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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Burnaby - Douglas
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 122,580 114,030 1,010 800 6,740 1,410 1.2
Single responses 114,715 106,355 920 705 6,740 1,270 1.1
English 77,370 76,800 565 0 0 565 0.7
French 335 30 305 0 0 305 91.0
Non-official languages 37,015 29,525 50 705 6,740 405 1.1
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 2,670 2,235 10 170 255 95 3.6
Italian 1,085 925 0 35 120 20 1.8
Portuguese 290 250 0 15 25 10 3.4
Romanian 210 150 0 40 15 25 11.9
Spanish 1,090 910 5 80 95 45 4.1
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 190 170 0 10 5 10 5.3
Dutch 20 15 0 0 0 5 25.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 135 120 0 5 5 5 3.7
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,230 1,920 5 125 180 70 3.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 50 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 95 75 0 15 5 10 10.5
Croatian 465 430 0 10 25 5 1.1
Czech 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Polish 280 245 0 15 20 5 1.8
Russian 795 660 0 45 85 25 3.1
Serbian 370 320 0 25 25 15 4.1
Serbo-Croatian 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 50 35 0 10 0 5 10.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 85 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Armenian 45 30 0 5 10 5 11.1
Albanian 60 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 160 140 0 5 20 0 0.0
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finnish 70 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 85 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 435 355 15 35 25 30 6.9
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Somali 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 395 325 15 30 25 30 7.6
Amharic 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 310 250 15 25 20 25 8.1
Hebrew 30 20 5 5 0 5 16.7
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,690 3,215 0 80 395 40 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 2,280 2,000 0 40 245 20 0.9
Bengali 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 590 540 0 0 50 0 0.0
Hindi 350 310 0 10 30 10 2.9
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Marathi 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 890 730 0 15 145 10 1.1
Sindhi 175 165 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 160 150 0 5 5 5 3.1
Nepali 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,405 1,210 0 45 150 25 1.8
Kurdish 85 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,310 1,125 0 45 135 25 1.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 130 110 0 0 10 5 3.8
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 80 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Telugu 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 590 500 0 5 85 5 0.8
Korean 3,165 2,640 0 40 485 20 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 21,410 16,175 10 190 5,040 105 0.5
Chinese languages 21,385 16,155 5 185 5,040 105 0.5
Cantonese 7,890 5,830 0 55 2,010 30 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Fukien 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 6,950 5,450 0 70 1,435 35 0.5
Shanghainese 65 40 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 245 170 0 0 75 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,160 4,610 5 55 1,485 35 0.6
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Thai 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 745 550 10 15 175 15 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 735 540 10 15 170 15 2.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,210 1,180 0 0 35 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 50 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 145 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 970 950 0 5 20 5 0.5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 15 15 5 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 7,865 7,675 95 95 0 140 1.8
English and French 145 40 55 55 0 80 55.2
English and non-official language 7,585 7,575 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 45 25 15 0 0 15 33.3
English, French and non-official language 90 25 20 45 0 45 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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