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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 - New Westminster
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 130,775 120,005 1,205 1,050 8,515 1,730 1.3
Single responses 120,265 109,745 1,065 935 8,515 1,535 1.3
English 74,295 73,670 625 0 0 625 0.8
French 395 35 365 0 0 365 92.4
Non-official languages 45,575 36,045 75 935 8,520 545 1.2
Aboriginal languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 2,465 1,930 20 265 255 150 6.1
Italian 255 220 5 20 15 15 5.9
Portuguese 275 235 0 15 25 10 3.6
Romanian 515 330 0 140 50 70 13.6
Spanish 1,420 1,150 10 95 165 60 4.2
Catalan 0 0 0 5 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 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 175 165 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dutch 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 140 130 0 5 0 5 3.6
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 5 0 5 100.0
Icelandic 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
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 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
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 5 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 3,630 3,105 5 205 310 110 3.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 215 190 0 5 20 0 0.0
Bulgarian 130 105 0 25 5 10 7.7
Croatian 300 270 5 5 25 5 1.7
Czech 85 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Polish 365 320 0 15 30 10 2.7
Russian 1,305 1,090 5 70 145 40 3.1
Serbian 910 785 5 65 65 30 3.3
Serbo-Croatian 145 125 0 10 10 5 3.4
Slovak 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 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
Ukrainian 90 70 0 5 10 5 5.6
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 85 70 0 0 10 5 5.9
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 115 105 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 245 195 0 10 30 10 4.1
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 215 170 0 10 30 5 2.3
Turkic languages 280 240 0 5 35 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 185 160 0 0 20 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 80 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,075 815 15 70 180 45 4.2
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,005 750 10 65 180 45 4.5
Amharic 145 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Arabic 750 515 10 65 155 45 6.0
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 95 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Indo-Iranian languages 7,095 5,765 0 95 1,235 50 0.7
Indo-Aryan languages 5,240 4,260 5 55 920 30 0.6
Bengali 195 185 0 5 10 5 2.6
Gujarati 225 195 0 0 30 5 2.2
Hindi 670 605 0 5 60 5 0.7
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,850 3,010 0 30 815 15 0.4
Sindhi 55 50 0 0 5 5 9.1
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0 0 5 14.3
Urdu 140 125 0 5 5 0 0.0
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,840 1,490 0 40 310 20 1.1
Kurdish 220 170 0 5 45 0 0.0
Pashto 80 70 0 5 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,535 1,245 0 35 255 15 1.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 245 205 0 10 30 0 0.0
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 180 155 0 5 25 0 0.0
Telugu 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 600 495 5 5 100 5 0.8
Korean 2,845 2,300 0 30 515 20 0.7
Sino-Tibetan languages 22,690 16,940 10 185 5,550 105 0.5
Chinese languages 22,675 16,920 15 185 5,550 105 0.5
Cantonese 5,480 3,920 5 30 1,525 15 0.3
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fukien 50 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Hakka 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mandarin 10,035 7,655 5 105 2,265 60 0.6
Shanghainese 60 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Taiwanese 375 240 0 5 120 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,640 4,995 5 45 1,595 30 0.5
Tibetan languages 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
Burmese 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Thai 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 540 385 0 10 140 10 1.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 530 375 0 15 140 10 1.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,165 3,095 0 5 60 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 115 110 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ilocano 55 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 155 150 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 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
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,800 2,745 0 10 50 5 0.2
Bikol 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 120 75 5 20 20 15 12.5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 75 40 5 15 15 10 13.3
Lingala 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 10 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 0 0 5 100.0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 45 20 0 5 15 5 11.1
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 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
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 20 10 0 15 0 10 50.0
Non-verbal languages 50 30 0 5 20 0 0.0
American Sign Language 25 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 10 0 0.0
Other 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
Multiple responses 10,515 10,265 140 115 0 195 1.9
English and French 160 35 70 50 0 95 59.4
English and non-official language 10,170 10,155 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 55 25 30 0 0 30 54.5
English, French and non-official language 130 45 25 65 0 60 46.2

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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-XCB2011040.

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