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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 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 45 5,165 1,640
Single responses 63,420 56,805 35 4,945 1,630
English 41,210 38,095 5 3,100 15
French 850 100 15 730 0
Non-official languages 21,365 18,615 15 1,120 1,620
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 0 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 15 15 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 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 5 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 5 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 5 5 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 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 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 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 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,480 1,965 5 395 115
Italian 360 315 0 45 5
Portuguese 290 260 0 20 5
Romanian 740 490 0 210 40
Spanish 1,090 910 0 115 60
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,130 1,045 0 85 0
Dutch 290 265 0 25 0
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 660 605 0 50 5
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 155 145 0 5 0
Danish 55 60 0 5 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 35 0 0 0
Swedish 50 50 0 5 0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,855 2,470 5 240 145
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 65 60 0 5 0
Bulgarian 275 215 0 50 10
Croatian 140 135 0 10 0
Czech 115 105 0 5 5
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 0
Polish 510 465 0 35 10
Russian 855 725 0 55 70
Serbian 460 380 0 55 25
Serbo-Croatian 75 70 0 5 5
Slovak 125 115 0 10 0
Slovenian 10 5 0 0 0
Ukrainian 185 165 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 25 0 5 5
Latvian 25 20 0 5 0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0 0
Greek 80 70 0 10 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0
Albanian 80 70 0 0 5
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 360 325 0 25 10
Estonian 15 10 0 0 0
Finnish 60 60 0 5 0
Hungarian 285 260 0 15 10
Turkic languages 90 85 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 70 65 0 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 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 15 0 0 0
Somali 10 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 650 520 5 75 55
Amharic 85 80 0 0 0
Arabic 500 375 5 75 45
Hebrew 10 10 0 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,285 3,700 0 90 495
Indo-Aryan languages 3,535 3,055 0 65 420
Bengali 115 105 0 5 0
Gujarati 125 115 0 5 0
Hindi 560 530 0 10 15
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 5 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,530 2,105 0 30 395
Sindhi 30 30 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0
Urdu 100 95 0 5 5
Nepali 20 20 0 0 0
Iranian languages 735 635 0 25 75
Kurdish 55 50 0 5 0
Pashto 35 30 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 650 550 0 25 75
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 100 95 0 0 5
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0
Tamil 70 65 0 0 5
Telugu 10 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 390 370 0 5 20
Korean 1,040 870 0 15 150
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,285 3,625 0 90 570
Chinese languages 4,275 3,620 0 90 565
Cantonese 1,035 880 0 15 140
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 20 20 0 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,660 1,410 0 40 215
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0 10
Taiwanese 45 45 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,475 1,235 0 35 200
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 60 60 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0 0
Thai 55 55 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 165 140 0 10 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 5 0
Vietnamese 155 135 0 5 15
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,970 2,910 0 30 25
Bisayan languages 140 135 0 0 0
Ilocano 110 105 0 0 0
Malay 95 95 0 0 0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,545 2,495 0 25 20
Bikol 25 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 15 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 10 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 140 110 0 15 5
Akan (Twi) 40 30 0 5 0
Bantu languages 70 45 5 15 5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 5 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 25 20 0 10 5
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 5 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5 0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 0 15
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 5
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,745 1,510 10 220 5
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 10 0 20 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-XCB2011033.

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