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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 Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 GuelphFootnote 1
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 140,405 127,290 50 11,615 1,450
Single responses 138,530 125,805 50 11,230 1,445
English 112,820 104,465 5 8,330 25
French 1,840 150 30 1,665 0
Non-official languages 23,860 21,195 15 1,235 1,420
Aboriginal languages 5 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 0 5 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 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 5 5 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) 5 5 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 5 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 4,590 4,065 5 350 170
Italian 2,645 2,400 5 140 100
Portuguese 435 375 0 45 15
Romanian 265 195 0 55 15
Spanish 1,235 1,085 0 110 35
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,465 2,230 0 225 5
Dutch 980 925 0 55 0
Flemish 30 20 0 15 0
Frisian 25 20 0 0 0
German 1,260 1,110 0 135 10
Yiddish 5 10 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 145 130 0 15 0
Danish 100 90 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 5 0
Swedish 30 25 0 10 0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 5 5
Welsh 15 10 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,165 2,880 0 175 115
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 85 85 0 0 0
Bulgarian 40 30 0 5 0
Croatian 195 185 0 5 5
Czech 130 120 0 10 0
Macedonian 40 40 0 0 0
Polish 1,455 1,345 0 60 50
Russian 240 210 0 20 15
Serbian 520 450 0 35 30
Serbo-Croatian 60 60 0 0 0
Slovak 85 70 0 5 5
Slovenian 60 60 0 5 0
Ukrainian 255 230 0 20 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 75 65 0 10 0
Latvian 45 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 25 0 10 0
Greek 220 205 0 10 5
Armenian 70 60 0 10 0
Albanian 65 55 0 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,085 1,005 5 40 40
Estonian 35 25 0 5 0
Finnish 45 40 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,010 935 0 30 40
Turkic languages 390 335 0 15 40
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 85 65 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 305 265 0 10 30
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 840 745 0 60 35
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 40 35 0 0 10
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 40 30 0 0 10
Semitic languages 800 710 0 55 30
Amharic 115 110 0 0 5
Arabic 540 465 0 45 20
Hebrew 35 35 0 5 0
Maltese 70 70 0 5 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,060 3,605 0 130 330
Indo-Aryan languages 3,015 2,680 0 80 250
Bengali 215 205 0 0 10
Gujarati 465 410 0 10 45
Hindi 255 235 0 15 5
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 40 35 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,360 1,160 0 35 170
Sindhi 35 30 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 0 0
Urdu 520 485 0 15 25
Nepali 30 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,020 890 0 50 80
Kurdish 30 30 0 5 0
Pashto 145 135 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 840 725 0 40 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 350 335 0 10 15
Kannada 25 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 80 80 0 0 5
Tamil 220 205 0 0 10
Telugu 20 20 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 80 75 0 5 5
Korean 190 160 0 10 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,845 2,415 5 105 320
Chinese languages 2,835 2,410 0 100 320
Cantonese 770 625 5 30 120
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 15 0 0 5
Fukien 5 0 0 0 5
Hakka 10 5 0 0 5
Mandarin 650 560 0 35 50
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,350 1,170 0 40 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 200 180 0 5 15
Lao 160 145 0 5 15
Thai 40 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,585 1,295 5 30 260
Khmer (Cambodian) 105 85 0 5 20
Vietnamese 1,480 1,210 0 25 245
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,255 1,215 0 20 15
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0 0
Ilocano 25 20 0 0 0
Malay 55 55 0 0 0
Pampango 20 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,075 1,045 0 20 10
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. 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 155 120 5 25 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 55 5 25 0
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 55 30 0 15 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 5 0
Creoles 20 20 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 5
American Sign Language 30 25 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 10
Other languages 10 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,880 1,480 5 390 5
English and French 300 55 5 245 0
English and non-official language 1,495 1,390 5 100 0
French and non-official language 65 35 5 30 0
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011031.

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