Census Profile, 2016 Census
Quebec [Province] and Esquimalt--Saanich--Sooke [Federal electoral district], British Columbia

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[Province]
Esquimalt--Saanich--Sooke
British Columbia
[Federal electoral district]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 8,164,361 ... ... 120,834 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 7,903,001 ... ... 112,969r ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.3 ... ... 7.0 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 3,858,943 ... ... 53,281 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 3,531,663 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 6.0 ... ... 367.5 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 1,356,625.27 ... ... 328.79 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 8,164,360 4,016,760 4,147,605 120,835 59,655 61,175
0 to 14 years 1,333,260 682,535 650,720 17,835 9,115 8,715
0 to 4 years 444,930 227,965 216,970 5,930 3,015 2,910
5 to 9 years 469,165 240,225 228,940 6,065 3,130 2,935
10 to 14 years 419,160 214,345 204,815 5,835 2,970 2,865
15 to 64 years 5,335,910 2,664,630 2,671,280 82,230 41,030 41,205
15 to 19 years 429,825 219,070 210,755 6,400 3,260 3,140
20 to 24 years 500,100 252,600 247,500 7,200 3,900 3,305
25 to 29 years 495,410 248,030 247,380 7,545 3,840 3,700
30 to 34 years 515,505 256,440 259,070 8,150 4,110 4,040
35 to 39 years 550,540 274,595 275,945 8,195 4,105 4,095
40 to 44 years 506,525 254,100 252,425 7,790 3,865 3,925
45 to 49 years 519,425 260,410 259,015 8,465 4,195 4,270
50 to 54 years 619,435 309,070 310,370 9,615 4,715 4,900
55 to 59 years 636,475 314,190 322,285 9,805 4,705 5,100
60 to 64 years 562,670 276,140 286,535 9,065 4,335 4,735
65 years and over 1,495,195 669,590 825,605 20,770 9,515 11,260
65 to 69 years 488,175 236,395 251,775 7,560 3,595 3,960
70 to 74 years 373,590 176,905 196,690 4,965 2,345 2,625
75 to 79 years 256,905 116,020 140,890 3,255 1,535 1,725
80 to 84 years 187,835 78,390 109,450 2,500 1,110 1,390
85 years and over 188,685 61,885 126,805 2,500 935 1,565
85 to 89 years 120,635 43,795 76,840 1,545 620 925
90 to 94 years 53,165 15,155 38,015 750 265 485
95 to 99 years 13,035 2,685 10,350 185 45 135
100 years and over 1,850 255 1,600 20 0 20
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 16.3 17.0 15.7 14.8 15.3 14.2
15 to 64 years 65.4 66.3 64.4 68.1 68.8 67.4
65 years and over 18.3 16.7 19.9 17.2 16.0 18.4
85 years and over 2.3 1.5 3.1 2.1 1.6 2.6
Average age of the population 41.9 40.9 42.9 42.2 41.3 43.2
Median age of the population 42.5 41.4 43.6 43.2 41.9 44.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 3,531,660 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
Single-detached house 1,602,680 ... ... 22,355 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 187,800 ... ... 1,230 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 1,717,680 ... ... 26,510 ... ...
Semi-detached house 188,245 ... ... 2,580 ... ...
Row house 93,350 ... ... 3,920 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 265,195 ... ... 9,065 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 1,154,955 ... ... 10,870 ... ...
Other single-attached house 15,940 ... ... 75 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 23,505 ... ... 740 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 3,531,665 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
1 person 1,175,230 ... ... 14,760 ... ...
2 persons 1,227,765 ... ... 19,060 ... ...
3 persons 489,460 ... ... 7,675 ... ...
4 persons 426,250 ... ... 6,210 ... ...
5 or more persons 212,960 ... ... 3,120 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 7,965,455 ... ... 118,020 ... ...
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 6,831,105 3,334,220 3,496,885 103,000 50,540 52,460
Married or living common law 3,844,145 1,924,750 1,919,395 59,135 29,565 29,575
Married 2,342,980 1,172,720 1,170,260 47,200 23,600 23,600
Living common law 1,501,160 752,025 749,135 11,935 5,965 5,970
Not married and not living common law 2,986,960 1,409,475 1,577,490 43,865 20,980 22,890
Never married 2,010,580 1,084,300 926,280 27,490 15,350 12,145
Separated 103,625 46,390 57,240 3,005 1,330 1,675
Divorced 483,195 194,430 288,760 8,430 3,200 5,230
Widowed 389,555 84,345 305,210 4,940 1,100 3,840
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 2,257,560 ... ... 34,225 ... ...
2 persons 1,204,955 ... ... 19,405 ... ...
3 persons 466,310 ... ... 7,220 ... ...
4 persons 412,160 ... ... 5,810 ... ...
5 or more persons 174,140 ... ... 1,795 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.8 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 2,257,560 ... ... 34,230 ... ...
Total couple families 1,878,095 ... ... 28,840 ... ...
Married couples 1,128,355 ... ... 22,875 ... ...
Common-law couples 749,740 ... ... 5,965 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 379,460 ... ... 5,390 ... ...
Female parent 284,900 ... ... 4,140 ... ...
Male parent 94,565 ... ... 1,250 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 1,878,095 ... ... 28,840 ... ...
Couples without children 970,260 ... ... 15,830 ... ...
Couples with children 907,840 ... ... 13,005 ... ...
1 child 356,640 ... ... 5,775 ... ...
2 children 384,875 ... ... 5,520 ... ...
3 or more children 166,315 ... ... 1,720 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 379,465 ... ... 5,390 ... ...
1 child 234,695 ... ... 3,575 ... ...
2 children 109,670 ... ... 1,450 ... ...
3 or more children 35,100 ... ... 365 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 1,579,070 775,765 803,305 24,845 11,995 12,850
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 3,531,660 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
One-census-family households 2,197,340 ... ... 32,355 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 947,305 ... ... 14,915 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 1,250,040 ... ... 17,440 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 29,595 ... ... 920 ... ...
Non-census-family households 1,304,725 ... ... 17,550 ... ...
One-person households 1,175,230 ... ... 14,765 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 129,500 ... ... 2,790 ... ...
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 8,066,560 3,977,275 4,089,285 119,625 58,910 60,715
English only 372,445 187,595 184,860 108,330 53,625 54,705
French only 4,032,640 1,874,545 2,158,095 80 35 45
English and French 3,586,410 1,884,135 1,702,275 10,340 4,895 5,450
Neither English nor French 75,065 31,000 44,060 870 355 515
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 8,066,555 3,977,270 4,089,285 119,625 58,910 60,715
English 964,120 482,985 481,135 116,140 57,180 58,960
French 6,750,945 3,320,380 3,430,560 2,335 1,230 1,105
English and French 278,710 144,060 134,655 300 165 140
Neither English nor French 72,775 29,845 42,930 850 340 510
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 1,103,480 555,015 548,465 2,485 1,310 1,175
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 13.7 14.0 13.4 2.1 2.2 1.9
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 8,066,555 3,977,270 4,089,285 119,625 58,910 60,715
Single responses 7,881,650 3,884,675 3,996,975 117,970 58,110 59,860
Official languages 6,820,815 3,366,970 3,453,845 103,920 51,700 52,220
English 601,155 301,860 299,300 101,515 50,445 51,075
French 6,219,665 3,065,115 3,154,550 2,405 1,260 1,150
Non-official languages 1,060,830 517,700 543,125 14,050 6,405 7,635
Aboriginal languages 45,570 22,530 23,040 65 30 35
Algonquian languages 33,140 16,365 16,770 25 10 10
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 31,430 15,575 15,855 15 10 10
Atikamekw 6,150 3,135 3,015 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 8,715 4,155 4,555 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 590 285 305 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 135 55 80 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 5 5 5 5
Southern East Cree 35 15 15 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 10 5 5 5 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,790 7,920 7,875 5 5 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 485 225 260 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 485 220 260 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 1,215 565 645 10 5 5
Algonquin 1,185 555 630 0 5 0
Ojibway 20 10 15 5 5 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 15 10 5 5 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 15 10 5 5 0 5
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 5
Sarsi (Sarcee) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 5 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 10 5 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. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 11,970 5,955 6,015 5 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 11,895 5,925 5,970 5 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 75 25 45 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 375 165 210 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 365 160 210 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 0 20 10 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 5 5 5
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 5
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 0 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 15 5 5
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 5 5
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 65 30 35 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,015,260 495,175 520,090 13,980 6,380 7,600
Afro-Asiatic languages 197,535 104,185 93,355 425 240 185
Berber languages 20,845 11,125 9,720 5 0 0
Kabyle 12,470 6,625 5,840 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 8,375 4,500 3,875 5 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,125 545 580 20 5 15
Bilen 10 10 5 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 5 10 5 5
Somali 1,075 515 560 10 5 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 175,215 92,310 82,900 400 225 175
Amharic 745 340 405 45 25 20
Arabic 169,890 89,590 80,300 285 165 120
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 150 80 70 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 10 5 0 0 0
Harari 0 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 3,885 2,040 1,845 25 10 15
Maltese 25 10 15 10 5 5
Tigrigna 385 185 205 30 15 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 110 60 50 5 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 355 200 155 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 36,305 17,030 19,275 515 230 285
Khmer (Cambodian) 8,855 4,105 4,750 80 40 40
Vietnamese 27,425 12,920 14,505 440 195 245
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 10 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 21,635 7,800 13,835 1,470 575 890
Bikol 115 35 80 5 0 5
Cebuano 885 270 610 90 35 55
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 410 125 275 15 10 10
Ilocano 2,060 745 1,315 65 25 45
Malagasy 1,250 590 660 0 0 0
Malay 705 265 440 25 5 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 205 90 110 5 5 5
Pangasinan 95 40 50 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,545 5,480 10,065 1,235 490 745
Waray-Waray 50 10 40 5 5 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 320 140 180 20 5 15
Creole languages 56,990 25,220 31,770 10 10 0
Haitian Creole 2,220 1,055 1,170 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 53,785 23,675 30,110 5 5 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 980 490 490 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 14,865 7,435 7,430 95 55 40
Kannada 240 130 110 5 5 0
Malayalam 440 235 205 30 20 10
Tamil 13,600 6,715 6,880 35 20 15
Telugu 570 345 230 20 10 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 25 10 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 553,045 269,625 283,420 7,665 3,645 4,020
Albanian 2,795 1,420 1,370 35 20 15
Armenian 16,430 7,970 8,460 15 10 5
Balto-Slavic languages 68,155 30,960 37,195 1,205 560 640
Baltic languages 850 335 515 15 10 10
Latvian 290 120 175 10 5 0
Lithuanian 555 215 340 15 10 5
Slavic languages 67,310 30,630 36,675 1,185 555 635
Belarusan 80 45 35 0 0 0
Bosnian 1,620 805 815 10 5 5
Bulgarian 6,985 3,385 3,600 25 10 15
Croatian 2,330 1,165 1,170 120 55 65
Czech 1,465 690 775 115 65 50
Macedonian 205 105 95 0 0 0
Polish 13,935 6,065 7,865 320 155 160
Russian 28,565 12,715 15,850 290 120 170
Serbian 3,140 1,590 1,545 60 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 1,805 865 940 15 5 10
Slovak 1,040 455 585 35 15 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 755 350 405 25 15 10
Ukrainian 5,210 2,285 2,920 160 65 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 90 85 5 5 0
Celtic languages 155 95 60 10 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 20 15 10 0 5 0
Welsh 40 20 20 5 5 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 90 55 30 0 0 0
Germanic languages 27,540 13,280 14,260 2,220 1,010 1,210
Afrikaans 125 60 65 50 30 25
Danish 395 190 200 115 55 65
Dutch 2,825 1,395 1,430 605 290 320
