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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Mother Tongue (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

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Mother tongue (4A)^{Footnote 1}

Age groups (8B)

Sex (3)

This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , mother tongue , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ontario^{Footnote 2}
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375)	First official language spoken (4A)
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375)	First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^Footnote 3	English	French	English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents	12,722,065	11,844,580	500,270	84,230
0 to 4 years	703,620	640,940	19,040	3,695
5 to 9 years	712,320	681,405	20,530	6,930
10 to 14 years	762,855	727,945	22,340	11,135
15 to 19 years	861,090	823,630	25,880	9,740
20 to 24 years	850,130	814,195	25,610	6,490
25 to 29 years	812,195	774,795	26,140	5,270
30 to 34 years	797,410	755,625	29,725	5,470
35 to 39 years	841,220	793,845	32,650	5,985
40 to 44 years	920,270	865,300	36,125	6,115
45 to 49 years	1,050,950	980,295	46,740	5,525
50 to 54 years	1,001,005	928,955	47,055	4,730
55 to 59 years	859,570	792,200	41,380	3,750
60 to 64 years	760,835	695,815	37,545	2,805
65 to 69 years	558,920	501,680	30,275	2,075
70 to 74 years	434,685	381,700	22,170	1,675
75 to 79 years	345,615	298,515	17,205	1,300
80 to 84 years	252,920	217,900	11,775	895
85 years and over	196,455	169,840	8,100	645
Median age^{Footnote 4}	40.1	39.5	46.4	28.9
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Footnote 5}	10,543,275	9,794,295	438,370	62,470
Married or living with a common-law partner	6,136,400	5,667,995	272,670	32,840
Married (and not separated)	5,345,190	4,935,090	220,295	30,680
Living common law	791,210	732,905	52,375	2,155
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	4,406,875	4,126,300	165,700	29,630
Single (never legally married)	2,946,265	2,811,485	96,925	24,075
Separated	316,365	293,475	14,485	1,355
Divorced	585,980	544,645	26,610	2,485
Widowed	558,260	476,700	27,675	1,725
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Footnote 6}	12,722,065	11,844,585	500,275	84,230
English only	10,984,360	10,984,355	0	0
French only	42,975	0	42,980	0
English and French	1,395,805	854,655	456,975	84,180
Neither English nor French	298,920	5,565	325	45
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents	12,722,065	11,844,580	500,275	84,230
Single responses	12,434,775	11,583,620	487,360	70,815
English	8,677,040	8,676,545	495	0
French	493,300	21,255	472,045	0
Non-official languages	3,264,435	2,885,820	14,820	70,810
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 7}	15,625	15,170	10	40
Atikamekw	0	5	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	3,935	3,780	5	10
Dene	20	20	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	10	10	0	0
Inuktitut	305	295	0	5
Mi'kmaq	70	65	0	0
Ojibway	8,255	8,115	5	25
Oji-Cree	3,030	2,885	0	0
Stoney	5	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 8}	3,222,400	2,846,640	14,480	70,200
African languages, n.i.e.	3,075	2,870	70	70
Afrikaans	2,060	2,015	5	35
Akan (Twi)	9,680	9,450	15	90
Albanian	17,440	15,460	45	475
Amharic	9,190	8,700	30	180
Arabic	133,390	112,225	2,460	9,845
Armenian	13,070	11,010	110	1,205
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	3,040	2,565	325	110
Bengali	38,685	36,095	30	915
Berber languages (Kabyle)	120	30	50	30
Bisayan languages	6,380	6,315	0	15
Bosnian	6,140	5,575	10	170
Bulgarian	9,010	8,045	35	565
Burmese	1,400	1,275	5	10
Cantonese	186,865	143,610	130	2,025
Chinese, n.o.s.	195,115	158,205	165	2,300
Creoles	9,650	4,235	3,060	2,055
Croatian	33,830	32,240	45	460
Czech	12,115	11,450	35	180
Danish	4,745	4,705	0	30
Dutch	58,135	57,305	115	440
Estonian	5,025	4,880	0	110
Finnish	11,355	11,115	10	40
Flemish	2,710	2,600	30	75
Fukien	3,410	2,140	0	20
