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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), 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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Burnaby - New Westminster
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 130,775 115,140 105 6,895 8,635
Single responses 126,385 111,275 85 6,420 8,605
English 54,910 51,515 10 3,305 85
French 1,105 115 30 960 0
Non-official languages 70,370 59,650 45 2,155 8,515
Aboriginal languages 30 25 0 0 5
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 15 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 5 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 5,040 4,235 5 550 245
Italian 920 825 0 80 10
Portuguese 745 670 0 50 25
Romanian 840 560 0 235 40
Spanish 2,525 2,180 0 180 165
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,520 1,410 5 110 0
Dutch 285 260 0 25 0
Flemish 10 5 0 10 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 1,030 955 0 70 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 165 155 0 5 0
Danish 75 70 0 5 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 5
Norwegian 40 40 0 0 0
Swedish 40 35 0 5 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 20 0 5 5
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 6,005 5,330 5 360 305
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 290 265 0 10 20
Bulgarian 210 170 5 30 10
Croatian 590 545 0 20 25
Czech 190 175 0 10 0
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 0
Polish 800 730 5 45 30
Russian 1,770 1,525 5 110 135
Serbian 1,365 1,205 0 100 65
Serbo-Croatian 270 240 0 20 10
Slovak 130 125 0 5 5
Slovenian 30 30 0 0 0
Ukrainian 280 245 0 15 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Baltic languages 40 30 0 5 5
Latvian 25 15 0 5 5
Lithuanian 15 10 0 5 0
Greek 255 230 5 15 10
Armenian 25 20 0 5 0
Albanian 250 230 0 15 10
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 610 545 0 30 30
Estonian 45 45 0 5 0
Finnish 100 90 0 5 0
Hungarian 465 405 0 25 30
Turkic languages 395 345 0 5 35
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0
Turkish 245 220 5 10 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 125 105 0 0 20
Mongolian 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,715 1,390 5 140 180
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 115 105 0 0 10
Oromo 55 55 0 0 5
Somali 60 55 0 5 5
Semitic languages 1,595 1,285 10 135 175
Amharic 245 230 0 5 5
Arabic 1,170 890 5 125 145
Hebrew 25 20 0 5 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 135 125 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,540 10,055 0 250 1,230
Indo-Aryan languages 8,925 7,830 0 175 920
Bengali 295 280 0 10 10
Gujarati 520 475 0 20 30
Hindi 1,525 1,440 0 35 55
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 80 70 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,975 5,070 0 80 815
Sindhi 140 135 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0 0
Urdu 285 265 0 15 5
Nepali 25 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 2,570 2,185 0 80 310
Kurdish 285 235 0 5 45
Pashto 140 130 0 5 15
Persian (Farsi) 2,140 1,820 0 75 250
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 420 375 0 15 30
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0
Malayalam 55 50 0 5 0
Tamil 265 235 0 5 25
Telugu 75 70 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,210 1,090 5 25 100
Korean 3,590 3,015 0 50 520
Sino-Tibetan languages 29,205 23,230 10 425 5,550
Chinese languages 29,130 23,155 5 425 5,545
Cantonese 7,230 5,735 0 125 1,375
Chaochow (Teochow) 35 20 0 0 10
Fukien 160 135 0 0 25
Hakka 75 55 0 0 15
Mandarin 11,495 9,160 0 175 2,155
Shanghainese 125 75 0 0 45
Taiwanese 710 510 0 15 185
Chinese, n.o.s. 9,305 7,465 5 105 1,725
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 5
Burmese 50 50 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Tai languages 140 135 0 0 5
Lao 20 20 0 0 0
Thai 120 115 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 885 720 0 25 145
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 0
Vietnamese 865 690 0 25 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,980 6,850 0 60 65
Bisayan languages 315 310 0 0 0
Ilocano 255 245 0 0 0
Malay 365 345 0 5 10
Pampango 45 45 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,855 5,755 0 50 45
Bikol 35 30 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 35 35 0 0 0
Pangasinan 35 35 0 5 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 45 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 285 210 5 45 20
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 5 0
Bantu languages 175 125 5 30 20
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 0 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 90 60 0 15 15
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 0 5
Creoles 30 15 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 45 25 0 5 20
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 15 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,395 3,865 20 470 30
English and French 215 35 0 170 0
English and non-official language 3,935 3,745 5 155 25
French and non-official language 165 65 15 85 5
English, French and non-official language 70 15 0 55 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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