Frisian 10 10 0 10 5 5
German 13,670 6,340 7,330 1,315 580 735
Icelandic 65 30 35 15 5 10
Norwegian 200 100 100 50 30 20
Swedish 555 255 300 40 20 20
Vlaams (Flemish) 540 240 300 15 0 10
Yiddish 8,985 4,560 4,420 5 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 175 100 75 0 0 0
Greek 38,635 19,435 19,205 70 40 25
Indo-Iranian languages 76,040 39,205 36,835 2,405 1,190 1,215
Indo-Aryan languages 45,845 23,875 21,970 2,170 1,060 1,110
Bengali 10,995 5,620 5,380 25 10 15
Gujarati 6,070 2,980 3,090 30 10 20
Hindi 3,030 1,635 1,390 160 80 80
Kashmiri 20 15 5 0 0 0
Konkani 110 60 55 0 0 5
Marathi 255 145 110 10 5 5
Nepali 1,505 740 765 30 15 10
Oriya (Odia) 35 20 15 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 12,380 6,720 5,660 1,815 885 935
Sindhi 330 160 165 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 645 310 330 5 5 0
Urdu 10,470 5,460 5,010 85 40 50
Iranian languages 29,760 15,105 14,655 230 125 105
Kurdish 985 550 430 5 5 0
Pashto 1,285 680 610 20 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 27,490 13,875 13,615 210 110 95
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 440 225 210 5 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 323,290 157,260 166,030 1,700 795 900
Catalan 320 170 150 0 0 0
Italian 104,600 51,705 52,895 315 155 160
Portuguese 36,770 17,735 19,035 480 225 255
Romanian 35,840 17,170 18,665 70 30 40
Spanish 145,635 70,405 75,235 825 385 440
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 125 75 50 0 0 0
Japanese 2,525 775 1,750 345 90 255
Kartvelian languages 170 80 85 0 0 5
Georgian 170 80 90 5 0 5
Korean 5,160 2,270 2,890 375 155 220
Mongolic languages 190 75 115 5 0 0
Mongolian 195 80 115 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 28,355 14,360 13,995 110 55 55
Akan (Twi) 1,050 520 525 5 5 0
Bamanankan 1,200 655 545 0 0 0
Edo 75 45 30 0 0 0
Ewe 730 400 325 5 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 2,055 1,080 970 0 0 0
Ga 80 40 40 0 0 0
Ganda 35 15 20 5 0 5
Igbo 120 70 50 5 0 0
Lingala 2,465 1,185 1,285 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 3,345 1,600 1,745 0 0 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 2,500 1,115 1,380 15 10 10
Shona 85 45 40 0 0 0
Swahili 3,010 1,460 1,545 30 15 15
Wolof 3,230 1,745 1,485 5 5 0
Yoruba 255 155 100 10 5 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 8,135 4,235 3,895 20 10 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 345 180 165 5 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 335 170 165 5 5 0
Sign languages 1,330 700 630 35 20 15
American Sign Language 65 35 30 10 10 5
Quebec Sign Language 670 330 340 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 595 340 255 30 20 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 76,840 35,775 41,065 2,505 1,115 1,385
Chinese languages 76,490 35,600 40,895 2,470 1,095 1,370
Cantonese 24,375 11,505 12,875 1,255 590 670
Hakka 470 215 260 15 5 15
Mandarin 43,700 20,175 23,525 1,010 415 595
Min Dong 20 10 15 0 0 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,225 1,480 1,745 65 30 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,075 465 605 15 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,535 1,710 1,825 105 50 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 40 45 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 345 175 170 40 20 15
Burmese 80 30 50 15 5 5
Karenic languages 70 40 30 0 0 0
Tibetan 110 65 50 20 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 85 45 40 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 4,895 2,185 2,710 90 20 75
Lao 4,115 1,995 2,120 5 0 5
Thai 765 180 585 85 20 65
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 7,980 4,095 3,880 30 25 10
Azerbaijani 290 160 130 5 0 0
Turkish 7,155 3,685 3,470 30 20 5
Uyghur 205 100 105 0 0 0
Uzbek 145 70 75 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 185 80 105 0 0 5
Uralic languages 6,400 2,985 3,410 290 140 155
Estonian 195 75 120 15 5 5
Finnish 360 125 240 90 35 55
Hungarian 5,835 2,790 3,045 185 95 90
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 685 385 300 10 5 5
Multiple responses 184,905 92,600 92,310 1,655 800 855
English and French 72,395 36,695 35,695 395 205 185
English and non-official language 27,485 13,545 13,945 1,170 555 615
French and non-official language 67,075 33,110 33,970 45 15 30
English, French and non-official language 17,950 9,245 8,705 50 30 20
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 8,066,560 3,977,270 4,089,285 119,625 58,910 60,715
Single responses 7,743,740 3,819,315 3,924,425 116,560 57,490 59,065
Official languages 7,157,850 3,536,165 3,621,685 110,995 54,895 56,095
English 782,185 391,125 391,060 110,115 54,455 55,655
French 6,375,665 3,145,040 3,230,625 880 440 440
Non-official languages 585,890 283,150 302,735 5,560 2,595 2,970
Aboriginal languages 40,190 20,205 19,980 5 0 5
Algonquian languages 28,695 14,385 14,310 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 28,110 14,105 14,005 5 0 0
Atikamekw 5,465 2,825 2,640 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 7,375 3,590 3,790 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 590 295 290 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 60 30 30 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 15 5 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 14,590 7,355 7,235 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 220 115 110 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 220 110 105 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 370 170 200 0 0 0
Algonquin 360 165 195 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 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0
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 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 11,375 5,770 5,615 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 11,350 5,750 5,600 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 20 15 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 70 35 35 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 70 35 30 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 5 5 0 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 5 5 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5
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 0 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 5 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. 35 10 25 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 545,695 262,940 282,755 5,555 2,590 2,965
Afro-Asiatic languages 91,660 46,550 45,110 215 110 105
Berber languages 7,495 3,895 3,605 0 5 0
Kabyle 5,105 2,660 2,450 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 2,390 1,235 1,150 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 535 240 295 10 5 5
Bilen 5 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 520 230 290 10 5 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 83,520 42,365 41,160 200 105 100
Amharic 340 150 185 10 5 5
Arabic 81,105 41,150 39,955 170 85 85
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 95 50 45 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 0 5 0 0 0
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,705 880 825 10 10 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 205 95 105 10 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 60 25 35 5 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 105 50 55 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,980 11,675 13,305 315 150 165
Khmer (Cambodian) 5,180 2,370 2,805 55 25 30
Vietnamese 19,790 9,295 10,495 265 125 140
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,715 3,960 5,750 615 265 350
Bikol 15 5 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 230 100 125 30 15 15
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 130 55 75 0 0 0
Ilocano 740 305 435 30 10 25
Malagasy 360 185 170 0 0 0
Malay 175 85 95 5 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 60 30 30 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,905 3,150 4,760 550 245 305
Waray-Waray 15 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 75 35 35 0 0 0
Creole languages 20,705 8,780 11,925 5 0 0
Haitian Creole 855 380 475 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 19,405 8,200 11,210 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 440 200 240 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 11,400 5,595 5,805 35 20 15
Kannada 150 85 65 0 5 0
Malayalam 200 100 100 15 10 5
Tamil 10,720 5,215 5,500 10 10 5
Telugu 330 190 135 5 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 15 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 303,215 146,100 157,115 2,535 1,215 1,310
Albanian 1,615 795 820 15 5 5
Armenian 11,990 5,680 6,310 10 5 5
Balto-Slavic languages 40,405 19,085 21,325 325 155 165
Baltic languages 190 80 105 0 0 0
Latvian 75 40 40 0 0 0
Lithuanian 115 40 70 0 0 0
Slavic languages 40,220 19,000 21,220 325 155 165
Belarusan 25 15 15 0 0 0
Bosnian 965 475 495 0 0 0
Bulgarian 5,125 2,495 2,630 10 5 5
Croatian 1,015 475 545 40 20 20
Czech 460 220 240 20 10 10
Macedonian 130 65 65 0 0 5
Polish 5,970 2,695 3,270 70 35 40
Russian 20,680 9,775 10,900 125 60 65
Serbian 2,010 1,020 990 10 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 960 470 490 0 0 0
Slovak 245 120 130 5 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 225 95 135 5 5 0
Ukrainian 2,365 1,060 1,300 20 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 20 10 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 9,890 4,980 4,905 250 125 125
Afrikaans 15 10 10 15 5 10
Danish 50 25 25 10 10 5
Dutch 375 170 205 50 25 25
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 2,550 1,190 1,365 165 85 80
Icelandic 30 15 20 5 0 0
Norwegian 20 5 10 5 0 0
Swedish 105 50 60 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 70 35 40 0 0 0
Yiddish 6,665 3,485 3,180 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Greek 18,545 8,865 9,680 10 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages 53,555 26,845 26,710 1,355 650 705
Indo-Aryan languages 31,575 15,985 15,585 1,250 600 650
Bengali 8,180 4,055 4,125 15 5 5
Gujarati 3,840 1,860 1,985 5 5 5
Hindi 1,535 790 745 75 35 40
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 30 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 80 40 40 5 5 0
Nepali 1,355 655 700 10 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 15 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 8,840 4,690 4,155 1,100 525 575
Sindhi 135 65 75 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 365 185 180 5 0 0
Urdu 7,180 3,620 3,565 40 15 20
Iranian languages 21,745 10,740 11,010 110 60 50
Kurdish 510 280 235 0 0 0
Pashto 925 460 465 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 20,310 10,005 10,305 105 55 50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 235 120 120 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 167,190 79,835 87,355 570 270 300
Catalan 110 50 60 0 0 0
Italian 32,935 14,595 18,340 35 15 15
Portuguese 17,260 8,250 9,005 130 60 70
Romanian 24,520 12,000 12,525 25 10 20
Spanish 92,330 44,920 47,415 380 185 190
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 0 0 0
Japanese 1,050 425 620 100 35 65
Kartvelian languages 70 35 35 5 0 0
Georgian 70 40 35 0 0 0
Korean 3,540 1,630 1,910 235 110 130
Mongolic languages 145 70 75 0 0 0
Mongolian 145 70 75 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 7,250 3,450 3,800 10 5 10
Akan (Twi) 445 215 235 0 0 0
Bamanankan 265 135 125 0 0 0
Edo 10 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 140 60 80 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 530 255 280 0 0 0
Ga 15 5 10 5 0 0
Ganda 5 5 5 5 0 0
Igbo 15 10 10 0 0 0
Lingala 625 270 355 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,110 510 600 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 530 225 305 0 0 0
Shona 20 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 1,100 535 565 5 0 5
Wolof 1,035 555 480 0 0 0
Yoruba 55 25 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,350 635 710 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 135 70 65 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 130 65 65 0 0 0
Sign languages 1,770 1,000 775 45 25 20
American Sign Language 90 35 50 10 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 700 360 340 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 985 600 385 40 20 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 60,370 28,925 31,450 1,370 625 745
Chinese languages 60,155 28,805 31,345 1,360 620 740
Cantonese 17,845 8,470 9,375 655 315 340
Hakka 155 75 80 0 0 0
Mandarin 37,075 17,870 19,200 610 265 345
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,830 830 1,000 15 5 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 780 355 420 5 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,435 1,190 1,240 70 35 35
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 215 115 100 10 5 10
Burmese 35 15 20 0 0 0
Karenic languages 65 40 30 0 0 0
Tibetan 70 45 30 15 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 2,375 1,145 1,230 20 5 10
Lao 2,150 1,055 1,100 0 0 0
