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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Centre / Surrey-Centre
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 110,410 97,790 85 4,145 8,395
Single responses 105,925 93,680 80 3,820 8,355
English 49,845 47,930 5 1,830 80
French 860 140 20 695 5
Non-official languages 55,220 45,605 45 1,290 8,275
Aboriginal languages 75 70 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 40 40 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 30 30 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 30 25 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 5 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 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. 5 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 0 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 0 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 0 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 10 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 2,760 2,350 10 215 190
Italian 210 190 0 15 5
Portuguese 295 265 5 20 15
Romanian 195 155 0 40 5
Spanish 2,060 1,745 5 135 170
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,305 1,260 5 40 5
Dutch 250 240 0 10 0
Flemish 5 5 0 5 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 865 835 0 25 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 165 165 0 5 0
Danish 85 85 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 45 0 5 0
Swedish 35 35 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,245 2,085 0 70 95
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 30 35 0 0 0
Bulgarian 25 20 0 0 0
Croatian 155 155 0 0 5
Czech 130 125 0 0 5
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 930 855 0 40 40
Russian 460 410 0 20 35
Serbian 135 130 0 5 10
Serbo-Croatian 20 15 0 5 0
Slovak 100 95 0 5 0
Slovenian 20 15 0 0 0
Ukrainian 220 205 0 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 120 110 0 5 5
Armenian 15 10 0 5 0
Albanian 80 70 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 430 380 0 25 25
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 70 70 0 0 5
Hungarian 350 305 0 25 20
Turkic languages 75 55 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 35 25 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,005 1,480 5 70 450
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 185 150 0 0 30
Oromo 20 10 0 0 5
Somali 165 135 0 5 25
Semitic languages 1,820 1,330 5 70 415
Amharic 125 115 0 5 0
Arabic 1,340 995 5 65 275
Hebrew 15 20 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 315 175 0 0 135
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 30,530 24,430 15 480 5,605
Indo-Aryan languages 29,715 23,715 15 460 5,525
Bengali 185 170 0 5 10
Gujarati 255 215 0 5 40
Hindi 4,625 4,275 5 80 270
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 23,350 17,850 15 345 5,140
Sindhi 40 35 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 165 155 0 5 5
Urdu 910 850 0 5 55
Nepali 165 150 0 10 5
Iranian languages 790 695 0 25 75
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0
Pashto 115 100 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 655 575 0 20 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 255 235 0 5 15
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 90 80 0 0 10
Tamil 115 105 0 0 5
Telugu 50 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 215 195 0 5 15
Korean 1,310 1,025 0 25 265
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,850 3,695 0 95 1,055
Chinese languages 4,385 3,395 0 90 895
Cantonese 950 690 0 25 240
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 25 20 0 0 5
Hakka 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 1,505 1,190 0 30 280
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 90 60 0 0 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,785 1,410 0 35 330
Tibetan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Burmese 170 150 0 0 25
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 290 145 0 0 140
Tai languages 215 190 0 10 15
Lao 145 125 0 10 15
Thai 70 65 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,265 1,860 0 65 340
Khmer (Cambodian) 195 160 0 10 30
Vietnamese 2,080 1,705 0 60 315
Malayo-Polynesian languages 5,725 5,605 5 40 80
Bisayan languages 355 350 0 0 5
Ilocano 295 290 0 0 5
Malay 125 120 0 5 0
Pampango 35 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,710 4,615 0 30 65
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 140 130 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 265 5 55 15
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 5 0
Bantu languages 165 130 0 25 10
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 20 0 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 80 60 0 15 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Edo 10 15 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 30 10 5 15 5
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 120 110 0 0 5
Creoles 110 50 0 65 0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 10
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10
Other languages 110 45 0 0 70
Multiple responses 4,485 4,110 5 320 45
English and French 130 30 0 95 0
English and non-official language 4,200 4,010 0 140 40
French and non-official language 115 55 0 55 5
English, French and non-official language 35 10 0 25 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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