Census Profile, 2016 Census
South West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario and Nanaimo, Regional district [Census division], British Columbia

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Characteristic South West,
Ontario
[Health region, December 2017]
Nanaimo, RD
British Columbia
[Census division]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 953,261 ... ... 155,698 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 925,278 ... ... 146,574 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.0 ... ... 6.2 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 431,713 ... ... 73,622 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 392,202 ... ... 68,904 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 45.6 ... ... 76.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 20,917.77 ... ... 2,038.04 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 953,265 466,215 487,050 155,695 75,340 80,360
0 to 14 years 160,035 81,790 78,250 19,985 10,250 9,735
0 to 4 years 51,940 26,565 25,375 6,240 3,210 3,030
5 to 9 years 54,675 27,975 26,700 6,995 3,585 3,405
10 to 14 years 53,420 27,240 26,175 6,755 3,455 3,295
15 to 64 years 613,095 302,905 310,185 93,625 45,170 48,460
15 to 19 years 56,675 28,960 27,715 7,445 3,860 3,580
20 to 24 years 61,995 31,575 30,415 7,720 3,940 3,785
25 to 29 years 57,895 29,000 28,895 7,605 3,830 3,780
30 to 34 years 57,120 28,260 28,860 8,045 3,905 4,140
35 to 39 years 54,775 26,970 27,810 7,670 3,710 3,955
40 to 44 years 55,140 27,170 27,970 8,060 3,910 4,150
45 to 49 years 59,355 29,080 30,275 9,145 4,325 4,820
50 to 54 years 72,215 35,305 36,910 10,955 5,115 5,845
55 to 59 years 72,400 35,010 37,390 12,950 6,065 6,885
60 to 64 years 65,520 31,580 33,935 14,030 6,515 7,515
65 years and over 180,135 81,520 98,610 42,090 19,915 22,170
65 to 69 years 58,735 28,185 30,550 13,845 6,650 7,195
70 to 74 years 42,750 20,355 22,395 10,445 5,125 5,320
75 to 79 years 31,315 14,625 16,695 7,320 3,600 3,720
80 to 84 years 23,010 9,930 13,085 5,165 2,470 2,695
85 years and over 24,315 8,430 15,885 5,305 2,065 3,240
85 to 89 years 15,100 5,790 9,305 3,295 1,435 1,855
90 to 94 years 7,275 2,205 5,065 1,535 515 1,025
95 to 99 years 1,705 395 1,315 420 110 305
100 years and over 235 35 200 55 10 50
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 16.8 17.5 16.1 12.8 13.6 12.1
15 to 64 years 64.3 65.0 63.7 60.1 60.0 60.3
65 years and over 18.9 17.5 20.2 27.0 26.4 27.6
85 years and over 2.6 1.8 3.3 3.4 2.7 4.0
Average age of the population 41.8 40.8 42.8 47.2 46.3 48.0
Median age of the population 42.6 41.2 43.9 51.1 49.9 52.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 392,205 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Single-detached house 259,030 ... ... 44,910 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 38,260 ... ... 1,320 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 92,470 ... ... 20,045 ... ...
Semi-detached house 14,785 ... ... 2,985 ... ...
Row house 29,520 ... ... 2,940 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 8,070 ... ... 5,335 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 39,215 ... ... 8,640 ... ...
Other single-attached house 890 ... ... 145 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 2,445 ... ... 2,635 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 392,205 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
1 person 111,970 ... ... 20,190 ... ...
2 persons 144,490 ... ... 29,880 ... ...
3 persons 55,515 ... ... 8,775 ... ...
4 persons 49,995 ... ... 6,635 ... ...
5 or more persons 30,230 ... ... 3,430 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 936,380 ... ... 151,630 ... ...
Average household size 2.4 ... ... 2.2 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 793,230 384,425 408,800 135,710 65,085 70,625
Married or living common law 468,085 233,905 234,185 81,785 40,795 40,990
Married 394,620 197,245 197,380 66,730 33,310 33,425
Living common law 73,465 36,655 36,805 15,055 7,485 7,570
Not married and not living common law 325,140 150,525 174,620 53,925 24,290 29,635
Never married 203,275 109,990 93,280 29,520 16,145 13,375
Separated 24,680 10,900 13,775 3,935 1,710 2,225
Divorced 47,405 19,250 28,155 11,130 4,360 6,770
Widowed 49,780 10,385 39,405 9,345 2,075 7,265
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 270,975 ... ... 46,660 ... ...
2 persons 144,950 ... ... 30,495 ... ...
3 persons 53,255 ... ... 8,005 ... ...
4 persons 47,770 ... ... 6,045 ... ...
5 or more persons 25,005 ... ... 2,110 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.9 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 270,975 ... ... 46,660 ... ...
Total couple families 229,870 ... ... 39,875 ... ...
Married couples 193,145 ... ... 32,350 ... ...
Common-law couples 36,730 ... ... 7,525 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 41,105 ... ... 6,780 ... ...
Female parent 32,355 ... ... 5,245 ... ...
Male parent 8,750 ... ... 1,535 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 229,870 ... ... 39,880 ... ...
Couples without children 120,035 ... ... 26,130 ... ...
Couples with children 109,835 ... ... 13,745 ... ...
1 child 41,490 ... ... 6,135 ... ...
2 children 44,455 ... ... 5,630 ... ...
3 or more children 23,890 ... ... 1,985 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 41,105 ... ... 6,785 ... ...
1 child 24,915 ... ... 4,365 ... ...
2 children 11,770 ... ... 1,870 ... ...
3 or more children 4,425 ... ... 545 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 157,360 74,110 83,255 31,280 14,365 16,910
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 392,205 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
One-census-family households 261,720 ... ... 44,635 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 116,465 ... ... 25,190 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 145,250 ... ... 19,445 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 4,575 ... ... 1,000 ... ...
Non-census-family households 125,915 ... ... 23,275 ... ...
One-person households 111,970 ... ... 20,185 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 13,940 ... ... 3,085 ... ...
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 15 941,460 461,805 479,655 153,155 74,450 78,710
English only 879,830 435,790 444,040 142,510 69,730 72,775
French only 315 150 170 15 10 10
English and French 51,890 21,745 30,140 10,020 4,455 5,565
Neither English nor French 9,435 4,120 5,310 615 260 355
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 16 941,460 461,805 479,655 153,160 74,450 78,710
English 920,890 452,550 468,340 150,450 73,185 77,260
French 8,965 4,135 4,825 1,910 925 985
English and French 2,420 1,130 1,285 205 90 115
Neither English nor French 9,185 3,985 5,205 595 250 350
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 10,175 4,700 5,470 2,015 970 1,045
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3
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 18 941,460 461,805 479,655 153,155 74,445 78,710
Single responses 930,115 456,310 473,805 151,630 73,735 77,895
Official languages 799,985 393,330 406,655 137,690 67,220 70,475
English 790,540 388,990 401,550 135,570 66,195 69,380
French 9,450 4,345 5,105 2,125 1,025 1,100
Non-official languages 130,130 62,980 67,145 13,940 6,510 7,420
Aboriginal languages 390 160 225 135 55 80
Algonquian languages 300 130 170 20 5 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 20 5 15 15 5 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 5 0
Plains Cree 5 5 0 5 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 10 10 5 10
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 0 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 275 125 150 5 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 270 125 145 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 5 5 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 5
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 5
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 10 0 5 5 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 5 0 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 5
Iroquoian languages 60 20 40 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 5 0 0 0
Oneida 50 15 35 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0 5
Salish languages 0 0 5 35 15 20
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 30 15 20
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 5 5 0
Siouan languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 5 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 40 15 25
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 5 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 20 10 5
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 20 10 15
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 15 5 5 15 5 15
Non-Aboriginal languages 129,735 62,820 66,920 13,805 6,460 7,340
Afro-Asiatic languages 13,630 6,975 6,655 365 250 115
Berber languages 15 10 5 0 0 0
Kabyle 10 5 5 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 280 135 145 10 5 5
Bilen 5 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 245 110 125 5 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 5 0 5
Semitic languages 13,320 6,825 6,495 355 245 115
Amharic 275 145 135 10 5 5
Arabic 11,020 5,650 5,370 305 215 90
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,050 525 525 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 210 100 105 0 0 0
Harari 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 150 90 65 30 20 10
Maltese 280 145 135 15 5 5
Tigrigna 275 135 135 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 30 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,020 1,385 1,635 520 250 270
Khmer (Cambodian) 955 445 510 90 45 45
Vietnamese 2,065 940 1,125 430 200 225
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,535 925 1,610 820 280 540
Bikol 10 5 5 5 0 0
Cebuano 115 30 85 40 10 25
Fijian 0 0 0 5 5 0
Hiligaynon 30 10 20 10 5 10
Ilocano 195 90 110 40 15 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 160 75 85 30 5 25
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 15 5 10 5 5 5
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,970 705 1,265 645 220 425
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 30 10 20 35 20 15
Creole languages 115 65 55 10 5 5
Haitian Creole 5 5 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 45 30 20 10 10 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 30 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,565 820 740 50 30 20
Kannada 70 40 25 0 0 0
Malayalam 945 475 470 35 20 10
Tamil 380 195 185 15 10 5
Telugu 165 100 60 5 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 90,740 44,160 46,575 8,570 4,105 4,460
Albanian 1,130 580 550 5 5 5
Armenian 115 55 60 10 5 5
Balto-Slavic languages 15,325 7,135 8,185 1,545 730 815
Baltic languages 400 175 235 45 25 20
Latvian 145 70 75 30 15 15
Lithuanian 255 105 155 15 5 10
Slavic languages 14,920 6,965 7,955 1,495 710 790
Belarusan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 685 345 340 5 5 5
Bulgarian 85 40 45 25 20 10
Croatian 1,255 625 630 185 100 85
Czech 575 275 300 155 70 85
Macedonian 120 55 70 20 10 10
Polish 7,000 3,200 3,800 325 150 170
Russian 1,630 740 895 275 115 160
