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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Richmond Hill, T
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 184,460 160,840 150 14,120 9,350
Single responses 178,405 155,860 130 13,100 9,315
English 75,120 68,815 5 6,200 105
French 1,340 75 40 1,220 0
Non-official languages 101,945 86,975 85 5,680 9,205
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 10 5 0 0 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 5
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 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 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 11,885 10,170 15 1,170 525
Italian 7,110 6,335 5 495 275
Portuguese 855 755 0 60 30
Romanian 1,810 1,300 5 385 120
Spanish 2,105 1,780 0 220 100
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,450 1,305 0 140 5
Dutch 295 265 0 25 0
Flemish 20 10 0 5 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 915 830 0 80 5
Yiddish 110 95 0 10 5
Scandinavian languages 85 75 0 10 0
Danish 45 40 0 0 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 30 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 12,650 10,905 0 825 910
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 25 20 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 35 0 0 5
Bulgarian 190 165 0 25 5
Croatian 235 215 0 15 5
Czech 115 105 0 15 5
Macedonian 445 415 0 15 10
Polish 825 725 0 65 30
Russian 9,700 8,290 0 620 790
Serbian 445 385 0 35 20
Serbo-Croatian 30 25 0 5 0
Slovak 80 70 0 5 0
Slovenian 70 70 0 0 5
Ukrainian 430 365 0 25 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 145 125 0 10 5
Latvian 70 65 0 10 0
Lithuanian 75 65 0 5 5
Greek 1,890 1,745 0 90 55
Armenian 1,000 760 5 200 40
Albanian 230 190 0 15 20
Georgian 15 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 850 760 0 70 20
Estonian 80 70 0 10 0
Finnish 110 100 0 5 0
Hungarian 670 590 0 55 20
Turkic languages 735 645 0 30 65
Azerbaijani 175 155 0 10 15
Turkish 525 455 0 20 45
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 5
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,815 3,165 20 475 155
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 105 85 0 10 10
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 100 80 0 10 10
Semitic languages 3,715 3,085 15 465 145
Amharic 15 15 0 0 0
Arabic 2,870 2,305 15 420 125
Hebrew 710 655 0 45 10
Maltese 45 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 21,910 19,395 20 1,130 1,360
Indo-Aryan languages 5,905 5,410 5 280 205
Bengali 250 240 0 5 5
Gujarati 1,650 1,480 0 100 65
Hindi 835 780 0 35 20
Konkani 35 30 0 0 0
Marathi 45 40 0 10 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 580 540 0 20 25
Sindhi 470 415 0 35 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 220 205 0 5 5
Urdu 1,795 1,665 0 60 70
Nepali 25 20 0 0 5
Iranian languages 15,930 13,920 10 850 1,145
Kurdish 160 145 0 5 10
Pashto 85 70 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 15,690 13,705 15 835 1,130
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 1,485 1,380 0 40 65
Kannada 30 25 0 5 0
Malayalam 235 225 0 0 5
Tamil 1,090 1,015 0 30 55
Telugu 130 110 0 10 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 295 260 0 10 25
Korean 4,290 3,745 0 155 390
Sino-Tibetan languages 35,705 29,145 15 1,140 5,410
Chinese languages 35,670 29,115 15 1,135 5,405
Cantonese 15,825 13,005 5 515 2,305
Chaochow (Teochow) 75 55 0 0 25
Fukien 160 130 0 0 25
Hakka 180 140 0 20 25
Mandarin 7,160 5,680 5 220 1,260
Shanghainese 110 75 0 5 35
Taiwanese 215 160 0 5 50
Chinese, n.o.s. 11,940 9,880 5 370 1,685
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 5
Burmese 20 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 90 80 0 5 10
Lao 55 45 0 0 5
Thai 35 30 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 630 510 5 45 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 35 0 0 0
Vietnamese 585 475 0 45 70
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,395 2,335 0 25 35
Bisayan languages 85 80 0 0 0
Ilocano 105 100 0 0 0
Malay 235 225 0 5 5
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,955 1,915 0 20 25
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 305 265 5 20 15
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 0 0
Bantu languages 175 150 0 10 20
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 10 0 0 0
Swahili 145 125 0 0 15
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 20 20 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. 55 40 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Creoles 110 30 0 80 0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,055 4,980 15 1,020 35
English and French 360 70 0 280 0
English and non-official language 5,240 4,765 5 435 35
French and non-official language 255 100 10 145 0
English, French and non-official language 200 40 0 160 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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