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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Oakville
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 119,240 104,265 80 13,510 1,380
Single responses 116,915 102,515 75 12,955 1,370
English 86,535 77,795 0 8,720 20
French 2,045 125 50 1,870 0
Non-official languages 28,330 24,595 20 2,365 1,350
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 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 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 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 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 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 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 6,795 5,680 10 685 420
Italian 2,335 1,985 5 270 70
Portuguese 2,235 1,880 5 100 260
Romanian 510 360 0 130 25
Spanish 1,710 1,455 0 185 65
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,350 2,000 0 340 10
Dutch 570 470 0 95 0
Flemish 20 10 0 10 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 1,470 1,255 0 200 10
Yiddish 5 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 185 165 0 20 0
Danish 95 80 0 10 5
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 65 55 0 10 0
Afrikaans 100 90 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 15 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,290 5,575 5 480 235
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 60 0 5 5
Bulgarian 115 95 0 15 0
Croatian 1,080 990 0 55 35
Czech 190 175 0 15 0
Macedonian 180 150 0 25 0
Polish 2,120 1,900 0 150 75
Russian 785 685 0 55 45
Serbian 790 675 0 70 45
Serbo-Croatian 85 80 0 5 5
Slovak 255 225 0 30 5
Slovenian 90 85 0 5 0
Ukrainian 510 440 0 50 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 200 180 0 20 0
Latvian 75 60 0 10 0
Lithuanian 125 110 5 15 0
Greek 420 345 0 60 15
Armenian 115 80 0 30 0
Albanian 70 60 0 10 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 600 525 0 60 15
Estonian 65 55 0 10 5
Finnish 85 80 0 5 0
Hungarian 445 395 0 45 10
Turkic languages 185 160 0 20 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 175 155 0 15 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,560 1,300 5 205 50
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 35 30 5 5 0
Oromo 5 5 0 5 0
Somali 30 30 0 5 0
Semitic languages 1,525 1,275 5 205 50
Amharic 15 10 0 5 0
Arabic 1,315 1,080 0 190 45
Hebrew 25 25 0 0 0
Maltese 75 70 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,975 3,555 0 215 205
Indo-Aryan languages 3,070 2,760 0 160 145
Bengali 120 100 0 15 5
Gujarati 315 280 0 20 20
Hindi 470 425 0 35 10
Konkani 20 20 0 5 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,000 875 0 40 85
Sindhi 45 40 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 105 100 0 0 0
Urdu 960 885 0 45 25
Nepali 15 15 0 5 0
Iranian languages 875 760 0 50 60
Kurdish 10 10 0 0 0
Pashto 180 165 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 685 585 0 50 55
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 265 250 0 15 0
Kannada 10 5 0 5 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 5 5
Tamil 180 170 0 10 0
Telugu 15 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 130 115 0 10 5
Korean 1,195 1,045 0 45 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,565 2,205 5 105 250
Chinese languages 2,550 2,190 0 105 245
Cantonese 570 500 0 20 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 30 25 0 0 5
Hakka 10 10 5 5 0
Mandarin 695 585 0 30 80
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,210 1,040 0 50 115
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 45 40 0 0 0
Lao 10 5 0 5 0
Thai 35 30 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 240 210 0 20 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 235 205 0 20 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,130 1,105 0 20 0
Bisayan languages 40 40 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 35 35 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,000 980 0 15 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 140 125 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 35 0 5 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 15 5 0 5 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 20 10 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 10
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,320 1,750 5 560 10
English and French 310 45 0 260 0
English and non-official language 1,845 1,660 0 175 5
French and non-official language 95 35 0 55 0
English, French and non-official language 80 10 0 70 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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