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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 (2013 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 Burnaby South / Burnaby-Sud
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 104,350 90,985 70 5,525 7,765
Single responses 100,825 87,890 60 5,135 7,730
English 40,410 37,715 5 2,630 65
French 795 75 20 705 0
Non-official languages 59,610 50,105 35 1,800 7,670
Aboriginal languages 15 15 0 0 5
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 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 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 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 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 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 5 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 5 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 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 4,000 3,385 10 425 175
Italian 920 810 5 85 20
Portuguese 710 630 0 55 20
Romanian 535 355 0 150 25
Spanish 1,825 1,585 5 125 110
Catalan 10 0 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,315 1,225 0 90 5
Dutch 170 160 0 15 0
Flemish 5 0 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 970 905 5 65 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 145 140 0 5 0
Danish 85 85 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 30 0 0 0
Swedish 25 25 0 5 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 5 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 4,455 3,930 5 280 240
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 145 135 0 5 5
Bulgarian 130 100 0 20 5
Croatian 540 495 5 20 20
Czech 145 135 0 10 0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 0
Polish 530 480 0 25 20
Russian 1,495 1,270 0 100 130
Serbian 900 785 5 75 45
Serbo-Croatian 160 145 0 10 0
Slovak 75 70 0 0 0
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 245 220 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 15 0 0 0
Greek 235 220 0 15 5
Armenian 40 35 0 5 0
Albanian 160 140 0 15 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 505 445 0 25 35
Estonian 35 30 0 5 0
Finnish 155 140 0 10 10
Hungarian 315 275 0 15 25
Turkic languages 295 255 0 10 35
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 5
Turkish 185 160 0 5 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 95 75 0 0 15
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 915 770 5 80 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 60 60 0 0 5
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 45 45 0 0 0
Semitic languages 855 710 5 75 65
Amharic 115 105 0 5 0
Arabic 685 550 5 70 60
Hebrew 25 20 0 0 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,915 6,175 0 215 525
Indo-Aryan languages 5,125 4,630 0 140 350
Bengali 140 125 0 5 5
Gujarati 895 830 0 30 35
Hindi 995 930 0 25 40
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 75 70 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,450 2,135 0 50 265
Sindhi 290 280 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 50 0 5 0
Urdu 205 195 0 5 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,770 1,520 0 80 175
Kurdish 210 170 0 0 40
Pashto 55 45 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,500 1,300 0 70 130
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 365 330 0 15 20
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 85 75 0 10 5
Tamil 170 160 0 5 10
Telugu 90 80 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 1,225 1,090 5 25 105
Korean 3,335 2,830 0 50 450
Sino-Tibetan languages 30,200 23,970 5 440 5,780
Chinese languages 30,150 23,925 10 440 5,780
Cantonese 7,880 6,330 0 145 1,400
Chaochow (Teochow) 30 20 0 0 15
Fukien 125 105 0 5 15
Hakka 105 85 0 0 20
Mandarin 11,390 8,970 5 165 2,255
Shanghainese 150 95 0 0 60
Taiwanese 710 505 5 20 185
Chinese, n.o.s. 9,760 7,820 5 105 1,835
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 35 35 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5
Tai languages 105 100 0 5 5
Lao 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 95 90 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,040 845 5 35 165
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 25 0 0 5
Vietnamese 1,015 820 0 35 160
Malayo-Polynesian languages 4,250 4,160 0 45 45
Bisayan languages 215 215 0 0 0
Ilocano 135 135 0 0 0
Malay 350 340 0 5 5
Pampango 20 20 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,460 3,395 0 30 30
Bikol 15 15 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 20 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 115 90 0 20 5
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 60 0 15 5
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 45 30 0 10 5
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Creoles 20 10 0 15 0
Non-verbal languages 15 10 0 0 5
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,530 3,090 15 390 30
English and French 170 25 0 145 0
English and non-official language 3,135 2,960 5 135 25
French and non-official language 165 85 0 70 0
English, French and non-official language 60 20 0 40 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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