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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Simcoe
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 441,115 428,800 10,070 595 1,650 10,370 2.4
Single responses 434,985 423,300 9,665 370 1,650 9,845 2.3
English 418,585 412,415 6,170 0 0 6,165 1.5
French 3,675 220 3,455 0 0 3,455 94.0
Non-official languages 12,725 10,660 45 365 1,650 225 1.8
Aboriginal languages 95 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 90 90 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 5 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 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
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 85 85 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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 3,900 3,030 20 140 720 85 2.2
Italian 1,160 925 0 30 195 20 1.7
Portuguese 1,505 1,110 15 35 350 35 2.3
Romanian 150 110 0 25 15 15 10.0
Spanish 1,090 875 5 50 160 30 2.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 975 885 5 50 35 25 2.6
Dutch 130 115 0 10 0 5 3.8
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frisian 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
German 775 710 5 30 30 20 2.6
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,375 2,080 0 80 205 40 1.7
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 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
Bosnian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 30 25 0 5 5 5 16.7
Croatian 115 100 0 5 5 5 4.3
Czech 105 90 0 5 10 0 0.0
Macedonian 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 1,140 1,020 0 25 95 10 0.9
Russian 480 410 0 25 50 10 2.1
Serbian 90 80 5 0 10 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 150 130 0 10 10 5 3.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 100 95 0 5 5 5 5.0
Latvian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 70 65 0 5 0 0 0.0
Greek 190 165 0 0 25 5 2.6
Armenian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 25 15 0 5 0 5 20.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 435 405 0 10 25 5 1.1
Estonian 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 110 100 0 5 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 290 270 0 5 15 5 1.7
Turkic languages 40 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 30 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 265 220 0 20 25 15 5.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 265 215 0 20 25 10 3.8
Amharic 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 170 135 0 15 20 10 5.9
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 1,390 1,230 0 25 135 10 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 1,180 1,045 5 20 115 15 1.3
Bengali 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 215 190 0 0 25 0 0.0
Hindi 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 380 315 0 5 50 5 1.3
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 395 355 0 15 20 5 1.3
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 210 175 0 10 25 5 2.4
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pashto 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 195 160 0 5 25 5 2.6
Indo-Iranian 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
Dravidian languages 150 130 5 5 15 10 6.7
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 105 80 5 5 10 5 4.8
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 125 105 0 0 25 0 0.0
Korean 475 415 0 0 60 5 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,125 905 0 10 215 5 0.4
Chinese languages 1,105 875 0 10 215 5 0.5
Cantonese 270 205 0 5 60 5 1.9
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 350 290 0 0 60 5 1.4
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 460 370 5 5 90 0 0.0
Tibetan 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
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lao 60 50 5 0 10 5 8.3
Thai 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 450 360 0 5 85 5 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 55 0 0 10 5 7.1
Vietnamese 380 310 0 0 70 5 1.3
Malayo-Polynesian languages 325 310 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 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
Ilocano 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 290 280 0 0 10 0 0.0
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 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
Niger-Congo languages 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
African 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
Creoles 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Non-verbal languages 125 85 0 5 40 0 0.0
American Sign Language 35 25 0 5 10 5 14.3
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 55 0 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 0 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
Multiple responses 6,130 5,495 405 230 0 520 8.5
English and French 730 160 370 200 0 470 64.4
English and non-official language 5,290 5,285 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 30 20 15 0 0 15 50.0
English, French and non-official language 75 40 10 30 0 25 33.3

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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-XCB2011039.

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