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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 (2013 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 Toronto Centre / Toronto-CentreFootnote 1
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 2 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 3
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 91,085 84,720 2,750 970 2,645 3,235 3.6
Single responses 86,100 80,140 2,515 805 2,645 2,915 3.4
English 64,950 63,735 1,215 0 0 1,220 1.9
French 1,295 60 1,235 0 0 1,235 95.4
Non-official languages 19,850 16,340 65 805 2,645 465 2.3
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 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. 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 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 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,625 1,265 10 180 160 105 6.5
Italian 105 65 0 30 10 20 19.0
Portuguese 230 190 0 25 20 15 6.5
Romanian 125 80 5 35 10 20 16.0
Spanish 1,155 935 10 90 130 50 4.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 115 90 0 20 0 10 8.7
Dutch 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 70 60 0 10 0 5 7.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,600 1,335 0 130 135 65 4.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Bulgarian 60 50 0 10 5 5 8.3
Croatian 40 35 0 0 0 5 12.5
Czech 45 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 210 175 0 15 20 10 4.8
Russian 825 685 0 75 65 40 4.8
Serbian 245 210 0 20 15 10 4.1
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 5 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 100 80 0 10 10 5 5.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 65 50 0 0 10 5 7.7
Armenian 20 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 140 105 0 5 30 5 3.6
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 125 100 0 5 30 0 0.0
Turkic languages 135 125 0 0 10 5 3.7
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 125 115 0 0 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,375 2,060 20 130 160 85 3.6
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 530 445 0 45 35 25 4.7
Oromo 100 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Somali 430 350 0 40 30 25 5.8
Semitic languages 1,845 1,620 15 85 120 55 3.0
Amharic 535 495 0 10 25 5 0.9
Arabic 915 770 10 65 65 40 4.4
Hebrew 55 45 0 5 5 5 9.1
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 270 245 0 5 20 5 1.9
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,785 3,435 5 90 255 50 1.3
Indo-Aryan languages 3,110 2,855 5 45 205 30 1.0
Bengali 1,605 1,465 0 35 110 15 0.9
Gujarati 80 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Hindi 295 285 0 0 15 0 0.0
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 145 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 545 495 0 10 40 5 0.9
Nepali 355 325 0 5 25 0 0.0
Iranian languages 645 550 5 40 45 20 3.1
Kurdish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 535 460 0 35 40 25 4.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,470 1,280 5 30 155 15 1.0
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 5 33.3
Malayalam 40 35 0 0 0 5 12.5
Tamil 1,340 1,165 5 25 150 15 1.1
Telugu 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 155 130 0 5 20 5 3.2
Korean 930 755 0 25 155 10 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,720 3,335 10 85 1,295 50 1.1
Chinese languages 4,615 3,245 10 85 1,285 50 1.1
Cantonese 1,165 640 0 25 495 15 1.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 1,810 1,365 5 30 410 20 1.1
Shanghainese 20 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,575 1,190 0 25 360 15 1.0
Tibetan languages 90 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 605 415 5 10 170 10 1.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 585 405 5 15 165 5 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,675 1,620 0 15 35 10 0.6
Bisayan languages 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 65 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,460 1,405 0 15 30 5 0.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 230 160 5 40 20 30 13.0
Akan (Twi) 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 175 120 10 35 15 25 14.3
Lingala 15 0 5 5 0 10 66.7
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 10 0 5 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 100 80 0 10 10 5 5.0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 25 10 0 20 0 10 40.0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 5 15 5 16.7
American Sign Language 20 15 5 0 5 5 25.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,980 4,585 235 165 0 320 6.4
English and French 300 60 135 110 0 185 61.7
English and non-official language 4,500 4,485 15 0 0 15 0.3
French and non-official language 80 20 60 0 0 65 81.3
English, French and non-official language 100 20 25 55 0 50 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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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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Footnote 3

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-XCB2011056.

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