OCTOBER 2012
2011 CENSUS BULLETIN
Languages
This bulletin summarizes the 2011 Census Language data release for Peel and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In 2011,
90% of Peel residents had knowledge of English, compared to 88.2% in the GTA. In Peel, 3.9% of residents had no knowledge of an official language, up from 3.7% in 2006. In the GTA, 4% of residents had no knowledge of an official language,
up slightly from 3.9% in 2006.
15.6% 3.9%
of seniors (65+)
in Peel have no
knowledge of
English or French
of people in Peel
have no knowledge
of either
official language
In Caledon,
people who speak
an official language
at home make up
93.5%
of the population
In Mississauga
6.9%
of people have
knowledge of
English and French
The proportion of
Brampton’s
population who
speak only Punjabi
at home is
14.9%
Of the 124,100 people who speak only Punjabi at home in Ontario, 86,185 (69%) live in Peel…
In Peel, there are 375 people whose home language is non-verbal…
The top home languages in Peel are Punjabi in Brampton, Urdu
in Mississauga and Italian in Caledon…
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Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada 2006 - 2011.
TOP HOME LANGUAGES
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SPEAK
ENGLISH OR FRENCH 2011
Punjabi
12.1%
Chinese
8.4%
Cantonese
8.1%
Mandarin
7.2%
MISSISSAUGA
Polish
7.2%
Urdu
6.9%
Arabic
5.1%
Vietnamese
5.7%
DID
YOU
KNOW?
Portuguese
7.6%
Spanish
5.0%
Other
26.7%
Punjabi
61.0%
Portuguese
5.7%
Gujarati
4.7%
Urdu
3.9%
Spanish
3.2%
Vietnamese
2.5%
BRAMPTON
Tamil
3.3%
Hindi
2.0%
Cantonese
1.8%
Other
10.2%
Italian
1.7%
Peel
DID
YOU
KNOW?
Portuguese
7.3%
Italian
43.1%
Chinese includes
responses of “Chinese”
as well as Chinese
languages other than
Cantonese, Mandarin,
Taiwanese, Chaochow
(Teochow), Fukien,
Hakka, and
Shanghainese.
Single Responses
count people who
speak or know one
language.
Multiple Responses
count people who
speak or know
multiple languages
at home or have
more than one
mother tongue.
Halton
Durham
Toronto
POPULATION WITH
NO KNOWLEDGE OF
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
York
Punjabi
21.1%
Polish
6.4%
1.0%
CALEDON
3.9%
4.7%
5.3%
Spanish
5.5%
0.6%
Other
14.8%
Russian
1.8%
TOP NON-OFFICIAL HOME LANGUAGES AS PROPORTION
OF SINGLE RESPONSES IN PEEL 2011
(Tamil)
1.0%
(Polish)
1.8%
1.2%
(Punjabi)
7.4%
1.4%
(Chinese)
1.0%
kumusta
(Tagalog)
1.1%
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada 2006 - 2011.
