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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 Windsor, CY
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 208,825 186,940 310 17,435 4,140
Single responses 203,520 182,870 285 16,245 4,115
English 142,795 134,590 10 8,145 55
French 5,405 730 160 4,510 0
Non-official languages 55,320 47,550 120 3,590 4,060
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 0 0
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 15 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 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 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 5 5 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. 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 11,340 9,640 15 965 725
Italian 6,395 5,605 5 350 430
Portuguese 480 405 5 45 35
Romanian 1,870 1,445 5 340 85
Spanish 2,585 2,175 5 225 180
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Germanic languages 1,695 1,600 0 95 5
Dutch 265 235 0 30 0
Flemish 25 20 0 5 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 1,290 1,230 0 55 5
Yiddish 25 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 60 60 0 5 0
Danish 50 45 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 9,325 8,550 5 400 365
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 300 280 0 15 15
Bulgarian 85 80 0 5 0
Croatian 1,270 1,200 0 35 35
Czech 115 110 0 5 0
Macedonian 765 705 0 20 40
Polish 2,500 2,250 0 140 110
Russian 420 355 0 35 30
Serbian 2,475 2,260 5 105 115
Serbo-Croatian 195 185 0 10 0
Slovak 485 455 0 15 10
Slovenian 135 130 0 5 5
Ukrainian 465 435 0 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 105 0 0 5
Baltic languages 60 55 0 0 5
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 50 40 0 5 5
Greek 830 770 5 25 30
Armenian 130 105 0 15 10
Albanian 1,025 890 0 55 80
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,080 985 0 40 50
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 95 85 0 0 5
Hungarian 975 890 0 35 45
Turkic languages 380 340 0 15 25
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 345 310 0 15 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 12,505 10,145 45 1,170 1,140
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 615 500 0 10 105
Oromo 45 40 0 5 5
Somali 575 460 0 5 100
Semitic languages 11,870 9,640 40 1,150 1,035
Amharic 120 115 0 0 5
Arabic 9,550 7,650 40 1,105 755
Hebrew 30 20 0 5 0
Maltese 145 135 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 110 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,910 1,600 5 40 265
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,990 5,360 5 215 410
Indo-Aryan languages 5,250 4,710 0 180 360
Bengali 615 545 0 35 30
Gujarati 510 455 0 15 40
Hindi 460 435 0 15 10
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 60 60 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,625 1,400 0 55 175
Sindhi 15 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 110 0 0 0
Urdu 1,755 1,635 0 55 70
Nepali 95 60 0 5 35
Iranian languages 685 605 0 35 45
Kurdish 120 105 0 0 20
Pashto 35 30 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 530 475 0 30 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 475 450 0 10 15
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 120 110 0 0 10
Tamil 230 215 0 5 5
Telugu 110 105 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 45 40 0 0 5
Korean 240 215 0 5 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,280 4,255 5 185 830
Chinese languages 5,110 4,155 5 185 765
Cantonese 1,025 805 0 35 185
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,005 830 0 50 120
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,040 2,480 5 100 455
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 155 90 0 5 65
Tai languages 160 140 0 10 10
Lao 130 110 0 5 10
Thai 30 30 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,130 1,820 5 55 240
Khmer (Cambodian) 400 330 0 10 65
Vietnamese 1,725 1,495 10 45 180
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,520 1,475 0 25 15
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 5 0
Ilocano 50 45 0 0 0
Malay 40 35 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,360 1,325 0 20 10
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 630 395 30 180 25
Akan (Twi) 50 45 0 5 0
Bantu languages 340 135 30 155 15
Lingala 15 5 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 10 0 20 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 10 0 60 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 130 55 15 50 15
Ganda 20 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 35 5 10 0
Edo 10 10 0 5 0
Igbo 40 40 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 170 150 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 190 180 0 0 15
Creoles 175 40 10 110 10
Non-verbal languages 35 25 0 0 15
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 20 10 0 5 10
Multiple responses 5,305 4,070 20 1,190 25
English and French 865 225 5 635 0
English and non-official language 3,935 3,670 5 245 10
French and non-official language 315 130 10 160 15
English, French and non-official language 185 40 0 145 0

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

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