Diversity in Toronto: A Community Profile
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One-third of the racialized community have a Ch<strong>in</strong>ese language as their mother<br />
tongue<br />
Among members of racialized groups, one-third (32.2%) say that their mother tongue is a<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>ese language. This is proportionally four times more than the next most prevalent<br />
mother tongue – Tamil and Tagalog (both 8.1%). Please refer to Chart 13.<br />
Chart 13 – Top 15 Non-Official Mother Tongue Languages – Members of Racialized Groups –<br />
<strong>Toronto</strong><br />
Somali<br />
H<strong>in</strong>di<br />
Bengali<br />
Arabic<br />
Other languages<br />
Vietnamese<br />
Panjabi (Punjabi)<br />
Korean<br />
Gujarati<br />
Persian (Farsi)<br />
Urdu<br />
Spanish<br />
Tagalog (Pilip<strong>in</strong>o, Filip<strong>in</strong>o)<br />
Tamil<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Languages<br />
1.5<br />
1.7<br />
2.6<br />
2.6<br />
3.3<br />
3.4<br />
3.4<br />
4.0<br />
4.0<br />
4.4<br />
5.4<br />
7.3<br />
8.1<br />
8.1<br />
32.2<br />
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0<br />
Percentage<br />
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006<br />
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