Thai 225 90 135 20 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5,120 2,540 2,575 5 5 0
Azerbaijani 100 50 55 0 0 0
Turkish 4,715 2,340 2,370 0 5 0
Uyghur 140 75 70 0 0 0
Uzbek 105 50 55 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 35 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,025 895 1,130 40 20 20
Estonian 30 10 20 5 0 0
Finnish 50 20 30 15 5 5
Hungarian 1,945 860 1,085 30 15 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 150 90 60 0 5 0
Multiple responses 322,820 157,960 164,860 3,065 1,420 1,645
English and French 86,715 43,820 42,890 260 135 120
English and non-official language 54,400 26,255 28,140 2,730 1,250 1,480
French and non-official language 139,385 66,610 72,775 15 0 15
English, French and non-official language 42,320 21,270 21,045 60 30 35
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 8,066,555 3,977,275 4,089,285 119,625 58,915 60,715
None 6,825,240 3,356,340 3,468,900 109,975 54,425 55,555
English 513,410 263,670 249,735 2,970 1,415 1,555
French 320,370 158,340 162,030 1,665 780 890
Non-official language 317,790 154,450 163,340 4,825 2,210 2,615
Aboriginal 5,700 2,645 3,060 55 30 25
Non-Aboriginal 312,085 151,810 160,280 4,765 2,180 2,585
English and French 36,235 18,285 17,955 40 20 20
English and non-official language 28,630 14,075 14,555 60 25 35
French and non-official language 23,470 11,365 12,095 90 40 55
English, French and non-official language 1,420 740 680 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 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,145 100,255 48,875 51,375
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020 96,915 47,245 49,670
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 32,975 37,842 28,522 37,275 43,866 32,019
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,400 97,030 47,340 49,695
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,535 33,110 26,119 33,126 38,063 29,190
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 5,685,690 2,866,470 2,819,220 89,200 43,875 45,330
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,067 35,597 25,012 34,947 42,326 28,949
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 4,973,245 2,300,800 2,672,445 66,610 28,825 37,785
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,307 5,851 8,246 5,373 4,850 5,600
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 4,627,795 2,408,420 2,219,370 75,355 38,090 37,265
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,263 35,627 27,219 34,132 40,397 29,146
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245 100,390 49,030 51,360
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 6,417,010 3,159,415 3,257,595 97,085 47,410 49,675
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,546 49,087 36,203 45,081 52,277 38,214
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 6,418,440 3,159,550 3,258,890 97,235 47,535 49,700
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,887 39,292 30,616 37,999 42,949 33,264
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 5,685,905 2,866,415 2,819,485 89,185 43,955 45,230
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,505 47,810 33,079 43,470 51,495 35,671
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 4,972,650 2,299,595 2,673,050 66,940 29,210 37,725
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,590 7,846 9,229 7,468 7,355 7,555
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 4,627,775 2,408,655 2,219,120 75,385 38,270 37,110
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,382 45,974 34,313 41,306 47,768 34,641
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,240 100,390 49,035 51,360
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 2,036,965 1,114,940 922,025 34,465 19,005 15,465
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 47,111 51,622 42,433 52,926 59,199 47,973
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 56,564 62,750 49,085 59,277 65,313 51,861
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 84.4 88.3 79.1 88.6 91.4 85.1
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 68.4 71.4 64.6 71.0 73.6 67.6
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 15.6 11.7 20.9 11.4 8.6 14.9
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,140 100,255 48,880 51,375
Without total income 216,685 99,555 117,125 3,340 1,630 1,710
With total income 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020 96,915 47,245 49,670
Percentage with total income 96.7 96.9 96.5 96.7 96.7 96.7
Under $10,000 (including loss) 789,595 351,935 437,660 11,840 5,105 6,735
$10,000 to $19,999 1,188,135 476,630 711,500 15,220 6,100 9,125
$20,000 to $29,999 976,210 428,390 547,830 12,765 5,255 7,515
$30,000 to $39,999 852,735 414,105 438,625 11,770 5,160 6,615
$40,000 to $49,999 747,995 378,215 369,780 11,095 5,095 5,995
$50,000 to $59,999 540,265 292,110 248,150 9,085 4,495 4,590
$60,000 to $69,999 375,935 214,805 161,130 6,950 4,010 2,940
$70,000 to $79,999 286,025 164,240 121,790 5,685 3,525 2,160
$80,000 to $89,999 189,350 113,715 75,635 4,020 2,535 1,480
$90,000 to $99,999 122,750 80,090 42,660 2,830 1,845 980
$100,000 and over 348,620 246,360 102,255 5,650 4,120 1,530
$100,000 to $149,999 236,515 164,145 72,370 4,255 3,090 1,165
$150,000 and over 112,105 82,215 29,885 1,395 1,030 370
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 6,634,295 3,260,150 3,374,140 100,250 48,880 51,375
Without after-tax income 215,120 99,375 115,750 3,220 1,535 1,685
With after-tax income 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,395 97,030 47,340 49,695
Percentage with after-tax income 96.8 97.0 96.6 96.8 96.8 96.7
Under $10,000 (including loss) 822,725 359,045 463,675 12,500 5,445 7,050
$10,000 to $19,999 1,246,480 505,165 741,315 15,950 6,535 9,410
$20,000 to $29,999 1,192,885 541,080 651,810 15,630 6,615 9,015
$30,000 to $39,999 1,096,510 553,200 543,315 14,080 6,335 7,745
$40,000 to $49,999 793,150 425,040 368,115 12,580 5,995 6,580
$50,000 to $59,999 498,475 283,130 215,345 9,270 5,265 4,000
$60,000 to $69,999 309,415 180,470 128,945 6,740 4,165 2,570
$70,000 to $79,999 167,895 108,500 59,395 4,340 2,760 1,580
$80,000 and over 291,635 205,155 86,485 5,960 4,225 1,735
$80,000 to $89,999 95,010 64,670 30,335 2,250 1,500 750
$90,000 to $99,999 55,980 39,080 16,905 1,295 930 365
$100,000 and over 140,645 101,405 39,240 2,415 1,790 620
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,145 100,255 48,880 51,375
Without employment income 2,006,505 851,730 1,154,775 24,900 10,790 14,110
With employment income 4,627,790 2,408,420 2,219,375 75,350 38,090 37,260
Percentage with employment income 69.8 73.9 65.8 75.2 77.9 72.5
Under $5,000 (including loss) 606,300 311,780 294,520 11,695 5,470 6,220
$5,000 to $9,999 367,030 162,150 204,885 5,235 2,205 3,030
$10,000 to $19,999 681,920 305,995 375,920 9,190 3,900 5,285
$20,000 to $29,999 586,140 269,950 316,195 8,170 3,710 4,460
$30,000 to $39,999 565,425 277,135 288,285 7,870 3,605 4,265
$40,000 to $49,999 476,665 247,105 229,560 7,820 3,485 4,335
$50,000 to $59,999 359,180 203,580 155,600 6,480 3,275 3,205
$60,000 to $69,999 266,650 156,255 110,395 5,100 3,035 2,060
$70,000 to $79,999 224,040 129,890 94,150 4,410 2,790 1,620
$80,000 and over 494,440 344,585 149,855 9,380 6,605 2,775
$80,000 to $89,999 139,830 90,295 49,540 3,260 2,115 1,140
$90,000 to $99,999 93,860 64,160 29,700 2,190 1,500 690
$100,000 and over 260,745 190,125 70,620 3,930 2,990 940
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 3,531,665 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 59,822 ... ... 72,563 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 52,207 ... ... 62,997 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 1,175,230 ... ... 14,765 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 31,574 ... ... 37,774 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 28,469 ... ... 33,565 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 2,356,430 ... ... 36,065 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 78,645 ... ... 90,882 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 67,665 ... ... 78,797 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,306 ... ... 85,954 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 63,404 ... ... 72,561 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 1,174,695 ... ... 14,825 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 40,042 ... ... 44,580 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,262 ... ... 37,964 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 2,356,970 ... ... 36,095 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 95,878 ... ... 102,948 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 78,426 ... ... 86,771 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 3,531,665 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
Under $5,000 47,170 ... ... 815 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 56,315 ... ... 515 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 119,570 ... ... 1,460 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 180,865 ... ... 1,670 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 179,690 ... ... 1,970 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 154,150 ... ... 1,805 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 185,000 ... ... 1,965 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 184,435 ... ... 2,120 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 179,855 ... ... 2,070 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 170,445 ... ... 2,120 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 313,600 ... ... 4,140 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 273,620 ... ... 3,830 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 241,940 ... ... 3,670 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 208,620 ... ... 3,430 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 176,355 ... ... 3,145 ... ...
$100,000 and over 860,030 ... ... 16,100 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 327,435 ... ... 5,840 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 204,105 ... ... 4,125 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 192,155 ... ... 3,990 ... ...
$200,000 and over 136,335 ... ... 2,150 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 3,531,660 ... ... 50,830 ... ...
Under $5,000 50,445 ... ... 865 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 57,335 ... ... 525 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 120,860 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 190,300 ... ... 1,760 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 202,905 ... ... 2,285 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 187,365 ... ... 2,245 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 231,765 ... ... 2,460 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 225,695 ... ... 2,520 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 211,990 ... ... 2,525 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 202,760 ... ... 2,600 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 363,775 ... ... 4,735 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 309,825 ... ... 4,535 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 256,150 ... ... 4,070 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 208,765 ... ... 3,625 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 166,295 ... ... 2,970 ... ...
$100,000 and over 545,440 ... ... 11,625 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 269,170 ... ... 5,530 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 130,225 ... ... 3,090 ... ...
$150,000 and over 146,045 ... ... 3,015 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 2,261,890 ... ... 33,940 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 79,378 ... ... 90,558 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 68,152 ... ... 78,470 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.9 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 930,195 ... ... 14,720 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 70,075 ... ... 84,714 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 60,224 ... ... 73,572 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 911,980 ... ... 13,075 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 105,246 ... ... 112,341 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 88,844 ... ... 96,355 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 364,085 ... ... 5,100 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 52,708 ... ... 53,411 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 47,805 ... ... 48,270 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 2,262,045 ... ... 33,940 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 96,863 ... ... 102,890 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 79,060 ... ... 86,495 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 929,645 ... ... 14,710 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 86,304 ... ... 99,541 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 70,167 ... ... 82,764 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 912,560 ... ... 13,015 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 122,835 ... ... 122,758 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 99,279 ... ... 103,153 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 363,610 ... ... 5,120 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,753 ... ... 62,156 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,052 ... ... 54,664 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 1,433,210 711,180 722,030 22,255 10,850 11,410
