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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in York South - Weston / York-Sud - Weston
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 115,625 107,370 930 875 6,450 1,365 1.2
Single responses 106,800 98,750 815 780 6,445 1,205 1.1
English 69,815 69,455 360 0 0 360 0.5
French 380 50 330 0 0 330 86.8
Non-official languages 36,600 29,245 125 780 6,445 515 1.4
Aboriginal languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 18,005 13,580 75 410 3,945 280 1.6
Italian 4,540 3,185 15 65 1,275 50 1.1
Portuguese 6,375 4,535 40 170 1,630 130 2.0
Romanian 135 95 0 20 20 10 7.4
Spanish 6,955 5,765 15 150 1,020 90 1.3
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 100 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dutch 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 70 70 0 0 5 5 7.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,670 1,435 0 55 175 30 1.8
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 60 55 0 5 0 5 8.3
Croatian 180 150 0 0 20 0 0.0
Czech 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 610 525 0 20 65 10 1.6
Russian 275 235 0 10 30 10 3.6
Serbian 85 75 0 5 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 250 210 0 5 30 5 2.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 275 230 5 5 45 5 1.8
Armenian 15 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Albanian 325 250 0 20 55 10 3.1
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finno-Ugric languages 320 220 0 0 95 0 0.0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 305 210 0 0 90 0 0.0
Turkic languages 420 355 0 5 65 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 420 350 0 5 60 5 1.2
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,055 2,745 10 60 240 40 1.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 2,080 1,890 0 25 165 15 0.7
Oromo 90 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 1,990 1,815 5 25 150 15 0.8
Semitic languages 975 855 5 35 85 20 2.1
Amharic 205 185 0 5 10 0 0.0
Arabic 400 330 5 20 45 15 3.8
Hebrew 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Maltese 115 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 225 205 0 5 20 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages 2,600 2,240 0 50 315 25 1.0
Indo-Aryan languages 2,230 1,925 0 40 255 20 0.9
Bengali 395 360 0 10 30 5 1.3
Gujarati 830 720 0 10 110 5 0.6
Hindi 285 250 0 5 25 0 0.0
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 265 220 0 5 35 5 1.9
Sindhi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 370 305 0 10 50 5 1.4
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 360 300 0 5 55 5 1.4
Kurdish 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 320 270 0 5 40 0 0.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 1,080 915 0 30 130 15 1.4
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayalam 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 1,010 850 0 30 130 15 1.5
Telugu 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Japanese 35 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Korean 280 195 0 0 85 5 1.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,020 1,460 0 20 540 10 0.5
Chinese languages 1,890 1,345 0 20 520 10 0.5
Cantonese 950 635 0 10 310 5 0.5
Chaochow (Teochow) 30 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Fukien 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 245 205 0 5 35 0 0.0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Chinese, n.o.s. 640 475 0 10 160 5 0.8
Tibetan languages 125 105 0 0 20 5 4.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai languages 60 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lao 55 40 0 0 5 5 9.1
Thai 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,410 2,690 15 75 630 50 1.5
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 3,360 2,655 15 75 620 50 1.5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,845 1,780 0 15 45 10 0.5
Bisayan languages 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 125 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,655 1,600 0 10 40 5 0.3
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 775 725 10 15 25 20 2.6
Akan (Twi) 340 325 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 200 180 5 5 10 10 5.0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 95 85 5 0 5 0 0.0
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 10 5 5 0 0 5 50.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ga 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 150 135 5 5 5 5 3.3
African languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Creoles 125 105 10 10 5 15 12.0
Non-verbal languages 50 25 0 0 25 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 8,830 8,615 115 95 0 165 1.9
English and French 175 80 45 55 0 70 40.0
English and non-official language 8,480 8,460 15 0 0 20 0.2
French and non-official language 65 30 35 0 0 35 53.8
English, French and non-official language 105 45 25 40 0 40 38.1

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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