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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 Oshawa
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 124,155 115,580 135 7,845 595
Single responses 122,790 114,630 130 7,445 590
English 108,040 103,615 5 4,400 20
French 2,730 240 105 2,380 0
Non-official languages 12,025 10,775 20 660 565
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 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 5 5 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 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 5 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 2,735 2,370 10 200 150
Italian 990 890 5 50 45
Portuguese 765 665 5 50 50
Romanian 140 95 0 35 5
Spanish 840 725 0 60 45
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,330 1,265 0 60 0
Dutch 440 425 0 15 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0
German 780 740 0 40 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 70 65 0 5 0
Danish 30 35 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0 0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,145 2,865 0 155 125
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 5 0
Croatian 145 140 0 0 0
Czech 45 40 0 0 0
Macedonian 145 125 0 10 5
Polish 1,615 1,470 5 75 65
Russian 230 195 0 30 15
Serbian 130 120 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 65 60 0 5 0
Slovenian 60 60 0 0 0
Ukrainian 665 615 0 20 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 45 40 0 5 5
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 5 5
Greek 280 260 0 15 10
Armenian 25 25 0 5 0
Albanian 15 15 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 490 450 5 25 10
Estonian 30 35 0 0 0
Finnish 70 65 0 0 0
Hungarian 385 350 0 20 10
Turkic languages 45 35 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 45 35 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 520 445 5 50 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages 510 440 5 50 15
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0
Arabic 350 285 5 50 15
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 120 120 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,380 1,255 0 40 85
Indo-Aryan languages 990 905 0 30 50
Bengali 95 90 0 5 0
Gujarati 240 215 0 10 15
Hindi 100 90 0 5 5
Konkani 10 5 0 5 0
Marathi 10 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 130 115 0 5 10
Sindhi 30 25 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0
Urdu 355 335 0 5 15
Nepali 5 0 0 0 5
Iranian languages 380 335 0 10 35
Kurdish 5 5 0 0 0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 360 315 0 15 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 210 180 0 20 10
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 15 10 0 0 0
Tamil 170 150 0 15 10
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 15 15 0 0 0
Korean 120 100 0 10 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 730 605 0 20 105
Chinese languages 730 600 0 20 105
Cantonese 185 160 0 5 25
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 155 135 0 0 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 380 305 0 10 65
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 40 40 0 0 0
Lao 25 25 0 0 0
Thai 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 145 110 0 5 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 130 105 0 5 25
Malayo-Polynesian languages 560 535 0 10 10
Bisayan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0
Malay 10 15 0 5 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 500 485 0 10 5
Bikol 0 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 115 90 0 20 0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages 75 55 0 10 0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 5 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Edo 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 5
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Creoles 30 15 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 45 25 0 5 15
American Sign Language 20 20 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 15
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,360 955 5 395 5
English and French 365 70 5 285 0
English and non-official language 910 845 0 60 5
French and non-official language 70 30 5 30 0
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15 0

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

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