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 29,195 31,526 27,210 33,208 34,814 32,023
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 26,706 28,214 25,434 29,845 30,816 29,029
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 1,430,625 708,225 722,405 22,270 10,970 11,300
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 37,684 39,840 35,571 39,730 41,031 38,467
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 31,513 32,729 30,321 34,091 34,748 33,455
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 7,965,455 3,941,475 4,023,970 118,015 57,960 60,055
In the bottom half of the distribution 4,577,885 2,216,770 2,361,115 55,970 26,630 29,345
In the bottom decile 747,785 368,385 379,395 11,675 5,690 5,980
In the second decile 898,605 408,705 489,900 9,905 4,540 5,370
In the third decile 997,185 481,975 515,210 10,645 4,995 5,655
In the fourth decile 996,230 490,275 505,960 11,360 5,415 5,945
In the fifth decile 938,080 467,425 470,655 12,375 5,985 6,390
In the top half of the distribution 3,387,565 1,724,710 1,662,855 62,050 31,340 30,715
In the sixth decile 881,640 444,865 436,775 12,925 6,315 6,605
In the seventh decile 806,685 409,470 397,220 13,375 6,775 6,605
In the eighth decile 700,450 357,000 343,455 13,585 6,975 6,610
In the ninth decile 557,160 286,195 270,960 13,135 6,700 6,430
In the top decile 441,630 227,185 214,445 9,030 4,570 4,460
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 7,921,505 3,919,560 4,001,945 115,825 56,940 58,890
0 to 17 years 1,564,410 800,455 763,960 21,115 10,785 10,330
0 to 5 years 532,410 272,790 259,625 6,950 3,535 3,415
18 to 64 years 5,021,875 2,498,900 2,522,980 75,515 37,245 38,270
65 years and over 1,335,220 620,210 715,010 19,195 8,910 10,290
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 1,160,190 542,405 617,785 14,055 6,580 7,475
0 to 17 years 222,955 114,410 108,540 3,250 1,680 1,570
0 to 5 years 75,270 38,595 36,670 1,035 535 500
18 to 64 years 688,130 334,825 353,305 8,740 4,095 4,645
65 years and over 249,110 93,170 155,930 2,065 805 1,265
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.6 13.8 15.4 12.1 11.6 12.7
0 to 17 years (%) 14.3 14.3 14.2 15.4 15.6 15.2
0 to 5 years (%) 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.9 15.1 14.6
18 to 64 years (%) 13.7 13.4 14.0 11.6 11.0 12.1
65 years and over (%) 18.7 15.0 21.8 10.8 9.0 12.3
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 731,340 358,085 373,260 8,940 4,415 4,525
0 to 17 years 129,325 66,400 62,925 1,740 865 875
0 to 5 years 44,375 22,705 21,675 515 250 265
18 to 64 years 514,540 261,485 253,060 6,685 3,330 3,355
65 years and over 87,475 30,205 57,270 515 220 300
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 9.2 9.1 9.3 7.7 7.8 7.7
0 to 17 years (%) 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.5
0 to 5 years (%) 8.3 8.3 8.3 7.4 7.1 7.8
18 to 64 years (%) 10.2 10.5 10.0 8.9 8.9 8.8
65 years and over (%) 6.6 4.9 8.0 2.7 2.5 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 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,045 60,105
Official languages 7,891,110 3,911,220 3,979,890 117,225 57,690 59,540
English 3,930,690 2,058,470 1,872,225 117,145 57,645 59,495
French 7,522,350 3,725,145 3,797,200 10,250 4,775 5,475
Non-official languages 1,610,980 776,265 834,720 19,065 8,790 10,280
Aboriginal languages 50,890 25,190 25,700 140 70 65
Algonquian languages 37,515 18,545 18,965 45 20 25
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 34,415 17,050 17,370 35 15 20
Atikamekw 6,640 3,335 3,305 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 9,850 4,735 5,115 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 10 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 775 385 385 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 260 130 130 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 35 25 10 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 15 0 10 0 0 0
Woods Cree 10 10 0 10 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 17,175 8,600 8,575 30 20 15
Eastern Algonquian languages 885 460 420 0 0 0
Malecite 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 880 460 425 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 2,340 1,105 1,235 0 0 0
Algonquin 2,240 1,055 1,185 10 0 10
Ojibway 105 50 50 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 35 20 10 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 20 15 10 0 10 0
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 10 0 10 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 10 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 10 0 0 0 10 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 10 10 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 10 0 0 10 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 12,595 6,270 6,330 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 12,485 6,210 6,270 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 115 60 60 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 740 360 375 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 690 350 335 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 30 15 10 10 10 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 55 30 25
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 25 10 15
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 20 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Dakota 10 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 10 0 10
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 10 10 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 30 15 15
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 10
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 90 40 55 10 10 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,560,375 751,215 809,160 18,930 8,715 10,220
Afro-Asiatic languages 301,035 157,545 143,490 570 330 240
Berber languages 27,595 14,650 12,945 0 0 0
Kabyle 16,170 8,580 7,590 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 11,580 6,150 5,425 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,550 745 805 40 15 25
Bilen 35 20 10 0 0 0
Oromo 45 30 10 10 0 0
Somali 1,460 680 780 30 10 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 286,625 149,970 136,660 525 310 215
Amharic 1,145 540 600 60 30 30
Arabic 267,965 140,280 127,685 410 240 170
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 195 95 95 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 18,035 9,490 8,540 55 35 20
Maltese 40 10 25 0 0 0
Tigrigna 420 195 225 25 10 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 85 95 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 810 430 380 10 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 46,050 21,955 24,095 640 295 345
Khmer (Cambodian) 11,840 5,620 6,220 115 70 50
Vietnamese 34,580 16,520 18,060 525 230 295
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 31,230 11,820 19,410 1,875 685 1,180
Bikol 105 45 60 10 0 0
Cebuano 1,105 360 750 135 45 90
Fijian 15 0 10 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 540 195 350 35 10 25
Ilocano 2,500 890 1,610 140 55 85
Malagasy 1,980 940 1,040 0 0 0
Malay 1,210 525 690 45 15 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 195 95 100 15 0 10
Pangasinan 60 20 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 26,705 9,785 16,915 1,715 630 1,085
Waray-Waray 55 10 45 10 0 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 540 270 275 25 15 15
Creole languages 115,445 51,970 63,475 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 4,910 2,285 2,620 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 108,315 48,615 59,705 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 2,835 1,390 1,445 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 18,710 9,495 9,210 155 90 70
Kannada 415 210 205 20 15 10
Malayalam 510 285 220 50 30 20
Tamil 17,245 8,680 8,565 60 35 20
Telugu 930 540 390 40 20 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 15 25 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 912,945 435,785 477,155 11,365 5,435 5,935
Albanian 3,375 1,730 1,645 70 55 20
Armenian 20,290 9,790 10,500 15 15 10
Balto-Slavic languages 88,425 41,725 46,700 1,375 585 795
Baltic languages 1,080 500 585 10 10 10
Latvian 335 150 185 10 0 10
Lithuanian 755 350 410 10 10 0
Slavic languages 87,520 41,315 46,205 1,365 580 790
Belarusan 365 150 215 0 0 0
Bosnian 1,975 990 985 30 15 20
Bulgarian 7,345 3,595 3,750 30 20 10
Croatian 3,580 1,760 1,820 240 115 125
Czech 2,070 975 1,095 145 65 80
Macedonian 285 140 145 0 0 0
Polish 17,760 8,090 9,665 315 135 180
Russian 46,665 22,265 24,400 395 165 230
Serbian 4,050 1,980 2,070 75 30 45
Serbo-Croatian 2,385 1,140 1,245 10 0 0
Slovak 1,520 705 820 50 25 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 970 490 480 10 0 10
Ukrainian 9,015 3,885 5,135 245 70 175
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 150 75 75 0 0 0
Celtic languages 495 305 195 25 10 15
Scottish Gaelic 155 95 65 10 0 0
Welsh 85 45 40 10 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 265 175 95 15 10 10
Germanic languages 63,370 31,835 31,530 3,260 1,565 1,700
Afrikaans 415 260 150 125 45 75
Danish 835 410 420 155 85 70
Dutch 5,060 2,665 2,395 645 365 280
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0 0
German 43,475 21,950 21,530 2,235 1,020 1,215
Icelandic 140 80 60 50 35 20
Norwegian 510 255 255 55 40 20
Swedish 1,580 785 795 105 55 55
Vlaams (Flemish) 760 265 495 10 0 0
Yiddish 12,375 6,225 6,155 0 0 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 270 125 140 0 0 0
Greek 51,060 25,520 25,540 115 65 45
Indo-Iranian languages 93,655 48,040 45,615 2,995 1,525 1,475
Indo-Aryan languages 59,570 30,870 28,700 2,725 1,370 1,355
Bengali 12,870 6,610 6,260 15 10 10
Gujarati 7,950 3,860 4,090 30 15 15
Hindi 15,570 8,285 7,280 625 315 305
Kashmiri 45 35 15 10 0 0
Konkani 150 70 75 0 0 0
Marathi 475 240 230 0 0 0
Nepali 1,445 725 720 10 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 55 35 20 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,860 9,690 8,165 2,375 1,175 1,195
Sindhi 500 240 255 10 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,335 625 710 10 10 0
Urdu 16,545 8,655 7,890 145 70 75
Iranian languages 35,420 17,830 17,585 270 145 115
Kurdish 1,255 665 590 0 10 0
Pashto 1,825 1,005 825 20 15 10
Persian (Farsi) 32,965 16,560 16,405 250 135 110
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 845 425 420 30 20 10
Italic (Romance) languages 627,545 293,620 333,920 3,905 1,820 2,085
Catalan 890 525 365 10 10 10
Italian 173,710 84,430 89,275 560 290 270
Portuguese 55,100 27,620 27,475 525 255 270
Romanian 42,655 20,550 22,110 75 40 40
Spanish 390,355 177,610 212,745 2,865 1,280 1,580
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 490 345 145 20 0 15
Japanese 7,040 3,340 3,695 625 290 340
Kartvelian languages 220 110 110 0 0 0
Georgian 215 105 110 10 0 10
Korean 6,260 2,825 3,430 415 180 240
Mongolic languages 270 135 130 0 0 0
Mongolian 265 135 130 10 0 10
Niger-Congo languages 52,840 26,665 26,175 240 115 125
Akan (Twi) 1,800 945 855 10 10 10
Bamanankan 2,385 1,240 1,145 0 0 0
Edo 190 95 95 10 0 0
Ewe 1,410 865 545 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 3,400 1,785 1,620 0 0 0
Ga 315 155 160 0 0 0
Ganda 90 40 55 10 10 10
Igbo 275 190 90 20 10 15
Lingala 9,630 4,430 5,200 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 4,490 2,210 2,285 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 3,535 1,640 1,895 35 15 20
Shona 150 75 80 0 0 0
Swahili 8,015 4,080 3,935 90 45 40
Wolof 6,555 3,545 3,015 0 0 0
Yoruba 885 485 395 50 25 25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 17,720 9,125 8,595 55 20 30
Nilo-Saharan languages 695 345 350 10 0 10
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 695 345 350 0 10 0
Sign languages 7,775 3,095 4,675 325 120 205
American Sign Language 675 245 435 165 45 115
Quebec Sign Language 4,405 1,590 2,815 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 2,960 1,350 1,605 165 75 85
Sino-Tibetan languages 90,460 42,695 47,770 2,590 1,140 1,450
Chinese languages 90,060 42,480 47,580 2,560 1,130 1,435
Cantonese 31,885 14,900 16,980 1,270 610 660
Hakka 545 240 310 15 10 10
Mandarin 59,240 27,560 31,685 1,415 580 840
Min Dong 15 10 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 4,215 1,860 2,350 60 25 30
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,230 535 690 30 10 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,800 2,380 2,425 85 35 50
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 40 55 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 430 235 195 30 10 15
Burmese 140 75 60 0 0 0