Serbian 1,005 510 490 60 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 355 170 185 20 5 10
Slovak 485 230 260 75 35 40
Slovene (Slovenian) 330 140 185 35 15 20
Ukrainian 1,305 600 710 300 140 160
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 40 20 15 10
Celtic languages 80 35 45 35 15 15
Scottish Gaelic 30 15 20 10 5 5
Welsh 40 15 20 20 10 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 0 5
Germanic languages 39,090 19,020 20,065 4,265 2,005 2,265
Afrikaans 145 75 75 115 55 65
Danish 400 210 190 365 180 190
Dutch 11,120 5,440 5,680 1,085 515 565
Frisian 235 120 110 10 5 10
German 26,155 12,700 13,450 2,355 1,080 1,275
Icelandic 10 5 10 15 10 5
Norwegian 50 20 30 135 55 80
Swedish 120 55 65 145 70 65
Vlaams (Flemish) 780 355 425 40 25 10
Yiddish 30 20 15 10 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 45 20 20 5 5 0
Greek 2,165 1,085 1,080 90 60 30
Indo-Iranian languages 10,195 5,275 4,920 1,385 705 675
Indo-Aryan languages 6,920 3,605 3,315 1,220 625 595
Bengali 510 260 255 25 15 10
Gujarati 1,050 550 500 50 25 25
Hindi 985 525 460 140 70 65
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 30 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 100 55 50 0 0 0
Nepali 735 360 380 10 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 10 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,485 790 695 940 470 470
Sindhi 85 40 35 10 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 70 70 10 5 5
Urdu 1,790 935 850 40 25 20
Iranian languages 3,235 1,645 1,590 160 80 80
Kurdish 1,000 530 475 0 5 0
Pashto 200 100 105 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,035 1,020 1,015 160 80 80
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 22,645 10,980 11,670 1,235 580 655
Catalan 20 10 15 0 0 0
Italian 4,235 2,150 2,085 350 195 150
Portuguese 7,155 3,445 3,710 200 90 110
Romanian 1,095 510 585 60 25 30
Spanish 10,125 4,855 5,270 625 270 355
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Japanese 395 160 235 370 130 235
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 3,205 1,475 1,730 470 195 275
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 750 365 385 90 45 45
Akan (Twi) 75 40 40 15 5 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 5 0 0
Ewe 15 5 10 0 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 5 0 5 0 5
Ga 20 5 15 0 5 5
Ganda 20 10 10 5 0 5
Igbo 55 30 25 0 0 0
Lingala 25 15 5 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 20 20 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 40 15 25 5 0 5
Shona 45 20 25 5 0 0
Swahili 155 70 80 5 5 0
Wolof 5 5 5 0 0 0
Yoruba 70 40 35 15 5 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 175 80 95 25 15 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 210 95 120 0 0 0
Dinka 125 55 70 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 95 40 50 0 0 0
Sign languages 275 150 120 20 15 10
American Sign Language 140 75 60 5 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 130 70 60 10 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,585 4,470 5,115 1,925 880 1,040
Chinese languages 9,315 4,330 4,980 1,920 875 1,040
Cantonese 2,290 1,080 1,205 505 230 280
Hakka 30 20 15 10 0 5
Mandarin 6,190 2,850 3,345 1,240 570 665
Min Dong 5 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 140 55 80 35 10 25
Wu (Shanghainese) 100 35 60 15 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 560 285 275 125 65 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 265 135 135 5 0 0
Burmese 35 20 15 5 0 0
Karenic languages 215 110 100 0 0 0
Tibetan 5 0 0 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 490 225 270 100 25 75
Lao 350 180 175 5 5 0
Thai 140 50 95 95 20 70
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 505 275 225 35 25 15
Azerbaijani 45 25 20 0 0 0
Turkish 380 205 175 30 20 15
Uyghur 30 20 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 0 5 0
Uralic languages 2,645 1,240 1,400 440 215 225
Estonian 105 45 55 25 15 10
Finnish 230 95 130 135 60 75
Hungarian 2,305 1,095 1,210 275 140 135
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 75 35 40 15 10 5
Multiple responses 11,345 5,495 5,850 1,530 720 810
English and French 1,795 790 1,005 385 180 200
English and non-official language 8,960 4,425 4,535 1,090 510 570
French and non-official language 310 155 155 35 10 20
English, French and non-official language 280 120 155 25 10 15
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 19 941,460 461,805 479,655 153,160 74,450 78,710
Single responses 918,060 450,475 467,580 150,735 73,345 77,385
Official languages 858,995 421,985 437,010 146,210 71,150 75,055
English 856,525 420,845 435,680 145,795 70,960 74,840
French 2,475 1,140 1,330 415 190 220
Non-official languages 59,060 28,490 30,570 4,525 2,195 2,330
Aboriginal languages 95 40 60 5 5 5
Algonquian languages 70 30 40 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 70 30 40 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 30 40 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 5 0 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 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 5 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. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 5 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 15 5 10 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 5
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 5 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 5 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 5 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 58,965 28,450 30,510 4,520 2,195 2,325
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,625 3,760 3,865 200 120 80
Berber languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 135 55 80 10 0 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 0 5 0 0 0
Somali 120 50 75 5 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 5 5
Semitic languages 7,480 3,700 3,785 195 115 75
Amharic 120 60 60 5 0 0
Arabic 6,360 3,135 3,220 175 105 65
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 660 325 340 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 115 60 55 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 60 35 25 15 5 5
Maltese 25 10 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 110 55 55 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,825 840 985 350 170 175
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 240 290 65 30 35
Vietnamese 1,295 600 695 280 140 140
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 905 400 505 220 100 125
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 25 5 15 5 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 5 0
Hiligaynon 5 5 5 0 5 0
Ilocano 65 35 35 5 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 45 25 20 5 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 765 330 435 190 85 105
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 20 5 10
Creole languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 5 5 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 15 10 5 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 800 420 380 10 10 5
Kannada 20 15 10 5 0 0
Malayalam 550 280 270 15 10 5
Tamil 160 85 75 0 0 0
Telugu 65 40 30 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 37,100 17,990 19,105 1,880 915 965
Albanian 510 245 260 0 0 0
Armenian 40 15 20 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 5,960 2,870 3,090 380 175 205
Baltic languages 65 25 40 5 0 5
Latvian 15 5 10 5 0 5
Lithuanian 50 20 30 0 0 0
Slavic languages 5,900 2,845 3,050 370 175 195
Belarusan 10 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 330 165 170 5 0 0
Bulgarian 45 25 20 10 5 5
Croatian 425 210 215 45 20 25
Czech 155 80 75 45 20 20
Macedonian 35 15 20 5 5 5
Polish 2,980 1,415 1,570 70 30 35
Russian 830 410 420 155 75 85
Serbian 445 235 215 10 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 140 65 75 5 0 5
Slovak 110 45 60 10 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 60 25 35 10 5 5
Ukrainian 320 150 170 10 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 0 10 0 0 5
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 13,955 6,895 7,055 425 205 215
Afrikaans 65 35 30 45 20 20
Danish 25 15 10 25 10 15
Dutch 1,370 685 685 100 50 50
Frisian 25 15 15 0 0 0
German 12,025 5,940 6,090 225 110 115
Icelandic 0 0 0 5 5 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 5 5 5
Swedish 15 10 10 10 5 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 65 30 35 5 0 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 360 175 185 0 0 0
Greek 825 390 435 20 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages 5,865 2,930 2,935 755 375 385
Indo-Aryan languages 3,880 1,945 1,930 665 335 330
Bengali 275 140 140 10 10 5
Gujarati 560 280 280 15 5 10
Hindi 470 245 225 50 30 25
Kashmiri 5 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 50 25 25 0 0 0
Nepali 670 320 345 5 0 5
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 735 375 365 560 280 280
Sindhi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 40 35 0 0 0
Urdu 995 495 495 25 10 15
Iranian languages 1,970 970 1,000 90 40 50
Kurdish 615 305 305 0 0 0
Pashto 120 55 60 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,240 615 630 90 40 50
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 9,930 4,635 5,295 300 145 155
Catalan 5 5 5 0 0 0
Italian 970 425 545 45 20 20
Portuguese 2,660 1,205 1,455 50 20 25
Romanian 410 200 210 10 5 5
Spanish 5,875 2,800 3,080 195 100 95
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 190 95 95 160 75 85
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 5
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 2,380 1,085 1,290 320 145 175
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 190 75 115 15 10 5
Akan (Twi) 15 5 10 5 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ga 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ganda 0 5 0 0 0 0
Igbo 15 5 10 0 0 0
Lingala 5 5 5 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 10 5 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 55 15 35 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 10 10 5 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 20 25 0 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 85 40 45 0 0 0
Dinka 45 25 25 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 15 20 0 0 0
Sign languages 350 210 140 25 15 15
American Sign Language 140 85 60 10 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 205 125 80 20 15 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,395 2,995 3,405 1,230 590 640
Chinese languages 6,220 2,905 3,320 1,225 590 635
Cantonese 1,305 605 705 235 115 115
Hakka 15 0 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 4,450 2,065 2,390 895 420 470
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 55 20 35 15 5 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 50 25 25 5 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 350 190 165 80 45 40
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 175 90 85 0 0 0
Burmese 15 10 10 0 0 0
Karenic languages 150 80 75 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 230 115 110 20 5 10
Lao 170 90 80 0 0 0
Thai 60 30 35 15 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 235 120 115 15 10 5
Azerbaijani 15 5 5 0 5 0
