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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 Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest
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 107,115 101,400 1,490 710 3,515 1,845 1.7
Single responses 98,840 93,390 1,340 590 3,515 1,635 1.7
English 72,480 71,840 640 0 0 640 0.9
French 680 50 625 0 0 630 92.6
Non-official languages 25,675 21,500 75 590 3,515 365 1.4
Aboriginal languages 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,845 1,425 5 85 335 45 2.4
Italian 680 485 5 10 185 10 1.5
Portuguese 160 125 0 15 25 5 3.1
Romanian 190 130 0 30 30 15 7.9
Spanish 810 685 0 30 90 15 1.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 125 110 0 10 0 5 4.0
Dutch 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 110 100 0 10 0 5 4.5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,340 1,140 0 45 145 25 1.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 120 100 0 10 10 5 4.2
Croatian 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Czech 65 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Macedonian 400 340 0 5 55 0 0.0
Polish 280 245 0 20 25 10 3.6
Russian 210 180 0 10 20 5 2.4
Serbian 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 25 15 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 835 710 0 0 130 5 0.6
Armenian 40 30 5 5 0 5 12.5
Albanian 130 105 0 5 20 5 3.8
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 235 175 0 5 50 5 2.1
Estonian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 200 140 0 5 50 5 2.5
Turkic languages 160 140 0 5 10 5 3.1
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 135 120 0 5 15 5 3.7
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,520 1,280 15 85 140 60 3.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 295 240 5 25 30 15 5.1
Oromo 45 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Somali 250 200 5 20 25 15 6.0
Semitic languages 1,230 1,040 10 65 115 45 3.7
Amharic 425 390 0 5 25 0 0.0
Arabic 530 395 10 50 70 35 6.6
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Maltese 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
Tigrigna 160 145 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 105 100 0 0 10 5 4.8
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 8,250 7,370 5 175 695 95 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 7,130 6,455 5 160 515 80 1.1
Bengali 4,830 4,380 0 130 320 70 1.4
Gujarati 185 150 0 0 25 0 0.0
Hindi 250 235 0 0 10 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 225 175 0 5 40 5 2.2
Sindhi 85 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,300 1,200 0 15 90 5 0.4
Nepali 130 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,095 895 0 20 180 10 0.9
Kurdish 100 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 170 150 0 5 15 5 2.9
Persian (Farsi) 830 665 0 15 150 5 0.6
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 2,985 2,650 0 45 290 25 0.8
Kannada 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 75 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 2,720 2,390 5 45 280 25 0.9
Telugu 185 175 0 0 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 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 160 120 0 0 35 5 3.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,425 2,945 10 45 1,430 30 0.7
Chinese languages 4,380 2,900 10 40 1,420 35 0.8
Cantonese 1,795 1,030 5 15 750 10 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,075 815 5 15 245 10 0.9
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,445 1,010 5 15 420 10 0.7
Tibetan languages 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 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
Thai 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 280 205 5 10 65 10 3.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 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
Vietnamese 275 200 5 10 65 5 1.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,905 2,805 5 15 85 15 0.5
Bisayan languages 115 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,650 2,565 0 15 70 10 0.4
Bikol 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 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
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 145 105 15 25 10 25 17.2
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 95 65 15 15 5 20 21.1
Lingala 10 0 10 0 0 10 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 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
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 50 30 5 20 5 15 30.0
Non-verbal languages 80 30 0 0 50 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 70 25 0 0 50 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 8,280 8,010 150 125 0 215 2.6
English and French 170 40 70 60 0 100 58.8
English and non-official language 7,920 7,910 10 0 0 15 0.2
French and non-official language 70 20 45 0 0 45 64.3
English, French and non-official language 120 30 25 60 0 55 45.8

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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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