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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 London, 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 362,260 331,030 230 26,360 4,640
Single responses 356,430 326,555 215 25,055 4,600
English 281,995 265,270 15 16,605 105
French 4,780 470 100 4,205 5
Non-official languages 69,650 60,815 100 4,245 4,495
Aboriginal languages 95 90 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 40 45 0 0 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. 5 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 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 25 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 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 35 35 0 5 0
Mohawk 5 5 0 5 0
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0
Oneida 25 25 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 17,505 14,625 30 1,500 1,350
Italian 3,180 2,830 5 240 100
Portuguese 4,590 3,860 10 215 500
Romanian 835 580 5 220 30
Spanish 8,890 7,345 15 815 710
Catalan 10 5 5 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,760 5,370 0 375 15
Dutch 2,325 2,210 0 105 5
Flemish 160 135 0 20 0
Frisian 35 35 0 0 0
German 2,845 2,615 0 225 10
Yiddish 25 25 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 295 285 0 10 5
Danish 200 195 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 0 0
Swedish 65 55 0 5 0
Afrikaans 70 65 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 0 5
Gaelic languages 30 20 0 5 5
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,495 10,325 10 710 445
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 660 610 0 20 30
Bulgarian 70 60 0 15 0
Croatian 830 770 0 40 20
Czech 380 345 0 35 5
Macedonian 80 65 0 10 5
Polish 5,640 5,080 0 325 230
Russian 1,175 990 0 110 75
Serbian 860 780 0 55 30
Serbo-Croatian 315 295 0 10 10
Slovak 325 290 0 30 5
Slovenian 205 190 0 10 5
Ukrainian 880 785 0 55 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 5 0 0
Baltic languages 245 225 0 25 0
Latvian 85 75 0 10 0
Lithuanian 160 145 0 15 0
Greek 1,805 1,630 5 90 85
Armenian 85 70 0 15 5
Albanian 905 815 0 15 80
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,345 1,250 5 80 15
Estonian 60 50 0 5 0
Finnish 105 90 0 15 0
Hungarian 1,185 1,110 0 65 20
Turkic languages 395 350 0 20 25
Azerbaijani 45 40 0 0 0
Turkish 295 255 0 20 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,705 8,300 25 695 680
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 275 240 0 15 15
Oromo 30 25 0 10 0
Somali 240 215 0 10 10
Semitic languages 9,425 8,055 25 675 670
Amharic 245 220 0 10 10
Arabic 7,705 6,545 20 620 520
Hebrew 95 90 0 5 0
Maltese 230 225 0 0 0
Tigrigna 240 220 0 15 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 760 0 25 130
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,355 5,700 5 235 420
Indo-Aryan languages 3,730 3,410 5 130 190
Bengali 375 340 0 10 25
Gujarati 465 425 0 15 30
Hindi 640 595 0 25 20
Konkani 25 25 0 0 0
Marathi 50 45 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 755 680 0 30 45
Sindhi 50 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 0 0
Urdu 1,155 1,080 0 45 35
Nepali 140 105 0 0 35
Iranian languages 2,585 2,250 0 105 230
Kurdish 830 730 0 20 80
Pashto 90 80 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,665 1,435 0 90 135
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 630 575 5 25 30
Kannada 30 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 260 250 0 5 5
Tamil 250 210 0 15 25
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 195 170 5 5 20
Korean 2,470 2,145 0 85 240
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,715 4,875 0 180 665
Chinese languages 5,485 4,740 0 175 575
Cantonese 1,135 950 0 45 135
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,390 1,215 0 55 125
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 40 30 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,885 2,505 0 75 310
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 205 125 0 0 85
Tai languages 150 140 5 10 0
Lao 105 95 5 10 0
Thai 50 50 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,365 1,970 0 60 340
Khmer (Cambodian) 765 630 0 30 105
Vietnamese 1,600 1,340 0 30 230
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,470 1,435 0 25 10
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0 0
Ilocano 85 85 0 0 0
Malay 120 110 0 10 5
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,195 1,170 5 20 5
Bikol 0 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 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 515 405 15 85 10
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 5 0
Bantu languages 310 220 10 65 5
Lingala 10 0 5 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 10 10 25 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 10 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 80 65 0 10 0
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 80 0 10 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 10 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 0 5
Creoles 40 25 0 10 5
Non-verbal languages 100 65 0 0 35
American Sign Language 55 35 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0 20
Other languages 35 25 0 5 5
Multiple responses 5,840 4,475 15 1,305 35
English and French 870 165 10 695 0
English and non-official language 4,480 4,135 5 310 30
French and non-official language 310 140 0 155 5
English, French and non-official language 180 35 0 145 0

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

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