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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 Surrey, 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 465,005 413,830 225 21,305 29,645
Single responses 449,775 400,105 205 19,955 29,515
English 240,485 228,590 10 11,630 255
French 3,475 430 75 2,970 5
Non-official languages 205,810 171,080 125 5,355 29,250
Aboriginal languages 130 125 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 65 55 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 40 40 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 45 45 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 15 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 5 0
Athapaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 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 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 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 5 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) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 5 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 5 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 20 20 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Romance languages 9,245 7,995 25 790 440
Italian 1,395 1,230 0 140 25
Portuguese 1,355 1,215 5 90 40
Romanian 630 485 0 130 15
Spanish 5,860 5,065 15 425 360
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,775 7,365 5 395 10
Dutch 1,765 1,655 0 115 0
Flemish 35 20 0 15 0
Frisian 30 30 0 5 0
German 4,910 4,675 0 225 5
Yiddish 20 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 835 810 5 25 0
Danish 450 435 5 15 0
Icelandic 30 30 0 0 0
Norwegian 205 200 0 0 0
Swedish 145 135 0 10 0
Afrikaans 175 165 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 40 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,480 6,920 5 325 225
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 130 0 5 0
Bulgarian 90 85 0 5 0
Croatian 735 700 0 15 15
Czech 495 465 0 30 5
Macedonian 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,735 2,520 5 140 75
Russian 1,370 1,225 0 65 80
Serbian 460 420 0 20 25
Serbo-Croatian 85 70 0 5 0
Slovak 295 280 0 5 10
Slovenian 100 95 0 0 0
Ukrainian 910 865 0 30 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 5
Baltic languages 70 60 0 10 0
Latvian 30 30 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 5 0
Greek 570 525 0 30 20
Armenian 90 70 0 15 0
Albanian 265 235 0 5 20
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,390 1,280 0 80 30
Estonian 80 75 0 5 5
Finnish 275 265 0 10 5
Hungarian 1,030 940 5 65 30
Turkic languages 260 225 0 20 15
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 190 165 0 20 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0 5
Mongolian 20 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,415 3,560 5 255 595
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 5 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 585 505 0 10 65
Oromo 45 35 0 0 10
Somali 540 470 0 5 55
Semitic languages 3,825 3,050 5 240 530
Amharic 290 260 0 15 15
Arabic 2,930 2,340 5 225 355
Hebrew 50 50 0 0 0
Maltese 15 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 90 85 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 450 305 0 0 150
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 116,020 93,080 55 2,020 20,870
Indo-Aryan languages 113,365 90,740 50 1,925 20,645
Bengali 465 420 0 15 25
Gujarati 1,240 1,095 0 30 115
Hindi 12,230 11,295 5 265 670
Konkani 45 45 0 5 5
Marathi 55 55 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 93,785 72,750 45 1,485 19,510
Sindhi 210 190 0 15 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 530 500 0 15 20
Urdu 4,500 4,120 0 80 290
Nepali 300 275 0 15 10
Iranian languages 2,535 2,225 0 85 220
Kurdish 115 105 0 5 5
Pashto 385 330 0 15 45
Persian (Farsi) 2,030 1,790 0 65 170
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 120 115 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 1,085 1,010 0 30 55
Kannada 55 55 0 0 0
Malayalam 390 360 0 10 20
Tamil 530 485 0 15 20
Telugu 100 95 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 950 865 0 15 65
Korean 7,745 6,315 0 195 1,235
Sino-Tibetan languages 23,345 18,465 10 585 4,285
Chinese languages 22,745 18,050 10 580 4,110
Cantonese 3,890 3,065 0 125 705
Chaochow (Teochow) 55 50 0 0 10
Fukien 125 115 0 0 10
Hakka 70 55 0 0 15
Mandarin 10,050 7,970 0 275 1,810
Shanghainese 45 35 0 0 10
Taiwanese 745 550 0 10 185
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,760 6,215 5 170 1,370
Tibetan languages 40 40 0 0 5
Burmese 250 220 0 5 25
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 310 155 0 0 145
Tai languages 780 690 0 45 50
Lao 580 500 0 35 45
Thai 200 190 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,635 5,475 5 170 985
Khmer (Cambodian) 600 515 0 15 65
Vietnamese 6,035 4,965 5 150 920
Malayo-Polynesian languages 16,015 15,690 0 125 200
Bisayan languages 755 740 0 5 5
Ilocano 655 640 0 5 15
Malay 355 345 0 5 5
Pampango 65 65 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,740 13,465 0 110 160
Bikol 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 295 290 0 5 5
Pangasinan 35 35 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 800 660 5 110 25
Akan (Twi) 155 140 0 10 0
Bantu languages 395 305 5 70 15
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 30 5 15 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 5 0 15 5
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 160 130 0 25 5
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 15 0
Edo 35 30 0 0 0
Igbo 30 35 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 45 15 0 20 5
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 200 185 0 5 5
Creoles 215 75 5 135 0
Non-verbal languages 135 75 0 0 55
American Sign Language 40 30 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 50 0 0 45
Other languages 150 80 0 0 70
Multiple responses 15,230 13,725 20 1,350 130
English and French 635 160 5 475 0
English and non-official language 14,055 13,340 5 585 125
French and non-official language 355 175 10 165 0
English, French and non-official language 185 55 0 135 0

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

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