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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 York West / York-Ouest
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 107,705 96,010 145 3,625 7,925
Single responses 103,395 92,110 130 3,280 7,880
English 45,545 43,975 5 1,455 110
French 660 75 40 535 0
Non-official languages 57,190 48,055 85 1,280 7,770
Aboriginal languages 20 20 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 10 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. 0 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 10 10 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 5 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 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 19,890 16,275 25 480 3,110
Italian 9,900 7,725 15 225 1,935
Portuguese 1,050 865 5 40 145
Romanian 185 140 0 30 10
Spanish 8,755 7,545 10 190 1,015
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 375 360 0 10 0
Dutch 70 60 0 5 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 265 255 0 5 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 10 15 0 0 0
Danish 0 5 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,655 1,485 0 45 120
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 5
Bosnian 10 15 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 25 0 5 0
Croatian 120 115 0 5 5
Czech 185 155 0 5 20
Macedonian 75 70 0 0 0
Polish 445 405 0 10 30
Russian 515 450 5 15 45
Serbian 70 60 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 0 0
Slovak 35 35 0 0 5
Slovenian 25 20 5 0 0
Ukrainian 115 110 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 30 30 0 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0
Greek 270 240 0 10 25
Armenian 110 90 0 5 20
Albanian 155 135 0 5 15
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 370 260 0 5 100
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 15 15 0 0 0
Hungarian 340 240 0 5 100
Turkic languages 655 510 0 10 130
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0
Turkish 600 465 0 10 125
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,125 3,450 5 100 570
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,170 1,085 0 30 55
Oromo 35 35 0 0 0
Somali 1,130 1,045 0 35 55
Semitic languages 2,950 2,365 5 70 510
Amharic 120 105 0 10 0
Arabic 1,395 1,130 5 60 210
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 0
Maltese 30 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 110 110 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,270 970 5 0 290
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 9,860 8,540 5 190 1,120
Indo-Aryan languages 8,885 7,700 5 165 1,015
Bengali 655 605 0 20 30
Gujarati 1,350 1,160 0 20 175
Hindi 625 570 5 15 35
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,945 2,390 0 70 485
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 115 0 0 5
Urdu 3,115 2,790 0 40 280
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 940 810 0 30 100
Kurdish 45 45 0 0 5
Pashto 140 130 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 750 645 0 25 85
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 2,815 2,495 5 35 280
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 85 85 0 0 0
Tamil 2,620 2,305 5 35 275
Telugu 100 95 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 50 45 0 5 5
Korean 400 335 0 5 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,105 3,130 5 75 890
Chinese languages 3,920 2,990 5 75 855
Cantonese 1,610 1,135 0 25 450
Chaochow (Teochow) 85 60 0 0 30
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 600 510 0 10 85
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,595 1,265 5 30 295
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 25 25 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 155 120 0 0 35
Tai languages 280 240 0 10 40
Lao 210 180 5 5 25
Thai 75 55 0 0 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,290 5,010 5 95 1,175
Khmer (Cambodian) 825 670 5 20 140
Vietnamese 5,465 4,345 5 80 1,040
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,320 2,270 0 20 35
Bisayan languages 130 125 0 5 0
Ilocano 200 190 0 5 0
Malay 10 10 0 0 0
Pampango 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,920 1,885 0 15 25
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 2,980 2,800 15 120 50
Akan (Twi) 1,500 1,440 0 30 30
Bantu languages 580 495 15 55 10
Lingala 25 5 10 10 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 5 0 10 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 215 190 0 10 10
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 275 245 0 20 5
Edo 220 215 0 5 5
Igbo 110 110 0 5 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 35 0 0 0
Ga 35 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 500 465 0 25 5
African languages, n.i.e. 120 120 0 5 0
Creoles 260 205 10 45 10
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 10
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Other languages 20 15 0 0 5
Multiple responses 4,310 3,900 15 350 50
English and French 155 50 5 100 0
English and non-official language 3,935 3,750 0 135 50
French and non-official language 145 70 5 65 5
English, French and non-official language 75 25 5 40 0

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

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