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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 Brampton, 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 521,690 471,625 375 25,495 24,190
Single responses 499,230 451,665 340 23,210 24,020
English 269,790 257,515 10 12,010 250
French 4,375 380 170 3,820 5
Non-official languages 225,065 193,765 165 7,375 23,765
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 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 20 15 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) 15 10 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 5 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 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 5 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 5 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 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. 10 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 29,990 26,100 35 1,295 2,560
Italian 7,990 7,165 5 410 415
Portuguese 11,095 9,390 20 340 1,350
Romanian 680 525 5 115 35
Spanish 10,230 9,025 10 430 760
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,275 3,085 0 175 10
Dutch 1,245 1,200 0 45 0
Flemish 25 20 0 5 0
Frisian 55 50 0 5 0
German 1,750 1,620 0 120 5
Yiddish 10 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 150 145 0 5 0
Danish 95 95 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0
Swedish 35 30 0 5 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 9,060 8,220 5 445 385
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 145 130 0 10 5
Bulgarian 155 135 0 10 10
Croatian 1,215 1,135 5 45 35
Czech 260 245 0 5 5
Macedonian 340 315 0 5 15
Polish 4,780 4,300 0 255 225
Russian 600 520 0 40 40
Serbian 595 545 0 30 25
Serbo-Croatian 65 55 0 0 5
Slovak 235 225 0 10 0
Slovenian 175 165 0 5 5
Ukrainian 470 425 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Baltic languages 100 90 0 10 0
Latvian 50 45 0 5 0
Lithuanian 50 45 0 5 0
Greek 805 750 0 40 20
Armenian 180 145 0 20 10
Albanian 195 160 0 10 20
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 830 770 0 35 25
Estonian 45 40 0 5 0
Finnish 75 70 0 5 0
Hungarian 710 665 0 30 20
Turkic languages 325 290 0 15 25
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 315 280 0 15 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,240 5,365 10 435 430
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 655 590 5 30 35
Oromo 85 80 0 0 0
Somali 575 510 0 35 30
Semitic languages 5,570 4,775 10 395 395
Amharic 250 235 0 5 5
Arabic 3,140 2,550 10 360 220
Hebrew 40 35 0 0 0
Maltese 510 495 0 5 5
Tigrigna 75 65 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,565 1,385 0 15 165
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 134,810 113,575 55 3,720 17,460
Indo-Aryan languages 132,000 111,120 55 3,625 17,200
Bengali 1,960 1,760 0 95 100
Gujarati 11,040 9,645 5 285 1,105
Hindi 10,060 9,270 0 340 450
Konkani 185 175 0 5 0
Marathi 430 390 0 20 15
Panjabi (Punjabi) 91,345 74,340 45 2,395 14,565
Sindhi 440 390 0 15 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,385 1,315 0 40 30
Urdu 14,580 13,310 5 395 870
Nepali 580 530 0 20 30
Iranian languages 2,580 2,230 0 90 255
Kurdish 110 90 0 5 15
Pashto 335 300 0 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 2,135 1,850 0 90 200
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 235 220 0 10 10
Dravidian languages 12,080 10,885 5 305 885
Kannada 235 225 0 10 0
Malayalam 1,605 1,495 0 45 60
Tamil 9,530 8,495 5 235 800
Telugu 700 655 0 20 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Japanese 150 140 0 5 10
Korean 365 330 0 5 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,175 5,080 0 145 955
Chinese languages 6,060 4,970 0 145 945
Cantonese 2,250 1,815 5 50 380
Chaochow (Teochow) 40 30 0 5 5
Fukien 30 30 0 0 0
Hakka 80 65 0 10 10
Mandarin 1,180 960 0 30 185
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,445 2,040 0 50 355
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Burmese 60 60 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 5
Tai languages 565 490 0 15 60
Lao 485 420 0 15 50
Thai 80 75 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,395 3,615 0 140 640
Khmer (Cambodian) 185 160 0 5 15
Vietnamese 4,210 3,460 5 130 615
Malayo-Polynesian languages 9,945 9,740 0 85 110
Bisayan languages 370 365 0 0 0
Ilocano 365 355 0 0 5
Malay 205 200 0 5 5
Pampango 110 110 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,785 8,605 5 80 100
Bikol 35 35 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 25 25 0 0 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 4,640 4,345 15 210 70
Akan (Twi) 2,570 2,455 5 75 40
Bantu languages 560 475 10 65 10
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 5 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 10 0 10 5
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 230 205 0 20 5
Ganda 40 40 0 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 145 130 0 10 5
Edo 135 130 0 0 5
Igbo 270 255 0 10 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 65 60 5 5 0
Ga 150 140 5 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 885 820 5 50 10
African languages, n.i.e. 220 200 0 15 5
Creoles 545 265 20 245 15
Non-verbal languages 95 40 0 0 50
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 25 0 0 45
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 22,460 19,965 35 2,290 170
English and French 940 205 5 725 0
English and non-official language 20,410 19,200 5 1,045 160
French and non-official language 735 480 25 225 5
English, French and non-official language 375 75 5 290 0

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

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