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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) 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 selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Burnaby, CY
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 221,460 203,795 1,815 1,575
0 to 4 years 10,800 9,040 65 35
5 to 9 years 9,905 9,550 40 105
10 to 14 years 10,410 10,055 35 220
15 to 19 years 13,095 12,700 50 235
20 to 24 years 17,615 17,200 105 135
25 to 29 years 18,080 17,620 140 115
30 to 34 years 16,390 15,825 190 130
35 to 39 years 15,890 15,220 170 115
40 to 44 years 17,200 16,110 135 125
45 to 49 years 18,210 16,520 165 80
50 to 54 years 16,930 15,325 165 75
55 to 59 years 14,965 13,455 135 55
60 to 64 years 12,490 11,180 130 40
65 to 69 years 8,655 7,465 95 35
70 to 74 years 7,245 5,895 60 35
75 to 79 years 5,905 4,595 55 30
80 to 84 years 4,270 3,375 45 10
85 years and over 3,410 2,680 35 0
Median ageFootnote 2 39.6 38.3 44.1 27.2
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 190,345 175,155 1,675 1,210
Married or living with a common-law partner 106,445 95,850 970 585
Married (and not separated) 95,150 84,995 740 535
Living common law 11,290 10,855 230 45
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 83,900 79,310 705 630
Single (never legally married) 59,755 58,250 430 530
Separated 4,545 4,140 55 35
Divorced 10,810 10,060 135 50
Widowed 8,790 6,860 85 15
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 221,460 203,800 1,815 1,575
English only 194,965 194,970 0 0
French only 135 0 135 0
English and French 11,870 8,630 1,670 1,570
Neither English nor French 14,485 200 15 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 221,455 203,795 1,815 1,570
Single responses 214,545 197,150 1,655 1,465
English 93,425 93,420 5 0
French 1,675 155 1,520 0
Non-official languages 119,440 103,570 130 1,465
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 20 20 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 118,660 102,860 135 1,445
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 5
Albanian 290 270 0 5
Amharic 255 250 0 0
Arabic 1,430 1,200 15 65
Armenian 105 85 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5
Bengali 300 290 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 355 350 0 0
Bosnian 345 320 0 5
Bulgarian 245 210 0 25
Burmese 80 80 0 0
Cantonese 17,685 14,475 10 80
Chinese, n.o.s. 18,030 14,700 5 110
Creoles 45 35 5 5
Croatian 1,685 1,610 5 20
Czech 300 290 5 0
Danish 165 165 0 5
Dutch 425 420 0 0
Estonian 60 60 0 0
Finnish 250 245 0 5
Flemish 10 10 0 0
Fukien 255 220 0 0
German 1,820 1,800 0 10
Greek 525 500 5 0
Gujarati 1,590 1,505 0 5
Hakka 190 155 0 5
Hebrew 60 55 0 5
Hindi 1,965 1,880 5 10
Hungarian 655 610 0 10
Ilocano 285 285 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0
Italian 4,390 4,190 15 55
Japanese 2,210 2,030 5 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 55 0 0
Korean 7,150 6,120 0 65
Kurdish 365 305 0 5
Lao 35 30 0 0
Latvian 15 20 0 0
Lingala 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 20 25 0 0
Macedonian 40 30 0 0
Malay 645 625 0 0
Malayalam 110 110 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 18,990 15,355 5 160
Marathi 130 125 0 5
Nepali 30 30 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 50 5 5
Norwegian 65 65 0 0
Oromo 50 45 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,335 4,710 0 40
Pashto 130 115 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,680 3,245 0 80
Polish 1,185 1,115 0 25
Portuguese 1,420 1,335 5 35
Romanian 945 785 5 110
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 5
Russian 2,495 2,185 10 105
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Serbian 1,730 1,560 0 90
Serbo-Croatian 305 285 0 5
Shanghainese 225 140 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0
Sindhi 475 465 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 110 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 45 0 0
Slovak 160 150 0 0
Slovenian 75 75 0 0
Somali 100 95 0 0
Spanish 3,945 3,565 15 140
Swahili 115 85 5 10
Swedish 95 95 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 6,595 6,530 5 10
Taiwanese 1,165 860 0 10
Tamil 355 325 0 10
Telugu 125 110 0 5
Thai 210 205 0 5
Tibetan languages 30 30 0 0
Tigrigna 130 115 0 0
Turkish 305 275 0 5
Ukrainian 485 460 0 10
Urdu 480 465 0 5
Vietnamese 2,055 1,715 5 30
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 755 685 0 20
Multiple responses 6,915 6,650 160 110
English and French 355 275 10 75
English and non-official language 6,140 6,130 5 0
French and non-official language 305 170 140 0
English, French and non-official language 115 75 0 35
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 221,460 203,795 1,815 1,575
Single responses 205,265 188,000 1,605 1,390
English 128,905 127,970 940 0
French 610 55 555 0
Non-official languages 75,750 59,975 110 1,390
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 5 5 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 75,470 59,750 105 1,380
African languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 5 0 5
Albanian 140 125 0 5
Amharic 150 145 0 0
Arabic 885 650 20 60
Armenian 55 40 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Bengali 170 160 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 135 130 0 0
Bosnian 235 210 0 5
Bulgarian 155 120 5 25
Burmese 25 25 0 0
Cantonese 12,935 9,425 10 85
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,290 9,195 5 100
Creoles 30 15 0 15
Croatian 740 670 0 15
