Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey, CY

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	513,400	491,865	21,535
Official languages	272,700	251,165	21,535
English	268,955	247,690	21,265
French	4,820	3,480	1,345
Non-official languages	261,460	240,705	20,760
Aboriginal languages	130	105	25
Algonquian languages	60	50	5
Blackfoot	5	5	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	35	30	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	10	10	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	0	0
Woods Cree	5	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	30	20	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	15	0
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	15	10	5
Oji-Cree	5	5	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	10	5	5
Northern Athabaskan languages	10	10	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	10	5	5
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	5	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	10	15	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	5	0
Inuktitut	10	10	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	5	5	5
Salish languages	5	5	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	5	5	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	5
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	5	0	0
Tsimshian languages	20	10	5
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	5	0	5
Nisga'a	5	5	0
Tsimshian	5	0	0
Wakashan languages	5	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	5	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	5	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	10	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	261,330	240,595	20,730
Afro-Asiatic languages	7,805	7,190	615
Berber languages	10	5	5
Kabyle	10	5	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	845	780	65
Bilen	0	0	0
Oromo	25	20	0
Somali	825	760	65
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Semitic languages	6,930	6,385	545
Amharic	315	310	15
Arabic	5,390	4,940	455
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	470	430	35
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	405	390	10
Harari	5	5	0
Hebrew	70	60	15
Maltese	15	10	5
Tigrigna	170	155	15
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	95	95	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	7,555	7,015	540
Khmer (Cambodian)	695	650	45
Vietnamese	6,860	6,365	495
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	24,290	20,825	3,465
Bikol	70	65	0
Cebuano	960	855	100
Fijian	240	210	30
Hiligaynon	285	260	30
Ilocano	1,140	1,040	95
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	470	430	40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	125	110	15
Pangasinan	95	85	10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	20,660	17,545	3,120
Waray-Waray	40	30	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	205	190	15
Creole languages	380	260	115
Haitian Creole	15	10	5
Creole, n.o.s.	250	155	95
Creole languages, n.i.e.	105	95	15
Dravidian languages	2,010	1,735	275
Kannada	75	55	15
Malayalam	805	695	110
Tamil	910	790	120
Telugu	200	170	30
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	20	20	0
Hmong-Mien languages	35	35	0
Indo-European languages	170,530	157,060	13,475
Albanian	340	310	25
Armenian	105	95	10
Balto-Slavic languages	7,905	7,520	385
Baltic languages	50	55	0
Latvian	30	25	0
Lithuanian	25	25	5
Slavic languages	7,850	7,465	385
Belarusan	0	0	0
Bosnian	160	150	10
Bulgarian	115	115	0
Croatian	715	670	40
Czech	465	450	15
Macedonian	15	15	0
Polish	2,630	2,510	115
Russian	1,880	1,795	85
Serbian	495	470	20
Serbo-Croatian	80	85	5
Slovak	295	285	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	100	90	10
Ukrainian	870	800	70
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	30	0
Celtic languages	55	45	10
Scottish Gaelic	25	20	5
Welsh	15	15	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Germanic languages	7,085	6,660	425
Afrikaans	250	220	35
Danish	440	420	20
Dutch	1,630	1,540	90
Frisian	35	30	5
German	4,315	4,070	245
Icelandic	35	30	5
Norwegian	160	155	5
Swedish	155	140	15
Vlaams (Flemish)	40	40	0
Yiddish	15	10	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Greek	635	595	40
Indo-Iranian languages	143,305	131,600	11,710
Indo-Aryan languages	139,495	128,070	11,430
Bengali	765	685	80
Gujarati	1,685	1,480	205
Hindi	15,405	13,265	2,145
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	80	70	10
Marathi	95	80	15
Nepali	450	415	30
Oriya (Odia)	10	10	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	114,100	106,100	8,000
Sindhi	245	205	35
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	765	675	85
Urdu	5,890	5,070	815
Iranian languages	3,670	3,410	260
Kurdish	185	170	15
Pashto	565	525	40
Persian (Farsi)	2,920	2,710	205
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	135	115	20
Italic (Romance) languages	11,100	10,235	865
Catalan	15	15	0
Italian	1,455	1,335	115
Portuguese	1,555	1,435	120
Romanian	750	715	35
Spanish	7,325	6,735	585
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Japanese	1,175	1,070	105
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0
Georgian	5	0	5
Korean	8,420	8,070	350
Mongolic languages	25	20	0
Mongolian	25	25	0
Niger-Congo languages	1,260	1,030	230
Akan (Twi)	220	190	30
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	60	50	10
Ewe	40	25	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	0
Ga	20	15	5
Ganda	20	15	5
Igbo	80	65	15
Lingala	20	15	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	55	15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	40	40	5
Shona	45	40	0
Swahili	280	215	65
Wolof	5	0	0
Yoruba	115	85	30
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	255	210	40
Nilo-Saharan languages	110	100	15
Dinka	5	10	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	105	90	15
Sign languages	260	185	70
American Sign Language	105	75	35
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	150	110	35
Sino-Tibetan languages	34,880	33,570	1,315
Chinese languages	34,065	32,780	1,285
Cantonese	7,545	7,095	450
Hakka	230	215	15
Mandarin	23,625	22,890	735
Min Dong	30	25	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	1,350	1,315	35
Wu (Shanghainese)	340	335	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	915	865	50
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	40	35	5
Tibeto-Burman languages	815	790	30
Burmese	345	335	5
Karenic languages	345	335	15
Tibetan	55	55	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	70	60	5
Tai-Kadai languages	865	785	85
Lao	595	525	70
Thai	270	255	20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	5	0
Turkic languages	405	390	15
Azerbaijani	15	15	0
Turkish	265	265	5
Uyghur	60	60	0
Uzbek	20	20	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	40	35	5
Uralic languages	1,215	1,165	50
Estonian	60	60	0
Finnish	245	240	5
Hungarian	915	865	45
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	115	100	15

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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

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-X2016060.