German	140,315	133,945	350	1,475
Greek	56,890	53,250	75	585
Gujarati	68,105	60,955	40	790
Hakka	3,535	2,960	20	50
Hebrew	11,415	10,955	20	255
Hindi	47,650	45,390	40	540
Hungarian	41,010	37,480	90	690
Ilocano	8,050	7,860	0	20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	2,845	2,565	10	65
Italian	251,335	227,890	705	2,210
Japanese	12,215	11,230	30	140
Khmer (Cambodian)	7,210	6,130	40	155
Korean	64,085	55,880	40	920
Kurdish	5,760	4,985	15	165
Lao	5,350	4,750	40	125
Latvian	4,635	4,460	0	140
Lingala	750	145	480	110
Lithuanian	5,600	5,385	10	125
Macedonian	16,305	15,310	10	215
Malay	5,305	5,140	10	20
Malayalam	10,745	10,325	0	100
Maltese	5,830	5,760	5	30
Mandarin	118,385	94,430	80	1,650
Marathi	4,160	3,960	0	75
Nepali	3,640	3,340	0	50
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5,780	5,140	385	170
Norwegian	1,060	1,035	0	15
Oromo	1,765	1,465	95	110
Panjabi (Punjabi)	173,970	147,010	80	2,440
Pashto	8,165	7,195	5	150
Persian (Farsi)	98,905	87,750	210	3,010
Polish	128,440	119,820	215	2,640
Portuguese	147,725	125,560	595	2,300
Romanian	41,975	34,015	295	5,345
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,035	205	545	255
Russian	93,080	82,025	155	3,500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	1,120	470	375	245
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	14,930	12,720	20	155
Serbian	41,910	37,680	70	1,800
Serbo-Croatian	5,245	4,800	15	215
Shanghainese	1,415	955	5	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	1,580	675	10	5
Sindhi	6,530	6,140	10	105
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	9,335	9,060	5	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	1,780	1,295	0	10
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	2,005	1,920	5	20
Slovak	10,250	9,780	20	130
Slovenian	7,505	7,365	10	60
Somali	22,685	19,090	705	1,290
Spanish	178,330	156,280	840	6,775
Swahili	4,745	3,875	415	270
Swedish	2,500	2,420	10	65
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino)	140,810	138,980	40	335
Taiwanese	3,020	2,540	10	45
Tamil	111,060	99,880	60	1,660
Telugu	6,730	6,440	0	70
Thai	2,915	2,545	5	20
Tibetan languages	3,965	3,475	5	45
Tigrigna	5,555	5,205	10	70
Turkish	16,620	14,685	35	505
Ukrainian	41,460	38,685	45	965
Urdu	128,730	120,325	70	1,590
Vietnamese	65,915	54,580	220	1,560
Yiddish	5,105	4,950	5	35
Other languages^{Footnote 9}	26,415	24,015	330	570
Multiple responses	287,290	260,960	12,915	13,420
English and French	46,605	32,105	3,880	10,625
English and non-official language	219,425	219,310	120	0
French and non-official language	13,645	5,125	8,520	0
English, French and non-official language	7,615	4,425	395	2,790
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Footnote 10}	12,722,065	11,844,585	500,275	84,230
Single responses	12,156,790	11,323,620	474,405	65,790
English	10,044,805	9,851,145	193,665	0
French	284,115	9,750	274,360	0
Non-official languages	1,827,865	1,462,720	6,380	65,785
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 11}	5,935	5,490	5	40
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	1,925	1,785	0	15
Dene	5	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	5	0	0	0
Inuktitut	80	70	0	5
Mi'kmaq	10	10	0	0
Ojibway	2,855	2,715	5	25
Oji-Cree	1,060	915	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 12}	1,811,985	1,449,065	6,265	65,320
African languages, n.i.e.	1,405	1,280	15	50
Afrikaans	775	735	0	30
Akan (Twi)	5,305	5,090	5	75
Albanian	10,055	8,140	35	425
Amharic	5,280	4,825	20	140
Arabic	76,410	57,385	1,275	8,640
Armenian	7,375	5,440	70	1,135
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	885	780	20	55
Bengali	26,895	24,390	25	855
Berber languages (Kabyle)	40	5	10	20
Bisayan languages	2,045	2,005	0	5
Bosnian	3,530	2,975	5	160
Bulgarian	5,165	4,250	15	535
Burmese	890	755	0	10
Cantonese	147,795	101,360	75	2,020
Chinese, n.o.s.	135,660	101,140	130	2,095
Creoles	4,720	1,370	1,090	1,955
Croatian	13,180	11,645	20	425
Czech	4,325	3,695	5	160
Danish	340	295	0	30
Dutch	5,395	4,700	10	410
