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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 New Westminster - Coquitlam
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 121,080 115,330 1,565 880 3,310 2,000 1.7
Single responses 115,230 109,715 1,440 765 3,310 1,820 1.6
English 92,695 91,655 1,045 0 0 1,045 1.1
French 395 25 365 0 0 365 92.4
Non-official languages 22,140 18,035 30 765 3,310 415 1.9
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 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
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 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
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) 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 2,315 1,830 10 260 220 140 6.0
Italian 270 235 0 15 20 5 1.9
Portuguese 155 130 0 10 20 10 6.5
Romanian 825 580 0 165 70 85 10.3
Spanish 1,060 875 10 65 110 40 3.8
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 245 220 0 15 0 10 4.1
Dutch 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 150 140 0 10 0 5 3.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 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
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gaelic languages 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
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,650 2,280 0 150 220 80 3.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 215 180 0 25 10 10 4.7
Croatian 210 195 0 5 10 5 2.4
Czech 70 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 430 375 0 20 35 10 2.3
Russian 1,105 935 0 45 125 25 2.3
Serbian 375 305 0 40 30 20 5.3
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 90 75 0 10 5 5 5.6
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 55 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Armenian 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Albanian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 310 270 0 5 35 0 0.0
Estonian 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
Finnish 55 50 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 255 215 0 5 35 0 0.0
Turkic languages 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 70 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 500 380 10 55 55 35 7.0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 15 15 5 0 0 5 33.3
Oromo 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 485 370 10 55 60 35 7.2
Amharic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 415 305 5 55 50 30 7.2
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 25 25 0 0 5 5 20.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 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
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,990 2,445 0 70 480 35 1.2
Indo-Aryan languages 1,080 870 0 20 185 10 0.9
Bengali 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 125 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hindi 180 160 0 5 15 0 0.0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 465 365 0 10 90 5 1.1
Sindhi 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 65 55 0 0 5 5 7.7
Nepali 110 55 0 0 55 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,920 1,565 0 55 300 30 1.6
Kurdish 80 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Pashto 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,815 1,485 0 50 280 30 1.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 65 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 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
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 360 305 5 10 45 5 1.4
Korean 4,155 3,295 5 50 815 25 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,605 5,175 5 110 1,325 55 0.8
Chinese languages 6,570 5,150 0 105 1,315 55 0.8
Cantonese 1,745 1,385 0 15 340 10 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hakka 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 2,695 2,085 0 45 560 25 0.9
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 50 35 0 5 15 5 10.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,015 1,600 0 35 380 15 0.7
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 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
Tai languages 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 30 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 255 210 0 10 35 10 3.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 245 200 0 15 35 10 4.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,295 1,260 5 5 30 5 0.4
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,115 1,090 5 0 25 5 0.4
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 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
Niger-Congo languages 50 35 0 20 0 10 20.0
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 30 10 0 15 0 5 16.7
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 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
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
African 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
Creoles 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 45 25 0 0 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 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
Multiple responses 5,850 5,610 125 115 0 180 3.1
English and French 175 50 75 50 0 100 57.1
English and non-official language 5,535 5,520 15 0 0 15 0.3
French and non-official language 35 15 20 0 0 20 57.1
English, French and non-official language 105 30 15 65 0 45 42.9

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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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