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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 Whitby - 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 145,105 133,320 80 10,880 830
Single responses 143,045 131,775 80 10,380 815
English 121,835 114,955 0 6,860 15
French 2,530 145 60 2,330 5
Non-official languages 18,685 16,675 20 1,195 795
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 0 5 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 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 5 0 0 5 0
Mohawk 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 4,475 3,895 5 375 200
Italian 2,165 1,925 5 140 95
Portuguese 775 690 0 50 30
Romanian 355 260 0 85 15
Spanish 1,180 1,010 0 105 60
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,825 1,705 5 115 0
Dutch 700 670 0 35 0
Flemish 20 15 0 0 0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0
German 940 875 0 70 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 100 85 0 10 0
Danish 45 40 0 0 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 40 35 0 5 0
Afrikaans 40 35 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,055 2,775 0 205 80
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 30 0 5 0
Croatian 200 180 0 10 10
Czech 100 90 0 15 0
Macedonian 390 370 0 15 5
Polish 1,165 1,070 0 75 20
Russian 275 235 0 20 15
Serbian 180 155 0 20 10
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 5
Slovak 95 85 0 5 5
Slovenian 115 105 0 5 0
Ukrainian 440 400 0 30 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 5 0
Baltic languages 70 60 0 5 0
Latvian 35 30 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 0
Greek 650 615 0 25 15
Armenian 75 60 0 15 0
Albanian 35 30 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 495 465 0 20 10
Estonian 55 55 0 0 0
Finnish 60 55 0 0 0
Hungarian 375 350 0 10 10
Turkic languages 65 60 0 0 5
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0
Turkish 60 50 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 910 740 5 135 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 15 20 0 0 0
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0
Somali 5 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 890 720 0 135 30
Amharic 25 20 0 5 0
Arabic 685 525 5 130 25
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0
Maltese 115 115 0 5 0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,975 2,680 0 130 165
Indo-Aryan languages 2,170 1,995 0 80 90
Bengali 135 125 0 10 0
Gujarati 330 295 0 15 25
Hindi 250 240 0 5 10
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0
Marathi 40 30 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 320 295 0 10 20
Sindhi 45 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 85 0 0 0
Urdu 950 870 0 35 45
Nepali 5 0 0 0 5
Iranian languages 785 665 0 50 75
Kurdish 20 20 0 0 0
Pashto 40 35 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 725 605 0 45 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 595 545 0 30 20
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 55 45 0 10 0
Tamil 470 435 0 15 15
Telugu 45 40 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 55 50 0 5 0
Korean 225 195 0 5 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,615 1,390 0 40 185
Chinese languages 1,605 1,380 0 40 180
Cantonese 475 405 0 10 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 15 5 0 0 5
Mandarin 450 380 0 10 50
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 645 560 0 20 65
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 45 40 0 0 0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 40 35 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 185 155 0 10 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 5 0
Vietnamese 165 140 0 5 20
Malayo-Polynesian languages 990 965 0 15 10
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 5
Malay 20 25 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 905 890 0 15 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 210 170 0 35 5
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages 75 50 0 20 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 30 25 0 5 0
Ganda 5 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 5 5
African languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Creoles 55 25 5 25 0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 10
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 10
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,060 1,545 5 505 15
English and French 380 60 0 315 5
English and non-official language 1,510 1,420 0 85 10
French and non-official language 110 50 0 60 0
English, French and non-official language 65 15 0 50 0

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

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