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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 Burnaby, CY
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 221,455 194,965 135 11,870 14,485
Single responses 214,540 188,890 115 11,105 14,430
English 93,425 87,275 5 5,995 155
French 1,680 160 40 1,475 0
Non-official languages 119,435 101,460 70 3,635 14,270
Aboriginal languages 60 55 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 10 0 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 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 5
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) 5 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 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 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 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 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. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 10,705 9,370 20 870 445
Italian 4,390 3,980 10 265 135
Portuguese 1,420 1,275 0 95 45
Romanian 945 680 5 215 45
Spanish 3,940 3,430 5 285 225
Catalan 10 5 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,645 2,450 0 190 10
Dutch 425 385 0 40 5
Flemish 10 0 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,820 1,690 0 130 5
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 345 325 0 15 0
Danish 165 160 0 10 0
Icelandic 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 60 0 5 0
Swedish 100 90 0 5 0
Afrikaans 45 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 9,085 8,110 10 540 425
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 345 320 0 5 20
Bulgarian 245 190 0 40 10
Croatian 1,685 1,565 0 65 50
Czech 300 280 0 20 5
Macedonian 35 30 0 0 0
Polish 1,185 1,075 5 65 40
Russian 2,495 2,135 5 155 200
Serbian 1,730 1,515 0 135 80
Serbo-Croatian 300 270 0 20 10
Slovak 155 150 0 5 5
Slovenian 75 75 0 0 0
Ukrainian 480 440 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Baltic languages 35 35 0 0 5
Latvian 20 15 0 0 5
Lithuanian 25 20 0 0 0
Greek 525 475 0 25 25
Armenian 100 75 0 25 5
Albanian 290 260 0 15 10
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 965 885 0 40 40
Estonian 60 55 0 5 0
Finnish 250 235 0 5 5
Hungarian 655 585 0 30 35
Turkic languages 480 425 5 15 45
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 0
Turkish 305 270 0 10 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 0 15
Mongolian 25 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,070 1,715 5 175 175
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 150 135 0 0 10
Oromo 45 45 0 0 5
Somali 95 90 0 0 5
Semitic languages 1,910 1,575 5 165 165
Amharic 255 240 0 10 5
Arabic 1,430 1,135 5 145 145
Hebrew 60 55 0 10 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 125 115 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 14,675 13,065 0 410 1,195
Indo-Aryan languages 10,435 9,400 0 260 770
Bengali 300 285 0 10 10
Gujarati 1,590 1,460 0 55 75
Hindi 1,970 1,840 0 50 70
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0
Marathi 130 120 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,340 4,650 0 100 590
Sindhi 475 445 0 15 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 5 0
Urdu 480 450 0 20 10
Nepali 35 30 0 5 0
Iranian languages 4,180 3,610 0 150 425
Kurdish 365 305 0 5 60
Pashto 135 115 0 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 3,680 3,185 0 145 355
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 630 565 0 25 40
Kannada 30 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 110 100 0 5 0
Tamil 360 320 0 10 30
Telugu 125 110 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 2,210 1,995 5 50 170
Korean 7,150 6,075 0 110 965
Sino-Tibetan languages 56,730 45,545 10 900 10,265
Chinese languages 56,600 45,425 10 895 10,260
Cantonese 17,685 14,255 0 305 3,125
Chaochow (Teochow) 65 50 0 0 15
Fukien 250 215 0 5 35
Hakka 190 150 0 5 30
Mandarin 18,985 15,195 5 320 3,460
Shanghainese 225 140 0 0 85
Taiwanese 1,165 850 0 20 295
Chinese, n.o.s. 18,030 14,575 5 235 3,215
Tibetan languages 35 30 0 5 5
Burmese 80 75 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Tai languages 250 230 0 5 10
Lao 35 25 0 0 5
Thai 210 200 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,110 1,725 0 70 310
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 50 0 5 5
Vietnamese 2,055 1,680 0 70 305
Malayo-Polynesian languages 8,100 7,940 5 75 80
Bisayan languages 355 345 0 0 5
Ilocano 290 280 0 5 5
Malay 645 615 0 15 20
Pampango 55 55 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,595 6,485 0 55 55
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 45 45 0 0 0
Pangasinan 45 40 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 355 270 5 60 20
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0 0
Bantu languages 225 160 5 45 15
Lingala 10 0 5 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 30 35 0 0 0
Swahili 115 75 0 20 20
Ganda 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 15 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 10
Creoles 45 25 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 20
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 15
Other languages 15 15 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,915 6,075 20 765 55
English and French 360 60 5 295 0
English and non-official language 6,140 5,825 5 260 45
French and non-official language 305 170 10 120 10
English, French and non-official language 115 20 0 85 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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