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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 North Vancouver
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 126,230 111,275 80 13,215 1,665
Single responses 123,850 109,515 80 12,600 1,655
English 91,340 82,465 0 8,840 35
French 1,705 125 45 1,530 0
Non-official languages 30,810 26,925 30 2,230 1,620
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 10 0 0 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. 15 15 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 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 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 15 20 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 5 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 5 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 15 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 5 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,335 2,775 0 495 65
Italian 875 740 0 125 15
Portuguese 330 285 0 40 5
Romanian 315 200 0 105 10
Spanish 1,810 1,550 0 225 40
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 3,480 3,050 5 425 5
Dutch 500 415 0 85 0
Flemish 20 10 0 10 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 2,275 1,985 5 285 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 465 435 0 30 0
Danish 200 185 0 15 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 100 95 0 5 0
Swedish 155 145 0 5 0
Afrikaans 210 195 0 15 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,360 2,950 0 320 85
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 50 0 5 5
Bulgarian 170 135 0 25 5
Croatian 230 205 0 20 5
Czech 430 390 0 35 5
Macedonian 10 10 0 5 5
Polish 875 755 0 105 25
Russian 730 635 0 65 30
Serbian 165 145 0 10 5
Serbo-Croatian 70 55 0 10 5
Slovak 395 365 0 25 5
Slovenian 40 30 0 10 0
Ukrainian 185 170 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 5
Baltic languages 55 45 0 10 0
Latvian 35 35 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 5 5
Greek 250 215 0 30 5
Armenian 170 135 0 30 15
Albanian 25 20 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 570 495 0 60 10
Estonian 75 65 0 10 0
Finnish 120 115 0 5 0
Hungarian 375 320 0 45 5
Turkic languages 275 235 0 15 30
Azerbaijani 50 40 0 0 5
Turkish 225 190 0 15 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 425 335 0 80 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 420 330 0 85 5
Amharic 10 5 0 0 0
Arabic 295 220 0 70 5
Hebrew 80 70 0 10 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 20 20 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 7,860 6,855 15 485 515
Indo-Aryan languages 1,555 1,400 0 70 85
Bengali 25 25 0 0 0
Gujarati 465 420 0 30 10
Hindi 180 175 0 5 5
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0
Marathi 5 5 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 610 525 0 15 65
Sindhi 145 135 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 15 0 0 0
Urdu 90 85 0 10 0
Nepali 15 10 0 0 5
Iranian languages 6,300 5,445 10 415 425
Kurdish 110 95 0 0 15
Pashto 15 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 6,175 5,335 10 415 415
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 85 85 0 0 5
Kannada 5 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0
Tamil 50 45 0 0 5
Telugu 5 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,050 960 0 25 60
Korean 2,675 2,300 0 75 305
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,160 3,540 5 125 490
Chinese languages 4,145 3,530 0 125 490
Cantonese 1,475 1,280 0 45 150
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5
Fukien 45 40 0 0 5
Hakka 15 15 0 5 0
Mandarin 1,095 925 0 45 120
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 10
Taiwanese 100 85 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,390 1,175 5 30 190
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 5 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 75 70 0 0 0
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 60 60 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 75 65 0 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 65 55 0 5 5
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,695 2,665 0 15 20
Bisayan languages 120 115 0 0 0
Ilocano 205 205 0 0 0
Malay 85 80 0 0 0
Pampango 25 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,240 2,215 0 15 15
Bikol 10 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 55 45 0 5 0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 45 35 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 5 0 0 0
Swahili 25 25 0 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Creoles 15 5 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 10 10 0 5 0
Multiple responses 2,380 1,765 5 610 5
English and French 355 50 0 310 0
English and non-official language 1,790 1,645 0 140 5
French and non-official language 155 60 5 100 0
English, French and non-official language 75 15 0 65 0

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

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