Census Profile, 2016 Census
Halifax, Regional municipality [Census subdivision], Nova Scotia and Yukon [Territory]

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Characteristic Halifax, RGM
Nova Scotia
[Census subdivision]
Yukon

[Territory]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 403,131 ... ... 35,874 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 390,086 r ... ... 33,897 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.3 ... ... 5.8 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 187,338 ... ... 17,987 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 173,324 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 73.4 ... ... 0.1 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 5,490.35 ... ... 474,712.68 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 403,130 195,210 207,920 35,875 18,075 17,795
0 to 14 years 60,510 30,900 29,615 6,280 3,355 2,920
0 to 4 years 19,785 10,080 9,705 2,135 1,155 985
5 to 9 years 20,745 10,620 10,125 2,120 1,130 995
10 to 14 years 19,985 10,200 9,785 2,020 1,075 945
15 to 64 years 279,525 136,210 143,315 25,340 12,500 12,835
15 to 19 years 22,330 11,310 11,020 1,935 1,000 930
20 to 24 years 30,205 15,005 15,200 1,965 1,035 930
25 to 29 years 30,185 15,170 15,015 2,550 1,245 1,310
30 to 34 years 27,470 13,490 13,980 2,890 1,395 1,495
35 to 39 years 25,700 12,285 13,415 2,590 1,235 1,355
40 to 44 years 26,640 12,805 13,830 2,540 1,170 1,370
45 to 49 years 27,715 13,165 14,550 2,465 1,210 1,245
50 to 54 years 32,640 15,850 16,795 2,880 1,390 1,495
55 to 59 years 30,590 14,805 15,790 2,995 1,505 1,490
60 to 64 years 26,050 12,325 13,720 2,530 1,315 1,220
65 years and over 63,095 28,100 34,990 4,260 2,220 2,040
65 to 69 years 22,495 10,625 11,875 1,845 980 870
70 to 74 years 15,500 7,240 8,255 1,090 605 485
75 to 79 years 10,430 4,695 5,735 645 350 295
80 to 84 years 7,490 3,195 4,295 375 160 215
85 years and over 7,185 2,350 4,830 300 125 175
85 to 89 years 4,405 1,585 2,815 195 90 105
90 to 94 years 2,115 610 1,505 80 30 50
95 to 99 years 605 145 460 20 5 20
100 years and over 55 10 45 0 0 0
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 15.0 15.8 14.2 17.5 18.6 16.4
15 to 64 years 69.3 69.8 68.9 70.6 69.2 72.1
65 years and over 15.7 14.4 16.8 11.9 12.3 11.5
85 years and over 1.8 1.2 2.3 0.8 0.7 1.0
Average age of the population 40.8 39.9 41.8 39.1 38.8 39.4
Median age of the population 41.0 39.8 42.1 39.5 39.0 39.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Single-detached house 86,585 ... ... 9,430 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 21,005 ... ... 50 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 61,745 ... ... 4,550 ... ...
Semi-detached house 11,785 ... ... 1,160 ... ...
Row house 6,660 ... ... 950 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 6,270 ... ... 605 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 36,795 ... ... 1,770 ... ...
Other single-attached house 235 ... ... 65 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 3,995 ... ... 1,185 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
1 person 51,120 ... ... 4,900 ... ...
2 persons 64,375 ... ... 5,180 ... ...
3 persons 27,245 ... ... 2,255 ... ...
4 persons 21,020 ... ... 1,860 ... ...
5 or more persons 9,565 ... ... 1,025 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 397,370 ... ... 35,110 ... ...
Average household size 2.3 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 342,620 164,315 178,305 29,595 14,725 14,870
Married or living common law 192,490 96,070 96,415 16,445 8,210 8,235
Married 154,005 76,885 77,125 11,345 5,680 5,670
Living common law 38,485 19,185 19,295 5,095 2,530 2,570
Not married and not living common law 150,125 68,245 81,885 13,150 6,515 6,635
Never married 102,350 52,820 49,535 9,150 4,905 4,245
Separated 9,775 4,175 5,595 845 370 470
Divorced 20,590 7,605 12,985 2,105 975 1,130
Widowed 17,410 3,650 13,765 1,060 265 795
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 113,560 ... ... 9,845 ... ...
2 persons 62,535 ... ... 5,330 ... ...
3 persons 24,865 ... ... 2,060 ... ...
4 persons 19,235 ... ... 1,745 ... ...
5 or more persons 6,915 ... ... 710 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 113,555 ... ... 9,845 ... ...
Total couple families 94,690 ... ... 7,970 ... ...
Married couples 75,450 ... ... 5,425 ... ...
Common-law couples 19,235 ... ... 2,545 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 18,870 ... ... 1,875 ... ...
Female parent 15,245 ... ... 1,390 ... ...
Male parent 3,620 ... ... 480 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 94,685 ... ... 7,970 ... ...
Couples without children 50,605 ... ... 4,130 ... ...
Couples with children 44,075 ... ... 3,840 ... ...
1 child 19,595 ... ... 1,575 ... ...
2 children 17,945 ... ... 1,600 ... ...
3 or more children 6,545 ... ... 660 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 18,870 ... ... 1,875 ... ...
1 child 11,930 ... ... 1,195 ... ...
2 children 5,275 ... ... 485 ... ...
3 or more children 1,665 ... ... 195 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 84,120 39,360 44,760 7,505 3,895 3,610
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
One-census-family households 108,935 ... ... 9,345 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 48,730 ... ... 3,915 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 60,205 ... ... 5,430 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 2,285 ... ... 245 ... ...
Non-census-family households 62,100 ... ... 5,620 ... ...
One-person households 51,120 ... ... 4,900 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 10,985 ... ... 720 ... ...
Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 399,315 193,620 205,700 35,555 17,895 17,660
English only 347,190 170,795 176,400 30,430 15,530 14,895
French only 340 160 185 85 40 45
English and French 49,575 21,645 27,925 4,900 2,260 2,640
Neither English nor French 2,210 1,025 1,185 140 65 75
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 399,315 193,620 205,700 35,555 17,895 17,660
English 386,095 187,165 198,935 33,720 16,960 16,760
French 9,895 4,910 4,985 1,575 815 755
English and French 1,210 575 640 125 55 70
Neither English nor French 2,115 970 1,140 140 65 75
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 10,500 5,200 5,305 1,635 845 790
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 2.6 2.7 2.6 4.6 4.7 4.5
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 399,315 193,615 205,700 35,560 17,900 17,660
Single responses 394,160 191,080 203,085 34,885 17,555 17,330
Official languages 363,305 175,400 187,910 30,675 15,585 15,095
English 353,165 170,405 182,760 29,105 14,775 14,335
French 10,140 4,990 5,145 1,570 810 755
Non-official languages 30,855 15,680 15,175 4,210 1,970 2,235
Aboriginal languages 75 35 35 675 295 380
Algonquian languages 60 35 25 25 5 20
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 20 5 20
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 20 5 20
Eastern Algonquian languages 55 30 20 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 50 30 25 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 5 5 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 5 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 5 560 250 305
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 545 245 300
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 10 0 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 80 40 45
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 5 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 170 85 85
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 165 85 85
Tahltan 0 0 0 5 5 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 285 115 165
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 210 90 125
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 70 30 35
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 5 20 10 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Inuktitut 10 5 5 5 5 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 5 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 65 25 40
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 30,780 15,645 15,140 3,530 1,675 1,860
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,020 3,850 3,170 50 25 25
Berber languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 5 5 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 115 60 60 10 5 5
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 55 35 25 0 0 0
Somali 50 20 30 5 5 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,895 3,780 3,115 40 25 20
Amharic 110 45 60 5 0 0
Arabic 6,430 3,545 2,880 35 20 15
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 5 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 195 110 90 5 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 145 65 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 10 5 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 400 195 205 50 30 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 395 195 205 50 25 25
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,665 725 935 990 415 575
Bikol 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 105 50 65 80 35 45
Fijian 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hiligaynon 15 10 10 40 15 25
Ilocano 45 15 35 35 15 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 40 15 25 15 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 5 5 5 5 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,420 625 790 805 335 465
Waray-Waray 5 0 0 5 5 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 10 0 5
Creole languages 55 40 15 25 10 15
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 25 10 15 5 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 20 10 15 0 10
Dravidian languages 875 510 360 55 30 25
Kannada 25 15 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 310 165 145 25 10 15
Tamil 260 155 100 25 10 10
Telugu 270 170 100 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 12,660 6,405 6,255 1,715 885 825
Albanian 250 125 125 5 0 5
Armenian 30 25 10 0 0 5
Balto-Slavic languages 2,790 1,350 1,440 295 150 150
Baltic languages 55 15 45 5 5 0
Latvian 25 10 20 0 5 0
Lithuanian 30 5 25 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,735 1,335 1,395 290 145 145
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 60 60 5 0 5
Bulgarian 40 20 25 5 0 0
Croatian 185 90 95 5 5 5
Czech 140 70 70 55 30 25
Macedonian 15 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 590 285 305 65 35 30
Russian 1,150 565 590 75 35 45
Serbian 110 50 60 5 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 80 40 40 5 5 5
Slovak 85 40 45 5 0 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 10 15 15 5 10
Ukrainian 190 95 95 50 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 45 20 25 10 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 25 10 20 0 5 0
Welsh 15 10 5 5 0 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0
Germanic languages 2,070 995 1,080 945 495 445
Afrikaans 80 40 35 10 5 5
Danish 95 60 40 20 10 5
Dutch 490 235 255 115 50 60
Frisian 5 0 5 0 5 0
German 1,205 550 645 765 415 355
Icelandic 30 20 15 5 5 0
Norwegian 70 45 30 10 5 5
Swedish 60 25 40 15 10 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 10 5 5 0 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Greek 660 335 325 10 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,300 2,350 1,950 215 115 100
Indo-Aryan languages 2,950 1,645 1,300 190 100 95
Bengali 440 270 170 25 5 15
Gujarati 175 110 60 20 20 5
Hindi 660 395 265 35 20 15
Kashmiri 5 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 5 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 60 35 25 0 0 0
Nepali 525 250 270 0 0 5
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 475 250 220 85 40 45
Sindhi 15 10 5 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 70 70 5 0 5
Urdu 435 245 190 20 10 10
Iranian languages 1,330 690 640 25 20 10
Kurdish 115 65 50 0 0 0
