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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Beaches - East York
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 106,290 100,900 2,130 695 2,565 2,475 2.3
Single responses 101,525 96,435 2,000 530 2,560 2,260 2.2
English 84,170 83,190 980 0 0 985 1.2
French 1,010 65 945 0 0 950 94.1
Non-official languages 16,340 13,180 65 530 2,565 330 2.0
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 1,740 1,250 20 150 325 90 5.2
Italian 570 360 5 15 195 10 1.8
Portuguese 230 170 0 20 35 10 4.3
Romanian 315 205 0 75 35 40 12.7
Spanish 630 515 10 50 60 35 5.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 140 105 5 30 0 15 10.7
Dutch 20 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 95 75 5 20 0 10 10.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,205 970 10 90 135 50 4.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 200 165 0 15 20 10 5.0
Croatian 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 185 145 0 0 35 0 0.0
Polish 125 110 0 10 10 5 4.0
Russian 275 220 0 20 25 10 3.6
Serbian 235 185 0 25 25 15 6.4
Serbo-Croatian 35 25 0 5 5 5 14.3
Slovak 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Latvian 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 925 765 0 15 145 10 1.1
Armenian 10 5 0 5 5 5 50.0
Albanian 175 130 0 10 30 5 2.9
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finno-Ugric languages 190 140 0 10 35 5 2.6
Estonian 35 35 0 0 5 5 14.3
Finnish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 140 100 0 10 25 5 3.6
Turkic languages 165 145 0 5 20 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 160 135 0 5 25 5 3.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 730 620 20 40 55 40 5.5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cushitic languages 80 70 0 5 5 5 6.3
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 75 65 0 5 5 5 6.7
Semitic languages 645 545 15 35 50 30 4.7
Amharic 275 250 0 10 10 5 1.8
Arabic 225 160 15 25 25 30 13.3
Hebrew 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages 5,670 4,995 0 95 570 55 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 5,095 4,515 0 85 490 45 0.9
Bengali 3,045 2,725 0 70 245 35 1.1
Gujarati 305 260 0 10 40 0 0.0
Hindi 130 125 0 5 5 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 155 135 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sindhi 225 195 0 5 25 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,140 1,005 0 0 130 0 0.0
Nepali 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 560 465 0 10 80 5 0.9
Kurdish 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 465 390 0 10 65 5 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 850 735 0 20 100 10 1.2
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 695 595 0 15 85 10 1.4
Telugu 110 100 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Japanese 135 110 0 5 20 5 3.7
Korean 250 180 0 5 70 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,815 1,805 5 25 980 15 0.5
Chinese languages 2,785 1,785 5 25 975 15 0.5
Cantonese 1,325 750 0 10 560 5 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 490 365 0 5 120 0 0.0
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chinese, n.o.s. 940 640 5 5 290 10 1.1
Tibetan languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 0 5 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Thai 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 175 145 0 5 30 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 175 140 0 0 35 5 2.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 890 870 0 0 20 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 820 805 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages 130 105 10 10 5 10 7.7
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 105 85 5 5 5 10 9.5
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 10 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 10 5 15 0 10 40.0
Non-verbal languages 35 20 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 4,760 4,465 130 160 0 215 4.5
English and French 250 60 85 100 0 135 54.0
English and non-official language 4,360 4,350 5 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 45 20 25 0 0 20 44.4
English, French and non-official language 110 35 15 65 0 45 40.9

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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