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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Markham, T
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 300,680 257,730 180 17,765 25,015
Single responses 289,655 248,200 170 16,370 24,915
English 115,750 107,275 5 8,260 205
French 2,035 140 65 1,825 0
Non-official languages 171,875 140,785 100 6,290 24,705
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 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 0 0 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 10 5 0 0 5
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 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 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 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 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 7,910 6,755 10 715 440
Italian 4,265 3,740 0 275 250
Portuguese 705 625 0 50 30
Romanian 1,015 715 5 225 60
Spanish 1,925 1,670 0 155 100
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,785 1,580 0 195 10
Dutch 300 265 0 35 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 1,155 1,025 0 115 10
Yiddish 165 130 0 35 0
Scandinavian languages 110 110 0 5 0
Danish 65 65 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 5,365 4,765 5 365 230
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 20 20 0 5 0
Bulgarian 145 120 0 15 5
Croatian 135 120 0 15 0
Czech 125 105 0 15 0
Macedonian 1,375 1,285 0 30 55
Polish 715 625 0 65 25
Russian 2,030 1,765 5 140 130
Serbian 350 300 0 40 15
Serbo-Croatian 50 45 0 5 0
Slovak 100 90 0 5 5
Slovenian 80 75 0 0 0
Ukrainian 235 200 0 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 125 110 0 15 5
Latvian 65 55 0 5 0
Lithuanian 60 50 0 5 0
Greek 2,700 2,545 0 85 65
Armenian 1,440 1,140 5 235 70
Albanian 125 115 0 5 5
Georgian 20 15 0 0 5
Finno-Ugric languages 905 825 5 70 10
Estonian 110 100 0 15 0
Finnish 140 130 0 10 0
Hungarian 650 595 5 45 10
Turkic languages 425 360 0 35 30
Azerbaijani 90 75 0 10 5
Turkish 320 275 0 25 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,480 2,880 10 455 140
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 170 130 0 20 10
Oromo 20 15 0 5 0
Somali 145 115 0 25 10
Semitic languages 3,315 2,745 10 430 125
Amharic 50 50 0 5 0
Arabic 2,760 2,245 10 390 120
Hebrew 350 315 0 30 10
Maltese 50 45 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 25,975 23,165 30 995 1,795
Indo-Aryan languages 19,835 17,835 20 650 1,330
Bengali 535 505 0 20 15
Gujarati 4,710 4,145 10 170 385
Hindi 2,460 2,305 5 70 85
Konkani 105 105 0 0 0
Marathi 185 170 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,375 3,720 5 150 500
Sindhi 650 585 5 40 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 370 350 0 10 10
Urdu 6,405 5,905 10 180 305
Nepali 40 35 0 5 0
Iranian languages 6,045 5,240 10 335 455
Kurdish 65 55 0 5 0
Pashto 255 215 0 15 25
Persian (Farsi) 5,720 4,965 5 315 435
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 90 5 5 10
Dravidian languages 15,495 13,695 5 460 1,340
Kannada 60 55 0 0 0
Malayalam 500 470 0 15 10
Tamil 14,710 12,950 5 440 1,320
Telugu 225 210 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 445 410 0 10 30
Korean 2,885 2,400 0 110 370
Sino-Tibetan languages 95,540 73,370 25 2,240 19,905
Chinese languages 95,440 73,285 25 2,245 19,885
Cantonese 47,465 36,620 10 1,205 9,630
Chaochow (Teochow) 150 90 0 5 60
Fukien 600 355 0 5 235
Hakka 1,165 980 0 20 165
Mandarin 14,350 10,650 5 325 3,365
Shanghainese 215 120 0 0 90
Taiwanese 330 285 0 5 35
Chinese, n.o.s. 31,165 24,180 5 670 6,310
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 85 75 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Tai languages 155 140 0 5 10
Lao 75 70 0 5 5
Thai 80 75 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,110 890 0 70 145
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 20 0 10 5
Vietnamese 1,070 865 5 60 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,405 5,275 0 60 70
Bisayan languages 145 140 0 0 5
Ilocano 180 170 0 0 10
Malay 305 285 0 5 15
Pampango 30 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,720 4,620 0 50 50
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 315 270 0 35 5
Akan (Twi) 70 60 0 5 0
Bantu languages 135 115 0 10 5
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 95 85 0 0 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 25 25 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 50 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Creoles 190 45 0 135 5
Non-verbal languages 35 10 0 0 25
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0 25
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 11,025 9,525 10 1,395 95
English and French 525 85 0 445 0
English and non-official language 9,985 9,280 5 605 90
French and non-official language 255 115 5 130 5
English, French and non-official language 260 45 0 215 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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