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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 Saanich, DM
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 108,835 97,850 30 9,390 1,570
Single responses 107,230 96,605 25 9,040 1,565
English 86,585 79,795 5 6,755 30
French 1,360 125 15 1,215 0
Non-official languages 19,285 16,680 5 1,070 1,535
Aboriginal languages 25 20 0 5 0
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 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 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 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 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 5 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,145 1,860 0 215 70
Italian 470 405 0 55 5
Portuguese 690 620 0 40 35
Romanian 110 75 0 35 0
Spanish 875 755 0 90 30
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,430 2,160 0 265 5
Dutch 645 575 0 75 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5 0
Frisian 10 5 0 0 0
German 1,435 1,265 0 165 0
Yiddish 15 15 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 275 260 0 15 0
Danish 140 130 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 75 70 0 0 0
Swedish 50 45 0 5 0
Afrikaans 40 35 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 15 0 5 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,425 1,265 0 115 45
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 25 0 5 5
Croatian 245 230 0 5 5
Czech 90 85 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 335 300 0 30 0
Russian 290 245 0 30 15
Serbian 75 60 0 15 0
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 0
Slovak 40 30 0 10 5
Slovenian 45 35 0 10 0
Ukrainian 225 205 0 10 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0
Greek 125 110 0 10 5
Armenian 25 10 0 10 5
Albanian 45 45 0 0 5
Georgian 5 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 355 330 0 25 0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 105 95 0 5 0
Hungarian 245 230 0 15 0
Turkic languages 65 50 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 55 50 0 5 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 485 360 0 95 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Oromo 15 10 0 5 0
Somali 20 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages 450 330 0 90 30
Amharic 30 25 0 0 0
Arabic 345 235 0 75 25
Hebrew 40 30 0 5 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 25 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,320 2,845 5 105 360
Indo-Aryan languages 3,010 2,585 5 75 350
Bengali 75 70 0 5 0
Gujarati 55 50 0 0 5
Hindi 170 155 0 5 10
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,560 2,165 0 60 330
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 25 0 0 0
Urdu 80 75 0 5 5
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 300 260 0 30 10
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 280 240 0 30 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 100 95 0 0 0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0
Tamil 40 45 5 0 0
Telugu 30 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 470 430 0 20 25
Korean 730 635 0 30 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,790 4,820 0 115 860
Chinese languages 5,770 4,795 5 110 860
Cantonese 1,885 1,490 0 25 365
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 5 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,170 1,035 0 35 110
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,600 2,165 0 55 375
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 75 0 0 0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 65 65 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 450 400 0 10 40
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 50 0 0 10
Vietnamese 390 350 0 10 30
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,015 995 0 10 5
Bisayan languages 90 90 0 0 0
Ilocano 35 35 0 0 5
Malay 30 25 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 830 815 0 10 0
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 85 70 0 10 5
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 50 40 0 10 5
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 20 15 0 0 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 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. 15 15 0 0 0
Creoles 5 5 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 25 15 0 0 10
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 10
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,610 1,245 5 350 10
English and French 245 55 0 195 0
English and non-official language 1,260 1,160 0 90 5
French and non-official language 60 25 0 30 0
English, French and non-official language 35 5 0 35 0

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

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