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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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, CY
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 465,010 429,835 3,510 2,405 29,255 4,715 1.0
Single responses 429,580 395,025 3,225 2,075 29,250 4,265 1.0
English 291,155 289,035 2,120 0 0 2,120 0.7
French 1,050 90 960 0 0 960 91.4
Non-official languages 137,380 105,905 150 2,075 29,255 1,180 0.9
Aboriginal languages 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Siouan 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
Dakota 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
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. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Romance languages 4,390 3,580 40 330 440 200 4.6
Italian 275 245 5 10 25 5 1.8
Portuguese 435 370 5 25 40 15 3.4
Romanian 295 215 0 60 15 30 10.2
Spanish 3,370 2,750 30 235 360 150 4.5
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 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 775 730 5 40 5 20 2.6
Dutch 120 105 0 10 0 10 8.3
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 515 490 0 20 5 10 1.9
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 50 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 20 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 85 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
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 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
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 3,200 2,880 5 85 230 50 1.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 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
Bosnian 75 70 0 0 0 5 6.7
Bulgarian 45 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Croatian 205 190 0 0 15 0 0.0
Czech 175 170 0 5 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 1,305 1,195 0 30 75 15 1.1
Russian 815 705 0 30 80 20 2.5
Serbian 240 205 0 10 25 5 2.1
Serbo-Croatian 25 15 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 105 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 190 170 0 5 15 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 170 150 0 0 15 5 2.9
Armenian 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Albanian 165 135 0 5 20 0 0.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 335 295 0 5 35 5 1.5
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 285 250 0 5 30 5 1.8
Turkic languages 110 90 0 10 15 5 4.5
Azerbaijani 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkish 70 55 0 10 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,805 2,090 25 100 595 75 2.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 415 345 5 0 60 10 2.4
Oromo 30 25 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 385 320 10 5 55 10 2.6
Semitic languages 2,390 1,745 20 95 535 65 2.7
Amharic 130 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Arabic 1,875 1,385 15 90 385 65 3.5
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 340 210 0 0 130 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic 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
Indo-Iranian languages 87,035 65,210 35 910 20,875 490 0.6
Indo-Aryan languages 85,320 63,755 30 875 20,650 475 0.6
Bengali 305 270 0 15 25 10 3.3
Gujarati 650 530 0 0 115 0 0.0
Hindi 6,890 6,165 5 75 650 35 0.5
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 73,620 53,310 30 755 19,525 410 0.6
Sindhi 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 260 240 0 0 15 0 0.0
Urdu 3,265 2,940 0 30 295 15 0.5
Nepali 200 185 0 5 10 5 2.5
Iranian languages 1,660 1,405 0 35 220 20 1.2
Kurdish 65 60 0 5 0 5 7.7
Pashto 245 195 0 10 45 5 2.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,345 1,155 0 20 170 10 0.7
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 615 560 0 5 50 0 0.0
Kannada 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 190 165 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tamil 320 295 0 0 20 5 1.6
Telugu 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Japanese 440 365 5 10 65 5 1.1
Korean 6,360 5,020 5 100 1,235 50 0.8
Sino-Tibetan languages 17,645 13,110 10 240 4,285 130 0.7
Chinese languages 17,190 12,835 10 240 4,110 125 0.7
Cantonese 2,680 1,895 0 40 745 20 0.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Fukien 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hakka 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mandarin 8,580 6,515 5 135 1,925 75 0.9
Shanghainese 30 15 0 0 10 0 0.0
Taiwanese 445 310 0 5 125 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,390 4,035 5 55 1,290 30 0.6
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Burmese 185 150 0 0 35 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 110 0 0 140 0 0.0
Tai languages 430 365 0 20 45 10 2.3
Lao 345 290 0 15 35 10 2.9
Thai 80 75 0 0 10 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,765 3,700 5 80 980 45 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 330 255 0 5 65 0 0.0
Vietnamese 4,435 3,440 5 75 915 40 0.9
Malayo-Polynesian languages 7,255 7,035 0 30 190 15 0.2
Bisayan languages 290 285 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 210 205 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malay 155 150 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,410 6,215 0 25 170 15 0.2
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 160 155 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 280 225 5 25 25 15 5.4
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages 145 115 0 15 15 10 6.9
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 20 0 5 0 5 16.7
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 75 60 0 10 10 0 0.0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 15 15 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 20 10 0 10 5 5 25.0
Ga 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 130 40 20 70 0 55 42.3
Non-verbal languages 185 120 0 0 65 0 0.0
American Sign Language 60 45 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 80 0 0 45 0 0.0
Other languages 130 50 0 0 75 0 0.0
Multiple responses 35,420 34,810 280 330 0 450 1.3
English and French 400 125 130 145 0 200 50.0
English and non-official language 34,500 34,465 35 0 0 30 0.1
French and non-official language 135 50 90 0 0 90 66.7
English, French and non-official language 385 165 30 185 0 130 33.8

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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-XCB2011039.

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