Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Burnaby, CY
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 230,930 202,690 110 12,150 15,985
Single responses 222,235 194,940 105 11,270 15,925
Official languages 93,495 85,810 45 7,500 140
English 91,855 85,675 5 6,040 135
French 1,640 135 45 1,460 0
Non-official languages 128,740 109,130 55 3,770 15,785
Aboriginal languages 65 65 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 30 25 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 20 20 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 15 20 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 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
Tahltan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 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
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 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
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 128,670 109,065 60 3,765 15,780
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,575 1,960 10 215 385
Berber languages 25 5 0 15 0
Kabyle 15 0 0 10 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 10 0
Cushitic languages 175 145 5 5 20
Bilen 5 0 0 0 5
Oromo 25 20 0 0 5
Somali 135 120 5 5 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,370 1,805 10 195 365
Amharic 265 235 5 10 15
Arabic 1,770 1,295 5 175 300
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 30 20 0 5 15
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 90 80 0 0 0
Maltese 0 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 195 155 0 0 35
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,440 2,040 5 75 325
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 60 0 5 5
Vietnamese 2,375 1,985 0 70 320
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,330 9,145 0 105 80
Bikol 35 30 0 5 5
Cebuano 355 345 0 0 5
Fijian 35 35 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 170 165 0 0 0
Ilocano 420 415 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 660 625 0 15 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 80 80 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,435 7,305 5 75 55
Waray-Waray 40 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 85 85 0 0 0
Creole languages 55 25 0 25 0
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 10 0 25 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 845 775 0 25 40
Kannada 60 55 0 5 5
Malayalam 165 150 0 5 5
Tamil 430 390 0 10 30
Telugu 190 180 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 0 0 5
Indo-European languages 37,805 33,705 25 2,070 2,005
Albanian 230 200 0 15 20
Armenian 145 115 0 10 15
Balto-Slavic languages 8,895 7,975 5 515 405
Baltic languages 25 30 0 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages 8,865 7,945 0 515 405
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 330 310 0 5 15
Bulgarian 195 160 0 30 10
Croatian 1,535 1,455 0 45 35
Czech 275 255 0 20 5
Macedonian 45 45 0 0 0
Polish 1,010 945 0 35 30
Russian 2,655 2,250 5 210 190
Serbian 1,855 1,640 0 120 90
Serbo-Croatian 235 210 0 15 5
Slovak 195 190 0 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 60 60 0 5 0
Ukrainian 440 400 0 25 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,160 1,965 0 185 5
Afrikaans 55 55 0 0 0
Danish 120 120 0 5 0
Dutch 330 300 0 30 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 1,510 1,370 0 135 10
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 50 45 0 0 0
Swedish 75 70 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 5 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 480 430 0 35 15
Indo-Iranian languages 15,070 13,590 5 370 1,110
Indo-Aryan languages 10,405 9,515 0 195 695
Bengali 480 445 0 15 20
Gujarati 1,515 1,415 0 40 60
Hindi 2,040 1,940 0 35 65
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 130 130 0 5 0
Nepali 75 70 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 25 20 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,995 4,415 0 70 515
Sindhi 440 415 0 15 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 125 120 0 0 5
Urdu 550 515 0 20 10
Iranian languages 4,640 4,050 5 170 415
Kurdish 420 360 0 10 50
Pashto 145 120 0 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 4,080 3,570 0 160 340
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10,810 9,405 15 945 445
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0
Italian 3,975 3,585 0 260 130
Portuguese 1,825 1,595 5 130 95
Romanian 830 575 0 220 35
Spanish 4,160 3,645 10 330 185
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Japanese 2,280 2,050 0 55 175
Kartvelian languages 10 10 0 0 0
Georgian 15 10 0 0 0
Korean 7,005 5,915 0 100 990
Mongolic languages 60 35 0 0 20
Mongolian 55 35 0 5 20
Niger-Congo languages 370 270 0 85 5
Akan (Twi) 40 30 0 10 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 20 20 0 0 0
Lingala 15 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 5 0 10 0
Shona 30 25 0 5 0
Swahili 95 80 5 15 0
Wolof 5 5 0 5 0
Yoruba 25 25 0 5 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 65 0 25 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 60 0 0 0
Dinka 35 40 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 75 30 0 0 40
American Sign Language 35 15 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 40 20 0 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 64,120 51,535 10 945 11,635
Chinese languages 63,975 51,405 5 950 11,615
Cantonese 27,375 21,915 5 365 5,100
Hakka 375 310 0 10 60
Mandarin 32,295 26,075 5 530 5,690
Min Dong 40 30 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,745 1,375 0 15 355
Wu (Shanghainese) 785 555 0 10 215
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,320 1,110 0 15 195
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 150 130 0 0 15
Burmese 80 75 0 5 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 50 40 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 280 265 0 10 10
Lao 45 45 0 5 0
Thai 240 225 0 10 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 460 405 5 10 40
Azerbaijani 70 55 0 5 10
Turkish 275 245 0 10 20
Uyghur 70 60 0 0 10
Uzbek 15 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Uralic languages 830 775 0 35 20
Estonian 45 45 0 0 0
Finnish 180 180 0 5 0
Hungarian 605 555 0 35 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0 10
Multiple responses 8,700 7,745 5 885 60
English and French 375 80 0 290 5
English and non-official language 8,000 7,585 0 355 60
French and non-official language 165 45 5 120 0
English, French and non-official language 160 35 0 125 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Burnaby, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.1%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016055.

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