(Gujarati)
(Portuguese)
(Spanish)
1.1%
(Arabic)
1.2%
(Urdu)
2.7%
PROPORTION OF PEOPLE IN PEEL
WHO SPEAK THEIR MOTHER TONGUE
LANGUAGE AT HOME 2011
Punjabi
Cantonese
Spanish
TOP NON-OFFICIAL
HOME LANGUAGES
IN GTA 2011
Urdu
MOTHER
TONGUE
Peel
Halton
4.0%
HOME
LANGUAGE
1.0%
URDU
2.7%
POLISH
2.8%
1.8%
2.3%
TAGALOG
SPANISH
2.2%
ITALIAN
2.2%
0.7%
1.4%
HINDI1.6%
0.9%
6.1%
2.8%
Durham
0.5%
KNOWLEDGE OF
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
IN PEEL 2006-2011
9.3%
1.1%
York
Toronto
PORTUGUESE
2.4%
1.1%
2011
2006
PUNJABI
7.4%
1.2%
ARABIC
2.0%
1.2%
7.4%
89.99%
89.46%
89.47%
90.40%
92.62%
88.82%
90.08%
92.21%
ENGLISH
TAMIL
1.6%
0.08%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.03%
0.11%
0.05%
0.03%
FRENCH
6.72%
TOP NON-OFFICIAL HOME LANGUAGES IN PEEL
AS PERCENTAGE OF NON-OFFICIAL SINGLE RESPONSES 2011
6.07%
7.44%
5.59%
6.99%
6.91%
4.89%
6.40%
BOTH
3.74%
URDU
11.46%
ITALIAN
30.86%
POLISH 9.13%
PUNJABI 8.19%
ARABIC 6.54%
PUNJABI
48.98%
PUNJABI
18.87%
CHINESE 5.50%
SPANISH 5.15%
MANDARIN 4.84%
URDU 6.88%
CANTONESE 4.75%
GUJARATI 5.11%
TAGALOG 4.67%
PORTUGUESE 3.91%
OTHER
35.86%
MISSISSAUGA
POLISH 8.49%
TAMIL 5.04%
SPANISH 8.22%
SPANISH 4.05%
HINDI 4.02%
PORTUGUESE 5.93%
PORTUGUESE 3.30%
TAGALOG 2.61%
VIETNAMESE 2.17%
POLISH 1.89%
OTHER
15.95%
TAGALOG,
4.67%
BRAMPTON
UKRAINIAN 2.16%
GERMAN 2.02%
RUSSIAN 2.02%
CROATIAN 1.89%
HUNGARIAN 1.75%
OTHER
17.79%
3.86%
3.64%
4.29%
0.77%
3.53%
4.64%
0.95%
NEITHER
Peel Region
Mississauga
Brampton
Caledon
The 2011 Census short form
(which went out to 100% of
the population) included
additional questions on
language that in 2006 were
part of the census long form
(which went out to 20% of the
population). This change in
methodology may affect the
comparability of language
data gathered in 2006 with
2011.
CALEDON Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada 2006 - 2011.
SUMMARY OF FACTS
In May 2011, 90% of Peel residents had knowledge of English, up from 89.5% in 2006. In 2011, 89.5%, 90.4%, and 92.6% of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon
residents had knowledge of English, compared to 88.8%, 90.1%, and 92.2% in 2006, respectively. In the GTA, 88.2% of residents had knowledge of English, up
from 87.8% in 2006.
In Peel, 3.9% of residents had no knowledge of an official language, up from 3.7% in 2006. In 2011, 3.5%, 4.6%, and 1.0% of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon
residents had no knowledge of an official language, compared to 3.6%, 4.3%, and 0.8% in 2006, respectively. In the GTA, 4% of residents had no knowledge of an
official language, up slightly from 3.9% in 2006.
In Peel, English was the language most often spoken at home by 63.9% of residents, down from 67.8% in 2006. English was spoken at home by 90.8% of Caledon
residents, compared to 62.8% and 62.3% of Mississauga and Brampton residents, respectively. In the GTA, 69.0% of residents spoke English most often at home,
down from 70.9% in 2006.
Of non-official languages spoken in Peel, Punjabi was the language most often spoken at home (7.4% of single responses), while in Mississauga it was Urdu (3.4%
of single responses), in Brampton it was Punjabi (14.9% of single responses) and in Caledon it was Italian (2.0% of single responses). Of non-official languages
spoken in the GTA, Cantonese was the language most often spoken at home (2.5% of single responses).
