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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 PeelFootnote 1
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 1,291,375 1,162,125 970 78,415 49,865
Single responses 1,237,035 1,114,865 870 71,755 49,535
English 653,555 616,625 30 36,340 565
French 12,350 940 385 11,015 10
Non-official languages 571,125 497,300 460 24,400 48,960
Aboriginal languages 100 85 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 40 40 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 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 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 25 20 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) 15 10 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 5 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 5 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 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. 20 20 0 5 0
Romance languages 87,345 75,165 105 5,085 6,990
Italian 27,015 23,945 20 1,525 1,520
Portuguese 29,620 25,240 50 1,095 3,240
Romanian 3,860 2,810 5 835 210
Spanish 26,840 23,160 30 1,625 2,020
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 9,460 8,685 5 745 30
Dutch 2,380 2,220 0 155 5
Flemish 65 50 0 15 0
Frisian 55 50 0 5 0
German 6,220 5,660 0 540 20
Yiddish 25 25 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 535 510 0 25 0
Danish 330 315 0 15 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 60 55 0 5 0
Swedish 140 135 0 5 0
Afrikaans 175 175 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages 75 75 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 40 40 0 0 0
Welsh 35 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Slavic languages 66,685 59,445 35 3,655 3,555
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 30 25 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,295 1,120 0 70 105
Bulgarian 1,290 1,120 0 115 50
Croatian 7,025 6,515 0 305 210
Czech 1,055 970 0 65 25
Macedonian 1,660 1,520 0 65 70
Polish 34,585 30,760 15 1,760 2,045
Russian 5,375 4,595 0 385 400
Serbian 4,500 3,955 5 295 250
Serbo-Croatian 645 565 0 50 30
Slovak 1,155 1,065 5 70 15
Slovenian 1,230 1,150 0 60 15
Ukrainian 6,640 5,895 0 415 330
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 205 190 0 5 10
Baltic languages 945 840 0 90 10
Latvian 250 225 0 30 0
Lithuanian 690 610 5 65 10
Greek 3,735 3,410 0 195 130
Armenian 705 550 0 115 35
Albanian 2,430 2,075 0 110 240
Georgian 15 15 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 3,305 2,995 0 190 120
Estonian 235 210 0 25 0
Finnish 300 285 0 15 0
Hungarian 2,770 2,500 0 145 120
Turkic languages 1,675 1,485 5 65 125
Azerbaijani 50 40 0 0 5
Turkish 1,545 1,375 5 55 115
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 80 70 0 5 5
Mongolian 10 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 31,965 27,090 100 2,905 1,860
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 10 0 5 5
Cushitic languages 1,430 1,310 0 65 55
Oromo 145 125 0 10 5
Somali 1,285 1,180 0 50 55
Semitic languages 30,480 25,760 95 2,825 1,800
Amharic 535 500 0 20 10
Arabic 25,270 20,970 95 2,740 1,465
Hebrew 120 110 0 10 0
Maltese 1,535 1,505 0 15 10
Tigrigna 290 275 0 5 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,735 2,400 0 35 305
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 20 0
Indo-Iranian languages 225,890 195,160 85 6,760 23,885
Indo-Aryan languages 216,200 186,715 80 6,315 23,090
Bengali 5,270 4,845 5 240 185
Gujarati 19,095 16,845 5 550 1,695
Hindi 19,370 17,885 10 715 765
Konkani 935 900 0 20 15
Marathi 1,495 1,385 0 65 40
Panjabi (Punjabi) 115,200 94,340 45 3,085 17,725
Sindhi 1,445 1,315 0 60 65
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,705 2,590 0 65 50
Urdu 49,550 45,565 15 1,465 2,505
Nepali 1,135 1,045 0 40 50
Iranian languages 9,025 7,845 5 410 765
Kurdish 240 210 0 5 20
Pashto 1,350 1,210 0 40 105
Persian (Farsi) 7,435 6,425 5 365 640
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 665 600 0 35 30
Dravidian languages 26,545 24,050 10 790 1,690
Kannada 690 650 0 25 15
Malayalam 3,760 3,515 0 125 115
Tamil 19,790 17,730 15 565 1,485
Telugu 2,215 2,075 0 65 75
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 90 90 0 0 0
Japanese 1,135 1,020 0 25 100
Korean 5,720 4,965 0 200 550
Sino-Tibetan languages 46,465 38,200 25 1,365 6,875
Chinese languages 46,120 37,895 30 1,350 6,850
Cantonese 14,235 11,590 10 415 2,220
Chaochow (Teochow) 140 110 0 0 25
Fukien 250 210 0 0 35
Hakka 210 175 0 15 20
Mandarin 12,560 10,250 5 385 1,920
Shanghainese 145 115 0 0 30
Taiwanese 295 240 0 10 50
Chinese, n.o.s. 18,285 15,200 15 520 2,555
Tibetan languages 115 90 0 5 20
Burmese 155 155 0 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 5 5
Tai languages 850 745 0 20 85
Lao 640 555 0 20 70
Thai 215 190 0 5 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 14,345 11,780 10 485 2,070
Khmer (Cambodian) 270 220 0 15 25
Vietnamese 14,080 11,555 10 465 2,045
Malayo-Polynesian languages 32,745 32,005 5 395 335
Bisayan languages 1,110 1,095 0 10 5
Ilocano 910 885 0 5 20
Malay 1,300 1,240 0 25 25
Pampango 290 285 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 28,870 28,245 5 345 275
Bikol 85 85 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 20 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 70 65 0 0 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 6,950 6,400 20 435 90
Akan (Twi) 3,370 3,215 0 110 50
Bantu languages 1,140 935 15 180 15
Lingala 25 0 0 25 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 0 5 35 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 60 20 0 40 5
Shona 200 190 0 5 0
Swahili 475 430 5 35 5
Ganda 85 80 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 245 210 0 30 0
Edo 200 195 0 0 5
Igbo 450 425 0 15 5
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0
Ewe 155 135 0 10 5
Ga 225 210 5 15 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,410 1,290 5 100 20
African languages, n.i.e. 435 405 0 20 5
Creoles 1,280 475 40 730 30
Non-verbal languages 250 110 5 5 130
American Sign Language 80 60 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 165 50 0 0 110
Other languages 50 45 0 5 5
Multiple responses 54,340 47,255 95 6,655 325
English and French 2,625 500 10 2,105 5
English and non-official language 48,740 45,645 15 2,780 305
French and non-official language 1,735 825 65 825 20
English, French and non-official language 1,240 280 5 950 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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

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