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Census Profile

Data table

The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic	Surrey, CY British Columbia (Census subdivision)			Montréal, TÉ Quebec (Census division)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	468,251	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,886,481	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	394,976	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,854,442	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	18.6	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.7	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	163,986	...Data not available	...Data not available	907,393	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	152,847	...Data not available	...Data not available	849,443	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	1,479.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,779.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	316.41	...Data not available	...Data not available	499.19	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	468,250	231,570	236,680	1,886,480	913,165	973,320
0 to 4 years	29,160	15,115	14,050	106,425	54,285	52,140
5 to 9 years	28,800	14,820	13,980	90,425	45,770	44,655
10 to 14 years	30,785	15,955	14,830	90,785	46,370	44,415
15 to 19 years	33,130	17,230	15,905	104,540	52,555	51,990
15 years	6,800	3,535	3,265	19,650	10,000	9,655
16 years	6,695	3,535	3,160	20,000	10,125	9,875
17 years	6,655	3,450	3,210	20,070	10,245	9,820
18 years	6,630	3,440	3,190	21,555	10,785	10,770
19 years	6,355	3,270	3,085	23,275	11,400	11,875
20 to 24 years	31,085	15,750	15,335	135,015	66,045	68,965
25 to 29 years	32,275	15,835	16,435	150,550	73,865	76,685
30 to 34 years	32,150	15,405	16,745	151,015	75,100	75,915
35 to 39 years	32,900	15,650	17,250	134,420	68,030	66,390
40 to 44 years	35,030	17,090	17,940	131,675	67,400	64,270
45 to 49 years	36,530	18,250	18,285	137,565	70,230	67,330
50 to 54 years	34,340	17,055	17,285	134,990	66,760	68,225
55 to 59 years	29,825	14,770	15,050	119,095	57,320	61,780
60 to 64 years	25,670	12,570	13,100	104,685	49,495	55,195
65 to 69 years	18,530	9,095	9,435	80,125	36,425	43,700
70 to 74 years	13,585	6,560	7,025	65,715	28,600	37,120
75 to 79 years	10,180	4,750	5,425	57,875	24,135	33,745
80 to 84 years	7,400	3,235	4,165	47,365	17,735	29,635
85 years and over	6,875	2,430	4,445	44,205	13,045	31,160
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	37.5	36.8	38.2	39.2	38.1	40.4
% of the population aged 15 and over	81.0	80.2	81.9	84.8	84.0	85.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	379,510	185,685	193,825	1,598,840	766,740	832,100
Married or living with a common-law partner	231,120	115,300	115,820	778,725	391,795	386,930
Married (and not separated)	210,295	104,895	105,400	572,850	286,890	285,960
Living common law	20,825	10,405	10,425	205,875	104,905	100,970
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	148,385	70,385	78,000	820,115	374,945	445,170
Single (never legally married)	100,530	54,915	45,615	565,780	297,305	268,475
Separated	9,690	4,065	5,630	34,085	14,070	20,010
Divorced	19,430	7,770	11,665	124,365	46,295	78,070
Widowed	18,730	3,640	15,090	95,890	17,275	78,610
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	131,065	...Data not available	...Data not available	475,095	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	55,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	238,970	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	29,295	...Data not available	...Data not available	108,390	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	32,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	88,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	14,475	...Data not available	...Data not available	39,085	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	131,070	...Data not available	...Data not available	475,095	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	111,540	...Data not available	...Data not available	377,050	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	101,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	274,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	37,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	113,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	63,585	...Data not available	...Data not available	160,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	