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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in GuelphFootnote 1
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Total - Other language spoken regularly at home None English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue 140,410 125,090 5,595 1,770 7,640 25 110 175 0
Single responses 138,525 123,825 5,480 1,660 7,290 20 105 140 0
English 112,820 109,865 250 1,095 1,555 0 0 55 0
French 1,840 1,010 290 515 10 0 5 10 0
Non-official languages 23,865 12,945 4,945 55 5,720 20 100 80 0
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 4,585 2,430 780 15 1,330 5 5 20 0
Italian 2,645 1,555 330 5 745 0 0 10 0
Portuguese 435 205 70 0 155 0 0 0 0
Romanian 270 125 50 5 75 10 5 0 0
Spanish 1,235 540 325 10 355 0 0 5 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,470 1,660 130 5 660 0 0 15 0
Dutch 980 710 30 0 230 0 0 5 0
Flemish 35 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Frisian 20 10 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
German 1,260 830 65 0 350 0 0 10 5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 145 75 10 5 50 0 0 5 0
Danish 100 55 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 5 0
Afrikaans 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,165 1,740 690 5 715 5 5 5 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 55 20 0 15 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 40 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 195 95 35 5 65 0 0 0 0
Czech 130 75 20 0 35 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 40 30 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 1,460 780 335 0 335 0 0 5 0
Russian 235 125 50 5 60 5 5 0 0
Serbian 515 275 150 0 95 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 60 35 20 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovak 85 50 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 60 35 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 255 160 35 0 55 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 75 45 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Latvian 45 25 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 220 100 30 0 90 0 0 0 0
Armenian 70 35 25 0 15 0 0 0 0
Albanian 65 35 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,085 580 240 0 255 0 10 0 0
Estonian 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,010 540 235 0 225 0 10 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 105 0 75 0 5 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 85 55 20 0 15 0 5 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 305 145 90 0 55 0 5 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 845 425 195 5 215 0 5 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 45 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 40 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 800 395 180 0 215 0 5 5 0
Amharic 115 65 30 0 25 0 0 0 0
Arabic 540 250 130 5 145 0 0 5 0
Hebrew 35 25 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Maltese 70 35 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,060 2,070 1,080 10 845 0 45 10 0
Indo-Aryan languages 3,010 1,530 820 10 615 0 40 10 0
Bengali 215 95 55 0 60 0 5 0 0
Gujarati 470 245 120 0 90 0 15 0 0
Hindi 255 90 70 0 85 0 5 5 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 40 15 20 0 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,355 755 355 5 225 0 15 0 0
Sindhi 30 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 25 40 0 30 0 0 0 0
Urdu 515 260 150 0 105 0 5 5 0
Nepali 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,020 525 255 0 225 0 5 5 0
Kurdish 35 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pashto 145 50 55 0 35 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 840 450 200 0 180 5 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 350 175 120 0 60 0 0 0 0
Kannada 25 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 80 35 25 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tamil 220 110 75 0 35 0 0 0 0
Telugu 20 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 40 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Korean 190 100 60 0 35 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,845 1,470 730 10 610 5 10 0 0
Chinese languages 2,835 1,470 730 10 605 5 10 5 0
Cantonese 770 455 125 0 185 0 5 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 645 290 220 5 135 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 5 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,355 705 375 5 260 5 5 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 200 100 40 0 60 5 0 0 0
Lao 160 80 30 0 50 0 0 0 0
Thai 40 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,590 960 370 5 235 0 10 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 110 50 30 0 25 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 1,480 910 345 5 210 0 5 5 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,250 610 280 0 355 0 5 10 0
Bisayan languages 70 35 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 25 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Malay 55 20 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Pampango 20 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,075 530 245 0 290 5 0 5 0
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 155 65 35 0 50 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 45 20 5 15 0 0 0 0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 55 25 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 5 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 25 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Creoles 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 45 25 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,880 1,270 110 110 350 5 5 35 0
English and French 300 200 5 90 5 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 1,495 1,025 100 15 340 0 5 15 0
French and non-official language 65 35 5 5 10 0 0 15 0
English, French and non-official language 20 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

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