Pashto 65 40 30 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,145 585 565 25 20 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,515 1,205 1,305 225 105 120
Catalan 10 5 5 5 0 5
Italian 555 285 265 25 15 10
Portuguese 385 185 200 15 5 5
Romanian 185 90 95 10 10 5
Spanish 1,375 640 740 170 75 95
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 250 70 185 95 40 55
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 905 380 520 45 10 30
Mongolic languages 5 0 0 0 0 5
Mongolian 0 5 0 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 535 270 260 25 15 10
Akan (Twi) 35 15 20 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ewe 35 25 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 20 5 10 0 0 0
Igbo 35 20 15 0 0 0
Lingala 10 5 5 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 10 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 15 30 5 0 0
Shona 25 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 120 55 60 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 50 30 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 120 60 60 10 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 35 30 0 0 0
Dinka 10 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 115 55 60 20 10 5
American Sign Language 55 25 25 10 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 60 25 30 5 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,500 2,745 2,755 350 150 195
Chinese languages 5,480 2,735 2,740 350 155 195
Cantonese 930 430 495 225 100 120
Hakka 20 10 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 3,950 1,975 1,975 95 40 60
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 95 45 50 15 10 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 30 15 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 430 250 180 15 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 5 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 10 5 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 90 35 55 30 5 25
Lao 5 5 5 5 5 5
Thai 85 35 50 25 5 25
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 385 210 175 0 5 0
Azerbaijani 15 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 255 135 120 0 0 0
Uyghur 5 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 110 60 50 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 235 105 135 75 40 35
Estonian 25 15 15 0 0 0
Finnish 35 10 25 25 15 10
Hungarian 180 80 95 45 30 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 5 0 0
Multiple responses 5,155 2,535 2,615 675 345 330
English and French 1,775 815 965 220 115 100
English and non-official language 3,040 1,555 1,480 420 210 215
French and non-official language 175 90 80 15 10 10
English, French and non-official language 160 75 80 15 10 10
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 399,315 193,620 205,700 35,560 17,900 17,660
Single responses 391,025 189,440 201,580 34,730 17,510 17,220
Official languages 374,620 181,095 193,520 33,135 16,735 16,400
English 370,955 179,295 191,660 32,270 16,315 15,960
French 3,665 1,805 1,860 860 420 435
Non-official languages 16,405 8,345 8,060 1,600 775 825
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 75 45 35
Algonquian languages 20 10 5 0 5 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 65 35 35
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 65 35 35
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 15 10 10
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 30 15 15
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 25 15 10
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 5 0 5
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 5 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 5 5
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 16,385 8,335 8,055 1,520 730 785
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,195 2,215 1,980 30 15 15
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 35 40 5 5 5
Bilen 5 5 0 0 0 0
Oromo 40 25 20 0 0 0
Somali 25 10 15 0 5 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,115 2,180 1,940 20 10 10
Amharic 50 25 30 5 0 0
Arabic 3,845 2,040 1,805 20 10 10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 115 65 55 5 0 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 40 55 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 255 130 130 25 15 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 255 130 130 30 15 15
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 890 430 460 555 255 305
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 50 20 30 35 20 15
Fijian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Hiligaynon 5 5 5 20 5 10
Ilocano 10 5 5 15 5 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 0 5 5 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 820 405 420 475 215 260
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 20 15 5 5 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 5 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 5 10 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 395 225 170 35 20 15
Kannada 10 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 135 75 60 15 10 10
Tamil 120 65 50 15 10 5
Telugu 125 75 50 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 5,505 2,760 2,740 540 280 260
Albanian 110 55 55 0 0 0
Armenian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,275 625 650 85 40 45
Baltic languages 15 5 10 0 0 0
Latvian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 5 10 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,260 615 635 85 40 40
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 65 30 30 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Croatian 60 25 35 5 0 0
Czech 40 25 15 15 5 5
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 180 80 100 20 15 10
Russian 735 370 370 30 15 15
Serbian 60 30 35 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 30 20 15 5 0 0
Slovak 20 5 15 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 5 5 0 0
Ukrainian 45 25 20 0 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 360 175 185 245 125 115
Afrikaans 20 15 10 10 5 5
Danish 10 0 5 0 0 0
Dutch 45 20 25 10 0 5
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 235 115 125 225 115 105
Icelandic 25 10 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 5 5 5 5 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 245 120 125 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,545 1,335 1,210 100 55 45
Indo-Aryan languages 1,650 885 765 90 45 40
Bengali 230 125 105 15 5 10
Gujarati 95 60 30 15 10 0
Hindi 285 180 110 15 10 0
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Nepali 475 235 240 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 205 105 105 45 20 25
Sindhi 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 45 45 0 0 0
Urdu 250 130 120 10 5 5
Iranian languages 895 445 450 15 10 5
Kurdish 85 45 35 0 0 0
Pashto 35 15 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 780 385 395 15 15 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 935 435 500 110 50 60
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 130 55 70 5 0 0
Portuguese 150 70 85 0 0 0
Romanian 60 30 30 5 5 5
Spanish 585 275 310 100 45 50
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 30 55 50 25 25
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 610 270 340 25 10 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 145 70 75 5 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 5 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 5 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 5 10 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 5 0 0
Swahili 55 25 30 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 15 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 15 15 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Sign languages 155 75 80 15 10 5
American Sign Language 65 30 35 10 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 90 45 45 5 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,830 1,965 1,865 220 100 120
Chinese languages 3,825 1,965 1,860 215 95 120
Cantonese 525 275 250 155 70 90
Hakka 5 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,935 1,475 1,460 55 25 30
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 40 25 20 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 25 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 295 175 120 5 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 30 10 15 10 0 5
Lao 5 0 0 5 0 0
Thai 25 10 15 10 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 195 100 90 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 120 65 55 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 70 40 30 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 50 25 25 10 5 5
Estonian 5 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 45 20 25 10 5 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 0 0
Multiple responses 8,290 4,175 4,110 830 385 445
English and French 1,155 535 625 120 60 60
English and non-official language 6,810 3,475 3,335 680 315 370
French and non-official language 65 35 25 5 0 5
English, French and non-official language 260 130 135 15 10 10
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 399,315 193,620 205,700 35,555 17,895 17,660
None 370,395 179,625 190,765 31,490 15,990 15,500
English 9,220 4,720 4,500 1,250 590 660
French 8,480 3,705 4,775 890 425 470
Non-official language 10,600 5,285 5,315 1,830 845 985
Aboriginal 105 45 55 585 275 315
Non-Aboriginal 10,500 5,240 5,260 1,245 575 675
English and French 125 55 70 20 10 10
English and non-official language 185 90 105 35 15 20
French and non-official language 305 140 165 45 25 25
English, French and non-official language 5 0 5 0 0 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 336,980 161,865 175,115 28,895 14,325 14,565
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 323,610 155,400 168,210 27,975 13,845 14,135
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,098 42,887 31,010 45,804 48,685 43,192
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 323,720 155,415 168,310 27,975 13,840 14,130
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,759 36,917 27,849 41,235 43,240 39,353
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 293,375 143,380 149,995 26,300 13,005 13,295
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,903 41,773 29,211 43,961 47,135 40,806
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 223,275 93,630 129,645 17,670 8,205 9,465
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,492 3,888 4,733 4,724 4,742 4,708
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 243,265 121,755 121,510 23,940 11,925 12,015
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,247 40,179 29,596 43,341 45,938 40,804
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 336,985 161,860 175,125 28,880 14,315 14,565
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 323,895 155,370 168,520 27,920 13,860 14,060
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 46,440 55,063 38,490 53,809 57,649 50,023
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 324,005 155,400 168,605 27,925 13,860 14,065
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 37,510 43,449 32,036 45,994 48,598 43,429
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 293,535 143,480 150,055 26,255 13,035 13,220
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 45,953 55,184 37,127 52,102 56,529 47,736
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 223,870 93,325 130,550 17,700 8,290 9,415
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,935 6,830 7,011 7,595 7,499 7,680
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 243,290 121,815 121,475 23,940 11,940 12,005
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 44,086 51,876 36,275 50,089 53,885 46,314
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 336,985 161,860 175,125 28,880 14,315 14,565
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households who worked full year full time in 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 24 125,025 67,355 57,675 10,655 5,325 5,330