Turkish 175 85 90 15 5 10
Uyghur 15 10 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 620 280 335 75 35 35
Estonian 10 5 5 10 0 5
Finnish 20 5 10 25 10 10
Hungarian 585 270 315 45 20 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 5
Multiple responses 23,400 11,330 12,075 2,430 1,105 1,325
English and French 1,065 465 595 165 65 100
English and non-official language 21,770 10,605 11,165 2,225 1,020 1,195
French and non-official language 110 45 65 10 0 5
English, French and non-official language 460 210 250 40 20 20
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 20 941,460 461,805 479,655 153,160 74,450 78,710
None 866,140 425,890 440,250 144,800 70,625 74,175
English 25,335 12,350 12,980 2,085 1,005 1,080
French 8,115 3,325 4,790 1,480 640 845
Non-official language 40,635 19,660 20,980 4,655 2,115 2,540
Aboriginal 425 180 245 150 65 85
Non-Aboriginal 40,210 19,480 20,730 4,510 2,055 2,450
English and French 230 105 125 15 10 5
English and non-official language 360 190 165 60 35 25
French and non-official language 635 280 355 65 20 45
English, French and non-official language 10 0 5 0 0 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 776,705 378,000 398,700 131,685 63,410 68,275
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 749,125 365,075 384,050 127,890 61,560 66,335
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,644 40,127 28,495 32,009 39,050 26,862
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 749,325 365,090 384,240 128,025 61,650 66,370
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,648 35,899 26,346 28,963 34,413 25,112
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 674,075 334,710 339,370 115,410 56,380 59,030
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,394 38,763 25,129 28,056 34,912 22,523
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 547,305 246,880 300,430 97,055 43,595 53,460
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,439 4,964 7,073 8,570 9,511 8,114
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 550,225 285,635 264,590 86,710 43,855 42,855
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,738 37,534 26,956 25,825 30,707 22,128
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 776,795 378,005 398,790 131,685 63,380 68,305
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 748,905 364,830 384,075 127,950 61,535 66,410
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 43,657 50,839 36,835 41,934 49,945 34,511
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 749,125 364,840 384,285 128,055 61,625 66,430
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,769 41,997 31,806 35,659 41,491 30,248
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 674,020 334,720 339,300 115,425 56,335 59,090
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 41,919 49,809 34,136 38,961 47,399 30,915
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 547,485 247,585 299,900 97,080 43,655 53,425
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,110 7,574 8,552 8,945 9,235 8,708
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 550,225 285,215 265,010 86,705 43,665 43,045
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,837 46,875 34,339 36,011 42,397 29,533
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 776,795 378,005 398,790 131,685 63,380 68,305
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 24 270,225 153,890 116,330 32,065 17,830 14,235
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 49,902 54,441 45,298 48,369 54,248 43,590
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 58,665 63,990 51,620 55,680 61,320 48,617
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 86.5 90.0 81.8 83.7 86.8 79.7
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 68.9 72.5 64.1 58.7 61.6 54.9
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 13.5 10.0 18.2 16.3 13.2 20.3
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 776,705 378,005 398,700 131,685 63,410 68,275
Without total income 27,575 12,930 14,650 3,795 1,850 1,940
With total income 749,125 365,075 384,050 127,890 61,560 66,330
Percentage with total income 96.4 96.6 96.3 97.1 97.1 97.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 100,450 43,365 57,085 16,560 6,935 9,625
$10,000 to $19,999 130,770 51,830 78,945 24,000 9,015 14,985
$20,000 to $29,999 109,350 45,350 64,010 19,880 8,140 11,750
$30,000 to $39,999 90,980 41,385 49,595 16,400 7,365 9,035
$40,000 to $49,999 83,370 41,170 42,195 13,495 6,515 6,980
$50,000 to $59,999 62,775 34,340 28,435 10,015 5,415 4,600
$60,000 to $69,999 45,910 27,195 18,715 7,490 4,595 2,890
$70,000 to $79,999 31,955 19,360 12,600 5,475 3,395 2,075
$80,000 to $89,999 23,295 14,155 9,135 4,080 2,585 1,495
$90,000 to $99,999 21,425 12,175 9,245 2,925 1,900 1,030
$100,000 and over 48,835 34,750 14,090 7,570 5,705 1,865
$100,000 to $149,999 33,830 23,435 10,395 5,495 4,095 1,400
$150,000 and over 15,005 11,315 3,690 2,075 1,615 460
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 776,705 378,005 398,700 131,685 63,410 68,275
Without after-tax income 27,375 12,915 14,460 3,665 1,760 1,900
With after-tax income 749,325 365,090 384,240 128,025 61,650 66,375
Percentage with after-tax income 96.5 96.6 96.4 97.2 97.2 97.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 103,950 44,170 59,775 17,580 7,390 10,190
$10,000 to $19,999 136,770 54,415 82,355 25,285 9,700 15,585
$20,000 to $29,999 126,875 53,675 73,200 23,235 9,770 13,465
$30,000 to $39,999 110,555 52,590 57,965 18,725 8,670 10,055
$40,000 to $49,999 91,740 48,370 43,370 14,190 7,270 6,925
$50,000 to $59,999 60,715 35,505 25,205 9,675 5,815 3,860
$60,000 to $69,999 38,965 23,810 15,155 6,710 4,230 2,480
$70,000 to $79,999 30,165 17,750 12,415 4,610 2,870 1,735
$80,000 and over 49,600 34,815 14,790 8,005 5,935 2,070
$80,000 to $89,999 17,175 11,095 6,080 2,805 2,000 805
$90,000 to $99,999 10,035 7,060 2,975 1,595 1,165 430
$100,000 and over 22,390 16,650 5,735 3,605 2,770 835
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 776,705 378,005 398,700 131,685 63,410 68,270
Without employment income 226,480 92,365 134,110 44,980 19,560 25,420
With employment income 550,225 285,640 264,585 86,705 43,855 42,850
Percentage with employment income 70.8 75.6 66.4 65.8 69.2 62.8
Under $5,000 (including loss) 84,450 42,735 41,715 18,170 9,005 9,165
$5,000 to $9,999 46,660 20,145 26,525 7,060 3,070 3,990
$10,000 to $19,999 73,445 32,745 40,700 12,265 5,200 7,070
$20,000 to $29,999 59,980 26,955 33,025 9,920 4,345 5,580
$30,000 to $39,999 58,715 26,910 31,805 8,655 3,725 4,930
$40,000 to $49,999 56,345 28,555 27,790 7,380 3,405 3,975
$50,000 to $59,999 43,865 25,310 18,560 5,745 3,065 2,675
$60,000 to $69,999 31,780 19,480 12,295 4,345 2,705 1,635
$70,000 to $79,999 22,700 14,190 8,505 3,450 2,155 1,300
$80,000 and over 72,280 48,605 23,670 9,720 7,180 2,535
$80,000 to $89,999 18,155 11,020 7,135 2,775 1,790 990
$90,000 to $99,999 17,860 10,165 7,690 1,985 1,325 660
$100,000 and over 36,265 27,415 8,845 4,955 4,070 885
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 392,200 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 66,467 ... ... 62,349 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 59,063 ... ... 55,521 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 111,970 ... ... 20,185 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,912 ... ... 31,875 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 30,770 ... ... 28,809 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 280,235 ... ... 48,720 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 83,304 ... ... 78,395 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 73,469 ... ... 69,150 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 392,235 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 83,354 ... ... 77,868 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 70,224 ... ... 66,269 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 111,880 ... ... 20,155 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 43,552 ... ... 40,901 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,804 ... ... 35,050 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 280,360 ... ... 48,750 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 99,238 ... ... 93,151 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 83,561 ... ... 79,177 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 392,200 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
Under $5,000 5,935 ... ... 1,160 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 5,665 ... ... 935 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 11,270 ... ... 2,170 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 15,005 ... ... 3,130 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 18,220 ... ... 3,435 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 15,985 ... ... 2,985 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 17,745 ... ... 3,440 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 18,130 ... ... 3,430 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 17,920 ... ... 3,375 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 17,490 ... ... 3,115 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 33,030 ... ... 5,950 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 29,890 ... ... 5,405 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 27,270 ... ... 4,715 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 24,075 ... ... 4,300 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 21,790 ... ... 3,730 ... ...
$100,000 and over 112,780 ... ... 17,610 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 40,470 ... ... 6,745 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 26,355 ... ... 4,180 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 26,875 ... ... 4,035 ... ...
$200,000 and over 19,080 ... ... 2,645 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 392,200 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Under $5,000 6,345 ... ... 1,245 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 5,785 ... ... 950 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 11,455 ... ... 2,220 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 15,715 ... ... 3,220 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 20,435 ... ... 3,915 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 18,125 ... ... 3,680 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 20,460 ... ... 4,020 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 21,345 ... ... 4,010 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 21,300 ... ... 3,885 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 20,560 ... ... 3,595 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 37,865 ... ... 6,690 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 33,925 ... ... 5,980 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 30,670 ... ... 5,275 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 26,055 ... ... 4,420 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 21,105 ... ... 3,405 ... ...
$100,000 and over 81,060 ... ... 12,375 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 36,800 ... ... 5,805 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 20,175 ... ... 3,045 ... ...
