Table 1 Distribution of NENF individuals in Ontario who indicated speaking one of the top 10 non-official languages, 2006 Canadian Census
From: Potential for patient-physician language discordance in Ontario
Language | Total | % of Ontario’s total population | % of NENF population |
|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | 84,415 | 0.7 | 31.81 |
Italian | 22,900 | 0.19 | 8.63 |
Punjabi | 21,520 | 0.18 | 8.11 |
Portuguese | 19,360 | 0.16 | 7.3 |
Spanish | 13,545 | 0.11 | 5.1 |
Urdu and/or Hindi | 9,150 | 0.08 | 3.45 |
Vietnamese | 9,135 | 0.08 | 3.44 |
Tamil | 8,385 | 0.07 | 3.16 |
Arabic | 6,950 | 0.06 | 2.62 |
Persian | 6,435 | 0.05 | 2.43 |
Other | 63,545 | 0.53 | 23.95 |