21,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	62,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	28,930	...Data not available	...Data not available	66,390	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	13,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	31,775	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	10,380	...Data not available	...Data not available	102,820	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	6,245	...Data not available	...Data not available	62,755	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	4,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	40,065	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	1,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	20,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,455	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,105	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	695	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,855	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	19,525	...Data not available	...Data not available	98,050	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	15,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	80,150	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	8,795	...Data not available	...Data not available	49,785	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	4,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	21,925	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	2,005	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	3,975	...Data not available	...Data not available	17,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	2,520	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,445	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,085	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,275	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	365	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,175	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	160,930	...Data not available	...Data not available	515,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	34,490	...Data not available	...Data not available	124,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	53,390	...Data not available	...Data not available	160,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	19,490	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	34,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	104,160	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	19,280	...Data not available	...Data not available	68,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.2	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	463,340	229,405	233,935	1,844,500	897,085	947,415
Number of persons not in census families	59,805	28,525	31,275	476,410	228,535	247,880
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	15,055	5,725	9,325	47,195	20,375	26,825
Living with non-relatives only	14,605	8,405	6,200	96,495	54,810	41,685
Living alone	30,145	14,400	15,740	332,720	153,345	179,370
Number of census family persons	403,535	200,875	202,665	1,368,085	668,550	699,535
Average number of persons per census family	3.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	53,505	25,130	28,375	264,740	111,390	153,355
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	16,255	4,695	11,555	113,380	31,495	81,885
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	5,500	1,305	4,195	12,425	2,750	9,680
Living with non-relatives only	1,070	545	525	6,230	3,015	3,220
Living alone	9,680	2,850	6,830	94,725	25,735	68,990
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	37,255	20,430	16,820	151,365	79,895	71,475
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	152,845	...Data not available	...Data not available	849,445	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	117,505	...Data not available	...Data not available	466,655	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	93,780	...Data not available	...Data not available	432,380	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	80,535	...Data not available	...Data not available	349,510	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	31,255	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	49,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	185,285	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	13,245	...Data not available	...Data not available	82,875	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	