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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 Hamilton
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 513,170 475,355 360 28,495 8,965
Single responses 503,770 467,590 335 26,955 8,895
English 378,585 362,225 10 16,185 165
French 6,765 795 175 5,795 5
Non-official languages 118,420 104,570 145 4,975 8,725
Aboriginal languages 110 100 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 55 50 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 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 35 30 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 5 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 5 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 35 35 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 10 0 0 0
Cayuga 20 20 0 0 0
Oneida 0 5 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 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 0 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 33,135 28,610 40 1,635 2,845
Italian 16,760 14,825 15 705 1,225
Portuguese 7,330 6,060 10 260 995
Romanian 1,705 1,365 5 250 80
Spanish 7,310 6,345 10 415 535
Catalan 20 15 0 0 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages 8,060 7,630 10 405 20
Dutch 2,990 2,860 5 115 0
Flemish 70 60 0 10 0
Frisian 95 95 0 0 0
German 4,455 4,195 5 240 15
Yiddish 70 55 0 10 0
Scandinavian languages 260 240 0 20 0
Danish 160 150 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0 0
Swedish 65 55 0 10 0
Afrikaans 125 120 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 55 55 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 40 35 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 26,090 23,635 15 915 1,535
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 880 775 0 30 75
Bulgarian 130 120 0 10 0
Croatian 4,995 4,550 0 130 305
Czech 1,300 1,090 0 40 165
Macedonian 500 465 0 15 20
Polish 7,655 7,070 0 265 320
Russian 1,380 1,225 0 65 95
Serbian 5,530 4,905 5 205 415
Serbo-Croatian 405 355 0 25 30
Slovak 520 470 0 15 35
Slovenian 615 590 0 15 5
Ukrainian 2,015 1,875 5 95 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 150 0 5 10
Baltic languages 855 790 0 50 10
Latvian 345 315 0 25 5
Lithuanian 515 475 0 25 5
Greek 1,595 1,470 0 70 55
Armenian 275 235 0 25 15
Albanian 1,135 1,000 5 25 110
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 3,215 2,940 5 95 165
Estonian 170 165 0 15 0
Finnish 80 75 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,960 2,710 5 85 165
Turkic languages 620 575 0 15 30
Azerbaijani 25 30 0 0 0
Turkish 565 525 0 15 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,370 7,980 15 500 875
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 815 670 5 10 140
Oromo 50 45 0 0 5
Somali 765 620 0 5 135
Semitic languages 8,550 7,315 15 485 735
Amharic 215 200 0 5 5
Arabic 6,290 5,365 10 445 475
Hebrew 135 115 5 5 5
Maltese 130 120 0 5 0
Tigrigna 105 100 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,680 1,415 0 25 245
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 13,645 12,090 10 440 1,115
Indo-Aryan languages 10,225 9,115 5 285 815
Bengali 980 885 0 45 50
Gujarati 965 850 0 25 95
Hindi 830 795 0 25 15
Konkani 30 30 0 0 0
Marathi 70 65 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,965 3,340 0 110 510
Sindhi 75 70 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 180 0 10 5
Urdu 3,080 2,865 0 70 145
Nepali 40 35 0 0 0
Iranian languages 3,310 2,865 5 150 295
Kurdish 990 820 0 50 110
Pashto 155 145 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,165 1,900 0 85 180
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 850 795 0 30 30
Kannada 25 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 435 410 0 10 20
Tamil 310 285 0 20 10
Telugu 75 70 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 270 255 0 10 5
Korean 1,435 1,250 0 45 145
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,365 6,195 5 180 990
Chinese languages 7,065 5,975 5 180 905
Cantonese 1,555 1,205 0 50 305
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,455 0 40 155
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 50 40 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,760 3,235 5 85 435
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 40 30 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 190 0 0 70
Tai languages 480 390 5 15 70
Lao 355 305 0 15 30
Thai 125 90 0 0 35
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,880 3,200 5 90 590
Khmer (Cambodian) 915 770 0 20 125
Vietnamese 2,965 2,430 5 70 460
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,160 4,075 0 40 45
Bisayan languages 155 155 0 0 0
Ilocano 195 185 0 0 5
Malay 105 100 0 5 0
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,645 3,575 0 30 35
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,165 920 20 195 25
Akan (Twi) 205 195 0 10 0
Bantu languages 735 535 20 160 20
Lingala 30 0 0 20 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 10 5 30 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 25 0 25 0
Shona 160 150 0 5 5
Swahili 255 185 5 55 15
Ganda 30 25 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 155 130 5 15 0
Edo 15 10 0 0 0
Igbo 40 35 0 0 0
Wolof 0 5 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 25 20 0 5 0
Ga 25 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 125 95 0 20 5
African languages, n.i.e. 220 175 0 35 10
Creoles 265 95 15 150 5
Non-verbal languages 110 60 0 5 45
American Sign Language 35 20 5 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 35 0 0 35
Other languages 35 30 0 0 10
Multiple responses 9,405 7,765 35 1,540 65
English and French 1,050 245 5 800 0
English and non-official language 7,545 7,120 0 365 60
French and non-official language 630 355 20 250 5
English, French and non-official language 170 50 5 125 0

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

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