$150,000 and over 24,090 ... ... 3,525 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 269,635 ... ... 46,275 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 83,999 ... ... 78,469 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 73,969 ... ... 69,084 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.9 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 114,380 ... ... 24,775 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 76,604 ... ... 74,504 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 67,688 ... ... 65,871 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 110,730 ... ... 13,900 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 108,077 ... ... 104,867 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 93,392 ... ... 90,807 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 38,600 ... ... 6,360 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 49,836 ... ... 45,102 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 46,558 ... ... 41,856 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 269,755 ... ... 46,275 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 100,076 ... ... 93,187 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 84,147 ... ... 79,044 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 114,520 ... ... 24,840 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 91,388 ... ... 90,186 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 76,708 ... ... 76,037 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 110,770 ... ... 13,935 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 123,830 ... ... 115,337 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 103,243 ... ... 97,625 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 38,625 ... ... 6,350 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,041 ... ... 54,615 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,020 ... ... 48,552 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 142,100 67,555 74,550 28,340 13,105 15,235
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 30,607 32,444 29,270 28,316 29,504 27,720
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,118 29,412 27,218 26,153 26,696 25,786
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 141,760 67,675 74,085 28,340 13,070 15,270
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 40,200 42,723 37,896 37,161 38,845 35,719
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 34,182 35,603 32,883 32,056 32,927 31,310
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 936,380 459,615 476,765 151,625 73,645 77,990
In the bottom half of the distribution 485,150 232,135 253,010 82,375 38,905 43,470
In the bottom decile 95,010 46,065 48,945 18,115 8,670 9,445
In the second decile 96,805 43,595 53,210 17,200 7,735 9,465
In the third decile 99,685 47,415 52,275 15,895 7,435 8,455
In the fourth decile 96,920 47,210 49,715 15,745 7,560 8,180
In the fifth decile 96,725 47,850 48,870 15,425 7,500 7,925
In the top half of the distribution 451,230 227,475 223,755 69,255 34,740 34,515
In the sixth decile 97,355 48,520 48,830 14,925 7,320 7,600
In the seventh decile 95,820 47,980 47,845 14,975 7,485 7,495
In the eighth decile 94,475 47,740 46,735 14,600 7,285 7,315
In the ninth decile 89,850 45,400 44,450 13,725 6,960 6,765
In the top decile 73,735 37,840 35,890 11,030 5,690 5,345
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 43 934,570 458,730 475,840 150,595 73,110 77,480
0 to 17 years 192,165 98,275 93,895 24,010 12,350 11,660
0 to 5 years 62,260 31,840 30,420 7,515 3,855 3,665
18 to 64 years 574,550 282,710 291,840 87,500 41,860 45,640
65 years and over 167,850 77,750 90,105 39,090 18,900 20,185
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 140,135 65,195 74,940 24,345 11,240 13,105
0 to 17 years 37,290 19,010 18,275 5,330 2,775 2,555
0 to 5 years 13,560 6,935 6,625 1,730 900 825
18 to 64 years 83,000 38,895 44,105 14,365 6,595 7,775
65 years and over 19,845 7,285 12,560 4,645 1,875 2,770
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 15.0 14.2 15.7 16.2 15.4 16.9
0 to 17 years (%) 19.4 19.3 19.5 22.2 22.5 21.9
0 to 5 years (%) 21.8 21.8 21.8 23.0 23.3 22.5
18 to 64 years (%) 14.4 13.8 15.1 16.4 15.8 17.0
65 years and over (%) 11.8 9.4 13.9 11.9 9.9 13.7
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 68,900 33,990 34,910 12,960 6,360 6,595
0 to 17 years 15,925 8,115 7,810 2,645 1,385 1,260
0 to 5 years 5,910 3,030 2,885 860 460 400
18 to 64 years 49,800 24,535 25,265 9,555 4,625 4,925
65 years and over 3,175 1,340 1,840 760 345 415
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 7.4 7.4 7.3 8.6 8.7 8.5
0 to 17 years (%) 8.3 8.3 8.3 11.0 11.2 10.8
0 to 5 years (%) 9.5 9.5 9.5 11.4 11.9 10.9
18 to 64 years (%) 8.7 8.7 8.7 10.9 11.0 10.8
65 years and over (%) 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.1
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 44 936,390 459,585 476,800 151,630 73,645 77,985
Official languages 927,070 455,760 471,310 151,025 73,375 77,650
English 926,680 455,565 471,110 151,015 73,370 77,645
French 51,890 21,560 30,330 9,955 4,490 5,460
Non-official languages 159,680 77,230 82,450 18,905 8,880 10,030
Aboriginal languages 800 305 495 325 160 160
Algonquian languages 585 240 345 50 30 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 35 10 20 25 10 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 10 10 0
Plains Cree 10 0 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 25 10 10 20 0 15
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 535 220 320 30 25 0
Algonquin 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway 530 220 315 25 20 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 10 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 0 0 10
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 10 10 0 10
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 10 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 10 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 15 0 10
Inuit languages 20 10 10 15 10 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 0 15 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Iroquoian languages 160 50 110 0 0 0
Cayuga 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 20 10 15 0 0 0
Oneida 130 45 85 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 15 10 15 10 0 10
Salish languages 0 0 0 130 60 70
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 105 50 60
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 10 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 10 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 15 10 0
Siouan languages 0 0 10 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 0 105 50 50
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 50 25 20
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 50 20 35
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 0 0 0 0 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 158,895 76,930 81,960 18,585 8,715 9,875
Afro-Asiatic languages 17,720 9,135 8,585 440 285 155
Berber languages 15 10 10 10 10 0
Kabyle 0 10 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 460 205 255 10 0 10
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 10 15 0 0 0
Somali 405 175 225 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15 0 0 10
Semitic languages 17,230 8,910 8,315 425 275 150
Amharic 425 220 205 0 0 0
Arabic 14,965 7,770 7,195 335 250 85
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 1,390 690 695 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 255 135 120 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 395 225 175 80 30 50
Maltese 345 165 180 0 0 10
Tigrigna 430 210 230 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 55 45 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 65 35 30 10 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,075 1,920 2,160 580 295 285
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,310 640 665 100 65 35
Vietnamese 2,780 1,295 1,485 485 235 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 3,405 1,295 2,110 1,170 390 780
Bikol 20 0 15 0 0 0
Cebuano 175 45 130 125 50 75
Fijian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 60 20 40 15 0 15
Ilocano 275 105 175 70 25 40
Malagasy 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 245 125 120 90 35 60
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 0 10 0 0 10
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 10 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,980 1,095 1,885 1,025 325 700
Waray-Waray 10 0 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 55 25 30 25 10 15
Creole languages 315 175 140 35 20 15
Haitian Creole 45 25 25 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 50 15 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 170 105 70 10 0 10
Dravidian languages 2,035 1,000 1,035 85 35 45
Kannada 160 80 80 10 0 10
Malayalam 1,185 570 615 55 25 30
Tamil 660 335 325 20 0 15
Telugu 215 115 105 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 10 0 10 10 0
Indo-European languages 112,265 54,355 57,910 12,415 5,920 6,500
Albanian 1,285 645 640 0 0 0
Armenian 175 75 105 10 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 17,635 8,555 9,075 1,665 770 890
Baltic languages 440 225 215 25 10 15
Latvian 215 115 100 15 10 10
Lithuanian 225 105 120 10 0 0
Slavic languages 17,220 8,345 8,875 1,640 760 880
Belarusan 90 40 45 0 0 0
Bosnian 990 545 445 15 10 10
Bulgarian 105 40 65 25 15 15
Croatian 1,750 880 870 275 155 120
Czech 715 360 350 185 90 90
Macedonian 225 100 120 20 10 10
Polish 8,005 3,825 4,180 320 140 175
Russian 2,720 1,300 1,420 365 145 220
Serbian 1,595 830 765 95 30 60
Serbo-Croatian 505 230 275 35 25 15
Slovak 595 275 315 80 35 45
Slovene (Slovenian) 365 165 200 30 20 15
Ukrainian 1,430 640 790 340 140 200
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 35 15 0 10
Celtic languages 250 110 135 95 55 40
Scottish Gaelic 110 40 70 40 20 15
Welsh 75 30 40 35 25 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 40 25 25 10 10
Germanic languages 45,255 21,925 23,325 5,555 2,635 2,920
Afrikaans 305 160 150 310 175 140
Danish 480 225 255 420 175 245
Dutch 13,375 6,410 6,965 1,345 615 730
Frisian 295 160 135 35 15 20
German 30,495 14,820 15,675 3,260 1,575 1,685
Icelandic 15 10 10 10 10 0
Norwegian 115 60 50 170 60 105
Swedish 275 140 130 195 95 100
Vlaams (Flemish) 870 450 420 60 30 20
Yiddish 35 25 0 30 20 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 1,730 885 845 10 10 10
Greek 3,365 1,760 1,605 150 90 55
Indo-Iranian languages 13,070 6,570 6,500 1,770 890 880
Indo-Aryan languages 9,650 4,905 4,745 1,550 770 780
Bengali 625 305 320 35 15 20
Gujarati 1,390 745 645 75 30 45
Hindi 3,820 2,020 1,795 415 195 220
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 20 10 0 10 0 0
Marathi 130 70 60 10 10 0
Nepali 870 425 445 20 0 25
Oriya (Odia) 15 10 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,545 1,360 1,185 1,205 620 585
Sindhi 150 65 85 10 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 175 70 105 10 10 0
Urdu 2,935 1,470 1,470 105 65 45
Iranian languages 3,535 1,730 1,810 225 125 105
Kurdish 1,040 540 505 0 0 0
Pashto 290 160 130 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,380 1,120 1,260 225 120 105
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 35 25 10 0 10
Italic (Romance) languages 34,255 16,450 17,805 3,635 1,730 1,900
Catalan 25 10 15 0 0 0
Italian 6,495 3,240 3,255 700 345 355
Portuguese 9,360 4,565 4,795 370 160 210
Romanian 1,350 645 705 90 55 35
Spanish 18,050 8,455 9,595 2,665 1,245 1,420
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 70 35 30 10 0 0
Japanese 1,100 535 565 605 280 330
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Korean 3,545 1,690 1,850 405 195 210
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,490 820 670 210 120 90
Akan (Twi) 180 90 90 20 10 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 10 0 0 10
Ga 20 0 20 0 10 0
Ganda 30 20 15 20 10 20
Igbo 100 55 45 35 25 10
Lingala 95 50 40 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 30 15 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 65 30 35 0 0 0
Shona 70 40 30 10 10 0