Karenic languages 105 55 45 0 0 0
Tibetan 65 50 10 10 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 140 65 80 15 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages 7,280 3,400 3,880 150 55 100
Lao 5,785 2,850 2,935 15 10 0
Thai 2,255 875 1,375 140 40 100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 12,475 6,265 6,210 70 50 20
Azerbaijani 510 275 235 0 0 0
Turkish 11,415 5,755 5,665 65 50 20
Uyghur 230 110 120 0 0 0
Uzbek 230 105 125 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 235 115 120 0 0 0
Uralic languages 7,870 3,710 4,160 310 150 160
Estonian 150 55 95 10 0 10
Finnish 500 195 305 85 40 45
Hungarian 7,215 3,450 3,765 210 110 105
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 2,140 1,170 970 20 10 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,050 60,105
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 7,585,545 3,753,190 3,832,350 112,195 55,410 56,790
Canadian citizens aged under 18 1,521,230 779,620 741,610 20,515 10,415 10,100
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 6,064,310 2,973,575 3,090,740 91,680 44,990 46,690
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 379,910 188,245 191,665 5,955 2,640 3,320
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 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,045 60,105
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 6,788,085 3,365,345 3,422,735 98,075 48,780 49,295
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 1,091,310 530,325 560,980 18,580 8,510 10,070
Before 1981 238,655 117,080 121,575 8,125 3,855 4,265
1981 to 1990 127,340 63,150 64,190 2,155 970 1,185
1991 to 2000 187,860 89,210 98,650 2,655 1,190 1,470
2001 to 2010 322,280 155,785 166,495 3,510 1,595 1,915
2001 to 2005 140,170 67,835 72,335 1,640 750 885
2006 to 2010 182,115 87,945 94,165 1,865 850 1,020
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 215,170 105,105 110,065 2,140 905 1,230
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 86,065 45,765 40,295 1,490 755 740
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 1,091,305 530,325 560,980 18,580 8,510 10,070
Under 5 years 112,930 54,600 58,330 2,475 1,260 1,220
5 to 14 years 174,020 87,165 86,855 3,345 1,625 1,720
15 to 24 years 215,350 98,880 116,475 4,135 1,850 2,285
25 to 44 years 515,770 256,095 259,675 7,155 3,150 4,005
45 years and over 73,230 33,590 39,640 1,470 630 845
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 1,091,305 530,330 560,980 18,585 8,515 10,070
Americas 247,505 113,190 134,315 2,670 1,255 1,415
Brazil 7,345 3,515 3,830 40 15 25
Colombia 25,580 11,645 13,935 100 40 55
El Salvador 11,120 5,500 5,615 75 35 35
Guyana 2,490 1,085 1,410 25 15 15
Haiti 80,965 35,375 45,585 10 0 0
Jamaica 4,665 2,040 2,625 100 55 45
Mexico 15,820 7,090 8,730 210 105 105
Peru 13,265 5,945 7,325 30 10 15
Trinidad and Tobago 4,075 1,840 2,240 70 30 40
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 25,955 12,800 13,155 1,620 755 870
Other places of birth in Americas 56,235 26,370 29,870 390 185 200
Europe 311,090 154,910 156,185 8,130 3,865 4,265
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,785 1,890 1,895 30 10 20
Croatia 2,140 1,085 1,050 120 55 65
France 81,225 43,490 37,735 180 75 100
Germany 9,750 4,365 5,390 975 440 530
Greece 18,420 9,135 9,285 50 30 20
Hungary 3,325 1,620 1,700 150 80 70
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 820 485 330 90 45 45
Italy 51,025 25,370 25,655 180 100 80
Netherlands 1,990 1,035 955 520 285 240
Poland 10,735 4,675 6,060 270 110 155
Portugal 18,985 9,185 9,800 270 130 145
Romania 28,695 13,695 15,005 95 40 55
Russian Federation 11,355 4,975 6,375 135 70 65
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 1,790 830 960 45 25 20
Ukraine 8,670 3,800 4,870 135 50 85
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 12,905 6,645 6,260 4,075 1,865 2,210
Other places of birth in Europe 45,500 22,630 22,870 815 455 360
Africa 241,410 125,250 116,165 760 375 385
Algeria 59,465 31,180 28,280 10 0 0
Egypt 19,490 10,290 9,200 40 25 15
Ethiopia 995 495 495 80 35 45
Kenya 785 355 430 75 40 40
Morocco 60,700 31,435 29,270 10 0 0
Nigeria 1,340 740 600 60 35 30
Somalia 580 270 310 10 10 0
South Africa, Republic of 865 475 385 265 120 145
Other places of birth in Africa 97,200 50,005 47,190 210 105 110
Asia 289,825 136,175 153,655 6,690 2,860 3,825
Afghanistan 7,280 3,640 3,640 15 0 10
Bangladesh 7,940 3,990 3,950 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 49,555 19,905 29,655 1,035 425 610
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 4,730 2,290 2,435 210 105 105
India 17,865 9,195 8,670 1,670 810 860
IranCensus data footnote 61 17,760 8,880 8,885 180 95 80
Iraq 3,735 1,960 1,775 15 10 10
Japan 1,725 395 1,330 225 60 165
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 4,230 1,995 2,230 305 125 175
Lebanon 39,135 20,800 18,340 40 25 15
Pakistan 10,010 5,260 4,750 150 80 65
Philippines 24,410 9,040 15,370 1,730 620 1,105
Sri Lanka 10,715 5,335 5,380 15 10 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 17,775 8,800 8,980 25 15 10
Taiwan 2,735 1,100 1,635 165 60 105
Viet Nam 25,440 11,765 13,675 390 175 210
Other places of birth in Asia 44,795 21,840 22,950 530 235 300
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 1,480 805 670 335 155 175
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 54 215,170 105,105 110,065 2,140 905 1,235
Americas 47,710 22,625 25,085 235 110 130
Brazil 3,010 1,495 1,520 0 10 0
Colombia 7,540 3,465 4,075 10 0 10
Cuba 2,565 1,260 1,315 10 0 10
Haiti 16,880 7,690 9,190 0 0 0
Jamaica 190 140 55 0 0 0
Mexico 4,210 1,955 2,255 50 35 15
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,990 2,265 1,720 145 65 80
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 1,955 935 1,020 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 7,365 3,425 3,935 35 10 25
Europe 39,320 20,085 19,235 245 105 135
France 20,030 10,855 9,175 15 0 10
Germany 580 250 330 10 0 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 135 105 35 0 10 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 3,750 1,695 2,055 0 0 0
Romania 2,945 1,260 1,685 10 0 10
Russian Federation 1,970 865 1,105 45 20 25
Ukraine 2,460 1,110 1,350 40 10 30
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 860 565 290 55 40 15
Other places of birth in Europe 6,590 3,385 3,205 75 35 45
Africa 74,200 37,110 37,090 100 45 55
Algeria 16,380 8,060 8,320 0 0 0
Cameroon 7,550 3,705 3,845 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3,370 1,655 1,715 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 5,070 2,505 2,565 0 0 0
Egypt 4,360 2,260 2,095 10 10 0
Eritrea 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ethiopia 125 65 60 0 0 0
Morocco 13,475 6,675 6,805 0 0 0
Nigeria 540 280 260 25 15 15
Somalia 95 40 50 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 175 115 60 25 10 20
Tunisia 5,855 3,025 2,825 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 17,155 8,690 8,470 40 20 15
Asia 53,595 25,070 28,525 1,525 625 900
Afghanistan 1,555 715 840 0 0 0
Bangladesh 860 455 405 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 10,705 4,805 5,895 175 60 110
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 120 35 80 0 10 0
India 2,960 1,555 1,405 255 140 115
IranCensus data footnote 61 7,505 3,545 3,960 40 20 20
Iraq 985 465 515 10 10 0
Israel 645 390 255 10 10 10
Japan 330 30 295 40 15 35
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 825 370 455 130 65 65
Lebanon 3,955 2,100 1,860 0 0 0
Nepal 360 165 195 0 0 0
Pakistan 1,815 920 895 45 10 30
Philippines 5,635 2,345 3,290 650 230 415
Saudi Arabia 435 210 225 10 0 0
Sri Lanka 860 380 480 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 7,455 3,740 3,715 0 0 0
Taiwan 170 60 105 45 15 30
Turkey 585 300 285 15 10 10
United Arab Emirates 300 160 145 10 10 0
Viet Nam 1,505 560 945 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Asia 4,025 1,765 2,265 90 30 55
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 345 215 135 25 20 10
Australia 190 120 70 10 10 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 155 95 65 10 15 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,045 60,110
First generationCensus data footnote 69 1,204,895 590,175 614,720 21,070 9,830 11,245
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 792,085 399,535 392,550 26,485 12,855 13,635
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 5,968,475 2,951,730 3,016,745 70,595 35,370 35,230
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 72 867,685 420,465 447,220 10,895 4,880 6,015
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 469,015 243,915 225,100 5,230 2,405 2,820
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 224,720 137,975 86,745 2,290 1,195 1,090
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 244,300 105,945 138,360 2,940 1,210 1,730
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 241,225 96,130 145,095 4,560 1,865 2,700
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 146,295 75,100 71,195 1,020 570 445
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 11,150 5,320 5,825 90 35 55
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,010 118,155 58,045 60,105
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 182,885 91,890 90,995 6,655 3,105 3,550
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 175,960 88,635 87,325 6,400 2,995 3,405
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 92,655 45,510 47,145 3,725 1,745 1,985
Métis 69,365 36,260 33,100 2,615 1,225 1,390
Inuk (Inuit) 13,940 6,865 7,075 55 25 30
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 2,760 1,330 1,430 155 75 85
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 4,170 1,930 2,245 100 35 70
Non-Aboriginal identity 7,782,560 3,849,550 3,933,015 111,495 54,940 56,550
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 7,965,455 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,050 60,105
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 77,490 38,580 38,915 2,670 1,185 1,485
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 7,887,960 3,902,860 3,985,100 115,490 56,865 58,620
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 7,965,455 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,155 58,045 60,105
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 118,780 58,535 60,245 1,610 790 815
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 115,480 56,930 58,550 1,560 765 795
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 87,700 42,730 44,965 1,290 620 675
Métis single ancestry 17,585 9,225 8,360 255 145 110
Inuit single ancestry 10,200 4,980 5,220 15 0 15
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 3,300 1,605 1,700 50 30 20
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 2,220 1,115 1,105 25 20 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 995 455 540 25 10 15
Métis and Inuit ancestries 65 25 40 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 20 10 15 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 240,650 113,905 126,740 6,755 3,100 3,655
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 235,365 111,205 124,165 6,380 2,950 3,425
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 193,625 90,650 102,975 4,270 1,955 2,315
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 37,080 18,320 18,760 2,045 960 1,090
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,660 2,230 2,425 65 35 30
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 5,280 2,700 2,575 375 145 230
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,040 2,105 1,940 375 145 230
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 990 475 515 0 0 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 225 110 115 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 25 15 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 7,606,025 3,769,000 3,837,030 109,790 54,160 55,630
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 118,150 58,045 60,110
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 1,032,365 505,180 527,185 15,125 7,095 8,030
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 90,335 46,750 43,585 3,665 1,880 1,785
Chinese 99,505 44,370 55,135 3,650 1,655 1,995
Black 319,230 154,110 165,120 1,300 650 650
Filipino 34,910 14,275 20,635 2,370 945 1,425
Latin American 133,920 64,655 69,260 785 420 365
Arab 213,740 113,420 100,320 340 200 140
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 62,820 29,960 32,865 970 460 515
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 32,405 16,200 16,210 250 130 120
Korean 8,055 3,865 4,190 505 225 280
Japanese 4,570 1,755 2,820 665 280 380
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 9,840 4,670 5,175 165 70 95
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 23,045 11,160 11,885 450 170 285
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 6,933,085 3,436,260 3,496,830 103,035 50,950 52,080
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 7,965,455 3,941,435 4,024,010 118,155 58,045 60,105
North American Aboriginal origins 359,430 172,440 186,985 8,365 3,890 4,475
First Nations (North American Indian) 289,610 137,550 152,065 5,985 2,755 3,230