Czech 100 95 0 0
Danish 15 15 0 0
Dutch 40 30 0 5
Estonian 20 15 0 0
Finnish 85 80 0 5
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 90 75 0 0
German 235 220 0 10
Greek 165 145 0 0
Gujarati 800 710 0 5
Hakka 55 45 0 5
Hebrew 35 30 0 0
Hindi 855 765 0 15
Hungarian 245 200 0 15
Ilocano 75 75 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 1,295 1,115 10 45
Japanese 1,115 935 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 20 0 0
Korean 5,765 4,745 5 60
Kurdish 280 225 0 0
Lao 5 10 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 5 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 25 20 0 0
Malay 290 275 0 0
Malayalam 25 25 0 0
Maltese 0 5 0 0
Mandarin 16,265 12,490 5 160
Marathi 90 80 0 5
Nepali 10 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,125 2,500 0 35
Pashto 85 70 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,650 2,210 0 80
Polish 535 465 0 25
Portuguese 530 455 0 30
Romanian 515 360 10 105
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 5
Russian 1,855 1,540 5 110
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Serbian 1,160 995 0 85
Serbo-Croatian 170 145 0 10
Shanghainese 115 75 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 0
Sindhi 225 210 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 50 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slovak 40 35 0 5
Slovenian 5 5 0 0
Somali 70 65 0 0
Spanish 2,200 1,825 15 140
Swahili 35 20 0 5
Swedish 20 20 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,015 2,950 5 5
Taiwanese 600 400 0 5
Tamil 240 205 0 5
Telugu 65 50 0 0
Thai 110 100 0 5
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0
Tigrigna 80 70 0 0
Turkish 185 160 0 5
Ukrainian 110 95 0 10
Urdu 255 240 0 10
Vietnamese 1,205 880 10 25
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 275 220 5 15
Multiple responses 16,190 15,795 210 180
English and French 260 65 105 85
English and non-official language 15,645 15,620 20 0
French and non-official language 90 50 40 0
English, French and non-official language 200 60 40 95
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 221,455 203,800 1,815 1,575
None 159,150 144,640 965 660
Single responses 61,220 58,240 790 815
English 28,580 26,895 310 720
French 1,215 835 355 15
Non-official languages 31,425 30,510 130 75
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 10 10 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 31,115 30,210 125 75
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0
Albanian 120 120 0 0
Amharic 70 70 0 0
Arabic 370 340 20 0
Armenian 40 45 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0
Bengali 75 75 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 85 90 0 0
Bosnian 80 75 0 0
Bulgarian 45 45 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0
Cantonese 4,350 4,255 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,040 3,005 5 0
Creoles 35 25 5 0
Croatian 730 735 0 0
Czech 95 95 0 0
Danish 65 60 0 0
Dutch 125 120 0 0
Estonian 15 20 0 0
Finnish 65 70 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0
Fukien 85 75 0 0
German 665 660 5 0
Greek 270 265 0 5
Gujarati 750 745 0 0
Hakka 45 35 0 0
Hebrew 40 30 0 5
Hindi 1,205 1,185 5 0
Hungarian 215 215 0 0
Ilocano 75 75 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Italian 1,895 1,875 15 10
Japanese 990 965 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 20 0 0
Korean 875 855 0 0
Kurdish 50 40 0 5
Lao 20 15 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0
Lingala 20 15 10 0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0
Malay 205 200 0 0
Malayalam 65 60 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,985 2,745 5 10
Marathi 20 15 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 35 5 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 15 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,820 1,815 0 5
Pashto 40 40 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 610 600 5 0
Polish 345 340 0 0
Portuguese 560 550 10 0
Romanian 220 220 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 475 465 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Serbian 425 420 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 90 90 0 0
Shanghainese 80 45 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 30 5 0
Sindhi 265 260 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Slovak 50 55 0 0
Slovenian 20 25 0 0
Somali 30 30 0 0
Spanish 1,470 1,450 15 0
Swahili 85 70 10 10
Swedish 35 35 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,425 2,430 0 0
Taiwanese 525 380 0 5
Tamil 105 105 0 0
Telugu 45 40 0 5
Thai 70 70 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0
Turkish 85 75 0 0
Ukrainian 120 115 0 5
Urdu 200 200 0 0
Vietnamese 610 570 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 305 290 5 5
Multiple responses 1,085 915 55 95
English and French 130 35 15 75
English and non-official language 525 485 20 15
French and non-official language 420 405 20 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 221,460 203,800 1,815 1,570
English 203,800 203,800 0 0
French 1,815 0 1,815 0
English and French 1,570 0 0 1,575
Neither English nor French 14,275 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 2,600 0 1,815 790
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.2 0.0 100.0 50.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

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 18

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-XCB2011053.

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