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Selected Language Characteristics (165), Registered Indian Status (3), Age Groups (7) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Selected language characteristics (165)
Definition
No definition is available for this variable.
Values
- Total population by detailed mother tongue Footnote 1
- Total - Single responses Footnote 2
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses Footnote 51
- English and Aboriginal language Footnote 52
- French and Aboriginal language Footnote 53
- English, French and Aboriginal language Footnote 54
- Other multiple responses
- Total population by detailed language spoken most often at home Footnote 56
- Total - Single responses Footnote 57
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses Footnote 106
- English and Aboriginal language Footnote 107
- French and Aboriginal language Footnote 108
- English, French and Aboriginal language Footnote 109
- Other multiple responses
- Total population by knowledge of Aboriginal languages Footnote 111
- Total - Single responses Footnote 112
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses Footnote 161
- English and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 162
- French and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 163
- English, French and Aboriginal language(s) Footnote 164
- Other multiple responses
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
- Footnote 2
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Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language as their mother tongue.
- Footnote 51
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Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language as their mother tongue.
- Footnote 52
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Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
- Footnote 53
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Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
- Footnote 54
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Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
- Footnote 56
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Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census. The data on home language shown in this table are not comparable to data found in similar tables produced for the 2001 Census when home language referred to the language spoken most often at home and the language spoken on a regular basis at home.
- Footnote 57
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Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language spoken most often at home.
- Footnote 106
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Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language spoken most often at home.
- Footnote 107
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Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
- Footnote 108
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Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
- Footnote 109
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Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
- Footnote 111
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Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in an Aboriginal language.
- Footnote 112
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Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of only one language, either as an official or a non-official language. For example, the category 'English' includes persons who reported knowledge of English only without reporting knowledge of any non-official language(s).
- Footnote 161
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Indicates the number of persons who reported multiple official and/or non-official languages.
- Footnote 162
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Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English and at least one Aboriginal language.
- Footnote 163
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Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of French and at least one Aboriginal language.
- Footnote 164
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Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English, French and at least one Aboriginal language.