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 51,716 58,006 45,767 67,699 72,122 64,301
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 61,480 69,028 52,665 70,536 75,141 65,936
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 89.6 92.4 86.0 91.1 92.4 89.7
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 71.3 74.0 67.8 78.7 79.2 78.0
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 10.4 7.6 14.0 8.9 7.6 10.3
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 336,980 161,865 175,115 28,895 14,325 14,570
Without total income 13,370 6,470 6,905 920 485 435
With total income 323,605 155,395 168,210 27,975 13,840 14,130
Percentage with total income 96.0 96.0 96.1 96.8 96.6 97.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 44,140 19,460 24,675 2,875 1,460 1,415
$10,000 to $19,999 49,850 19,060 30,790 3,350 1,575 1,775
$20,000 to $29,999 43,080 16,930 26,150 3,455 1,605 1,845
$30,000 to $39,999 40,175 17,330 22,840 2,815 1,240 1,575
$40,000 to $49,999 35,100 16,240 18,860 2,545 1,195 1,345
$50,000 to $59,999 27,065 14,185 12,880 2,340 1,115 1,225
$60,000 to $69,999 21,005 12,075 8,930 2,370 1,115 1,255
$70,000 to $79,999 17,485 10,065 7,420 2,095 1,010 1,085
$80,000 to $89,999 13,775 8,055 5,725 1,725 885 840
$90,000 to $99,999 8,680 5,605 3,075 1,340 710 630
$100,000 and over 23,260 16,390 6,870 3,065 1,930 1,135
$100,000 to $149,999 15,955 10,955 5,000 2,325 1,410 910
$150,000 and over 7,305 5,440 1,870 740 520 225
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 336,980 161,865 175,110 28,890 14,325 14,565
Without after-tax income 13,255 6,450 6,810 920 485 435
With after-tax income 323,720 155,415 168,305 27,975 13,840 14,135
Percentage with after-tax income 96.1 96.0 96.1 96.8 96.6 97.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 46,240 19,845 26,395 2,935 1,485 1,445
$10,000 to $19,999 53,290 20,625 32,665 3,525 1,660 1,860
$20,000 to $29,999 53,030 21,525 31,505 3,860 1,800 2,065
$30,000 to $39,999 50,335 22,470 27,865 3,285 1,480 1,810
$40,000 to $49,999 39,395 20,330 19,060 3,080 1,450 1,630
$50,000 to $59,999 28,450 16,475 11,975 3,045 1,445 1,600
$60,000 to $69,999 21,125 12,335 8,790 2,685 1,305 1,380
$70,000 to $79,999 11,710 7,570 4,150 2,095 1,085 1,010
$80,000 and over 20,145 14,240 5,905 3,475 2,125 1,345
$80,000 to $89,999 6,505 4,400 2,110 1,285 710 580
$90,000 to $99,999 3,930 2,715 1,215 780 490 290
$100,000 and over 9,710 7,130 2,580 1,405 930 480
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 336,980 161,865 175,115 28,890 14,325 14,570
Without employment income 93,715 40,110 53,600 4,950 2,400 2,550
With employment income 243,265 121,755 121,510 23,945 11,930 12,015
Percentage with employment income 72.2 75.2 69.4 82.9 83.3 82.5
Under $5,000 (including loss) 30,525 13,925 16,605 2,715 1,355 1,360
$5,000 to $9,999 19,550 8,455 11,090 1,605 745 860
$10,000 to $19,999 32,130 14,030 18,100 2,635 1,245 1,390
$20,000 to $29,999 27,975 12,390 15,585 2,275 1,050 1,225
$30,000 to $39,999 27,190 11,870 15,320 2,060 995 1,065
$40,000 to $49,999 23,785 10,930 12,860 1,985 940 1,040
$50,000 to $59,999 18,560 9,850 8,710 1,875 855 1,025
$60,000 to $69,999 15,065 8,810 6,255 1,980 885 1,095
$70,000 to $79,999 13,695 7,870 5,820 1,750 845 905
$80,000 and over 34,790 23,625 11,165 5,065 3,015 2,055
$80,000 to $89,999 11,185 6,570 4,610 1,495 810 680
$90,000 to $99,999 6,740 4,555 2,185 1,135 610 530
$100,000 and over 16,865 12,495 4,370 2,435 1,590 845
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 69,553 ... ... 84,521 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 59,263 ... ... 73,935 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 51,125 ... ... 4,900 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,087 ... ... 42,170 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 31,574 ... ... 38,536 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 122,200 ... ... 10,315 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 87,785 ... ... 110,664 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 74,127 ... ... 96,068 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 86,778 ... ... 98,739 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 70,116 ... ... 84,412 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 51,155 ... ... 4,920 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 44,664 ... ... 50,317 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,401 ... ... 43,443 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 122,175 ... ... 10,295 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 104,412 ... ... 121,861 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 84,232 ... ... 103,975 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,740 ... ... 225 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 3,085 ... ... 155 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,965 ... ... 290 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 6,255 ... ... 555 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,735 ... ... 670 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,515 ... ... 480 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,490 ... ... 510 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,400 ... ... 505 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,445 ... ... 510 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,240 ... ... 455 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,630 ... ... 910 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,720 ... ... 965 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 12,175 ... ... 935 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,000 ... ... 960 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,455 ... ... 860 ... ...
$100,000 and over 53,480 ... ... 6,220 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 18,535 ... ... 1,725 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 12,665 ... ... 1,400 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 13,130 ... ... 1,850 ... ...
$200,000 and over 9,145 ... ... 1,250 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 173,325 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,890 ... ... 235 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 3,150 ... ... 160 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 5,045 ... ... 295 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 6,725 ... ... 580 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 7,905 ... ... 680 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 8,175 ... ... 555 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 9,310 ... ... 575 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 9,175 ... ... 605 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 9,075 ... ... 575 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 8,705 ... ... 510 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 16,720 ... ... 1,190 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 15,675 ... ... 1,185 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,375 ... ... 1,150 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,365 ... ... 1,005 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,490 ... ... 885 ... ...
$100,000 and over 35,550 ... ... 5,045 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 16,605 ... ... 1,840 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 8,910 ... ... 1,420 ... ...
$150,000 and over 10,035 ... ... 1,785 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 113,240 ... ... 9,795 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,401 ... ... 108,816 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 75,082 ... ... 94,853 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 47,605 ... ... 3,890 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 83,594 ... ... 104,425 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 70,338 ... ... 90,825 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 44,630 ... ... 3,860 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 116,685 ... ... 139,567 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 96,190 ... ... 119,060 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 17,600 ... ... 1,765 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 50,944 ... ... 62,816 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 46,310 ... ... 58,386 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 113,170 ... ... 9,795 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 106,509 ... ... 120,618 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 85,559 ... ... 102,755 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 47,615 ... ... 3,900 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 98,920 ... ... 113,004 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,277 ... ... 95,932 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 44,695 ... ... 3,885 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 133,015 ... ... 151,228 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 105,742 ... ... 127,809 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 17,475 ... ... 1,750 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,769 ... ... 72,156 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 52,448 ... ... 64,133 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 75,865 35,980 39,885 6,685 3,505 3,180
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,379 32,053 30,862 39,951 36,718 42,449
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,145 28,429 27,907 36,618 33,829 39,148
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 75,820 35,755 40,065 6,705 3,630 3,070
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,408 40,478 38,452 47,879 46,673 49,305
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 32,585 32,913 32,292 41,460 40,111 43,054
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 397,375 192,700 204,675 35,110 17,645 17,470
In the bottom half of the distribution 199,890 93,895 105,995 12,840 6,500 6,340
In the bottom decile 45,275 21,860 23,415 2,530 1,440 1,090
In the second decile 36,780 16,240 20,545 2,705 1,345 1,360
In the third decile 37,650 17,385 20,255 2,315 1,110 1,205
In the fourth decile 39,195 18,525 20,665 2,420 1,145 1,275
In the fifth decile 40,995 19,875 21,120 2,870 1,455 1,415
In the top half of the distribution 197,480 98,805 98,675 22,270 11,145 11,130
In the sixth decile 41,365 20,575 20,790 3,005 1,500 1,505
In the seventh decile 42,860 21,435 21,430 3,535 1,745 1,790
In the eighth decile 43,120 21,490 21,630 4,495 2,200 2,300
In the ninth decile 38,755 19,480 19,275 5,420 2,755 2,670
In the top decile 31,380 15,825 15,555 5,810 2,950 2,860
Low income in 2015
Total - Low-income status in 2015 for the population in private households to whom low-income concepts are applicable - 100% dataCensus data footnote 43 397,375 192,695 204,675 0 0 0
0 to 17 years 72,900 37,155 35,745 0 0 0
0 to 5 years 23,875 12,160 11,715 0 0 0
18 to 64 years 264,835 128,510 136,330 0 0 0
65 years and over 59,635 27,040 32,595 0 0 0
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 58,825 27,410 31,415 0 0 0
0 to 17 years 13,695 6,970 6,720 0 0 0
0 to 5 years 5,085 2,540 2,545 0 0 0
18 to 64 years 38,000 17,830 20,165 0 0 0
65 years and over 7,135 2,605 4,530 0 0 0
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.2 15.3 ... ... ...
0 to 17 years (%) 18.8 18.8 18.8 ... ... ...
0 to 5 years (%) 21.3 20.9 21.7 ... ... ...
18 to 64 years (%) 14.3 13.9 14.8 ... ... ...
65 years and over (%) 12.0 9.6 13.9 ... ... ...
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 38,240 18,730 19,510 0 0 0
0 to 17 years 7,790 3,985 3,805 0 0 0
0 to 5 years 2,990 1,520 1,470 0 0 0
18 to 64 years 28,875 14,140 14,745 0 0 0
65 years and over 1,570 615 960 0 0 0
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 9.6 9.7 9.5 ... ... ...
0 to 17 years (%) 10.7 10.7 10.6 ... ... ...
0 to 5 years (%) 12.5 12.5 12.5 ... ... ...
18 to 64 years (%) 10.9 11.0 10.8 ... ... ...
65 years and over (%) 2.6 2.3 2.9 ... ... ...
