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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Centre / Surrey-Centre
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 1 118,790 104,695 95 4,520 9,470
Single responses 113,135 99,550 80 4,085 9,430
Official languages 49,855 47,055 25 2,690 75
English 48,995 46,950 5 1,960 75
French 860 100 25 730 5
Non-official languages 63,285 52,495 50 1,390 9,355
Aboriginal languages 50 45 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 20 20 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 0 5 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 15 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 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 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 5 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 5 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. 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 10 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 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
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 63,235 52,450 50 1,385 9,355
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,630 2,430 5 95 1,100
Berber languages 5 5 0 5 0
Kabyle 5 5 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 185 165 0 5 20
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 180 155 0 0 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 3,440 2,260 10 95 1,080
Amharic 145 140 0 5 5
Arabic 2,535 1,610 5 85 835
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 285 190 0 0 90
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 315 185 0 0 125
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 15 15 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 80 75 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 60 35 5 0 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,270 1,835 0 60 375
Khmer (Cambodian) 245 190 0 10 45
Vietnamese 2,025 1,650 5 45 320
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 7,575 7,420 0 80 75
Bikol 15 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 340 340 0 5 0
Fijian 110 110 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 100 95 0 5 0
Ilocano 470 460 0 0 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 185 175 0 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 50 55 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,165 6,045 0 60 50
Waray-Waray 20 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 5
Creole languages 100 40 0 60 5
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 50 5 0 45 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 50 35 0 15 0
Dravidian languages 440 410 0 0 30
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 200 190 0 0 20
Tamil 190 180 0 5 10
Telugu 45 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 40,050 33,085 30 830 6,115
Albanian 95 90 0 5 10
Armenian 25 20 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,215 2,030 0 85 95
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,200 2,020 0 80 100
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 35 0 5 5
Bulgarian 30 30 0 5 0
Croatian 170 165 0 5 0
Czech 120 115 0 5 5
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 795 750 0 15 25
Russian 595 525 0 20 45
Serbian 145 125 0 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0
Slovak 85 80 0 5 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 15 10 0 0 0
Ukrainian 170 145 0 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,010 970 0 45 0
Afrikaans 20 15 0 0 5
Danish 75 70 0 5 0
Dutch 200 190 0 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 645 615 0 25 0
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 35 0 0 0
Swedish 25 25 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 125 115 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 33,505 27,225 20 485 5,780
Indo-Aryan languages 32,355 26,265 15 460 5,615
Bengali 315 295 0 5 15
Gujarati 315 285 0 10 25
Hindi 4,490 4,195 5 70 225
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 25 20 0 5 0
Nepali 210 200 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 25,865 20,230 15 340 5,280
Sindhi 30 30 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 165 160 0 0 0
Urdu 920 840 0 20 60
Iranian languages 1,100 925 0 25 150
Kurdish 70 50 0 0 20
Pashto 150 130 0 0 20
Persian (Farsi) 875 740 5 20 110
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 40 0 5 15
Italic (Romance) languages 3,070 2,630 10 205 225
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0
Italian 200 180 0 15 0
Portuguese 380 345 0 25 20
Romanian 170 125 0 30 10
Spanish 2,305 1,970 15 135 190
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 230 215 0 10 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,490 1,210 0 35 245
Mongolic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 415 305 10 75 30
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 30 25 0 0 5
Ewe 10 5 5 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 0 5 0
Igbo 20 15 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 5 0 20 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 5 0 5
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 95 65 5 20 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 40 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 80 5 10 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 60 0 0 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0 0
Sign languages 50 25 0 0 25
American Sign Language 15 5 0 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 30 20 0 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,175 4,750 0 105 1,320
Chinese languages 5,610 4,340 0 95 1,170
Cantonese 1,830 1,345 0 20 460
Hakka 50 35 0 0 15
Mandarin 3,155 2,505 0 60 580
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 220 160 0 5 55
Wu (Shanghainese) 55 40 0 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 305 255 0 0 45
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 565 405 0 10 145
Burmese 230 190 0 10 35
Karenic languages 280 175 0 0 100
Tibetan 10 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 215 195 0 5 15
Lao 135 115 0 5 10
Thai 85 75 0 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 150 120 0 15 15
Azerbaijani 15 5 0 0 5
Turkish 65 50 0 10 5
Uyghur 45 40 0 0 5
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Uralic languages 295 280 0 15 0
Estonian 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 60 60 0 0 0
Hungarian 230 215 0 15 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 5
Multiple responses 5,645 5,145 15 440 45
English and French 185 60 0 130 0
English and non-official language 5,300 5,050 5 200 40
French and non-official language 95 30 5 60 5
English, French and non-official language 65 15 5 50 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 Centre / Surrey-Centre

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 5.6%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016059.

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