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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 Richmond
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 125,320 104,130 50 6,090 15,045
Single responses 121,255 100,505 45 5,715 14,995
English 40,350 37,090 5 3,100 160
French 670 65 10 600 0
Non-official languages 80,230 63,350 35 2,015 14,835
Aboriginal languages 15 10 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 0 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 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 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 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 5 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 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. 10 5 0 0 5
Romance languages 1,815 1,490 0 260 65
Italian 180 125 0 55 0
Portuguese 215 185 0 20 10
Romanian 215 150 0 55 5
Spanish 1,205 1,030 0 135 45
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,280 1,175 0 100 5
Dutch 250 230 0 20 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 830 765 0 60 0
Yiddish 35 30 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 135 130 0 10 0
Danish 75 70 0 5 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0
Swedish 35 35 0 5 0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,710 2,430 0 155 125
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 15 0 0 0
Bulgarian 30 25 0 0 0
Croatian 175 165 0 5 0
Czech 120 110 0 5 0
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 5
Polish 255 230 0 20 5
Russian 1,615 1,430 0 90 100
Serbian 140 120 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 0 0
Slovak 60 55 0 5 0
Slovenian 10 15 0 0 0
Ukrainian 225 210 0 5 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 190 175 0 10 0
Armenian 60 50 0 10 0
Albanian 30 25 0 0 5
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 205 185 0 15 10
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 45 40 0 10 0
Hungarian 145 130 0 10 5
Turkic languages 265 220 0 25 20
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 5
Turkish 245 205 0 25 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 820 660 5 115 45
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 40 35 0 0 5
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 35 30 0 0 5
Semitic languages 780 625 5 115 40
Amharic 20 25 0 0 0
Arabic 530 400 5 85 35
Hebrew 180 155 0 25 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,830 3,420 0 140 260
Indo-Aryan languages 3,010 2,725 5 90 190
Bengali 80 75 0 5 0
Gujarati 310 280 0 20 10
Hindi 445 435 0 10 5
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,575 1,380 5 40 150
Sindhi 145 135 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 40 0 0 0
Urdu 370 340 5 20 10
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 805 685 0 50 70
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0
Pashto 5 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 790 670 0 50 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 255 245 0 0 5
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 110 110 0 0 0
Tamil 125 115 0 0 5
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,360 1,210 0 15 135
Korean 670 595 0 10 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 60,815 45,755 15 1,050 13,995
Chinese languages 60,715 45,660 20 1,055 13,980
Cantonese 22,315 17,230 5 390 4,690
Chaochow (Teochow) 75 45 0 0 30
Fukien 550 505 0 5 45
Hakka 135 105 0 10 20
Mandarin 16,905 12,355 5 315 4,230
Shanghainese 290 180 0 5 105
Taiwanese 880 645 0 20 210
Chinese, n.o.s. 19,565 14,600 10 310 4,650
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5
Burmese 80 75 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Tai languages 125 125 0 0 0
Lao 15 10 0 0 0
Thai 115 110 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 340 295 0 10 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 335 290 0 15 30
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,280 5,180 0 50 50
Bisayan languages 200 195 0 5 5
Ilocano 155 150 0 5 0
Malay 255 245 0 0 5
Pampango 65 60 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,540 4,460 0 40 35
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 15 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 55 45 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 35 30 0 5 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 30 25 0 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Creoles 25 0 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 20 10 0 0 15
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 5 0 0 15
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,065 3,625 10 375 50
English and French 120 20 0 100 0
English and non-official language 3,740 3,525 5 165 50
French and non-official language 110 65 5 35 5
English, French and non-official language 90 15 0 75 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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