K NOW LED GE OF OFFICIA L LA NGU A GES
English
Munic ipality
Toronto
Y ork
Population
2011
2,589,085
1,026,635
Both
Frenc h
2006
% Pop
2011
% Pop
2,114,520 85.38% 2,222,695 85.85%
787,140 88.71% 910,270 88.67%
2006 % Pop
2,585 0.10%
575
0.06%
D urh am
604,125
513,415 92.12% 558,685 92.48%
Halton
498,110
388,150 89.15% 446,355 89.61%
Peel
1,291,370 1,032,370 89.46% 1,162,125 89.99%
Mississauga 710,475
591,205 88.82% 635,660 89.47%
Brampton
521,690
388,750 90.08% 471,630 90.40%
Caledon
59,210
52,410 92.21% 54,840 92.62%
GTA
6, 009, 325 4, 835, 595 87.75% 5, 300, 130 88.20%
555
340
915
700
195
15
4, 970
2011 % Pop
2,975 0.11%
605
0.06%
0.10%
0.08%
0.08%
0.11%
0.05%
0.03%
0.09%
385
395
970
575
370
20
5, 330
0.06%
0.08%
0.08%
0.08%
0.07%
0.03%
0.09%
TOP 10 NON- OFFICIA L HOME LA NGU A GES ( SINGLE RESPONSES)
Peel
2006
Punjabi
Brampton
%
2011
%
6.84%
Punjabi
7.38%
2006
Punjabi
2006
229,280
64,325
Neith er
% Pop
2011 % Pop
2006 % Pop
2011 % Pop
9.26% 227,375 8.78% 130,185 5.26% 136,040 5.25%
7.25% 67,255
6.55% 35,305
3.98% 48,500
4.72%
40,590
43,565
77,605
49,495
24,135
3,975
455, 365
7.28%
10.01%
6.72%
7.44%
5.59%
6.99%
8.26%
41,560
46,435
78,415
49,125
25,495
3,790
461, 040
6.88%
9.32%
6.07%
6.91%
4.89%
6.40%
7.67%
2,765
3,345
43,175
24,245
18,495
435
214, 775
Caledon
0.50%
0.77%
3.74%
3.64%
4.29%
0.77%
3.90%
3,495
4,925
49,865
25,115
24,185
560
242, 825
0.58%
0.99%
3.86%
3.53%
4.64%
0.95%
4.04%
Mississauga
%
2011
%
2006
%
2011
%
2006
%
2011
13.65%
Punjabi
14.87%
Italian
2.04%
Italian
1.99%
Urdu
3.24%
Urdu
%
3.42%
Urdu
2.69%
Urdu
2.71%
Urdu
2.18%
Urdu
2.09%
Polish
0.68%
Punjabi
1.22%
Polish
3.02%
Polish
2.72%
Polish
2.05%
Polish
1.75%
Spanish
1.29%
Gujarati
1.55%
Spanish
0.52%
Polish
0.55%
Punjabi
2.96%
Punjabi
2.44%
Spanish
1.34%
Spanish
1.36%
Portuguese
1.28%
Tamil
1.53%
Punjabi
0.46%
Spanish
0.53%
Chinese
1.84%
Arabic
1.95%
Tagalog
1.23%
Tamil
1.23%
Gujarati
1.21%
Spanish
1.23%
Ukrainian
0.38%
Cantonese
1.74%
Chinese
1.64%
0.32% Portuguese
Chinese
1.21%
Arabic
1.22%
Tamil
1.08%
Hindi
1.22%
Greek
0.19%
Ukrainian
0.14%
Tagalog
1.58%
Spanish
1.54%
Portuguese
1.20%
Tagalog
1.08%
Hindi
1.06%
Portuguese
1.00%
Portuguese
0.16%
German
0.13%
Arabic
1.49%
Mandarin
1.44%
Cantonese
0.86%
Tagalog
Spanish
1.13% Portuguese
1.06%
Tagalog
Tamil
1.10%
Chinese
1.03%
Polish
Arabic
1.02%
Gujarati
1.01% Vietnamese
0.79%
Serbian
0.14%
Russian
0.13%
1.45%
Cantonese
1.42%
0.74% Vietnamese
0.66%
Cantonese
0.14%
Croatian
0.12% Vietnamese
1.31%
Tagalog
1.39%
0.64%
0.57%
Croatian
0.13%
Hungarian
0.11% Portuguese
1.23% Portuguese
Polish
LA NGU A GES SPOK EN MOST OFTEN A T HOME
English
Munic ipality
Population Population
2006
2011
2006
2011
Frenc h
% Pop,
2011
2006
2011
