Where Punjabi origins are most concentrated
At opposite ends of the country, Surrey and Brampton report Punjabi origin at the same share: 8.5 percent, matched to a tenth of a point.
Origin in this story: Punjabi
About 280,000 people in Canada reported Punjabi origin. · West
Punjabi is reported by 8.5 percent of the population in private households in the city of Surrey, 8.5 percent in the city of Brampton and 8.0 percent in Abbotsford.
Across Canada the origin is reported by 0.6 percent of the population in private households, 279,950 people in all.
In the Vancouver census metropolitan area 62,880 people reported Punjabi origins.
Within the city of Surrey the concentration is neighbourhood-scale rather than citywide: one dissemination area reaches 51.9 percent of the 540 people in private households counted there, and 89 areas across the country pass 25 percent.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
Punjabi, Indian (India), Sikh and Jatt are separate responses in the census. They are never added together here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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