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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 Thornhill
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 139,995 123,315 90 11,270 5,315
Single responses 136,120 120,115 90 10,625 5,290
English 64,740 59,330 0 5,370 45
French 1,270 80 25 1,165 0
Non-official languages 70,105 60,710 65 4,090 5,250
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 0 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 10 5 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 5 5 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
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 8,060 6,630 15 965 450
Italian 3,500 3,045 5 215 235
Portuguese 880 775 0 35 70
Romanian 1,495 1,040 5 370 75
Spanish 2,175 1,760 10 340 65
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,875 1,660 0 200 15
Dutch 135 120 0 20 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 580 505 0 70 5
Yiddish 1,055 940 5 100 10
Scandinavian languages 55 50 0 5 0
Danish 35 30 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 20 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 5 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 17,265 15,065 10 1,000 1,195
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 20 0 0 5
Bosnian 10 10 0 5 0
Bulgarian 195 165 0 25 10
Croatian 120 105 0 10 0
Czech 75 65 0 5 0
Macedonian 140 130 0 5 5
Polish 795 730 0 50 15
Russian 14,815 12,890 5 815 1,105
Serbian 455 395 5 45 15
Serbo-Croatian 40 35 0 5 0
Slovak 110 100 0 10 0
Slovenian 50 50 0 5 0
Ukrainian 415 350 0 25 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 165 150 0 10 5
Latvian 70 60 0 10 0
Lithuanian 95 90 0 0 5
Greek 835 765 0 35 30
Armenian 640 475 5 120 40
Albanian 200 165 0 20 10
Georgian 85 70 0 0 10
Finno-Ugric languages 1,070 945 5 95 25
Estonian 70 65 0 5 0
Finnish 75 70 0 0 0
Hungarian 925 815 5 90 20
Turkic languages 475 400 0 40 35
Azerbaijani 125 100 0 5 20
Turkish 320 270 0 35 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 5,260 4,720 5 430 100
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0
Somali 15 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages 5,230 4,690 10 430 100
Amharic 25 25 0 0 0
Arabic 850 665 0 165 20
Hebrew 4,275 3,935 5 260 70
Maltese 25 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 9,280 8,215 10 490 565
Indo-Aryan languages 3,605 3,265 5 150 190
Bengali 215 205 0 10 5
Gujarati 1,380 1,230 0 60 95
Hindi 580 530 5 30 15
Konkani 20 15 0 5 0
Marathi 75 70 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 700 625 0 20 50
Sindhi 110 100 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 65 0 0 0
Urdu 455 420 0 15 15
Nepali 5 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 5,640 4,915 5 340 375
Kurdish 70 70 0 0 5
Pashto 20 15 0 10 0
Persian (Farsi) 5,550 4,835 10 330 370
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 865 790 0 30 45
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 110 0 5 5
Tamil 680 620 0 20 40
Telugu 60 55 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 205 185 0 0 20
Korean 4,415 3,730 5 150 535
Sino-Tibetan languages 14,815 12,420 5 385 2,005
Chinese languages 14,800 12,405 0 385 2,005
Cantonese 6,170 5,145 0 160 870
Chaochow (Teochow) 65 45 0 5 10
Fukien 95 75 0 5 20
Hakka 120 90 0 10 15
Mandarin 2,870 2,385 0 80 405
Shanghainese 40 20 0 5 15
Taiwanese 120 100 0 5 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,325 4,540 0 125 660
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 20 20 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 90 85 0 5 0
Lao 50 45 0 0 5
Thai 40 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 650 525 0 25 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 0 5
Vietnamese 610 485 0 25 100
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,655 3,575 0 30 45
Bisayan languages 85 85 0 0 0
Ilocano 290 280 0 0 10
Malay 95 95 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,140 3,085 0 25 30
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 5 0 5 0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 100 85 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 20 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 35 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 5 0
Swahili 25 20 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Creoles 45 10 0 30 0
Non-verbal languages 15 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,875 3,205 0 645 30
English and French 215 40 0 175 0
English and non-official language 3,340 3,065 0 240 25
French and non-official language 215 75 5 135 0
English, French and non-official language 110 20 0 90 0

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

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