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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--Newton
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 104,845 89,620 65 3,660 11,510
Single responses 100,735 85,845 55 3,375 11,465
English 36,835 35,190 0 1,580 65
French 575 65 15 490 0
Non-official languages 63,325 50,590 40 1,305 11,395
Aboriginal languages 30 20 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 10 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 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 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 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 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 0 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 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 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 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 1,830 1,550 5 170 110
Italian 165 145 0 20 5
Portuguese 255 220 0 20 10
Romanian 80 70 0 5 5
Spanish 1,330 1,105 5 125 90
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 875 840 0 35 0
Dutch 175 165 0 10 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 5 0 0 0 0
German 600 575 0 25 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 85 85 0 0 0
Danish 45 45 0 0 0
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0 0
Swedish 10 10 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 875 810 0 30 30
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 35 0 5 0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0
Croatian 65 70 0 0 0
Czech 65 60 0 5 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 315 290 0 15 10
Russian 175 155 0 10 15
Serbian 55 50 0 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0
Slovak 25 25 0 5 0
Slovenian 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 100 95 0 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Latvian 0 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 130 115 0 5 5
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0
Albanian 20 15 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 200 190 0 10 5
Estonian 5 5 0 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 155 150 0 5 5
Turkic languages 45 45 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 40 40 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,080 935 5 55 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 375 330 0 5 30
Oromo 15 15 0 0 0
Somali 360 320 0 5 30
Semitic languages 705 600 0 50 55
Amharic 75 65 0 5 5
Arabic 545 450 0 50 45
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 40 45 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 51,685 40,215 30 835 10,605
Indo-Aryan languages 50,955 39,580 30 815 10,535
Bengali 130 120 0 5 5
Gujarati 565 495 0 15 60
Hindi 4,455 4,055 5 120 275
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 43,170 32,535 25 615 10,000
Sindhi 70 65 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 115 105 0 5 5
Urdu 2,360 2,125 0 50 190
Nepali 60 55 0 0 5
Iranian languages 670 580 0 20 70
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 0
Pashto 220 180 0 10 25
Persian (Farsi) 445 400 0 5 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 365 340 0 10 10
Kannada 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 155 150 0 5 0
Tamil 140 130 0 5 10
Telugu 25 25 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 135 130 0 0 5
Korean 145 120 0 10 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,210 1,785 0 50 370
Chinese languages 2,190 1,770 0 50 370
Cantonese 475 385 0 10 80
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 25 25 0 0 0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 0
Mandarin 890 705 0 25 160
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 90 60 0 0 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 680 565 0 15 100
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 60 50 0 5 5
Lao 35 30 0 0 5
Thai 25 20 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 645 540 0 10 90
Khmer (Cambodian) 135 125 0 5 10
Vietnamese 505 415 0 10 80
Malayo-Polynesian languages 2,695 2,650 0 10 35
Bisayan languages 140 145 0 0 0
Ilocano 85 90 0 0 5
Malay 40 40 0 0 0
Pampango 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,290 2,250 0 5 25
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 95 95 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 170 140 0 20 10
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 95 70 0 20 10
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 15 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 30 25 0 5 5
Ganda 5 0 0 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Creoles 45 10 0 40 0
Non-verbal languages 35 25 0 0 15
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 10
Other languages 10 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,115 3,775 10 285 45
English and French 95 25 0 65 0
English and non-official language 3,910 3,705 0 155 40
French and non-official language 60 25 5 25 0
English, French and non-official language 55 20 0 35 0

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

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