Census 2006-2011: Mother Tongue (Age Group Total), Ontario

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Geography:	Ontario
Account:	Demographics
Information:	Census 2006-2011: Mother Tongue Selected Age Group: Total
Data Source:	Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on information provided from the Census of Population 2006 and 2011, Statistics Canada.
Copyright:	Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

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n.i.e.: Not included elsewhere.

n.o.s.: Not otherwise specified.

Figures may not add to total due to random rounding.

^a Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census. For more information about this variable please see the 2011 Census Dictionary.

^b Categories may not add to the total in this section, especially for Canada and larger provinces. This is due to individuals who reported multiple non-official languages.

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	2006	2011

Total population by mother tongue^a	5,877,875	6,151,020	12,028,895	6,210,340	6,511,730	12,722,065
Multiple responses^b	85,075	90,250	175,330	138,380	148,910	287,290
English and French	14,820	17,865	32,685	21,810	24,800	46,610
English and non-official language(s)	64,910	66,380	131,285	106,790	112,635	219,425
French and non-official language(s)	3,720	4,065	7,790	6,280	7,365	13,645
English, French and non-official language(s)	1,625	1,940	3,570	3,495	4,115	7,610
Single responses	5,792,800	6,060,770	11,853,560	6,071,955	6,362,820	12,434,775
English	4,044,755	4,185,945	8,230,705	4,276,975	4,400,070	8,677,045
French	230,700	258,110	488,815	232,790	260,505	493,300
Non-official languages	1,517,340	1,616,705	3,134,045	1,562,190	1,702,245	3,264,435

Languages of North America
Cree	1,635	1,865	3,495	1,840	2,105	3,945
Ojibway	5,885	6,370	12,255	3,925	4,325	8,255
Oji-Cree	3,050	3,180	6,230	1,440	1,590	3,030
Creoles	2,770	3,830	6,600	4,355	5,295	9,650

Languages of Europe
German	74,370	83,635	158,000	65,815	74,500	140,315
Swedish	1,230	1,455	2,685	1,065	1,440	2,505
Italian	141,515	141,235	282,750	123,825	127,505	251,330
Portugese	75,560	79,750	155,310	71,600	76,125	147,725
Romanian	18,605	20,175	38,780	19,835	22,145	41,975
Spanish	77,380	82,895	160,275	85,415	92,920	178,335
Dutch	33,295	34,885	68,180	28,150	29,985	58,135
Flemish	1,360	1,815	3,175	1,185	1,525	2,710
Bosnian	3,360	3,270	6,630	3,045	3,100	6,135
Bulgarian	4,230	4,365	8,595	4,390	4,625	9,015
Croatian	18,565	19,070	37,635	16,510	17,320	33,830
Czech	5,685	6,385	12,065	5,675	6,440	12,115
Macedonian	8,700	8,915	17,615	7,935	8,370	16,305
Maltese	3,105	2,955	6,060	2,925	2,905	5,830
Polish	65,505	75,385	140,890	58,835	69,600	128,440
Russian	36,915	41,845	78,760	42,590	50,490	93,080
Serbian	19,595	19,165	38,760	20,750	21,160	41,910
Serbo-Croatian	2,885	3,040	5,925	2,560	2,690	5,250
Slovak	4,890	5,750	10,635	4,665	5,585	10,250
Slovenian	4,240	4,860	9,105	3,470	4,030	7,505
Ukranian	21,515	26,795	48,310	18,275	23,180	41,455
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,000	1,010	2,005
Latvian	2,280	2,905	5,185	1,970	2,670	4,640
Lithuanian	2,690	3,655	6,340	2,370	3,230	5,600
Greek	31,105	30,220	61,330	28,460	28,435	56,890
Armenian	6,515	6,845	13,360	6,335	6,740	13,070
Albanian	..	..	..	8,870	8,565	17,435
Estonian	2,635	3,595	6,230	2,170	2,850	5,025
Finnish	5,615	8,120	13,735	4,905	6,450	11,350
Hungarian	20,825	22,365	43,195	19,455	21,555	41,010