Swahili 425 215 210 35 20 20
Wolof 0 0 0 10 0 0
Yoruba 265 160 105 55 30 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 380 210 170 30 25 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 245 130 115 0 0 0
Dinka 50 25 25 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 195 105 95 0 0 0
Sign languages 1,645 675 975 220 80 140
American Sign Language 775 290 485 95 35 65
Quebec Sign Language 10 0 10 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 895 400 495 135 50 85
Sino-Tibetan languages 10,155 4,845 5,305 2,275 1,085 1,195
Chinese languages 9,900 4,710 5,185 2,270 1,080 1,190
Cantonese 2,825 1,325 1,500 660 295 370
Hakka 40 20 25 10 0 0
Mandarin 7,255 3,400 3,850 1,575 760 815
Min Dong 15 10 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 165 55 105 60 15 45
Wu (Shanghainese) 175 65 110 25 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 535 275 255 130 60 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 260 140 120 15 10 0
Burmese 65 40 25 0 0 0
Karenic languages 155 80 70 0 0 0
Tibetan 10 0 0 0 10 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 45 20 25 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 610 285 330 105 25 80
Lao 460 225 230 15 0 15
Thai 235 90 145 100 25 75
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 765 425 340 75 35 40
Azerbaijani 110 65 55 30 10 20
Turkish 585 330 260 40 20 20
Uyghur 70 45 20 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 10 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 10 10 10 0
Uralic languages 3,040 1,450 1,590 505 205 305
Estonian 125 75 50 35 15 15
Finnish 255 130 120 125 50 75
Hungarian 2,665 1,245 1,425 345 135 215
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 115 55 60 30 25 10
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 936,390 459,585 476,800 151,625 73,640 77,985
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 899,265 441,590 457,675 145,125 70,555 74,565
Canadian citizens aged under 18 187,455 95,780 91,675 23,565 12,245 11,325
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 711,810 345,810 366,000 121,560 58,315 63,245
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 37,125 18,000 19,130 6,500 3,085 3,420
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 936,390 459,585 476,800 151,630 73,645 77,985
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 790,500 389,020 401,480 126,320 61,680 64,640
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 136,515 65,680 70,835 23,680 11,055 12,620
Before 1981 56,995 27,360 29,630 14,170 6,820 7,350
1981 to 1990 18,240 8,810 9,425 2,265 985 1,280
1991 to 2000 21,230 10,340 10,885 2,200 945 1,255
2001 to 2010 25,440 12,135 13,305 3,345 1,505 1,840
2001 to 2005 12,215 5,800 6,420 1,490 650 840
2006 to 2010 13,220 6,335 6,890 1,855 855 1,005
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 14,610 7,030 7,580 1,705 800 900
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 9,380 4,890 4,490 1,625 905 720
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 136,515 65,675 70,835 23,680 11,060 12,625
Under 5 years 18,800 9,415 9,380 2,800 1,375 1,420
5 to 14 years 30,505 15,540 14,965 4,215 2,065 2,150
15 to 24 years 31,140 14,085 17,055 5,680 2,490 3,195
25 to 44 years 48,020 22,830 25,195 9,305 4,380 4,930
45 years and over 8,045 3,805 4,240 1,680 750 930
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 54 136,510 65,675 70,835 23,680 11,060 12,625
Americas 27,020 12,615 14,400 2,820 1,165 1,655
Brazil 410 200 210 60 15 50
Colombia 3,585 1,615 1,970 55 15 40
El Salvador 1,710 820 895 15 10 10
Guyana 645 295 350 25 20 10
Haiti 135 70 65 20 0 15
Jamaica 1,580 850 730 45 10 30
Mexico 6,815 3,315 3,500 145 50 95
Peru 190 80 110 65 20 40
Trinidad and Tobago 885 445 440 45 15 30
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 7,385 3,105 4,280 2,070 895 1,175
Other places of birth in Americas 3,675 1,830 1,850 270 115 155
Europe 66,825 32,500 34,325 14,490 7,080 7,410
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,285 670 610 45 10 35
Croatia 1,215 595 625 230 130 105
France 455 215 240 180 95 80
Germany 5,165 2,525 2,640 1,700 810 885
Greece 1,435 755 680 70 55 20
Hungary 1,405 700 710 205 85 120
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 985 525 465 240 115 125
Italy 3,095 1,645 1,445 235 145 95
Netherlands 9,925 5,035 4,885 1,085 495 595
Poland 5,535 2,520 3,010 240 125 120
Portugal 5,500 2,760 2,735 120 85 40
Romania 1,415 665 750 110 55 55
Russian Federation 665 290 375 125 40 90
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 750 385 365 50 30 20
Ukraine 795 320 475 95 40 55
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 20,565 9,615 10,945 8,225 4,020 4,205
Other places of birth in Europe 6,650 3,275 3,370 1,535 750 790
Africa 6,190 3,155 3,035 930 495 435
Algeria 85 45 40 10 0 0
Egypt 1,165 610 555 30 20 15
Ethiopia 355 180 175 25 10 15
Kenya 345 155 185 30 15 10
Morocco 45 20 30 10 10 0
Nigeria 390 200 190 40 20 25
Somalia 230 120 115 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 695 395 305 540 290 255
Other places of birth in Africa 2,865 1,425 1,440 235 120 120
Asia 35,940 17,100 18,835 4,965 2,115 2,845
Afghanistan 615 305 315 0 0 0
Bangladesh 380 190 195 30 15 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,360 1,895 2,465 940 440 500
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 780 380 405 165 100 75
India 4,585 2,305 2,280 960 475 490
IranCensus data footnote 61 1,260 600 660 215 115 95
Iraq 2,820 1,425 1,400 0 10 0
Japan 300 90 205 205 55 155
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 2,440 1,145 1,295 330 135 195
Lebanon 1,845 965 880 20 20 0
Pakistan 1,825 930 895 35 10 25
Philippines 2,995 1,080 1,915 940 310 630
Sri Lanka 280 130 155 25 15 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 2,220 1,100 1,120 60 20 35
Taiwan 185 75 110 80 40 45
Viet Nam 2,015 900 1,115 405 165 240
Other places of birth in Asia 7,035 3,595 3,435 545 200 350
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 540 310 230 480 200 280
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 14,615 7,030 7,585 1,705 805 900
Americas 3,375 1,565 1,810 220 125 95
Brazil 50 25 25 15 10 15
Colombia 645 245 400 0 0 0
Cuba 105 50 50 0 0 10
Haiti 65 35 25 10 10 0
Jamaica 195 125 70 0 0 0
Mexico 880 450 435 20 0 15
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 840 375 470 155 95 65
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 90 40 50 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 515 225 285 0 0 0
Europe 1,365 740 630 365 165 200
France 45 20 25 0 10 0
Germany 95 50 45 75 10 65
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 40 25 10 10 10 10
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 65 25 40 0 0 0
Russian Federation 90 20 65 30 10 30
Ukraine 95 35 60 20 10 15
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 430 275 155 190 120 70
Other places of birth in Europe 510 280 230 35 20 15
Africa 1,245 605 635 70 45 25
Algeria 15 10 10 0 0 0
Cameroon 65 30 40 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 45 30 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 20 10 10 0 0 0
Egypt 305 165 140 0 0 0
Eritrea 85 55 35 10 0 10
Ethiopia 15 10 10 0 0 0
Morocco 15 0 10 0 0 0
Nigeria 120 55 60 0 0 0
Somalia 40 25 15 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 60 30 30 35 20 10
Tunisia 15 0 10 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 415 180 235 15 15 0
Asia 8,570 4,090 4,480 1,025 460 565
Afghanistan 125 60 60 0 0 0
Bangladesh 105 60 45 15 10 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 1,010 435 580 275 125 150
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 10 0 10 15 15 0
India 1,230 620 610 115 55 55
IranCensus data footnote 61 275 130 140 10 10 0
Iraq 930 450 475 0 0 0
Israel 20 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 85 30 55 15 0 10
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 430 215 215 80 35 45
Lebanon 225 100 120 0 0 0
Nepal 250 135 115 10 0 10
Pakistan 285 155 130 0 0 0
Philippines 740 290 445 345 150 195
Saudi Arabia 175 80 105 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 45 30 20 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 1,315 665 650 60 20 35
Taiwan 25 10 10 10 10 0
Turkey 85 45 45 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 170 105 65 0 0 0
Viet Nam 75 15 60 30 0 25
Other places of birth in Asia 970 445 525 40 20 20
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 65 25 35 25 10 15
Australia 40 10 30 10 0 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 20 20 10 15 10 15
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 936,390 459,590 476,800 151,630 73,640 77,985
First generationCensus data footnote 69 150,155 72,785 77,370 26,395 12,560 13,835
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 171,250 85,080 86,170 31,065 14,980 16,085
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 614,985 301,725 313,265 94,165 46,105 48,070
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 81,095 39,090 42,005 9,935 4,455 5,480
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 34,075 17,195 16,880 5,060 2,460 2,605
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 11,720 8,125 3,595 2,190 1,270 920
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 22,355 9,065 13,285 2,875 1,190 1,680
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 23,375 9,590 13,785 3,895 1,515 2,385
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 22,745 11,885 10,860 865 435 430
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 900 425 480 110 45 65
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 936,390 459,590 476,800 151,630 73,640 77,985
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 22,530 10,455 12,070 10,635 5,000 5,635
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 21,800 10,125 11,680 10,330 4,875 5,465
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 15,470 7,190 8,275 6,225 2,980 3,255
Métis 6,200 2,845 3,355 4,040 1,860 2,180
Inuk (Inuit) 135 95 40 65 35 30
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 245 105 135 185 95 90
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 485 230 255 115 30 85
Non-Aboriginal identity 913,865 449,130 464,730 140,990 68,640 72,350
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 936,390 459,590 476,800 151,630 73,645 77,985
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 10,165 4,500 5,665 4,780 2,315 2,465
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 926,220 455,085 471,135 146,845 71,325 75,525
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 936,390 459,585 476,800 151,625 73,640 77,985
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 5,890 2,750 3,140 3,175 1,570 1,605
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 5,840 2,715 3,125 3,135 1,560 1,575
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 5,090 2,330 2,760 2,630 1,280 1,350
Métis single ancestry 685 335 345 490 275 215
Inuit single ancestry 65 50 15 15 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 35 15 40 15 30
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 45 35 10 35 10 25
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 10 10 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 27,740 12,755 14,980 9,115 4,315 4,800
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 27,240 12,545 14,695 8,705 4,145 4,560
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 20,720 9,530 11,185 5,310 2,525 2,790
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 6,230 2,885 3,350 3,300 1,570 1,730
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 290 125 165 95 55 35
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 500 210 290 410 170 240
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 455 185 270 395 165 230
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 35 25 10 15 0 10
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 10 10 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 902,760 444,085 458,680 139,340 67,755 71,580
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 936,385 459,590 476,805 151,630 73,645 77,990
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 89,745 44,365 45,380 10,855 5,195 5,660