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 397,390 192,705 204,690 35,110 17,640 17,465
Official languages 395,220 191,780 203,440 35,010 17,605 17,405
English 394,950 191,655 203,290 34,930 17,570 17,365
French 49,660 21,765 27,900 4,910 2,270 2,640
Non-official languages 43,815 21,805 22,010 6,255 2,970 3,285
Aboriginal languages 190 80 110 1,165 535 630
Algonquian languages 160 60 100 40 15 25
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 10 30 10 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 10 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Eastern Algonquian languages 150 55 95 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 10 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 150 55 90 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 10 10 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 0 10 10 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 870 400 470
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 0 860 395 465
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 10
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 15 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 95 45 50
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 10 20 10 10
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 10 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 20 10 15
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 335 185 150
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 330 180 150
Tahltan 10 0 0 0 10 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 405 160 245
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 275 115 160
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 135 50 90
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 0 50 10 35
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 30 10 25
Inuktitut 10 0 0 20 10 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 10 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 10 10 10
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 10 10 10
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 195 95 100
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 10 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Non-Aboriginal languages 43,630 21,730 21,900 5,105 2,440 2,665
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,825 5,290 4,535 70 50 20
Berber languages 25 15 15 0 0 0
Kabyle 25 10 10 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 145 50 90 20 20 0
Bilen 20 10 15 0 0 0
Oromo 35 15 20 0 0 0
Somali 80 20 55 20 20 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 9,745 5,270 4,470 50 35 20
Amharic 260 135 120 10 0 10
Arabic 8,850 4,770 4,085 30 25 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 570 340 240 15 0 10
Maltese 10 10 10 0 0 0
Tigrigna 140 70 70 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 20 15 10 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 455 205 250 60 35 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 0 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 445 200 240 60 30 30
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,270 985 1,285 1,225 490 730
Bikol 10 0 10 0 0 10
Cebuano 110 55 60 115 55 60
Fijian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 15 25 20 0 15
Ilocano 55 10 40 20 10 15
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 40 10 35 35 15 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,155 940 1,215 1,095 445 650
Waray-Waray 0 0 10 20 0 15
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 25 10 20 0 10 0
Creole languages 220 105 115 15 0 10
Haitian Creole 10 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 95 40 50 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 120 60 60 15 10 10
Dravidian languages 1,205 690 520 50 25 20
Kannada 75 35 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 490 260 235 10 10 0
Tamil 365 225 140 45 20 20
Telugu 335 200 130 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 20,805 10,300 10,505 3,060 1,540 1,515
Albanian 375 180 200 10 0 0
Armenian 80 50 30 15 10 15
Balto-Slavic languages 3,195 1,520 1,680 375 195 185
Baltic languages 65 20 45 0 0 0
Latvian 20 0 15 10 10 0
Lithuanian 40 15 25 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,145 1,500 1,645 375 190 180
Belarusan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 50 70 0 0 0
Bulgarian 45 20 20 10 0 10
Croatian 225 85 145 25 20 10
Czech 155 75 75 80 55 25
Macedonian 70 40 30 0 0 0
Polish 640 290 355 50 25 30
Russian 1,665 835 830 145 65 75
Serbian 140 60 80 10 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 100 55 45 0 0 0
Slovak 95 40 50 15 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 0 20 30 10 25
Ukrainian 260 125 135 40 25 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Celtic languages 310 145 165 20 10 10
Scottish Gaelic 200 90 110 10 10 0
Welsh 15 10 10 10 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 115 55 65 10 10 0
Germanic languages 4,305 2,100 2,210 1,360 715 650
Afrikaans 245 110 135 45 25 25
Danish 135 75 65 10 10 0
Dutch 740 315 425 155 75 75
Frisian 10 0 10 0 0 0
German 3,000 1,505 1,495 1,125 585 540
Icelandic 70 25 40 0 0 0
Norwegian 80 70 15 30 15 15
Swedish 175 70 105 25 15 15
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 25 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,195 605 590 10 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages 5,660 3,165 2,500 315 190 125
Indo-Aryan languages 4,225 2,405 1,825 300 180 120
Bengali 540 300 240 20 10 10
Gujarati 195 130 70 50 45 10
Hindi 2,005 1,150 855 170 115 55
Kashmiri 10 0 10 0 0 0
Konkani 20 10 0 0 0 0
Marathi 105 70 35 0 0 0
Nepali 620 315 305 10 10 0
Oriya (Odia) 20 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 815 455 360 150 70 80
Sindhi 10 10 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 210 115 95 0 0 0
Urdu 880 540 335 50 25 25
Iranian languages 1,450 780 670 15 10 0
Kurdish 180 105 75 0 0 0
Pashto 60 40 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,245 655 585 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 6,615 3,035 3,575 1,130 490 635
Catalan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Italian 1,225 615 605 130 45 85
Portuguese 675 370 305 55 30 30
Romanian 210 125 90 15 0 10
Spanish 4,825 2,110 2,715 975 435 535
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 45 35 10 0 0 0
Japanese 635 245 390 105 55 45
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,195 510 685 70 20 50
Mongolic languages 10 0 10 10 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,150 625 525 65 40 25
Akan (Twi) 30 20 15 0 0 0
Bamanankan 10 0 0 0 0 10
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 70 40 30 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 25 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 60 20 35 0 0 0
Igbo 70 45 30 0 0 0
Lingala 30 15 20 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 120 50 65 0 0 10
Shona 55 35 25 0 10 0
Swahili 335 190 150 15 10 10
Wolof 30 10 20 0 0 0
Yoruba 215 110 110 10 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 235 135 100 30 10 20
Nilo-Saharan languages 35 25 10 0 0 0
Dinka 10 0 10 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 10 0 0 0
Sign languages 930 315 615 55 25 35
American Sign Language 565 180 385 40 20 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 375 140 230 15 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,840 2,975 2,860 305 150 155
Chinese languages 5,825 2,975 2,850 300 145 155
Cantonese 1,250 600 650 180 105 75
Hakka 45 20 25 0 0 0
Mandarin 4,540 2,275 2,265 185 80 105
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 150 65 90 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 20 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 410 255 160 10 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 15 0 15 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 165 75 85 40 25 15
Lao 15 0 10 10 0 0
Thai 150 75 75 40 20 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 535 280 255 20 15 10
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0
Turkish 395 190 205 10 0 0
Uyghur 15 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 100 60 40 10 10 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 245 120 120 115 65 50
Estonian 45 25 20 0 0 0
Finnish 50 20 35 45 15 25
Hungarian 140 80 65 75 45 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 10 30 0 0 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 397,390 192,705 204,690 35,110 17,640 17,465
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 376,015 181,515 194,495 32,955 16,610 16,350
Canadian citizens aged under 18 69,465 35,405 34,060 7,085 3,700 3,390
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 306,550 146,115 160,435 25,875 12,910 12,965
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 21,380 11,185 10,195 2,155 1,035 1,120
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 397,395 192,705 204,690 35,110 17,645 17,465
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 352,400 169,730 182,670 30,260 15,305 14,950
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 37,200 18,410 18,785 4,410 2,075 2,330
Before 1981 10,085 4,905 5,180 1,325 695 630
1981 to 1990 3,035 1,535 1,505 385 200 185
1991 to 2000 4,885 2,365 2,525 530 235 295
2001 to 2010 9,760 4,920 4,835 1,055 480 575
2001 to 2005 3,760 1,890 1,870 330 130 205
2006 to 2010 6,000 3,030 2,975 725 350 375
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 9,425 4,685 4,740 1,115 470 645
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 7,795 4,565 3,235 435 255 185
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 37,195 18,410 18,790 4,410 2,080 2,330
Under 5 years 4,640 2,225 2,420 460 205 255
5 to 14 years 6,970 3,525 3,445 765 375 390
15 to 24 years 6,620 3,180 3,440 915 420 490
25 to 44 years 16,230 8,050 8,185 1,970 935 1,035
45 years and over 2,735 1,435 1,300 310 145 160
Immigrants by selected place of birthThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 37,200 18,410 18,785 4,410 2,080 2,330
Americas 5,480 2,570 2,915 700 295 410
Brazil 135 60 70 10 10 10
Colombia 115 65 50 15 10 0
El Salvador 75 40 35 10 0 0
Guyana 145 65 75 10 0 10
Haiti 40 20 25 0 0 0
Jamaica 345 135 210 15 0 15
Mexico 225 110 115 45 20 20
Peru 85 25 55 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 175 100 75 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,225 1,480 1,745 560 235 320
Other places of birth in Americas 925 470 455 45 20 30
Europe 12,245 6,205 6,040 1,730 945 785
Bosnia and Herzegovina 195 100 100 10 10 0
Croatia 130 50 80 10 10 0
France 340 190 150 80 50 30
Germany 1,150 580 570 440 245 195
Greece 450 235 220 0 0 0
Hungary 75 35 45 40 25 20
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 280 105 175 35 25 15
Italy 380 215 165 40 20 15
Netherlands 470 190 285 135 70 65
Poland 460 190 270 35 10 15
Portugal 180 115 65 10 10 0
Romania 150 90 65 10 0 10
Russian Federation 505 245 255 25 10 20
