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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 North British Columbia (Federal electoral district, 2003 representation order)			Waterloo, RM Ontario (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}	125,963	...Data not available	...Data not available	507,096	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	111,960	...Data not available	...Data not available	478,121	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	12.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	6.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	46,808	...Data not available	...Data not available	202,121	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	42,557	...Data not available	...Data not available	191,599	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	2,806.8	...Data not available	...Data not available	370.4	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	44.88	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,368.94	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	125,965	63,510	62,450	507,095	249,820	257,275
0 to 4 years	8,045	4,125	3,920	30,940	15,880	15,065
5 to 9 years	7,535	3,940	3,595	30,660	15,615	15,045
10 to 14 years	7,725	4,030	3,700	31,370	16,020	15,350
15 to 19 years	8,350	4,265	4,085	34,580	17,710	16,875
15 years	1,690	875	815	6,900	3,550	3,345
16 years	1,670	850	820	6,865	3,570	3,300
17 years	1,615	810	805	6,700	3,360	3,340
18 years	1,660	820	840	6,740	3,440	3,300
19 years	1,725	905	815	7,375	3,795	3,585
20 to 24 years	9,105	4,655	4,455	37,220	19,075	18,145
25 to 29 years	10,005	4,985	5,015	35,685	17,870	17,810
30 to 34 years	9,385	4,635	4,745	34,370	17,065	17,305
35 to 39 years	9,015	4,370	4,640	35,205	17,395	17,815
40 to 44 years	9,485	4,850	4,635	37,075	18,360	18,720
45 to 49 years	10,030	5,220	4,810	40,580	20,075	20,510
50 to 54 years	9,360	4,815	4,545	37,410	18,385	19,025
55 to 59 years	7,790	4,035	3,755	31,785	15,525	16,265
60 to 64 years	6,430	3,235	3,190	26,630	12,900	13,725
65 to 69 years	4,600	2,220	2,375	19,360	9,115	10,250
70 to 74 years	3,350	1,655	1,695	14,740	7,080	7,665
75 to 79 years	2,560	1,190	1,375	11,835	5,290	6,540
80 to 84 years	1,705	775	925	9,180	3,730	5,450
85 years and over	1,490	510	980	8,450	2,730	5,720
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	36.5	36.2	36.7	37.7	36.6	38.7
% of the population aged 15 and over	81.5	81.0	82.0	81.7	81.0	82.3
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	102,650	51,420	51,235	414,120	202,305	211,810
Married or living with a common-law partner	57,550	28,800	28,755	245,165	122,485	122,680
Married (and not separated)	50,935	25,490	25,445	212,085	105,985	106,100
Living common law	6,620	3,310	3,310	33,080	16,500	16,575
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	45,100	22,620	22,480	168,955	79,820	89,135
Single (never legally married)	30,440	17,210	13,235	113,695	61,995	51,700
Separated	3,225	1,430	1,795	12,535	5,205	7,335
Divorced	6,340	2,930	3,410	21,815	8,545	13,265
Widowed	5,095	1,055	4,040	20,915	4,080	16,835
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	33,845	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,215	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	14,645	...Data not available	...Data not available	65,045	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	7,730	...Data not available	...Data not available	31,740	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	7,670	...Data not available	...Data not available	31,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	3,795	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	33,845	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,215	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	27,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	120,465	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	24,270	...Data not available	...Data not available	103,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	8,845	...Data not available	...Data not available	42,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	15,420	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,545	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	21,940	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	6,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,560	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	3,375	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	3,300	...Data not available	...Data not available	16,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	1,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,765	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	1,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	655	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	450	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,415	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	210	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,060	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	6,270	...Data not available	...Data