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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 Hamilton West--Ancaster--Dundas / Hamilton-Ouest--Ancaster--Dundas
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 107,395 99,045 50 7,135 1,160
Single responses 105,555 97,555 45 6,805 1,150
English 80,290 75,775 5 4,495 15
French 1,150 130 25 995 0
Non-official languages 24,115 21,645 20 1,320 1,135
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 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. 5 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 5 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) 5 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 5 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 6,145 5,340 5 440 360
Italian 3,360 2,995 0 180 190
Portuguese 1,005 860 0 55 90
Romanian 510 400 0 85 15
Spanish 1,265 1,075 5 120 60
Catalan 5 5 0 0 5
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,295 2,140 5 145 10
Dutch 725 685 0 35 0
Flemish 15 15 0 0 0
Frisian 30 25 0 0 0
German 1,335 1,245 0 85 5
Yiddish 45 40 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 80 70 0 5 0
Danish 50 50 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 5 0
Afrikaans 60 55 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,340 3,065 0 180 90
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 40 0 0 5
Bulgarian 25 20 0 0 0
Croatian 320 300 0 15 5
Czech 150 130 0 10 5
Macedonian 70 70 0 0 0
Polish 1,140 1,045 0 65 20
Russian 555 515 0 20 20
Serbian 365 320 0 20 20
Serbo-Croatian 30 30 0 0 0
Slovak 125 115 0 5 5
Slovenian 55 50 0 5 0
Ukrainian 430 390 0 25 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Baltic languages 290 270 0 20 5
Latvian 120 105 0 10 0
Lithuanian 175 165 0 10 0
Greek 350 320 0 15 10
Armenian 80 65 0 10 5
Albanian 125 110 0 0 15
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 805 750 0 35 20
Estonian 60 60 0 5 0
Finnish 25 20 0 5 0
Hungarian 720 670 0 25 20
Turkic languages 195 180 0 10 5
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5
Turkish 175 160 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,210 1,900 5 180 125
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 90 85 0 5 5
Oromo 10 15 0 0 0
Somali 80 75 0 5 5
Semitic languages 2,115 1,810 5 175 125
Amharic 40 40 0 0 0
Arabic 1,790 1,515 5 170 105
Hebrew 100 85 0 10 5
Maltese 30 30 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 140 125 0 0 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,070 2,780 0 120 170
Indo-Aryan languages 2,030 1,865 0 85 80
Bengali 320 290 0 15 10
Gujarati 215 185 0 10 20
Hindi 275 270 0 5 0
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0
Marathi 35 30 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 395 345 0 25 20
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 75 0 5 0
Urdu 655 610 0 15 25
Nepali 15 15 0 0 5
Iranian languages 1,010 885 0 40 90
Kurdish 100 85 0 0 15
Pashto 35 35 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 880 765 0 40 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 395 375 0 10 10
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 210 205 0 0 5
Tamil 120 120 0 5 5
Telugu 45 40 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 80 0 5 5
Korean 720 630 0 20 70
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,675 2,400 0 75 205
Chinese languages 2,665 2,385 0 75 200
Cantonese 440 380 0 15 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 690 625 0 20 50
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 30 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,475 1,345 0 35 100
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 45 40 0 5 0
Lao 25 20 0 5 0
Thai 25 20 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 365 315 0 10 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 30 0 0 0
Vietnamese 330 285 0 10 30
Malayo-Polynesian languages 675 660 0 15 5
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0 0
Malay 45 50 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 565 545 0 15 5
Bikol 5 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 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 175 160 0 15 0
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 75 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 5 0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Creoles 20 10 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 5
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,835 1,495 5 335 10
English and French 185 45 0 140 0
English and non-official language 1,470 1,350 0 120 10
French and non-official language 125 80 0 40 5
English, French and non-official language 60 20 0 40 0

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

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