Knowledge of official languages
English onlyTotal: 137,930This city: | 93.0% |
Province: | 86.3% |
Female: 70,155This city: | 92.3% |
Ontario: | 85.1% |
English and French
Male: 4,140This city: | 5.7% |
Province: | 10.1% |
Female: 5,300This city: | 7.0% |
Ontario: | 11.8% |
Neither English nor FrenchTotal: 710This city: | 0.5% |
Ontario: | 2.3% |
Male: 265This city: | 0.4% |
Ontario: | 1.9% |
Female: 440This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 2.8% |
Knowledge of official languages in Oshawa
First official language spoken
English
Male: 70,415This city: | 97.4% |
Province: | 93.7% |
Female: 73,780This city: | 97.1% |
Ontario: | 92.5% |
FrenchTotal: 3,035This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 3.9% |
Neither English nor French
First official language spoken in this city
Used languages details
Mother tongue
English
Female: 65,695This city: | 86.5% |
Province: | 67.6% |
French
Male: 1,530This city: | 2.1% |
Ontario: | 3.7% |
Female: 1,670This city: | 2.2% |
Province: | 4.0% |
English and FrenchTotal: 430This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.4% |
Female: 225This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.4% |
English and non-official language
Male: 545This city: | 0.8% |
Ontario: | 1.7% |
Female: 575This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 1.7% |
French and non-official language
Female: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
English; French and non-official language
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Afrikaans
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)Total: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Albanian
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Arabic
Male: 240This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Female: 160This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.0% |
ArmenianTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Bisayan languagesTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
CantoneseTotal: 230This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.5% |
Male: 110This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 1.4% |
Female: 115This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.5% |
Creoles
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
CroatianTotal: 205This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Czech
Male: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Danish
Male: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Male: 270This city: | 0.4% |
Ontario: | 0.5% |
Female: 330This city: | 0.4% |
Ontario: | 0.5% |
EstonianTotal: 40This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
FinnishTotal: 75This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
GermanTotal: 975This city: | 0.7% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Female: 530This city: | 0.7% |
Province: | 1.1% |
HindiTotal: 110This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.4% |
Hungarian
Male: 225This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Female: 245This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Ilocano
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
ItalianTotal: 1,520This city: | 1.0% |
Ontario: | 2.0% |
Male: 795This city: | 1.1% |
Province: | 2.0% |
KurdishTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Latvian
Male: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
LithuanianTotal: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Macedonian
Male: 85This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
MalayTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Malayalam
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
MalteseTotal: 135This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
MandarinTotal: 190This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Male: 80This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.9% |
Female: 110This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 1.0% |
MarathiTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
NepaliTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Norwegian
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 160This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.4% |
PashtoTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 400This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Female: 200This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.7% |
PolishTotal: 1,940This city: | 1.3% |
Ontario: | 1.0% |
Female: 1,075This city: | 1.4% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Portuguese
Male: 460This city: | 0.6% |
Ontario: | 1.2% |
Romanian
Female: 90This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
SerbianTotal: 170This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Serbo-Croatian
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Slovak
Female: 55This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Slovenian
Male: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
SomaliTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Spanish
Male: 465This city: | 0.6% |
Province: | 1.4% |
SwahiliTotal: 40This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SwedishTotal: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Female: 370This city: | 0.5% |
Province: | 1.3% |
TaiwaneseTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tamil
Male: 90This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.9% |
Female: 100This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.9% |
Telugu
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
ThaiTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 45This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
UkrainianTotal: 835This city: | 0.6% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
UrduTotal: 410This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 1.0% |
VietnameseTotal: 145This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.5% |
Other languages
Female: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
HakkaTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
LaoTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Language most often used at home
Language most often used at home
English
Male: 67,775This city: | 93.8% |
Ontario: | 79.4% |
FrenchTotal: 1,200This city: | 0.8% |
Province: | 2.2% |
English and FrenchTotal: 315This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Female: 170This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
English and non-official language
Male: 1,040This city: | 1.4% |
Province: | 4.0% |
French and non-official language
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
English; French and non-official language
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Afrikaans
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Albanian
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Amharic
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 185This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.6% |
Bengali
Male: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
BosnianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Cantonese
Female: 70This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 1.2% |
Creoles
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Czech
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
EstonianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
German
Female: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
GreekTotal: 115This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
GujaratiTotal: 140This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Male: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Female: 75This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Hindi
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
IlocanoTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
KoreanTotal: 105This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.4% |
LatvianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
MalayalamTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Mandarin
Male: 65This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.8% |
