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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Fraser Valley
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 273,480 252,240 75 12,550 8,615
Single responses 269,690 249,040 75 12,010 8,570
English 209,125 200,950 5 8,095 80
French 2,910 445 45 2,425 0
Non-official languages 57,655 47,650 25 1,495 8,485
Aboriginal languages 205 195 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 50 45 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 35 40 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 35 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 20 15 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 5 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 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. 5 5 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 110 105 0 5 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 5 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 10 15 0 0 0
Halkomelem 25 25 0 5 0
Lillooet 55 50 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 5 5 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 5 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) 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,140 2,720 0 290 135
Italian 450 385 0 65 5
Portuguese 325 280 0 40 10
Romanian 555 465 0 65 25
Spanish 1,810 1,595 0 120 95
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 14,320 13,790 5 420 110
Dutch 3,790 3,645 0 135 15
Flemish 30 15 0 10 0
Frisian 80 80 0 5 0
German 9,540 9,210 0 235 95
Yiddish 5 0 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 615 590 0 25 0
Danish 355 345 0 10 0
Icelandic 20 20 0 0 0
Norwegian 120 115 0 10 0
Swedish 115 115 0 5 0
Afrikaans 260 240 0 20 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,580 2,395 5 120 55
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 5 0
Croatian 115 115 0 5 0
Czech 215 210 0 5 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 0
Polish 700 645 5 40 15
Russian 585 535 0 30 20
Serbian 85 80 0 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 5 0
Slovak 115 100 0 10 5
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 575 545 0 15 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0
Baltic languages 50 45 0 0 0
Latvian 35 30 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 0 5
Greek 150 140 0 15 0
Armenian 30 20 0 5 0
Albanian 120 105 0 5 10
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 880 845 0 20 10
Estonian 25 25 0 0 0
Finnish 270 255 0 10 5
Hungarian 575 555 0 15 5
Turkic languages 45 40 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 45 35 0 5 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 465 415 0 35 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 450 400 0 35 15
Amharic 25 30 0 0 0
Arabic 375 330 0 35 15
Hebrew 20 15 0 0 0
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 28,700 20,910 10 400 7,385
Indo-Aryan languages 28,350 20,600 10 375 7,360
Bengali 20 20 0 0 0
Gujarati 55 50 0 0 0
Hindi 605 560 0 20 20
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 27,390 19,710 5 345 7,330
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 35 0 5 0
Urdu 220 200 5 5 10
Nepali 10 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 350 305 0 20 25
Kurdish 15 10 0 0 0
Pashto 20 10 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 315 280 0 15 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 115 105 0 0 5
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 0
Tamil 30 25 0 0 5
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 340 315 0 10 15
Korean 1,885 1,605 0 35 240
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,950 1,605 5 45 300
Chinese languages 1,935 1,595 0 45 300
Cantonese 400 320 0 15 70
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 10 15 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 600 510 5 10 80
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 890 730 0 20 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 320 290 0 10 20
Lao 255 220 5 10 20
Thai 70 70 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 845 695 0 15 135
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 20 0 0 0
Vietnamese 820 675 0 20 125
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,195 1,165 0 20 15
Bisayan languages 75 70 0 0 0
Ilocano 55 55 0 0 0
Malay 45 45 0 0 0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 955 925 0 15 10
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 40 40 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 125 100 5 10 5
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 5 0
Bantu languages 85 70 0 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 40 30 0 5 5
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 5
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 5 0
Creoles 50 25 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 55 30 0 5 20
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 0 15
Other languages 15 15 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,790 3,205 5 540 45
English and French 465 135 0 335 0
English and non-official language 3,125 2,950 0 130 40
French and non-official language 135 100 5 35 5
English, French and non-official language 65 20 0 40 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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