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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 New Westminster, CYFootnote 1
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 65,165 58,320 40 5,165 1,640
Single responses 63,420 56,810 30 4,945 1,635
English 41,210 38,090 5 3,095 15
French 850 105 15 730 0
Non-official languages 21,360 18,615 15 1,120 1,615
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 0 0
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 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 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 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 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 0 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 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 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 5 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 5 5 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 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 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 5 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 2,480 1,970 0 395 110
Italian 360 315 0 45 0
Portuguese 290 255 0 20 5
Romanian 740 485 0 210 40
Spanish 1,090 910 0 115 60
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,130 1,045 0 85 0
Dutch 285 265 0 20 0
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 655 605 0 50 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 150 150 0 0 0
Danish 60 60 0 5 0
Icelandic 10 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 30 0 0 0
Swedish 55 50 0 5 0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,855 2,475 5 240 140
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 60 0 5 5
Bulgarian 270 215 0 45 10
Croatian 145 135 0 5 0
Czech 115 100 0 5 5
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 0
Polish 510 460 0 35 15
Russian 855 725 0 55 75
Serbian 460 380 0 55 20
Serbo-Croatian 75 70 0 5 0
Slovak 125 115 0 10 5
Slovenian 5 5 0 5 0
Ukrainian 185 165 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 5 0
Latvian 30 15 0 5 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 80 70 0 10 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0
Albanian 75 70 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 360 325 0 25 10
Estonian 15 10 0 0 0
Finnish 65 60 0 5 0
Hungarian 285 260 0 20 10
Turkic languages 90 85 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 70 65 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 675 540 5 75 55
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0 0 0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 650 520 10 75 50
Amharic 90 80 0 0 5
Arabic 495 375 5 70 45
Hebrew 10 10 0 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 45 45 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,285 3,700 5 90 495
Indo-Aryan languages 3,535 3,055 0 65 420
Bengali 115 105 0 5 0
Gujarati 125 120 0 5 5
Hindi 560 530 0 10 15
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,530 2,105 0 30 395
Sindhi 30 25 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 45 0 0 0
Urdu 100 95 0 5 0
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 735 635 0 25 75
Kurdish 55 50 0 0 5
Pashto 35 35 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 650 550 0 25 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 105 95 0 5 5
Kannada 5 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 15 0 0 0
Tamil 70 60 0 0 5
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 390 365 0 5 20
Korean 1,040 870 0 15 150
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,285 3,625 0 90 565
Chinese languages 4,275 3,615 5 90 570
Cantonese 1,035 880 0 15 140
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 20 15 0 0 0
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,660 1,410 0 40 210
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 10
Taiwanese 45 40 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,470 1,240 0 35 200
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 60 60 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0
Thai 55 55 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 165 145 0 10 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 155 135 0 10 10
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,970 2,910 0 35 30
Bisayan languages 140 135 0 5 0
Ilocano 110 110 0 0 0
Malay 95 95 0 0 0
Pampango 15 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,550 2,495 0 25 20
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 15 15 0 5 0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 135 115 5 20 5
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0 0
Bantu languages 65 50 5 15 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 5 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 25 15 0 10 0
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 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. 20 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Creoles 10 5 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 35 20 0 0 10
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 10
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,750 1,510 5 220 10
English and French 120 30 0 90 0
English and non-official language 1,525 1,445 0 75 5
French and non-official language 70 30 5 35 5
English, French and non-official language 30 5 0 25 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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

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