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 65 35 25 0 0 0
Ukraine 270 125 145 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 5,890 3,105 2,790 520 260 250
Other places of birth in Europe 1,250 600 650 355 215 140
Africa 3,025 1,565 1,460 175 125 50
Algeria 10 10 10 10 0 0
Egypt 730 375 355 0 0 0
Ethiopia 170 85 85 10 10 0
Kenya 115 70 45 10 10 0
Morocco 70 40 25 10 10 0
Nigeria 290 145 140 15 10 0
Somalia 65 30 30 20 15 10
South Africa, Republic of 350 150 200 50 25 25
Other places of birth in Africa 1,220 650 570 45 35 15
Asia 16,210 7,915 8,290 1,695 675 1,010
Afghanistan 100 40 60 0 0 0
Bangladesh 250 140 110 10 10 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,345 970 1,375 230 80 150
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 250 115 140 15 10 0
India 1,875 985 890 110 50 60
IranCensus data footnote 61 840 465 380 15 10 10
Iraq 530 245 285 0 0 0
Japan 170 60 110 20 10 10
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 720 290 430 50 25 30
Lebanon 1,205 660 545 0 0 0
Pakistan 450 225 225 25 10 15
Philippines 2,030 865 1,165 1,010 385 625
Sri Lanka 265 120 145 15 0 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 1,045 505 545 10 0 0
Taiwan 180 90 85 10 0 0
Viet Nam 355 170 190 60 25 35
Other places of birth in Asia 3,595 1,965 1,630 120 55 70
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 235 155 80 110 40 70
Recent immigrants by selected places of birth
Total - Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 9,425 4,685 4,735 1,115 470 640
Americas 995 450 545 85 25 55
Brazil 85 35 45 10 0 10
Colombia 15 0 15 0 0 0
Cuba 70 35 25 10 0 10
Haiti 15 10 10 0 0 0
Jamaica 125 60 65 0 0 0
Mexico 90 50 40 25 10 15
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 360 170 200 35 15 25
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 10 10 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 230 85 140 0 0 0
Europe 1,385 720 665 170 85 85
France 80 45 35 40 20 20
Germany 85 40 40 60 25 35
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 35 15 20 15 10 10
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 25 10 15 10 0 0
Romania 35 15 10 0 0 0
Russian Federation 160 65 100 10 0 10
Ukraine 135 60 80 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 540 330 210 10 0 0
Other places of birth in Europe 295 140 155 35 20 20
Africa 955 510 445 15 10 0
Algeria 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50 25 30 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 185 100 85 0 0 0
Eritrea 60 40 25 0 0 0
Ethiopia 35 30 10 0 0 0
Morocco 20 15 10 0 0 0
Nigeria 150 70 80 10 0 0
Somalia 10 0 10 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 70 25 45 0 0 0
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 355 205 145 10 10 0
Asia 6,065 2,995 3,075 835 345 495
Afghanistan 20 10 15 0 0 0
Bangladesh 65 35 25 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 850 395 460 40 20 25
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 10 0 0 0
India 760 415 340 40 10 25
IranCensus data footnote 61 245 130 115 15 10 0
Iraq 245 125 120 0 0 0
Israel 260 170 90 0 0 0
Japan 65 25 35 10 10 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 190 65 125 25 15 10
Lebanon 75 30 45 0 0 0
Nepal 180 95 90 0 0 0
Pakistan 95 50 45 20 10 10
Philippines 1,160 520 640 635 245 390
Saudi Arabia 115 65 50 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 85 45 40 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 370 420 0 0 0
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 70 45 30 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 60 35 25 0 0 0
Viet Nam 45 15 30 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 675 355 320 50 20 30
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 20 15 10 10 10 10
Australia 10 10 0 10 0 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 15 10 10 0 0 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 397,395 192,700 204,690 35,110 17,640 17,470
First generationCensus data footnote 69 47,905 24,390 23,520 5,055 2,460 2,590
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 38,600 18,955 19,650 5,570 2,735 2,835
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 310,885 149,360 161,525 24,490 12,450 12,045
Admission category and applicant type
Total - Admission category and applicant type for the immigrant population in private households who landed between 1980 and 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 72 27,435 13,660 13,775 3,155 1,420 1,740
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 16,465 8,580 7,885 2,045 990 1,055
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 6,335 4,330 2,005 1,015 565 450
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 10,130 4,250 5,880 1,030 420 605
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 6,715 2,880 3,835 980 340 635
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 4,080 2,105 1,975 125 85 45
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 175 90 85 10 10 0
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 397,395 192,705 204,690 35,115 17,645 17,465
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 15,735 7,415 8,320 8,195 3,960 4,230
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 15,190 7,155 8,035 7,925 3,815 4,110
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,880 3,740 4,140 6,685 3,315 3,370
Métis 6,905 3,230 3,675 1,015 430 590
Inuk (Inuit) 405 185 220 230 75 150
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 275 135 140 160 85 75
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 265 120 140 105 60 45
Non-Aboriginal identity 381,660 185,295 196,375 26,915 13,685 13,235
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 397,390 192,705 204,690 35,110 17,645 17,465
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 3,940 1,860 2,080 5,910 2,990 2,920
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 393,455 190,845 202,615 29,200 14,655 14,550
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 397,390 192,705 204,690 35,115 17,645 17,470
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,540 1,140 1,400 3,740 1,860 1,880
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,455 1,115 1,340 3,650 1,810 1,840
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,660 760 895 3,405 1,705 1,695
Métis single ancestry 685 325 365 150 65 90
Inuit single ancestry 110 30 80 95 35 55
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 85 25 55 85 50 35
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 60 15 45 30 10 15
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 55 35 15
Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 10 10 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 24,095 11,025 13,070 4,585 2,140 2,440
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 23,240 10,605 12,640 4,325 2,035 2,295
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 16,305 7,410 8,895 3,515 1,680 1,840
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 6,315 2,895 3,420 660 285 375
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 620 300 320 145 70 80
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 860 420 440 260 110 155
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 700 335 370 160 65 105
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 90 50 40 90 40 50
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 65 40 25 10 10 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 370,755 180,535 190,215 26,790 13,645 13,145
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 397,395 192,705 204,690 35,115 17,645 17,470
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 45,285 22,735 22,545 3,000 1,345 1,650
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 6,555 3,690 2,865 500 275 225
Chinese 6,975 3,450 3,520 415 170 240
Black 15,085 7,305 7,780 270 120 150
Filipino 2,575 1,125 1,445 1,190 480 710
Latin American 1,210 605 600 130 75 60
Arab 7,335 3,950 3,385 10 10 10
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 865 375 490 180 80 100
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 1,390 730 665 30 20 10
Korean 1,225 520 710 70 20 50
Japanese 490 215 270 65 35 30
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 490 225 265 15 10 10
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 1,095 540 550 120 60 60
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 352,110 169,965 182,140 32,110 16,295 15,815
Ethnic origin populationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Total - Ethnic origin for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 103 397,395 192,705 204,690 35,115 17,645 17,470
North American Aboriginal origins 26,640 12,170 14,475 8,320 4,000 4,325
First Nations (North American Indian) 18,835 8,575 10,260 7,255 3,535 3,725
Inuit 905 425 480 390 195 200
Métis 7,850 3,615 4,235 1,020 430 590
Other North American origins 163,490 78,215 85,270 9,335 4,775 4,565
Acadian 10,120 4,530 5,590 165 65 95
American 3,950 1,910 2,040 675 310 365
Canadian 152,765 73,365 79,405 8,635 4,460 4,180
New Brunswicker 25 10 20 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 885 395 490 65 30 35
Nova Scotian 750 345 405 10 0 0
Ontarian 30 15 15 0 0 10
Québécois 235 120 115 85 40 50
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 10 0 10 0 0 0
European origins 276,040 132,845 143,200 24,990 12,525 12,465
British Isles origins 228,765 109,500 119,265 17,525 8,740 8,780
Channel Islander 40 10 25 0 0 0
Cornish 60 30 25 0 0 0
English 121,685 58,330 63,355 9,680 4,850 4,825
Irish 95,035 44,135 50,900 6,930 3,310 3,615
Manx 75 40 35 10 0 10
Scottish 113,430 53,555 59,875 8,290 4,065 4,235
Welsh 8,845 4,160 4,690 905 425 480
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 11,335 5,335 5,995 1,235 595 640
French origins 66,380 30,890 35,490 5,060 2,455 2,605
Alsatian 10 10 10 0 10 0
Breton 0 0 0 15 10 10
Corsican 0 10 0 0 0 0
French 66,365 30,885 35,480 5,035 2,440 2,600
Western European origins (except French origins) 56,545 26,805 29,735 7,690 3,805 3,885
Austrian 1,005 540 465 365 180 185
Bavarian 10 10 0 10 10 0
Belgian 995 480 510 175 85 90
Dutch 13,215 6,015 7,205 1,765 815 945
Flemish 65 50 15 10 0 10
Frisian 15 0 10 15 0 15
German 45,070 21,365 23,705 5,575 2,765 2,810
Luxembourger 15 0 10 10 0 0
Swiss 1,390 715 675 435 265 170
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 90 60 30 30 0 30
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 8,005 3,835 4,170 3,335 1,625 1,710
Danish 1,890 895 995 555 275 280
Finnish 605 250 360 275 135 145
Icelandic 415 185 235 215 125 85
Norwegian 2,780 1,390 1,395 1,380 690 690
Swedish 1,920 880 1,040 1,100 510 585
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 690 380 315 205 110 95
Eastern European origins 16,140 8,020 8,125 4,495 2,190 2,305
Bulgarian 175 85 95 45 15 30
Byelorussian 135 70 70 20 10 0
Czech 665 365 305 180 110 70
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 155 65 85 40 10 30
Estonian 255 130 130 15 15 0