Estonian	1,260	1,125	0	105
Finnish	2,280	2,065	0	30
Flemish	230	160	0	60
Fukien	1,050	550	0	5
German	39,180	33,225	105	1,325
Greek	23,590	20,055	25	530
Gujarati	42,445	35,430	25	735
Hakka	1,595	1,180	5	25
Hebrew	5,240	4,670	65	305
Hindi	24,650	22,350	15	505
Hungarian	15,440	12,100	15	595
Ilocano	2,915	2,765	0	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	1,180	985	5	35
Italian	88,835	66,130	295	1,955
Japanese	5,765	4,810	15	145
Khmer (Cambodian)	4,060	3,060	25	130
Korean	47,250	39,090	25	900
Kurdish	3,580	2,920	15	140
Lao	2,855	2,270	25	115
Latvian	1,270	1,085	0	140
Lingala	235	35	105	80
Lithuanian	1,785	1,595	0	105
Macedonian	7,290	6,325	10	195
Malay	1,925	1,790	0	20
Malayalam	5,315	4,895	0	90
Maltese	1,295	1,230	0	25
Mandarin	96,610	71,955	60	1,660
Marathi	1,980	1,800	0	70
Nepali	2,485	2,190	0	40
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	1,830	1,585	40	125
Norwegian	120	100	0	15
Oromo	1,035	845	15	95
Panjabi (Punjabi)	124,100	97,690	55	2,275
Pashto	5,760	4,870	5	130
Persian (Farsi)	69,195	58,090	115	2,890
Polish	60,730	52,410	70	2,500
Portuguese	70,210	48,445	365	2,130
Romanian	22,845	15,205	175	5,150
Rundi (Kirundi)	370	60	95	195
Russian	64,425	53,135	110	3,445
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	395	80	85	200
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	10,360	8,365	10	120
Serbian	26,000	21,795	45	1,765
Serbo-Croatian	2,505	2,100	5	190
Shanghainese	660	410	0	15
Sign languages, n.i.e.	2,650	1,590	45	20
Sindhi	2,835	2,485	5	85
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	4,480	4,215	5	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	1,410	980	0	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	565	485	0	15
Slovak	3,185	2,745	0	125
Slovenian	1,815	1,710	5	40
Somali	15,450	12,375	360	1,110
Spanish	106,735	85,210	510	6,490
Swahili	2,025	1,485	115	245
Swedish	415	345	5	55
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	65,230	63,425	15	305
Taiwanese	1,495	1,170	0	30
Tamil	83,645	72,565	65	1,575
Telugu	3,825	3,555	0	60
Thai	1,320	965	0	20
Tibetan languages	3,200	2,715	5	45
Tigrigna	3,075	2,765	5	55
Turkish	10,395	8,565	20	455
Ukrainian	15,235	12,720	25	920
Urdu	83,520	74,835	50	1,505
Vietnamese	47,360	36,395	185	1,500
Yiddish	535	460	0	20
Other languages^{Footnote 13}	9,950	8,165	105	430
Multiple responses	565,270	520,960	25,870	18,440
English and French	37,950	7,625	18,280	12,045
English and non-official language	509,100	508,015	1,085	0
French and non-official language	6,370	1,765	4,605	0
English, French and non-official language	11,845	3,555	1,890	6,395
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Footnote 14}	12,722,060	11,844,580	500,270	84,230
None	10,611,255	10,029,690	270,735	40,680
Single responses	2,066,615	1,782,230	224,420	37,425
English	848,410	688,285	116,670	31,770
French	227,040	130,485	93,970	2,295
Non-official languages	991,170	963,455	13,785	3,355
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 15}	10,750	10,700	45	10
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	2,120	2,105	10	0
Dene	15	15	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	5	5	0	0
Inuktitut	220	210	5	0
Mi'kmaq	45	45	0	0
Ojibway	6,500	6,470	25	5
Oji-Cree	1,845	1,845	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Footnote 16}	966,445	939,490	13,390	3,265
African languages, n.i.e.	1,340	1,220	105	10
Afrikaans	1,285	1,280	0	0
Akan (Twi)	4,585	4,570	5	5
Albanian	4,625	4,605	5	10
Amharic	3,085	3,015	25	20
Arabic	45,670	42,615	2,005	465
Armenian	3,700	3,595	50	20
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	1,485	1,190	270	20
Bengali	8,115	8,085	10	10
Berber languages (Kabyle)	50	15	30	0
Bisayan languages	1,600	1,595	0	0
Bosnian	1,790	1,780	0	5
Bulgarian	2,240	2,205	20	10
Burmese	405	375	0	0
Cantonese	41,880	40,845	75	60
Chinese, n.o.s.	35,080	34,445	80	55
Creoles	7,725	4,470	3,045	195
Croatian	13,060	13,000	25	20
Czech	3,765	3,725	15	10
Danish	1,690	1,680	10	5
Dutch	18,365	18,285	65	10