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 14,430 7,340 7,090 2,255 1,150 1,105
Chinese 11,855 5,540 6,315 2,695 1,290 1,400
Black 14,605 7,615 6,990 950 500 445
Filipino 4,710 1,960 2,750 1,290 520 770
Latin American 10,365 5,005 5,365 565 240 325
Arab 14,235 7,430 6,800 270 195 80
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 6,050 2,975 3,075 985 440 550
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,445 1,645 1,795 195 105 90
Korean 3,855 1,815 2,040 465 210 260
Japanese 1,075 505 580 725 320 400
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 2,310 1,185 1,130 110 60 55
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 2,795 1,340 1,455 345 160 185
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 846,650 415,225 431,420 140,775 68,445 72,325
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 103 936,390 459,590 476,800 151,630 73,640 77,985
North American Aboriginal origins 33,630 15,505 18,125 12,290 5,885 6,400
First Nations (North American Indian) 26,350 12,105 14,245 8,390 3,980 4,410
Inuit 410 200 205 125 70 55
Métis 7,425 3,445 3,975 4,225 2,015 2,205
Other North American origins 291,500 142,635 148,865 40,125 19,755 20,370
Acadian 835 385 445 225 140 75
American 11,235 5,390 5,845 3,130 1,540 1,590
Canadian 283,755 138,955 144,800 37,825 18,615 19,210
New Brunswicker 10 0 0 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 680 300 380 105 35 70
Nova Scotian 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ontarian 145 80 60 10 0 0
Québécois 240 100 140 45 20 30
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 30 10 15 0 0 0
European origins 713,615 348,630 364,980 124,015 59,690 64,325
British Isles origins 493,945 239,005 254,945 93,020 44,715 48,305
Channel Islander 50 25 20 20 10 15
Cornish 100 55 45 30 20 15
English 299,880 143,510 156,370 60,815 28,880 31,930
Irish 200,310 94,440 105,865 29,780 13,630 16,150
Manx 185 130 55 95 50 45
Scottish 228,185 109,685 118,505 40,020 18,950 21,075
Welsh 18,150 8,665 9,480 6,050 2,840 3,205
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 27,570 12,720 14,850 5,805 2,645 3,165
French origins 84,195 39,030 45,170 16,620 7,695 8,930
Alsatian 145 40 105 0 0 0
Breton 10 0 10 10 0 0
Corsican 10 0 0 0 0 0
French 84,095 39,005 45,090 16,610 7,685 8,925
Western European origins (except French origins) 256,660 126,035 130,620 33,090 15,550 17,540
Austrian 4,435 2,160 2,275 1,665 775 890
Bavarian 30 20 10 10 0 0
Belgian 12,425 6,250 6,165 980 480 505
Dutch 87,520 43,615 43,905 8,785 4,125 4,660
Flemish 760 370 390 115 50 65
Frisian 515 265 250 20 0 15
German 165,630 80,400 85,225 23,480 10,995 12,490
Luxembourger 45 25 20 20 10 15
Swiss 9,220 4,575 4,645 980 480 505
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 70 40 30 10 10 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 17,930 8,460 9,465 16,855 8,045 8,810
Danish 4,970 2,550 2,420 3,155 1,455 1,700
Finnish 2,925 1,275 1,650 1,585 765 825
Icelandic 710 355 355 1,195 575 620
Norwegian 4,430 2,060 2,370 7,050 3,440 3,615
Swedish 4,720 2,085 2,635 4,960 2,290 2,675
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 1,175 575 600 735 355 380
Eastern European origins 81,885 39,775 42,105 20,170 9,380 10,790
Bulgarian 485 220 270 65 30 40
Byelorussian 585 280 300 40 15 25
Czech 2,945 1,445 1,500 825 395 435
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 1,245 590 650 410 155 260
Estonian 640 330 315 235 100 135
Hungarian 14,755 7,110 7,645 2,255 915 1,340
Latvian 880 460 415 225 115 105
Lithuanian 2,040 1,015 1,030 220 115 105
Moldovan 25 10 15 0 10 0
Polish 30,695 14,790 15,905 5,610 2,505 3,105
Romanian 4,680 2,285 2,395 890 450 440
Russian 11,470 5,585 5,880 3,675 1,735 1,945
Slovak 2,605 1,255 1,350 360 175 185
Ukrainian 19,685 9,600 10,080 8,690 4,160 4,530
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 215 110 110 75 50 30
Southern European origins 75,470 37,745 37,730 9,595 4,785 4,815
Albanian 1,395 685 710 55 30 25
Bosnian 1,235 695 550 30 15 10
Catalan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Croatian 3,990 2,020 1,965 785 410 375
Cypriot 245 100 140 10 0 0
Greek 6,895 3,500 3,395 630 300 335
Italian 32,305 16,035 16,265 5,355 2,710 2,650
Kosovar 205 110 90 0 0 0
Macedonian 645 290 360 40 25 15
Maltese 2,600 1,290 1,310 80 45 35
Montenegrin 95 55 45 15 10 10
Portuguese 17,090 8,800 8,290 855 485 375
Serbian 2,400 1,205 1,195 205 75 130
Sicilian 265 125 140 30 10 20
Slovenian 1,455 740 715 170 85 90
Spanish 7,450 3,425 4,025 1,510 665 845
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 1,970 930 1,040 410 200 210
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 65 35 30 10 10 0
Other European origins 3,810 1,845 1,965 865 445 420
Basque 40 15 20 10 0 0
Jewish 1,725 760 965 325 165 155
Roma (Gypsy) 120 60 60 40 20 30
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 125 80 45 35 10 25
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,820 940 880 460 240 220
Caribbean origins 9,945 5,190 4,755 460 200 265
Antiguan 25 10 20 10 0 10
Bahamian 175 95 75 10 0 0
Barbadian 855 450 400 50 25 30
Bermudan 80 45 35 15 0 15
Carib 20 10 10 0 0 0
Cuban 520 255 260 25 0 25
Dominican 265 115 150 0 0 0
Grenadian 205 105 95 0 10 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 245 150 95 20 10 10
Jamaican 5,345 2,835 2,515 180 100 80
Kittitian/Nevisian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 10 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 60 30 35 40 25 15
St. Lucian 80 40 45 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 1,395 755 635 85 20 60
Vincentian/Grenadinian 95 65 30 20 10 15
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 805 355 455 20 10 15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 335 180 155 30 15 15
Latin, Central and South American origins 18,455 8,995 9,460 1,180 555 620
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 465 240 225 40 20 20
Arawak 15 10 10 0 10 0
Argentinian 270 130 140 40 15 25
Belizean 55 30 30 0 0 0
Bolivian 40 20 25 0 0 0
Brazilian 490 230 260 120 35 85
Chilean 400 190 210 135 80 60
Colombian 4,595 2,145 2,445 85 20 60
Costa Rican 100 40 60 0 0 10
Ecuadorian 100 50 50 10 0 0
Guatemalan 515 275 240 20 10 10
Guyanese 1,155 550 600 40 25 15
Hispanic 340 145 185 30 20 10
Honduran 250 130 120 45 25 25
Maya 165 105 60 20 10 10
Mexican 6,225 3,050 3,175 430 210 225
Nicaraguan 595 295 295 45 30 15
Panamanian 40 30 10 10 0 10
Paraguayan 30 20 15 10 0 10
Peruvian 395 215 180 60 30 35
Salvadorean 2,105 1,040 1,070 35 10 30
Uruguayan 25 10 20 0 0 0
Venezuelan 365 155 215 40 25 20
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 510 260 245 35 25 15
African origins 12,430 6,440 5,990 1,550 815 735
Central and West African origins 1,700 875 825 185 110 75
Akan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angolan 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ashanti 30 0 25 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroonian 100 45 55 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Congolese 225 110 110 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ghanaian 375 200 180 20 15 10
Guinean 20 10 10 0 0 0
Ibo 35 25 10 0 0 0
Ivorian 20 0 15 0 0 0
Liberian 105 45 60 10 0 0
Malian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Malinké 20 10 15 0 0 0
Nigerian 545 300 245 130 75 55
Peulh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 10 10 0 10 10 0
Sierra Leonean 15 10 10 0 0 0
Togolese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 135 55 85 10 10 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 95 60 40 10 10 10
North African origins 3,495 1,960 1,530 110 80 30
Algerian 100 50 50 20 20 0
Berber 35 15 20 0 0 0
Coptic 50 25 25 0 0 0
Dinka 80 35 50 0 0 0
Egyptian 1,905 1,055 840 30 25 10
Libyan 300 160 140 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0 15 0 10
Moroccan 130 60 70 35 30 10
Sudanese 850 505 350 0 0 0
Tunisian 80 50 35 0 10 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 75 50 20 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 3,745 1,860 1,885 705 345 360
Afrikaner 30 10 20 25 20 10
Amhara 35 15 25 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 50 25 20 0 0 0
Burundian 75 45 30 0 0 0
Djiboutian 50 25 25 0 0 0
Eritrean 585 300 285 0 0 0
Ethiopian 670 320 355 35 15 20
Harari 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 145 70 80 35 15 20
Malagasy 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 25 20 0 0 10 0
Oromo 25 10 20 0 0 0
Rwandan 110 40 70 15 10 10
Seychellois 10 10 10 10 0 0
Somali 645 295 345 10 10 0
South African 845 440 400 480 240 240
Tanzanian 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tigrian 25 15 10 0 0 0
Ugandan 135 65 70 30 10 20
Zambian 30 20 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 110 60 55 30 15 15
Zulu 15 10 10 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 285 140 150 35 15 15
Other African origins 3,660 1,830 1,830 565 285 280
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 545 255 285 60 20 40
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 3,125 1,580 1,550 510 265 245
Asian origins 67,280 32,705 34,575 10,405 4,910 5,495
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 22,585 11,485 11,100 1,070 580 490
Afghan 930 450 475 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 2,905 1,525 1,385 160 120 45
Armenian 520 225 290 50 30 20
Assyrian 1,100 565 535 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 70 35 35 10 10 10
Georgian 10 0 10 25 10 15
Hazara 10 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 2,055 1,020 1,035 345 175 170
Iraqi 2,615 1,325 1,295 10 0 10
Israeli 190 115 75 40 0 40
Jordanian 650 355 295 0 0 0
Kazakh 25 15 0 20 10 10
Kurd 1,000 530 470 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 40 25 15 10 10 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 5,320 2,720 2,600 175 105 70
Palestinian 2,430 1,190 1,235 10 0 10
Pashtun 45 30 15 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 310 170 140 70 70 0
Syrian 2,400 1,170 1,235 140 50 85
Tajik 40 25 15 0 0 0
Tatar 30 15 15 10 0 10
Turk 1,225 645 580 65 35 30
Turkmen 50 35 15 0 0 0
Uighur 60 45 20 0 0 0
Uzbek 40 20 15 0 0 0
Yemeni 100 40 65 0 0 10
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 1,005 550 450 30 30 0
South Asian origins 15,125 7,640 7,480 2,370 1,205 1,160
Bangladeshi 370 190 180 10 0 10
Bengali 240 105 135 15 10 0
Bhutanese 520 220 295 0 0 0
East Indian 10,675 5,450 5,230 2,055 1,050 1,010
Goan 70 30 35 0 0 0
Gujarati 45 20 25 10 0 0
Kashmiri 20 10 15 0 0 0
Nepali 425 225 200 25 10 20
Pakistani 2,175 1,115 1,055 15 0 15
Punjabi 440 225 215 200 110 90
Sinhalese 105 45 65 0 10 0
Sri Lankan 380 175 205 40 30 15
Tamil 125 65 65 0 0 10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 670 315 350 30 15 10
East and Southeast Asian origins 30,110 13,845 16,270 7,015 3,140 3,875
Burmese 260 155 110 25 15 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,735 835 895 145 80 70
Chinese 14,000 6,415 7,585 3,260 1,535 1,715
Filipino 5,320 2,260 3,060 1,500 560 935
Hmong 20 25 0 10 10 0
Indonesian 380 180 200 200 110 90
Japanese 1,395 625 770 855 380 470
Karen 120 65 60 0 0 0
Korean 3,930 1,850 2,085 475 220 255
Laotian 700 370 330 0 0 10
Malaysian 145 50 95 50 10 40
Mongolian 135 55 85 25 15 10
Singaporean 30 15 15 15 10 10
Taiwanese 170 80 90 75 35 40
Thai 360 160 200 125 30 95
Tibetan 25 10 15 10 0 0
Vietnamese 3,535 1,650 1,885 655 285 370
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 110 60 55 10 0 0
Other Asian origins 365 175 190 20 10 10
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 370 175 190 20 10 10
Oceania origins 1,270 610 660 1,020 490 530
Australian 830 430 400 525 245 280
New Zealander 270 110 165 210 95 115
Pacific Islands origins 175 80 100 280 150 130
Fijian 35 10 30 55 30 25
Hawaiian 15 10 10 160 85 80
Maori 90 45 45 20 15 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 15 10 15
Samoan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 35 15 15 35 15 15
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 392,240 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
Owner 274,340 ... ... 50,930 ... ...
Renter 117,850 ... ... 17,900 ... ...
