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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey, CY
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 465,005 413,830 225 21,305 29,645
Single responses 449,780 400,105 205 19,950 29,515
English 240,485 228,590 10 11,630 255
French 3,475 430 75 2,975 5
Non-official languages 205,815 171,085 125 5,355 29,255
Aboriginal languages 130 125 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 65 55 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 40 40 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 45 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 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 5 0 0 0
Dene 5 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 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. 0 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 5 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 5 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 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 15 20 0 0 0
Gitksan 10 10 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Romance languages 9,245 7,995 20 785 440
Italian 1,395 1,225 5 145 20
Portuguese 1,350 1,215 10 85 45
Romanian 630 485 0 130 20
Spanish 5,860 5,065 15 425 360
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 7,775 7,360 5 395 10
Dutch 1,765 1,650 0 110 0
Flemish 40 20 0 15 0
Frisian 30 30 0 0 0
German 4,910 4,675 5 230 10
Yiddish 20 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 835 805 0 30 0
Danish 450 435 0 15 0
Icelandic 30 35 0 0 0
Norwegian 205 200 5 0 0
Swedish 145 135 0 10 0
Afrikaans 170 165 0 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 35 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,475 6,915 5 325 230
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 140 135 0 10 0
Bulgarian 90 85 0 5 0
Croatian 735 700 0 15 15
Czech 500 470 0 25 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 5 0
Polish 2,740 2,520 0 140 80
Russian 1,370 1,225 0 65 80
Serbian 460 415 0 20 20
Serbo-Croatian 85 75 0 5 0
Slovak 295 280 0 5 5
Slovenian 100 100 0 5 0
Ukrainian 910 865 0 30 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 0
Baltic languages 65 60 0 5 0
Latvian 30 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 25 0 5 0
Greek 575 525 0 30 15
Armenian 90 65 0 15 0
Albanian 260 235 0 5 20
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,395 1,280 0 80 35
Estonian 85 75 0 5 0
Finnish 280 265 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,030 940 5 60 30
Turkic languages 260 225 0 25 15
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 190 165 0 20 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 5 5
Mongolian 20 15 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,410 3,560 5 255 595
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 580 510 0 10 70
Oromo 50 35 0 0 10
Somali 540 470 0 10 60
Semitic languages 3,825 3,050 5 240 525
Amharic 290 260 0 15 20
Arabic 2,925 2,340 10 220 355
Hebrew 50 50 0 0 0
Maltese 10 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 85 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 450 305 0 0 150
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 116,020 93,080 55 2,015 20,870
Indo-Aryan languages 113,365 90,740 50 1,930 20,645
Bengali 460 420 0 15 25
Gujarati 1,240 1,090 0 30 115
Hindi 12,230 11,295 5 265 670
Konkani 45 45 0 5 0
Marathi 55 50 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 93,785 72,745 45 1,485 19,510
Sindhi 215 190 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 530 500 0 15 15
Urdu 4,500 4,125 0 85 290
Nepali 300 275 0 15 10
Iranian languages 2,530 2,225 0 90 220
Kurdish 115 105 0 10 5
Pashto 390 325 0 15 45
Persian (Farsi) 2,030 1,790 5 70 175
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 120 115 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 1,085 1,010 0 30 55
Kannada 60 55 0 5 0
Malayalam 390 360 0 10 20
Tamil 525 485 0 15 25
Telugu 100 100 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0
Japanese 950 865 0 15 65
Korean 7,740 6,310 0 190 1,240
Sino-Tibetan languages 23,340 18,465 10 585 4,285
Chinese languages 22,745 18,050 5 580 4,105
Cantonese 3,885 3,065 0 125 705
Chaochow (Teochow) 55 45 0 0 10
Fukien 125 115 0 5 10
Hakka 70 55 0 0 20
Mandarin 10,050 7,970 0 270 1,810
Shanghainese 50 35 0 0 10
Taiwanese 745 550 0 15 185
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,765 6,215 5 175 1,370
Tibetan languages 40 35 0 0 5
Burmese 250 225 0 0 25
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 305 155 0 5 150
Tai languages 780 695 0 40 45
Lao 580 500 0 35 45
Thai 200 195 0 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,635 5,480 5 170 985
Khmer (Cambodian) 600 515 0 20 65
Vietnamese 6,035 4,960 5 150 915
Malayo-Polynesian languages 16,015 15,690 5 125 195
Bisayan languages 755 740 0 5 10
Ilocano 655 640 0 0 15
Malay 355 345 0 5 10
Pampango 65 65 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,740 13,465 5 110 160
Bikol 20 25 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 295 290 0 0 5
Pangasinan 35 35 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 85 85 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 800 665 5 110 25
Akan (Twi) 155 140 0 10 0
Bantu languages 395 310 0 65 15
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 30 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 5 0 15 0
Shona 30 30 0 0 0
Swahili 160 130 0 25 5
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 10 5
Edo 30 35 0 0 0
Igbo 30 30 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 40 15 5 15 5
Ga 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 120 0 15 0
African languages, n.i.e. 200 185 0 5 10
Creoles 215 75 5 135 0
Non-verbal languages 130 75 0 0 60
American Sign Language 40 30 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 50 0 0 40
Other languages 150 80 0 0 70
Multiple responses 15,235 13,730 20 1,350 130
English and French 635 160 5 470 0
English and non-official language 14,055 13,340 5 585 125
French and non-official language 350 175 10 165 5
English, French and non-official language 185 55 0 135 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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