23,720	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,275	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	12,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,150	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	9,475	...Data not available	...Data not available	16,670	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	2,125	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,755	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	7,355	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	2,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,480	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	11,680	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,130	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	35,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	382,790	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	30,140	...Data not available	...Data not available	332,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	5,205	...Data not available	...Data not available	50,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	152,850	...Data not available	...Data not available	849,445	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	64,515	...Data not available	...Data not available	99,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	3,800	...Data not available	...Data not available	113,480	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	1,440	...Data not available	...Data not available	460	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	83,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	636,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	3,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	31,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	20,900	...Data not available	...Data not available	32,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	27,410	...Data not available	...Data not available	111,960	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	31,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	456,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	100	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,565	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	152,850	...Data not available	...Data not available	849,440	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	30,145	...Data not available	...Data not available	332,715	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	42,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	257,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	25,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	116,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	27,760	...Data not available	...Data not available	92,310	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	13,625	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,195	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	13,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	16,235	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	463,340	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,844,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	3.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.2	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	465,005	230,090	234,915	1,862,195	903,220	958,975
Single responses	449,780	222,615	227,160	1,785,935	865,400	920,535
English	240,485	120,785	119,705	309,885	152,655	157,230
French	3,475	1,710	1,760	874,435	419,705	454,725
Non-official languages	205,815	100,120	105,695	601,610	293,040	308,575
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	65	20	40	470	165	305
Atikamekw	0	0	0	25	5	15
Cree, n.o.s.	45	15	25	195	85	105
Dene	5	0	5	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	45	15	30
Inuktitut	0	0	0	195	55	135
Mi'kmaq	5	5	0	10	5	5
Ojibway	15	0	15	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	204,430	99,455	104,970	595,125	289,785	305,335
African languages, n.i.e.	200	90	110	565	330	240
Afrikaans	170	85	90	55	30	30
Akan (Twi)	150	70	80	980	480	505
Albanian	265	125	140	1,570	815	755
Amharic	290	130	160	540	260	280
Arabic	2,930	1,555	1,375	90,990	48,785	42,200
Armenian	85	35	45	7,255	3,460	3,790
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	115	45	70	1,005	535	470
Bengali	465	235	230	9,390	4,785	4,605
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5	5	0	4,160	2,270	1,890
Bisayan languages	750	315	440	770	245	520
Bosnian	140	75	65	250	115	130
