan languages 4,870 4,525 0 130 215
Bengali 310 285 0 10 10
Gujarati 570 520 0 20 35
Hindi 605 575 0 10 15
Konkani 15 20 0 0 0
Marathi 25 20 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 720 635 0 20 60
Sindhi 85 80 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 195 190 0 5 5
Urdu 2,330 2,175 0 65 90
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,495 1,285 0 70 135
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 5
Pashto 85 75 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,395 1,200 0 70 130
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 2,260 2,020 0 70 175
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 145 135 0 0 0
Tamil 2,025 1,795 0 60 165
Telugu 85 75 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 40 35 0 5 5
Korean 165 150 0 5 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,550 1,305 0 30 215
Chinese languages 1,530 1,290 0 35 215
Cantonese 515 420 0 10 85
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 5
Hakka 35 30 0 0 5
Mandarin 360 290 0 10 60
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 610 545 0 5 65
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Tai languages 20 20 0 5 0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 15 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 310 260 0 25 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5
Vietnamese 295 245 0 25 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,500 2,435 0 35 25
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 60 55 0 0 0
Malay 50 45 0 0 5
Pampango 35 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,260 2,210 0 25 25
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 335 295 5 30 5
Akan (Twi) 105 105 0 0 0
Bantu languages 110 85 5 15 5
Lingala 15 5 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 25 25 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 0 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Edo 20 20 0 0 0
Igbo 25 20 0 5 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Creoles 65 20 0 45 0
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,845 2,320 5 520 5
English and French 320 55 0 270 0
English and non-official language 2,335 2,215 5 120 5
French and non-official language 115 35 0 75 0
English, French and non-official language 70 15 0 60 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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