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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Thunder Bay
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Total - Other language spoken regularly at home None English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue 119,930 111,175 2,025 1,705 4,865 5 30 120 0
Single responses 118,525 110,155 1,985 1,605 4,635 5 25 105 0
English 102,115 100,135 90 885 955 0 0 40 0
French 2,840 1,695 420 700 20 0 0 0 0
Non-official languages 13,575 8,320 1,480 20 3,655 5 25 55 0
Aboriginal languages 1,180 570 125 0 480 0 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 1,170 560 120 0 475 0 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 85 50 5 0 30 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 90 45 5 0 35 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 715 355 70 5 285 0 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 355 145 50 0 160 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,915 2,315 495 5 1,075 5 5 20 0
Italian 3,160 1,895 390 0 855 0 0 15 0
Portuguese 395 235 55 0 105 0 0 0 0
Romanian 60 30 20 0 10 5 0 0 0
Spanish 305 160 40 0 100 0 0 5 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,390 995 35 5 355 0 0 5 0
Dutch 410 300 10 0 95 0 0 0 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
German 830 575 20 5 230 0 0 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 135 115 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Danish 60 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Swedish 45 40 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,770 1,795 295 0 655 5 10 10 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 320 185 55 0 75 0 0 5 0
Czech 55 40 5 0 15 0 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Polish 995 590 135 5 265 0 5 5 0
Russian 100 45 20 0 30 0 5 0 0
Serbian 50 25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slovak 200 160 5 0 40 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 100 50 15 0 35 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 895 680 45 0 165 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Latvian 25 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 145 80 15 0 50 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albanian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,400 1,560 215 5 605 0 5 5 0
Estonian 55 30 10 0 10 0 0 0 5
Finnish 2,210 1,435 200 5 560 0 5 5 0
Hungarian 140 90 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 155 70 20 5 60 5 0 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 145 60 20 5 55 0 0 0 0
Amharic 15 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 0
Arabic 125 55 10 5 50 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 365 175 95 0 85 0 5 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 260 120 70 0 60 0 5 0 0
Bengali 40 15 10 0 10 0 5 0 0
Gujarati 25 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hindi 45 20 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 40 20 10 0 20 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 70 25 30 0 15 0 0 0 0
Nepali 30 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 105 55 25 0 25 0 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 95 50 20 0 20 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 25 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Telugu 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 35 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 25 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 580 360 115 5 100 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages 420 250 85 0 85 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 80 45 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 75 40 15 0 20 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 270 160 60 0 40 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 35 20 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 125 90 25 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 20 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 125 65 15 0 45 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 125 65 15 0 40 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 215 120 30 0 60 0 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 25 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 170 100 20 0 45 0 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 30 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 25 5 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 40 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Sign Language 25 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 35 30 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,405 1,020 35 100 230 0 5 15 0
English and French 315 220 10 85 5 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 1,000 760 25 5 210 0 5 0 0
French and non-official language 70 35 0 5 15 0 0 5 0
English, French and non-official language 15 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

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