Census Profile, 2016 Census
Quebec [Province] and Vancouver Quadra [Federal electoral district], British Columbia

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[Province]
Vancouver Quadra
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 ... ... 105,608 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 7,903,001 ... ... 102,416 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.3 ... ... 3.1 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 3,858,943 ... ... 50,443 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 3,531,663 ... ... 44,741 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 6.0 ... ... 2,617.6 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 1,356,625.27 ... ... 40.34 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 8,164,360 4,016,760 4,147,605 105,610 49,780 55,825
0 to 14 years 1,333,260 682,535 650,720 14,210 7,315 6,895
0 to 4 years 444,930 227,965 216,970 3,865 2,055 1,810
5 to 9 years 469,165 240,225 228,940 4,810 2,460 2,340
10 to 14 years 419,160 214,345 204,815 5,535 2,800 2,740
15 to 64 years 5,335,910 2,664,630 2,671,280 73,980 34,745 39,240
15 to 19 years 429,825 219,070 210,755 7,455 3,790 3,670
20 to 24 years 500,100 252,600 247,500 10,060 4,790 5,270
25 to 29 years 495,410 248,030 247,380 8,350 4,070 4,280
30 to 34 years 515,505 256,440 259,070 6,765 3,290 3,480
35 to 39 years 550,540 274,595 275,945 5,640 2,565 3,080
40 to 44 years 506,525 254,100 252,425 6,595 2,790 3,810
45 to 49 years 519,425 260,410 259,015 8,690 3,830 4,860
50 to 54 years 619,435 309,070 310,370 8,100 3,955 4,145
55 to 59 years 636,475 314,190 322,285 6,345 2,890 3,460
60 to 64 years 562,670 276,140 286,535 5,970 2,780 3,190
65 years and over 1,495,195 669,590 825,605 17,415 7,720 9,695
65 to 69 years 488,175 236,395 251,775 5,815 2,705 3,115
70 to 74 years 373,590 176,905 196,690 3,945 1,835 2,110
75 to 79 years 256,905 116,020 140,890 2,850 1,340 1,505
80 to 84 years 187,835 78,390 109,450 2,130 905 1,230
85 years and over 188,685 61,885 126,805 2,670 935 1,740
85 to 89 years 120,635 43,795 76,840 1,520 615 910
90 to 94 years 53,165 15,155 38,015 840 265 575
95 to 99 years 13,035 2,685 10,350 260 50 210
100 years and over 1,850 255 1,600 55 5 45
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 13.5 14.7 12.4
15 to 64 years 65.4 66.3 64.4 70.1 69.8 70.3
65 years and over 18.3 16.7 19.9 16.5 15.5 17.4
85 years and over 2.3 1.5 3.1 2.5 1.9 3.1
Average age of the population 41.9 40.9 42.9 40.8 39.6 41.8
Median age of the population 42.5 41.4 43.6 40.3 38.1 41.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 3,531,660 ... ... 44,740 ... ...
Single-detached house 1,602,680 ... ... 12,430 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 187,800 ... ... 5,505 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 1,717,680 ... ... 26,810 ... ...
Semi-detached house 188,245 ... ... 1,150 ... ...
Row house 93,350 ... ... 1,385 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 265,195 ... ... 7,090 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 1,154,955 ... ... 17,140 ... ...
Other single-attached house 15,940 ... ... 40 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 23,505 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 3,531,665 ... ... 44,740 ... ...
1 person 1,175,230 ... ... 14,610 ... ...
2 persons 1,227,765 ... ... 14,665 ... ...
3 persons 489,460 ... ... 6,870 ... ...
4 persons 426,250 ... ... 5,965 ... ...
5 or more persons 212,960 ... ... 2,625 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 7,965,455 ... ... 102,775 ... ...
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 91,395 42,460 48,930
Married or living common law 3,844,145 1,924,750 1,919,395 49,135 24,025 25,105
Married 2,342,980 1,172,720 1,170,260 41,600 20,220 21,385
Living common law 1,501,160 752,025 749,135 7,530 3,810 3,725
Not married and not living common law 2,986,960 1,409,475 1,577,490 42,260 18,440 23,825
Never married 2,010,580 1,084,300 926,280 31,880 15,660 16,230
Separated 103,625 46,390 57,240 1,640 565 1,075
Divorced 483,195 194,430 288,760 5,065 1,540 3,520
Widowed 389,555 84,345 305,210 3,675 675 3,000
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 2,257,560 ... ... 27,495 ... ...
2 persons 1,204,955 ... ... 13,785 ... ...
3 persons 466,310 ... ... 6,360 ... ...
4 persons 412,160 ... ... 5,790 ... ...
5 or more persons 174,140 ... ... 1,560 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 2,257,560 ... ... 27,495 ... ...
Total couple families 1,878,095 ... ... 23,240 ... ...
Married couples 1,128,355 ... ... 19,475 ... ...
Common-law couples 749,740 ... ... 3,765 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 379,460 ... ... 4,255 ... ...
Female parent 284,900 ... ... 3,600 ... ...
Male parent 94,565 ... ... 655 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 1,878,095 ... ... 23,245 ... ...
Couples without children 970,260 ... ... 11,005 ... ...
Couples with children 907,840 ... ... 12,235 ... ...
1 child 356,640 ... ... 5,130 ... ...
2 children 384,875 ... ... 5,580 ... ...
3 or more children 166,315 ... ... 1,520 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 379,465 ... ... 4,255 ... ...
1 child 234,695 ... ... 2,775 ... ...
2 children 109,670 ... ... 1,230 ... ...
3 or more children 35,100 ... ... 250 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 1,579,070 775,765 803,305 24,820 10,395 14,430
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 3,531,660 ... ... 44,740 ... ...
One-census-family households 2,197,340 ... ... 26,155 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 947,305 ... ... 10,375 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 1,250,040 ... ... 15,780 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 29,595 ... ... 655 ... ...
Non-census-family households 1,304,725 ... ... 17,925 ... ...
One-person households 1,175,230 ... ... 14,610 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 129,500 ... ... 3,315 ... ...
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 4,089,285 104,990 49,580 55,415
English only 372,445 187,595 184,860 86,305 41,560 44,750
French only 4,032,640 1,874,545 2,158,095 50 20 30
English and French 3,586,410 1,884,135 1,702,275 14,170 6,000 8,165
Neither English nor French 75,065 31,000 44,060 4,465 1,995 2,475
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 4,089,285 104,995 49,575 55,420
English 964,120 482,985 481,135 97,970 46,450 51,525
French 6,750,945 3,320,380 3,430,560 1,700 735 960
English and French 278,710 144,060 134,655 905 415 485
Neither English nor French 72,775 29,845 42,930 4,425 1,970 2,455
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 1,103,480 555,015 548,465 2,150 950 1,200
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 13.7 14.0 13.4 2.0 1.9 2.2
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 4,089,285 104,990 49,575 55,420
Single responses 7,881,650 3,884,675 3,996,975 102,680 48,510 54,170
Official languages 6,820,815 3,366,970 3,453,845 63,840 31,160 32,685
English 601,155 301,860 299,300 62,200 30,445 31,760
French 6,219,665 3,065,115 3,154,550 1,640 715 925
Non-official languages 1,060,830 517,700 543,125 38,835 17,355 21,485
Aboriginal languages 45,570 22,530 23,040 60 30 30
Algonquian languages 33,140 16,365 16,770 10 5 5
Blackfoot 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 31,430 15,575 15,855 5 5 5
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 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 35 15 15 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 5 5 0
Woods Cree 10 5 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15,790 7,920 7,875 5 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 485 225 260 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 485 220 260 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 1,215 565 645 0 0 0
Algonquin 1,185 555 630 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 10 15 0 0 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 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) 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 5
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 11,970 5,955 6,015 0 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 11,895 5,925 5,970 0 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 35 20 20
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 35 20 15
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 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. 65 30 35 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,015,260 495,175 520,090 38,780 17,325 21,455
Afro-Asiatic languages 197,535 104,185 93,355 770 400 375
Berber languages 20,845 11,125 9,720 5 5 0
Kabyle 12,470 6,625 5,840 5 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 8,375 4,500 3,875 5 0 5
Cushitic languages 1,125 545 580 5 5 0
Bilen 10 10 5 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 5 0 0 0
Somali 1,075 515 560 5 5 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 175,215 92,310 82,900 755 390 370
Amharic 745 340 405 10 0 10
Arabic 169,890 89,590 80,300 465 250 215
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 1,845 275 135 140
Maltese 25 10 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 385 185 205 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 110 60 50 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 355 200 155 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 36,305 17,030 19,275 135 50 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 8,855 4,105 4,750 0 0 0
Vietnamese 27,425 12,920 14,505 130 50 80
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 25 10 15 5 0 5
Austronesian languages 21,635 7,800 13,835 760 190 565
Bikol 115 35 80 0 0 0
Cebuano 885 270 610 20 5 15
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 410 125 275 10 5 10
Ilocano 2,060 745 1,315 20 10 15
Malagasy 1,250 590 660 0 0 0
Malay 705 265 440 160 60 95
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 205 90 110 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 40 50 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,545 5,480 10,065 540 110 430
Waray-Waray 50 10 40 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 320 140 180 0 0 5
Creole languages 56,990 25,220 31,770 10 5 5
Haitian Creole 2,220 1,055 1,170 0 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 53,785 23,675 30,110 5 5 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 980 490 490 5 5 5
Dravidian languages 14,865 7,435 7,430 145 85 65
Kannada 240 130 110 10 5 5
Malayalam 440 235 205 25 10 15
Tamil 13,600 6,715 6,880 60 35 25
Telugu 570 345 230 40 25 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 25 10 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 553,045 269,625 283,420 10,270 4,890 5,380
Albanian 2,795 1,420 1,370 15 10 5
Armenian 16,430 7,970 8,460 75 35 40
Balto-Slavic languages 68,155 30,960 37,195 1,995 855 1,140
Baltic languages 850 335 515 55 10 45
Latvian 290 120 175 30 5 25
Lithuanian 555 215 340 25 5 20
Slavic languages 67,310 30,630 36,675 1,940 845 1,095
Belarusan 80 45 35 5 0 0
Bosnian 1,620 805 815 25 10 15
Bulgarian 6,985 3,385 3,600 50 25 30
Croatian 2,330 1,165 1,170 155 65 90
Czech 1,465 690 775 160 60 95
Macedonian 205 105 95 20 10 10
Polish 13,935 6,065 7,865 345 150 200
Russian 28,565 12,715 15,850 650 295 355
Serbian 3,140 1,590 1,545 220 100 110
Serbo-Croatian 1,805 865 940 55 20 30
Slovak 1,040 455 585 65 30 40
Slovene (Slovenian) 755 350 405 30 15 15
Ukrainian 5,210 2,285 2,920 155 65 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 175 90 85 0 0 0
Celtic languages 155 95 60 20 5 10
Scottish Gaelic 20 15 10 5 0 5
Welsh 40 20 20 10 0 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 90 55 30 5 5 5
Germanic languages 27,540 13,280 14,260 2,345 1,115 1,230
Afrikaans 125 60 65 70 35 30
Danish 395 190 200 105 55 50
Dutch 2,825 1,395 1,430 385 185 205
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
German 13,670 6,340 7,330 1,575 750 825
Icelandic 65 30 35 10 5 10