Female: 70This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.8% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)Total: 75This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 1.0% |
Male: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 1.0% |
PashtoTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 255This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.5% |
Female: 140This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.5% |
PortugueseTotal: 360This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.6% |
Male: 160This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.5% |
Female: 200This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.6% |
Romanian
Female: 45This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Serbian
Male: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Serbo-Croatian
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
SindhiTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SpanishTotal: 470This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.8% |
Male: 220This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 0.8% |
Female: 250This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.8% |
SwahiliTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Swedish
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Tamil
Male: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.7% |
Female: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.7% |
Thai
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
TigrignaTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
TurkishTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
VietnameseTotal: 110This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Male: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.4% |
FinnishTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
MacedonianTotal: 45This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
KurdishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SomaliTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
MalteseTotal: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)Total: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
ArmenianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SlovenianTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Female: 160This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.1% |
LaoTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Other languages used at home
Other languages used at home
None
Male: 67,360This city: | 93.2% |
Ontario: | 83.7% |
Female: 70,465This city: | 92.7% |
Province: | 83.1% |
English
Male: 1,525This city: | 2.1% |
Province: | 6.7% |
Female: 1,620This city: | 2.1% |
Province: | 6.6% |
FrenchTotal: 1,660This city: | 1.1% |
Ontario: | 1.8% |
Male: 730This city: | 1.0% |
Ontario: | 1.6% |
Female: 925This city: | 1.2% |
Ontario: | 1.9% |
English and FrenchTotal: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 55This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Female: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
French and non-official languageTotal: 145This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 65This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
OjibwayTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Afrikaans
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Akan (Twi)
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
AlbanianTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
ArabicTotal: 135This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.4% |
Female: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Bengali
Male: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Cantonese
Male: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
CreolesTotal: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Croatian
Female: 60This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
CzechTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
DanishTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Dutch
Female: 120This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.2% |
FlemishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
German
Male: 145This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Greek
Female: 95This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Gujarati
Female: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
HindiTotal: 70This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Male: 45This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Italian
Female: 295This city: | 0.4% |
Ontario: | 0.8% |
Japanese
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
KoreanTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
KurdishTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
LingalaTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Malay
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Malayalam
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Mandarin
Male: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
NorwegianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Persian (Farsi)Total: 100This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Male: 55This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Polish
Male: 240This city: | 0.3% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Female: 300This city: | 0.4% |
Province: | 0.3% |
Portuguese
Female: 175This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 0.4% |
RomanianTotal: 50This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Russian
Female: 45This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Serbian
Female: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Serbo-CroatianTotal: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SindhiTotal: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Total: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SlovakTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
SlovenianTotal: 30This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Swedish
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
TamilTotal: 45This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.2% |
Male: 25This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.2% |
ThaiTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Ukrainian
Female: 155This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
UrduTotal: 100This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Male: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.3% |
Vietnamese
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Female: 20This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Other languagesTotal: 90This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Male: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.1% |
Female: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.1% |
Latvian
Male: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Maltese
Male: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Female: 35This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Pashto
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
EstonianTotal: 15This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Lithuanian
Male: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Province: | 0.0% |
IlocanoTotal: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Khmer (Cambodian)Total: 10This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Female: 5This city: | 0.0% |
Ontario: | 0.0% |
Macedonian
Female: 40This city: | 0.1% |
Province: | 0.0% |
Language most often used at work
Language most often used at work
English
Male: 42,035This city: | 99.1% |
Ontario: | 96.1% |
FrenchTotal: 310This city: | 0.4% |
Ontario: | 1.4% |
Male: 90This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.1% |
Female: 220This city: | 0.6% |
Ontario: | 1.7% |
English and non-official languageTotal: 155This city: | 0.2% |
Ontario: | 0.6% |
Female: 50This city: | 0.1% |
Ontario: | 0.6% |
Non-official languageTotal: 205This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 1.6% |
Male: 100This city: | 0.2% |
Province: | 1.6% |
Female: 100This city: | 0.3% |
Ontario: | 1.6% |
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