Bulgarian	90	45	40	4,455	2,145	2,310
Burmese	250	140	110	40	20	25
Cantonese	3,890	1,835	2,050	7,115	3,385	3,725
Chinese, n.o.s.	7,760	3,630	4,135	30,285	14,300	15,985
Creoles	215	105	115	34,370	15,245	19,115
Croatian	735	385	355	1,185	590	595
Czech	495	250	250	980	460	520
Danish	450	230	220	180	85	95
Dutch	1,765	825	940	1,335	670	670
Estonian	80	40	45	145	60	90
Finnish	280	115	165	255	90	165
Flemish	35	20	15	180	55	125
Fukien	125	50	75	60	25	35
German	4,910	2,285	2,625	6,780	2,995	3,785
Greek	575	315	255	21,245	10,565	10,685
Gujarati	1,240	600	635	5,175	2,545	2,630
Hakka	70	30	45	60	25	35
Hebrew	50	30	20	3,590	1,900	1,690
Hindi	12,235	5,860	6,370	2,095	1,105	990
Hungarian	1,030	520	510	4,385	2,040	2,340
Ilocano	650	280	370	1,585	575	1,010
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	125	70	55	335	205	135
Italian	1,395	760	635	83,475	40,195	43,280
Japanese	950	360	595	1,515	480	1,035
Khmer (Cambodian)	600	290	310	5,035	2,365	2,665
Korean	7,740	3,675	4,070	3,250	1,435	1,815
Kurdish	115	70	50	505	265	235
Lao	580	285	295	1,570	790	775
Latvian	35	25	10	235	80	155
Lingala	5	0	0	1,470	690	780
Lithuanian	35	15	20	440	175	265
Macedonian	15	5	10	125	60	65
Malay	355	160	200	460	195	265
Malayalam	390	200	190	220	115	105
Maltese	15	5	5	15	10	5
Mandarin	10,050	4,855	5,195	7,845	3,615	4,235
Marathi	55	25	30	130	80	45
Nepali	300	155	145	175	85	95
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	130	70	60	3,125	1,645	1,475
Norwegian	205	90	115	170	90	85
Oromo	50	25	25	5,015	2,745	2,275
Panjabi (Punjabi)	93,785	46,785	47,000	8,585	4,650	3,930
Pashto	385	190	195	780	420	355
Persian (Farsi)	2,030	1,045	990	11,275	5,915	5,365
Polish	2,735	1,340	1,400	10,155	4,385	5,770
Portuguese	1,350	660	690	18,120	8,635	9,490
Romanian	630	320	310	17,555	8,420	9,140
Rundi (Kirundi)	45	25	20	985	475	510
Russian	1,370	635	740	17,770	7,950	9,815
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	20	10	10	1,020	450	565
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	455	230	225	90	40	45
Serbian	460	250	205	1,390	685	705
Serbo-Croatian	85	45	40	515	250	265
Shanghainese	45	25	20	55	25	35
Sign languages, n.i.e.	90	45	45	145	80	60
Sindhi	210	100	115	255	125	135
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	535	260	270	440	235	205
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	305	160	145	50	30	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	35	20	20	195	100	90
Slovak	290	130	165	745	305	440
Slovenian	105	50	50	460	200	265
Somali	535	260	275	600	310	295
Spanish	5,865	2,835	3,030	78,100	38,310	39,790
Swahili	160	90	75	785	390	395
Swedish	145	65	85	340	160	180
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	13,740	5,955	7,790	11,775	4,075	7,700
Taiwanese	745	360	390	270	125	145
Tamil	525	270	250	11,265	5,650	5,615
Telugu	100	55	45	300	170	135
Thai	200	65	135	390	115	270
Tibetan languages	45	20	20	40	25	15
Tigrigna	90	55	35	245	115	130
Turkish	190	100	90	5,095	2,625	2,470
Ukrainian	910	390	520	3,610	1,545	2,065
Urdu	4,495	2,280	2,220	7,510	3,935	3,575
Vietnamese	6,035	2,850	3,185	19,100	9,095	10,005
Yiddish	15	10	10	6,935	3,435	3,500
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,325	645	680	6,020	3,085	2,930
Multiple responses	15,235	7,475	7,755	76,265	37,825	38,440
English and French	635	295	340	21,720	10,840	10,875
English and non-official language	14,055	6,915	7,140	16,080	7,765	8,315
French and non-official language	350	165	190	30,725	15,180	15,550
English, French and non-official language	190	100	85	7,740	4,040	3,700
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	465,010	230,090	234,915	1,862,195	903,220	958,975
English only	413,830	208,255	205,575	218,820	106,925	111,895
French only	225	100	125	521,020	228,870	292,150
English and French	21,305	9,540	11,770	1,073,820	548,525	525,290
Neither English nor French	29,650	12,195	17,450	48,540	18,900	29,640
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	465,010	230,095	234,915	1,862,195	903,220	958,980
English	429,840	215,225	214,610	535,060	264,340	270,715
French	3,510	1,750	1,760	1,128,315	540,925	587,390
English and French	2,410	1,115	1,290	151,895	79,815	72,080
Neither English nor French	29,255	11,995	17,255	46,925	18,140	28,785
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	4,715	2,305	2,400	611,005	304,250	306,760
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.0	1.0	1.0	32.8	33.7	32.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	465,010	230,090	234,920	1,862,200	903,220	958,975