Norwegian 200 100 100 60 20 35
Swedish 555 255 300 80 35 45
Vlaams (Flemish) 540 240 300 10 5 5
Yiddish 8,985 4,560 4,420 45 20 20
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 175 100 75 0 0 0
Greek 38,635 19,435 19,205 1,025 495 530
Indo-Iranian languages 76,040 39,205 36,835 2,135 1,070 1,060
Indo-Aryan languages 45,845 23,875 21,970 1,010 510 500
Bengali 10,995 5,620 5,380 100 50 45
Gujarati 6,070 2,980 3,090 75 35 40
Hindi 3,030 1,635 1,390 270 130 140
Kashmiri 20 15 5 5 5 0
Konkani 110 60 55 5 5 5
Marathi 255 145 110 20 15 5
Nepali 1,505 740 765 10 5 10
Oriya (Odia) 35 20 15 5 5 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 12,380 6,720 5,660 360 170 195
Sindhi 330 160 165 30 15 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 645 310 330 30 15 15
Urdu 10,470 5,460 5,010 105 65 35
Iranian languages 29,760 15,105 14,655 1,110 560 550
Kurdish 985 550 430 10 0 5
Pashto 1,285 680 610 5 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 27,490 13,875 13,615 1,095 550 545
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 440 225 210 15 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 323,290 157,260 166,030 2,655 1,290 1,360
Catalan 320 170 150 15 10 10
Italian 104,600 51,705 52,895 460 225 230
Portuguese 36,770 17,735 19,035 440 195 245
Romanian 35,840 17,170 18,665 175 85 95
Spanish 145,635 70,405 75,235 1,560 780 785
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 125 75 50 0 0 0
Japanese 2,525 775 1,750 1,070 340 725
Kartvelian languages 170 80 85 0 0 0
Georgian 170 80 90 5 5 0
Korean 5,160 2,270 2,890 2,025 880 1,145
Mongolic languages 190 75 115 35 15 20
Mongolian 195 80 115 40 15 20
Niger-Congo languages 28,355 14,360 13,995 45 20 25
Akan (Twi) 1,050 520 525 5 0 0
Bamanankan 1,200 655 545 0 0 0
Edo 75 45 30 0 0 0
Ewe 730 400 325 0 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 2,055 1,080 970 0 0 0
Ga 80 40 40 0 0 0
Ganda 35 15 20 0 0 0
Igbo 120 70 50 0 0 5
Lingala 2,465 1,185 1,285 5 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 3,345 1,600 1,745 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 2,500 1,115 1,380 0 0 0
Shona 85 45 40 0 0 0
Swahili 3,010 1,460 1,545 15 10 5
Wolof 3,230 1,745 1,485 0 0 0
Yoruba 255 155 100 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 8,135 4,235 3,895 15 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 345 180 165 5 0 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 335 170 165 5 0 0
Sign languages 1,330 700 630 10 5 5
American Sign Language 65 35 30 5 5 0
Quebec Sign Language 670 330 340 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 595 340 255 5 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 76,840 35,775 41,065 22,730 10,095 12,635
Chinese languages 76,490 35,600 40,895 22,705 10,080 12,625
Cantonese 24,375 11,505 12,875 6,250 2,765 3,480
Hakka 470 215 260 70 25 40
Mandarin 43,700 20,175 23,525 14,885 6,620 8,265
Min Dong 20 10 15 15 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,225 1,480 1,745 535 245 290
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,075 465 605 300 130 165
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,535 1,710 1,825 645 280 365
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 40 45 15 10 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 345 175 170 25 15 15
Burmese 80 30 50 10 0 5
Karenic languages 70 40 30 0 0 0
Tibetan 110 65 50 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 85 45 40 10 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages 4,895 2,185 2,710 120 45 75
Lao 4,115 1,995 2,120 5 0 5
Thai 765 180 585 115 45 70
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 10 5 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 7,980 4,095 3,880 220 115 110
Azerbaijani 290 160 130 20 10 5
Turkish 7,155 3,685 3,470 190 95 95
Uyghur 205 100 105 10 5 0
Uzbek 145 70 75 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 185 80 105 0 0 0
Uralic languages 6,400 2,985 3,410 415 180 235
Estonian 195 75 120 45 10 35
Finnish 360 125 240 120 50 70
Hungarian 5,835 2,790 3,045 250 115 135
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 685 385 300 15 10 5
Multiple responses 184,905 92,600 92,310 2,310 1,065 1,250
English and French 72,395 36,695 35,695 300 130 170
English and non-official language 27,485 13,545 13,945 1,855 865 995
French and non-official language 67,075 33,110 33,970 90 40 45
English, French and non-official language 17,950 9,245 8,705 70 35 35
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 4,089,285 104,995 49,580 55,415
Single responses 7,743,740 3,819,315 3,924,425 99,970 47,300 52,670
Official languages 7,157,850 3,536,165 3,621,685 77,370 37,080 40,295
English 782,185 391,125 391,060 76,680 36,775 39,900
French 6,375,665 3,145,040 3,230,625 695 300 395
Non-official languages 585,890 283,150 302,735 22,600 10,220 12,375
Aboriginal languages 40,190 20,205 19,980 0 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 0 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 5 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 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. 35 10 25 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 545,695 262,940 282,755 22,600 10,220 12,375
Afro-Asiatic languages 91,660 46,550 45,110 355 185 170
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 5 0 0
Bilen 5 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 520 230 290 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 83,520 42,365 41,160 350 185 170
Amharic 340 150 185 0 0 5
Arabic 81,105 41,150 39,955 245 130 115
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 1,705 880 825 110 50 55
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 205 95 105 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 60 25 35 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 105 50 55 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 24,980 11,675 13,305 50 25 25
Khmer (Cambodian) 5,180 2,370 2,805 0 0 0
Vietnamese 19,790 9,295 10,495 50 25 25
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,715 3,960 5,750 145 60 85
Bikol 15 5 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 230 100 125 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 130 55 75 0 0 0
Ilocano 740 305 435 0 0 5
Malagasy 360 185 170 0 0 0
Malay 175 85 95 40 20 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 60 30 30 5 0 5
Pangasinan 10 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,905 3,150 4,760 95 40 55
Waray-Waray 15 10 10 5 5 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 75 35 35 0 0 0
Creole languages 20,705 8,780 11,925 0 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 25 15 10
Kannada 150 85 65 5 5 5
Malayalam 200 100 100 5 5 5
Tamil 10,720 5,215 5,500 10 0 5
Telugu 330 190 135 10 5 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 3,660 1,750 1,910
Albanian 1,615 795 820 5 5 0
Armenian 11,990 5,680 6,310 40 15 20
Balto-Slavic languages 40,405 19,085 21,325 655 310 345
Baltic languages 190 80 105 5 5 5
Latvian 75 40 40 0 0 0
Lithuanian 115 40 70 5 5 0
Slavic languages 40,220 19,000 21,220 650 310 345
Belarusan 25 15 15 0 0 0
Bosnian 965 475 495 15 5 10
Bulgarian 5,125 2,495 2,630 30 10 15
Croatian 1,015 475 545 20 10 15
Czech 460 220 240 50 25 25
Macedonian 130 65 65 10 5 5
Polish 5,970 2,695 3,270 85 35 50
Russian 20,680 9,775 10,900 285 135 145
Serbian 2,010 1,020 990 100 50 55
Serbo-Croatian 960 470 490 20 10 10
Slovak 245 120 130 10 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 225 95 135 5 5 0
Ukrainian 2,365 1,060 1,300 20 5 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages 30 20 10 5 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 4,905 485 230 255
Afrikaans 15 10 10 10 5 10
Danish 50 25 25 20 10 10
Dutch 375 170 205 75 40 40
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 2,550 1,190 1,365 345 160 185
Icelandic 30 15 20 5 5 5
Norwegian 20 5 10 5 0 0
Swedish 105 50 60 15 5 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 70 35 40 0 5 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 9,680 465 220 250
Indo-Iranian languages 53,555 26,845 26,710 940 435 500
Indo-Aryan languages 31,575 15,985 15,585 290 130 160
Bengali 8,180 4,055 4,125 45 20 20
Gujarati 3,840 1,860 1,985 5 5 5
Hindi 1,535 790 745 70 25 45
Kashmiri 5 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 30 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 80 40 40 10 5 0
Nepali 1,355 655 700 5 0 5
Oriya (Odia) 15 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 8,840 4,690 4,155 105 50 55
Sindhi 135 65 75 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 365 185 180 10 5 5
Urdu 7,180 3,620 3,565 30 15 20
Iranian languages 21,745 10,740 11,010 645 305 335
Kurdish 510 280 235 5 0 5
Pashto 925 460 465 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 20,310 10,005 10,305 640 305 335
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 235 120 120 5 0 5
Italic (Romance) languages 167,190 79,835 87,355 1,065 525 535
Catalan 110 50 60 15 5 10
Italian 32,935 14,595 18,340 80 40 40
Portuguese 17,260 8,250 9,005 220 105 115
Romanian 24,520 12,000 12,525 45 20 25
Spanish 92,330 44,920 47,415 705 350 350
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 0 0 0
Japanese 1,050 425 620 515 215 300
Kartvelian languages 70 35 35 0 0 0
Georgian 70 40 35 0 0 0
Korean 3,540 1,630 1,910 1,300 565 735
Mongolic languages 145 70 75 20 5 15
Mongolian 145 70 75 20 5 15
Niger-Congo languages 7,250 3,450 3,800 5 0 0
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 0 0 0
Ganda 5 5 5 0 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 5 0
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 5 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 10 5 5
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 10 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 60,370 28,925 31,450 16,305 7,295 9,010
Chinese languages 60,155 28,805 31,345 16,305 7,290 9,010
Cantonese 17,845 8,470 9,375 3,695 1,650 2,045
Hakka 155 75 80 5 0 0
Mandarin 37,075 17,870 19,200 11,885 5,325 6,560
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,830 830 1,000 230 105 130
Wu (Shanghainese) 780 355 420 150 60 85
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,435 1,190 1,240 335 145 185
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 215 115 100 5 0 0
Burmese 35 15 20 0 0 0
Karenic languages 65 40 30 0 0 0
Tibetan 70 45 30 5 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 2,375 1,145 1,230 40 25 15
Lao 2,150 1,055 1,100 0 0 0
Thai 225 90 135 40 20 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5,120 2,540 2,575 75 35 40
Azerbaijani 100 50 55 5 5 5
Turkish 4,715 2,340 2,370 65 25 40
Uyghur 140 75 70 5 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 80 40 40
Estonian 30 10 20 0 0 5
Finnish 50 20 30 30 15 15
Hungarian 1,945 860 1,085 40 20 20
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 150 90 60 5 5 0
Multiple responses 322,820 157,960 164,860 5,025 2,280 2,745
English and French 86,715 43,820 42,890 195 85 115
English and non-official language 54,400 26,255 28,140 4,725 2,150 2,575
French and non-official language 139,385 66,610 72,775 15 10 10
English, French and non-official language 42,320 21,270 21,045 90 40 50
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 4,089,285 104,995 49,575 55,420
None 6,825,240 3,356,340 3,468,900 82,875 39,570 43,310
English 513,410 263,670 249,735 9,510 4,365 5,140
French 320,370 158,340 162,030 1,375 610 770
Non-official language 317,790 154,450 163,340 10,805 4,850 5,955
Aboriginal 5,700 2,645 3,060 80 30 50
Non-Aboriginal 312,085 151,810 160,280 10,730 4,820 5,905
English and French 36,235 18,285 17,955 50 20 30
English and non-official language 28,630 14,075 14,555 190 85 110
French and non-official language 23,470 11,365 12,095 180 75 100
English, French and non-official language 1,420 740 680 5 0 5
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 88,645 41,220 47,425
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020 84,395 39,065 45,330
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 32,975 37,842 28,522 37,770 44,142 33,174