not available	21,755	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	4,955	...Data not available	...Data not available	17,450	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	2,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	10,045	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,350	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,350	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	690	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,050	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	1,320	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,305	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	900	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	295	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,175	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	125	...Data not available	...Data not available	305	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	42,050	...Data not available	...Data not available	163,540	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	9,375	...Data not available	...Data not available	36,920	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	13,675	...Data not available	...Data not available	55,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	4,775	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	8,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,765	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	5,625	...Data not available	...Data not available	16,600	...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	124,640	62,860	61,780	499,610	246,930	252,680
Number of persons not in census families	21,175	11,470	9,705	73,390	36,055	37,335
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	4,815	1,975	2,840	9,670	4,075	5,595
Living with non-relatives only	5,895	3,670	2,225	18,435	10,985	7,450
Living alone	10,470	5,820	4,640	45,285	20,995	24,290
Number of census family persons	103,460	51,395	52,075	426,225	210,875	215,345
Average number of persons per census family	3.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	3.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	12,965	6,120	6,845	58,490	26,450	32,040
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	4,425	1,515	2,910	18,200	4,795	13,405
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	1,525	385	1,140	3,020	625	2,390
Living with non-relatives only	350	200	150	810	370	440
Living alone	2,550	925	1,620	14,370	3,795	10,575
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	8,540	4,595	3,940	40,290	21,660	18,630
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	42,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	191,600	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	29,830	...Data not available	...Data not available	138,385	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	22,790	...Data not available	...Data not available	126,450	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	18,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	109,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	7,225	...Data not available	...Data not available	47,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	11,410	...Data not available	...Data not available	62,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	4,150	...Data not available	...Data not available	17,050	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	7,040	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,935	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	3,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,245	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	2,685	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,600	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	640	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,035	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	2,040	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,565	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	925	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	3,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	12,730	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	10,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	45,285	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	2,260	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,930	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	42,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	191,600	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	11,880	...Data not available	...Data not available	109,400	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	3,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	18,540	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	400	...Data not available	...Data not available	350	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	26,805	...Data not available	...Data not available	63,305	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	680	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	3,085	...Data not