Single responses	429,585	212,510	217,070	1,724,585	835,300	889,285
English	291,155	144,725	146,430	435,675	213,675	222,005
French	1,050	505	540	936,870	452,640	484,230
Non-official languages	137,380	67,275	70,100	352,040	168,985	183,050
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	5	0	5	195	70	120
Atikamekw	0	0	0	10	5	5
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	0	90	35	50
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	30	10	15
Inuktitut	0	0	0	70	20	45
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	136,795	67,000	69,805	349,565	167,790	181,780
African languages, n.i.e.	90	35	50	145	75	70
Afrikaans	90	45	45	15	5	10
Akan (Twi)	45	20	25	505	230	275
Albanian	165	80	85	975	500	475
Amharic	130	55	75	300	140	160
Arabic	1,875	945	935	49,330	25,480	23,850
Armenian	30	15	15	5,015	2,300	2,715
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	30	10	15	195	95	100
Bengali	305	145	160	7,570	3,775	3,800
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,465	780	690
Bisayan languages	290	135	150	215	85	130
Bosnian	75	40	30	160	80	80
Bulgarian	45	25	20	3,450	1,685	1,765
Burmese	185	105	80	25	15	10
Cantonese	2,685	1,280	1,405	5,340	2,550	2,790
Chinese, n.o.s.	5,390	2,560	2,825	24,825	11,840	12,990
Creoles	135	65	65	14,630	6,320	8,305
Croatian	205	100	110	520	245	280
Czech	175	90	90	285	130	150
Danish	10	5	5	30	15	10
Dutch	120	55	65	230	110	120
Estonian	15	0	10	25	15	15
Finnish	40	15	25	50	20	30
Flemish	0	0	0	25	10	20
Fukien	50	20	25	15	5	5
German	520	235	280	1,240	565	675
Greek	170	80	85	11,530	5,515	6,015
Gujarati	650	310	345	3,545	1,715	1,830
Hakka	15	5	10	15	10	5
Hebrew	5	5	0	1,600	820	780
Hindi	6,885	3,300	3,580	1,145	580	565
Hungarian	280	145	140	1,590	695	895
Ilocano	210	105	115	555	215	340
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	55	30	30	160	85	75
Italian	275	130	145	33,970	15,245	18,730
Japanese	435	200	240	635	280	350
Khmer (Cambodian)	325	160	165	3,325	1,535	1,790
Korean	6,365	3,025	3,335	2,360	1,085	1,275
Kurdish	70	35	30	240	115	125
Lao	345	175	175	935	455	480
Latvian	0	5	0	75	25	45
Lingala	0	0	0	420	195	225
Lithuanian	5	5	0	120	50	75
Macedonian	0	0	0	85	45	40
Malay	150	80	75	185	90	90
Malayalam	195	95	95	50	25	25
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	8,575	4,200	4,380	6,610	3,165	3,440
Marathi	25	10	10	60	35	20
Nepali	200	105	95	125	60	65
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	20	20	730	345	385
Norwegian	20	10	15	35	20	15
Oromo	30	15	15	1,615	855	755
Panjabi (Punjabi)	73,620	36,650	36,970	6,480	3,470	3,015
Pashto	250	125	125	630	335	295
Persian (Farsi)	1,345	665	685	7,980	3,915	4,055
Polish	1,300	645	660	4,845	2,155	2,690
Portuguese	435	210	225	9,640	4,540	5,095
Romanian	295	150	150	12,845	6,240	6,605
Rundi (Kirundi)	30	10	15	295	135	160
Russian	815	395	425	13,940	6,530	7,405
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	230	110	120
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	335	170	165	40	20	15
Serbian	240	130	110	840	405	440
Serbo-Croatian	25	10	10	245	115	130
Shanghainese	30	15	15	25	10	10
Sign languages, n.i.e.	125	60	65	275	175	105
Sindhi	95	45	50	145	70	70
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	265	125	140	240	120	125
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	250	130	120	35	15	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	100	45	55
Slovak	100	50	50	155	70	85
Slovenian	15	5	10	175	75	100
Somali	385	185	200	370	180	190
Spanish	3,370	1,625	1,750	53,560	25,900	27,655
Swahili	75	40	35	220	105	115
Swedish	10	5	10	85	40	40
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	6,410	2,915	3,490	6,775	2,585	4,185
Taiwanese	445	220	225	145	70	70
Tamil	320	165	155	9,665	4,805	4,865
Telugu	70	35	35	190	100	90
Thai	80	35	50	125	65	70
Tibetan languages	15	5	10	25	15	10
Tigrigna	35	20	15	130	60	70
Turkish	70	35	35	3,770	1,880	1,895
Ukrainian	190	95	95	1,570	670	900
Urdu	3,265	1,625	1,645	5,540	2,830	2,715
Vietnamese	4,440	2,075	2,360	15,660	7,400	8,260
Yiddish	0	0	0	4,285	2,200	2,085
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	575	280	290	2,280	1,125	1,155
Multiple responses	35,420	17,580	17,845	137,615	67,925	69,690
English and French	400	170	235	27,670	14,055	13,610
English and non-official language	34,500	17,170	17,325	31,595	15,280	16,310
French and non-official language	135	70	65	59,940	29,040	30,910
English, French and non-official language	385	170	220	18,410	9,545	8,865