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,400 84,490 39,150 45,340
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,535 33,110 26,119 33,526 38,429 30,092
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 5,685,690 2,866,470 2,819,220 78,730 36,550 42,175
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,067 35,597 25,012 37,578 44,817 32,149
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 4,973,245 2,300,800 2,672,445 56,495 23,025 33,465
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,307 5,851 8,246 1,187 545 1,599
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 4,627,795 2,408,420 2,219,370 59,915 29,165 30,750
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,263 35,627 27,219 32,767 40,025 27,535
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245 88,690 41,215 47,475
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 6,417,010 3,159,415 3,257,595 84,220 38,915 45,305
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,546 49,087 36,203 68,291 84,742 54,160
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 84,315 38,990 45,325
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,887 39,292 30,616 52,657 63,226 43,565
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 5,685,905 2,866,415 2,819,485 78,455 36,305 42,150
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,505 47,810 33,079 69,602 87,597 54,100
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 56,565 22,995 33,575
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,590 7,846 9,229 5,144 5,108 5,168
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 4,627,775 2,408,655 2,219,120 59,870 29,000 30,865
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,382 45,974 34,313 62,179 78,804 46,557
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 88,690 41,215 47,475
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 22,235 12,175 10,065
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 47,111 51,622 42,433 67,144 75,672 59,996
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 56,564 62,750 49,085 100,547 118,408 78,938
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 95.1 96.6 92.9
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 68.4 71.4 64.6 64.5 69.0 58.1
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 15.6 11.7 20.9 4.9 3.4 7.1
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 88,645 41,220 47,425
Without total income 216,685 99,555 117,125 4,255 2,155 2,100
With total income 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020 84,395 39,065 45,330
Percentage with total income 96.7 96.9 96.5 95.2 94.8 95.6
Under $10,000 (including loss) 789,595 351,935 437,660 16,570 7,110 9,460
$10,000 to $19,999 1,188,135 476,630 711,500 11,245 4,595 6,645
$20,000 to $29,999 976,210 428,390 547,830 8,675 3,560 5,110
$30,000 to $39,999 852,735 414,105 438,625 7,260 3,020 4,235
$40,000 to $49,999 747,995 378,215 369,780 6,390 2,755 3,630
$50,000 to $59,999 540,265 292,110 248,150 5,535 2,460 3,080
$60,000 to $69,999 375,935 214,805 161,130 4,690 2,050 2,630
$70,000 to $79,999 286,025 164,240 121,790 3,920 1,835 2,085
$80,000 to $89,999 189,350 113,715 75,635 3,310 1,525 1,785
$90,000 to $99,999 122,750 80,090 42,660 2,570 1,310 1,265
$100,000 and over 348,620 246,360 102,255 14,240 8,850 5,390
$100,000 to $149,999 236,515 164,145 72,370 7,055 4,020 3,040
$150,000 and over 112,105 82,215 29,885 7,190 4,830 2,360
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 88,645 41,215 47,430
Without after-tax income 215,120 99,375 115,750 4,155 2,070 2,090
With after-tax income 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,395 84,490 39,150 45,340
Percentage with after-tax income 96.8 97.0 96.6 95.3 95.0 95.6
Under $10,000 (including loss) 822,725 359,045 463,675 17,380 7,510 9,865
$10,000 to $19,999 1,246,480 505,165 741,315 11,825 4,890 6,940
$20,000 to $29,999 1,192,885 541,080 651,810 9,955 4,130 5,825
$30,000 to $39,999 1,096,510 553,200 543,315 8,530 3,600 4,930
$40,000 to $49,999 793,150 425,040 368,115 7,375 3,225 4,150
$50,000 to $59,999 498,475 283,130 215,345 6,060 2,705 3,355
$60,000 to $69,999 309,415 180,470 128,945 4,865 2,300 2,570
$70,000 to $79,999 167,895 108,500 59,395 3,900 1,850 2,050
$80,000 and over 291,635 205,155 86,485 14,590 8,935 5,655
$80,000 to $89,999 95,010 64,670 30,335 2,910 1,545 1,370
$90,000 to $99,999 55,980 39,080 16,905 2,140 1,240 905
$100,000 and over 140,645 101,405 39,240 9,535 6,155 3,385
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 88,645 41,220 47,430
Without employment income 2,006,505 851,730 1,154,775 28,730 12,050 16,685
With employment income 4,627,790 2,408,420 2,219,375 59,915 29,165 30,745
Percentage with employment income 69.8 73.9 65.8 67.6 70.8 64.8
Under $5,000 (including loss) 606,300 311,780 294,520 10,740 4,715 6,020
$5,000 to $9,999 367,030 162,150 204,885 5,135 2,240 2,895
$10,000 to $19,999 681,920 305,995 375,920 7,380 3,275 4,100
$20,000 to $29,999 586,140 269,950 316,195 5,340 2,370 2,975
$30,000 to $39,999 565,425 277,135 288,285 4,475 1,970 2,510
$40,000 to $49,999 476,665 247,105 229,560 4,130 1,785 2,345
$50,000 to $59,999 359,180 203,580 155,600 3,500 1,615 1,885
$60,000 to $69,999 266,650 156,255 110,395 3,030 1,440 1,585
$70,000 to $79,999 224,040 129,890 94,150 2,595 1,245 1,350
$80,000 and over 494,440 344,585 149,855 13,585 8,510 5,075
$80,000 to $89,999 139,830 90,295 49,540 2,235 1,070 1,160
$90,000 to $99,999 93,860 64,160 29,700 1,760 920 845
$100,000 and over 260,745 190,125 70,620 9,590 6,520 3,070
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 3,531,665 ... ... 44,740 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 59,822 ... ... 76,049 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 52,207 ... ... 65,315 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 1,175,230 ... ... 14,615 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 31,574 ... ... 42,302 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 28,469 ... ... 37,184 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 2,356,430 ... ... 30,130 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 78,645 ... ... 102,086 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 67,665 ... ... 87,401 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 3,531,665 ... ... 44,720 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,306 ... ... 128,617 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 63,404 ... ... 99,283 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 1,174,695 ... ... 14,680 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 40,042 ... ... 63,940 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,262 ... ... 50,913 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 2,356,970 ... ... 30,035 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 95,878 ... ... 160,227 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 78,426 ... ... 122,924 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 3,531,665 ... ... 44,740 ... ...
Under $5,000 47,170 ... ... 2,425 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 56,315 ... ... 1,120 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 119,570 ... ... 1,370 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 180,865 ... ... 1,685 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 179,690 ... ... 1,590 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 154,150 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 185,000 ... ... 1,580 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 184,435 ... ... 1,430 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 179,855 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 170,445 ... ... 1,375 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 313,600 ... ... 2,720 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 273,620 ... ... 2,625 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 241,940 ... ... 2,360 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 208,620 ... ... 2,195 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 176,355 ... ... 1,870 ... ...
$100,000 and over 860,030 ... ... 17,370 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 327,435 ... ... 3,765 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 204,105 ... ... 2,795 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 192,155 ... ... 3,640 ... ...
$200,000 and over 136,335 ... ... 7,170 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 3,531,660 ... ... 44,745 ... ...
Under $5,000 50,445 ... ... 2,655 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 57,335 ... ... 1,145 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 120,860 ... ... 1,410 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 190,300 ... ... 1,745 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 202,905 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 187,365 ... ... 1,875 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 231,765 ... ... 1,790 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 225,695 ... ... 1,780 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 211,990 ... ... 1,680 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 202,760 ... ... 1,675 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 363,775 ... ... 3,230 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 309,825 ... ... 2,960 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 256,150 ... ... 2,545 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 208,765 ... ... 2,300 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 166,295 ... ... 1,900 ... ...
$100,000 and over 545,440 ... ... 14,235 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 269,170 ... ... 3,750 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 130,225 ... ... 2,595 ... ...
$150,000 and over 146,045 ... ... 7,890 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 2,261,890 ... ... 27,485 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 79,378 ... ... 107,511 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 68,152 ... ... 90,883 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.9 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 930,195 ... ... 10,285 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 70,075 ... ... 108,663 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 60,224 ... ... 91,563 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 911,980 ... ... 12,270 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 105,246 ... ... 138,911 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 88,844 ... ... 115,421 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 364,085 ... ... 4,040 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 52,708 ... ... 49,365 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 47,805 ... ... 44,459 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 2,262,045 ... ... 27,390 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 96,863 ... ... 168,249 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 79,060 ... ... 128,272 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 929,645 ... ... 10,150 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 86,304 ... ... 168,875 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 70,167 ... ... 129,843 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 912,560 ... ... 12,265 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 122,835 ... ... 203,262 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 99,279 ... ... 152,318 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 363,610 ... ... 4,025 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,753 ... ... 77,609 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,052 ... ... 62,741 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 1,433,210 711,180 722,030 22,710 9,600 13,110
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 29,195 31,526 27,210 31,162 30,242 31,693
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 26,706 28,214 25,434 28,568 27,855 29,039