available	...Data not available	20,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	9,540	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,185	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	13,460	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,640	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	45	...Data not available	...Data not available	330	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	42,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	191,600	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	10,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	45,285	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	11,485	...Data not available	...Data not available	63,160	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	6,670	...Data not available	...Data not available	32,565	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	6,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	32,475	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	3,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,050	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	3,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,060	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	124,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	499,615	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.6	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	124,885	62,965	61,920	501,800	247,815	253,990
Single responses	119,795	60,465	59,325	494,100	244,020	250,080
English	55,295	28,815	26,480	375,515	186,060	189,455
French	935	510	425	6,090	2,870	3,220
Non-official languages	63,560	31,140	32,420	112,495	55,080	57,415
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	40	15	20	30	5	25
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	30	15	15	5	0	5
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	5	0	5
Mi'kmaq	0	5	0	5	0	0
Ojibway	5	0	0	15	5	10
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	62,955	30,835	32,120	111,250	54,455	56,800
African languages, n.i.e.	120	50	70	315	165	150
Afrikaans	20	10	10	100	60	40
Akan (Twi)	50	25	30	55	30	25
Albanian	125	65	55	810	425	380
Amharic	135	60	75	595	285	310
Arabic	1,405	750	650	4,425	2,335	2,090
Armenian	20	15	5	455	235	220
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	45	20	30	90	40	50
Bengali	200	100	100	700	380	320
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Bisayan languages	390	175	215	45	20	30
Bosnian	40	20	20	495	255	245
Bulgarian	30	15	10	155	90	70
Burmese	170	100	70	65	40	25
Cantonese	1,095	525	575	1,410	710	700
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,065	970	1,095	4,835	2,395	2,440
Creoles	110	50	60	105	50	65
Croatian	195	105	95	2,195	1,100	1,095
Czech	145	80	65	800	375	425
Danish	90	50	40	195	90	100
Dutch	280	150	130	2,345	1,080	1,260
Estonian	10	5	5	120	55	65
Finnish	80	30	50	165	80	85
Flemish	5	5	5	70	25	40
Fukien	30	15	20	20	10	10
German	955	470	490	16,515	7,850	8,670
Greek	130	80	45	1,400	700	705
Gujarati	295	140	155	2,165	1,115	1,050
Hakka	15	5	10	15	10	10
Hebrew	15	15	5	90	45	50
Hindi	5,120	2,480	2,645	1,150	585	565
Hungarian	390	205	180	1,825	895	930
Ilocano	325	135	190	55	20	35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	30	20	10	145	70	75
Italian	235	135	105	1,930	1,040	890
Japanese	250	85	160	395	165	230
Khmer (Cambodian)	205	100	105	275	140	135
Korean	1,490	690	795	1,495	750	750
Kurdish	30	20	10	515	280	230
Lao	180	95	85	1,030	500	535
Latvian	5	0	0	95	50	50
Lingala	0	0	0	10	0	5
Lithuanian	5	0	5	90	40	50
Macedonian	5	0	5	250	125	115
Malay	135	60	70	190	80	110
Malayalam	115	55	55	300	150	150
Maltese	0	0	0	60	30	30
Mandarin	1,765	855	910	3,065	1,520	1,540
Marathi	15	10	10	145	75	70
Nepali	175	90	80	35	15	15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	80	45	35	95	45	45
Norwegian	50	25	25	30	15	10
Oromo	30	15	10	100	55	45
Panjabi (Punjabi)	27,755	13,855	13,895	3,870	1,915	1,955
Pashto	120	65	55	815	430	380
Persian (Farsi)	705	370	335	2,930	1,530	1,395
Polish	1,015	525	485	5,445	2,600	2,845
Portuguese	355	190	170	10,020	4,815	5,205
Romanian	210	105	100	5,555	2,725	2,830
Rundi (Kirundi)	30	15	15	15	5	10
Russian	500	230	270	1,545	725	820
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	5	0	35	25	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	335	170	165	225	105	115
Serbian	140	90	55	5,080	2,510	2,570
Serbo-Croatian	20	5	15	580	290	290
Shanghainese	15	5	10	10	5	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	60	25	30
Sindhi	50	25	25	205	100	105
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	200	100	100	190	95	95
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	290	150	135	120	60	60
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	15	10	270	145	130
Slovak	110	45	60	570	260	310
Slovenian	25	15	10	285	150	135
Somali	160	75	85	685	330	355
Spanish	2,275	1,140	1,135	7,975	3,815	4,165
Swahili	85	45	40	120	65	55
Swedish	35	15	20	90	55	40
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5,575	2,430	3,145	1,330	460	870
Taiwanese	105	45	55	70	35	35