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	465,010	230,090	234,920	1,862,195	903,225	958,975
None	364,500	180,800	183,705	1,335,000	642,665	692,330
Single responses	99,030	48,570	50,465	480,500	237,000	243,500
English	48,465	24,470	24,000	150,045	75,370	74,675
French	2,430	1,145	1,280	153,155	75,350	77,810
Non-official languages	48,130	22,950	25,180	177,295	86,280	91,015
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	40	10	30	175	65	110
Atikamekw	0	0	0	10	0	5
Cree, n.o.s.	25	10	15	75	35	40
Dene	5	0	5	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	15	10	5
Inuktitut	0	0	0	65	15	50
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	10	5	10
Ojibway	10	0	5	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	47,500	22,675	24,825	174,010	84,615	89,395
African languages, n.i.e.	75	40	35	380	200	180
Afrikaans	65	35	35	35	25	15
Akan (Twi)	100	50	45	380	195	190
Albanian	75	35	40	240	120	120
Amharic	110	55	60	150	70	80
Arabic	825	430	400	31,295	16,850	14,445
Armenian	40	20	15	1,345	660	685
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	30	10	25	590	295	290
Bengali	105	50	50	960	535	425
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,385	735	650
Bisayan languages	215	90	125	215	75	135
Bosnian	45	30	20	50	20	30
Bulgarian	20	10	10	525	235	290
Burmese	45	20	25	10	5	5
Cantonese	1,070	490	575	1,275	640	630
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,430	645	785	3,910	1,815	2,090
Creoles	145	75	70	22,125	9,945	12,180
Croatian	300	165	140	295	130	165
Czech	155	65	90	270	125	145
Danish	150	70	80	80	40	40
Dutch	555	240	315	415	195	225
Estonian	25	15	10	50	20	30
Finnish	110	50	55	80	40	45
Flemish	15	5	10	35	10	25
Fukien	35	15	20	20	10	15
German	1,560	680	875	2,890	1,320	1,570
Greek	330	180	150	7,045	3,505	3,540
Gujarati	510	255	255	935	475	465
Hakka	20	5	15	20	10	15
Hebrew	30	20	10	2,720	1,345	1,375
Hindi	5,595	2,715	2,885	1,495	805	690
Hungarian	325	150	170	1,070	450	615
Ilocano	155	65	95	480	175	305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	35	20	20	135	80	60
Italian	595	305	280	27,125	13,200	13,920
Japanese	455	180	275	695	280	415
Khmer (Cambodian)	150	70	80	1,255	570	685
Korean	930	455	475	510	230	285
Kurdish	20	10	10	165	85	80
Lao	190	90	100	375	200	180
Latvian	5	0	5	65	25	40
Lingala	5	0	5	1,830	890	945
Lithuanian	5	5	5	130	40	85
Macedonian	10	5	5	30	10	15
Malay	170	80	90	150	75	80
Malayalam	125	60	65	100	50	50
Maltese	5	0	0	0	5	0
Mandarin	1,500	720	785	1,255	540	715
Marathi	20	10	10	40	25	20
Nepali	65	35	30	20	10	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	90	50	40	1,790	885	905
Norwegian	55	25	30	80	45	40
Oromo	5	0	5	1,685	875	805
Panjabi (Punjabi)	14,800	7,360	7,440	1,320	730	590
Pashto	100	45	55	55	35	20
Persian (Farsi)	425	225	195	1,875	1,035	840
Polish	810	380	430	2,265	915	1,350
Portuguese	525	225	295	4,760	2,290	2,470
Romanian	210	95	115	2,470	1,115	1,360
Rundi (Kirundi)	15	10	5	505	245	260
Russian	330	140	190	3,260	1,520	1,740
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	10	5	5	435	185	250
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	105	50	55	30	15	15
Serbian	140	80	60	300	145	150
Serbo-Croatian	20	15	10	100	45	55
Shanghainese	30	10	15	25	10	10
Sign languages, n.i.e.	80	40	45	110	50	60
Sindhi	85	40	50	75	35	45
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	210	105	105	135	75	55
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	20	10	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	55	30	25
Slovak	115	50	65	225	95	130
Slovenian	30	10	15	110	45	70
Somali	150	85	65	180	90	85
Spanish	2,310	1,145	1,165	21,040	10,340	10,705
Swahili	130	55	75	550	245	300
Swedish	55	30	25	215	105	110
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	4,795	1,970	2,825	4,045	1,285	2,765
Taiwanese	355	170	185	90	45	45
Tamil	195	95	95	1,240	645	595
Telugu	25	15	10	55	30	20
Thai	110	35	75	165	55	110
Tibetan languages	10	10	5	15	10	5
Tigrigna	35	15	20	55	30	30
Turkish	95	45	50	850	455	395
Ukrainian	175	75	100	940	400	540
Urdu	985	510	475	1,590	870	725
Vietnamese	1,310	630	670	3,035	1,505	1,535
Yiddish	10	5	5	1,610	730	875
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	595	260	330	3,105	1,595	1,510
Multiple responses	1,475	725	750	46,705	23,560	23,145
English and French	145	80	70	19,435	10,035	9,395
English and non-official language	805	420	390	12,495	6,270	6,225
French and non-official language	505	225	280	14,095	6,900	7,195
English, French and non-official language	15	5	10	680	350	330

