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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 Simcoe
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 441,115 409,980 435 28,990 1,720
Single responses 436,910 407,010 415 27,785 1,705
English 387,655 371,105 5 16,495 55
French 10,780 965 370 9,445 0
Non-official languages 38,470 34,935 40 1,840 1,650
Aboriginal languages 385 380 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 360 365 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 20 20 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 20 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 5 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 340 340 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 5 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 5 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 0 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 11,535 10,145 20 650 720
Italian 4,855 4,380 5 275 200
Portuguese 3,755 3,250 10 150 345
Romanian 345 275 5 55 15
Spanish 2,580 2,245 10 165 160
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,255 7,785 5 440 30
Dutch 2,520 2,400 0 120 0
Flemish 45 30 0 10 0
Frisian 40 40 0 5 0
German 5,145 4,835 5 275 30
Yiddish 25 20 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 405 385 0 25 0
Danish 275 265 0 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 5 0
Norwegian 35 35 0 0 0
Swedish 95 80 0 10 0
Afrikaans 70 70 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 35 35 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 20 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,710 6,190 5 305 210
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 5 5
Bosnian 60 50 0 5 5
Bulgarian 60 60 0 5 0
Croatian 455 430 0 15 5
Czech 385 360 0 20 5
Macedonian 285 270 0 10 10
Polish 2,980 2,765 0 120 95
Russian 870 770 0 40 50
Serbian 230 210 0 10 15
Serbo-Croatian 35 35 0 0 0
Slovak 285 270 0 20 5
Slovenian 205 195 0 15 0
Ukrainian 790 730 0 45 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Baltic languages 435 395 5 30 5
Latvian 190 175 0 15 0
Lithuanian 245 225 0 20 0
Greek 675 620 0 30 20
Armenian 50 40 0 10 5
Albanian 60 55 0 5 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,785 1,695 0 75 20
Estonian 185 170 0 10 0
Finnish 520 495 0 20 5
Hungarian 1,085 1,030 0 40 15
Turkic languages 105 85 0 5 15
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 95 75 0 5 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 790 690 5 75 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Oromo 5 10 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 780 675 5 75 25
Amharic 30 30 0 0 0
Arabic 450 355 0 70 20
Hebrew 40 35 0 0 0
Maltese 190 185 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,240 2,040 0 65 130
Indo-Aryan languages 1,855 1,700 0 45 110
Bengali 135 125 0 5 0
Gujarati 330 300 0 5 25
Hindi 200 190 0 5 5
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 10 15 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 570 500 0 10 55
Sindhi 25 25 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 40 0 0 0
Urdu 535 490 0 20 20
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 370 325 0 20 25
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 345 305 0 20 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 270 240 5 10 20
Kannada 10 10 0 5 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 5 0
Tamil 185 160 0 10 10
Telugu 15 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 205 175 0 5 25
Korean 680 610 0 10 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,770 1,510 0 50 220
Chinese languages 1,735 1,475 0 50 215
Cantonese 435 350 0 25 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 5
Fukien 15 10 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 475 410 0 10 50
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 780 680 0 10 90
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Tai languages 180 160 0 10 10
Lao 130 120 0 10 5
Thai 50 45 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 735 630 5 20 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 135 115 0 5 15
Vietnamese 600 515 5 15 70
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,250 1,220 0 15 15
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 45 40 0 0 5
Malay 40 35 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,100 1,090 0 5 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 180 160 0 15 5
Akan (Twi) 35 25 0 5 0
Bantu languages 70 65 0 0 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 20 15 0 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Creoles 30 10 5 15 0
Non-verbal languages 90 45 0 5 35
American Sign Language 30 25 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 25 0 0 30
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,200 2,965 15 1,205 15
English and French 1,250 295 10 950 0
English and non-official language 2,710 2,560 5 130 10
French and non-official language 170 85 5 70 0
English, French and non-official language 80 25 0 55 0

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

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