Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 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 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 1 513,400 456,615 245 23,060 33,485
Single responses 491,865 437,075 210 21,245 33,335
Official languages 251,160 235,485 80 15,345 250
English 247,690 235,085 10 12,340 250
French 3,480 395 65 3,010 5
Non-official languages 240,700 201,590 135 5,895 33,080
Aboriginal languages 100 90 0 10 5
Algonquian languages 50 45 0 5 0
Blackfoot 5 0 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 10 5 0 5 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 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 10 15 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 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 5 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 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 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 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. 5 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 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. 10 5 0 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 201,495 135 5,890 33,080
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 5,260 15 330 1,585
Berber languages 5 0 0 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 4,595 15 310 1,465
Amharic 305 285 0 5 15
Arabic 4,935 3,460 10 295 1,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 325 0 0 105
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 245 0 0 145
Harari 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 55 0 5 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 155 140 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 70 0 0 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,015 5,795 5 175 1,040
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 520 0 15 115
Vietnamese 6,365 5,275 10 150 925
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 20,440 5 190 195
Bikol 70 65 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 840 0 10 5
Fijian 205 205 0 0 5
Hiligaynon 255 255 0 5 0
Ilocano 1,045 1,020 0 5 15
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 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 5 150 160
Waray-Waray 35 35 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 190 185 0 5 5
Creole languages 260 85 0 170 5
Haitian Creole 10 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 15 5 140 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 65 0 25 0
Dravidian languages 1,735 1,635 0 30 70
Kannada 60 50 0 0 0
Malayalam 695 660 0 10 30
Tamil 795 740 0 10 35
Telugu 170 165 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 35 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 130,845 90 3,715 22,415
Albanian 310 285 0 10 20
Armenian 95 75 0 15 0
Balto-Slavic languages 7,520 6,935 0 305 275
Baltic languages 55 50 0 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 5 5
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,470 6,885 0 305 275
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 135 0 5 10
Bulgarian 110 100 0 10 0
Croatian 670 645 0 15 5
Czech 450 425 0 20 5
Macedonian 15 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,510 2,350 0 95 60
Russian 1,795 1,585 0 80 125
Serbian 475 420 0 30 20
Serbo-Croatian 80 75 0 0 0
Slovak 285 275 0 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 85 0 0 0
Ukrainian 800 730 0 40 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 40 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 15 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,660 6,290 0 350 10
Afrikaans 220 210 0 5 5
Danish 415 405 0 15 0
Dutch 1,540 1,455 0 80 0
Frisian 35 35 0 0 0
German 4,070 3,855 0 205 10
Icelandic 30 25 0 5 0
Norwegian 150 150 0 0 0
Swedish 135 120 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 20 0 15 0
Yiddish 15 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Greek 600 545 0 35 20
Indo-Iranian languages 131,595 107,885 50 2,135 21,535
Indo-Aryan languages 128,075 104,790 45 2,035 21,200
Bengali 685 645 0 20 20
Gujarati 1,485 1,340 0 40 105
Hindi 13,265 12,335 5 220 700
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 65 60 0 5 0
Marathi 80 75 0 0 0
Nepali 410 390 0 10 10
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,105 84,450 40 1,605 20,010
Sindhi 210 185 0 15 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 640 0 15 25
Urdu 5,070 4,655 0 105 310
Iranian languages 3,410 3,000 0 95 315
Kurdish 170 145 0 5 20
Pashto 525 460 0 5 55
Persian (Farsi) 2,715 2,390 0 85 240
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 90 0 0 20
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 8,790 40 855 550
Catalan 15 10 0 5 0
Italian 1,335 1,180 0 135 20
Portuguese 1,435 1,285 0 85 60
Romanian 710 550 0 130 35
Spanish 6,735 5,760 40 500 435
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 1,075 985 0 35 55
Kartvelian languages 0 5 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,070 6,650 5 225 1,190
Mongolic languages 25 15 0 0 5
Mongolian 20 20 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 820 15 165 35
Akan (Twi) 190 175 0 10 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 45 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 0 5 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 0
Lingala 20 5 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 10 5 30 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 20 0 10 5
Shona 45 40 0 0 0
Swahili 215 155 5 50 5
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Yoruba 85 85 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 215 170 5 30 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 85 0 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 5
Sign languages 185 105 0 0 75
American Sign Language 70 55 0 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 55 0 0 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 26,530 5 730 6,300
Chinese languages 32,780 25,915 10 715 6,140
Cantonese 7,090 5,580 0 150 1,370
Hakka 215 170 0 5 35
Mandarin 22,885 18,120 5 520 4,245
Min Dong 30 15 0 0 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,315 1,050 0 20 245
Wu (Shanghainese) 340 250 0 5 90
Chinese, n.o.s. 870 710 0 20 145
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 615 0 10 165
Burmese 335 285 0 10 40
Karenic languages 335 230 0 0 100
Tibetan 60 50 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages 780 695 0 35 50
Lao 525 460 0 20 40
Thai 255 235 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 340 0 25 25
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0
Turkish 265 230 0 15 20
Uyghur 65 50 0 0 5
Uzbek 15 20 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 10 0
Uralic languages 1,170 1,090 0 65 10
Estonian 60 50 0 10 0
Finnish 240 230 0 10 0
Hungarian 870 810 0 50 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5 10
Multiple responses 21,535 19,545 30 1,810 145
English and French 780 240 10 535 0
English and non-official language 20,190 19,180 15 855 140
French and non-official language 270 65 10 190 10
English, French and non-official language 295 65 5 230 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-X2016055.

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