Hungarian 1,395 725 675 485 250 235
Latvian 240 90 150 50 25 20
Lithuanian 600 275 325 35 15 25
Moldovan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 5,905 2,900 3,005 1,140 530 605
Romanian 720 360 360 130 60 75
Russian 2,970 1,405 1,570 820 365 460
Slovak 355 215 140 110 60 55
Ukrainian 5,155 2,640 2,520 2,205 1,055 1,145
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 185 85 105 35 20 20
Southern European origins 16,775 7,980 8,790 1,490 690 795
Albanian 255 135 120 10 0 0
Bosnian 120 55 65 20 15 10
Catalan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Croatian 455 200 250 55 25 35
Cypriot 25 20 10 0 0 0
Greek 2,430 1,240 1,190 90 50 40
Italian 8,185 3,945 4,245 915 400 520
Kosovar 245 115 130 0 0 0
Macedonian 95 50 45 15 15 0
Maltese 235 105 135 10 0 0
Montenegrin 15 0 10 0 0 0
Portuguese 2,330 1,105 1,235 70 30 35
Serbian 190 85 105 10 0 0
Sicilian 10 0 0 10 0 10
Slovenian 105 45 60 45 15 30
Spanish 2,685 1,175 1,510 270 140 130
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 190 95 95 30 15 15
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 65 40 30 0 0 0
Other European origins 3,605 1,830 1,775 450 175 280
Basque 105 45 60 20 0 20
Jewish 1,490 725 760 150 50 100
Roma (Gypsy) 55 45 20 10 10 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 20 15 0 30 10 20
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,970 1,015 955 250 115 130
Caribbean origins 3,565 1,745 1,825 165 70 95
Antiguan 85 45 35 0 0 0
Bahamian 195 90 105 10 0 0
Barbadian 400 205 195 10 0 0
Bermudan 155 85 70 0 0 0
Carib 40 30 10 0 0 0
Cuban 270 125 145 15 0 0
Dominican 120 60 60 0 0 0
Grenadian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 90 25 65 0 0 0
Jamaican 1,295 640 655 95 40 50
Kittitian/Nevisian 30 10 20 0 0 0
Martinican 10 10 10 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 50 20 35 0 0 0
St. Lucian 60 25 40 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 250 140 105 20 0 15
Vincentian/Grenadinian 25 20 10 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 455 245 215 15 10 10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 280 135 145 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 2,060 1,045 1,010 215 110 105
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 150 75 70 0 0 0
Arawak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 50 30 25 35 15 20
Belizean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bolivian 35 20 15 0 0 0
Brazilian 215 115 100 20 10 10
Chilean 80 50 30 25 20 10
Colombian 235 125 110 25 15 10
Costa Rican 25 10 15 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 25 15 10 0 0 0
Guatemalan 55 35 20 0 10 0
Guyanese 270 125 140 10 0 10
Hispanic 55 35 20 0 0 0
Honduran 35 25 10 10 0 10
Maya 60 40 20 0 0 0
Mexican 465 225 235 90 50 40
Nicaraguan 35 10 25 0 0 0
Panamanian 15 0 15 10 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 145 65 80 0 0 0
Salvadorean 85 60 30 0 0 0
Uruguayan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Venezuelan 55 40 15 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 150 75 75 0 0 0
African origins 12,510 6,010 6,505 350 165 185
Central and West African origins 1,075 560 515 60 30 25
Akan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angolan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkinabe 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cameroonian 20 20 0 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 170 85 85 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ghanaian 140 80 60 10 10 10
Guinean 25 20 10 0 0 0
Ibo 90 45 45 0 0 0
Ivorian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Liberian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Malian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malinké 10 10 10 0 0 0
Nigerian 355 185 170 15 10 10
Peulh 10 10 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 40 30 10 0 0 0
Togolese 65 35 35 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 65 25 45 0 10 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 110 65 50 30 20 10
North African origins 1,715 900 815 35 15 20
Algerian 35 30 10 0 0 0
Berber 55 35 15 10 10 0
Coptic 25 10 15 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 1,180 630 545 0 0 0
Libyan 185 90 95 0 0 0
Maure 0 10 0 20 0 15
Moroccan 115 55 60 0 0 0
Sudanese 115 45 70 0 0 0
Tunisian 40 15 20 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 40 25 15 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 1,585 770 815 125 60 65
Afrikaner 25 0 20 0 0 10
Amhara 10 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 10 10 0 0 0 0
Burundian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 145 75 70 0 0 0
Ethiopian 250 105 145 10 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 145 85 60 15 10 10
Malagasy 15 0 20 0 0 0
Mauritian 0 10 10 10 10 0
Oromo 25 15 15 0 0 0
Rwandan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 15 10 0
Somali 165 75 85 15 15 10
South African 400 180 215 60 20 35
Tanzanian 50 35 20 0 0 0
Tigrian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Ugandan 55 25 35 0 0 0
Zambian 75 30 45 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 80 50 30 0 10 0
Zulu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 115 60 50 10 0 10
Other African origins 8,315 3,870 4,445 135 60 75
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 1,460 675 790 0 0 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 6,940 3,235 3,700 130 55 75
Asian origins 33,580 17,045 16,535 2,855 1,260 1,595
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 13,800 7,145 6,655 195 110 85
Afghan 230 80 155 0 10 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,385 720 665 15 10 10
Armenian 215 130 85 25 15 15
Assyrian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 0 0
Georgian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Hazara 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,200 685 515 20 10 10
Iraqi 585 260 325 10 0 0
Israeli 215 115 100 0 0 0
Jordanian 255 145 110 0 0 0
Kazakh 35 20 15 0 0 0
Kurd 225 110 110 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 205 105 100 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 5,205 2,615 2,590 60 45 15
Palestinian 925 500 420 0 0 0
Pashtun 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 675 440 235 0 0 0
Syrian 1,660 805 850 0 0 10
Tajik 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tatar 35 10 25 10 0 0
Turk 570 270 295 30 15 15
Turkmen 10 10 0 0 0 0
Uighur 10 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 90 60 25 20 10 10
Yemeni 205 110 100 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 765 400 365 0 0 10
South Asian origins 6,880 3,880 3,000 460 265 200
Bangladeshi 210 125 85 30 15 0
Bengali 50 35 20 0 0 0
Bhutanese 205 85 120 0 0 0
East Indian 5,030 2,855 2,175 315 160 160
Goan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 10 10 40 40 0
Kashmiri 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 430 220 210 0 10 0
Pakistani 465 290 175 60 25 30
Punjabi 165 80 90 0 0 0
Sinhalese 10 0 10 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 290 135 155 20 20 10
Tamil 55 25 30 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 390 240 145 0 10 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 12,860 6,035 6,820 2,180 890 1,285
Burmese 15 10 0 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 50 15 40 0 0 0
Chinese 7,605 3,700 3,905 625 240 380
Filipino 2,680 1,200 1,485 1,330 550 780
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 95 45 50 20 0 15
Japanese 600 240 355 95 50 45
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,280 540 740 80 25 55
Laotian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malaysian 50 15 30 45 10 40
Mongolian 35 15 25 10 10 10
Singaporean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 180 85 95 0 0 0
Thai 175 60 110 25 10 15
Tibetan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 585 260 320 85 50 40
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 45 35 15 10 0 0
Other Asian origins 295 140 155 25 0 25
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 295 145 155 25 0 25
Oceania origins 555 270 285 170 80 90
Australian 280 135 145 80 35 50
New Zealander 185 105 85 65 30 35
Pacific Islands origins 85 35 55 35 25 10
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 10
Hawaiian 15 0 10 0 0 0
Maori 40 15 20 20 20 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 15 10 0 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 10 0 10 10 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Owner 104,245 ... ... 9,680 ... ...
Renter 69,090 ... ... 5,005 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 530 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Condominium 10,415 ... ... 1,495 ... ...
Not condominium 162,920 ... ... 13,720 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
No bedrooms 880 ... ... 125 ... ...
1 bedroom 25,130 ... ... 2,515 ... ...
2 bedrooms 45,300 ... ... 4,290 ... ...
3 bedrooms 62,925 ... ... 5,065 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 39,095 ... ... 3,215 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 173,330 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 46,175 ... ... 5,160 ... ...
5 rooms 25,360 ... ... 2,675 ... ...
6 rooms 24,825 ... ... 2,340 ... ...
7 rooms 22,365 ... ... 1,755 ... ...
8 or more rooms 54,600 ... ... 3,285 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.4 ... ... 5.7 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 171,995 ... ... 14,970 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 1,345 ... ... 245 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 173,330 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Suitable 167,360 ... ... 14,490 ... ...
Not suitable 5,970 ... ... 725 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
1960 or before 35,100 ... ... 1,315 ... ...
1961 to 1980 49,465 ... ... 4,625 ... ...
1981 to 1990 27,065 ... ... 2,330 ... ...
1991 to 2000 24,795 ... ... 2,625 ... ...
2001 to 2005 13,145 ... ... 1,045 ... ...
2006 to 2010 12,660 ... ... 1,435 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 11,105 ... ... 1,840 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 161,880 ... ... 13,315 ... ...
Major repairs needed 11,455 ... ... 1,900 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 173,330 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
1 household maintainer 98,435 ... ... 9,070 ... ...
2 household maintainers 70,310 ... ... 5,690 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 4,585 ... ... 460 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 173,335 ... ... 15,215 ... ...
15 to 24 years 9,075 ... ... 420 ... ...
25 to 34 years 27,930 ... ... 2,390 ... ...
35 to 44 years 28,935 ... ... 2,810 ... ...
45 to 54 years 34,515 ... ... 3,275 ... ...
55 to 64 years 33,685 ... ... 3,605 ... ...
65 to 74 years 23,355 ... ... 1,875 ... ...
75 to 84 years 12,020 ... ... 680 ... ...
85 years and over 3,825 ... ... 155 ... ...
