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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 Cambridge, 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 125,645 116,850 60 6,705 2,030
Single responses 123,715 115,290 50 6,350 2,020
English 100,075 96,035 5 3,995 40
French 1,705 140 35 1,520 0
Non-official languages 21,940 19,115 10 830 1,985
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 5 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. 5 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 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 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 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 5 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 8,605 7,220 5 280 1,100
Italian 805 715 0 65 30
Portuguese 6,175 5,115 5 100 955
Romanian 310 245 0 45 20
Spanish 1,310 1,145 0 70 100
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,635 1,535 0 100 0
Dutch 510 480 0 35 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0
Frisian 10 5 0 5 0
German 1,015 955 0 65 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 60 60 0 0 0
Danish 35 35 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,175 2,005 0 105 60
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 35 0 0 0
Bulgarian 30 20 0 5 0
Croatian 285 270 0 15 5
Czech 150 135 0 15 5
Macedonian 90 85 0 0 0
Polish 965 890 0 40 25
Russian 165 145 0 10 10
Serbian 140 125 0 10 5
Serbo-Croatian 5 10 0 0 0
Slovak 85 80 0 5 0
Slovenian 30 25 0 5 0
Ukrainian 185 170 0 5 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0
Greek 205 195 0 5 5
Armenian 225 190 0 20 10
Albanian 40 30 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 530 495 0 20 15
Estonian 30 25 0 0 0
Finnish 50 45 0 0 0
Hungarian 450 420 0 15 15
Turkic languages 70 65 0 5 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 60 50 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 715 610 0 60 40
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages 675 580 0 60 40
Amharic 35 40 0 0 0
Arabic 565 470 0 55 40
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 40 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,550 3,955 0 140 460
Indo-Aryan languages 3,755 3,260 0 110 385
Bengali 55 45 0 5 0
Gujarati 980 820 0 25 140
Hindi 205 195 0 10 10
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,425 1,215 0 40 175
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 25 0 0 0
Urdu 1,020 930 0 30 65
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 785 690 0 30 70
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 5
Pashto 585 515 0 15 55
Persian (Farsi) 175 150 0 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 260 235 0 5 10
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 70 70 0 0 0
Tamil 155 135 0 5 10
Telugu 30 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 65 0 5 20
Korean 130 120 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 945 785 0 35 125
Chinese languages 940 780 0 35 125
Cantonese 255 205 0 10 30
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0
Mandarin 210 175 0 5 30
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 455 385 0 15 55
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 315 275 0 10 30
Lao 270 240 0 10 20
Thai 45 35 0 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 720 625 5 15 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5
Vietnamese 710 620 0 10 80
Malayo-Polynesian languages 540 530 0 5 10
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Ilocano 30 25 0 0 5
Malay 30 30 0 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 450 445 0 5 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 55 50 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 30 25 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 5 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Creoles 10 5 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 45 35 0 0 10
American Sign Language 30 30 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 10
Other languages 15 15 0 5 0
Multiple responses 1,925 1,560 5 355 10
English and French 265 35 5 225 0
English and non-official language 1,585 1,495 0 80 10
French and non-official language 40 20 0 20 0
English, French and non-official language 40 5 0 35 0

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

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