Tamil	140	75	65	665	355	315
Telugu	50	25	25	290	165	130
Thai	75	35	40	115	40	70
Tibetan languages	10	5	5	5	5	5
Tigrigna	30	20	10	450	225	230
Turkish	45	25	15	785	410	375
Ukrainian	240	105	135	820	355	465
Urdu	1,010	510	500	2,800	1,440	1,365
Vietnamese	2,320	1,070	1,250	3,190	1,535	1,655
Yiddish	0	0	0	15	5	10
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	570	290	280	1,215	625	590
Multiple responses	5,095	2,495	2,600	7,700	3,795	3,905
English and French	150	65	85	1,025	460	560
English and non-official language	4,775	2,350	2,430	6,280	3,155	3,135
French and non-official language	120	55	65	230	110	125
English, French and non-official language	45	25	20	160	75	85
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	124,885	62,965	61,925	501,800	247,815	253,990
English only	110,450	56,645	53,805	462,190	230,855	231,330
French only	85	40	45	230	100	130
English and French	4,550	2,200	2,345	31,440	13,630	17,810
Neither English nor French	9,805	4,075	5,725	7,940	3,230	4,710
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	124,885	62,965	61,920	501,800	247,810	253,985
English	113,550	58,090	55,455	485,815	240,750	245,070
French	960	530	435	5,875	2,770	3,100
English and French	705	330	375	2,360	1,160	1,205
Neither English nor French	9,665	4,010	5,660	7,750	3,130	4,620
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	1,315	700	615	7,050	3,355	3,700
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	124,885	62,960	61,920	501,800	247,810	253,985
Single responses	112,840	56,930	55,905	484,965	239,535	245,430
English	68,335	35,050	33,290	423,620	209,565	214,055
French	275	145	130	1,725	810	915
Non-official languages	44,230	21,740	22,490	59,620	29,160	30,460
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	5	5	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0
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}	43,945	21,595	22,345	59,085	28,900	30,190
African languages, n.i.e.	45	25	30	165	80	85
Afrikaans	5	0	0	30	15	15
Akan (Twi)	15	5	5	20	10	10
Albanian	80	45	35	530	270	260
Amharic	50	20	25	390	195	200
Arabic	970	490	480	2,690	1,320	1,370
Armenian	10	10	5	225	105	120
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	35	15	20
Bengali	140	70	75	435	225	210
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	150	75	75	15	5	5
Bosnian	30	15	10	310	165	145
Bulgarian	15	5	5	80	40	35
Burmese	140	80	60	90	45	40
Cantonese	825	400	420	820	400	420
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,425	690	735	3,270	1,635	1,635
Creoles	75	40	40	40	15	25
Croatian	65	35	30	1,035	500	535
Czech	70	40	35	265	125	140
Danish	0	0	0	35	15	15
Dutch	20	10	10	420	190	230
Estonian	0	0	0	25	5	15
Finnish	10	5	5	20	10	15
Flemish	0	0	0	5	0	5
Fukien	15	5	10	5	0	5
German	115	60	60	6,375	3,065	3,310
Greek	40	25	15	575	270	305
Gujarati	180	90	95	1,380	690	690
Hakka	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	55	25	30
Hindi	2,995	1,440	1,555	535	280	260
Hungarian	145	65	75	615	310	305
Ilocano	105	50	55	15	10	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	95	40	60
Italian	50	20	25	450	210	240
Japanese	115	50	70	220	105	110
Khmer (Cambodian)	110	55	55	160	85	75
Korean	1,240	590	650	1,070	535	530
Kurdish	15	10	10	325	170	155
Lao	135	75	60	555	275	275
Latvian	0	0	0	10	5	5
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	5
Lithuanian	5	0	0	15	5	10
Macedonian	0	0	5	125	60	65
Malay	75	45	35	65	30	35
Malayalam	50	25	20	190	95	95
Maltese	0	0	0	10	5	5
Mandarin	1,530	760	775	2,360	1,190	1,165
Marathi	5	0	0	65	35	35
Nepali	120	60	55	20	10	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	30	15	20
Norwegian	5	5	5	5	5	0
Oromo	25	10	10	50	20	25
Panjabi (Punjabi)	22,770	11,335	11,435	2,575	1,250	1,330
Pashto	80	40	35	585	295	290
Persian (Farsi)	495	240	255	2,205	1,125	1,080
Polish	545	275	270	2,490	1,215	1,280
Portuguese	155	80	75	4,470	2,090	2,380
Romanian	90	45	45	3,055	1,490	1,570
Rundi (Kirundi)	20	5	15	10	5	5
Russian	365	175	185	970	465	500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	10	5	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	270	135	135	160	75	85
Serbian	75	45	35	3,810	1,880	1,925
Serbo-Croatian	10	5	5	330	165	165
Shanghainese	15	5	10	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	35	15	20	90	50	40
Sindhi	20	10	10	85	45	40
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	110	50	60	80	40	40
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	245	130	115	95	50	50
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	140	75	65
Slovak	55	30	25	180	85	100
Slovenian	0	0	5	70	35	40
Somali	125	65	65	480	230	245
Spanish	1,440	710	725	4,720	2,265	2,455
Swahili	50	30	20	70	30	40
Swedish	5	0	5	40	20	15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,885	1,315	1,570	445	200	245
Taiwanese	60	30	30	35	20	15
Tamil	90	45	40	370	190	180
Telugu	35	20	15	160	85	75
Thai	45	20	20	55	25	30
Tibetan languages	5	5	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	10	5	5	285	140	145
Turkish	10	10	10	420	215	200
Ukrainian	65	30	35	240	100	140
Urdu	735	370	370	1,755	895	860
Vietnamese	1,750	795	955	2,295	1,110	1,185
