NORTH YORK MIRROR | Tuesday, September 3, 2013 | 8 10. Arabic 9. Russian 8. Spanish 7. Romanian 6. Korean 5. Persian (Farsi) 4. Cantonese 3. Mandarin 2. Chinese(nototherwisespecified) Top 10Home Languages 1. English Top 10Mother Tongues Arabic Romanian Languages the City ofToronto. Statistics Canada via hoods. courtesy Data its localneighbour demographics in changing trends and Mirror looksatthe The North York Chinese Mandarin community check-up: hillcrest village Russian Spanish Persian Korean Cantonese - Hillcrest Village: Population (2011): 17,650 their HomeLanguage. 34 percentlistedoneofthethreeas the threeastheirMother Tongue, and per centofresidents listedoneof crest Village. Inthe2011census, 42.2 common non-officiallanguagesinHill- Chinese, MandarinandCantoneseare 10. Arabic 9. Spanish 8. Romanian 7. Russian 6. Korean 5. Persian (Farsi) 4. Cantonese 3. Chinese(nototherwisespecified) 2. Mandarin 1. English C context Toronto equivalent statistic with its neighbourhood A comparison of a it community check-up y This week: Hillcrest Village number is51percentinallof Toronto. as aMother Tongue is29percent. That people inHillcrest Village whohaveEnglish In the2011census, thepercentageof still understoodatthetimeofcensus. language learnedathomeinchildhoodand “Mother Tongue” referstothefirst MOTHER TONGUE
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