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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 Essex
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 124,840 109,845 95 13,805 1,095
Single responses 123,245 108,875 90 13,180 1,095
English 104,255 95,950 10 8,290 10
French 4,880 640 70 4,165 0
Non-official languages 14,110 12,290 10 730 1,080
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 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 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 5 5 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 0 0 0 5
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 0 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 5,030 4,020 5 305 705
Italian 2,875 2,595 0 180 95
Portuguese 850 760 0 25 60
Romanian 345 275 0 55 15
Spanish 965 390 0 35 535
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,075 2,885 5 70 120
Dutch 430 410 0 20 0
Flemish 45 40 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 2,550 2,390 5 40 120
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 35 35 0 0 0
Danish 25 20 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,295 2,135 0 105 55
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 5 0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 5 0
Croatian 255 240 0 15 0
Czech 50 50 0 5 0
Macedonian 290 280 0 5 10
Polish 615 565 0 25 20
Russian 90 70 0 10 5
Serbian 310 295 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 400 375 0 10 15
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 175 165 0 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 0 0
Greek 185 175 0 5 5
Armenian 70 60 0 5 0
Albanian 35 30 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 445 425 0 10 5
Estonian 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 50 50 0 0 0
Hungarian 390 370 0 10 5
Turkic languages 45 45 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 35 35 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 950 785 5 135 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 945 780 5 130 30
Amharic 10 5 0 0 0
Arabic 790 635 5 125 20
Hebrew 10 5 0 0 0
Maltese 55 50 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 715 625 0 45 45
Indo-Aryan languages 640 560 0 30 40
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 80 75 0 0 5
Hindi 95 85 0 5 0
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 300 255 0 15 30
Sindhi 5 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 10 0 0 0
Urdu 115 110 0 5 0
Nepali 0 5 0 5 0
Iranian languages 75 60 0 10 0
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 65 55 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 60 60 0 0 0
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 25 20 0 0 0
Tamil 25 25 0 0 5
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 15 5 0 0 0
Korean 150 135 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 535 465 0 10 55
Chinese languages 530 460 0 15 55
Cantonese 155 140 0 5 10
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0
Mandarin 70 60 0 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 300 255 0 10 35
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 35 30 0 0 5
Lao 25 20 0 0 5
Thai 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 125 100 0 5 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0 0
Vietnamese 105 80 5 5 15
Malayo-Polynesian languages 235 225 0 5 5
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0
Malay 5 5 0 0 5
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 205 200 0 0 0
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 40 30 0 15 5
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 25 10 0 10 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 5 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 0 5 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 5 0 0 0 5
Multiple responses 1,595 970 0 620 5
English and French 660 160 0 500 0
English and non-official language 815 750 0 60 0
French and non-official language 75 45 0 25 5
English, French and non-official language 40 10 0 35 0

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

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