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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 Durham
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 604,125 558,685 385 41,560 3,495
Single responses 595,120 551,685 370 39,600 3,470
English 508,650 482,120 15 26,420 90
French 9,925 740 270 8,910 5
Non-official languages 76,545 68,825 80 4,265 3,375
Aboriginal languages 30 25 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 20 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 10 15 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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) 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 5 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 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 5 0 5 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. 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 14,995 13,035 20 1,220 715
Italian 6,265 5,585 10 405 260
Portuguese 3,080 2,755 5 180 145
Romanian 1,270 905 0 285 80
Spanish 4,365 3,785 5 350 225
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Germanic languages 7,740 7,300 0 435 10
Dutch 2,685 2,565 0 115 5
Flemish 70 50 0 20 0
Frisian 75 75 0 0 0
German 4,385 4,110 0 270 5
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 400 375 0 25 0
Danish 210 195 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 55 0 0 0
Swedish 125 120 0 10 0
Afrikaans 110 105 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 70 75 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 40 35 0 0 0
Welsh 30 30 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,100 10,150 5 595 350
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 30 25 0 5 0
Bulgarian 135 110 0 20 5
Croatian 600 565 0 20 10
Czech 320 290 0 30 0
Macedonian 1,635 1,530 0 40 60
Polish 4,630 4,240 0 250 140
Russian 930 800 0 80 45
Serbian 530 475 0 35 25
Serbo-Croatian 80 70 0 5 5
Slovak 280 255 0 20 5
Slovenian 305 290 0 15 0
Ukrainian 1,555 1,435 0 85 45
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 0
Baltic languages 250 220 0 30 0
Latvian 155 140 0 15 0
Lithuanian 90 80 0 5 0
Greek 2,335 2,180 0 90 60
Armenian 330 290 0 40 5
Albanian 140 110 0 5 20
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,095 1,935 5 120 35
Estonian 230 215 0 15 0
Finnish 345 330 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,515 1,390 5 85 35
Turkic languages 240 210 0 10 15
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5
Turkish 220 195 0 10 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,105 3,375 20 555 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 135 115 0 10 10
Oromo 35 35 0 0 0
Somali 105 80 0 5 10
Semitic languages 3,960 3,255 15 540 150
Amharic 100 90 0 5 0
Arabic 3,270 2,595 15 520 135
Hebrew 35 35 0 5 0
Maltese 360 360 0 5 0
Tigrigna 60 55 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 115 0 5 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,120 13,730 5 525 865
Indo-Aryan languages 11,280 10,420 0 350 510
Bengali 765 715 0 35 15
Gujarati 1,575 1,420 0 55 100
Hindi 1,270 1,205 0 30 35
Konkani 70 65 0 5 0
Marathi 95 85 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,720 1,535 5 55 130
Sindhi 250 235 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 460 445 0 5 5
Urdu 5,050 4,685 5 150 215
Nepali 35 25 0 0 5
Iranian languages 3,765 3,235 5 175 345
Kurdish 60 50 0 5 0
Pashto 250 225 0 5 25
Persian (Farsi) 3,455 2,960 0 165 320
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 3,945 3,555 0 135 250
Kannada 35 30 0 5 0
Malayalam 305 275 0 20 5
Tamil 3,425 3,080 0 105 240
Telugu 170 155 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 190 175 0 10 5
Korean 770 675 0 25 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,185 4,440 0 130 620
Chinese languages 5,135 4,390 0 125 615
Cantonese 1,625 1,375 0 40 215
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5
Fukien 25 20 0 0 0
Hakka 60 45 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,200 1,030 0 30 140
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 20 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,165 1,870 0 50 240
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Tai languages 130 125 0 5 0
Lao 55 50 0 0 0
Thai 80 75 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 765 635 0 50 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 5 0
Vietnamese 710 585 5 45 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,760 5,625 0 80 60
Bisayan languages 170 165 0 0 0
Ilocano 135 130 0 5 5
Malay 150 140 0 5 5
Pampango 60 60 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,210 5,105 0 60 45
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 830 705 10 100 15
Akan (Twi) 185 180 0 5 0
Bantu languages 325 255 5 55 10
Lingala 20 0 5 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 0 10 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 0 15 0
Shona 50 50 0 0 0
Swahili 140 120 0 15 5
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 10 0
Edo 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 70 65 0 0 0
Wolof 15 0 0 10 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 20 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 175 155 0 20 5
African languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 5
Creoles 225 105 5 110 5
Non-verbal languages 125 80 0 5 40
American Sign Language 55 45 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 30 0 5 35
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 9,005 7,000 15 1,960 25
English and French 1,485 285 5 1,195 0
English and non-official language 6,920 6,510 5 380 25
French and non-official language 390 160 10 220 0
English, French and non-official language 215 45 5 170 0

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

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