Band housing 50 ... ... 75 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 392,240 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
Condominium 32,325 ... ... 8,555 ... ...
Not condominium 359,915 ... ... 60,350 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 392,235 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
No bedrooms 965 ... ... 360 ... ...
1 bedroom 42,105 ... ... 6,990 ... ...
2 bedrooms 90,390 ... ... 21,135 ... ...
3 bedrooms 158,275 ... ... 24,770 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 100,505 ... ... 15,650 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 392,235 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 77,590 ... ... 16,675 ... ...
5 rooms 50,155 ... ... 12,095 ... ...
6 rooms 60,995 ... ... 11,210 ... ...
7 rooms 59,780 ... ... 9,055 ... ...
8 or more rooms 143,715 ... ... 19,860 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.8 ... ... 6.3 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 392,235 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 388,635 ... ... 68,560 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 3,600 ... ... 340 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 392,240 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Suitable 379,545 ... ... 67,095 ... ...
Not suitable 12,695 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 392,235 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
1960 or before 125,895 ... ... 7,685 ... ...
1961 to 1980 109,645 ... ... 19,585 ... ...
1981 to 1990 49,190 ... ... 11,200 ... ...
1991 to 2000 41,900 ... ... 14,905 ... ...
2001 to 2005 22,060 ... ... 4,995 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,505 ... ... 6,335 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,040 ... ... 4,195 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 392,240 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 367,960 ... ... 64,840 ... ...
Major repairs needed 24,275 ... ... 4,065 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 392,240 ... ... 68,900 ... ...
1 household maintainer 230,700 ... ... 39,030 ... ...
2 household maintainers 155,305 ... ... 28,365 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 6,225 ... ... 1,510 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 392,235 ... ... 68,905 ... ...
15 to 24 years 13,695 ... ... 1,855 ... ...
25 to 34 years 53,150 ... ... 6,865 ... ...
35 to 44 years 59,735 ... ... 8,445 ... ...
45 to 54 years 74,905 ... ... 11,290 ... ...
55 to 64 years 80,480 ... ... 15,330 ... ...
65 to 74 years 61,825 ... ... 14,465 ... ...
75 to 84 years 35,120 ... ... 7,895 ... ...
85 years and over 13,320 ... ... 2,755 ... ...
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 141 379,750 ... ... 68,165 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 290,660 ... ... 51,540 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 89,090 ... ... 16,625 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 78,170 ... ... 14,415 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 263,180 ... ... 50,390 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 58.8 ... ... 53.0 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 14.4 ... ... 16.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,060 ... ... 818 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,176 ... ... 1,047 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 259,741 ... ... 390,750 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 305,711 ... ... 433,774 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 116,970 ... ... 17,830 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 13.0 ... ... 11.6 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.9 ... ... 48.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 861 ... ... 923 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 909 ... ... 982 ... ...
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 146 776,795 378,005 398,795 131,685 63,375 68,305
No certificate, diploma or degree 157,030 81,305 75,720 19,310 10,275 9,045
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 223,275 111,035 112,235 39,470 18,350 21,120
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 396,495 185,660 210,830 72,900 34,760 38,145
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 57,170 41,450 15,710 14,875 10,990 3,890
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 25,590 15,670 9,920 5,910 3,295 2,620
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 31,580 25,785 5,795 8,965 7,695 1,275
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 186,780 77,275 109,505 27,010 10,245 16,765
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 13,385 5,960 7,425 5,755 2,090 3,665
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 139,160 60,970 78,190 25,260 11,430 13,830
Bachelor's degree 92,580 38,400 54,180 15,905 6,835 9,070
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 9,995 3,970 6,025 1,965 800 1,160
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 5,300 3,035 2,265 850 555 290
Master's degree 25,275 11,725 13,540 5,400 2,550 2,850
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 6,010 3,835 2,175 1,140 680 460
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 490,565 239,430 251,135 77,440 36,485 40,950
No certificate, diploma or degree 62,290 35,140 27,150 7,630 4,445 3,195
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 133,300 69,260 64,035 21,955 10,590 11,370
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 294,970 135,025 159,945 47,850 21,455 26,390
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 37,760 27,620 10,140 9,035 6,735 2,295
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 16,860 10,480 6,380 3,685 2,085 1,600
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 20,900 17,145 3,760 5,345 4,650 695
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 143,110 59,710 83,405 18,100 6,675 11,425
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 8,520 3,900 4,620 3,825 1,355 2,470
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 105,575 43,800 61,775 16,890 6,695 10,195
Bachelor's degree 69,815 27,890 41,920 10,965 4,235 6,730
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 7,340 2,660 4,680 1,230 450 775
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 4,095 2,040 2,050 555 295 255
Master's degree 19,790 8,510 11,280 3,580 1,450 2,125
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 4,540 2,695 1,840 565 260 310
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 151 776,795 378,000 398,790 131,685 63,380 68,305
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 380,305 192,345 187,960 58,785 28,620 30,160
Education 24,660 6,060 18,595 6,100 1,615 4,485
13. Education 24,655 6,060 18,600 6,100 1,610 4,490
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 14,150 6,185 7,970 2,565 1,080 1,480
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 2,495 1,945 550 400 290 110
50. Visual and performing arts 11,655 4,240 7,420 2,165 790 1,380
Humanities 20,870 8,240 12,630 2,920 1,235 1,685
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,355 310 1,045 230 80 155
23. English language and literature/letters 5,630 1,650 3,985 1,015 365 650
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 4,530 1,690 2,835 660 225 435
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 160 35 130 20 0 15
38. Philosophy and religious studies 1,605 870 735 155 95 60
39. Theology and religious vocations 2,710 1,585 1,125 320 210 110
54. History 3,645 1,935 1,710 450 255 195
55. French language and literature/letters 1,235 175 1,060 70 10 60
Social and behavioural sciences and law 46,250 13,435 32,815 6,930 2,330 4,595
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 410 50 360 135 25 105
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 3,065 1,265 1,800 460 210 250
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 11,790 770 11,015 1,545 175 1,370
22. Legal professions and studies 6,670 1,860 4,805 1,165 360 800
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 950 210 745 85 35 50
42. Psychology 7,240 1,845 5,395 1,235 350 880
45. Social sciences 16,125 7,435 8,690 2,300 1,170 1,135
Business, management and public administration 68,850 25,190 43,660 13,350 4,475 8,870
30.16 Accounting and computer science 175 55 115 30 0 25
44. Public administration and social service professions 7,490 1,440 6,055 960 195 760
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 61,185 23,695 37,485 12,360 4,270 8,085
Physical and life sciences and technologies 12,920 6,510 6,410 2,520 1,380 1,135
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 5,980 2,585 3,400 1,260 595 665
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,320 1,055 1,265 375 180 195
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 175 50 125 25 20 10
40. Physical sciences 3,415 2,350 1,065 715 530 185
41. Science technologies/technicians 1,035 480 560 150 60 95
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 12,775 7,985 4,790 1,755 1,020 735
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 9,240 6,360 2,885 1,290 830 460
25. Library science 1,270 260 1,010 205 30 175
27. Mathematics and statistics 2,075 1,260 815 230 150 80
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 190 105 85 25 0 15
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 82,055 76,570 5,490 15,720 14,850 870
04. Architecture and related services 2,415 1,755 665 335 205 125
14. Engineering 11,490 9,580 1,910 2,055 1,860 195
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 18,160 16,485 1,675 2,760 2,490 270
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 17,680 17,375 305 4,680 4,550 130
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 20,690 20,250 440 4,085 3,995 95
48. Precision production 11,615 11,120 495 1,800 1,755 50
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 13,275 9,680 3,600 2,500 1,655 840
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 10,700 7,910 2,785 1,175 600 575
03. Natural resources and conservation 2,580 1,770 810 1,325 1,060 265
Health and related fields 73,120 12,890 60,230 13,090 2,335 10,755
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 6,275 3,000 3,270 770 365 410
51. Health professions and related programs 65,170 8,920 56,250 12,065 1,795 10,270
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 1,680 970 710 255 175 85
Personal, protective and transportation services 27,385 12,905 14,480 5,450 2,780 2,665
12. Personal and culinary services 14,760 3,080 11,680 3,450 1,005 2,450
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 55 55 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 155 140 20 40 35 0
43. Security and protective services 7,845 5,380 2,465 530 420 105
49. Transportation and materials moving 4,570 4,250 315 1,425 1,315 115
Other 175 10 160 10 0 15
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 175 10 160 15 0 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 151 490,560 239,430 251,135 77,440 36,490 40,950
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 195,590 104,400 91,190 29,590 15,030 14,560
Education 15,545 3,620 11,925 3,545 795 2,750
13. Education 15,545 3,620 11,925 3,545 795 2,745
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 10,775 4,560 6,225 1,745 680 1,065
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,800 1,335 465 225 150 75
50. Visual and performing arts 8,980 3,220 5,755 1,515 530 990
Humanities 14,705 5,560 9,150 1,820 755 1,065
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 985 215 770 140 50 95
23. English language and literature/letters 3,950 1,030 2,920 660 230 430
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 3,110 1,145 1,965 435 140 290
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 135 25 110 0 0 10
38. Philosophy and religious studies 1,195 630 565 85 50 35
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,835 1,060 780 175 110 65
54. History 2,660 1,350 1,310 295 170 120
55. French language and literature/letters 835 100 730 25 0 25
Social and behavioural sciences and law 35,775 9,775 25,995 4,920 1,455 3,470
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 345 45 300 100 15 85
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,480 985 1,495 355 155 200
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,330 580 8,755 1,150 135 1,015
22. Legal professions and studies 5,645 1,290 4,355 865 220 640
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 720 155 570 65 25 40
42. Psychology 5,195 1,225 3,975 810 185 625
45. Social sciences 12,050 5,505 6,545 1,575 715 860
Business, management and public administration 52,510 18,330 34,180 8,815 2,760 6,055
30.16 Accounting and computer science 145 40 110 20 0 15
44. Public administration and social service professions 6,035 1,030 5,005 690 120 575
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 46,330 17,260 29,070 8,105 2,640 5,465
Physical and life sciences and technologies 9,610 4,605 5,005 1,525 735 790
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 4,600 1,900 2,700 865 385 475
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,645 700 940 235 90 140
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 150 35 115 20 20 0
40. Physical sciences 2,430 1,590 840 330 210 115
41. Science technologies/technicians 790 375 415 85 30 55