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 1,430,625 708,225 722,405 22,640 9,520 13,115
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 37,684 39,840 35,571 50,520 51,357 49,913
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 40,939 41,256 40,709
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 7,965,455 3,941,475 4,023,970 102,770 48,495 54,285
In the bottom half of the distribution 4,577,885 2,216,770 2,361,115 45,320 20,565 24,755
In the bottom decile 747,785 368,385 379,395 18,165 8,205 9,955
In the second decile 898,605 408,705 489,900 8,000 3,560 4,445
In the third decile 997,185 481,975 515,210 6,855 3,130 3,725
In the fourth decile 996,230 490,275 505,960 6,160 2,845 3,315
In the fifth decile 938,080 467,425 470,655 6,145 2,825 3,315
In the top half of the distribution 3,387,565 1,724,710 1,662,855 57,455 27,925 29,530
In the sixth decile 881,640 444,865 436,775 6,545 3,070 3,475
In the seventh decile 806,685 409,470 397,220 6,730 3,135 3,600
In the eighth decile 700,450 357,000 343,455 8,030 3,840 4,190
In the ninth decile 557,160 286,195 270,960 10,965 5,300 5,670
In the top decile 441,630 227,185 214,445 25,180 12,580 12,605
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 4,001,945 101,125 47,680 53,445
0 to 17 years 1,564,410 800,455 763,960 17,550 9,050 8,500
0 to 5 years 532,410 272,790 259,625 4,615 2,455 2,155
18 to 64 years 5,021,875 2,498,900 2,522,980 67,455 31,350 36,105
65 years and over 1,335,220 620,210 715,010 16,115 7,275 8,840
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 1,160,190 542,405 617,785 20,300 9,110 11,195
0 to 17 years 222,955 114,410 108,540 3,825 1,965 1,860
0 to 5 years 75,270 38,595 36,670 900 450 450
18 to 64 years 688,130 334,825 353,305 14,655 6,410 8,240
65 years and over 249,110 93,170 155,930 1,825 735 1,090
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.6 13.8 15.4 20.1 19.1 20.9
0 to 17 years (%) 14.3 14.3 14.2 21.8 21.7 21.9
0 to 5 years (%) 14.1 14.1 14.1 19.5 18.3 20.9
18 to 64 years (%) 13.7 13.4 14.0 21.7 20.4 22.8
65 years and over (%) 18.7 15.0 21.8 11.3 10.1 12.3
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 731,340 358,085 373,260 19,415 8,735 10,680
0 to 17 years 129,325 66,400 62,925 3,305 1,675 1,635
0 to 5 years 44,375 22,705 21,675 755 370 385
18 to 64 years 514,540 261,485 253,060 14,785 6,515 8,270
65 years and over 87,475 30,205 57,270 1,325 545 780
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 9.2 9.1 9.3 19.2 18.3 20.0
0 to 17 years (%) 8.3 8.3 8.2 18.8 18.5 19.2
0 to 5 years (%) 8.3 8.3 8.3 16.4 15.1 17.9
18 to 64 years (%) 10.2 10.5 10.0 21.9 20.8 22.9
65 years and over (%) 6.6 4.9 8.0 8.2 7.5 8.8
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 4,024,015 102,740 48,460 54,280
Official languages 7,891,110 3,911,220 3,979,890 98,345 46,450 51,905
English 3,930,690 2,058,470 1,872,225 98,270 46,420 51,855
French 7,522,350 3,725,145 3,797,200 13,975 5,910 8,070
Non-official languages 1,610,980 776,265 834,720 47,410 21,455 25,960
Aboriginal languages 50,890 25,190 25,700 150 60 85
Algonquian languages 37,515 18,545 18,965 10 0 10
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 34,415 17,050 17,370 10 0 10
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 10 0 10
Woods Cree 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 17,175 8,600 8,575 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
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 10 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 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 0 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 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 10 0 10
Inuit languages 12,595 6,270 6,330 0 0 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 12,485 6,210 6,270 10 0 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 115 60 60 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 740 360 375 0 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 690 350 335 0 10 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 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 105 45 55
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 90 45 45
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 10 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 10 10 10 10
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 10 10 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. 90 40 55 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,560,375 751,215 809,160 47,285 21,405 25,875
Afro-Asiatic languages 301,035 157,545 143,490 1,400 750 650
Berber languages 27,595 14,650 12,945 20 10 10
Kabyle 16,170 8,580 7,590 10 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 11,580 6,150 5,425 10 10 10
Cushitic languages 1,550 745 805 10 10 0
Bilen 35 20 10 0 0 0
Oromo 45 30 10 0 0 0
Somali 1,460 680 780 10 10 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 286,625 149,970 136,660 1,380 730 645
Amharic 1,145 540 600 25 15 15
Arabic 267,965 140,280 127,685 745 430 315
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 8,540 610 300 310
Maltese 40 10 25 10 0 10
Tigrigna 420 195 225 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 85 95 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 810 430 380 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 46,050 21,955 24,095 190 85 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 11,840 5,620 6,220 10 10 0
Vietnamese 34,580 16,520 18,060 185 85 100
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 31,230 11,820 19,410 1,080 360 720
Bikol 105 45 60 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,105 360 750 15 0 15
Fijian 15 0 10 10 10 10
Hiligaynon 540 195 350 10 0 0
Ilocano 2,500 890 1,610 30 0 35
Malagasy 1,980 940 1,040 0 0 0
Malay 1,210 525 690 275 165 110
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 195 95 100 25 0 20
Pangasinan 60 20 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 26,705 9,785 16,915 780 185 590
Waray-Waray 55 10 45 25 15 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 540 270 275 15 0 10
Creole languages 115,445 51,970 63,475 35 20 15
Haitian Creole 4,910 2,285 2,620 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 108,315 48,615 59,705 10 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 2,835 1,390 1,445 25 15 20
Dravidian languages 18,710 9,495 9,210 145 75 65
Kannada 415 210 205 15 0 0
Malayalam 510 285 220 50 20 30
Tamil 17,245 8,680 8,565 75 50 30
Telugu 930 540 390 15 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 10 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 15 25 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 912,945 435,785 477,155 16,240 7,670 8,565
Albanian 3,375 1,730 1,645 0 0 0
Armenian 20,290 9,790 10,500 120 60 60
Balto-Slavic languages 88,425 41,725 46,700 2,435 1,090 1,345
Baltic languages 1,080 500 585 75 30 40
Latvian 335 150 185 30 20 10
Lithuanian 755 350 410 40 10 30
Slavic languages 87,520 41,315 46,205 2,380 1,065 1,315
Belarusan 365 150 215 15 0 10
Bosnian 1,975 990 985 85 55 30
Bulgarian 7,345 3,595 3,750 55 15 40
Croatian 3,580 1,760 1,820 245 95 150
Czech 2,070 975 1,095 160 60 100
Macedonian 285 140 145 20 15 0
Polish 17,760 8,090 9,665 430 195 235
Russian 46,665 22,265 24,400 940 440 500
Serbian 4,050 1,980 2,070 345 140 200
Serbo-Croatian 2,385 1,140 1,245 60 35 30
Slovak 1,520 705 820 125 60 60
Slovene (Slovenian) 970 490 480 45 20 25
Ukrainian 9,015 3,885 5,135 165 65 105
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 150 75 75 0 0 0
Celtic languages 495 305 195 120 75 45
Scottish Gaelic 155 95 65 25 15 10
Welsh 85 45 40 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 265 175 95 90 60 35
Germanic languages 63,370 31,835 31,530 4,265 2,090 2,180
Afrikaans 415 260 150 240 135 105
Danish 835 410 420 130 55 70
Dutch 5,060 2,665 2,395 560 270 290
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0 0
German 43,475 21,950 21,530 3,120 1,545 1,575
Icelandic 140 80 60 0 0 10
Norwegian 510 255 255 105 55 45
Swedish 1,580 785 795 245 90 155
Vlaams (Flemish) 760 265 495 10 10 0
Yiddish 12,375 6,225 6,155 65 20 40
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 270 125 140 0 0 0
Greek 51,060 25,520 25,540 1,380 635 745
Indo-Iranian languages 93,655 48,040 45,615 2,740 1,410 1,335
Indo-Aryan languages 59,570 30,870 28,700 1,530 775 755
Bengali 12,870 6,610 6,260 70 20 45
Gujarati 7,950 3,860 4,090 140 75 65
Hindi 15,570 8,285 7,280 705 355 355
Kashmiri 45 35 15 0 0 0
Konkani 150 70 75 0 0 0
Marathi 475 240 230 20 20 0
Nepali 1,445 725 720 35 20 20
Oriya (Odia) 55 35 20 10 10 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,860 9,690 8,165 510 255 255
Sindhi 500 240 255 55 30 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,335 625 710 75 30 40
Urdu 16,545 8,655 7,890 210 120 90
Iranian languages 35,420 17,830 17,585 1,210 630 580
Kurdish 1,255 665 590 10 0 0
Pashto 1,825 1,005 825 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 32,965 16,560 16,405 1,205 625 580
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 845 425 420 15 10 10
Italic (Romance) languages 627,545 293,620 333,920 6,245 2,790 3,455
Catalan 890 525 365 35 10 30
Italian 173,710 84,430 89,275 1,215 555 655
Portuguese 55,100 27,620 27,475 620 245 375
Romanian 42,655 20,550 22,110 155 65 85
Spanish 390,355 177,610 212,745 4,695 2,110 2,585
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 490 345 145 0 0 10
Japanese 7,040 3,340 3,695 1,910 830 1,080
Kartvelian languages 220 110 110 0 0 0
Georgian 215 105 110 0 0 0
Korean 6,260 2,825 3,430 2,120 960 1,165
Mongolic languages 270 135 130 25 10 15
Mongolian 265 135 130 30 10 20
Niger-Congo languages 52,840 26,665 26,175 100 55 45
Akan (Twi) 1,800 945 855 0 0 0
Bamanankan 2,385 1,240 1,145 0 0 0
Edo 190 95 95 0 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 0 0 0
Igbo 275 190 90 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
Shona 150 75 80 0 0 0
Swahili 8,015 4,080 3,935 65 40 25
Wolof 6,555 3,545 3,015 0 0 0
Yoruba 885 485 395 15 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 17,720 9,125 8,595 15 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 695 345 350 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 695 345 350 0 0 0
Sign languages 7,775 3,095 4,675 75 35 45
American Sign Language 675 245 435 45 10 30
Quebec Sign Language 4,405 1,590 2,815 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 2,960 1,350 1,605 35 20 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 90,460 42,695 47,770 24,700 10,965 13,735
Chinese languages 90,060 42,480 47,580 24,675 10,960 13,720
Cantonese 31,885 14,900 16,980 7,960 3,505 4,455
Hakka 545 240 310 55 30 25
Mandarin 59,240 27,560 31,685 18,810 8,285 10,525
Min Dong 15 10 10 15 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 4,215 1,860 2,350 860 380 480
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,230 535 690 330 130 200
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,800 2,380 2,425 605 265 345
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 90 40 55 30 10 15
Tibeto-Burman languages 430 235 195 30 15 20
Burmese 140 75 60 15 10 10
Karenic languages 105 55 45 0 0 0
Tibetan 65 50 10 0 10 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 140 65 80 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 7,280 3,400 3,880 150 60 90
Lao 5,785 2,850 2,935 15 10 10
Thai 2,255 875 1,375 145 60 85
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages 12,475 6,265 6,210 260 125 140
Azerbaijani 510 275 235 30 15 15
Turkish 11,415 5,755 5,665 225 105 125
Uyghur 230 110 120 0 0 0
Uzbek 230 105 125 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 235 115 120 0 10 10
Uralic languages 7,870 3,710 4,160 415 185 220
Estonian 150 55 95 35 10 30
Finnish 500 195 305 100 45 55
Hungarian 7,215 3,450 3,765 275 135 135
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 2,140 1,170 970 25 10 15
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 102,740 48,460 54,275
