Pakistan requests Canada to include Urdu, Punjab Shahmukhi in Canadian Census 2021

Diplomatic CirclePakistan requests Canada to include Urdu, Punjab Shahmukhi in Canadian Census 2021

OTTAWA, Canada: The High Commission for Pakistan in Canada has requested the Canadian authorities to consider the inclusion of Urdu language in the list of individual national languages and Punjabi Shahmukhi and Punjab Gurmukhi as two separate entries for mother tongue for the Canadian Census 2021.

In a letter addressed to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, the High Commission for Pakistan said that a large number of notable Pakistani origin Canadians appreciated the Pakistan High Commission to request the Canadian authorities for the inclusion of Urdu language in the list of individual languages of the Canadian Census 2021 for the recognition and celebration of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistani origin Canadians.

The letter noted that Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and has been serving as a robust medium of connectivity and cohesion in the culturally diverse national landscape of Pakistan.

In the letter, the High Commission for Pakistan further requested the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada to consider for future reference/census, entries of Punjab Shahmukhi and Punjabi Gurmukhi as separate mother tongues because both languages followed two entirely different scripts as is the case with Urdu and Hindi.

The letter concluded that the Canadian Census does not record this distinction affecting resources which are currently allocated for the promotion of media and content only in Punjab Gurmukhi used in the Indian Punjab.

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