Total - Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero, in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings by shelter-cost-to-income ratio - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 141 172,790 ... ... 14,550 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 129,585 ... ... 11,865 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 43,205 ... ... 2,680 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 36,565 ... ... 2,345 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 104,185 ... ... 9,590 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 64.0 ... ... 59.9 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 12.9 ... ... 12.7 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,187 ... ... 1,239 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,268 ... ... 1,325 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 269,126 ... ... 358,721 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 307,511 ... ... 371,716 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 69,085 ... ... 5,005 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 8.3 ... ... 25.1 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.3 ... ... 29.4 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 962 ... ... 967 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,035 ... ... 1,038 ... ...
Highest certificate, diploma or degree
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 336,990 161,860 175,125 28,875 14,310 14,565
No certificate, diploma or degree 49,390 25,130 24,260 4,715 2,635 2,080
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 85,375 42,985 42,385 6,835 3,325 3,505
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 202,225 93,750 108,480 17,335 8,350 8,985
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 26,235 17,975 8,260 3,145 2,450 695
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 14,460 8,130 6,340 1,230 785 445
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 11,775 9,850 1,925 1,915 1,665 255
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,915 29,380 40,530 6,120 2,520 3,600
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 7,860 3,195 4,660 825 320 500
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 98,220 43,195 55,025 7,250 3,060 4,195
Bachelor's degree 65,770 28,260 37,505 4,790 1,955 2,835
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,155 2,245 2,910 435 175 260
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,780 1,490 1,295 190 115 75
Master's degree 20,595 8,755 11,845 1,695 745 955
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 3,915 2,440 1,470 135 65 70
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 225,315 108,680 116,635 21,030 10,190 10,845
No certificate, diploma or degree 18,840 10,510 8,335 2,255 1,400 855
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 49,610 25,540 24,065 4,400 2,065 2,340
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 156,860 72,630 84,235 14,375 6,730 7,650
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 18,430 12,980 5,450 2,400 1,875 520
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 10,095 5,910 4,195 885 560 325
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 8,330 7,070 1,260 1,510 1,320 190
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 53,870 23,340 30,535 4,975 2,020 2,955
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 5,300 2,140 3,155 665 250 410
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 79,265 34,165 45,095 6,340 2,575 3,765
Bachelor's degree 53,060 22,730 30,325 4,190 1,660 2,530
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 4,055 1,655 2,405 380 140 235
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,295 1,115 1,180 165 90 75
Master's degree 17,035 7,065 9,970 1,500 625 870
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 2,815 1,605 1,215 110 55 60
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 336,990 161,860 175,125 28,880 14,315 14,565
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 134,765 68,110 66,650 11,545 5,960 5,585
Education 12,640 3,230 9,410 1,545 505 1,040
13. Education 12,640 3,225 9,415 1,545 505 1,040
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,780 3,190 3,590 525 215 305
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,320 970 345 60 50 10
50. Visual and performing arts 5,465 2,220 3,245 465 170 295
Humanities 10,725 4,110 6,615 840 375 470
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 740 230 515 90 15 70
23. English language and literature/letters 3,220 970 2,250 215 100 115
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 2,300 765 1,540 230 95 135
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 20 30 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 715 380 330 70 45 20
39. Theology and religious vocations 855 510 345 95 70 25
54. History 2,255 1,125 1,130 120 40 80
55. French language and literature/letters 585 105 480 20 0 20
Social and behavioural sciences and law 23,775 7,680 16,100 2,095 705 1,390
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 420 85 330 60 10 60
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,300 835 1,460 170 45 125
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 4,015 315 3,705 400 30 365
22. Legal professions and studies 3,600 1,200 2,400 290 140 150
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 390 100 290 45 10 35
42. Psychology 5,030 1,310 3,720 285 80 200
45. Social sciences 8,025 3,825 4,200 845 395 455
Business, management and public administration 47,160 16,445 30,715 3,310 960 2,350
30.16 Accounting and computer science 70 15 55 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 2,855 685 2,170 525 125 395
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 44,230 15,740 28,490 2,785 835 1,955
Physical and life sciences and technologies 9,845 4,740 5,105 690 360 330
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 4,595 1,885 2,710 380 195 190
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,025 785 1,235 95 45 50
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 95 30 70 10 0 10
40. Physical sciences 2,810 1,960 850 185 100 80
41. Science technologies/technicians 325 85 240 30 20 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,665 6,195 3,475 405 200 200
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,775 5,305 2,470 285 170 120
25. Library science 700 105 600 45 0 40
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,060 685 375 70 25 45
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 135 100 30 10 10 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 37,855 34,910 2,950 3,575 3,250 325
04. Architecture and related services 965 620 340 90 70 25
14. Engineering 7,830 6,660 1,170 470 365 100
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 8,515 7,785 730 520 455 65
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 10 0 0 10 0 10
46. Construction trades 8,715 8,480 235 1,210 1,150 55
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,050 7,725 325 990 955 40
48. Precision production 3,775 3,635 140 280 255 20
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,225 1,185 1,035 815 465 355
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,035 515 520 125 70 55
03. Natural resources and conservation 1,195 675 520 695 395 300
Health and related fields 28,865 5,360 23,500 2,200 515 1,690
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,905 905 1,000 215 90 125
51. Health professions and related programs 26,010 3,875 22,135 1,945 405 1,545
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 950 575 375 40 25 15
Personal, protective and transportation services 12,645 6,705 5,940 1,330 800 525
12. Personal and culinary services 7,155 1,905 5,250 640 215 425
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 185 180 10 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 515 475 40 10 0 0
43. Security and protective services 2,025 1,610 415 225 160 70
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,765 2,535 230 455 420 35
Other 40 10 30 0 10 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 40 0 35 10 10 0
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 225,315 108,680 116,635 21,030 10,190 10,845
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 68,450 36,055 32,400 6,655 3,460 3,195
Education 8,760 2,100 6,665 1,245 380 860
13. Education 8,765 2,100 6,665 1,250 385 865
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,320 2,515 2,805 480 200 275
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 970 730 240 55 50 10
50. Visual and performing arts 4,355 1,785 2,570 425 150 270
Humanities 8,305 3,110 5,190 675 300 380
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 600 180 420 70 20 55
23. English language and literature/letters 2,535 770 1,770 190 90 100
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,820 610 1,215 165 65 100
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 15 30 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 570 290 280 55 35 20
39. Theology and religious vocations 555 330 225 85 70 15
54. History 1,740 830 910 95 25 70
55. French language and literature/letters 425 75 350 20 0 15
Social and behavioural sciences and law 19,585 6,095 13,490 1,845 620 1,225
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 350 70 280 55 10 45
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,965 695 1,270 150 40 110
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,290 255 3,035 320 20 300
22. Legal professions and studies 3,140 930 2,210 280 130 145
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 300 70 230 40 10 35
42. Psychology 4,025 1,035 2,990 245 70 175
45. Social sciences 6,505 3,030 3,475 755 340 415
Business, management and public administration 36,265 12,865 23,405 2,750 750 1,995
30.16 Accounting and computer science 70 15 50 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 2,330 550 1,775 430 95 340
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 33,870 12,295 21,580 2,315 655 1,660
Physical and life sciences and technologies 7,315 3,485 3,825 615 310 310
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 3,575 1,470 2,100 330 165 165
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,490 595 885 85 40 45
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 90 25 65 10 0 10
40. Physical sciences 1,965 1,360 605 165 85 80
41. Science technologies/technicians 200 30 165 30 20 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,505 5,570 2,935 335 165 170
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,130 4,915 2,215 265 150 115
25. Library science 485 75 410 35 10 25
27. Mathematics and statistics 775 485 290 30 0 25
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 115 90 25 10 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 28,850 26,345 2,510 2,815 2,525 285
04. Architecture and related services 735 450 290 75 55 25
14. Engineering 5,890 4,910 980 385 295 85
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,725 6,070 655 415 360 60
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 0 15
46. Construction trades 6,640 6,405 235 1,000 940 55
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,105 5,865 245 735 695 35
48. Precision production 2,755 2,650 110 190 175 15
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,830 970 855 735 405 330
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 835 415 420 115 60 55
03. Natural resources and conservation 990 555 440 625 350 280
Health and related fields 22,200 4,290 17,915 1,840 435 1,400
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,510 760 750 185 75 115
51. Health professions and related programs 19,940 3,100 16,840 1,620 350 1,275
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 760 430 325 30 15 15
Personal, protective and transportation services 9,885 5,280 4,605 1,040 625 415
12. Personal and culinary services 5,635 1,575 4,055 510 175 330
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 170 165 10 10 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 310 280 30 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,600 1,265 335 180 125 55
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,175 1,995 180 345 320 25
Other 40 10 30 10 10 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 40 0 35 10 0 0
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 336,990 161,865 175,125 28,880 14,315 14,565
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 134,765 68,115 66,650 11,545 5,960 5,585
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 202,225 93,750 108,480 17,335 8,350 8,985
Location of study inside Canada 184,165 84,625 99,545 14,515 6,955 7,560
Same as province or territory of residence 140,590 63,300 77,290 3,915 1,885 2,030
Different than province or territory of residence 43,580 21,325 22,255 10,600 5,065 5,535