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 7,585,545 3,753,190 3,832,350 84,230 39,430 44,800
Canadian citizens aged under 18 1,521,230 779,620 741,610 15,115 7,840 7,275
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 6,064,310 2,973,575 3,090,740 69,115 31,585 37,530
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 379,910 188,245 191,665 18,510 9,035 9,475
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 4,024,015 102,740 48,465 54,275
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 6,788,085 3,365,345 3,422,735 57,015 27,600 29,420
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 1,091,310 530,325 560,980 38,845 17,695 21,150
Before 1981 238,655 117,080 121,575 9,775 4,455 5,315
1981 to 1990 127,340 63,150 64,190 3,395 1,460 1,930
1991 to 2000 187,860 89,210 98,650 6,715 2,970 3,740
2001 to 2010 322,280 155,785 166,495 12,025 5,445 6,575
2001 to 2005 140,170 67,835 72,335 4,900 2,225 2,675
2006 to 2010 182,115 87,945 94,165 7,120 3,215 3,905
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 215,170 105,105 110,065 6,950 3,360 3,590
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 86,065 45,765 40,295 6,875 3,170 3,710
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 38,845 17,695 21,150
Under 5 years 112,930 54,600 58,330 3,750 1,905 1,845
5 to 14 years 174,020 87,165 86,855 7,470 3,735 3,740
15 to 24 years 215,350 98,880 116,475 6,685 2,930 3,755
25 to 44 years 515,770 256,095 259,675 17,260 7,345 9,920
45 years and over 73,230 33,590 39,640 3,675 1,785 1,890
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 38,845 17,695 21,150
Americas 247,505 113,190 134,315 3,950 1,745 2,205
Brazil 7,345 3,515 3,830 125 40 80
Colombia 25,580 11,645 13,935 115 55 60
El Salvador 11,120 5,500 5,615 45 20 20
Guyana 2,490 1,085 1,410 30 10 25
Haiti 80,965 35,375 45,585 0 0 0
Jamaica 4,665 2,040 2,625 115 55 60
Mexico 15,820 7,090 8,730 345 170 175
Peru 13,265 5,945 7,325 110 55 55
Trinidad and Tobago 4,075 1,840 2,240 50 20 35
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 25,955 12,800 13,155 2,580 1,130 1,450
Other places of birth in Americas 56,235 26,370 29,870 445 195 245
Europe 311,090 154,910 156,185 8,825 4,430 4,395
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,785 1,890 1,895 110 55 55
Croatia 2,140 1,085 1,050 150 70 80
France 81,225 43,490 37,735 330 160 170
Germany 9,750 4,365 5,390 770 355 410
Greece 18,420 9,135 9,285 600 255 340
Hungary 3,325 1,620 1,700 145 85 60
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 820 485 330 405 225 180
Italy 51,025 25,370 25,655 275 155 115
Netherlands 1,990 1,035 955 245 125 120
Poland 10,735 4,675 6,060 290 145 145
Portugal 18,985 9,185 9,800 55 20 30
Romania 28,695 13,695 15,005 185 80 105
Russian Federation 11,355 4,975 6,375 340 165 175
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 1,790 830 960 155 70 80
Ukraine 8,670 3,800 4,870 155 70 80
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 12,905 6,645 6,260 3,595 1,935 1,665
Other places of birth in Europe 45,500 22,630 22,870 1,015 450 570
Africa 241,410 125,250 116,165 990 535 455
Algeria 59,465 31,180 28,280 15 15 10
Egypt 19,490 10,290 9,200 135 75 65
Ethiopia 995 495 495 20 10 15
Kenya 785 355 430 60 20 35
Morocco 60,700 31,435 29,270 30 20 10
Nigeria 1,340 740 600 10 10 0
Somalia 580 270 310 10 10 0
South Africa, Republic of 865 475 385 475 255 220
Other places of birth in Africa 97,200 50,005 47,190 235 130 105
Asia 289,825 136,175 153,655 24,330 10,625 13,705
Afghanistan 7,280 3,640 3,640 30 20 10
Bangladesh 7,940 3,990 3,950 35 15 20
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 49,555 19,905 29,655 12,125 5,300 6,820
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 4,730 2,290 2,435 3,285 1,475 1,815
India 17,865 9,195 8,670 660 290 370
IranCensus data footnote 61 17,760 8,880 8,885 900 460 440
Iraq 3,735 1,960 1,775 20 20 0
Japan 1,725 395 1,330 660 175 490
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 4,230 1,995 2,230 1,550 720 830
Lebanon 39,135 20,800 18,340 90 55 35
Pakistan 10,010 5,260 4,750 125 70 50
Philippines 24,410 9,040 15,370 790 215 570
Sri Lanka 10,715 5,335 5,380 105 50 55
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 17,775 8,800 8,980 55 30 20
Taiwan 2,735 1,100 1,635 2,275 950 1,325
Viet Nam 25,440 11,765 13,675 180 70 105
Other places of birth in Asia 44,795 21,840 22,950 1,445 705 740
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 1,480 805 670 745 360 390
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 6,950 3,360 3,590
Americas 47,710 22,625 25,085 710 375 340
Brazil 3,010 1,495 1,520 55 25 30
Colombia 7,540 3,465 4,075 10 10 0
Cuba 2,565 1,260 1,315 0 0 0
Haiti 16,880 7,690 9,190 0 0 0
Jamaica 190 140 55 0 0 0
Mexico 4,210 1,955 2,255 105 65 40
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,990 2,265 1,720 455 240 220
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 1,955 935 1,020 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Americas 7,365 3,425 3,935 65 35 25
Europe 39,320 20,085 19,235 975 535 445
France 20,030 10,855 9,175 135 65 70
Germany 580 250 330 85 45 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 135 105 35 170 105 60
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 3,750 1,695 2,055 0 10 0
Romania 2,945 1,260 1,685 0 0 0
Russian Federation 1,970 865 1,105 65 25 40
Ukraine 2,460 1,110 1,350 30 10 25
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 860 565 290 350 200 150
Other places of birth in Europe 6,590 3,385 3,205 140 85 60
Africa 74,200 37,110 37,090 105 55 45
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 45 25 15
Eritrea 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ethiopia 125 65 60 10 0 0
Morocco 13,475 6,675 6,805 0 0 0
Nigeria 540 280 260 0 0 0
Somalia 95 40 50 0 10 0
South Africa, Republic of 175 115 60 25 0 20
Tunisia 5,855 3,025 2,825 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Africa 17,155 8,690 8,470 20 15 10
Asia 53,595 25,070 28,525 5,010 2,315 2,690
Afghanistan 1,555 715 840 20 15 10
Bangladesh 860 455 405 15 0 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 10,705 4,805 5,895 3,520 1,610 1,910
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 120 35 80 105 55 50
India 2,960 1,555 1,405 105 55 50
IranCensus data footnote 61 7,505 3,545 3,960 275 150 125
Iraq 985 465 515 0 0 0
Israel 645 390 255 35 15 15
Japan 330 30 295 125 40 90
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 825 370 455 270 120 150
Lebanon 3,955 2,100 1,860 15 10 10
Nepal 360 165 195 0 0 10
Pakistan 1,815 920 895 10 10 0
Philippines 5,635 2,345 3,290 115 35 85
Saudi Arabia 435 210 225 25 15 15
Sri Lanka 860 380 480 15 10 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 7,455 3,740 3,715 20 15 10
Taiwan 170 60 105 100 40 55
Turkey 585 300 285 10 10 0
United Arab Emirates 300 160 145 0 0 0
Viet Nam 1,505 560 945 25 15 15
Other places of birth in Asia 4,025 1,765 2,265 195 100 95
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 345 215 135 150 85 65
Australia 190 120 70 120 70 50
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 155 95 65 30 15 10
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 102,740 48,460 54,280
First generationCensus data footnote 69 1,204,895 590,175 614,720 47,425 21,710 25,715
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 792,085 399,535 392,550 24,320 11,840 12,480
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 5,968,475 2,951,730 3,016,745 30,990 14,910 16,085
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 29,515 13,430 16,080
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 469,015 243,915 225,100 23,880 11,155 12,725
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 224,720 137,975 86,745 8,180 5,175 3,010
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 244,300 105,945 138,360 15,700 5,980 9,715
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 241,225 96,130 145,095 4,525 1,715 2,810
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 146,295 75,100 71,195 755 400 360
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 11,150 5,320 5,825 355 155 195
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,010 102,740 48,460 54,275
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 182,885 91,890 90,995 1,940 965 975
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 175,960 88,635 87,325 1,905 945 955
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 92,655 45,510 47,145 1,440 700 740
Métis 69,365 36,260 33,100 455 245 210
Inuk (Inuit) 13,940 6,865 7,075 10 0 10
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 2,760 1,330 1,430 15 10 10
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 4,170 1,930 2,245 25 10 15
Non-Aboriginal identity 7,782,560 3,849,550 3,933,015 100,795 47,495 53,305
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 4,024,015 102,740 48,460 54,275
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 77,490 38,580 38,915 1,190 585 605
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 7,887,960 3,902,860 3,985,100 101,545 47,875 53,670
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 7,965,455 3,941,440 4,024,015 102,740 48,465 54,280
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 118,780 58,535 60,245 755 365 390
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 115,480 56,930 58,550 740 350 385
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 87,700 42,730 44,965 705 340 365
Métis single ancestry 17,585 9,225 8,360 25 15 15
Inuit single ancestry 10,200 4,980 5,220 10 0 10
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 3,300 1,605 1,700 20 10 0
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 2,220 1,115 1,105 15 15 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 995 455 540 0 0 0
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 1,835 880 955
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 235,365 111,205 124,165 1,765 840 925
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 193,625 90,650 102,975 1,310 605 705
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 37,080 18,320 18,760 435 225 210
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,660 2,230 2,425 20 10 15
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 5,280 2,700 2,575 70 40 30
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,040 2,105 1,940 65 35 25
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 990 475 515 0 10 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 3,837,030 100,150 47,220 52,930
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015 102,740 48,465 54,275
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 1,032,365 505,180 527,185 40,965 18,570 22,400
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 90,335 46,750 43,585 2,785 1,380 1,400
Chinese 99,505 44,370 55,135 27,600 12,405 15,195
Black 319,230 154,110 165,120 605 280 330
Filipino 34,910 14,275 20,635 995 340 655
Latin American 133,920 64,655 69,260 1,295 610 695
Arab 213,740 113,420 100,320 525 305 220
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 62,820 29,960 32,865 690 295 395
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 32,405 16,200 16,210 1,185 625 555
Korean 8,055 3,865 4,190 2,360 1,100 1,260
Japanese 4,570 1,755 2,820 1,655 605 1,050
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 9,840 4,670 5,175 115 35 80
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 23,045 11,160 11,885 1,155 595 560
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 6,933,085 3,436,260 3,496,830 61,775 29,895 31,880
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 4,024,010 102,740 48,460 54,280
North American Aboriginal origins 359,430 172,440 186,985 2,590 1,245 1,350
First Nations (North American Indian) 289,610 137,550 152,065 2,100 995 1,110
Inuit 17,175 8,300 8,880 30 10 20
Métis 61,260 30,915 30,345 540 285 260
Other North American origins 4,850,145 2,390,545 2,459,605 15,015 6,875 8,140
Acadian 34,785 16,440 18,345 130 75 60
American 45,050 21,470 23,580 2,075 920 1,160
Canadian 4,647,840 2,288,280 2,359,555 13,480 6,200 7,280
