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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 (2013 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 Essex
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 119,475 105,730 80 12,580 1,085
Single responses 117,970 104,795 80 12,010 1,075
English 100,010 92,190 5 7,810 10
French 4,120 570 60 3,485 5
Non-official languages 13,835 12,035 10 715 1,070
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 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 0 0 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 5
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 5,015 4,005 0 300 705
Italian 2,865 2,590 0 180 95
Portuguese 845 750 5 25 60
Romanian 345 270 0 55 15
Spanish 965 390 0 40 535
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,875 2,700 0 60 110
Dutch 405 395 0 10 0
Flemish 45 35 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 2,375 2,225 0 40 110
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 35 30 0 0 0
Danish 25 20 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,270 2,110 0 100 55
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 5 0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 5 0
Croatian 260 240 0 15 0
Czech 50 45 0 5 0
Macedonian 290 275 0 5 10
Polish 605 560 0 25 20
Russian 85 75 0 15 5
Serbian 310 290 0 10 5
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 400 375 0 10 15
Slovenian 40 45 0 0 0
Ukrainian 175 160 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 0 0
Greek 180 170 0 5 5
Armenian 65 60 0 5 0
Albanian 35 35 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 440 420 0 15 5
Estonian 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 50 50 0 0 0
Hungarian 380 365 0 10 5
Turkic languages 45 45 0 5 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 35 35 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 945 780 5 135 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 940 775 5 130 25
Amharic 10 5 0 5 0
Arabic 785 635 5 125 20
Hebrew 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 55 50 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 705 620 0 45 40
Indo-Aryan languages 630 555 0 35 45
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 75 70 0 0 5
Hindi 90 85 0 5 5
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 305 255 0 15 30
Sindhi 5 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 0 0
Urdu 115 110 0 5 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 75 65 0 10 5
Kurdish 10 5 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 65 55 0 10 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 60 60 0 5 0
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 25 25 0 0 0
Tamil 30 25 0 0 0
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 15 10 0 5 0
Korean 145 130 0 5 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 530 460 0 10 55
Chinese languages 530 460 0 15 55
Cantonese 155 135 0 0 10
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 5 0 5 0
Mandarin 70 60 0 0 5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 5 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 300 260 0 10 35
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 35 25 0 5 5
Lao 25 20 0 0 0
Thai 10 5 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 120 100 0 5 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0 0
Vietnamese 105 80 0 0 15
Malayo-Polynesian languages 230 225 0 5 5
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0 0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 200 200 0 5 0
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. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 40 25 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 25 15 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 10 0
Shona 0 5 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 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. 10 5 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Creoles 5 0 0 0 0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 5 5 0 0 5
Multiple responses 1,510 935 0 570 5
English and French 595 135 0 455 0
English and non-official language 805 740 0 60 5
French and non-official language 70 45 0 20 0
English, French and non-official language 45 10 0 35 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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