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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 Fraser Valley
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 273,480 252,240 75 12,550 8,615
Single responses 269,690 249,040 70 12,010 8,565
English 209,125 200,950 5 8,095 80
French 2,915 440 40 2,425 0
Non-official languages 57,650 47,645 20 1,490 8,490
Aboriginal languages 210 200 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 45 50 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 40 35 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 40 0 5 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 10 10 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 15 15 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 5 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 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 5 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 110 105 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 10 5 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 10 10 0 0 0
Halkomelem 25 25 0 5 0
Lillooet 50 50 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 5 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gitksan 10 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 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) 5 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. 15 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,140 2,720 0 285 135
Italian 450 380 0 65 5
Portuguese 325 275 0 40 10
Romanian 560 465 0 65 25
Spanish 1,810 1,600 5 120 90
Catalan 5 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 14,325 13,790 0 420 105
Dutch 3,790 3,645 0 130 15
Flemish 25 15 0 10 0
Frisian 80 80 0 0 0
German 9,540 9,215 5 235 90
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 615 590 0 20 0
Danish 355 345 0 10 0
Icelandic 20 20 0 0 0
Norwegian 120 115 0 10 0
Swedish 115 115 0 5 0
Afrikaans 265 240 0 20 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,580 2,400 5 120 55
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 55 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 35 0 0 0
Croatian 115 110 0 5 5
Czech 215 210 0 5 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 0 0
Polish 700 645 0 45 10
Russian 585 535 0 30 20
Serbian 85 80 0 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 5 0
Slovak 110 100 0 10 0
Slovenian 40 40 0 0 0
Ukrainian 575 545 0 15 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0
Baltic languages 50 45 0 5 5
Latvian 35 30 0 5 0
Lithuanian 20 15 0 0 5
Greek 150 135 0 15 0
Armenian 30 25 0 0 0
Albanian 125 105 0 5 10
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 880 845 0 25 10
Estonian 25 30 0 0 0
Finnish 275 255 0 10 5
Hungarian 580 560 0 15 5
Turkic languages 45 40 0 5 5
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 45 35 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 465 415 0 35 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 10 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 455 400 0 40 15
Amharic 30 30 0 0 0
Arabic 375 325 0 35 15
Hebrew 20 20 0 5 0
Maltese 20 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 28,705 20,910 10 400 7,390
Indo-Aryan languages 28,350 20,600 10 380 7,360
Bengali 20 20 0 0 0
Gujarati 50 50 0 0 5
Hindi 600 560 0 20 20
Konkani 0 0 0 0 5
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 27,385 19,705 5 345 7,330
Sindhi 20 15 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 40 0 5 0
Urdu 215 205 0 5 10
Nepali 10 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 345 305 0 20 25
Kurdish 10 10 0 0 0
Pashto 15 15 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 315 280 0 20 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 110 110 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 0
Tamil 25 25 0 0 0
Telugu 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 340 310 0 10 20
Korean 1,885 1,605 0 35 245
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,950 1,605 0 45 295
Chinese languages 1,935 1,590 5 45 295
Cantonese 405 320 0 15 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 0 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 600 510 0 10 80
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 890 730 0 20 140
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 325 295 0 10 20
Lao 250 220 0 5 20
Thai 75 70 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 845 695 0 15 130
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 20 0 5 5
Vietnamese 820 675 0 20 130
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,195 1,170 0 20 15
Bisayan languages 75 75 0 0 5
Ilocano 50 50 0 0 0
Malay 45 45 0 0 0
Pampango 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 950 925 0 15 5
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 40 40 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 125 100 0 15 10
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 70 5 10 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 35 30 0 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 5 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Creoles 50 25 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 55 30 0 5 20
American Sign Language 15 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 20 0 5 20
Other languages 15 15 0 0 0
Multiple responses 3,790 3,205 5 535 50
English and French 465 135 5 330 0
English and non-official language 3,125 2,950 0 135 40
French and non-official language 135 100 0 35 5
English, French and non-official language 65 20 0 35 0

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

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