Inuit 17,175 8,300 8,880 100 50 55
Métis 61,260 30,915 30,345 2,700 1,270 1,435
Other North American origins 4,850,145 2,390,545 2,459,605 33,245 16,525 16,720
Acadian 34,785 16,440 18,345 210 110 100
American 45,050 21,470 23,580 2,645 1,160 1,480
Canadian 4,647,840 2,288,280 2,359,555 31,365 15,665 15,700
New Brunswicker 750 370 380 10 0 0
Newfoundlander 570 280 295 45 25 20
Nova Scotian 365 155 215 10 0 10
Ontarian 1,345 660 685 10 0 10
Québécois 184,005 93,895 90,110 65 20 45
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 205 110 100 10 0 10
European origins 3,037,890 1,511,060 1,526,825 92,360 45,345 47,015
British Isles origins 745,715 360,135 385,575 71,020 34,850 36,175
Channel Islander 1,440 725 720 35 15 25
Cornish 70 35 40 10 0 0
English 228,520 111,855 116,670 46,370 22,645 23,720
Irish 446,215 211,545 234,665 23,590 11,060 12,530
Manx 200 105 95 65 25 40
Scottish 215,030 103,395 111,635 32,590 15,865 16,730
Welsh 10,765 5,075 5,690 4,705 2,245 2,460
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 32,525 15,440 17,080 4,640 2,130 2,510
French origins 1,878,795 941,770 937,025 13,880 6,360 7,520
Alsatian 1,050 520 525 10 0 10
Breton 11,140 5,410 5,725 0 0 10
Corsican 1,270 690 580 10 0 0
French 1,870,545 937,665 932,875 13,865 6,355 7,510
Western European origins (except French origins) 244,380 119,115 125,260 23,555 11,420 12,135
Austrian 12,710 6,285 6,430 1,375 580 795
Bavarian 40 30 20 10 0 0
Belgian 51,340 25,295 26,050 640 320 320
Dutch 26,000 12,805 13,190 6,125 2,955 3,175
Flemish 1,345 660 685 100 50 50
Frisian 15 20 0 10 10 0
German 142,225 68,250 73,975 16,635 8,100 8,530
Luxembourger 910 445 460 15 0 15
Swiss 24,500 12,615 11,885 760 375 390
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 125 80 50 35 20 15
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 25,460 12,490 12,975 10,485 5,095 5,390
Danish 5,700 2,815 2,885 1,940 975 965
Finnish 3,130 1,430 1,700 920 465 460
Icelandic 955 480 470 910 410 500
Norwegian 7,820 3,835 3,985 4,015 1,970 2,045
Swedish 6,840 3,275 3,565 2,985 1,395 1,590
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 2,500 1,265 1,230 650 350 305
Eastern European origins 249,940 121,660 128,285 14,740 7,135 7,605
Bulgarian 9,570 4,675 4,895 80 50 30
Byelorussian 2,530 1,235 1,295 75 25 50
Czech 6,295 2,965 3,330 560 250 310
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 2,150 1,100 1,050 175 60 115
Estonian 890 460 435 110 50 55
Hungarian 28,280 13,970 14,310 1,610 780 830
Latvian 1,740 835 905 135 70 65
Lithuanian 6,630 3,320 3,305 245 125 120
Moldovan 7,620 3,710 3,900 30 15 15
Polish 79,040 38,705 40,335 4,280 2,100 2,185
Romanian 53,060 25,935 27,125 570 275 295
Russian 55,230 26,405 28,830 2,830 1,380 1,445
Slovak 4,770 2,375 2,395 215 120 100
Ukrainian 42,550 20,575 21,975 6,200 2,975 3,225
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 2,900 1,505 1,400 140 50 90
Southern European origins 549,750 273,670 276,080 7,855 3,820 4,035
Albanian 3,760 1,950 1,805 95 70 25
Bosnian 2,970 1,485 1,490 35 20 20
Catalan 735 395 340 0 0 0
Croatian 6,745 3,375 3,370 510 270 245
Cypriot 480 240 245 10 0 0
Greek 71,330 36,235 35,090 570 280 290
Italian 326,700 162,650 164,045 3,770 1,870 1,895
Kosovar 505 295 210 0 0 0
Macedonian 775 400 370 15 15 0
Maltese 1,220 615 610 130 70 65
Montenegrin 450 250 200 0 0 0
Portuguese 69,805 34,825 34,980 1,160 555 600
Serbian 5,950 2,915 3,040 190 70 120
Sicilian 1,435 710 725 30 20 10
Slovenian 2,510 1,225 1,280 105 55 45
Spanish 85,360 41,745 43,615 1,460 615 845
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 3,270 1,595 1,670 195 85 110
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 300 155 145 35 20 15
Other European origins 38,670 19,875 18,800 1,190 580 610
Basque 3,620 1,930 1,690 65 25 35
Jewish 25,235 12,955 12,280 450 215 235
Roma (Gypsy) 475 270 205 15 10 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 360 180 185 25 20 10
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 9,215 4,690 4,530 635 305 330
Caribbean origins 201,625 93,935 107,690 730 305 425
Antiguan 380 170 205 10 0 0
Bahamian 430 205 225 0 10 0
Barbadian 5,570 2,585 2,985 45 25 25
Bermudan 115 50 65 20 10 10
Carib 405 150 255 0 0 0
Cuban 9,830 4,800 5,035 70 30 40
Dominican 11,560 5,320 6,235 0 0 0
Grenadian 1,965 790 1,175 20 10 15
Guadeloupean 1,010 475 535 0 0 0
Haitian 143,165 66,245 76,925 15 15 0
Jamaican 14,100 6,785 7,315 320 130 190
Kittitian/Nevisian 360 200 160 0 0 0
Martinican 1,775 820 950 0 0 0
Montserratan 240 140 105 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 530 270 255 35 10 20
St. Lucian 860 450 405 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 6,585 2,925 3,660 105 40 65
Vincentian/Grenadinian 4,020 1,695 2,325 10 10 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 5,635 2,610 3,025 45 15 35
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 4,195 1,995 2,205 65 25 40
Latin, Central and South American origins 167,275 81,215 86,065 1,565 730 840
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 6,100 2,885 3,210 60 30 30
Arawak 180 60 120 0 0 0
Argentinian 4,950 2,490 2,460 55 10 50
Belizean 80 40 40 10 0 10
Bolivian 1,730 815 915 0 10 0
Brazilian 8,345 4,075 4,275 85 30 55
Chilean 14,060 7,055 7,005 130 60 65
Colombian 33,965 15,915 18,050 135 60 70
Costa Rican 1,180 570 610 20 10 15
Ecuadorian 2,720 1,255 1,470 55 35 25
Guatemalan 10,175 5,380 4,795 65 30 30
Guyanese 3,670 1,810 1,860 55 25 30
Hispanic 1,155 570 585 15 0 0
Honduran 4,335 2,135 2,200 10 10 0
Maya 1,670 935 735 30 20 10
Mexican 26,930 13,185 13,745 595 290 310
Nicaraguan 2,805 1,360 1,445 65 35 30
Panamanian 1,460 755 710 0 0 0
Paraguayan 365 155 205 0 0 0
Peruvian 19,735 9,240 10,495 45 15 30
Salvadorean 19,200 9,535 9,665 75 40 35
Uruguayan 1,755 815 940 10 0 0
Venezuelan 7,475 3,430 4,045 30 10 20
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 5,845 2,965 2,880 125 60 60
African origins 382,665 196,910 185,755 1,600 785 815
Central and West African origins 86,695 44,720 41,975 205 100 105
Akan 630 325 310 0 0 0
Angolan 875 425 450 0 0 0
Ashanti 120 90 35 0 0 0
Beninese 4,125 2,220 1,915 0 0 0
Burkinabe 2,465 1,325 1,145 0 0 0
Cameroonian 17,095 8,635 8,465 0 0 10
Chadian 1,045 525 520 20 15 10
Congolese 20,210 9,960 10,250 15 10 15
Edo 110 60 45 0 0 0
Ewe 460 265 200 0 0 0
Gabonese 1,165 545 620 0 0 0
Gambian 150 95 55 0 0 0
Ghanaian 3,235 1,660 1,575 30 15 15
Guinean 5,255 2,765 2,485 0 0 0
Ibo 185 95 95 0 0 0
Ivorian 8,545 4,350 4,200 15 0 20
Liberian 150 60 90 0 0 0
Malian 3,535 1,755 1,775 10 0 0
Malinké 635 340 295 0 0 0
Nigerian 2,820 1,510 1,310 85 45 40
Peulh 2,110 1,080 1,030 0 0 0
Senegalese 8,250 4,420 3,835 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 110 55 55 0 0 0
Togolese 4,080 2,210 1,870 0 10 0
Wolof 660 390 270 0 0 0
Yoruba 460 225 235 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 6,955 3,690 3,275 30 20 15
North African origins 225,125 117,725 107,410 195 115 80
Algerian 60,375 31,185 29,190 15 20 0
Berber 33,825 17,840 15,985 10 10 0
Coptic 685 385 305 0 0 0
Dinka 15 10 10 0 0 0
Egyptian 29,400 15,295 14,100 105 55 50
Libyan 1,075 590 485 0 0 0
Maure 530 290 240 0 0 0
Moroccan 85,940 44,520 41,420 45 35 10
Sudanese 370 220 150 0 0 0
Tunisian 21,475 11,775 9,695 35 20 10
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 3,340 1,845 1,490 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 28,925 14,225 14,705 640 305 330
Afrikaner 115 75 40 20 10 15
Amhara 65 30 35 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 1,905 1,040 870 0 0 0
Burundian 6,015 2,945 3,070 0 0 0
Djiboutian 450 205 245 0 0 0
Eritrean 580 290 290 20 10 10
Ethiopian 1,575 785 785 95 45 45
Harari 20 10 10 0 0 0
Kenyan 530 270 260 65 40 25
Malagasy 3,735 1,815 1,920 0 0 0
Mauritian 3,695 1,735 1,960 15 0 10
Oromo 20 15 10 0 0 0
Rwandan 5,130 2,445 2,685 35 15 20
Seychellois 775 345 425 0 0 0
Somali 1,785 865 915 45 20 30
South African 900 490 420 260 120 145
Tanzanian 325 190 140 0 0 0
Tigrian 95 35 55 0 0 0
Ugandan 290 135 160 30 30 10
Zambian 45 20 25 20 10 10
Zimbabwean 300 150 145 10 10 10
Zulu 70 35 35 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 1,790 915 875 55 25 30
Other African origins 46,805 22,845 23,965 580 275 315
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 3,800 1,845 1,950 105 50 50
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 43,785 21,415 22,370 480 215 265
Asian origins 563,150 275,170 287,980 13,825 6,410 7,420
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 240,795 123,985 116,810 1,290 675 620
Afghan 10,945 5,550 5,395 40 25 20
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 44,875 23,680 21,195 60 35 30
Armenian 27,380 13,515 13,865 110 70 35
Assyrian 370 205 165 10 10 10
Azerbaijani 555 295 255 0 0 0
Georgian 635 295 345 10 10 0
Hazara 385 190 200 0 0 0
Iranian 25,530 12,845 12,685 360 170 190
Iraqi 5,520 2,780 2,740 20 15 10
Israeli 6,060 3,235 2,830 25 15 10
Jordanian 1,610 840 770 25 20 10
Kazakh 620 295 325 10 0 10
Kurd 2,135 1,180 960 15 15 10
Kuwaiti 95 50 50 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 260 140 120 0 0 0
Lebanese 78,140 40,695 37,450 250 130 120
Palestinian 6,865 3,520 3,345 40 10 25
Pashtun 515 280 235 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 645 390 255 75 40 40
Syrian 27,465 13,845 13,620 120 70 55
Tajik 390 180 210 0 0 0
Tatar 910 430 485 10 0 0
Turk 15,060 7,520 7,545 165 100 65
Turkmen 65 45 25 0 0 0
Uighur 375 185 190 0 0 0
Uzbek 465 210 255 10 0 0
Yemeni 805 450 355 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 2,465 1,385 1,075 65 35 30
South Asian origins 95,670 48,925 46,745 3,775 1,900 1,875
Bangladeshi 7,075 3,625 3,450 10 0 10
Bengali 4,125 2,035 2,090 10 0 0
Bhutanese 420 205 215 15 0 10
East Indian 51,650 26,505 25,140 3,310 1,675 1,635
Goan 210 105 110 10 10 0
Gujarati 420 205 215 0 0 0
Kashmiri 260 155 105 0 10 0
Nepali 930 460 470 10 10 0
Pakistani 13,535 7,000 6,535 180 95 85
Punjabi 2,970 1,675 1,295 340 160 185
Sinhalese 310 135 175 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 14,750 7,300 7,450 30 10 20
Tamil 3,100 1,610 1,495 20 10 10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 2,135 1,190 945 20 0 20
East and Southeast Asian origins 229,985 103,805 126,180 8,840 3,865 4,975
Burmese 530 270 255 30 15 15
Cambodian (Khmer) 15,345 7,360 7,985 140 80 60
Chinese 121,445 54,595 66,850 4,050 1,835 2,220
Filipino 37,910 15,590 22,320 2,515 1,005 1,510
Hmong 35 10 20 0 0 0
Indonesian 1,320 570 755 115 55 60
Japanese 6,495 2,615 3,875 740 310 430
Karen 95 55 40 0 0 0
Korean 8,740 4,155 4,580 515 230 285
Laotian 7,625 3,860 3,770 45 30 15
Malaysian 645 300 340 95 45 55
Mongolian 960 470 485 15 10 10
Singaporean 105 65 40 45 20 25
Taiwanese 2,205 940 1,265 145 55 95
Thai 2,695 1,065 1,635 155 50 100
Tibetan 80 45 30 10 10 10
Vietnamese 43,080 20,790 22,290 730 310 420
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 275 125 155 20 10 15
Other Asian origins 1,765 905 865 55 15 40
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 1,770 905 860 55 20 40
Oceania origins 3,250 1,730 1,515 820 400 420
Australian 2,055 1,125 935 410 205 200
New Zealander 490 245 245 175 100 70
Pacific Islands origins 785 410 380 260 105 155
Fijian 70 25 40 0 10 0
Hawaiian 60 40 20 140 60 85
Maori 90 55 35 60 10 50
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 290 145 145 15 10 10
Samoan 15 15 0 30 20 10
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 295 155 145 20 15 10
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
Owner 2,163,735 ... ... 33,955 ... ...
Renter 1,362,010 ... ... 16,925 ... ...
Band housing 5,915 ... ... 45 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 3,531,660 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
Condominium 413,325 ... ... 7,845 ... ...
Not condominium 3,118,340 ... ... 43,075 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
No bedrooms 23,725 ... ... 375 ... ...
1 bedroom 573,370 ... ... 7,120 ... ...
2 bedrooms 1,100,310 ... ... 14,600 ... ...
3 bedrooms 1,157,300 ... ... 16,515 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 676,955 ... ... 12,305 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 1,258,215 ... ... 14,945 ... ...
5 rooms 620,935 ... ... 8,295 ... ...
6 rooms 432,090 ... ... 7,275 ... ...
7 rooms 403,255 ... ... 6,090 ... ...
8 or more rooms 817,165 ... ... 14,315 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 5.8 ... ... 6.1 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 3,492,135 ... ... 50,395 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 39,530 ... ... 525 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 3,531,660 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
Suitable 3,398,910 ... ... 49,130 ... ...
Not suitable 132,755 ... ... 1,790 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 3,531,660 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
1960 or before 894,495 ... ... 11,030 ... ...
1961 to 1980 1,116,760 ... ... 15,960 ... ...
1981 to 1990 503,495 ... ... 7,990 ... ...
1991 to 2000 369,020 ... ... 6,825 ... ...
2001 to 2005 196,830 ... ... 2,930 ... ...
