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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 Middlesex
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 433,960 399,535 240 29,215 4,970
Single responses 427,725 394,745 220 27,830 4,935
English 346,600 327,780 15 18,685 120
French 5,370 575 105 4,695 5
Non-official languages 75,755 66,395 105 4,450 4,805
Aboriginal languages 205 205 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 50 50 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 35 35 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 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. 5 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 135 135 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 5 0 0 0 0
Oneida 125 125 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 5 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 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 19,205 16,065 30 1,555 1,550
Italian 3,405 3,045 5 260 100
Portuguese 5,950 4,995 5 240 705
Romanian 865 605 0 230 35
Spanish 8,970 7,415 15 825 715
Catalan 15 5 5 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,645 8,090 5 460 90
Dutch 4,135 3,970 0 145 20
Flemish 275 240 0 35 5
Frisian 70 65 0 0 0
German 3,705 3,380 0 255 70
Yiddish 30 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 350 330 0 15 0
Danish 240 230 0 5 5
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 70 65 0 5 0
Afrikaans 80 70 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 50 45 0 5 5
Gaelic languages 30 25 0 5 5
Welsh 15 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 12,165 10,965 10 740 450
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 5
Bosnian 660 615 0 15 30
Bulgarian 70 55 0 15 0
Croatian 895 835 5 40 20
Czech 405 370 0 35 5
Macedonian 80 70 0 10 0
Polish 5,945 5,375 5 335 235
Russian 1,220 1,035 5 110 70
Serbian 880 795 0 50 25
Serbo-Croatian 320 295 0 15 10
Slovak 360 325 0 30 0
Slovenian 250 235 0 10 5
Ukrainian 985 885 0 55 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 5 5 0
Baltic languages 280 250 0 25 0
Latvian 105 85 0 15 0
Lithuanian 180 165 0 15 0
Greek 1,860 1,685 0 95 85
Armenian 85 70 0 10 5
Albanian 925 825 0 15 85
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,555 1,450 0 80 20
Estonian 65 55 0 5 0
Finnish 110 100 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,380 1,295 5 65 20
Turkic languages 395 355 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 45 45 0 0 0
Turkish 300 260 0 20 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,775 8,360 25 705 690
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 270 240 0 15 15
Oromo 30 20 0 5 0
Somali 240 220 0 10 15
Semitic languages 9,495 8,120 20 680 670
Amharic 245 225 0 10 15
Arabic 7,740 6,575 25 625 525
Hebrew 100 90 0 5 0
Maltese 245 245 0 5 0
Tigrigna 255 230 0 15 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 760 5 25 125
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,430 5,765 5 245 420
Indo-Aryan languages 3,790 3,460 0 130 195
Bengali 375 340 0 10 20
Gujarati 480 440 0 15 25
Hindi 650 605 0 25 25
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 50 45 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 765 695 0 30 45
Sindhi 55 50 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 5 5
Urdu 1,165 1,090 0 40 35
Nepali 135 100 0 0 40
Iranian languages 2,605 2,270 5 105 225
Kurdish 835 735 0 15 80
Pashto 90 80 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,685 1,455 0 90 135
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 650 590 0 30 30
Kannada 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 265 255 0 5 0
Tamil 260 220 0 15 20
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 200 170 0 5 20
Korean 2,540 2,210 0 85 250
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,780 4,930 0 180 665
Chinese languages 5,550 4,795 0 175 585
Cantonese 1,150 965 0 45 140
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 10 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,395 1,215 0 55 125
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 40 35 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,930 2,545 0 75 310
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 205 120 0 0 85
Tai languages 155 140 5 10 0
Lao 105 90 5 5 5
Thai 50 50 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,395 1,990 0 60 345
Khmer (Cambodian) 780 650 0 30 110
Vietnamese 1,610 1,345 5 30 235
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,530 1,490 5 25 10
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 5
Ilocano 85 85 0 0 0
Malay 120 110 0 5 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,250 1,220 0 20 10
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 515 405 10 85 10
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 5 0
Bantu languages 305 225 15 70 5
Lingala 5 0 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 10 5 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 80 65 0 15 0
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 15 5
Edo 5 10 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 15 0
African languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 5 5
Creoles 40 25 5 15 0
Non-verbal languages 110 70 0 0 45
American Sign Language 60 40 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 30 0 0 25
Other languages 35 30 0 0 5
Multiple responses 6,235 4,790 20 1,390 35
English and French 950 185 10 750 5
English and non-official language 4,760 4,395 0 330 30
French and non-official language 350 170 5 165 5
English, French and non-official language 180 40 0 140 0

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

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