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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 Oshawa
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 353,455 327,490 7,260 4,395 13,765 70 125 345 10
Single responses 349,425 324,660 7,105 4,135 13,075 65 115 260 5
English 306,685 300,860 290 2,350 3,090 5 0 90 0
French 6,735 3,765 1,200 1,670 85 0 10 15 0
Non-official languages 36,005 20,035 5,615 115 9,900 60 105 160 5
Aboriginal languages 20 10 0 5 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 5 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. 5 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 5 0 0 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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 0 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 8,480 4,600 1,230 25 2,540 35 5 50 0
Italian 3,735 2,240 370 10 1,085 5 0 30 0
Portuguese 1,890 1,000 280 5 595 0 5 15 0
Romanian 535 240 120 0 155 15 0 5 0
Spanish 2,315 1,120 455 10 700 15 10 5 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 4,515 3,105 175 10 1,215 0 5 15 0
Dutch 1,840 1,300 25 5 505 0 5 5 0
Flemish 45 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Frisian 65 40 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
German 2,285 1,555 120 0 595 0 0 10 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 210 145 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Danish 100 75 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 70 40 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 65 30 20 0 20 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 50 35 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,340 4,060 1,225 20 1,965 10 25 30 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 60 25 25 0 15 0 0 0 0
Croatian 385 205 45 0 135 0 0 5 0
Czech 170 90 15 0 65 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 590 325 80 0 180 0 5 5 0
Polish 3,405 1,875 655 15 840 5 5 10 0
Russian 570 270 125 0 165 5 10 5 0
Serbian 345 160 100 0 80 5 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 55 30 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Slovak 185 110 30 0 40 0 5 0 0
Slovenian 200 125 15 0 60 0 0 5 0
Ukrainian 1,295 810 120 0 355 0 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 130 85 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Latvian 70 45 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 60 40 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,065 580 90 5 385 0 5 5 0
Armenian 105 40 15 0 40 5 0 0 0
Albanian 45 10 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,230 750 140 5 325 0 5 5 0
Estonian 105 65 10 0 35 0 0 5 0
Finnish 160 120 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 955 560 130 5 260 0 5 0 0
Turkic languages 125 70 25 0 35 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 115 70 20 0 25 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,640 880 280 15 445 0 5 15 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,615 870 275 15 435 5 5 10 0
Amharic 40 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,200 640 225 10 305 0 5 15 0
Hebrew 20 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 280 165 35 0 85 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 25 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,630 2,355 1,055 10 1,160 5 35 10 0
Indo-Aryan languages 3,325 1,620 765 0 895 0 35 5 0
Bengali 235 95 70 0 65 0 5 0 0
Gujarati 605 315 130 0 140 0 10 0 0
Hindi 360 160 60 0 140 0 5 0 0
Konkani 25 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 45 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 505 250 100 0 150 0 10 5 0
Sindhi 70 30 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 30 40 0 45 0 0 0 0
Urdu 1,350 685 350 5 300 0 10 5 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,270 715 290 5 255 0 5 5 0
Kurdish 30 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 65 25 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,175 675 265 5 220 5 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 830 425 205 10 180 5 5 5 0
Kannada 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 80 50 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tamil 665 355 170 5 135 0 0 5 0
Telugu 65 25 20 0 15 0 5 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 40 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Korean 405 215 115 0 75 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,545 1,420 565 5 545 0 10 5 0
Chinese languages 2,530 1,410 555 5 540 0 5 5 0
Cantonese 735 380 155 0 190 0 5 5 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 650 350 180 0 120 0 5 5 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 5 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,100 660 220 5 215 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 90 50 15 0 30 0 5 0 0
Lao 40 20 5 0 10 0 5 0 0
Thai 55 30 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 375 230 70 5 60 0 5 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 340 220 60 0 55 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,720 820 320 0 570 0 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 50 25 5 5 20 0 5 0 0
Ilocano 55 15 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Malay 40 20 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pampango 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,555 750 285 0 520 0 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 365 140 45 5 170 0 5 0 0
Akan (Twi) 60 25 15 0 30 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 160 50 25 0 80 0 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 25 5 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Swahili 75 35 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 10 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 35 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 35 5 0 45 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 5 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Creoles 90 35 10 10 30 5 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 90 70 5 5 10 0 0 5 0
American Sign Language 40 25 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,030 2,830 155 260 690 5 10 80 0
English and French 925 630 30 235 20 0 0 10 0
English and non-official language 2,810 2,045 115 15 620 5 5 15 0
French and non-official language 205 95 10 10 35 0 10 50 0
English, French and non-official language 95 60 5 5 20 5 0 5 0

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

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