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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Tabulation: Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

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This table details mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status , age groups and sex for the population aged 15 years and over, in private households in Toronto
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 1 = 25.4 %
Detailed language spoken most often at home (111) Mother tongue (8)
Total - Mother tongue English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 4,546,140 2,301,200 56,800 2,074,560 3,100 105,185 4,440 845
Single responses 4,291,435 2,282,055 54,720 1,888,190 2,590 60,225 3,120 535
English 3,015,820 2,252,545 36,125 677,650 2,385 44,985 1,755 375
French 22,100 1,325 17,645 2,370 115 50 585 10
Non-official languages 1,253,520 28,185 955 1,208,165 95 15,190 780 150
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 2 40 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 3 1,248,125 27,850 945 1,203,335 95 14,970 780 150
African languages, n.i.e. 565 65 0 490 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 310 0 0 310 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 4,370 425 0 3,850 0 100 0 0
Albanian 6,480 25 0 6,440 0 0 0 0
Amharic 3,315 35 0 3,230 0 40 0 0
Arabic 30,510 785 150 28,640 0 595 315 0
Armenian 6,005 45 0 5,840 0 70 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 550 0 0 535 0 0 0 0
Bengali 17,940 350 0 16,955 0 620 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 2,145 80 0 2,005 0 60 0 0
Bosnian 1,440 0 0 1,440 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 3,825 90 0 3,720 0 0 0 0
Burmese 510 0 0 510 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 129,965 2,375 25 126,315 0 1,240 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 97,170 1,925 0 94,515 0 695 15 0
Creoles 1,810 165 165 1,370 30 25 50 0
Croatian 6,665 75 0 6,570 0 25 0 0
Czech 1,445 0 0 1,435 0 0 0 0
Danish 90 0 0 85 0 0 0 0
Dutch 780 0 0 770 0 0 0 0
Estonian 890 0 0 880 0 0 0 0
Finnish 490 0 0 485 0 0 0 0
Flemish 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Fukien 995 0 0 970 0 0 0 0
German 3,990 55 0 3,835 0 75 0 0
Greek 19,380 405 0 18,755 0 195 0 0
Gujarati 31,215 780 0 29,770 0 640 0 0
Hakka 1,340 50 0 1,265 0 15 0 0
Hebrew 3,790 230 40 3,430 0 70 0 0
Hindi 19,695 860 0 18,250 0 575 0 0
Hungarian 7,860 40 0 7,810 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 3,350 115 0 3,080 0 150 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 970 20 0 940 0 10 0 0
Italian 62,020 1,370 40 60,145 0 415 50 0
Japanese 3,825 85 0 3,665 0 75 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,570 35 0 1,515 0 15 0 0
Korean 35,505 665 0 34,610 0 220 0 0
Kurdish 1,100 50 0 1,045 0 0 0 0
Lao 1,185 50 30 1,080 0 20 0 0
Latvian 830 0 0 825 0 0 0 0
Lingala 165 0 15 145 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 1,085 0 0 1,085 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 5,250 85 0 5,125 0 20 0 0
Malay 1,320 20 0 1,300 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 3,570 130 0 3,345 0 90 0 0
Maltese 895 45 0 825 0 20 0 0
Mandarin 73,910 755 0 72,865 0 280 0 0
Marathi 1,370 0 0 1,320 0 40 0 0
Nepali 1,800 0 0 1,775 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,135 60 0 1,025 0 25 0 0
Norwegian 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Oromo 470 0 0 460 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 94,770 2,025 0 91,410 0 1,310 0 0
Pashto 3,185 55 0 3,105 0 25 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 51,020 750 0 49,865 0 340 35 0
Polish 37,685 560 0 36,945 0 145 0 0
Portuguese 49,915 1,415 20 48,095 0 355 35 0
Romanian 11,510 115 10 11,350 0 20 20 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 80 0 0 75 0 0 0 0
Russian 50,610 650 25 49,655 0 280 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 85 0 20 65 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 6,230 50 0 6,155 0 30 0 0
Serbian 11,040 85 0 10,910 0 30 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 1,175 0 0 1,155 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 625 0 0 600 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 685 250 0 405 0 35 0 0
Sindhi 2,325 145 0 2,165 0 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,260 105 0 3,095 0 60 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 165 0 0 165 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 190 0 0 185 0 0 0 0
Slovak 1,225 0 0 1,205 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 950 40 0 890 0 0 0 0
Somali 6,160 305 0 5,820 0 25 0 0
Spanish 61,080 1,485 95 58,890 0 550 35 20
Swahili 955 35 0 885 0 20 0 0
Swedish 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 62,775 2,465 0 58,160 0 2,140 0 0
Taiwanese 1,150 0 0 1,145 0 0 0 0
Tamil 73,005 2,135 0 69,695 0 1,155 0 0
Telugu 2,700 130 0 2,490 0 75 0 0
Thai 785 0 0 760 0 0 0 0
Tibetan languages 2,830 25 0 2,750 0 50 0 0
Tigrigna 1,475 20 0 1,455 0 0 0 0
Turkish 6,385 70 30 6,220 0 65 0 0
Ukrainian 10,530 140 0 10,350 0 30 0 0
Urdu 53,170 1,320 0 50,475 0 1,335 0 0
Vietnamese 30,835 910 55 29,490 0 305 75 0
Yiddish 490 75 0 405 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 4 5,355 330 0 4,800 0 225 0 0
Multiple responses 254,705 19,145 2,080 186,370 510 44,965 1,320 315
English and French 2,915 525 1,355 410 450 30 65 85
English and non-official language 249,270 18,495 380 184,840 20 44,770 650 115
French and non-official language 1,550 55 280 640 25 50 500 0
English, French and non-official language 965 75 70 485 15 110 110 110

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

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Footnote 2

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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Footnote 3

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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Footnote 4

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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-010-X2011041.

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