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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 Burlington
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 118,440 107,400 80 10,290 670
Single responses 116,955 106,305 75 9,910 665
English 98,280 91,460 0 6,810 10
French 2,135 170 55 1,910 0
Non-official languages 16,535 14,675 15 1,190 660
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 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 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 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 0 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 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 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 0 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 3,525 2,965 10 390 160
Italian 1,120 965 5 135 10
Portuguese 745 655 0 50 35
Romanian 335 240 0 85 15
Spanish 1,320 1,110 0 110 100
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,770 2,545 0 215 10
Dutch 1,040 965 0 75 0
Flemish 35 25 0 5 0
Frisian 10 10 0 5 0
German 1,450 1,330 0 115 5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 170 160 0 10 0
Danish 110 110 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 15 0 0 0
Swedish 40 35 0 5 0
Afrikaans 50 50 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,955 3,610 0 225 120
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 60 50 0 5 5
Bulgarian 80 65 0 10 5
Croatian 450 420 0 20 10
Czech 180 170 0 10 0
Macedonian 70 65 0 5 0
Polish 1,445 1,340 0 75 30
Russian 385 330 0 30 25
Serbian 405 360 0 25 25
Serbo-Croatian 65 50 0 10 5
Slovak 210 190 0 10 5
Slovenian 105 95 0 15 0
Ukrainian 485 460 0 25 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Baltic languages 170 165 0 10 5
Latvian 75 65 0 5 0
Lithuanian 95 95 0 5 0
Greek 230 200 0 30 5
Armenian 50 40 0 10 0
Albanian 40 40 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 635 595 0 35 5
Estonian 70 65 0 5 0
Finnish 60 55 0 5 0
Hungarian 505 475 0 25 5
Turkic languages 150 135 5 5 15
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 140 125 0 5 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 825 665 5 120 35
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 35 30 0 0 0
Oromo 5 10 0 0 0
Somali 25 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages 790 635 0 115 35
Amharic 10 10 0 5 0
Arabic 695 545 5 110 35
Hebrew 15 10 0 0 0
Maltese 35 35 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,695 1,505 5 60 135
Indo-Aryan languages 1,270 1,110 0 50 110
Bengali 45 40 0 5 5
Gujarati 165 140 0 10 20
Hindi 190 175 0 10 5
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 525 435 0 15 70
Sindhi 20 15 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 50 50 0 0 0
Urdu 240 220 0 5 10
Nepali 10 15 0 0 5
Iranian languages 410 375 0 10 30
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0
Pashto 60 55 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 335 300 5 5 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 140 130 0 10 0
Kannada 10 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 45 40 0 5 0
Tamil 65 55 0 5 5
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 85 75 0 0 5
Korean 285 250 0 10 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 980 815 0 50 115
Chinese languages 970 810 0 45 110
Cantonese 185 150 0 10 30
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 285 250 0 10 20
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 480 395 0 25 60
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 10 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 55 50 0 0 0
Lao 15 15 0 0 0
Thai 35 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 165 150 0 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 150 140 0 5 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 610 595 0 10 5
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0 0
Ilocano 35 35 0 0 0
Malay 25 25 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 495 485 0 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 90 80 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 70 60 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0
Swahili 10 15 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 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. 10 5 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Creoles 15 10 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 30 10 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 0 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 10
Other languages 5 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,485 1,095 5 385 5
English and French 305 60 0 240 0
English and non-official language 1,085 1,005 0 80 0
French and non-official language 65 25 5 35 0
English, French and non-official language 30 5 0 25 0

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

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