Estonian	1,850	1,845	5	0
Finnish	3,725	3,715	5	0
Flemish	585	570	10	10
Fukien	1,440	835	0	5
German	44,850	44,340	320	130
Greek	29,400	29,215	80	35
Gujarati	17,855	17,675	50	30
Hakka	1,010	895	15	10
Hebrew	8,795	8,425	140	70
Hindi	31,720	30,710	80	140
Hungarian	11,610	11,500	30	45
Ilocano	2,215	2,195	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	1,050	970	10	15
Italian	100,275	99,235	735	200
Japanese	5,770	5,635	50	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	2,105	2,025	20	15
Korean	11,915	11,825	30	10
Kurdish	1,355	1,260	0	5
Lao	1,600	1,545	20	5
Latvian	1,520	1,510	5	5
Lingala	1,220	95	1,080	45
Lithuanian	1,685	1,665	10	5
Macedonian	5,710	5,645	5	10
Malay	2,010	1,985	5	0
Malayalam	4,210	4,205	0	5
Maltese	2,270	2,265	5	0
Mandarin	22,435	20,655	55	60
Marathi	1,255	1,250	0	0
Nepali	660	645	0	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	4,890	4,420	435	30
Norwegian	470	470	0	0
Oromo	455	390	45	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	36,175	35,590	20	75
Pashto	1,560	1,475	5	10
Persian (Farsi)	19,325	19,015	100	65
Polish	36,540	36,260	135	45
Portuguese	56,065	55,560	350	90
Romanian	11,635	11,365	105	100
Rundi (Kirundi)	535	60	455	15
Russian	20,920	20,275	110	180
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	550	230	295	25
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	3,145	2,915	5	10
Serbian	11,025	10,920	35	20
Serbo-Croatian	1,350	1,330	5	5
Shanghainese	460	330	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	1,530	1,465	40	5
Sindhi	2,660	2,615	10	10
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	4,165	4,140	0	5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	180	145	0	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	570	565	0	0
Slovak	2,965	2,945	5	0
Slovenian	2,450	2,440	0	0
Somali	7,410	6,880	460	45
Spanish	64,810	62,905	1,350	365
Swahili	3,240	2,640	520	50
Swedish	1,240	1,210	5	20
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	48,070	47,995	20	20
Taiwanese	1,050	875	0	10
Tamil	23,860	23,780	40	25
Telugu	1,730	1,720	0	5
Thai	1,120	1,095	10	0
Tibetan languages	445	440	0	0
Tigrigna	1,945	1,910	5	5
Turkish	4,610	4,375	20	25
Ukrainian	12,165	11,830	40	60
Urdu	34,535	34,160	30	60
Vietnamese	15,425	14,300	100	50
Yiddish	1,535	1,500	10	0
Other languages^{Footnote 17}	13,975	13,265	350	90
Multiple responses	44,190	32,665	5,120	6,125
English and French	6,970	995	540	5,380
English and non-official language	15,600	12,025	2,930	445
French and non-official language	21,270	19,575	1,630	45
English, French and non-official language	350	65	15	265
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Footnote 18}	12,722,060	11,844,580	500,275	84,230
English	11,844,580	11,844,580	0	0
French	500,275	0	500,275	0
English and French	84,230	0	0	84,230
Neither English nor French	292,980	0	0	0
Official language minority (number)^{Footnote 19}	542,390	0	500,275	42,115
Official language minority (percentage)^{Footnote 20}	4.3	0.0	100.0	50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Language groups are defined as follows: 'English' includes respondents who reported English only or English and one non-official language; 'French' includes respondents who reported French only or French and one non-official language; 'English and French' includes respondents who reported English and French, with or without one non-official language.

'Total' category includes all groups mentioned as well as respondents who reported a non-official language as their only mother tongue.

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Footnote 2

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 3

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 4

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 5

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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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-XCB2011058.

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