New Brunswicker 750 370 380 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 570 280 295 45 30 10
Nova Scotian 365 155 215 0 0 0
Ontarian 1,345 660 685 0 0 0
Québécois 184,005 93,895 90,110 55 20 35
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 205 110 100 0 0 0
European origins 3,037,890 1,511,060 1,526,825 60,540 29,235 31,305
British Isles origins 745,715 360,135 385,575 40,785 19,985 20,795
Channel Islander 1,440 725 720 20 0 15
Cornish 70 35 40 20 10 0
English 228,520 111,855 116,670 25,350 12,400 12,955
Irish 446,215 211,545 234,665 15,790 7,590 8,200
Manx 200 105 95 40 15 20
Scottish 215,030 103,395 111,635 18,765 8,985 9,775
Welsh 10,765 5,075 5,690 2,300 1,120 1,180
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 32,525 15,440 17,080 3,325 1,615 1,710
French origins 1,878,795 941,770 937,025 6,985 3,115 3,870
Alsatian 1,050 520 525 10 10 0
Breton 11,140 5,410 5,725 0 0 0
Corsican 1,270 690 580 20 0 20
French 1,870,545 937,665 932,875 6,985 3,115 3,875
Western European origins (except French origins) 244,380 119,115 125,260 15,550 7,555 7,995
Austrian 12,710 6,285 6,430 1,260 605 660
Bavarian 40 30 20 10 10 0
Belgian 51,340 25,295 26,050 510 220 290
Dutch 26,000 12,805 13,190 3,465 1,685 1,785
Flemish 1,345 660 685 55 35 20
Frisian 15 20 0 15 0 10
German 142,225 68,250 73,975 10,745 5,165 5,580
Luxembourger 910 445 460 40 20 20
Swiss 24,500 12,615 11,885 960 505 455
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 125 80 50 40 20 20
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 25,460 12,490 12,975 5,870 2,670 3,200
Danish 5,700 2,815 2,885 1,065 535 530
Finnish 3,130 1,430 1,700 620 245 375
Icelandic 955 480 470 550 275 275
Norwegian 7,820 3,835 3,985 2,140 1,020 1,120
Swedish 6,840 3,275 3,565 1,895 790 1,100
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 2,500 1,265 1,230 255 115 135
Eastern European origins 249,940 121,660 128,285 12,890 6,030 6,855
Bulgarian 9,570 4,675 4,895 105 30 75
Byelorussian 2,530 1,235 1,295 75 40 35
Czech 6,295 2,965 3,330 660 290 360
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 2,150 1,100 1,050 135 65 70
Estonian 890 460 435 155 40 110
Hungarian 28,280 13,970 14,310 1,280 620 665
Latvian 1,740 835 905 210 80 125
Lithuanian 6,630 3,320 3,305 560 250 315
Moldovan 7,620 3,710 3,900 15 10 10
Polish 79,040 38,705 40,335 4,110 1,990 2,115
Romanian 53,060 25,935 27,125 725 335 390
Russian 55,230 26,405 28,830 3,505 1,750 1,755
Slovak 4,770 2,375 2,395 310 140 175
Ukrainian 42,550 20,575 21,975 3,960 1,800 2,160
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 2,900 1,505 1,400 275 130 145
Southern European origins 549,750 273,670 276,080 8,990 4,205 4,785
Albanian 3,760 1,950 1,805 35 25 0
Bosnian 2,970 1,485 1,490 35 15 20
Catalan 735 395 340 10 10 0
Croatian 6,745 3,375 3,370 705 315 385
Cypriot 480 240 245 10 0 0
Greek 71,330 36,235 35,090 2,155 1,010 1,145
Italian 326,700 162,650 164,045 3,495 1,695 1,795
Kosovar 505 295 210 0 0 0
Macedonian 775 400 370 50 30 20
Maltese 1,220 615 610 65 40 30
Montenegrin 450 250 200 60 30 30
Portuguese 69,805 34,825 34,980 725 305 420
Serbian 5,950 2,915 3,040 425 165 260
Sicilian 1,435 710 725 10 0 10
Slovenian 2,510 1,225 1,280 155 65 95
Spanish 85,360 41,745 43,615 1,535 685 845
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 3,270 1,595 1,670 180 70 110
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 300 155 145 0 0 0
Other European origins 38,670 19,875 18,800 1,770 940 830
Basque 3,620 1,930 1,690 55 25 25
Jewish 25,235 12,955 12,280 1,330 725 605
Roma (Gypsy) 475 270 205 10 0 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 360 180 185 45 20 25
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 9,215 4,690 4,530 355 175 185
Caribbean origins 201,625 93,935 107,690 695 295 400
Antiguan 380 170 205 0 0 0
Bahamian 430 205 225 0 10 0
Barbadian 5,570 2,585 2,985 65 25 40
Bermudan 115 50 65 20 10 10
Carib 405 150 255 0 0 0
Cuban 9,830 4,800 5,035 20 10 10
Dominican 11,560 5,320 6,235 30 10 20
Grenadian 1,965 790 1,175 0 10 0
Guadeloupean 1,010 475 535 0 0 0
Haitian 143,165 66,245 76,925 20 15 10
Jamaican 14,100 6,785 7,315 200 90 105
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 3,660 195 75 115
Vincentian/Grenadinian 4,020 1,695 2,325 15 10 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 5,635 2,610 3,025 85 35 55
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 4,195 1,995 2,205 40 20 20
Latin, Central and South American origins 167,275 81,215 86,065 2,135 1,015 1,120
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 6,100 2,885 3,210 80 35 40
Arawak 180 60 120 10 0 0
Argentinian 4,950 2,490 2,460 100 50 45
Belizean 80 40 40 0 10 0
Bolivian 1,730 815 915 15 10 0
Brazilian 8,345 4,075 4,275 205 100 105
Chilean 14,060 7,055 7,005 200 70 130
Colombian 33,965 15,915 18,050 225 120 110
Costa Rican 1,180 570 610 30 20 10
Ecuadorian 2,720 1,255 1,470 65 35 30
Guatemalan 10,175 5,380 4,795 50 25 25
Guyanese 3,670 1,810 1,860 75 45 30
Hispanic 1,155 570 585 15 10 10
Honduran 4,335 2,135 2,200 15 10 0
Maya 1,670 935 735 25 15 10
Mexican 26,930 13,185 13,745 725 325 400
Nicaraguan 2,805 1,360 1,445 10 10 0
Panamanian 1,460 755 710 20 10 10
Paraguayan 365 155 205 25 25 0
Peruvian 19,735 9,240 10,495 125 65 60
Salvadorean 19,200 9,535 9,665 80 40 40
Uruguayan 1,755 815 940 25 0 15
Venezuelan 7,475 3,430 4,045 85 20 65
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 5,845 2,965 2,880 55 20 35
African origins 382,665 196,910 185,755 1,425 725 705
Central and West African origins 86,695 44,720 41,975 70 40 30
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 0
Chadian 1,045 525 520 0 0 0
Congolese 20,210 9,960 10,250 0 0 0
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 10 0 0
Guinean 5,255 2,765 2,485 0 0 0
Ibo 185 95 95 0 0 0
Ivorian 8,545 4,350 4,200 0 0 0
Liberian 150 60 90 0 0 0
Malian 3,535 1,755 1,775 0 0 0
Malinké 635 340 295 0 0 0
Nigerian 2,820 1,510 1,310 30 10 15
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 15 10 0
Togolese 4,080 2,210 1,870 0 0 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 15 10 0
North African origins 225,125 117,725 107,410 455 265 185
Algerian 60,375 31,185 29,190 75 55 25
Berber 33,825 17,840 15,985 10 10 0
Coptic 685 385 305 0 0 10
Dinka 15 10 10 0 0 0
Egyptian 29,400 15,295 14,100 205 110 95
Libyan 1,075 590 485 20 10 10
Maure 530 290 240 20 10 0
Moroccan 85,940 44,520 41,420 70 45 25
Sudanese 370 220 150 0 0 0
Tunisian 21,475 11,775 9,695 50 30 25
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 3,340 1,845 1,490 30 15 10
Southern and East African origins 28,925 14,225 14,705 565 265 305
Afrikaner 115 75 40 50 20 35
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 0 0 0
Ethiopian 1,575 785 785 35 10 25
Harari 20 10 10 0 0 0
Kenyan 530 270 260 35 25 0
Malagasy 3,735 1,815 1,920 0 0 0
Mauritian 3,695 1,735 1,960 10 0 0
Oromo 20 15 10 0 0 0
Rwandan 5,130 2,445 2,685 10 0 10
Seychellois 775 345 425 0 0 0
Somali 1,785 865 915 0 10 0
South African 900 490 420 390 175 215
Tanzanian 325 190 140 20 10 10
Tigrian 95 35 55 0 0 0
Ugandan 290 135 160 0 0 0
Zambian 45 20 25 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 300 150 145 10 0 10
Zulu 70 35 35 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 1,790 915 875 35 20 10
Other African origins 46,805 22,845 23,965 340 155 185
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 3,800 1,845 1,950 35 25 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 43,785 21,415 22,370 310 135 170
Asian origins 563,150 275,170 287,980 40,505 18,430 22,080
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 240,795 123,985 116,810 3,180 1,690 1,490
Afghan 10,945 5,550 5,395 40 15 20
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 44,875 23,680 21,195 230 135 95
Armenian 27,380 13,515 13,865 240 125 115
Assyrian 370 205 165 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 555 295 255 15 10 10
Georgian 635 295 345 10 0 0
Hazara 385 190 200 0 0 0
Iranian 25,530 12,845 12,685 1,350 715 635
Iraqi 5,520 2,780 2,740 95 55 35
Israeli 6,060 3,235 2,830 265 140 130
Jordanian 1,610 840 770 50 20 35
Kazakh 620 295 325 25 20 10
Kurd 2,135 1,180 960 10 10 10
Kuwaiti 95 50 50 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 260 140 120 10 0 0
Lebanese 78,140 40,695 37,450 310 140 170
Palestinian 6,865 3,520 3,345 70 45 25
Pashtun 515 280 235 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 645 390 255 45 15 30
Syrian 27,465 13,845 13,620 100 55 50
Tajik 390 180 210 0 0 0
Tatar 910 430 485 25 10 20
Turk 15,060 7,520 7,545 300 165 135
Turkmen 65 45 25 20 10 10
Uighur 375 185 190 0 0 0
Uzbek 465 210 255 25 10 10
Yemeni 805 450 355 35 15 25
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 2,465 1,385 1,075 105 60 45
South Asian origins 95,670 48,925 46,745 2,995 1,500 1,495
Bangladeshi 7,075 3,625 3,450 50 15 40
Bengali 4,125 2,035 2,090 60 0 55
Bhutanese 420 205 215 0 0 0
East Indian 51,650 26,505 25,140 2,425 1,250 1,180
Goan 210 105 110 0 0 0
Gujarati 420 205 215 10 0 10
Kashmiri 260 155 105 10 10 0
Nepali 930 460 470 25 10 15
Pakistani 13,535 7,000 6,535 170 105 70
Punjabi 2,970 1,675 1,295 140 80 70
Sinhalese 310 135 175 20 0 15
Sri Lankan 14,750 7,300 7,450 130 60 75
Tamil 3,100 1,610 1,495 15 10 10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 2,135 1,190 945 100 40 65
East and Southeast Asian origins 229,985 103,805 126,180 34,525 15,350 19,175
Burmese 530 270 255 30 10 20
Cambodian (Khmer) 15,345 7,360 7,985 15 0 15
Chinese 121,445 54,595 66,850 27,640 12,440 15,205
Filipino 37,910 15,590 22,320 1,240 465 775
Hmong 35 10 20 0 0 0
Indonesian 1,320 570 755 185 95 85
Japanese 6,495 2,615 3,875 2,050 800 1,245
Karen 95 55 40 10 0 0
Korean 8,740 4,155 4,580 2,530 1,190 1,340
Laotian 7,625 3,860 3,770 10 10 0
Malaysian 645 300 340 180 95 85
Mongolian 960 470 485 120 75 45
Singaporean 105 65 40 30 20 10
Taiwanese 2,205 940 1,265 1,530 665 865
Thai 2,695 1,065 1,635 155 50 105
Tibetan 80 45 30 10 10 10
Vietnamese 43,080 20,790 22,290 305 130 175
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 275 125 155 30 15 20
Other Asian origins 1,765 905 865 60 35 30
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 1,770 905 860 65 35 30
Oceania origins 3,250 1,730 1,515 990 495 495
Australian 2,055 1,125 935 670 355 320
New Zealander 490 245 245 150 70 80
Pacific Islands origins 785 410 380 180 75 100
Fijian 70 25 40 90 30 65
Hawaiian 60 40 20 40 20 25
Maori 90 55 35 25 20 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 290 145 145 0 0 0
Samoan 15 15 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 295 155 145 20 10 10
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 3,531,665 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
Owner 2,163,735 ... ... 25,265 ... ...
Renter 1,362,010 ... ... 19,425 ... ...
Band housing 5,915 ... ... 30 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 3,531,660 ... ... 44,720 ... ...
Condominium 413,325 ... ... 12,615 ... ...
Not condominium 3,118,340 ... ... 32,100 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 3,531,665 ... ... 44,720 ... ...
No bedrooms 23,725 ... ... 765 ... ...
1 bedroom 573,370 ... ... 11,895 ... ...
2 bedrooms 1,100,310 ... ... 12,545 ... ...
3 bedrooms 1,157,300 ... ... 7,430 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 676,955 ... ... 12,080 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 3,531,665 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 1,258,215 ... ... 20,760 ... ...
5 rooms 620,935 ... ... 5,150 ... ...
6 rooms 432,090 ... ... 3,960 ... ...
7 rooms 403,255 ... ... 3,420 ... ...
8 or more rooms 817,165 ... ... 11,425 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 5.8 ... ... 5.6 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 3,531,665 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 3,492,135 ... ... 43,885 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 39,530 ... ... 835 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 3,531,660 ... ... 44,720 ... ...
