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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 St. Catharines - Niagara
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 386,525 351,020 10,555 6,410 17,810 100 145 475 5
Single responses 381,390 347,325 10,390 5,990 17,060 95 130 390 0
English 314,675 308,280 410 2,495 3,350 5 0 135 0
French 12,835 7,425 1,955 3,320 90 5 25 15 0
Non-official languages 53,880 31,620 8,030 175 13,625 90 105 235 5
Aboriginal languages 90 55 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 55 35 5 0 15 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 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 0 0 10 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 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 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 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 5 5 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 5 5 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 5 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. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 16,230 9,250 2,480 65 4,320 30 5 65 0
Italian 11,200 6,625 1,290 45 3,190 0 0 50 0
Portuguese 630 350 95 0 180 0 0 5 0
Romanian 330 165 60 5 85 5 0 0 0
Spanish 4,065 2,105 1,040 15 860 25 5 15 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 10,590 7,120 605 15 2,780 0 5 55 0
Dutch 3,550 2,425 90 0 1,010 0 0 25 0
Flemish 55 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Frisian 60 35 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
German 6,545 4,400 460 10 1,645 0 5 30 0
Yiddish 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 270 180 5 0 80 0 0 0 0
Danish 165 115 5 0 45 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 75 45 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 90 40 35 0 15 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 35 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 25 20 0 0 5 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 10,490 6,065 1,665 25 2,640 15 30 40 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 160 90 40 0 30 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 285 145 60 0 75 0 0 0 0
Croatian 955 510 135 5 310 0 0 0 0
Czech 300 185 35 5 80 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 70 45 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Polish 3,610 2,165 575 15 835 0 10 15 0
Russian 850 425 170 5 230 0 10 5 0
Serbian 1,385 715 350 0 305 5 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 100 55 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Slovak 455 295 45 0 120 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 395 225 35 0 130 0 0 5 0
Ukrainian 1,825 1,150 185 5 465 5 10 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 85 55 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 250 180 15 0 50 0 0 5 0
Latvian 120 80 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 125 100 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Greek 695 380 80 0 230 0 0 0 0
Armenian 220 115 35 5 65 0 0 0 0
Albanian 125 60 45 5 15 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,150 1,375 215 5 535 0 5 10 0
Estonian 100 65 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Finnish 175 120 20 0 35 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,875 1,190 195 5 475 0 5 5 0
Turkic languages 315 180 70 0 60 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 290 165 65 5 55 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,375 1,230 550 10 545 20 5 20 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 135 90 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 125 85 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,235 1,130 545 10 510 20 5 20 0
Amharic 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,970 985 505 15 440 20 5 15 0
Hebrew 55 25 15 0 15 0 0 5 0
Maltese 120 90 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 15 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 5 15 0 0 0 5 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,675 1,420 595 5 615 0 25 10 0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,035 1,090 425 0 495 0 15 5 0
Bengali 140 70 35 0 30 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 460 270 105 0 80 0 5 0 0
Hindi 285 120 60 0 95 0 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 35 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 360 195 50 0 105 0 5 0 0
Sindhi 40 20 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 20 20 0 30 0 0 5 0
Urdu 620 365 130 0 120 0 10 0 0
Nepali 20 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 600 305 165 5 120 0 5 0 0
Kurdish 195 110 70 0 15 0 5 0 0
Pashto 45 15 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 360 180 85 5 90 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 5 0 10 0 5 0 0
Dravidian languages 275 120 75 0 70 0 0 5 0
Kannada 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 45 35 0 25 0 0 0 0
Tamil 110 50 30 0 30 0 0 0 0
Telugu 35 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 290 145 45 0 95 0 0 0 0
Korean 835 460 255 0 125 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,955 1,675 740 15 520 0 0 5 0
Chinese languages 2,945 1,665 730 15 520 0 5 5 0
Cantonese 640 360 150 5 125 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 555 305 145 0 105 0 0 5 0
Shanghainese 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,705 985 430 10 280 0 0 5 0
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 325 195 45 0 85 0 0 0 0
Lao 265 160 45 0 60 0 0 0 0
Thai 60 35 5 0 25 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 775 465 160 5 135 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 165 95 30 5 30 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 605 370 130 5 100 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,490 745 270 0 455 0 10 10 0
Bisayan languages 70 25 20 0 20 0 10 0 0
Ilocano 60 25 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Malay 30 15 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Pampango 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,295 675 230 0 385 0 5 5 0
Bikol 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 410 170 50 5 170 5 10 5 5
Akan (Twi) 40 10 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 300 135 35 5 115 5 5 0 5
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 0 0 5 5 5 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 100 25 10 0 60 0 0 0 0
Swahili 105 60 15 0 25 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 20 5 0 25 0 5 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Creoles 180 85 10 5 60 15 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 90 70 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 50 40 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 5,135 3,695 170 420 745 5 15 85 0
English and French 1,325 905 30 380 15 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 3,455 2,600 130 15 680 0 0 30 0
French and non-official language 250 125 10 20 35 0 10 45 0
English, French and non-official language 100 65 5 5 15 0 5 5 0

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

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