Languages of Asia
Bengali	15,710	14,705	30,415	19,745	18,935	38,685
Gujarati	30,235	30,800	61,035	34,110	33,995	68,110
Hindi	20,620	20,535	41,160	23,880	23,765	47,645
Konkani	..	..	..	1,060	1,125	2,190
Marathi	..	..	..	2,130	2,025	4,155
Panjabi (Punjabi)	78,370	74,280	152,650	88,090	85,885	173,975
Sindhi	2,890	3,490	6,385	3,055	3,475	6,530
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	3,525	3,505	7,025	4,555	4,780	9,330
Urdu	59,380	55,435	114,820	65,470	63,260	128,730
Nepali	..	..	..	1,850	1,795	3,640
Kurdish	2,320	1,910	4,235	3,095	2,660	5,760
Pashto	3,285	2,840	6,125	4,200	3,965	8,165
Persian (Farsi)	40,895	38,845	79,740	50,110	48,790	98,905
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,520	1,325	2,845
Malayalam	4,355	4,225	8,585	5,460	5,280	10,745
Tamil	49,325	49,580	98,905	54,760	56,300	111,060
Telugu	2,665	2,390	5,060	3,525	3,205	6,730
Japanese	4,545	7,530	12,075	4,415	7,800	12,215
Korean	28,535	31,460	60,000	30,065	34,015	64,080
Cantonese	86,195	95,630	181,820	87,015	99,850	186,865
Fukien	..	..	..	1,620	1,790	3,410
Hakka	..	..	..	1,685	1,855	3,535
Mandarin	35,915	39,415	75,330	55,825	62,565	118,385
Taiwanese	1,135	1,400	2,535	1,390	1,630	3,020
Chinese, n.o.s.	102,445	112,900	215,350	92,170	102,950	195,115
Lao	2,835	2,965	5,800	2,620	2,730	5,345
Thai	..	..	..	995	1,920	2,915
Khmer (Cambodian)	3,310	3,760	7,070	3,350	3,860	7,210
Vietnamese	31,920	35,230	67,150	30,920	34,995	65,915
Bisayan languages	2,140	3,325	5,465	2,395	3,985	6,375
Ilocano	2,425	3,850	6,280	2,995	5,060	8,050
Malay	2,175	2,585	4,765	2,395	2,915	5,305
Tagalog (Pilipino)	46,930	70,435	117,370	53,595	87,210	140,810
Turkish	7,755	6,750	14,505	8,755	7,865	16,620
Arabic	59,825	54,905	114,725	69,885	63,500	133,385
Hebrew	5,660	5,170	10,835	6,085	5,330	11,410
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	7,345	7,590	14,930

Languages of Africa
Akan (Twi)	4,835	5,495	10,340	4,565	5,115	9,685
Swahili	2,050	1,830	3,875	2,255	2,490	4,745
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,445	1,595	3,040
Afrikaans	..	..	..	1,030	1,030	2,060
Cushitic languages	..	..	..	10,645	13,810	24,450
Somali	9,665	11,755	21,425	9,755	12,930	22,685
Tigrigna	2,245	2,455	4,705	2,600	2,955	5,555
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	2,925	2,860	5,785
African languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,580	1,495	3,080

Non-verbal Languages
American Sign Language	..	..	..	495	560	1,050
Sign language, n.i.e.	..	..	..	835	745	1,575

^b Categories may not add to the total in this section, especially for Canada and larger provinces. This is due to individuals who reported multiple non-official languages.

Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

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	2006			2011

	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total


Total population by mother tongue^a	5,877,875	6,151,020	12,028,895	6,210,340	6,511,730	12,722,065
Multiple responses^b	85,075	90,250	175,330	138,380	148,910	287,290
English and French	14,820	17,865	32,685	21,810	24,800	46,610
English and non-official language(s)	64,910	66,380	131,285	106,790	112,635	219,425
French and non-official language(s)	3,720	4,065	7,790	6,280	7,365	13,645
English, French and non-official language(s)	1,625	1,940	3,570	3,495	4,115	7,610
Single responses	5,792,800	6,060,770	11,853,560	6,071,955	6,362,820	12,434,775
English	4,044,755	4,185,945	8,230,705	4,276,975	4,400,070	8,677,045
French	230,700	258,110	488,815	232,790	260,505	493,300
Non-official languages	1,517,340	1,616,705	3,134,045	1,562,190	1,702,245	3,264,435

Languages of North America
Cree	1,635	1,865	3,495	1,840	2,105	3,945
Ojibway	5,885	6,370	12,255	3,925	4,325	8,255
Oji-Cree	3,050	3,180	6,230	1,440	1,590	3,030
Creoles	2,770	3,830	6,600	4,355	5,295	9,650

