Oshawa - City, Ontario, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 137,930
This city:

93.0%
Province:

86.3%
Male: 67,775
Here:

93.8%
Ontario:

87.7%
Female: 70,155
This city:

92.3%
Ontario:

85.1%
French only
Total: 155
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.4%
English and French
Total: 9,435
Here:

6.4%
Ontario:

11.0%
Male: 4,140
This city:

5.7%
Province:

10.1%
Female: 5,300
This city:

7.0%
Ontario:

11.8%
Neither English nor French
Total: 710
This city:

0.5%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 265
This city:

0.4%
Ontario:

1.9%
Female: 440
This city:

0.6%
Province:

2.8%

Knowledge of official languages in Oshawa

First official language spoken

English
Total: 144,190
Here:

97.3%
Ontario:

93.1%
Male: 70,415
This city:

97.4%
Province:

93.7%
Female: 73,780
This city:

97.1%
Ontario:

92.5%
French
Total: 3,035
This city:

2.0%
Province:

3.9%
Male: 1,470
Here:

2.0%
Ontario:

3.8%
Female: 1,570
Here:

2.1%
Ontario:

4.1%
English and French
Total: 325
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 130
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.6%
Female: 195
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.7%
Neither English nor French
Total: 675
Here:

0.5%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 245
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 430
Here:

0.6%
Province:

2.7%

First official language spoken in this city

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 128,555
Here:

86.7%
Province:

68.2%
Male: 62,860
Here:

87.0%
Province:

68.9%
Female: 65,695
This city:

86.5%
Province:

67.6%
French
Total: 3,205
Here:

2.2%
Ontario:

3.9%
Male: 1,530
This city:

2.1%
Ontario:

3.7%
Female: 1,670
This city:

2.2%
Province:

4.0%
English and French
Total: 430
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
Male: 200
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
Female: 225
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
English and non-official language
Total: 1,120
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 545
This city:

0.8%
Ontario:

1.7%
Female: 575
This city:

0.8%
Province:

1.7%
French and non-official language
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 35
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Albanian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Amharic
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Arabic
Total: 400
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.0%
Male: 240
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.1%
Female: 160
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.0%
Armenian
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Bengali
Total: 105
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Bisayan languages
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Bosnian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Cantonese
Total: 230
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 110
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

1.4%
Female: 115
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
Creoles
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 205
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 105
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 95
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Czech
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 595
Here:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 270
This city:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 330
This city:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.5%
Estonian
Total: 40
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 75
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
German
Total: 975
This city:

0.7%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 445
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.1%
Female: 530
This city:

0.7%
Province:

1.1%
Greek
Total: 375
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
Male: 195
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 185
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Gujarati
Total: 270
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 135
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 135
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.5%
Hindi
Total: 110
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.4%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.4%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Hungarian
Total: 475
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 225
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 245
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Ilocano
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 1,520
This city:

1.0%
Ontario:

2.0%
Male: 795
This city:

1.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 730
Here:

1.0%
Province:

2.0%
Japanese
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 145
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 80
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Kurdish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Latvian
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lingala
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 175
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 85
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 85
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Malay
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Maltese
Total: 135
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 190
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 80
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.9%
Female: 110
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.0%
Marathi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 160
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.4%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.4%
Female: 80
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.3%
Pashto
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 400
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 205
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.8%
Female: 200
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.7%
Polish
Total: 1,940
This city:

1.3%
Ontario:

1.0%
Male: 865
Here:

1.2%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 1,075
This city:

1.4%
Province:

1.1%
Portuguese
Total: 890
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.2%
Male: 460
This city:

0.6%
Ontario:

1.2%
Female: 430
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.2%
Romanian
Total: 170
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 75
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 90
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Russian
Total: 300
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 115
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.7%
Female: 180
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.8%
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 170
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 95
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 55
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Slovenian
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Somali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Spanish
Total: 970
Here:

0.7%
Ontario:

1.4%
Male: 465
This city:

0.6%
Province:

1.4%
Female: 510
Here:

0.7%
Province:

1.4%
Swahili
Total: 40
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 560
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.1%
Male: 190
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.9%
Female: 370
This city:

0.5%
Province:

1.3%
Taiwanese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Tamil
Total: 195
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Male: 90
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.9%
Female: 100
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.9%
Telugu
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 45
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 835
This city:

0.6%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 345
Here:

0.5%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 495
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.4%
Urdu
Total: 410
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.0%
Male: 230
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.1%
Female: 185
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 145
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Other languages
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 60
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Hakka
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 138,680
Here:

93.6%
Ontario:

79.0%
Male: 67,775
This city:

93.8%
Ontario:

79.4%
Female: 70,910
Here:

93.3%
Ontario:

78.5%
French
Total: 1,200
This city:

0.8%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 580
Here:

0.8%
Ontario:

2.1%
Female: 625
Here:

0.8%
Ontario:

2.3%
English and French
Total: 315
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 140
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 170
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 2,180
Here:

1.5%
Province:

4.0%
Male: 1,040
This city:

1.4%
Province:

4.0%
Female: 1,135
Here:

1.5%
Province:

4.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Amharic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 185
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.6%
Male: 105
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.6%
Female: 85
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.6%
Bengali
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Male: 30
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Female: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bosnian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.2%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.1%
Female: 70
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.2%
Creoles
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
German
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 60
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Greek
Total: 115
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 60
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Gujarati
Total: 140
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 60
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 75
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Hindi
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Hungarian
Total: 145
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 85
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Ilocano
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 105
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Latvian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 135
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Male: 65
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 70
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.8%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 75
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

1.0%
Male: 35
This city:

0.0%
Province:

1.0%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

1.0%
Pashto
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 255
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 110
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 140
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Polish
Total: 905
Here:

0.6%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 410
Here:

0.6%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 495
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.5%
Portuguese
Total: 360
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.6%
Male: 160
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 200
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Romanian
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Russian
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Serbian
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 470
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.8%
Male: 220
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.8%
Female: 250
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Swahili
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 175
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 105
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.6%
Tamil
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.7%
Male: 60
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.7%
Female: 60
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Telugu
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Urdu
Total: 330
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.7%
Male: 190
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.7%
Female: 145
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.6%
Vietnamese
Total: 110
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.4%
Female: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Other languages
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 470
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.7%
Male: 210
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 265
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.8%
Macedonian
Total: 45
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Kurdish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Somali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Maltese
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Armenian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 265
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 105
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 160
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Lao
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 137,830
Here:

93.0%
Province:

83.4%
Male: 67,360
This city:

93.2%
Ontario:

83.7%
Female: 70,465
This city:

92.7%
Province:

83.1%
English
Total: 3,145
Here:

2.1%
Province:

6.7%
Male: 1,525
This city:

2.1%
Province:

6.7%
Female: 1,620
This city:

2.1%
Province:

6.6%
French
Total: 1,660
This city:

1.1%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 730
This city:

1.0%
Ontario:

1.6%
Female: 925
This city:

1.2%
Ontario:

1.9%
English and French
Total: 25
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and non-official language
Total: 55
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
French and non-official language
Total: 145
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 65
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Ojibway
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Afrikaans
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Amharic
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 135
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 60
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Armenian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Creoles
Total: 35
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 110
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 60
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 205
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 120
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Flemish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
German
Total: 330
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 145
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 190
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 190
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 90
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Female: 95
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Gujarati
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 70
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 30
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Hungarian
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Italian
Total: 605
Here:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.8%
Male: 315
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 295
This city:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.8%
Japanese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Kurdish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Lingala
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 55
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 100
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Male: 55
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 545
Here:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 240
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 300
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.3%
Portuguese
Total: 360
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 185
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.4%
Female: 175
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Romanian
Total: 50
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.2%
Serbian
Total: 60
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sindhi
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 30
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 495
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.5%
Male: 250
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 245
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.5%
Swahili
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 245
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 85
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 160
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Tamil
Total: 45
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.2%
Male: 25
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Thai
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 255
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 100
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 155
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.1%
Urdu
Total: 100
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Male: 50
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.3%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Vietnamese
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.1%
Other languages
Total: 90
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Male: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 50
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ilocano
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 40
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Lao
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Ontario:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 80,535
Here:

98.9%
Ontario:

95.7%
Male: 42,035
This city:

99.1%
Ontario:

96.1%
Female: 38,495
Here:

98.7%
Province:

95.3%
French
Total: 310
This city:

0.4%
Ontario:

1.4%
Male: 90
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.1%
Female: 220
This city:

0.6%
Ontario:

1.7%
English and French
Total: 230
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.6%
Male: 85
Here:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.5%
Female: 145
Here:

0.4%
Ontario:

0.7%
English and non-official language
Total: 155
This city:

0.2%
Ontario:

0.6%
Male: 110
Here:

0.3%
Ontario:

0.6%
Female: 50
This city:

0.1%
Ontario:

0.6%
Non-official language
Total: 205
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

1.6%
Male: 100
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 100
This city:

0.3%
Ontario:

1.6%

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