2006 to 2010 241,545 ... ... 3,675 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 209,515 ... ... 2,505 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 3,304,625 ... ... 47,815 ... ...
Major repairs needed 227,040 ... ... 3,105 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
1 household maintainer 2,221,970 ... ... 27,840 ... ...
2 household maintainers 1,264,195 ... ... 21,395 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 45,500 ... ... 1,685 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 3,531,665 ... ... 50,920 ... ...
15 to 24 years 119,495 ... ... 1,600 ... ...
25 to 34 years 498,070 ... ... 6,800 ... ...
35 to 44 years 603,840 ... ... 8,240 ... ...
45 to 54 years 682,290 ... ... 10,525 ... ...
55 to 64 years 731,390 ... ... 10,980 ... ...
65 to 74 years 541,630 ... ... 7,650 ... ...
75 to 84 years 270,280 ... ... 3,735 ... ...
85 years and over 84,680 ... ... 1,395 ... ...
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 3,496,460 ... ... 49,590 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 2,763,105 ... ... 36,195 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 733,355 ... ... 13,395 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 647,975 ... ... 11,645 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 2,141,690 ... ... 32,955 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 61.9 ... ... 64.0 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 12.9 ... ... 20.4 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 983 ... ... 1,353 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,085 ... ... 1,423 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 250,302 ... ... 501,551 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 290,484 ... ... 546,312 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 1,358,265 ... ... 16,695 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 9.3 ... ... 14.3 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 33.7 ... ... 40.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 720 ... ... 1,013 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 775 ... ... 1,103 ... ...
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 6,634,280 3,260,035 3,374,240 100,390 49,030 51,360
No certificate, diploma or degree 1,323,070 674,955 648,115 14,390 7,600 6,785
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 1,426,980 674,820 752,155 30,610 14,795 15,820
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 3,884,235 1,910,260 1,973,970 55,395 26,640 28,755
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 1,120,730 681,515 439,215 9,870 7,405 2,465
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 806,585 435,090 371,495 3,760 2,110 1,650
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 314,145 246,425 67,720 6,105 5,295 810
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 1,165,515 506,775 658,740 21,280 8,525 12,745
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 236,255 93,680 142,575 2,600 985 1,620
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 1,361,730 628,290 733,440 21,650 9,725 11,925
Bachelor's degree 872,060 384,275 487,790 14,155 6,130 8,030
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 118,955 54,255 64,695 1,550 615 935
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 39,045 19,865 19,185 375 215 155
Master's degree 281,215 139,280 141,935 4,685 2,215 2,475
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 50,455 30,615 19,840 890 555 335
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 4,371,935 2,167,810 2,204,125 67,230 32,970 34,260
No certificate, diploma or degree 580,635 323,880 256,750 6,170 3,660 2,510
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 808,955 396,620 412,330 18,605 9,210 9,390
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 2,982,345 1,447,305 1,535,040 42,455 20,100 22,355
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 866,595 513,575 353,015 7,090 5,340 1,750
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 631,795 330,140 301,655 2,645 1,465 1,175
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 234,800 183,440 51,360 4,445 3,870 575
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 832,430 367,185 465,245 16,425 6,750 9,680
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 167,025 67,530 99,495 1,855 695 1,160
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 1,116,300 499,010 617,290 17,085 7,310 9,770
Bachelor's degree 712,935 308,760 404,175 11,425 4,790 6,635
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 94,240 40,085 54,160 1,175 440 735
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 30,775 13,505 17,270 250 120 135
Master's degree 238,300 113,895 124,410 3,695 1,635 2,060
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 40,050 22,780 17,270 535 335 205
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 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245 100,390 49,030 51,360
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 2,750,050 1,349,775 1,400,270 44,995 22,390 22,605
Education 273,320 62,470 210,845 3,740 985 2,760
13. Education 273,320 62,470 210,845 3,745 985 2,760
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 156,720 71,485 85,240 2,115 935 1,180
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 25,380 18,280 7,100 300 245 55
50. Visual and performing arts 131,340 53,200 78,140 1,815 695 1,120
Humanities 215,735 86,065 129,675 2,825 1,170 1,655
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 32,180 7,165 25,020 345 85 260
23. English language and literature/letters 12,900 4,060 8,835 960 330 635
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 103,120 42,685 60,435 555 205 350
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 880 395 485 25 20 10
38. Philosophy and religious studies 10,400 6,650 3,755 130 100 35
39. Theology and religious vocations 10,125 6,200 3,930 230 160 70
54. History 17,055 9,990 7,065 465 245 215
55. French language and literature/letters 29,070 8,920 20,155 105 30 75
Social and behavioural sciences and law 380,995 125,025 255,975 6,785 2,400 4,380
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 4,315 1,165 3,150 110 25 90
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 48,530 16,690 31,845 605 220 390
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 77,470 6,070 71,400 1,105 115 995
22. Legal professions and studies 67,185 25,785 41,395 955 255 705
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 9,905 2,035 7,870 195 85 110
42. Psychology 57,335 14,030 43,305 1,250 355 895
45. Social sciences 116,255 59,245 57,015 2,550 1,345 1,205
Business, management and public administration 879,190 321,450 557,740 10,015 3,595 6,420
30.16 Accounting and computer science 815 300 520 10 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 47,715 10,490 37,225 1,025 275 745
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 830,660 310,665 519,990 8,980 3,315 5,670
Physical and life sciences and technologies 140,990 76,780 64,215 2,160 1,080 1,070
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 49,705 20,900 28,805 1,005 395 610
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 23,210 13,865 9,350 365 200 170
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 21,890 10,810 11,080 0 0 10
40. Physical sciences 39,060 27,545 11,515 700 470 230
41. Science technologies/technicians 7,120 3,660 3,465 75 25 55
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 152,105 104,850 47,255 1,975 1,340 635
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 125,480 92,730 32,750 1,565 1,145 425
25. Library science 11,110 2,145 8,965 135 20 115
27. Mathematics and statistics 13,415 8,365 5,045 255 155 95
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 2,100 1,605 495 15 20 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 828,400 758,350 70,055 11,250 10,395 855
04. Architecture and related services 29,015 17,055 11,960 290 180 110
14. Engineering 150,450 124,585 25,865 1,525 1,320 210
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 150,640 135,445 15,195 2,475 2,170 305
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 60 20 40 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 185,385 179,995 5,390 3,310 3,225 85
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 184,280 178,510 5,770 2,235 2,160 75
48. Precision production 128,580 122,750 5,830 1,410 1,335 80
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 85,485 56,900 28,585 1,400 830 565
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 51,770 30,870 20,900 780 425 350
03. Natural resources and conservation 33,715 26,025 7,690 615 405 215
Health and related fields 480,230 95,450 384,780 9,245 1,835 7,405
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 27,955 14,675 13,280 615 320 290
51. Health professions and related programs 441,105 74,630 366,470 8,535 1,460 7,075
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 11,160 6,140 5,020 90 50 40
Personal, protective and transportation services 290,005 151,070 138,935 3,895 2,080 1,820
12. Personal and culinary services 164,595 43,720 120,875 2,530 945 1,590
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 290 270 20 50 40 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 1,345 1,245 100 90 70 15
43. Security and protective services 54,625 42,415 12,210 565 415 155
49. Transportation and materials moving 69,160 63,425 5,740 665 605 60
Other 1,055 375 680 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 1,055 375 675 0 0 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 4,371,935 2,167,805 2,204,130 67,230 32,975 34,260
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 1,389,585 720,500 669,085 24,775 12,875 11,895
Education 180,615 37,990 142,625 2,525 630 1,895
13. Education 180,615 37,990 142,625 2,520 625 1,895
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 122,045 55,575 66,475 1,635 700 935
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 19,510 13,740 5,770 230 175 55
50. Visual and performing arts 102,535 41,830 60,705 1,410 525 885
Humanities 138,330 54,580 83,750 2,070 825 1,245
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 25,220 5,455 19,765 255 50 205
23. English language and literature/letters 9,585 2,990 6,595 675 205 465
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 57,730 25,305 32,430 460 175 285
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 600 255 350 20 20 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 6,980 4,415 2,570 95 75 20
39. Theology and religious vocations 5,415 3,380 2,035 135 90 45
54. History 12,235 7,140 5,095 365 190 170
55. French language and literature/letters 20,555 5,640 14,915 70 20 45
Social and behavioural sciences and law 301,550 95,120 206,430 5,425 1,865 3,565
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 3,550 925 2,620 100 20 75
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 40,275 13,900 26,370 545 190 355
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 63,120 4,295 58,825 890 95 800
22. Legal professions and studies 53,620 18,830 34,790 805 210 600
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 6,840 1,420 5,420 165 65 100
42. Psychology 44,540 10,255 34,285 905 235 670
45. Social sciences 89,610 45,495 44,110 2,020 1,050 965
Business, management and public administration 706,400 248,920 457,480 7,805 2,700 5,100
30.16 Accounting and computer science 615 215 400 10 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 38,320 7,835 30,485 825 180 640
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 667,470 240,870 426,600 6,965 2,515 4,455
Physical and life sciences and technologies 92,480 49,390 43,090 1,595 745 845
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 40,895 16,635 24,260 785 295 495
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 12,450 7,435 5,015 275 145 135
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 4,175 2,385 1,785 0 0 10
40. Physical sciences 29,705 20,255 9,445 490 305 185
41. Science technologies/technicians 5,255 2,675 2,580 35 10 25
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 132,750 91,865 40,885 1,695 1,180 515
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 112,715 83,240 29,470 1,435 1,060 380
25. Library science 8,720 1,665 7,055 75 10 65
27. Mathematics and statistics 9,725 5,815 3,915 170 100 75
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,585 1,150 440 10 10 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 639,185 577,845 61,335 8,485 7,755 730
04. Architecture and related services 24,260 13,870 10,385 225 130 95
14. Engineering 126,835 103,165 23,665 1,230 1,050 180
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 116,595 103,710 12,885 1,830 1,590 245
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 50 15 30 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 134,865 130,350 4,510 2,490 2,410 75
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 139,935 135,155 4,780 1,620 1,560 60
48. Precision production 96,655 91,580 5,075 1,090 1,020 70
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 69,865 45,215 24,655 1,125 655 465
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 41,755 23,965 17,795 570 310 265
03. Natural resources and conservation 28,110 21,250 6,860 550 345 205
Health and related fields 368,600 72,245 296,355 7,110 1,425 5,680
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 22,660 11,635 11,030 490 245 240
51. Health professions and related programs 337,320 56,510 280,810 6,565 1,150 5,405
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 8,620 4,110 4,510 55 30 30
Personal, protective and transportation services 229,640 118,260 111,375 2,995 1,610 1,380
12. Personal and culinary services 129,245 32,830 96,410 1,955 760 1,190
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 225 200 25 35 35 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 875 795 80 65 50 15
43. Security and protective services 42,550 32,575 9,975 425 300 125
49. Transportation and materials moving 56,750 51,860 4,890 515 465 45
Other 890 300 595 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 890 300 595 0 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 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,240 100,395 49,030 51,360
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 2,750,045 1,349,775 1,400,270 44,995 22,390 22,605
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 3,884,235 1,910,265 1,973,970 55,395 26,640 28,755
Location of study inside Canada 3,509,610 1,716,730 1,792,880 48,135 23,165 24,975
Same as province or territory of residence 3,367,195 1,642,930 1,724,270 35,295 16,610 18,680
Different than province or territory of residence 142,415 73,800 68,610 12,840 6,550 6,290
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 374,620 193,530 181,090 7,260 3,475 3,780
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 28,320 16,915 11,410 1,655 900 760
Philippines 12,515 3,600 8,920 885 285 595
India 6,805 3,660 3,150 405 215 195
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 11,250 6,535 4,715 1,395 720 680
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 17,155 7,755 9,395 275 120 160
France 69,665 39,885 29,780 90 40 50
Other 228,905 115,185 113,725 2,555 1,205 1,345
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 4,371,935 2,167,810 2,204,130 67,230 32,975 34,260
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 1,389,590 720,505 669,085 24,770 12,875 11,895
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 2,982,350 1,447,305 1,535,045 42,455 20,095 22,360
Location of study inside Canada 2,676,230 1,293,455 1,382,780 37,590 17,915 19,670
Same as province or territory of residence 2,567,605 1,238,320 1,329,280 28,370 13,190 15,180
Different than province or territory of residence 108,630 55,125 53,500 9,220 4,725 4,495
