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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages 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 221,460 194,965 130 11,870 14,485
Single responses 214,545 188,895 110 11,110 14,430
English 93,430 87,270 5 5,995 155
French 1,680 155 40 1,480 0
Non-official languages 119,440 101,460 70 3,635 14,270
Aboriginal languages 60 55 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 15 15 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 5
Carrier 10 5 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 5 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 10 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 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 5 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 5 0
Romance languages 10,705 9,365 25 870 450
Italian 4,390 3,980 10 265 130
Portuguese 1,420 1,280 0 95 45
Romanian 945 675 5 215 50
Spanish 3,945 3,430 5 285 225
Catalan 10 0 0 10 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,650 2,445 5 190 10
Dutch 425 385 0 40 0
Flemish 10 5 0 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 1,820 1,690 5 125 5
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 340 325 5 15 0
Danish 165 155 5 10 0
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 65 0 0 0
Swedish 95 95 0 5 0
Afrikaans 45 45 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 25 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 15 0 0 5
Welsh 10 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 9,090 8,115 10 540 425
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 345 320 0 5 20
Bulgarian 245 190 5 40 10
Croatian 1,680 1,565 0 65 50
Czech 300 275 0 20 5
Macedonian 35 30 0 5 0
Polish 1,185 1,075 5 65 40
Russian 2,495 2,135 5 155 200
Serbian 1,730 1,515 0 130 80
Serbo-Croatian 300 270 0 20 10
Slovak 160 150 0 5 0
Slovenian 75 75 0 0 0
Ukrainian 480 440 0 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 0
Baltic languages 40 35 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 5
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0
Greek 525 475 0 25 20
Armenian 100 75 0 20 10
Albanian 290 265 0 15 10
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 965 885 0 40 45
Estonian 60 55 0 0 0
Finnish 255 235 0 5 5
Hungarian 655 590 0 30 35
Turkic languages 475 425 5 10 40
Azerbaijani 35 35 0 0 5
Turkish 305 275 0 5 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 0 20
Mongolian 30 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,065 1,710 5 175 180
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 150 135 0 5 10
Oromo 50 40 0 5 5
Somali 100 90 0 0 5
Semitic languages 1,910 1,575 5 165 170
Amharic 255 245 0 5 5
Arabic 1,430 1,135 0 145 145
Hebrew 60 55 0 5 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 130 115 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 14,675 13,065 0 410 1,195
Indo-Aryan languages 10,435 9,400 0 265 765
Bengali 305 290 0 10 10
Gujarati 1,590 1,460 0 50 80
Hindi 1,970 1,845 0 50 70
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 130 120 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,340 4,650 0 95 585
Sindhi 475 450 0 15 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 5 0
Urdu 480 450 0 15 10
Nepali 30 25 0 0 5
Iranian languages 4,185 3,605 0 145 425
Kurdish 365 305 0 5 55
Pashto 130 120 0 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 3,685 3,185 0 145 355
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 630 565 0 25 40
Kannada 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 105 0 10 0
Tamil 360 325 0 10 30
Telugu 125 115 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 2,210 1,990 5 45 170
Korean 7,145 6,075 0 110 965
Sino-Tibetan languages 56,725 45,545 15 905 10,265
Chinese languages 56,600 45,430 10 900 10,260
Cantonese 17,685 14,250 0 305 3,125
Chaochow (Teochow) 65 45 0 0 20
Fukien 255 215 0 5 30
Hakka 190 155 5 10 35
Mandarin 18,985 15,195 5 320 3,460
Shanghainese 225 140 0 0 80
Taiwanese 1,165 850 0 20 295
Chinese, n.o.s. 18,035 14,575 5 230 3,220
Tibetan languages 35 25 0 5 5
Burmese 80 75 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Tai languages 245 230 0 5 10
Lao 35 30 0 0 5
Thai 210 205 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,110 1,730 0 70 310
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 50 0 0 10
Vietnamese 2,050 1,675 0 70 305
Malayo-Polynesian languages 8,100 7,935 0 80 80
Bisayan languages 355 350 0 5 0
Ilocano 290 285 0 0 5
Malay 645 615 0 15 15
Pampango 55 55 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,595 6,490 0 55 50
Bikol 25 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 50 45 0 0 0
Pangasinan 40 40 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 355 265 5 60 20
Akan (Twi) 40 35 0 5 0
Bantu languages 225 165 0 45 15
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 35 30 0 0 0
Swahili 115 75 0 20 15
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 10 0 0 0
Wolof 5 5 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 60 40 5 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 0 5 5
Creoles 45 20 0 20 0
Non-verbal languages 50 30 0 0 20
American Sign Language 20 15 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10
Other languages 15 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 6,915 6,075 20 760 55
English and French 355 60 0 295 0
English and non-official language 6,140 5,825 10 265 45
French and non-official language 305 165 10 120 10
English, French and non-official language 115 25 0 85 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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