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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Vaughan, CY
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 286,950 258,300 175 16,950 11,520
Single responses 276,805 249,495 155 15,700 11,455
English 131,765 124,320 5 7,330 110
French 1,795 140 40 1,610 0
Non-official languages 143,250 125,030 110 6,760 11,350
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 54,660 47,270 55 2,965 4,370
Italian 40,405 35,160 35 1,760 3,445
Portuguese 4,450 3,880 5 200 360
Romanian 2,430 1,785 5 490 150
Spanish 7,365 6,435 10 505 410
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,890 1,705 0 165 15
Dutch 155 140 0 15 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 725 645 0 70 5
Yiddish 925 840 5 75 10
Scandinavian languages 60 55 0 5 0
Danish 30 25 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 23,730 20,850 15 1,260 1,605
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 30 25 0 0 5
Bosnian 55 55 0 5 0
Bulgarian 290 255 5 25 15
Croatian 640 595 0 30 15
Czech 90 90 0 0 0
Macedonian 395 365 0 15 10
Polish 1,860 1,700 5 95 55
Russian 18,705 16,280 10 1,000 1,420
Serbian 630 560 5 50 25
Serbo-Croatian 55 45 0 0 0
Slovak 120 115 0 5 0
Slovenian 180 175 0 10 0
Ukrainian 640 560 0 30 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Baltic languages 180 170 0 5 0
Latvian 65 55 0 10 0
Lithuanian 115 110 0 0 5
Greek 1,605 1,490 0 70 50
Armenian 565 440 0 85 35
Albanian 795 690 5 45 60
Georgian 75 65 0 5 10
Finno-Ugric languages 1,075 950 0 85 35
Estonian 40 35 0 5 0
Finnish 55 50 0 0 5
Hungarian 980 865 0 80 35
Turkic languages 1,135 955 0 65 110
Azerbaijani 85 70 0 5 15
Turkish 1,015 855 0 60 100
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,760 8,705 15 565 475
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 130 105 0 15 5
Oromo 20 20 0 0 0
Somali 110 85 0 15 10
Semitic languages 9,630 8,595 15 550 470
Amharic 110 100 0 5 5
Arabic 2,820 2,385 10 250 175
Hebrew 4,620 4,265 5 270 85
Maltese 195 190 0 5 5
Tigrigna 80 80 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,810 1,585 0 20 205
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 18,395 16,095 5 675 1,615
Indo-Aryan languages 13,350 11,675 5 455 1,215
Bengali 335 310 0 20 10
Gujarati 2,415 2,110 0 80 215
Hindi 1,345 1,225 0 60 55
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 90 85 0 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,835 4,085 5 135 605
Sindhi 95 80 0 15 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 155 150 0 5 0
Urdu 4,055 3,600 0 130 325
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 4,975 4,355 0 225 395
Kurdish 280 230 0 5 40
Pashto 100 95 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 4,600 4,035 0 215 350
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,720 3,360 0 100 260
Kannada 15 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 330 310 0 5 15
Tamil 3,275 2,945 0 85 250
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 145 130 0 5 15
Korean 3,470 2,990 0 115 360
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,310 9,440 5 295 1,575
Chinese languages 11,275 9,410 5 290 1,570
Cantonese 4,040 3,295 0 100 650
Chaochow (Teochow) 115 90 0 5 20
Fukien 55 50 0 5 5
Hakka 100 75 0 10 15
Mandarin 2,420 2,060 5 65 290
Shanghainese 20 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 60 45 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,465 3,775 0 110 580
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 35 30 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 285 250 0 10 20
Lao 230 200 0 10 15
Thai 55 50 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,400 3,655 5 110 630
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 350 0 5 35
Vietnamese 4,000 3,305 5 105 590
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,345 5,225 0 50 70
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 5 0
Ilocano 370 360 0 0 5
Malay 125 125 0 5 0
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,675 4,570 0 40 60
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 15 10 0 5 0
Pangasinan 20 15 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 560 515 0 35 5
Akan (Twi) 230 215 0 10 0
Bantu languages 75 60 0 10 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 15 0 5 0
Swahili 30 25 0 5 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Edo 20 20 0 5 0
Igbo 75 75 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 15 0 0 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 125 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Creoles 70 30 5 35 0
Non-verbal languages 35 10 0 0 25
American Sign Language 5 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 0 5 20
Other languages 10 5 0 5 0
Multiple responses 10,140 8,805 20 1,250 65
English and French 395 65 5 330 0
English and non-official language 9,120 8,515 5 540 60
French and non-official language 415 180 10 225 5
English, French and non-official language 210 45 5 165 5

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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