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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey North / Surrey-Nord
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 124,885 113,550 965 705 9,665 1,315 1.1
Single responses 112,845 101,695 850 630 9,670 1,165 1.0
English 68,335 67,790 540 0 0 540 0.8
French 275 25 250 0 0 250 90.9
Non-official languages 44,225 33,875 60 630 9,670 370 0.8
Aboriginal languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 1,735 1,390 10 110 215 70 4.0
Italian 50 40 0 0 5 5 10.0
Portuguese 155 125 0 15 15 10 6.5
Romanian 90 70 0 15 5 10 11.1
Spanish 1,440 1,150 5 85 195 50 3.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 150 140 0 5 5 5 3.3
Dutch 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 115 110 0 5 5 5 4.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 1,305 1,175 0 30 100 20 1.5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bosnian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 70 70 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Polish 545 495 0 5 40 5 0.9
Russian 360 310 0 15 35 10 2.8
Serbian 80 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 55 50 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ukrainian 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Greek 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 80 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 155 125 0 0 25 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 145 120 0 0 25 5 3.4
Turkic languages 40 30 0 5 10 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 15 0 0 0 5 5 33.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,450 950 5 35 465 25 1.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 150 120 0 0 35 0 0.0
Oromo 20 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 130 100 0 0 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,305 835 5 40 430 20 1.5
Amharic 45 35 0 0 10 5 11.1
Arabic 970 635 5 35 295 20 2.1
Hebrew 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 270 145 0 0 130 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 27,685 20,655 10 255 6,760 140 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 27,075 20,140 15 240 6,680 130 0.5
Bengali 140 130 0 5 15 0 0.0
Gujarati 180 140 0 0 40 0 0.0
Hindi 2,995 2,670 0 20 300 15 0.5
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,770 16,305 10 210 6,255 115 0.5
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 100 0 0 10 0 0.0
Urdu 740 670 0 10 60 5 0.7
Nepali 120 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 590 505 0 15 75 10 1.7
Kurdish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pashto 80 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 495 425 0 10 60 5 1.0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 170 155 5 0 15 5 2.9
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 50 35 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tamil 90 80 0 5 5 0 0.0
Telugu 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 115 95 0 5 20 0 0.0
Korean 1,240 940 0 10 295 5 0.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,265 3,045 10 50 1,165 35 0.8
Chinese languages 3,880 2,825 5 50 1,005 30 0.8
Cantonese 825 530 0 15 280 5 0.6
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mandarin 1,535 1,160 0 20 355 15 1.0
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Taiwanese 60 35 0 0 20 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,425 1,065 0 20 335 10 0.7
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 140 110 5 0 30 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 240 110 0 5 135 0 0.0
Tai languages 175 150 0 5 20 0 0.0
Lao 130 110 0 5 15 0 0.0
Thai 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,865 1,460 0 35 370 20 1.1
Khmer (Cambodian) 110 85 0 0 25 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,755 1,375 0 35 345 15 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 3,310 3,210 0 10 85 5 0.2
Bisayan languages 150 150 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 105 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 80 80 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,880 2,790 0 15 80 5 0.2
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 90 85 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages 140 105 0 20 10 10 7.1
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 80 60 0 10 10 5 6.3
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 0 5 5 5 25.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Swahili 50 40 0 5 5 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Igbo 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 15 5 0 5 5 5 33.3
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 80 20 15 40 0 35 43.8
Non-verbal languages 45 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 100 30 0 0 70 0 0.0
Multiple responses 12,045 11,855 115 80 0 150 1.2
English and French 90 35 30 20 0 40 44.4
English and non-official language 11,750 11,745 10 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 80 30 55 0 0 55 68.8
English, French and non-official language 120 45 15 55 0 45 37.5

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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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Footnote 2

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, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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