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 18,055 9,120 8,935 2,815 1,400 1,425
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,800 2,010 1,790 635 345 285
Philippines 1,110 390 720 570 210 360
India 1,470 770 700 105 65 40
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 3,175 1,855 1,320 265 115 150
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 815 315 495 40 15 20
France 250 145 100 65 35 25
Other 7,440 3,635 3,810 1,145 610 535
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 225,315 108,680 116,635 21,035 10,190 10,845
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 68,455 36,055 32,400 6,655 3,460 3,195
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 156,860 72,625 84,235 14,380 6,730 7,650
Location of study inside Canada 142,920 65,835 77,090 12,045 5,585 6,465
Same as province or territory of residence 108,590 49,065 59,520 3,120 1,450 1,665
Different than province or territory of residence 34,335 16,765 17,570 8,925 4,130 4,795
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 13,940 6,795 7,150 2,335 1,145 1,185
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 2,510 1,275 1,235 460 245 215
Philippines 1,030 370 660 550 205 340
India 1,165 605 565 85 55 30
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,050 1,175 875 185 90 90
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 660 260 400 25 10 20
France 200 115 85 55 30 20
Other 6,320 2,995 3,330 975 505 470
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 336,990 161,860 175,125 28,880 14,315 14,565
In the labour force 225,855 115,025 110,830 21,795 11,005 10,795
Employed 209,350 105,865 103,490 19,790 9,765 10,025
Unemployed 16,505 9,165 7,345 2,010 1,240 765
Not in the labour force 111,130 46,835 64,295 7,085 3,310 3,775
Participation rate 67.0 71.1 63.3 75.5 76.9 74.1
Employment rate 62.1 65.4 59.1 68.5 68.2 68.8
Unemployment rate 7.3 8.0 6.6 9.2 11.3 7.1
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 336,990 161,860 175,125 28,880 14,310 14,570
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 101,955 43,040 58,920 5,980 2,790 3,190
Worked 235,030 118,825 116,210 22,900 11,525 11,375
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 128,760 69,880 58,880 10,865 5,465 5,405
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 106,275 48,945 57,335 12,030 6,060 5,975
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.1 43.6 42.7 41.1 40.3 41.9
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 225,855 115,030 110,830 21,800 11,005 10,790
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 4,065 2,120 1,950 395 220 175
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 221,785 112,905 108,880 21,405 10,785 10,615
Employee 201,580 100,695 100,880 18,810 9,165 9,645
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 20,205 12,210 7,995 2,595 1,620 975
Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 172 225,855 115,025 110,830 21,795 11,005 10,795
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 4,070 2,120 1,950 395 220 175
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 221,785 112,905 108,880 21,405 10,790 10,615
0 Management occupations 24,330 14,500 9,835 2,460 1,325 1,135
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 36,720 10,880 25,835 3,465 740 2,725
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 17,555 14,110 3,450 1,385 1,055 330
3 Health occupations 17,425 3,410 14,015 1,230 255 970
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 30,370 12,010 18,360 3,625 1,280 2,345
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 7,550 3,570 3,980 790 345 450
6 Sales and service occupations 55,150 24,340 30,805 3,955 1,660 2,300
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 26,160 24,865 1,300 3,650 3,400 250
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 2,735 2,310 430 505 450 50
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 3,790 2,915 870 350 285 60
Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 173 225,855 115,025 110,825 21,795 11,005 10,790
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 4,065 2,120 1,950 395 220 175
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 221,785 112,910 108,880 21,405 10,785 10,620
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,440 1,070 375 245 190 55
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,115 970 145 505 440 70
22 Utilities 1,600 1,045 550 160 115 50
23 Construction 13,805 12,275 1,535 2,055 1,810 240
31-33 Manufacturing 10,000 7,315 2,695 335 230 105
41 Wholesale trade 7,070 5,105 1,965 325 240 85
44-45 Retail trade 26,545 11,985 14,565 1,975 1,015 960
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 10,020 7,635 2,385 1,060 765 300
51 Information and cultural industries 6,320 3,610 2,710 535 300 235
52 Finance and insurance 10,370 4,235 6,130 305 95 210
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 4,390 2,455 1,935 195 105 90
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 17,540 9,885 7,655 1,295 645 645
55 Management of companies and enterprises 230 90 140 20 10 15
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 11,680 6,820 4,860 565 330 235
61 Educational services 17,530 5,935 11,595 1,630 520 1,115
62 Health care and social assistance 28,970 5,415 23,555 2,070 400 1,670
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,835 2,495 2,345 600 285 310
72 Accommodation and food services 16,125 6,840 9,280 1,545 605 940
81 Other services (except public administration) 8,845 3,785 5,065 775 415 355
91 Public administration 23,360 13,965 9,390 5,205 2,280 2,925
Place of work status
Total - Place of work status for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 174 209,350 105,865 103,485 19,790 9,765 10,025
Worked at home 13,580 6,565 7,010 1,420 770 655
Worked outside Canada 1,040 710 325 25 10 20
No fixed workplace address 22,200 16,350 5,850 2,330 1,795 540
Worked at usual place 172,535 82,235 90,295 16,010 7,200 8,815
Commuting destinationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census commuting destination data
Total - Commuting destination for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work - 25% sample data 172,530 82,240 90,295 16,010 7,195 8,815
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 166,455 78,620 87,840 13,510 6,025 7,485
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 105 90 15 2,265 1,040 1,225
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 4,150 2,315 1,830 0 0 0
Commute to a different province or territory 1,825 1,215 605 235 135 100
Main mode of commuting
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 175 194,735 98,585 96,150 18,340 8,990 9,350
Car, truck, van - as a driver 137,070 73,075 63,995 13,990 7,130 6,860
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 14,265 5,220 9,045 1,095 385 710
Public transit 22,975 9,960 13,015 720 315 405
Walked 15,925 7,495 8,430 1,735 645 1,090
Bicycle 1,965 1,310 655 470 285 190
Other method 2,535 1,525 1,005 320 225 90
Commuting duration
Total - Commuting duration for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 176 194,735 98,585 96,150 18,340 8,985 9,355
Less than 15 minutes 48,560 22,250 26,315 9,735 4,695 5,040
15 to 29 minutes 79,430 41,260 38,165 6,195 3,045 3,150
30 to 44 minutes 42,820 22,660 20,160 1,400 625 770
45 to 59 minutes 13,960 6,940 7,020 465 215 245
60 minutes and over 9,960 5,475 4,490 550 405 150
Time leaving for work
Total - Time leaving for work for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 177 194,735 98,585 96,150 18,340 8,990 9,355
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 9,335 6,045 3,295 520 335 180
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 37,975 22,695 15,280 1,930 1,150 780
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 58,965 29,470 29,495 6,185 3,220 2,965
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,865 17,970 23,900 5,785 2,450 3,335
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 19,590 8,615 10,975 1,905 805 1,100
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 26,995 13,790 13,200 2,015 1,020 990
Language used most often at work
Total - Language used most often at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 178 241,310 121,735 119,570 23,495 11,810 11,685
Single responses 239,795 121,105 118,685 23,325 11,735 11,595
Official languages 239,060 120,710 118,350 23,230 11,695 11,540
English 237,540 120,315 117,220 22,970 11,600 11,370
French 1,520 390 1,130 260 95 165
Non-official languages 740 395 340 95 35 55
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 25 10 15
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 20 10 15
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 15 10 10
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 10
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 10 10
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 10 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 735 400 340 70 30 40
Afro-Asiatic languages 150 115 40 0 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 150 110 40 0 0 0
Amharic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 130 100 30 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 15 15 10 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 10 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15 0 10 0 0 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 200 110 90 25 10 15
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 30 20 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 25 20 10 10 0 0
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 30 20 10 10 0 0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 40 20 20 20 10 10
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 25 10 15 15 10 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 10 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 50 30 20 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 30 10 20 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 30 15 20 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 80 35 40 0 0 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 30 10 20 0 0 0
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 40 15 25 0 0 10
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 20 10 15 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 30 10 20 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 30 0 25 0 0 0
American Sign Language 15 0 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 0 15 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 280 150 125 25 15 15
Chinese languages 280 150 130 25 15 15
Cantonese 60 35 25 20 15 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 205 100 100 10 0 10
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 10 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,510 630 880 165 75 90
English and French 920 335 585 75 35 40
English and non-official language 555 285 280 80 35 45
French and non-official language 0 0 10 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 30 15 20 10 0 10
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 241,305 121,740 119,570 23,495 11,810 11,685
None 230,880 116,660 114,225 21,950 11,185 10,765
English 1,330 460 870 210 80 130
French 7,045 3,575 3,465 825 330 500
Non-official language 1,905 955 950 475 205 275
Aboriginal 30 15 10 175 70 105
Non-Aboriginal 1,870 940 935 305 135 170
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
French and non-official language 150 85 60 20 10 15
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 393,605 190,850 202,755 34,705 17,450 17,250
Non-movers 334,905 162,305 172,605 28,875 14,450 14,430
Movers 58,700 28,545 30,155 5,825 3,005 2,825
Non-migrants 41,625 20,265 21,360 3,635 1,895 1,740
Migrants 17,070 8,280 8,790 2,190 1,110 1,085
Internal migrants 12,075 5,790 6,285 1,945 990 955
Intraprovincial migrants 4,120 1,835 2,285 545 265 285
Interprovincial migrants 7,950 3,950 4,005 1,400 725 670
External migrants 4,995 2,490 2,505 250 115 130
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 377,605 182,715 194,890 32,990 16,505 16,480
Non-movers 227,290 109,635 117,655 18,040 9,060 8,980
Movers 150,315 73,085 77,230 14,945 7,450 7,495
Non-migrants 99,250 48,120 51,130 8,245 4,195 4,050
Migrants 51,065 24,965 26,100 6,700 3,260 3,445
Internal migrants 36,415 17,315 19,100 5,515 2,675 2,830
Intraprovincial migrants 11,995 5,395 6,595 1,235 590 640
Interprovincial migrants 24,420 11,920 12,505 4,285 2,090 2,195
External migrants 14,650 7,645 7,000 1,190 575 615

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Halifax, RGM [Census subdivision], Nova Scotia and Yukon [Territory] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 24, 2024).

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