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Census Subdivisions

Mother tongue	Language Used at Work
	Most often	Regularly	Never	Total
Toronto, C 1
Total - Mother tongue	1,350,250	25,160	33,615	1,409,025
Chinese, n.o.s.	49,400	4,275	8,120	61,795
Cantonese	34,375	4,175	7,575	46,125
Portuguese	34,485	2,540	3,560	40,585
French	19,110	1,660	755	21,525
English	741,745	1,505	1,085	744,330
Mandarin	12,120	1,335	2,180	15,635
Spanish	33,615	1,185	1,205	36,005
Italian	48,945	1,070	1,005	51,025
Korean	12,130	1,000	915	14,045
Russian	16,010	660	710	17,380
Polish	21,545	640	530	22,710
Other non-Aboriginal languages	47,885	595	835	49,320
Tamil	26,575	510	535	27,620
Greek	21,340	425	285	22,050
Vietnamese	12,720	365	735	13,820
Punjabi	14,590	315	550	15,455
Ukrainian	8,370	310	315	8,995
Persian (Farsi)	16,255	285	405	16,940
Japanese	2,380	265	135	2,775
Tagalog (Pilipino)	37,055	265	215	37,530
English and non-official language	22,755	180	185	23,115
Romanian	8,380	175	205	8,760
Arabic	12,450	165	190	12,810
Serbian	6,985	160	150	7,290
Gujarati	11,180	160	185	11,530
German	11,025	140	70	11,230
Hungarian	7,465	120	135	7,715
Turkish	2,685	90	135	2,915
Urdu	12,670	75	110	12,855
French and non-official language	1,245	75	95	1,410
Armenian	3,460	65	50	3,575
Bengali	6,580	50	80	6,710
Finnish	1,180	45	15	1,240
Croatian	4,735	45	40	4,825
English and French	2,285	45	20	2,350
Slovak	1,405	40	10	1,455
Macedonian	4,350	35	95	4,480
Dutch	2,515	30	10	2,555
Czech	2,125	25	20	2,160
Creoles	895	25	20	940
Hindi	6,305	20	50	6,385
Serbo-Croatian	2,525	10	55	2,580
Twi	3,620	0	45	3,670
Cree	60	0	0	65
Dene	0	0	0	0
Micmac	10	0	0	10
Ojibway	170	0	0	175
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	45	0	0	45
Montagnais-Naskapi	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut (Eskimo)	0	0	0	10
Other Aboriginal languages	60	0	0	60
English, French and non-official language	415	0	10	420

Special Note: Population 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2000

Refers to those who have worked since January 1, 2000, regardless of whether or not they were in the labour force in the reference week. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary.

¹ Census subdivisions (CSDs) are classified into 46 types according to official designations adopted by provincial or federal authorities. Two exceptions are Subdivision of Unorganized in Newfoundland and Labrador and Subdivision of County Municipality in Nova Scotia, which are geographic areas created as equivalents for municipalities by Statistics Canada in cooperation with these provinces for the purpose of disseminating statistical data. Click to view all census subdivision types by abbreviation and type.