Language
The 2006 census showed a population of 1,148,401. Of the 1,118,690 singular responses to the census question concerning mother tongue the languages most commonly reported were:
| 2006 | % | 2001 | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | English | 838,415 | 75.0% | 823,910 | 75.8% |
| 2. | German | 67,030 | 6.0% | 63,215 | 5.8% |
| 3. | French | 43,955 | 3.9% | 44,335 | 4.1% |
| 4. | Algonquian languages | 33,995 | 3.0% | 31,705 | 2.9% |
| Cree | 19,105 | 1.7% | 18,110 | 1.7% | |
| Ojibway | 9,330 | 0.8% | 8,885 | 0.8% | |
| Oji-Cree | 5,430 | 0.5% | 4,605 | 0.4% | |
| 5. | Tagalog (Filipino/Pilipino) | 22,490 | 2.0% | 18,385 | 1.7% |
| 6. | Ukrainian | 21,950 | 2.0% | 26,540 | 2.4% |
| 7. | Chinese languages | 11,045 | 1.0% | 9,190 | 0.9% |
| Cantonese | 3,105 | 0.3% | 2,530 | 0.2% | |
| Mandarin | 1,470 | 0.1% | 700 | 0.1% | |
| 8. | Polish | 8,870 | 0.8% | 9,915 | 0.9% |
| 9. | Panjabi (Punjabi) | 6,340 | 0.6% | 5,420 | <0.1% |
| 10. | Italian | 4,775 | 0.4% | 4,945 | 0.5% |
| 11. | Dutch | 3,835 | 0.3% | 3,975 | 0.4% |
| 12. | Russian | 3,450 | 0.3% | 1,730 | 0.2% |
| 13. | Serbo-Croatian languages | 2,880 | 0.3% | 3,020 | 0.3% |
| Croatian | 1,420 | 0.1% | 1,595 | 0.2% | |
| Serbian | 585 | 0.1% | 400 | <0.1% | |
| Bosnian | 565 | 0.1% | N | N | |
| Serbo-Croatian | 340 | <0.1% | 1,025 | 0.1% | |
| 14. | Vietnamese | 2,740 | 0.2% | 2,950 | 0.3% |
| 15. | Arabic | 2,125 | 0.2% | 1,285 | 0.1% |
| 16. | Scandinavian languages | 2,040 | 0.2% | 2,005 | 0.2% |
| Icelandic | 1,040 | 0.1% | 1,135 | 0.1% | |
| Danish | 535 | 0.1% | 365 | <0.1% | |
| Swedish | 310 | <0.1% | 330 | <0.1% | |
| Norwegian | 150 | <0.1% | 170 | <0.1% | |
| 17. | Korean | 1,950 | 0.2% | 870 | 0.1% |
| 18. | Hungarian | 1,800 | 0.2% | 1,840 | 0.2% |
| 19. | Persian | 1,775 | 0.2% | 685 | 0.1% |
| 20. | Greek | 1,635 | 0.2% | 1,310 | 0.1% |
| 21. | Amharic | 1,440 | 0.1% | 790 | 0.1% |
| 22. | Urdu | 1,190 | 0.1% | 545 | 0.1% |
| 23. | Hindi | 1,120 | 0.1% | 710 | 0.1% |
| 24. | Lao | 1,035 | 0.1% | 1,140 | 0.1% |
| 25. | Athapaskan languages | 900 | 0.1% | 860 | 0.1% |
| Dene | 890 | 0.1% | 845 | 0.1% | |
| 26. | Czech | 895 | 0.1% | 905 | 0.1% |
| 27. | Gujarati | 890 | 0.1% | 405 | <0.1% |
| 28= | Bantu languages | 700 | 0.1% | 410 | <0.1% |
| Swahili | 205 | <0.1% | 115 | <0.1% | |
| 28= | Japanese | 700 | 0.1% | 550 | 0.1% |
| 30. | Romanian | 655 | 0.1% | 595 | 0.1% |
| 31. | Flemish | 650 | 0.1% | 795 | 0.1% |
| 32. | Ilocano | 645 | 0.1% | N | N |
| 33= | Creole | 640 | 0.1% | 220 | <0.1% |
| 33= | Yiddish | 640 | 0.1% | 1,065 | 0.1% |
| 35. | Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 630 | 0.1% | 730 | 0.1% |
| 36= | African languages n.i.e. | 540 | 0.1% | 230 | <0.1% |
| 36= | Somali | 540 | 0.1% | 155 | <0.1% |
| 38. | Germanic languages n.i.e. | 520 | 0.1% | 410 | <0.1% |
| 39. | Khmer (Cambodian) | 495 | 0.1% | 350 | <0.1% |
| 40. | Slovak | 465 | <0.1% | 665 | 0.1% |
There were also about 430 single-language responses for Bisayan languages; 395 for Niger–Congo languages n.i.e.; and 350 for Tigrigna; as well as about 345 for Non-verbal languages (Sign languages); 340 for Bengali; 330 for Finnish; 325 for Sinhala; 310 for Kurdish; 275 for Tamil; 260 for Slovenian; 230 for Latvian; 220 for Hebrew; and about 220 as well for Slavic languages n.i.e.; and 210 for Indo-Iranian languages n.i.e.; 195 for Malayo-Polynesian languages n.i.e; 180 for Oromo; 170 for Pampango; 155 for Celtic languages; 155 for Macedonian; 140 for Inuktitut; 135 for Lithuanian; 120 for Bulgarian; and about 120 as well for Malayalam. In addition to the single-language responses detailed above, about 34,935 people reported having more than one mother tongue. There were about 11,675 responses of English and a non-official language; 465 of French and a non-official language; 2,630 of both English and French; and 85 of English, French and a non-official language. Approximately 2,555 people reported having Tagalog as a dual mother tongue; while about 2,060 people reported having German; 1,510 people reported having Cree; 1,385 Ukrainian; 645 Ojibway; 475 Spanish; 365 Portuguese; 310 Polish; and about 280 people reported having Panjabi, as a dual mother tongue.
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