Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey, CY
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 513,400 456,620 245 23,055 33,485
Single responses 491,865 437,075 210 21,245 33,335
Official languages 251,165 235,485 75 15,350 250
English 247,690 235,090 10 12,335 250
French 3,475 400 65 3,010 5
Non-official languages 240,705 201,585 135 5,895 33,085
Aboriginal languages 105 90 0 10 0
Algonquian languages 50 45 0 10 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 35 30 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 20 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 15 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 10 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 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
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 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
Michif 5 0 0 5 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 201,495 135 5,885 33,080
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 5,265 10 330 1,590
Berber languages 5 0 0 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 780 650 0 10 120
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 20 0 0 0
Somali 760 625 0 10 120
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 4,595 15 315 1,465
Amharic 305 280 0 10 15
Arabic 4,935 3,460 10 295 1,170
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 325 0 5 105
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 245 0 0 145
Harari 5 0 0 5 0
Hebrew 55 55 0 5 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 155 145 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 70 5 0 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,015 5,795 10 170 1,040
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 515 0 15 120
Vietnamese 6,360 5,280 5 155 925
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 20,440 0 195 195
Bikol 65 65 0 0 0
Cebuano 855 840 0 10 0
Fijian 210 205 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 250 0 5 0
Ilocano 1,045 1,020 0 5 15
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 430 415 0 10 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 110 0 0 5
Pangasinan 85 85 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,545 17,230 0 155 160
Waray-Waray 35 30 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 185 0 0 5
Creole languages 260 85 0 175 5
Haitian Creole 10 5 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 15 5 140 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 65 0 30 0
Dravidian languages 1,735 1,635 0 25 70
Kannada 55 55 0 0 0
Malayalam 695 660 0 5 30
Tamil 790 740 0 15 35
Telugu 170 165 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 30 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 130,850 90 3,715 22,410
Albanian 315 290 0 10 15
Armenian 95 75 0 15 5
Balto-Slavic languages 7,520 6,930 5 310 275
Baltic languages 50 50 0 5 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 25 0 5 0
Slavic languages 7,470 6,885 0 305 270
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 135 0 0 15
Bulgarian 110 100 0 10 5
Croatian 670 650 0 15 10
Czech 450 425 0 20 10
Macedonian 10 15 0 0 0
Polish 2,510 2,355 0 95 65
Russian 1,795 1,590 0 80 125
Serbian 475 420 0 30 20
Serbo-Croatian 85 80 0 5 5
Slovak 285 275 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 90 0 0 0
Ukrainian 805 730 0 35 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 40 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 20 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,655 6,290 0 355 15
Afrikaans 220 210 0 5 5
Danish 415 405 0 15 0
Dutch 1,545 1,460 0 85 0
Frisian 30 30 0 0 0
German 4,070 3,855 0 205 10
Icelandic 25 25 0 0 0
Norwegian 150 150 0 5 0
Swedish 135 125 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 40 20 0 20 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 600 545 0 35 20
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 107,880 45 2,135 21,530
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 104,790 45 2,035 21,200
Bengali 685 645 0 20 20
Gujarati 1,480 1,340 0 40 110
Hindi 13,265 12,335 5 220 705
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 65 60 0 5 0
Marathi 80 80 0 0 5
Nepali 415 390 0 10 15
Oriya (Odia) 10 15 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 84,445 45 1,605 20,015
Sindhi 210 190 0 15 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 640 0 15 25
Urdu 5,075 4,660 0 105 310
Iranian languages 3,405 2,995 0 100 315
Kurdish 170 145 0 5 25
Pashto 525 465 0 5 55
Persian (Farsi) 2,715 2,390 0 85 240
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 5 20
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 8,790 35 855 555
Catalan 15 10 0 0 5
Italian 1,335 1,175 0 140 20
Portuguese 1,435 1,290 0 85 60
Romanian 715 550 5 130 35
Spanish 6,735 5,760 35 500 435
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 1,070 985 0 35 55
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,070 6,650 0 220 1,190
Mongolic languages 25 15 0 0 0
Mongolian 25 20 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 815 15 160 35
Akan (Twi) 190 180 0 10 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 50 0 0 0
Ewe 25 15 5 10 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 0 5 0
Igbo 65 60 0 0 5
Lingala 20 5 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 10 5 25 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 40 20 0 10 5
Shona 40 40 0 0 0
Swahili 215 155 5 50 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 80 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 170 5 30 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 90 0 5 5
Dinka 10 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5
Sign languages 185 105 0 0 80
American Sign Language 70 55 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 50 0 0 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 26,530 10 730 6,300
Chinese languages 32,780 25,915 10 720 6,135
Cantonese 7,090 5,575 0 145 1,370
Hakka 215 170 0 5 35
Mandarin 22,890 18,115 10 520 4,240
Min Dong 25 15 0 0 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 1,045 0 25 245
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 250 0 5 85
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 710 0 15 140
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 610 0 15 165
Burmese 335 290 0 10 40
Karenic languages 330 230 0 0 100
Tibetan 60 50 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 5 15
Tai-Kadai languages 780 700 0 30 55
Lao 525 460 0 25 40
Thai 255 235 0 10 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 345 0 25 25
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 5
Turkish 265 230 0 15 15
Uyghur 60 50 0 5 5
Uzbek 15 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 0
Uralic languages 1,165 1,090 0 65 15
Estonian 60 50 0 10 0
Finnish 245 230 0 10 0
Hungarian 865 805 0 50 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 5
Multiple responses 21,535 19,545 35 1,810 150
English and French 775 240 5 535 0
English and non-official language 20,190 19,180 15 860 140
French and non-official language 270 65 10 195 5
English, French and non-official language 300 60 0 230 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Surrey, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.4%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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