Suitable 3,398,910 ... ... 42,020 ... ...
Not suitable 132,755 ... ... 2,700 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 3,531,660 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
1960 or before 894,495 ... ... 14,095 ... ...
1961 to 1980 1,116,760 ... ... 9,560 ... ...
1981 to 1990 503,495 ... ... 4,845 ... ...
1991 to 2000 369,020 ... ... 6,810 ... ...
2001 to 2005 196,830 ... ... 2,695 ... ...
2006 to 2010 241,545 ... ... 3,245 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 209,515 ... ... 3,470 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 3,531,665 ... ... 44,720 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 3,304,625 ... ... 42,100 ... ...
Major repairs needed 227,040 ... ... 2,615 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 3,531,665 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
1 household maintainer 2,221,970 ... ... 27,425 ... ...
2 household maintainers 1,264,195 ... ... 15,950 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 45,500 ... ... 1,345 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 3,531,665 ... ... 44,715 ... ...
15 to 24 years 119,495 ... ... 3,335 ... ...
25 to 34 years 498,070 ... ... 6,600 ... ...
35 to 44 years 603,840 ... ... 6,515 ... ...
45 to 54 years 682,290 ... ... 10,060 ... ...
55 to 64 years 731,390 ... ... 7,390 ... ...
65 to 74 years 541,630 ... ... 6,070 ... ...
75 to 84 years 270,280 ... ... 3,220 ... ...
85 years and over 84,680 ... ... 1,525 ... ...
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 ... ... 43,890 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 2,763,105 ... ... 26,660 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 733,355 ... ... 17,235 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 647,975 ... ... 11,275 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 2,141,690 ... ... 24,845 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 61.9 ... ... 45.3 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 12.9 ... ... 31.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 983 ... ... 1,287 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,085 ... ... 2,067 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 250,302 ... ... 2,006,484 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 290,484 ... ... 2,229,344 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 1,358,265 ... ... 19,280 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 9.3 ... ... 7.7 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 33.7 ... ... 49.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 720 ... ... 1,451 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 775 ... ... 1,593 ... ...
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 88,690 41,215 47,480
No certificate, diploma or degree 1,323,070 674,955 648,115 6,575 3,270 3,305
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 1,426,980 674,820 752,155 19,265 8,915 10,350
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 3,884,235 1,910,260 1,973,970 62,850 29,030 33,825
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 1,120,730 681,515 439,215 2,725 1,705 1,015
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 806,585 435,090 371,495 1,415 735 680
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 314,145 246,425 67,720 1,305 970 340
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 1,165,515 506,775 658,740 10,215 4,015 6,200
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 236,255 93,680 142,575 2,810 995 1,815
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 1,361,730 628,290 733,440 47,105 22,310 24,790
Bachelor's degree 872,060 384,275 487,790 25,910 11,620 14,290
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 118,955 54,255 64,695 3,080 1,260 1,820
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 39,045 19,865 19,185 2,180 1,230 955
Master's degree 281,215 139,280 141,935 11,745 5,595 6,145
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 50,455 30,615 19,840 4,190 2,605 1,580
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 56,060 25,780 30,280
No certificate, diploma or degree 580,635 323,880 256,750 1,295 690 605
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 808,955 396,620 412,330 7,745 3,685 4,065
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 2,982,345 1,447,305 1,535,040 47,015 21,405 25,615
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 866,595 513,575 353,015 1,840 1,155 685
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 631,795 330,140 301,655 945 485 455
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 234,800 183,440 51,360 890 665 230
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 832,430 367,185 465,245 7,385 2,960 4,420
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 167,025 67,530 99,495 1,990 710 1,280
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 1,116,300 499,010 617,290 35,805 16,575 19,230
Bachelor's degree 712,935 308,760 404,175 19,325 8,575 10,750
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 94,240 40,085 54,160 2,245 915 1,335
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 30,775 13,505 17,270 1,695 855 835
Master's degree 238,300 113,895 124,410 9,460 4,445 5,015
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 40,050 22,780 17,270 3,075 1,785 1,295
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 88,690 41,215 47,475
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 2,750,050 1,349,775 1,400,270 25,840 12,185 13,660
Education 273,320 62,470 210,845 4,045 795 3,255
13. Education 273,320 62,470 210,845 4,045 795 3,255
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 156,720 71,485 85,240 3,990 1,540 2,450
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 25,380 18,280 7,100 365 275 90
50. Visual and performing arts 131,340 53,200 78,140 3,625 1,270 2,360
Humanities 215,735 86,065 129,675 5,330 2,020 3,310
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 32,180 7,165 25,020 710 205 505
23. English language and literature/letters 12,900 4,060 8,835 1,725 505 1,220
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 103,120 42,685 60,435 1,100 410 685
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 880 395 485 25 0 25
38. Philosophy and religious studies 10,400 6,650 3,755 390 225 170
39. Theology and religious vocations 10,125 6,200 3,930 300 170 130
54. History 17,055 9,990 7,065 845 465 375
55. French language and literature/letters 29,070 8,920 20,155 240 40 195
Social and behavioural sciences and law 380,995 125,025 255,975 10,865 4,445 6,420
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 4,315 1,165 3,150 225 80 150
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 48,530 16,690 31,845 875 255 625
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 77,470 6,070 71,400 700 60 640
22. Legal professions and studies 67,185 25,785 41,395 2,160 1,125 1,030
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 9,905 2,035 7,870 205 60 140
42. Psychology 57,335 14,030 43,305 2,030 585 1,445
45. Social sciences 116,255 59,245 57,015 4,660 2,275 2,385
Business, management and public administration 879,190 321,450 557,740 12,405 5,705 6,700
30.16 Accounting and computer science 815 300 520 15 10 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 47,715 10,490 37,225 590 125 460
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 830,660 310,665 519,990 11,805 5,575 6,235
Physical and life sciences and technologies 140,990 76,780 64,215 5,335 2,935 2,405
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 49,705 20,900 28,805 2,645 1,265 1,385
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 23,210 13,865 9,350 765 375 390
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 21,890 10,810 11,080 50 0 40
40. Physical sciences 39,060 27,545 11,515 1,815 1,255 555
41. Science technologies/technicians 7,120 3,660 3,465 65 30 40
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 152,105 104,850 47,255 2,530 1,500 1,035
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 125,480 92,730 32,750 1,535 1,075 460
25. Library science 11,110 2,145 8,965 330 60 270
27. Mathematics and statistics 13,415 8,365 5,045 595 310 285
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 2,100 1,605 495 65 50 20
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 828,400 758,350 70,055 8,015 6,375 1,640
04. Architecture and related services 29,015 17,055 11,960 1,045 655 395
14. Engineering 150,450 124,585 25,865 4,600 3,585 1,010
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 150,640 135,445 15,195 885 740 140
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 60 20 40 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 185,385 179,995 5,390 750 735 20
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 184,280 178,510 5,770 495 470 30
48. Precision production 128,580 122,750 5,830 240 200 45
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 85,485 56,900 28,585 1,000 475 530
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 51,770 30,870 20,900 400 170 225
03. Natural resources and conservation 33,715 26,025 7,690 600 305 300
Health and related fields 480,230 95,450 384,780 8,040 2,585 5,455
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 27,955 14,675 13,280 910 440 465
51. Health professions and related programs 441,105 74,630 366,470 6,265 1,655 4,610
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 11,160 6,140 5,020 865 485 375
Personal, protective and transportation services 290,005 151,070 138,935 1,270 655 615
12. Personal and culinary services 164,595 43,720 120,875 910 350 560
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 290 270 20 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 1,345 1,245 100 10 0 0
43. Security and protective services 54,625 42,415 12,210 105 100 10
49. Transportation and materials moving 69,160 63,425 5,740 245 200 45
Other 1,055 375 680 20 10 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 1,055 375 675 15 10 15
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 56,060 25,775 30,280
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 1,389,585 720,500 669,085 9,045 4,370 4,670
Education 180,615 37,990 142,625 2,450 435 2,020
13. Education 180,615 37,990 142,625 2,455 435 2,020
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 122,045 55,575 66,475 3,185 1,230 1,955
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 19,510 13,740 5,770 300 220 80
50. Visual and performing arts 102,535 41,830 60,705 2,880 1,005 1,875
Humanities 138,330 54,580 83,750 3,660 1,370 2,290
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 25,220 5,455 19,765 565 165 400
23. English language and literature/letters 9,585 2,990 6,595 1,095 325 775
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 57,730 25,305 32,430 755 265 485
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 600 255 350 15 0 20
38. Philosophy and religious studies 6,980 4,415 2,570 265 140 125
39. Theology and religious vocations 5,415 3,380 2,035 215 125 90
54. History 12,235 7,140 5,095 610 320 285
55. French language and literature/letters 20,555 5,640 14,915 140 30 115
Social and behavioural sciences and law 301,550 95,120 206,430 8,340 3,250 5,085
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 3,550 925 2,620 180 50 125
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 40,275 13,900 26,370 770 220 550
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 63,120 4,295 58,825 480 50 430
22. Legal professions and studies 53,620 18,830 34,790 1,685 790 895
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 6,840 1,420 5,420 140 45 95
42. Psychology 44,540 10,255 34,285 1,455 360 1,095
45. Social sciences 89,610 45,495 44,110 3,630 1,745 1,885
Business, management and public administration 706,400 248,920 457,480 9,920 4,445 5,475
30.16 Accounting and computer science 615 215 400 0 10 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 38,320 7,835 30,485 365 75 285
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 667,470 240,870 426,600 9,550 4,365 5,185
Physical and life sciences and technologies 92,480 49,390 43,090 3,745 2,020 1,725
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 40,895 16,635 24,260 1,970 900 1,065
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 12,450 7,435 5,015 495 275 215
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 4,175 2,385 1,785 30 10 25
40. Physical sciences 29,705 20,255 9,445 1,230 825 405
41. Science technologies/technicians 5,255 2,675 2,580 25 10 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 132,750 91,865 40,885 1,955 1,200 760
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 112,715 83,240 29,470 1,360 935 420
25. Library science 8,720 1,665 7,055 180 30 145
27. Mathematics and statistics 9,725 5,815 3,915 375 195 180
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,585 1,150 440 50 40 10
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 639,185 577,845 61,335 6,085 4,660 1,430
04. Architecture and related services 24,260 13,870 10,385 730 410 320
14. Engineering 126,835 103,165 23,665 3,680 2,775 905
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 116,595 103,710 12,885 640 515 125
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 50 15 30 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 134,865 130,350 4,510 545 530 15
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 139,935 135,155 4,780 350 325 25
48. Precision production 96,655 91,580 5,075 135 95 35
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 69,865 45,215 24,655 740 335 405
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 41,755 23,965 17,795 310 130 180
03. Natural resources and conservation 28,110 21,250 6,860 430 210 220
Health and related fields 368,600 72,245 296,355 5,970 1,945 4,025
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 22,660 11,635 11,030 740 380 360
51. Health professions and related programs 337,320 56,510 280,810 4,535 1,205 3,330
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 8,620 4,110 4,510 700 365 335
Personal, protective and transportation services 229,640 118,260 111,375 945 510 435
12. Personal and culinary services 129,245 32,830 96,410 665 270 390
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 225 200 25 10 10 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 875 795 80 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 42,550 32,575 9,975 90 90 10
