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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), 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 first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Burnaby, CY
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 221,455 203,795 1,815 1,570 14,275 2,600 1.2
Single responses 205,265 188,000 1,605 1,390 14,275 2,300 1.1
English 128,910 127,970 940 0 0 935 0.7
French 615 50 560 0 0 560 91.1
Non-official languages 75,750 59,975 110 1,390 14,275 805 1.1
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 4,545 3,755 30 320 445 190 4.2
Italian 1,295 1,115 5 45 125 30 2.3
Portuguese 530 455 0 30 45 15 2.8
Romanian 515 360 10 105 45 60 11.7
Spanish 2,200 1,820 10 140 225 80 3.6
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages 320 300 0 15 10 10 3.1
Dutch 40 35 0 5 5 5 12.5
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 235 215 0 10 5 5 2.1
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 5,135 4,400 10 290 435 150 2.9
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 235 210 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bulgarian 155 120 0 25 10 15 9.7
Croatian 740 670 0 20 50 10 1.4
Czech 100 95 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Polish 530 465 0 20 40 10 1.9
Russian 1,855 1,535 5 110 200 60 3.2
Serbian 1,160 990 0 85 80 40 3.4
Serbo-Croatian 170 150 0 10 10 5 2.9
Slovak 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 115 95 0 10 10 5 4.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Latvian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 165 140 0 0 25 0 0.0
Armenian 55 45 0 5 10 5 9.1
Albanian 140 125 0 0 15 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 350 295 0 10 40 5 1.4
Estonian 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 85 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 245 200 0 10 35 5 2.0
Turkic languages 295 255 0 5 40 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 190 160 0 5 20 5 2.6
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 85 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,285 1,010 30 75 180 60 4.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 95 85 0 0 10 0 0.0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,185 920 25 65 170 60 5.1
Amharic 150 145 0 0 5 0 0.0
Arabic 890 650 25 65 150 55 6.2
Hebrew 40 30 5 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tigrigna 80 70 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 8,615 7,255 0 150 1,205 75 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 5,585 4,735 0 70 775 35 0.6
Bengali 170 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 795 715 0 5 80 5 0.6
Hindi 855 765 0 15 70 5 0.6
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Marathi 90 85 0 5 5 5 5.6
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,125 2,505 0 35 590 20 0.6
Sindhi 225 215 0 0 15 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 255 240 0 10 10 5 2.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 3,015 2,505 0 80 430 45 1.5
Kurdish 285 230 0 5 55 0 0.0
Pashto 85 70 0 5 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 2,645 2,210 0 80 365 40 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 345 295 0 15 40 10 2.9
Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 245 205 0 5 30 5 2.0
Telugu 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 1,115 935 5 10 170 10 0.9
Korean 5,770 4,745 5 60 955 35 0.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 42,410 31,750 20 360 10,280 200 0.5
Chinese languages 42,370 31,710 25 355 10,280 200 0.5
Cantonese 12,935 9,420 10 85 3,425 50 0.4
Chaochow (Teochow) 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 90 75 0 0 15 0 0.0
Hakka 55 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 16,265 12,490 5 165 3,610 90 0.6
Shanghainese 120 75 0 0 40 0 0.0
Taiwanese 600 400 0 10 195 5 0.8
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,290 9,200 10 100 2,985 60 0.5
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 120 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 110 100 0 5 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,235 895 10 25 305 20 1.6
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,205 880 10 30 300 20 1.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,555 3,470 5 5 75 5 0.1
Bisayan languages 130 130 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 80 75 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 290 270 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 3,015 2,950 5 5 60 5 0.2
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 130 85 5 25 15 15 11.5
Akan (Twi) 15 10 5 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 75 45 5 15 10 10 13.3
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 5 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 35 15 0 10 10 0 0.0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 5 5 5 14.3
African languages, n.i.e. 30 25 5 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 30 10 0 15 0 10 33.3
Non-verbal languages 75 55 0 5 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 35 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 25 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Multiple responses 16,190 15,800 210 185 0 300 1.9
English and French 260 70 105 90 0 150 57.7
English and non-official language 15,640 15,620 20 0 0 20 0.1
French and non-official language 90 50 40 0 0 45 50.0
English, French and non-official language 200 60 45 95 0 95 47.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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 2

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-XCB2011039.

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