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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 Richmond, 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 189,740 160,045 80 9,875 19,740
Single responses 183,470 154,450 70 9,280 19,665
English 69,460 63,925 5 5,345 195
French 1,115 115 20 980 5
Non-official languages 112,890 90,420 50 2,955 19,470
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 5 5
Algonquian languages 5 5 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 5 5 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 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 5 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 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. 10 0 0 0 5
Romance languages 2,860 2,385 5 385 90
Italian 350 255 5 95 0
Portuguese 330 280 0 30 15
Romanian 300 220 0 70 10
Spanish 1,875 1,625 5 185 65
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,370 2,190 5 165 10
Dutch 440 405 0 35 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 1,595 1,480 5 105 10
Yiddish 40 40 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 240 230 0 15 0
Danish 140 135 0 10 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 40 35 0 0 0
Swedish 55 55 0 5 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,800 3,395 0 220 175
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 30 0 5 0
Bulgarian 35 30 0 5 0
Croatian 265 255 0 10 5
Czech 165 155 0 10 0
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 5
Polish 435 400 0 25 15
Russian 2,140 1,880 5 130 135
Serbian 195 175 0 15 10
Serbo-Croatian 65 55 0 5 5
Slovak 90 85 0 5 5
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 320 295 0 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 5 0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0
Greek 305 275 5 20 5
Armenian 75 65 0 15 0
Albanian 35 30 0 0 5
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 325 295 0 20 10
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 85 80 0 10 0
Hungarian 220 195 0 10 5
Turkic languages 390 325 0 30 30
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 5
Turkish 350 300 0 30 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,520 1,235 5 180 95
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 130 115 0 5 10
Oromo 20 15 0 0 0
Somali 115 100 0 0 5
Semitic languages 1,375 1,115 5 170 85
Amharic 50 50 0 0 0
Arabic 965 755 0 140 70
Hebrew 265 240 0 25 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 10,150 8,895 5 285 965
Indo-Aryan languages 8,900 7,825 5 205 860
Bengali 125 115 0 5 0
Gujarati 615 565 0 25 25
Hindi 1,095 1,045 0 25 25
Konkani 30 30 0 0 0
Marathi 35 30 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,795 4,915 5 110 760
Sindhi 245 230 0 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 75 75 0 0 0
Urdu 865 800 0 30 40
Nepali 25 25 0 5 0
Iranian languages 1,210 1,035 5 70 100
Kurdish 25 25 0 0 0
Pashto 10 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,175 1,000 0 70 100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 395 380 0 5 15
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 145 145 0 0 5
Tamil 210 200 0 0 15
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 2,075 1,830 0 25 215
Korean 890 780 0 20 90
Sino-Tibetan languages 78,045 59,050 25 1,415 17,555
Chinese languages 77,910 58,930 25 1,415 17,540
Cantonese 30,170 23,375 10 555 6,230
Chaochow (Teochow) 95 55 0 5 35
Fukien 670 615 0 0 50
Hakka 195 150 0 15 30
Mandarin 20,685 15,160 5 425 5,100
Shanghainese 350 210 0 5 135
Taiwanese 1,075 795 0 20 260
Chinese, n.o.s. 24,670 18,570 5 390 5,705
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 5
Burmese 105 95 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Tai languages 170 160 0 0 5
Lao 15 15 0 5 0
Thai 155 145 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 785 665 0 30 95
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 775 660 0 25 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 8,440 8,270 0 95 75
Bisayan languages 325 320 0 5 0
Ilocano 245 235 0 5 5
Malay 365 350 0 5 15
Pampango 90 90 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,305 7,165 5 80 55
Bikol 30 35 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 40 35 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 85 70 0 15 5
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 55 45 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 5 0 0 0
Shona 0 5 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 5 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 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 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Creoles 40 5 0 30 0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 5 25
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 0 15
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,270 5,595 10 595 75
English and French 220 35 5 185 0
English and non-official language 5,760 5,440 5 245 70
French and non-official language 160 95 0 55 5
English, French and non-official language 130 25 0 105 0

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

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