49. Transportation and materials moving 56,750 51,860 4,890 185 145 35
Other 890 300 595 10 0 15
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 890 300 595 15 0 15
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 88,690 41,215 47,475
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 2,750,045 1,349,775 1,400,270 25,840 12,185 13,655
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 3,884,235 1,910,265 1,973,970 62,850 29,025 33,825
Location of study inside Canada 3,509,610 1,716,730 1,792,880 41,855 19,270 22,580
Same as province or territory of residence 3,367,195 1,642,930 1,724,270 30,180 13,855 16,320
Different than province or territory of residence 142,415 73,800 68,610 11,680 5,420 6,260
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 374,620 193,530 181,090 20,995 9,755 11,235
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 28,320 16,915 11,410 4,695 2,340 2,350
Philippines 12,515 3,600 8,920 380 85 295
India 6,805 3,660 3,150 230 100 130
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 11,250 6,535 4,715 2,760 1,445 1,315
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 17,155 7,755 9,395 4,870 2,120 2,745
France 69,665 39,885 29,780 405 200 210
Other 228,905 115,185 113,725 7,655 3,465 4,195
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 56,060 25,780 30,280
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 1,389,590 720,505 669,085 9,040 4,370 4,670
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 2,982,350 1,447,305 1,535,045 47,015 21,405 25,610
Location of study inside Canada 2,676,230 1,293,455 1,382,780 30,565 13,975 16,595
Same as province or territory of residence 2,567,605 1,238,320 1,329,280 21,940 9,960 11,975
Different than province or territory of residence 108,630 55,125 53,500 8,630 4,010 4,620
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 306,115 153,850 152,265 16,450 7,435 9,020
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 19,655 11,145 8,505 3,295 1,615 1,680
Philippines 10,545 2,935 7,610 295 55 240
India 4,865 2,465 2,400 205 85 115
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 7,390 4,245 3,145 1,745 910 835
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 15,420 6,865 8,550 4,530 1,945 2,585
France 57,315 32,115 25,205 315 165 150
Other 190,930 94,085 96,850 6,070 2,655 3,410
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 88,690 41,215 47,475
In the labour force 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765 54,295 27,255 27,040
Employed 3,949,325 2,037,105 1,912,220 50,720 25,490 25,230
Unemployed 306,170 177,630 128,540 3,575 1,770 1,805
Not in the labour force 2,378,780 1,045,300 1,333,480 34,395 13,955 20,440
Participation rate 64.1 67.9 60.5 61.2 66.1 57.0
Employment rate 59.5 62.5 56.7 57.2 61.8 53.1
Unemployment rate 7.2 8.0 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.7
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 88,695 41,215 47,475
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 2,228,315 967,660 1,260,655 30,895 12,215 18,680
Worked 4,405,965 2,292,375 2,113,585 57,795 28,995 28,800
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 2,084,020 1,145,805 938,215 23,500 13,020 10,485
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 2,321,945 1,146,575 1,175,375 34,295 15,980 18,315
Average weeks worked in reference year 42.5 42.7 42.3 40.5 41.1 39.9
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 54,295 27,255 27,035
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,485 51,640 49,850 1,115 550 565
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 4,154,015 2,163,095 1,990,915 53,180 26,705 26,475
Employee 3,664,920 1,863,740 1,801,185 42,495 20,500 22,000
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 489,090 299,355 189,730 10,690 6,210 4,475
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 54,300 27,260 27,040
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,490 51,640 49,850 1,115 550 565
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915 53,185 26,705 26,475
0 Management occupations 418,450 263,585 154,875 8,190 5,015 3,180
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 677,390 210,525 466,865 8,865 3,355 5,510
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 286,270 222,375 63,895 5,160 3,790 1,365
3 Health occupations 295,765 57,160 238,610 4,060 1,445 2,610
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 502,945 147,145 355,795 10,575 4,325 6,255
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 135,730 64,370 71,365 4,175 2,010 2,170
6 Sales and service occupations 988,610 449,820 538,790 9,320 4,270 5,055
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 574,675 544,100 30,570 2,120 2,010 115
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 67,290 55,610 11,685 420 300 120
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 206,875 148,405 58,475 290 180 110
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 54,295 27,255 27,040
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 101,490 51,635 49,850 1,110 550 570
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915 53,185 26,710 26,475
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 84,060 60,460 23,595 225 135 85
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 20,920 18,175 2,745 225 175 55
22 Utilities 28,410 20,650 7,755 175 85 90
23 Construction 254,055 223,770 30,285 2,115 1,820 295
31-33 Manufacturing 458,315 332,080 126,240 1,665 1,035 630
41 Wholesale trade 157,365 104,885 52,475 1,555 980 580
44-45 Retail trade 508,170 239,625 268,545 4,255 1,920 2,335
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 187,550 142,550 45,000 1,120 735 385
51 Information and cultural industries 100,775 59,705 41,070 2,325 1,360 965
52 Finance and insurance 165,140 66,175 98,965 3,240 1,790 1,450
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 61,380 36,505 24,875 2,320 1,275 1,045
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 288,715 161,030 127,685 8,550 5,085 3,470
55 Management of companies and enterprises 3,305 1,270 2,035 275 145 130
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 176,185 108,280 67,905 1,465 805 665
61 Educational services 306,575 96,170 210,405 8,945 3,650 5,295
62 Health care and social assistance 532,680 99,380 433,295 5,570 1,705 3,870
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 84,130 44,235 39,895 1,715 870 845
72 Accommodation and food services 278,500 123,235 155,265 3,760 1,750 2,010
81 Other services (except public administration) 193,700 89,455 104,245 1,975 595 1,380
91 Public administration 264,085 135,455 128,630 1,695 800 895
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 50,720 25,490 25,230
Worked at home 266,285 134,325 131,960 7,255 3,575 3,685
Worked outside Canada 10,600 7,580 3,020 1,275 915 365
No fixed workplace address 351,595 265,405 86,185 4,645 2,940 1,705
Worked at usual place 3,320,850 1,629,795 1,691,050 37,540 18,065 19,475
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 37,535 18,065 19,475
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 1,732,155 810,895 921,260 24,800 11,455 13,345
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 485,450 234,700 250,750 12,200 6,295 5,905
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 1,037,125 549,095 488,030 300 190 115
Commute to a different province or territory 66,125 35,110 31,015 235 125 110
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 42,185 21,005 21,175
Car, truck, van - as a driver 2,739,405 1,475,775 1,263,625 21,280 11,660 9,625
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 133,760 51,045 82,715 1,420 450 970
Public transit 503,285 217,465 285,820 11,055 4,630 6,425
Walked 205,350 93,595 111,760 4,060 1,690 2,375
Bicycle 54,625 36,470 18,155 3,560 2,170 1,395
Other method 36,010 20,845 15,170 805 410 395
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 42,185 21,005 21,180
Less than 15 minutes 1,035,455 493,225 542,235 8,060 3,670 4,390
15 to 29 minutes 1,200,455 617,010 583,445 17,090 8,845 8,245
30 to 44 minutes 777,955 425,640 352,310 11,415 5,680 5,735
45 to 59 minutes 343,540 184,440 159,100 3,430 1,780 1,650
60 minutes and over 315,035 174,875 140,160 2,185 1,030 1,155
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 42,185 21,005 21,180
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 256,150 192,835 63,315 955 675 275
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 675,585 420,120 255,465 3,975 2,395 1,580
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 1,133,510 527,925 605,580 10,000 4,975 5,035
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 714,935 296,300 418,630 13,685 6,500 7,190
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 349,845 148,715 201,125 8,740 4,195 4,545
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 542,425 309,295 233,125 4,825 2,265 2,560
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 59,805 29,915 29,885
Single responses 4,187,865 2,169,480 2,018,385 58,445 29,335 29,105
Official languages 4,153,710 2,152,290 2,001,420 55,655 27,680 27,975
English 541,720 294,935 246,780 55,400 27,615 27,785
French 3,611,990 1,857,350 1,754,640 255 65 190
Non-official languages 34,160 17,190 16,970 2,790 1,660 1,130
Aboriginal languages 12,670 6,180 6,490 0 0 0
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 0 10 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 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 2,785 1,660 1,125
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,895 1,125 775 15 10 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 10 10 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 10 0 10
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 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 315 140 175 0 0 0
Vietnamese 1,410 710 695 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 135 65 70 0 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 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 10 0 0
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 4,910 180 120 60
Albanian 30 20 10 0 0 0
Armenian 275 130 145 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,130 500 635 25 25 0
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 30 25 0
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 15 15 10
Serbian 10 15 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 10 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 50 30 20
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 15 10 0 0 0 0
Dutch 25 10 15 10 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 370 170 195 35 20 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 10 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 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,385 780 600 15 10 10
Indo-Aryan languages 680 390 295 0 0 0
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 10 0 0
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 15 10 0
Kurdish 15 0 15 0 0 0
Pashto 10 0 15 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 675 385 285 15 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 5,525 2,990 2,540 75 45 30
Catalan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Italian 590 315 275 10 0 0
Portuguese 635 365 270 10 0 0
Romanian 320 140 175 0 0 0
Spanish 3,975 2,165 1,810 60 35 20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 235 80 150 105 40 65
Kartvelian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 300 150 150 175 95 85
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 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0 10 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 125 20 110 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 45 30 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,070 3,125 2,945 2,275 1,365 915
Chinese languages 6,075 3,130 2,950 2,280 1,360 915
Cantonese 2,655 1,325 1,330 380 210 170
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 3,100 1,630 1,465 1,835 1,115 720
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 10 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 235 130 110 55 35 20
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 10 0
Lao 55 25 30 0 0 0
Thai 55 10 40 10 10 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 10 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 10 0
Multiple responses 341,900 182,635 159,265 1,360 580 780
English and French 315,620 169,365 146,255 155 55 100
English and non-official language 6,545 3,655 2,890 1,170 515 660
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 30 10 20
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 59,805 29,915 29,885
None 3,107,035 1,588,345 1,518,690 54,025 27,130 26,895
English 1,031,380 555,940 475,440 1,250 615 635
French 317,490 169,785 147,705 945 440 500
Non-official language 49,850 25,900 23,950 3,370 1,630 1,735
Aboriginal 4,985 2,285 2,705 20 10 10
Non-Aboriginal 44,865 23,620 21,245 3,350 1,625 1,725
English and French 2,185 1,040 1,140 10 0 0
English and non-official language 14,910 7,255 7,655 65 35 25
French and non-official language 6,855 3,795 3,055 145 60 85
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 3,982,575 101,965 48,075 53,885
Non-movers 6,965,520 3,447,320 3,518,195 83,095 39,070 44,025
Movers 914,800 450,420 464,380 18,870 9,005 9,860
Non-migrants 547,410 269,850 277,560 10,775 5,205 5,570
Migrants 367,385 180,565 186,820 8,095 3,800 4,290
Internal migrants 305,465 149,335 156,135 4,100 1,895 2,210
Intraprovincial migrants 284,280 137,945 146,330 2,230 1,005 1,225
Interprovincial migrants 21,190 11,385 9,805 1,875 890 985
External migrants 61,920 31,235 30,685 3,995 1,905 2,085
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 98,910 46,410 52,500
Non-movers 4,825,870 2,388,805 2,437,065 51,775 24,325 27,440
Movers 2,695,090 1,325,345 1,369,740 47,140 22,080 25,055
Non-migrants 1,507,665 741,220 766,440 22,050 10,335 11,715
Migrants 1,187,425 584,125 603,295 25,085 11,745 13,340
Internal migrants 949,170 464,830 484,340 11,035 5,100 5,935
Intraprovincial migrants 893,800 436,525 457,270 6,195 2,885 3,305
Interprovincial migrants 55,370 28,300 27,070 4,840 2,210 2,630
External migrants 238,250 119,295 118,960 14,050 6,640 7,410

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Quebec [Province] and Vancouver Quadra [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 2, 2024).

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