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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 Scarborough Centre / Scarborough-Centre
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 110,590 99,730 130 5,400 5,330
Single responses 105,880 95,610 115 4,865 5,295
English 50,455 48,210 0 2,180 65
French 980 100 45 830 0
Non-official languages 54,455 47,300 70 1,850 5,225
Aboriginal languages 5 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 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 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 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 3,860 3,215 5 245 400
Italian 1,435 1,190 0 50 200
Portuguese 455 375 5 25 60
Romanian 405 295 0 90 20
Spanish 1,560 1,350 5 80 120
Catalan 0 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 890 850 0 40 0
Dutch 85 80 0 5 0
Flemish 0 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 755 725 0 30 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 40 45 0 5 0
Danish 15 15 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 0 5 0
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,525 2,270 0 80 170
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 0
Bulgarian 125 115 0 5 0
Croatian 95 85 0 5 0
Czech 120 95 0 5 20
Macedonian 900 815 0 10 70
Polish 525 490 0 20 15
Russian 210 180 0 5 20
Serbian 235 215 0 15 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0
Slovak 85 55 0 0 30
Slovenian 50 55 0 0 0
Ukrainian 130 125 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 5
Baltic languages 65 60 0 0 0
Latvian 55 60 0 5 0
Lithuanian 0 5 0 0 0
Greek 2,865 2,600 5 60 210
Armenian 425 335 0 50 40
Albanian 330 280 0 15 30
Georgian 20 20 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 430 360 0 25 45
Estonian 55 50 0 5 0
Finnish 55 55 0 5 0
Hungarian 315 255 0 15 45
Turkic languages 300 255 0 5 40
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 270 230 0 5 35
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,945 2,375 10 325 235
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 210 175 5 15 20
Oromo 25 20 5 0 0
Somali 180 150 0 15 15
Semitic languages 2,735 2,205 10 315 215
Amharic 255 235 0 15 5
Arabic 2,195 1,700 10 290 195
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 170 160 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 10,250 9,165 10 235 850
Indo-Aryan languages 8,065 7,270 5 190 605
Bengali 1,580 1,450 0 60 65
Gujarati 1,835 1,550 0 35 250
Hindi 685 630 0 15 35
Konkani 55 55 0 0 5
Marathi 85 80 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 510 445 0 5 60
Sindhi 90 85 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 355 345 0 5 10
Urdu 2,750 2,520 0 50 170
Nepali 115 110 0 5 5
Iranian languages 2,135 1,850 5 45 240
Kurdish 115 100 0 0 10
Pashto 405 355 0 5 45
Persian (Farsi) 1,620 1,400 0 40 180
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 9,455 8,350 5 245 855
Kannada 25 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 295 270 0 0 20
Tamil 8,985 7,915 5 235 830
Telugu 155 140 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 200 185 0 10 10
Korean 495 395 0 15 85
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,925 8,645 5 210 2,065
Chinese languages 10,845 8,580 10 210 2,055
Cantonese 3,755 2,765 5 100 890
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 10
Fukien 45 30 0 0 10
Hakka 145 120 0 5 20
Mandarin 2,805 2,325 0 50 430
Shanghainese 50 35 0 5 15
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,005 3,270 0 50 685
Tibetan languages 30 25 0 0 0
Burmese 25 25 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Tai languages 40 35 0 5 0
Lao 15 15 0 0 0
Thai 20 25 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 420 330 0 10 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 0
Vietnamese 400 315 0 15 75
Malayo-Polynesian languages 7,290 7,100 0 80 110
Bisayan languages 275 270 0 5 0
Ilocano 350 345 0 0 5
Malay 65 60 0 0 0
Pampango 60 60 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,445 6,285 0 60 100
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 35 30 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 405 340 5 50 5
Akan (Twi) 50 50 0 0 0
Bantu languages 250 205 10 30 5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 10 0
Shona 40 40 0 0 0
Swahili 110 110 0 5 5
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 5 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 5 0
Ewe 10 10 0 5 5
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Creoles 260 85 20 150 5
Non-verbal languages 15 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5
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 4,705 4,120 10 540 40
English and French 205 40 5 165 0
English and non-official language 4,205 3,975 0 195 35
French and non-official language 185 75 10 100 5
English, French and non-official language 115 35 0 80 0

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

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