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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 West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country
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 132,865 117,725 90 13,350 1,705
Single responses 131,175 116,485 85 12,910 1,695
English 103,650 95,185 10 8,425 30
French 2,770 285 50 2,430 0
Non-official languages 24,750 21,010 25 2,050 1,670
Aboriginal languages 155 150 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 5 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 5 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 5 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 110 110 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 5 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 30 35 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Dakota 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 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 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,005 1,640 0 320 45
Italian 770 650 0 110 10
Portuguese 190 155 0 35 5
Romanian 135 85 0 40 5
Spanish 905 745 0 135 25
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages 4,265 3,670 0 585 10
Dutch 785 650 5 135 0
Flemish 20 10 0 10 0
Frisian 5 10 0 0 0
German 2,645 2,265 0 370 5
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 655 605 0 50 5
Danish 315 290 0 20 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 5 0
Norwegian 140 135 0 15 0
Swedish 185 165 0 20 0
Afrikaans 130 120 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 45 35 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 30 25 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,050 1,790 5 215 40
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 5 0
Bosnian 15 10 0 0 0
Bulgarian 40 40 0 5 0
Croatian 125 105 0 10 5
Czech 360 315 0 40 5
Macedonian 0 5 0 0 0
Polish 560 485 5 60 10
Russian 420 370 0 40 15
Serbian 75 70 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 5 5
Slovak 150 125 5 15 0
Slovenian 45 40 0 5 0
Ukrainian 230 210 0 20 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 55 50 0 5 0
Latvian 40 40 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 5 0
Greek 160 130 0 25 5
Armenian 110 80 0 25 5
Albanian 15 15 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 490 435 0 40 5
Estonian 60 45 0 10 0
Finnish 150 140 0 10 0
Hungarian 280 245 0 25 10
Turkic languages 200 160 0 25 10
Azerbaijani 45 40 0 0 5
Turkish 145 110 5 25 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 315 260 0 55 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 10 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 310 255 0 50 5
Amharic 5 5 0 0 0
Arabic 210 165 0 40 5
Hebrew 40 35 0 5 0
Maltese 45 45 0 5 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,215 6,140 5 490 575
Indo-Aryan languages 1,795 1,495 0 65 230
Bengali 15 15 0 0 0
Gujarati 190 165 0 20 5
Hindi 125 120 0 0 5
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 5 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,270 1,020 0 25 225
Sindhi 75 65 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 15 0 0 0
Urdu 85 85 0 0 0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 5,415 4,645 5 425 340
Kurdish 20 20 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 5,390 4,620 10 425 340
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 30 25 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0
Tamil 15 15 0 0 5
Telugu 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 775 700 5 35 40
Korean 1,250 1,045 0 50 155
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,100 3,205 0 150 745
Chinese languages 4,090 3,190 0 150 745
Cantonese 850 720 0 60 80
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,460 1,065 0 45 350
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 100 75 0 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,655 1,315 0 45 295
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 75 0 5 0
Lao 5 0 0 5 0
Thai 75 75 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 70 60 0 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 55 50 0 5 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,290 1,270 0 10 10
Bisayan languages 70 70 0 0 0
Ilocano 50 50 0 0 0
Malay 65 60 0 5 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,055 1,045 0 5 10
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 5
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 50 40 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 30 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 20 15 0 10 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Creoles 10 0 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 5 5 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,690 1,235 5 440 10
English and French 295 60 0 235 0
English and non-official language 1,230 1,100 5 120 5
French and non-official language 115 65 5 50 0
English, French and non-official language 50 15 0 40 0

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

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