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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 Hamilton Centre / Hamilton-CentreFootnote 1
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 113,150 102,130 125 7,775 3,125
Single responses 110,910 100,335 120 7,355 3,100
English 81,120 76,505 5 4,565 45
French 1,775 240 60 1,475 0
Non-official languages 28,015 23,595 45 1,310 3,060
Aboriginal languages 55 55 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 30 20 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 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 0
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 20 20 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 10 10 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 8,595 6,975 10 395 1,205
Italian 2,865 2,385 0 110 370
Portuguese 2,995 2,290 5 105 595
Romanian 455 365 0 55 30
Spanish 2,265 1,925 5 125 210
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,375 1,260 0 110 5
Dutch 390 360 0 30 0
Flemish 10 10 0 5 0
Frisian 20 15 0 0 0
German 860 790 0 65 5
Yiddish 15 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 65 50 0 5 0
Danish 30 25 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0
Swedish 20 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 15 0 0 5
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,850 3,335 0 180 335
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 45 0 5 5
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0 0
Croatian 335 315 0 10 10
Czech 695 555 0 15 125
Macedonian 65 55 0 5 5
Polish 1,180 1,065 0 50 65
Russian 425 350 0 25 50
Serbian 360 300 0 35 25
Serbo-Croatian 45 45 0 5 0
Slovak 160 130 0 0 30
Slovenian 55 50 0 5 0
Ukrainian 440 390 0 30 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 300 270 0 25 5
Latvian 120 105 0 10 0
Lithuanian 180 165 0 10 5
Greek 370 335 0 20 15
Armenian 65 55 0 5 5
Albanian 290 260 0 5 30
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,040 885 5 40 110
Estonian 50 50 0 0 0
Finnish 30 30 0 5 0
Hungarian 955 805 5 30 110
Turkic languages 180 170 0 5 10
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 170 155 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,250 1,890 5 115 245
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 570 435 0 5 130
Oromo 25 20 0 0 5
Somali 545 415 0 5 130
Semitic languages 1,680 1,455 5 110 115
Amharic 120 110 0 5 5
Arabic 1,350 1,165 0 100 80
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 5 0
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 115 90 5 0 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,300 2,050 0 80 170
Indo-Aryan languages 1,545 1,405 0 55 85
Bengali 520 460 0 25 35
Gujarati 160 145 0 5 5
Hindi 135 135 0 0 5
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 235 210 0 15 10
Sindhi 0 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 25 0 0 5
Urdu 430 395 0 10 25
Nepali 15 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 740 635 0 25 80
Kurdish 75 60 0 0 15
Pashto 15 10 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 650 560 0 25 65
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 5 0
Dravidian languages 215 200 0 5 10
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 90 90 0 0 5
Tamil 100 95 0 5 5
Telugu 20 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 75 70 0 5 0
Korean 475 410 0 10 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,915 2,365 5 60 490
Chinese languages 2,660 2,185 5 55 410
Cantonese 525 365 0 25 135
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 700 610 0 10 80
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,415 1,190 5 25 195
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 30 15 0 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 160 0 0 65
Tai languages 185 135 0 0 45
Lao 115 105 0 0 15
Thai 70 35 0 0 30
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,565 1,265 0 35 270
Khmer (Cambodian) 160 130 0 0 35
Vietnamese 1,405 1,130 0 30 235
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,120 1,095 0 10 15
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 80 75 0 0 5
Malay 20 20 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 925 910 5 5 5
Bikol 20 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 435 325 5 90 15
Akan (Twi) 80 75 0 0 0
Bantu languages 275 180 5 85 10
Lingala 15 0 0 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0 5 0
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 150 95 5 45 10
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 10 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 15 20 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
African languages, n.i.e. 120 85 0 25 10
Creoles 155 55 10 85 0
Non-verbal languages 40 20 0 5 15
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 10
Other languages 30 20 0 0 10
Multiple responses 2,240 1,795 10 420 20
English and French 285 75 0 210 0
English and non-official language 1,685 1,590 5 80 15
French and non-official language 230 115 5 100 5
English, French and non-official language 50 15 0 30 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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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