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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey North / Surrey-Nord
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 124,885 110,450 85 4,550 9,805
Single responses 119,790 105,770 80 4,190 9,755
English 55,300 53,200 5 2,010 85
French 935 150 25 760 5
Non-official languages 63,560 52,420 50 1,420 9,670
Aboriginal languages 80 75 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 40 35 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 5 5 0 0 0
Cree languages 30 30 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 30 30 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 5 5 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 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 5 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 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
Salish languages 5 5 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 5 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 5 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 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 20 20 0 0 0
Gitksan 5 5 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 10 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 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
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 3,080 2,625 15 230 215
Italian 235 210 0 25 0
Portuguese 355 320 5 20 15
Romanian 210 165 0 40 5
Spanish 2,280 1,930 10 145 195
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,445 1,395 5 45 0
Dutch 280 265 0 10 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0
German 960 925 5 30 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 180 175 0 0 0
Danish 90 90 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 50 45 0 0 0
Swedish 35 35 0 0 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,485 2,305 0 70 105
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0 0
Croatian 195 190 0 0 5
Czech 145 140 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 1,010 930 0 40 40
Russian 500 445 0 20 35
Serbian 145 135 0 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 5 0
Slovak 110 105 0 5 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0 0
Ukrainian 240 225 0 5 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0
Greek 130 120 0 10 5
Armenian 20 15 0 10 0
Albanian 125 110 0 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 475 425 0 25 25
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0
Finnish 80 75 0 0 0
Hungarian 385 340 0 20 25
Turkic languages 90 65 0 10 10
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 45 30 0 10 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5 5
Mongolian 10 5 0 5 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,110 1,565 5 80 465
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 190 155 0 0 30
Oromo 30 20 0 0 10
Somali 165 135 0 0 25
Semitic languages 1,920 1,410 5 75 430
Amharic 135 120 0 10 5
Arabic 1,405 1,050 5 70 280
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 330 190 0 0 140
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 35,710 28,400 20 530 6,765
Indo-Aryan languages 34,825 27,615 15 510 6,685
Bengali 200 180 0 5 10
Gujarati 295 255 0 5 35
Hindi 5,125 4,720 0 90 310
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 27,755 21,110 15 380 6,245
Sindhi 45 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 200 190 0 0 15
Urdu 1,010 940 0 10 55
Nepali 175 155 0 10 10
Iranian languages 855 755 0 20 75
Kurdish 30 30 0 0 0
Pashto 125 110 0 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 705 620 0 20 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 305 280 0 5 15
Kannada 0 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 115 100 0 5 10
Tamil 135 130 0 0 5
Telugu 50 50 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 250 225 0 5 20
Korean 1,490 1,170 0 20 295
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,570 4,290 5 110 1,165
Chinese languages 5,100 3,985 5 110 1,000
Cantonese 1,095 800 0 30 265
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 30 30 0 0 5
Hakka 20 15 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,765 1,405 0 35 325
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0 5
Taiwanese 105 70 0 0 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,065 1,655 0 40 365
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 170 145 0 5 25
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 290 145 0 0 140
Tai languages 255 225 0 15 20
Lao 180 155 0 10 15
Thai 75 75 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,525 2,080 0 70 375
Khmer (Cambodian) 200 170 0 5 30
Vietnamese 2,320 1,910 0 65 345
Malayo-Polynesian languages 6,675 6,535 5 50 90
Bisayan languages 385 385 0 5 0
Ilocano 325 320 0 0 5
Malay 130 130 0 5 5
Pampango 40 35 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,575 5,460 5 40 75
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 145 140 0 0 5
Pangasinan 15 15 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 355 280 5 55 15
Akan (Twi) 50 50 0 0 0
Bantu languages 170 135 5 25 10
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 20 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 80 65 0 15 5
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Edo 15 20 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 10 5 15 5
Ga 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 120 115 0 0 5
Creoles 110 50 0 65 0
Non-verbal languages 35 15 0 0 20
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 0 0 15
Other languages 110 45 0 0 65
Multiple responses 5,090 4,680 10 360 50
English and French 150 40 0 110 0
English and non-official language 4,775 4,560 0 160 45
French and non-official language 120 60 0 55 0
English, French and non-official language 45 15 0 30 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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