Non- Of f ic ial
% Pop,
2011
2006
2011
% Pop,
2011
771,510
236,435
27,160
34,515
314,610
193,140
118,095
733,125
273,900
30,420
45,335
337,370
191,080
142,575
28.32%
26.68%
5.04%
9.10%
26.12%
26.89%
27.33%
Toronto
Y ork
D urh am
Halton
Peel
Mississauga
Brampton
2,476,565
887,345
557,330
435,395
1,154,070
665,655
431,575
2,589,085
1,026,635
604,125
498,110
1,291,370
710,475
521,690
1,593,815 1,657,835 64.03% 13,535
619,165
678,515 66.09% 2,970
519,150
555,165 91.90% 4,220
391,255
431,670 86.66% 3,110
781,855
825,055 63.89% 5,185
436,565
446,305 62.82% 3,625
292,995
325,010 62.30% 1,415
15,575
3,155
3,750
3,420
5,685
3,520
2,020
0.60%
0.31%
0.62%
0.69%
0.44%
0.50%
0.39%
Caledon
GTA
56,840
5, 510, 705
59,210
6, 009, 325
52,295
53,740 90.76%
140
3, 905, 240 4, 148, 240 69.03% 29, 020
150
31, 585
0.25%
3,375
3,715
6.27%
0.53% 1, 384, 230 1, 420, 150 23.63%
English and Frenc h
Munic ipality
Toronto
Y ork
D urh am
Halton
Peel
Mississauga
Brampton
Caledon
GTA
Population Population
2006
2011
2,476,565
887,345
557,330
435,395
1,154,070
665,655
431,575
56,840
5, 510, 705
2,589,085
1,026,635
604,125
498,110
1,291,370
710,475
521,690
59,210
6, 009, 325
2006
3,575
820
710
520
1,335
960
365
10
6, 960
2011
4,940
1,435
1,085
920
2,260
1,370
850
40
10, 640
% Pop,
2011
0.19%
0.14%
0.18%
0.18%
0.18%
0.19%
0.16%
0.07%
0.18%
English &
2006
92,025
27,520
5,950
5,905
50,485
30,935
18,550
995
181, 885
Non- Of f ic ial
2011
173,030
68,220
13,300
16,260
118,230
66,560
50,120
1,550
389, 040
% Pop,
2011
6.68%
6.65%
2.20%
3.26%
9.16%
9.37%
9.61%
2.62%
6.47%
Frenc h &
2006
1,080
140
70
40
260
185
75
0
1, 590
Non- Of f ic ial
2011
1,575
270
100
125
790
370
420
5
2, 860
% Pop,
2011
1.17%
2011 Population in data tables excludes institutional
residents
Single Responses count people who only speak one
language at home. Multiple Responses count people who
speak multiple languages at home
Chinese includes responses of “Chinese” as well as Chinese
languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese,
Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese.
The 2011 Census short form (which went out to 100% of
the population) included additional questions on language
that in 2006 were part of the census long form (which
went out to 20% of the population). This change in
methodology may affect the comparability of language
data gathered in 2006 with 2011.
English , Frenc h ,
& Non- Of f ic ial
2006
0.06% 1,020
0.03%
300
0.02%
65
0.03%
50
0.06%
335
0.05%
240
0.08%
75
0.01%
20
0.05% 1, 770
2011
3,005
1,150
295
375
1,985
1,270
695
15
6, 810
% Pop,
2011
0.12%
0.11%
0.05%
0.08%
0.15%
0.18%
0.13%
0.03%
0.11%
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada 2006 - 2011.