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	280	135	140	535	265	270
Multiple responses	12,045	6,030	6,010	16,835	8,275	8,560
English and French	90	40	45	585	250	340
English and non-official language	11,750	5,895	5,850	15,880	7,855	8,025
French and non-official language	85	45	40	80	35	45
English, French and non-official language	120	45	75	285	130	150
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	124,885	62,965	61,925	501,795	247,810	253,990
None	95,165	48,265	46,895	438,135	216,745	221,395
Single responses	29,290	14,490	14,805	62,475	30,495	31,980
English	15,140	7,655	7,485	25,505	12,775	12,730
French	595	325	265	4,450	1,905	2,555
Non-official languages	13,560	6,510	7,050	32,520	15,825	16,700
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	20	5	15	30	10	20
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	20	5	15	0	0	0
Dene	5	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	0	5	25	5	15
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	13,320	6,410	6,915	31,905	15,515	16,390
African languages, n.i.e.	55	25	30	80	35	45
Afrikaans	10	10	5	60	30	30
Akan (Twi)	30	15	15	25	15	10
Albanian	25	10	10	165	90	85
Amharic	70	30	40	185	95	90
Arabic	340	180	160	1,440	785	655
Armenian	10	10	0	140	70	65
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10	5	10	25	15	15
Bengali	50	30	25	180	100	80
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	5
Bisayan languages	110	45	60	15	5	10
Bosnian	5	5	5	160	85	75
Bulgarian	10	5	5	40	30	20
Burmese	25	15	10	25	15	15
Cantonese	290	125	165	490	250	240
Chinese, n.o.s.	380	165	215	980	490	485
Creoles	55	30	25	75	35	40
Croatian	75	35	40	725	360	365
Czech	50	25	25	300	135	165
Danish	30	15	15	65	30	40
Dutch	60	35	30	620	270	345
Estonian	5	5	0	40	10	25
Finnish	30	10	20	50	25	20
Flemish	5	5	5	10	0	5
Fukien	10	0	5	5	0	5
German	300	150	150	4,295	1,960	2,335
Greek	70	40	35	660	325	330
Gujarati	95	45	50	525	255	270
Hakka	0	0	0	5	0	0
Hebrew	10	5	5	60	25	30
Hindi	2,135	1,050	1,080	770	410	360
Hungarian	110	55	50	505	230	275
Ilocano	85	30	55	20	5	15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	35	20	10
Italian	105	60	50	725	350	375
Japanese	130	60	75	155	70	90
Khmer (Cambodian)	55	30	30	60	30	25
Korean	145	70	70	275	145	130
Kurdish	10	5	0	100	50	50
Lao	55	30	25	310	160	145
Latvian	0	0	0	25	10	10
Lingala	5	0	0	10	5	10
Lithuanian	0	5	0	20	5	10
Macedonian	0	0	0	60	35	25
Malay	55	25	25	75	30	40
Malayalam	40	20	20	115	65	50
Maltese	0	0	0	20	10	10
Mandarin	255	115	135	625	295	330
Marathi	5	0	5	40	30	15
Nepali	30	20	15	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	25	15	75	40	40
Norwegian	10	5	5	20	10	10
Oromo	0	0	0	30	20	10
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,195	1,590	1,605	850	440	415
Pashto	20	10	10	135	80	55
Persian (Farsi)	130	70	55	400	215	185
Polish	270	135	135	1,555	735	815
Portuguese	160	75	85	3,855	1,895	1,955
Romanian	70	30	35	1,570	755	810
Rundi (Kirundi)	10	5	0	5	0	5
Russian	85	35	50	395	190	210
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	5	0	15	10	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	65	35	30	60	30	30
Serbian	35	20	10	825	400	420
Serbo-Croatian	5	0	0	145	75	75
Shanghainese	5	5	0	5	0	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	15	5	10	60	30	30
Sindhi	10	5	5	60	25	35
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	70	40	30	70	40	30
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	10	5	10
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	30	15	15
Slovak	30	10	20	175	75	100
Slovenian	5	5	5	90	40	45
Somali	40	20	20	160	70	90
Spanish	745	380	365	2,795	1,355	1,440
Swahili	55	25	30	85	50	40
Swedish	20	10	10	40	20	20
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,850	760	1,085	515	160	355
Taiwanese	40	15	20	20	10	10
Tamil	60	30	30	240	130	110
Telugu	0	5	0	90	45	45
Thai	30	15	15	50	20	30
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tigrigna	10	5	5	130	60	70
Turkish	30	20	10	295	145	140
Ukrainian	65	25	35	190	75	115
Urdu	205	110	100	840	420	415
Vietnamese	490	235	255	645	325	325
Yiddish	5	0	0	10	5	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	215	95	120	585	295	290
Multiple responses	430	205	225	1,185	570	620
English and French	55	35	20	155	75	85
English and non-official language	215	105	110	460	240	220
French and non-official language	155	65	90	555	255	305
English, French and non-official language	5	0	5	10	5	5

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 North, British Columbia (Code 59028) and Waterloo, Ontario (Code 3530) (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 June 1, 2024).

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Geographic hierarchy: Surrey North (Federal electoral district, 2003 Representation Order)

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- British Columbia (Province)
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Geographic hierarchy: Waterloo (Regional municipality)

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  - Waterloo (Regional municipality)

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