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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 Mississauga, CYFootnote 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 710,475 635,660 580 49,125 25,115
Single responses 679,740 609,340 520 44,925 24,960
English 338,280 316,135 15 21,825 305
French 7,400 495 205 6,690 10
Non-official languages 334,060 292,710 290 16,410 24,645
Aboriginal languages 50 45 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 25 25 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. 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 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. 5 10 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 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) 5 5 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 5 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 5 0
Inuktitut 10 5 0 0 5
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Romance languages 50,860 43,190 65 3,485 4,120
Italian 14,210 12,405 15 915 870
Portuguese 17,685 15,090 30 710 1,855
Romanian 3,075 2,195 5 705 165
Spanish 15,885 13,495 15 1,150 1,225
Catalan 5 10 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages 5,135 4,635 0 480 15
Dutch 915 820 0 95 5
Flemish 35 25 0 10 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 3,710 3,340 5 350 15
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 330 305 0 20 0
Danish 190 180 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 30 0 5 0
Swedish 100 90 0 10 0
Afrikaans 125 125 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 50 45 0 5 5
Gaelic languages 25 30 0 0 0
Welsh 25 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 55,815 49,580 25 3,110 3,110
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 30 20 0 5 5
Bosnian 1,135 980 0 60 95
Bulgarian 1,120 980 0 105 40
Croatian 5,505 5,090 5 250 170
Czech 730 660 0 50 20
Macedonian 1,255 1,145 0 55 60
Polish 29,065 25,810 15 1,450 1,790
Russian 4,645 3,965 0 335 345
Serbian 3,830 3,345 5 260 220
Serbo-Croatian 575 505 0 50 25
Slovak 865 790 5 55 15
Slovenian 945 885 0 50 15
Ukrainian 5,955 5,275 0 375 310
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 145 0 0 10
Baltic languages 800 710 5 75 10
Latvian 180 160 0 15 0
Lithuanian 625 550 0 55 15
Greek 2,700 2,455 0 140 105
Armenian 510 395 5 90 25
Albanian 2,215 1,895 0 100 215
Georgian 15 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,255 2,015 5 140 100
Estonian 170 150 0 15 0
Finnish 210 195 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,870 1,665 0 110 100
Turkic languages 1,345 1,190 0 50 100
Azerbaijani 45 35 0 0 5
Turkish 1,225 1,095 5 45 90
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 75 60 0 5 5
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 25,460 21,490 85 2,460 1,425
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 770 720 0 30 20
Oromo 60 45 0 10 0
Somali 715 675 0 20 20
Semitic languages 24,645 20,750 85 2,410 1,395
Amharic 280 260 0 15 10
Arabic 21,990 18,300 85 2,365 1,240
Hebrew 70 65 0 0 0
Maltese 950 935 0 5 5
Tigrigna 215 205 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,135 980 0 20 135
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 15 0
Indo-Iranian languages 89,850 80,515 30 3,005 6,295
Indo-Aryan languages 83,055 74,600 25 2,665 5,765
Bengali 3,305 3,080 5 140 80
Gujarati 8,010 7,155 0 270 585
Hindi 9,255 8,565 0 370 315
Konkani 745 725 0 15 10
Marathi 1,070 995 0 50 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,880 19,165 5 665 3,045
Sindhi 1,005 925 0 45 40
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,315 1,265 0 25 25
Urdu 34,920 32,215 5 1,070 1,630
Nepali 555 520 0 20 20
Iranian languages 6,375 5,545 5 315 510
Kurdish 120 115 0 5 5
Pashto 1,010 900 0 40 65
Persian (Farsi) 5,240 4,530 5 270 440
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 425 375 5 25 25
Dravidian languages 14,425 13,130 10 480 800
Kannada 455 425 0 20 10
Malayalam 2,145 2,005 0 85 55
Tamil 10,235 9,215 5 335 680
Telugu 1,515 1,415 0 45 60
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 0
Japanese 965 845 0 25 85
Korean 5,300 4,580 0 195 520
Sino-Tibetan languages 40,070 32,925 25 1,210 5,915
Chinese languages 39,850 32,730 25 1,200 5,890
Cantonese 11,925 9,720 5 360 1,835
Chaochow (Teochow) 100 80 0 0 20
Fukien 220 175 0 5 35
Hakka 125 115 0 5 10
Mandarin 11,335 9,245 5 355 1,730
Shanghainese 130 100 0 0 30
Taiwanese 275 220 0 10 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 15,745 13,070 15 465 2,190
Tibetan languages 100 75 0 5 15
Burmese 95 90 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 5 0
Tai languages 275 245 0 5 20
Lao 145 130 0 5 10
Thai 125 115 0 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,915 8,135 5 340 1,430
Khmer (Cambodian) 75 65 0 10 5
Vietnamese 9,840 8,070 10 335 1,420
Malayo-Polynesian languages 22,625 22,090 5 310 220
Bisayan languages 740 725 0 5 5
Ilocano 545 530 0 5 10
Malay 1,090 1,040 0 25 20
Pampango 180 170 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 19,920 19,475 5 270 175
Bikol 50 45 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 45 45 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,285 2,035 5 220 25
Akan (Twi) 790 745 0 30 10
Bantu languages 575 455 0 115 10
Lingala 25 0 0 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 5 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 10 0 30 0
Shona 110 105 0 5 0
Swahili 240 225 0 15 0
Ganda 45 35 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 75 5 15 0
Edo 65 60 0 5 0
Igbo 180 165 0 10 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Ewe 85 75 0 10 0
Ga 75 70 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 520 465 5 50 10
African languages, n.i.e. 215 210 0 5 5
Creoles 730 210 25 475 15
Non-verbal languages 150 70 0 5 80
American Sign Language 55 40 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 30 0 5 65
Other languages 45 35 0 5 0
Multiple responses 30,735 26,320 60 4,200 160
English and French 1,585 280 5 1,295 5
English and non-official language 27,330 25,500 10 1,685 145
French and non-official language 975 340 40 580 10
English, French and non-official language 845 205 5 635 0

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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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