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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, C
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 8,960
Single responses 503,770 467,590 330 26,955 8,895
English 378,585 362,225 10 16,185 170
French 6,765 795 175 5,795 5
Non-official languages 118,420 104,575 145 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 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 0 0 5 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. 10 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 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 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 40 40 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 20 15 0 0 0
Oneida 5 0 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 0 0 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 5
Romance languages 33,135 28,610 40 1,640 2,845
Italian 16,765 14,825 10 700 1,225
Portuguese 7,330 6,065 15 265 1,000
Romanian 1,700 1,365 5 250 85
Spanish 7,310 6,345 15 415 535
Catalan 15 15 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Germanic languages 8,065 7,630 5 405 15
Dutch 2,990 2,865 5 115 5
Flemish 65 60 0 10 0
Frisian 95 95 0 0 0
German 4,455 4,195 0 245 15
Yiddish 70 60 0 10 0
Scandinavian languages 260 240 0 20 0
Danish 160 150 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0 0
Swedish 65 55 0 10 0
Afrikaans 125 115 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 55 50 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 40 35 0 0 5
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 26,095 23,630 15 910 1,530
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 880 775 0 30 75
Bulgarian 125 120 0 5 5
Croatian 4,990 4,550 0 135 305
Czech 1,300 1,090 0 40 165
Macedonian 495 460 0 15 20
Polish 7,655 7,070 5 260 320
Russian 1,380 1,225 0 65 95
Serbian 5,535 4,905 5 205 415
Serbo-Croatian 405 350 0 25 30
Slovak 525 470 0 15 35
Slovenian 610 585 0 20 10
Ukrainian 2,015 1,875 0 95 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 150 0 5 5
Baltic languages 855 790 0 55 10
Latvian 345 310 0 25 5
Lithuanian 515 475 0 25 5
Greek 1,595 1,475 0 70 55
Armenian 270 235 0 30 10
Albanian 1,140 1,000 0 25 115
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 3,215 2,940 5 100 170
Estonian 175 160 0 10 0
Finnish 80 75 0 10 0
Hungarian 2,960 2,710 5 85 165
Turkic languages 620 580 0 15 30
Azerbaijani 30 30 0 0 5
Turkish 565 525 0 15 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,370 7,980 15 500 875
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 815 665 0 10 140
Oromo 50 45 5 5 0
Somali 765 620 0 10 135
Semitic languages 8,550 7,315 15 490 735
Amharic 215 205 0 5 5
Arabic 6,290 5,365 15 445 475
Hebrew 130 115 5 10 5
Maltese 125 120 0 5 0
Tigrigna 110 100 0 0 10
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 12,085 10 440 1,115
Indo-Aryan languages 10,225 9,115 5 290 820
Bengali 975 885 0 40 50
Gujarati 970 850 0 25 90
Hindi 830 795 0 25 10
Konkani 30 30 0 5 0
Marathi 70 70 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,965 3,340 0 115 510
Sindhi 75 70 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 180 0 10 0
Urdu 3,080 2,860 5 70 145
Nepali 40 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 3,310 2,860 5 145 295
Kurdish 990 825 0 55 110
Pashto 155 145 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,165 1,900 0 85 180
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 105 5 5 5
Dravidian languages 850 790 0 30 30
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 435 410 0 5 20
Tamil 315 285 0 15 10
Telugu 75 65 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 275 260 0 10 5
Korean 1,440 1,250 0 45 145
Sino-Tibetan languages 7,365 6,190 5 180 990
Chinese languages 7,065 5,975 5 180 905
Cantonese 1,555 1,205 0 50 300
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,455 0 40 155
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 55 40 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,765 3,235 5 80 435
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 40 25 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 185 0 0 70
Tai languages 480 390 0 20 70
Lao 355 305 0 15 30
Thai 125 90 0 0 35
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,880 3,200 5 85 585
Khmer (Cambodian) 915 770 0 20 125
Vietnamese 2,965 2,425 5 70 460
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,160 4,080 0 40 50
Bisayan languages 155 155 0 0 0
Ilocano 195 185 0 0 5
Malay 105 100 0 0 5
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,645 3,575 0 35 35
Bikol 20 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,165 920 25 195 20
Akan (Twi) 205 195 0 10 0
Bantu languages 730 535 25 160 20
Lingala 30 0 5 20 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 10 5 35 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 25 0 30 0
Shona 160 150 0 5 5
Swahili 260 185 5 55 15
Ganda 25 30 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 155 130 5 15 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 25 20 0 5 0
Ga 20 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 120 95 0 20 0
African languages, n.i.e. 215 175 0 30 10
Creoles 265 100 15 150 5
Non-verbal languages 110 60 5 5 45
American Sign Language 35 20 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 40 0 0 40
Other languages 35 25 0 0 10
Multiple responses 9,400 7,765 30 1,540 65
English and French 1,050 245 5 800 0
English and non-official language 7,550 7,120 5 370 55
French and non-official language 630 350 20 250 10
English, French and non-official language 175 50 0 125 5

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

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