Languages of Europe
German	74,370	83,635	158,000	65,815	74,500	140,315
Swedish	1,230	1,455	2,685	1,065	1,440	2,505
Italian	141,515	141,235	282,750	123,825	127,505	251,330
Portugese	75,560	79,750	155,310	71,600	76,125	147,725
Romanian	18,605	20,175	38,780	19,835	22,145	41,975
Spanish	77,380	82,895	160,275	85,415	92,920	178,335
Dutch	33,295	34,885	68,180	28,150	29,985	58,135
Flemish	1,360	1,815	3,175	1,185	1,525	2,710
Bosnian	3,360	3,270	6,630	3,045	3,100	6,135
Bulgarian	4,230	4,365	8,595	4,390	4,625	9,015
Croatian	18,565	19,070	37,635	16,510	17,320	33,830
Czech	5,685	6,385	12,065	5,675	6,440	12,115
Macedonian	8,700	8,915	17,615	7,935	8,370	16,305
Maltese	3,105	2,955	6,060	2,925	2,905	5,830
Polish	65,505	75,385	140,890	58,835	69,600	128,440
Russian	36,915	41,845	78,760	42,590	50,490	93,080
Serbian	19,595	19,165	38,760	20,750	21,160	41,910
Serbo-Croatian	2,885	3,040	5,925	2,560	2,690	5,250
Slovak	4,890	5,750	10,635	4,665	5,585	10,250
Slovenian	4,240	4,860	9,105	3,470	4,030	7,505
Ukranian	21,515	26,795	48,310	18,275	23,180	41,455
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,000	1,010	2,005
Latvian	2,280	2,905	5,185	1,970	2,670	4,640
Lithuanian	2,690	3,655	6,340	2,370	3,230	5,600
Greek	31,105	30,220	61,330	28,460	28,435	56,890
Armenian	6,515	6,845	13,360	6,335	6,740	13,070
Albanian	..	..	..	8,870	8,565	17,435
Estonian	2,635	3,595	6,230	2,170	2,850	5,025
Finnish	5,615	8,120	13,735	4,905	6,450	11,350
Hungarian	20,825	22,365	43,195	19,455	21,555	41,010

Languages of Asia
Bengali	15,710	14,705	30,415	19,745	18,935	38,685
Gujarati	30,235	30,800	61,035	34,110	33,995	68,110
Hindi	20,620	20,535	41,160	23,880	23,765	47,645
Konkani	..	..	..	1,060	1,125	2,190
Marathi	..	..	..	2,130	2,025	4,155
Panjabi (Punjabi)	78,370	74,280	152,650	88,090	85,885	173,975
Sindhi	2,890	3,490	6,385	3,055	3,475	6,530
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	3,525	3,505	7,025	4,555	4,780	9,330
Urdu	59,380	55,435	114,820	65,470	63,260	128,730
Nepali	..	..	..	1,850	1,795	3,640
Kurdish	2,320	1,910	4,235	3,095	2,660	5,760
Pashto	3,285	2,840	6,125	4,200	3,965	8,165
Persian (Farsi)	40,895	38,845	79,740	50,110	48,790	98,905
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,520	1,325	2,845
Malayalam	4,355	4,225	8,585	5,460	5,280	10,745
Tamil	49,325	49,580	98,905	54,760	56,300	111,060
Telugu	2,665	2,390	5,060	3,525	3,205	6,730
Japanese	4,545	7,530	12,075	4,415	7,800	12,215
Korean	28,535	31,460	60,000	30,065	34,015	64,080
Cantonese	86,195	95,630	181,820	87,015	99,850	186,865
Fukien	..	..	..	1,620	1,790	3,410
Hakka	..	..	..	1,685	1,855	3,535
Mandarin	35,915	39,415	75,330	55,825	62,565	118,385
Taiwanese	1,135	1,400	2,535	1,390	1,630	3,020
Chinese, n.o.s.	102,445	112,900	215,350	92,170	102,950	195,115
Lao	2,835	2,965	5,800	2,620	2,730	5,345
Thai	..	..	..	995	1,920	2,915
Khmer (Cambodian)	3,310	3,760	7,070	3,350	3,860	7,210
Vietnamese	31,920	35,230	67,150	30,920	34,995	65,915
Bisayan languages	2,140	3,325	5,465	2,395	3,985	6,375
Ilocano	2,425	3,850	6,280	2,995	5,060	8,050
Malay	2,175	2,585	4,765	2,395	2,915	5,305
Tagalog (Pilipino)	46,930	70,435	117,370	53,595	87,210	140,810
Turkish	7,755	6,750	14,505	8,755	7,865	16,620
Arabic	59,825	54,905	114,725	69,885	63,500	133,385
Hebrew	5,660	5,170	10,835	6,085	5,330	11,410
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	7,345	7,590	14,930

Languages of Africa
Akan (Twi)	4,835	5,495	10,340	4,565	5,115	9,685
Swahili	2,050	1,830	3,875	2,255	2,490	4,745
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,445	1,595	3,040
Afrikaans	..	..	..	1,030	1,030	2,060
Cushitic languages	..	..	..	10,645	13,810	24,450
Somali	9,665	11,755	21,425	9,755	12,930	22,685
Tigrigna	2,245	2,455	4,705	2,600	2,955	5,555
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	2,925	2,860	5,785
African languages, n.i.e.	..	..	..	1,580	1,495	3,080

Non-verbal Languages
American Sign Language	..	..	..	495	560	1,050
Sign language, n.i.e.	..	..	..	835	745	1,575