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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Surrey, CY
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 465,010 429,835 3,510 2,410
0 to 4 years 29,155 24,605 90 40
5 to 9 years 28,795 28,060 105 95
10 to 14 years 30,775 29,955 130 530
15 to 19 years 33,090 32,195 130 600
20 to 24 years 30,960 30,180 140 230
25 to 29 years 32,095 30,890 150 130
30 to 34 years 32,000 30,575 190 115
35 to 39 years 32,755 31,315 230 105
40 to 44 years 34,875 33,125 290 120
45 to 49 years 36,380 34,335 310 135
50 to 54 years 34,195 31,815 375 105
55 to 59 years 29,710 26,615 310 70
60 to 64 years 25,560 21,885 315 50
65 to 69 years 18,435 15,150 240 30
70 to 74 years 13,450 10,695 195 25
75 to 79 years 9,940 7,905 120 15
80 to 84 years 6,970 5,635 95 10
85 years and over 5,860 4,900 90 10
Median ageFootnote 2 37.3 36.3 49.9 19.1
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 376,280 347,225 3,180 1,745
Married or living with a common-law partner 230,445 209,420 1,985 685
Married (and not separated) 209,620 189,180 1,640 640
Living common law 20,825 20,240 345 45
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 145,830 137,800 1,195 1,055
Single (never legally married) 99,425 96,985 590 960
Separated 9,620 9,030 100 25
Divorced 19,195 18,325 270 40
Widowed 17,585 13,465 235 35
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 465,010 429,840 3,505 2,405
English only 413,830 413,830 0 0
French only 225 0 225 0
English and French 21,305 15,625 3,275 2,405
Neither English nor French 29,645 385 10 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 465,005 429,835 3,510 2,410
Single responses 449,775 415,010 3,290 2,220
English 240,485 240,480 10 0
French 3,480 430 3,050 0
Non-official languages 205,815 174,100 235 2,220
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 60 65 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 40 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 204,430 172,860 230 2,195
African languages, n.i.e. 200 190 0 0
Afrikaans 175 170 0 0
Akan (Twi) 155 150 0 0
Albanian 265 240 0 0
Amharic 290 270 0 5
Arabic 2,930 2,450 15 110
Armenian 85 80 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 5
Bengali 460 425 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 750 745 0 0
Bosnian 140 140 0 0
Bulgarian 90 85 0 0
Burmese 250 220 0 0
Cantonese 3,890 3,140 0 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,760 6,320 10 65
Creoles 215 120 50 45
Croatian 730 715 0 5
Czech 495 495 0 5
Danish 450 445 0 0
Dutch 1,765 1,750 5 10
Estonian 80 80 0 5
Finnish 280 275 0 0
Flemish 35 35 5 0
Fukien 125 115 0 0
German 4,910 4,875 0 20
Greek 570 550 0 0
Gujarati 1,240 1,120 5 5
Hakka 70 55 0 0
Hebrew 50 45 0 0
Hindi 12,230 11,470 5 85
Hungarian 1,030 990 5 5
Ilocano 655 640 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 5
Italian 1,395 1,355 10 15
Japanese 955 875 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 600 525 0 5
Korean 7,745 6,405 0 105
Kurdish 115 105 0 10
Lao 580 515 0 20
Latvian 35 35 0 0
Lingala 0 5 0 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 0
Macedonian 10 10 0 0
Malay 355 350 0 0
Malayalam 390 365 0 5
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 10,050 8,110 5 130
Marathi 60 55 0 0
Nepali 300 285 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 125 5 5
Norwegian 205 205 0 0
Oromo 45 35 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 93,785 73,445 50 790
Pashto 390 335 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,030 1,825 5 25
Polish 2,740 2,625 5 35
Portuguese 1,350 1,275 10 20
Romanian 630 545 0 60
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 35 5 10
Russian 1,370 1,265 5 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 450 305 0 0
Serbian 460 430 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 80 80 0 5
Shanghainese 45 35 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 50 0 0
Sindhi 210 200 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 535 510 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 305 155 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 40 0 0
Slovak 290 285 0 0
Slovenian 105 100 0 0
Somali 540 475 5 5
Spanish 5,860 5,235 20 245
Swahili 160 140 5 10
Swedish 145 140 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 13,740 13,540 5 30
Taiwanese 745 550 0 10
Tamil 525 500 0 0
Telugu 100 95 0 0
Thai 200 195 0 0
Tibetan languages 45 35 0 0
Tigrigna 90 85 0 0
Turkish 190 175 0 10
Ukrainian 910 885 0 0
Urdu 4,495 4,180 5 25
Vietnamese 6,040 5,025 5 85
Yiddish 15 15 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 1,325 1,180 0 25
Multiple responses 15,235 14,830 220 190
English and French 635 470 30 130
English and non-official language 14,055 14,050 5 0
French and non-official language 355 175 175 0
English, French and non-official language 190 130 5 50
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 465,005 429,840 3,505 2,410
Single responses 429,580 395,030 3,230 2,075
English 291,155 289,035 2,125 0
French 1,050 90 955 0
Non-official languages 137,385 105,905 145 2,075
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 10 5 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 0 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 136,800 105,450 145 2,065
African languages, n.i.e. 90 90 0 0
Afrikaans 90 85 0 0
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 0
Albanian 165 135 0 5
Amharic 130 115 0 0
Arabic 1,880 1,385 15 90
Armenian 30 20 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0
Bengali 305 265 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 285 285 0 0
Bosnian 75 70 0 5
Bulgarian 45 40 0 0
Burmese 185 150 0 0
Cantonese 2,680 1,890 0 40
