Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), 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 first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey, CY
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Language spoken most often at home (269) 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 - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 513,400 473,985 3,645 2,695 33,085 4,985 1.0
Single responses 459,485 420,850 3,265 2,290 33,080 4,410 1.0
Official languages 305,325 302,235 3,085 0 0 3,085 1.0
English 304,195 302,170 2,030 0 0 2,025 0.7
French 1,125 65 1,060 0 0 1,060 94.2
Non-official languages 154,160 118,610 180 2,290 33,085 1,325 0.9
Aboriginal languages 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Eastern Algonquian languages 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 ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 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 ...
Tahltan languages 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 ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 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 ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 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 ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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 ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 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 ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 154,145 118,595 180 2,290 33,080 1,325 0.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 3,050 30 110 1,585 85 1.8
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 455 330 0 5 120 5 1.1
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 445 320 0 5 120 5 1.1
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,715 30 105 1,465 75 1.7
Amharic 135 120 0 0 15 0 0.0
Arabic 3,450 2,125 25 100 1,190 75 2.2
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 200 0 0 100 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 160 0 0 125 0 0.0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 75 65 0 0 10 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 40 0 0 25 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,560 3,425 15 80 1,040 55 1.2
Khmer (Cambodian) 400 275 0 10 115 5 1.3
Vietnamese 4,165 3,155 15 70 925 50 1.2
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 9,225 8,995 0 35 190 20 0.2
Bikol 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cebuano 305 305 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hiligaynon 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 340 325 0 0 15 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 110 105 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 8,045 0 35 160 15 0.2
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creole languages 155 35 5 110 5 60 38.7
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 105 10 5 85 0 50 47.6
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 25 5 10 22.2
Dravidian languages 885 810 0 10 65 5 0.6
Kannada 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Malayalam 360 330 0 0 30 0 0.0
Tamil 410 370 0 5 35 0 0.0
Telugu 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-European languages 100,595 76,695 90 1,390 22,415 790 0.8
Albanian 195 175 0 5 15 0 0.0
Armenian 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Balto-Slavic languages 3,095 2,730 5 95 270 50 1.6
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 3,090 2,725 5 95 270 50 1.6
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Bulgarian 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Croatian 190 180 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 130 125 0 0 5 5 3.8
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 1,030 945 5 20 60 10 1.0
Russian 1,040 870 0 40 130 20 1.9
Serbian 210 175 0 15 20 5 2.4
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 85 80 0 0 5 5 5.9
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 245 210 0 10 30 5 2.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 665 610 5 45 10 25 3.8
Afrikaans 100 100 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 110 100 0 10 0 5 4.5
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 385 360 5 20 10 15 3.9
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Norwegian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 15 5 0 0 0 5 33.3
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 190 170 0 5 20 5 2.6
Indo-Iranian languages 91,720 69,235 50 900 21,545 495 0.5
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 67,455 45 865 21,200 480 0.5
Bengali 410 370 0 15 25 5 1.2
Gujarati 735 630 0 10 95 5 0.7
Hindi 6,890 6,125 5 55 700 35 0.5
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Marathi 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Nepali 240 225 0 5 15 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 56,825 40 730 20,020 405 0.5
Sindhi 80 75 0 0 5 5 6.3
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 265 0 0 25 0 0.0
Urdu 3,260 2,900 0 50 310 25 0.8
Iranian languages 2,065 1,710 5 35 320 15 0.7
Kurdish 105 80 0 5 20 0 0.0
Pashto 310 255 0 0 60 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 1,365 5 30 240 15 0.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 70 0 5 20 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,690 3,760 40 340 555 210 4.5
Catalan 5 5 0 5 5 5 100.0
Italian 240 195 5 15 20 15 6.3
Portuguese 510 420 0 25 60 15 2.9
Romanian 305 230 0 45 30 25 8.2
Spanish 3,630 2,910 35 250 435 155 4.3
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 450 385 0 10 55 5 1.1
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 6,435 5,135 5 110 1,185 60 0.9
Mongolic languages 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 340 230 25 45 35 50 14.7
Akan (Twi) 65 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ewe 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Lingala 10 5 5 5 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 5 5 10 10 50.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 15 5 5 5 5 16.7
Shona 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 85 40 5 25 5 20 23.5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 40 5 10 5 5 10.0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages 230 135 0 0 95 0 0.0
American Sign Language 85 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 145 65 0 0 80 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,550 18,895 10 345 6,305 180 0.7
Chinese languages 24,910 18,435 10 335 6,135 175 0.7
Cantonese 4,620 3,170 0 50 1,405 25 0.5
Hakka 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 18,820 14,175 10 260 4,375 140 0.7
Min Dong 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 455 0 10 165 5 0.8
Wu (Shanghainese) 200 140 0 0 55 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 420 0 15 120 5 0.9
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 5 5 5 16.7
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 460 0 10 175 0 0.0
Burmese 280 225 0 5 45 0 0.0
Karenic languages 310 195 0 5 110 0 0.0
Tibetan 25 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 310 0 15 50 5 1.3
Lao 275 225 0 10 40 5 1.8
Thai 105 90 0 5 15 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 175 135 0 20 20 5 2.9
Azerbaijani 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkish 125 100 0 10 15 0 0.0
Uyghur 35 30 0 5 5 5 14.3
Uzbek 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 10 0 5 100.0
Uralic languages 300 285 0 10 10 5 1.7
Estonian 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Finnish 45 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 240 225 0 5 5 5 2.1
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 53,920 53,140 380 405 0 580 1.1
English and French 525 170 205 155 0 280 53.3
English and non-official language 52,775 52,725 50 0 0 45 0.1
French and non-official language 115 45 70 0 0 70 60.9
English, French and non-official language 505 200 55 250 0 180 35.6

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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