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 306,115 153,850 152,265 4,865 2,185 2,685
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 19,655 11,145 8,505 1,005 535 475
Philippines 10,545 2,935 7,610 750 230 520
India 4,865 2,465 2,400 330 165 170
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 7,390 4,245 3,145 680 345 340
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 15,420 6,865 8,550 255 110 150
France 57,315 32,115 25,205 60 25 35
Other 190,930 94,085 96,850 1,780 780 1,005
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245 100,390 49,030 51,355
In the labour force 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765 66,730 34,295 32,440
Employed 3,949,325 2,037,105 1,912,220 63,145 32,300 30,845
Unemployed 306,170 177,630 128,540 3,580 1,990 1,595
Not in the labour force 2,378,780 1,045,300 1,333,480 33,660 14,740 18,920
Participation rate 64.1 67.9 60.5 66.5 69.9 63.2
Employment rate 59.5 62.5 56.7 62.9 65.9 60.1
Unemployment rate 7.2 8.0 6.3 5.4 5.8 4.9
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 6,634,280 3,260,035 3,374,240 100,395 49,035 51,355
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 2,228,315 967,660 1,260,655 30,495 13,295 17,200
Worked 4,405,965 2,292,375 2,113,585 69,890 35,740 34,155
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 2,084,020 1,145,805 938,215 35,400 19,520 15,880
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 2,321,945 1,146,575 1,175,375 34,500 16,225 18,275
Average weeks worked in reference year 42.5 42.7 42.3 43.1 43.6 42.6
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765 66,730 34,290 32,440
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,485 51,640 49,850 905 430 475
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 4,154,015 2,163,095 1,990,915 65,825 33,865 31,960
Employee 3,664,920 1,863,740 1,801,185 57,405 28,950 28,455
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 489,090 299,355 189,730 8,415 4,915 3,500
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 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765 66,725 34,290 32,435
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,490 51,640 49,850 905 425 475
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915 65,825 33,865 31,955
0 Management occupations 418,450 263,585 154,875 6,745 3,960 2,785
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 677,390 210,525 466,865 10,670 2,755 7,915
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 286,270 222,375 63,895 4,720 3,660 1,060
3 Health occupations 295,765 57,160 238,610 4,990 1,050 3,935
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 502,945 147,145 355,795 8,960 3,620 5,335
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 135,730 64,370 71,365 2,060 885 1,175
6 Sales and service occupations 988,610 449,820 538,790 16,180 7,425 8,760
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 574,675 544,100 30,570 9,265 8,760 505
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 67,290 55,610 11,685 1,285 1,025 260
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 206,875 148,405 58,475 950 725 225
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 4,255,495 2,214,735 2,040,765 66,730 34,295 32,440
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,490 51,635 49,850 900 425 475
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915 65,825 33,865 31,960
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 84,060 60,460 23,595 780 495 285
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 20,920 18,175 2,745 175 160 20
22 Utilities 28,410 20,650 7,755 215 180 35
23 Construction 254,055 223,770 30,285 5,385 4,845 545
31-33 Manufacturing 458,315 332,080 126,240 2,445 1,875 570
41 Wholesale trade 157,365 104,885 52,475 1,415 985 430
44-45 Retail trade 508,170 239,625 268,545 8,075 3,840 4,235
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 187,550 142,550 45,000 2,685 2,050 640
51 Information and cultural industries 100,775 59,705 41,070 1,285 690 600
52 Finance and insurance 165,140 66,175 98,965 1,760 630 1,130
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 61,380 36,505 24,875 1,135 530 610
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 288,715 161,030 127,685 4,605 2,480 2,120
55 Management of companies and enterprises 3,305 1,270 2,035 55 25 30
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 176,185 108,280 67,905 3,285 1,970 1,320
61 Educational services 306,575 96,170 210,405 4,370 1,410 2,960
62 Health care and social assistance 532,680 99,380 433,295 8,870 1,935 6,930
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 84,130 44,235 39,895 1,585 835 745
72 Accommodation and food services 278,500 123,235 155,265 5,385 2,590 2,795
81 Other services (except public administration) 193,700 89,455 104,245 2,890 1,200 1,690
91 Public administration 264,085 135,455 128,630 9,425 5,145 4,280
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 3,949,325 2,037,105 1,912,220 63,145 32,305 30,845
Worked at home 266,285 134,325 131,960 4,605 2,110 2,495
Worked outside Canada 10,600 7,580 3,020 195 120 70
No fixed workplace address 351,595 265,405 86,185 8,870 6,720 2,150
Worked at usual place 3,320,850 1,629,795 1,691,050 49,480 23,350 26,125
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 3,320,845 1,629,795 1,691,050 49,480 23,350 26,130
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 1,732,155 810,895 921,260 11,970 5,455 6,515
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 485,450 234,700 250,750 36,340 17,170 19,170
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 1,037,125 549,095 488,030 825 495 330
Commute to a different province or territory 66,125 35,110 31,015 345 230 115
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 3,672,445 1,895,200 1,777,240 58,350 30,070 28,280
Car, truck, van - as a driver 2,739,405 1,475,775 1,263,625 41,205 21,625 19,580
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 133,760 51,045 82,715 3,100 1,185 1,910
Public transit 503,285 217,465 285,820 6,425 2,710 3,715
Walked 205,350 93,595 111,760 3,460 1,730 1,735
Bicycle 54,625 36,470 18,155 2,845 1,890 950
Other method 36,010 20,845 15,170 1,310 925 385
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 3,672,440 1,895,200 1,777,240 58,350 30,065 28,280
Less than 15 minutes 1,035,455 493,225 542,235 15,650 7,450 8,195
15 to 29 minutes 1,200,455 617,010 583,445 23,545 12,135 11,410
30 to 44 minutes 777,955 425,640 352,310 10,925 6,055 4,875
45 to 59 minutes 343,540 184,440 159,100 4,435 2,375 2,065
60 minutes and over 315,035 174,875 140,160 3,785 2,055 1,730
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 3,672,440 1,895,205 1,777,240 58,350 30,065 28,285
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 256,150 192,835 63,315 3,150 2,100 1,045
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 675,585 420,120 255,465 11,070 6,780 4,295
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 1,133,510 527,925 605,580 16,140 8,250 7,895
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 714,935 296,300 418,630 12,750 5,540 7,210
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 349,845 148,715 201,125 6,900 2,970 3,930
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 542,425 309,295 233,125 8,330 4,425 3,900
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 4,529,770 2,352,115 2,177,655 71,985 36,765 35,220
Single responses 4,187,865 2,169,480 2,018,385 71,595 36,620 34,970
Official languages 4,153,710 2,152,290 2,001,420 71,270 36,490 34,785
English 541,720 294,935 246,780 71,020 36,405 34,615
French 3,611,990 1,857,350 1,754,640 255 85 170
Non-official languages 34,160 17,190 16,970 320 130 190
Aboriginal languages 12,670 6,180 6,490 10 10 10
Algonquian languages 8,350 4,095 4,260 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 8,285 4,060 4,220 0 0 0
Atikamekw 1,100 580 515 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 1,800 840 960 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 210 105 100 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 35 20 15 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. 5,145 2,515 2,630 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 30 20 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 25 20 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 45 15 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 45 20 30 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 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0
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 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 4,305 2,080 2,220 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 4,290 2,075 2,215 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 15 0 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 0 15 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 15 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 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 10 0 10
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 0 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 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 21,490 11,005 10,480 310 125 185
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,895 1,125 775 0 0 0
Berber languages 35 10 30 0 0 0
Kabyle 15 0 20 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 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 1,860 1,110 745 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,715 1,045 665 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 0 10 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 140 70 70 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 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,725 850 870 20 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 315 140 175 0 0 10
Vietnamese 1,410 710 695 15 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 135 65 70 10 0 10
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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 115 50 60 0 0 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 275 90 190 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 10 0 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 265 90 175 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 150 75 75 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 145 75 70 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 10,165 5,255 4,910 80 25 55
Albanian 30 20 10 0 0 0
Armenian 275 130 145 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,130 500 635 20 10 15
Baltic languages 15 0 10 0 0 0
Latvian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,115 495 625 20 0 15
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 55 20 30 0 0 0
Croatian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Czech 10 0 10 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 170 65 105 0 0 0
Russian 735 340 395 10 10 10
Serbian 10 15 0 10 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 110 35 75 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 1,285 575 715 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0
Dutch 25 10 15 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 370 170 195 10 0 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 860 375 485 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 525 260 270 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,385 780 600 35 15 20
Indo-Aryan languages 680 390 295 30 15 15
Bengali 110 70 35 0 0 0
Gujarati 20 0 10 0 0 0
Hindi 35 20 15 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 0 10 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 415 225 190 20 10 15
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 85 50 35 0 0 0
Iranian languages 700 395 305 0 0 0
Kurdish 15 0 15 0 0 0
Pashto 10 0 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 675 385 285 10 0 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 5,525 2,990 2,540 25 10 20
Catalan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Italian 590 315 275 0 0 0
Portuguese 635 365 270 0 0 0
Romanian 320 140 175 0 0 0
Spanish 3,975 2,165 1,810 25 10 20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 235 80 150 20 0 20
Kartvelian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 300 150 150 35 15 20
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 45 25 20 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 25 20 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 10 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 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 205 60 140 10 0 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 10 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 125 20 110 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 45 30 0 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,070 3,125 2,945 135 70 65
Chinese languages 6,075 3,130 2,950 135 75 65
Cantonese 2,655 1,325 1,330 65 45 20
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 3,100 1,630 1,465 70 30 40
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 70 40 30 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 235 130 110 0 0 10
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 110 40 75 10 0 10
Lao 55 25 30 0 0 0
Thai 55 10 40 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 110 60 50 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 110 55 55 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 40 10 40 0 0 0
Estonian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 35 0 35 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 341,900 182,635 159,265 390 145 245
English and French 315,620 169,365 146,255 145 40 100
English and non-official language 6,545 3,655 2,890 240 95 145
French and non-official language 7,525 3,460 4,065 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 12,205 6,160 6,055 0 10 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 4,529,770 2,352,110 2,177,655 71,985 36,760 35,220
None 3,107,035 1,588,345 1,518,690 69,720 35,670 34,045
English 1,031,380 555,940 475,440 320 125 200
French 317,490 169,785 147,705 1,110 550 560
Non-official language 49,850 25,900 23,950 795 395 405
Aboriginal 4,985 2,285 2,705 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 44,865 23,620 21,245 795 395 400
English and French 2,185 1,040 1,140 0 0 0
English and non-official language 14,910 7,255 7,655 0 0 0
French and non-official language 6,855 3,795 3,055 40 25 15
English, French and non-official language 65 50 20 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 7,880,315 3,897,740 3,982,575 117,065 57,500 59,565
Non-movers 6,965,520 3,447,320 3,518,195 99,720 48,890 50,830
Movers 914,800 450,420 464,380 17,350 8,615 8,730
Non-migrants 547,410 269,850 277,560 10,305 5,180 5,130
Migrants 367,385 180,565 186,820 7,040 3,435 3,605
Internal migrants 305,465 149,335 156,135 6,165 3,005 3,160
Intraprovincial migrants 284,280 137,945 146,330 3,735 1,785 1,955
Interprovincial migrants 21,190 11,385 9,805 2,430 1,220 1,205
External migrants 61,920 31,235 30,685 870 430 445
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 7,520,960 3,714,155 3,806,805 112,295 55,105 57,190
Non-movers 4,825,870 2,388,805 2,437,065 66,170 32,190 33,980
Movers 2,695,090 1,325,345 1,369,740 46,125 22,915 23,205
Non-migrants 1,507,665 741,220 766,440 27,195 13,550 13,635
Migrants 1,187,425 584,125 603,295 18,935 9,365 9,570
Internal migrants 949,170 464,830 484,340 15,815 7,860 7,960
Intraprovincial migrants 893,800 436,525 457,270 9,740 4,705 5,030
Interprovincial migrants 55,370 28,300 27,070 6,075 3,150 2,920
External migrants 238,250 119,295 118,960 3,120 1,505 1,610

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Quebec [Province] and Esquimalt--Saanich--Sooke [Federal electoral district], British Columbia (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 June 10, 2024).

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