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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Richmond Hill
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 129,065 119,215 1,050 1,750 7,050 1,925 1.5
Single responses 118,805 109,285 900 1,575 7,050 1,690 1.4
English 71,785 71,240 545 0 0 545 0.8
French 310 25 290 0 0 285 91.9
Non-official languages 46,710 38,025 65 1,575 7,050 850 1.8
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,735 2,160 15 200 360 115 4.2
Italian 1,285 1,055 5 20 205 15 1.2
Portuguese 135 105 5 5 20 5 3.7
Romanian 560 375 5 110 65 65 11.6
Spanish 760 625 0 60 70 30 3.9
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 120 110 0 5 5 5 4.2
Dutch 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Scandinavian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,565 4,600 0 285 680 145 2.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 60 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Polish 165 135 0 10 20 5 3.0
Russian 4,895 4,030 0 250 615 125 2.6
Serbian 195 155 0 20 20 5 2.6
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slovak 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Lithuanian 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 470 410 0 10 45 5 1.1
Armenian 435 305 5 95 30 50 11.5
Albanian 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 225 195 0 15 10 5 2.2
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 185 160 0 10 15 5 2.7
Turkic languages 270 235 0 15 20 10 3.7
Azerbaijani 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkish 210 180 0 10 20 5 2.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,275 1,010 20 130 115 85 6.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,255 1,000 20 125 110 85 6.8
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,005 770 15 120 95 75 7.5
Hebrew 225 205 0 10 10 5 2.2
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 10,230 8,860 10 395 970 205 2.0
Indo-Aryan languages 1,695 1,520 5 35 135 20 1.2
Bengali 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 480 410 0 20 40 10 2.1
Hindi 225 210 0 5 10 0 0.0
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Marathi 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 165 145 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sindhi 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 55 0 0 5 5 8.3
Urdu 575 530 0 10 40 5 0.9
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 8,525 7,330 10 355 830 185 2.2
Kurdish 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pashto 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 8,440 7,255 10 355 825 185 2.2
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 495 445 5 5 40 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 405 370 0 5 35 5 1.2
Telugu 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 125 105 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 2,325 1,985 0 50 290 25 1.1
Sino-Tibetan languages 21,405 16,705 10 330 4,350 175 0.8
Chinese languages 21,385 16,690 10 330 4,345 180 0.8
Cantonese 10,505 8,310 5 140 2,045 75 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mandarin 4,380 3,310 5 80 990 40 0.9
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Taiwanese 95 70 0 0 30 5 5.3
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,245 4,900 5 110 1,240 55 0.9
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lao 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 5 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 180 135 0 5 40 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 165 120 0 5 40 5 3.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 620 595 0 0 25 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 515 495 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 45 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 20 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creoles 40 10 5 25 0 20 50.0
Non-verbal languages 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Multiple responses 10,260 9,935 150 175 0 235 2.3
English and French 180 70 55 60 0 80 44.4
English and non-official language 9,820 9,780 40 0 0 40 0.4
French and non-official language 45 15 30 0 0 35 77.8
English, French and non-official language 210 70 20 120 0 85 40.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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