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

Users wishing to compare 2011 Census data with those of other censuses should then take into account that the boundaries of geographic areas may change from one census to another. In order to facilitate comparison, the 2006 Census counts are adjusted as needed to take into account boundary changes between the 2006 and 2011 censuses. The 2006 counts that were adjusted are identified by the letter 'A.' The letter 'A' may also refer to corrections to the 2006 counts; however, most of these are the result of boundary changes. This symbol is also used to identify areas that have been created since 2006, such as newly incorporated municipalities (census subdivisions) and new designated places (DPLs).

^E use with caution

After the release of the 2006 or 2011 Census population and dwelling counts, errors are occasionally uncovered in the data. It is not possible to make changes to the 2006 or 2011 Census data presented in these tables.

Refer to the 2006 population and dwelling count amendments or the 2011 population and dwelling count amendments for further information.

X area and data suppression

In addition to random rounding, area and data suppression has been adopted to further protect the confidentiality of individual respondents' personal information.

Area and data suppression results in the deletion of all information for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. For example, areas with a population of less than 40 persons are suppressed. If the community searched has a population of less than 40 persons, only the total population counts will be available.

Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

^† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

¶ incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

.. not available for a specific reference period

Data quality index: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 25% (suppressed). Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement: There were 13 Indian reserves and Indian settlements where enumeration was not possible as a result of forest fires in Northern Ontario at the time of census collection. Collection for these communities was done at a later time. While the data are not included in the 2011 Census tabulations, it is expected that separate special tables showing data for these communities will be made available at a later date, subject to data quality evaluation. Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

... not applicable

A possible reason for the use of the three dots (...) symbol is:

A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

2011 and 2006 population

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

Total private dwellings

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Age

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

Median age

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 6

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Total number of census families in private households

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Total number of census families in private households

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Living with relatives

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Total number of private households by household type

Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

One-family-only households

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Other family households

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Movable dwelling

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

Other dwelling

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Total number of private households by household size

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

Total population excluding institutional residents

The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 20

Selected Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 21

Selected non-Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 22

Other languages

This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 23

Official language minority

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.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2012. Surrey, British Columbia (Code 5915004) and Montréal, Quebec (Code 2466) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 4, 2024).

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Geographic level	File format^{CSV/TAB (2011) - Footnote 1} (compressed)
Geographic level	CSV (comma-separated values)	TAB (tab-separated values)
Canada, provinces and territories	CSV (86 KB)	TAB (86 KB)
Census divisions	CSV (1,444 KB)	TAB (1,412 KB)
Census subdivisions	CSV (19,715 KB)	TAB (19,378 KB)
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations	CSV (691 KB)	TAB (723 KB)
Census tracts	CSV (21,499 KB)	TAB (21,281 KB)
Federal electoral districts (2003 representation order)	CSV (1,580 KB)	TAB (1,550 KB)
Federal electoral districts (2013 representation order)	CSV (1,628 KB)	TAB (1,600 KB)
Economic regions	CSV (404 KB)	TAB (397 KB)
Designated places	CSV (5,190 KB)	TAB (5,105 KB)
Population centres	CSV (3,599 KB)	TAB (3,565 KB)
Dissemination areas	CSV (193,822 KB)	TAB (191,191 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	CSV (732 KB)	TAB (720 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	CSV (6,328 KB)	TAB (6,257 KB)
Health regions (December 2013)	CSV (666 KB)	TAB (654 KB)
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Geographic levels	File format^{IVT/XML - Footnote 1}
Geographic levels	IVT (Beyond 20/20)	XML (SDMX-ML) (compressed)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions	IVT (20,752 KB)	XML (35,311 KB)
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations	IVT (1,183 KB)	XML (1,221 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, tracted census agglomerations and census tracts	IVT (30,060 KB)	XML (38,000 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions	IVT (5,485 KB)	XML (7,333 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2003 representation order)	IVT (2,795 KB)	XML (2,644 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2013 representation order)	IVT (3,008 KB)	XML (2,802 KB)
Designated places	IVT (4,492 KB)	XML (8,996 KB)
Population centres	IVT (4,511 KB)	XML (6,566 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions, census subdivisions and dissemination areas	IVT (233,928 KB)	XML (384,573 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	IVT (536 KB)	XML (1,140 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (December 2013)	IVT (1,330 KB)	..
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Map

Map: Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia

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Map: Surrey, City, Census Subdivision (shaded in green), British Columbia

Map: Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec

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Map: Montréal, Territoire équivalent, Census Division (shaded in green), Quebec

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Surrey (City)

Canada
- British Columbia (Province)
  - Greater Vancouver (Regional district)
    - Surrey (City)

Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Territoire équivalent)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)
  - Montréal (Territoire équivalent)

Note

Note: For more information regarding geographic hierarchies, refer to the Illustrated Glossary: Hierarchy of standard geographic units tutorial.

Related data

Related data: Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia

2011 Census

Topic-based tabulations, Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia
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Focus on Geography, Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia
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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia, 2011
NHS Data Tables, Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia
NHS Focus on Geography Series, Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia

Related data: Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec

2011 Census

Topic-based tabulations, Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec
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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec, 2011
NHS Data Tables, Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec

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Related data

Related data: Surrey, City (Census Subdivision), British Columbia

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Related data: Montréal, Territoire équivalent (Census Division), Quebec

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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