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,385 4,040 5 55
Creoles 130 40 20 70
Croatian 205 185 0 0
Czech 175 175 0 5
Danish 10 10 0 0
Dutch 120 110 0 15
Estonian 10 10 0 0
Finnish 45 35 0 5
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 50 45 0 0
German 515 490 0 20
Greek 175 150 0 5
Gujarati 650 530 0 0
Hakka 15 10 0 0
Hebrew 10 10 0 0
Hindi 6,890 6,165 0 70
Hungarian 280 245 0 5
Ilocano 215 205 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 0
Italian 280 240 5 10
Japanese 440 360 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 325 255 0 5
Korean 6,360 5,020 5 100
Kurdish 65 55 0 5
Lao 345 290 0 15
Latvian 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0
Malay 150 150 0 0
Malayalam 190 165 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 8,575 6,510 5 135
Marathi 25 20 0 0
Nepali 200 185 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 30 20 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 73,620 53,310 30 750
Pashto 250 195 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,345 1,155 0 20
Polish 1,305 1,195 0 30
Portuguese 440 365 5 25
Romanian 295 215 0 60
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 25 0 10
Russian 815 705 5 30
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 335 205 0 0
Serbian 240 205 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 5 5
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 80 0 0
Sindhi 95 85 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 265 245 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 110 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slovak 100 90 0 5
Slovenian 15 10 0 0
Somali 385 320 10 0
Spanish 3,375 2,745 30 235
Swahili 75 60 0 5
Swedish 10 10 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,410 6,210 0 25
Taiwanese 445 315 0 5
Tamil 320 295 0 5
Telugu 65 65 0 0
Thai 85 75 0 0
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 40 35 0 0
Turkish 70 55 0 5
Ukrainian 190 170 0 5
Urdu 3,265 2,940 5 25
Vietnamese 4,435 3,445 5 75
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 575 445 5 15
Multiple responses 35,425 34,810 280 330
English and French 405 130 130 145
English and non-official language 34,495 34,465 30 0
French and non-official language 135 50 85 0
English, French and non-official language 390 165 35 190
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 465,005 429,840 3,510 2,405
None 364,500 333,850 1,995 1,065
Single responses 99,030 94,735 1,415 1,240
English 48,470 45,900 510 1,095
French 2,430 1,660 715 45
Non-official languages 48,130 47,175 190 100
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 40 40 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 25 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 47,505 46,550 185 95
African languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 0
Afrikaans 70 65 0 0
Akan (Twi) 95 100 0 0
Albanian 70 70 0 0
Amharic 115 110 5 0
Arabic 830 750 25 10
Armenian 40 40 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Bengali 105 95 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 210 210 0 0
Bosnian 45 40 0 0
Bulgarian 20 20 0 0
Burmese 45 45 0 0
Cantonese 1,070 1,045 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,430 1,395 5 0
Creoles 145 90 40 10
Croatian 305 305 0 0
Czech 155 160 0 0
Danish 155 150 0 0
Dutch 555 550 0 0
Estonian 25 25 5 0
Finnish 110 110 0 0
Flemish 15 10 0 0
Fukien 35 30 0 0
German 1,560 1,540 10 5
Greek 330 325 0 0
Gujarati 505 500 0 5
Hakka 15 15 0 0
Hebrew 30 35 0 0
Hindi 5,600 5,390 5 20
Hungarian 320 320 5 0
Ilocano 160 160 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Italian 590 580 10 0
Japanese 455 445 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 150 0 5
Korean 930 925 0 0
Kurdish 20 20 0 0
Lao 190 190 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 5 10 0 0
Macedonian 5 10 0 0
Malay 170 165 0 0
Malayalam 125 125 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 1,500 1,415 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0
Nepali 65 65 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 85 5 0
Norwegian 55 55 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,800 14,745 0 10
Pashto 100 100 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 420 415 0 0
Polish 815 810 5 0
Portuguese 525 520 5 0
Romanian 205 205 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 10 5
Russian 330 320 0 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 105 80 0 0
Serbian 145 140 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 0
Sindhi 90 90 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 210 210 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 120 115 0 0
Slovenian 30 30 0 0
Somali 150 140 0 0
Spanish 2,315 2,285 20 0
Swahili 130 105 10 10
Swedish 55 55 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,800 4,790 5 0
Taiwanese 355 255 0 5
Tamil 195 185 0 0
Telugu 25 20 0 0
Thai 110 110 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 30 35 0 0
Turkish 95 95 0 0
Ukrainian 175 170 5 0
Urdu 985 950 0 0
Vietnamese 1,310 1,270 5 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 590 585 5 0
Multiple responses 1,475 1,250 95 105
English and French 145 40 20 85
English and non-official language 810 730 50 15
French and non-official language 505 475 35 0
English, French and non-official language 15 5 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 465,005 429,835 3,505 2,410
English 429,835 429,840 0 0
French 3,505 0 3,505 0
English and French 2,410 0 0 2,405
Neither English nor French 29,250 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 4,710 0 3,505 1,205
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.0 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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