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Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (186), Other Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :	97-555-XCB2006039
Release date :	December 4, 2007
Topic :	Language
Data dimensions :	Geography (Geographic Index) Generation status (4) Sex (3) Detailed language spoken most often at home (186) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)

Note

Note: Data quality - Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)

When comparing the census results to those of the 2001 Census, it appears that there is some overestimation of persons reporting Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in British Columbia and, as a result, also at the Canada level. Although it affects a relatively small population, it is best to apply caution when analysing the census data for Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in these geographies.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details detailed language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , generation status and sex for the population 15 years and over in Barrie
Detailed language spoken most often at home (186)	Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Detailed language spoken most often at home (186)	Total - Other language spoken regularly at home	None	English	French	Non-official language	English and French	English and non-official language	French and non-official language	English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home	138,505	130,460	2,650	1,635	3,610	0	80	70	0
Single responses	137,530	129,550	2,640	1,630	3,555	10	80	65	0
English	131,970	126,840	0	1,620	3,440	0	0	70	0
French	830	310	490	0	15	0	15	0	0
Non-official languages	4,725	2,395	2,155	0	100	0	60	0	0
Aboriginal languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malecite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montagnais-Naskapi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chipewyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dogrib	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Slave (Hare)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Slave	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuswap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gitksan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nootka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuinnaqtun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance languages	1,165	495	640	0	25	0	10	0	0
Italian	370	155	200	0	10	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	170	70	90	0	10	0	0	0	0
Romanian	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	555	195	350	0	0	0	10	0	0
Romance languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages	325	145	175	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flemish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frisian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	280	135	145	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scandinavian languages	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danish	10	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gaelic languages	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages	1,205	595	535	0	40	0	35	0	0
Belarusian (Byelorussian)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	50	15	15	0	15	0	0	0	0
Bulgarian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	50	25	0	0	0	0	25	0	0
Polish	685	390	290	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian	225	70	130	0	10	0	10	0	0
Serbian	35	10	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	100	50	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenian	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baltic languages	60	35	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	55	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finno-Ugric languages	140	65	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	40	10	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	100	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	40	10	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkish	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages	70	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages	75	35	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amharic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic	70	30	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages	525	210	260	10	40	0	15	0	0
Indo-Aryan languages	375	165	165	10	25	0	15	0	0
Bengali	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	30	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0
Hindi	10	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	90	25	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	205	95	70	0	15	0	15	0	0
Iranian languages	145	40	90	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pashto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	145	45	95	0	10	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages	75	35	25	10	0	10	0	0	0
Kannada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayalam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	70	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Telugu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	45	35	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	185	105	85	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages	455	375	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese languages	455	375	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	140	130	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaochow (Teochow)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	110	100	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.^{Footnote 1}	195	145	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai languages	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lao	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	215	170	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	210	170	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages	155	55	95	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pampango	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	145	50	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creoles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-verbal languages	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multiple responses	975	915	10	10	50	0	0	0	0
English and French	110	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
English and non-official language	845	785	0	0	50	0	0	0	0
French and non-official language	20	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Footnotes

Footnote 1

The 2006 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' includes responses of 'Chinese' as well as all Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese. Data for the 'Chinese, n.o.s.' category in 2001 and 2006 are not directly comparable. The 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' is equivalent to the sum of the 2006 categories 'Chinese, n.o.s.' and 'Chaochow (Teochow),' 'Fukien,' 'Shanghainese' and Taiwanese.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006039.

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Related data

2006 Census analysis series:
2006 Census: The Evolving Linguistic Portrait, 2006 Census: Findings
2006 Census reference guides and technical reports:
Languages Reference Guide, 2006 Census