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 10,575 6,630 3,945 1,305 785 520
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,995 5,505 2,485 1,075 725 350
25. Library science 925 190 740 125 10 115
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,500 865 635 85 45 40
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 155 65 80 10 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 60,290 55,720 4,575 9,560 8,895 665
04. Architecture and related services 1,990 1,430 560 220 105 120
14. Engineering 8,465 6,845 1,620 1,120 960 160
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 14,020 12,605 1,415 1,565 1,395 170
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 12,545 12,320 225 3,145 3,040 110
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 14,855 14,495 360 2,480 2,415 60
48. Precision production 8,420 8,020 400 1,030 980 45
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 10,095 7,165 2,935 1,805 1,135 675
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 8,095 5,815 2,280 810 385 430
03. Natural resources and conservation 2,000 1,345 655 995 745 250
Health and related fields 54,455 9,350 45,105 9,090 1,610 7,480
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 4,820 2,220 2,605 570 265 305
51. Health professions and related programs 48,300 6,430 41,865 8,370 1,260 7,105
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 1,340 700 635 145 85 65
Personal, protective and transportation services 20,490 9,715 10,780 3,710 1,855 1,850
12. Personal and culinary services 10,655 2,190 8,465 2,395 730 1,665
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 40 35 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 70 60 10 10 10 0
43. Security and protective services 6,210 4,170 2,045 355 265 90
49. Transportation and materials moving 3,515 3,250 260 950 850 95
Other 135 10 130 10 0 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 135 10 125 10 0 10
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 157 776,795 378,005 398,795 131,685 63,380 68,305
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 380,300 192,345 187,960 58,785 28,620 30,160
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 396,490 185,660 210,830 72,900 34,760 38,150
Location of study inside Canada 354,130 164,015 190,115 62,850 29,480 33,370
Same as province or territory of residence 337,340 156,035 181,310 43,705 20,230 23,480
Different than province or territory of residence 16,785 7,980 8,805 19,145 9,255 9,895
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 42,360 21,650 20,715 10,050 5,280 4,775
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 8,740 4,525 4,215 2,360 1,305 1,055
Philippines 1,560 525 1,040 490 130 360
India 2,765 1,425 1,345 330 175 150
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 6,360 3,685 2,670 3,060 1,745 1,315
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,840 800 1,040 400 195 210
France 190 115 75 40 15 25
Other 20,895 10,570 10,325 3,370 1,705 1,665
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 157 490,560 239,430 251,135 77,440 36,485 40,950
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 195,590 104,405 91,190 29,590 15,030 14,560
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 294,970 135,025 159,945 47,845 21,460 26,385
Location of study inside Canada 265,550 121,040 144,510 42,940 19,215 23,725
Same as province or territory of residence 253,980 115,555 138,430 31,890 14,075 17,815
Different than province or territory of residence 11,575 5,490 6,080 11,050 5,140 5,910
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 29,420 13,980 15,435 4,905 2,245 2,665
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 6,240 3,035 3,205 1,160 575 585
Philippines 1,305 420 885 410 115 295
India 2,140 1,005 1,130 250 125 125
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,835 1,550 1,290 1,060 570 490
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,525 660 865 355 170 180
France 140 85 55 0 0 10
Other 15,230 7,230 8,000 1,665 695 970
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 776,795 378,005 398,795 131,685 63,380 68,305
In the labour force 497,970 259,070 238,900 72,745 37,005 35,745
Employed 466,270 242,280 223,995 67,125 33,745 33,385
Unemployed 31,695 16,795 14,905 5,620 3,260 2,355
Not in the labour force 278,825 118,930 159,895 58,940 26,375 32,560
Participation rate 64.1 68.5 59.9 55.2 58.4 52.3
Employment rate 60.0 64.1 56.2 51.0 53.2 48.9
Unemployment rate 6.4 6.5 6.2 7.7 8.8 6.6
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 164 776,795 378,005 398,790 131,685 63,380 68,305
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 258,740 110,250 148,495 54,255 24,220 30,035
Worked 518,055 267,755 250,295 77,430 39,160 38,275
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 276,950 158,050 118,895 33,335 18,690 14,640
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 241,105 109,705 131,400 44,095 20,470 23,630
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.4 44.0 42.9 41.3 41.3 41.2
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 497,970 259,070 238,895 72,745 37,000 35,745
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 9,140 4,545 4,595 1,490 850 635
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 488,830 254,530 234,305 71,255 36,150 35,105
Employee 424,845 214,535 210,310 59,345 29,190 30,155
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 63,990 39,995 23,990 11,910 6,960 4,950
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 172 497,970 259,070 238,900 72,745 37,005 35,740
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 9,140 4,545 4,595 1,490 855 635
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 488,835 254,530 234,305 71,255 36,150 35,105
0 Management occupations 54,590 34,460 20,130 7,190 4,260 2,925
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 64,865 17,225 47,635 9,355 2,325 7,030
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 23,615 18,395 5,220 4,155 3,350 795
3 Health occupations 36,720 6,575 30,145 5,950 1,230 4,715
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 53,035 15,990 37,045 7,505 2,335 5,170
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 11,630 4,955 6,680 2,210 880 1,325
6 Sales and service occupations 110,835 44,350 66,485 19,285 7,625 11,660
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 79,950 74,745 5,205 11,500 10,835 665
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 15,785 11,300 4,480 2,365 1,860 510
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 37,810 26,540 11,270 1,740 1,440 295
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 173 497,965 259,070 238,900 72,745 37,005 35,745
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 9,140 4,545 4,595 1,490 850 635
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 488,830 254,530 234,305 71,260 36,150 35,105
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 25,235 16,990 8,245 2,255 1,650 610
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,755 1,605 150 685 630 55
22 Utilities 7,725 6,025 1,705 280 205 75
23 Construction 37,455 33,490 3,960 6,920 6,080 840
31-33 Manufacturing 64,075 46,165 17,915 3,425 2,570 855
41 Wholesale trade 16,610 11,820 4,790 1,825 1,355 465
44-45 Retail trade 54,530 24,895 29,630 10,150 4,660 5,490
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 21,405 16,105 5,300 3,270 2,500 765
51 Information and cultural industries 7,000 3,655 3,355 1,680 975 705
52 Finance and insurance 20,180 7,335 12,845 2,160 725 1,440
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 7,260 3,945 3,310 1,420 715 700
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 24,220 12,560 11,655 4,620 2,475 2,145
55 Management of companies and enterprises 295 125 170 30 20 15
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 20,970 11,625 9,345 3,785 2,135 1,645
61 Educational services 35,705 11,185 24,525 4,620 1,430 3,190
62 Health care and social assistance 61,955 9,905 52,050 9,950 1,910 8,040
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 10,130 4,810 5,320 1,485 695 785
72 Accommodation and food services 32,795 12,195 20,600 5,970 2,200 3,770
81 Other services (except public administration) 21,705 10,440 11,260 3,315 1,410 1,905
91 Public administration 17,830 9,655 8,175 3,410 1,815 1,605
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 174 466,270 242,280 223,995 67,130 33,740 33,385
Worked at home 42,620 22,890 19,730 6,520 3,025 3,495
Worked outside Canada 1,630 1,170 465 240 145 95
No fixed workplace address 50,870 38,030 12,835 10,970 8,245 2,720
Worked at usual place 371,150 180,185 190,960 49,400 22,330 27,070
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 371,150 180,190 190,960 49,400 22,330 27,070
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 225,135 102,925 122,215 31,675 13,300 18,375
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 70,245 34,445 35,795 13,115 6,105 7,005
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 74,890 42,310 32,580 3,925 2,395 1,535
Commute to a different province or territory 885 510 375 685 530 155
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 175 422,020 218,220 203,800 60,375 30,575 29,795
Car, truck, van - as a driver 342,695 181,195 161,510 48,810 24,840 23,970
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 29,220 13,345 15,875 3,480 1,520 1,955
Public transit 17,680 7,200 10,480 1,995 910 1,085
Walked 24,250 11,325 12,925 3,630 1,600 2,030
Bicycle 4,210 3,050 1,160 850 565 285
Other method 3,960 2,110 1,850 1,605 1,145 455
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 176 422,020 218,220 203,800 60,370 30,580 29,795
Less than 15 minutes 151,865 72,120 79,745 25,400 11,675 13,720
15 to 29 minutes 152,835 77,080 75,755 22,120 10,860 11,255
30 to 44 minutes 70,360 39,030 31,340 7,585 4,485 3,090
45 to 59 minutes 24,310 14,065 10,250 2,225 1,375 850
60 minutes and over 22,645 15,930 6,715 3,045 2,170 870
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 177 422,015 218,220 203,800 60,370 30,575 29,795
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 30,360 21,250 9,115 3,470 2,390 1,085
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 79,575 51,490 28,090 8,170 5,185 2,990
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 109,890 57,055 52,835 16,445 8,870 7,575
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 86,615 32,270 54,345 14,105 5,720 8,380
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 40,775 15,880 24,895 8,480 3,320 5,155
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 74,805 40,285 34,520 9,700 5,090 4,610
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 178 532,865 275,040 257,830 79,905 40,275 39,630
Single responses 530,050 273,855 256,190 79,645 40,130 39,510
Official languages 525,920 271,555 254,370 79,355 39,975 39,385
English 524,015 271,055 252,960 79,195 39,945 39,250
French 1,905 500 1,410 165 25 135
Non-official languages 4,125 2,300 1,825 285 160 130
Aboriginal languages 10 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 4,115 2,305 1,820 285 160 130
Afro-Asiatic languages 195 140 55 10 10 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 200 140 55 10 10 0
Amharic 15 0 10 0 0 0
Arabic 180 140 40 0 10 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 95 45 55 80 35 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 15 15 0 0
Vietnamese 75 35 45 60 25 40
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20 0 20 10 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20 0 15 10 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 3,040 1,695 1,345 55 30 30
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 130 50 80 15 0 0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 125 50 75 15 10 10
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 65 25 40 0 0 0
Russian 45 20 25 10 10 10
Serbian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 10 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 2,475 1,400 1,075 10 10 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 10 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 290 165 130 0 0 0
Frisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
German 2,005 1,120 890 10 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 10 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 10 10 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 145 95 50 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 55 35 20 20 10 15
Indo-Aryan languages 25 10 10 15 10 10
Bengali 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 15 0 10 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10 10 0 15 10 15
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 30 25 10 0 0 0
Kurdish 10 10 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 25 20 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 380 215 165 15 10 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 80 50 30 10 10 0
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 295 165 135 15 10 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 20 10 10 10 10 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 125 65 60 20 10 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 75 30 45 0 0 0
American Sign Language 50 10 45 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 15 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 495 290 210 105 70 40
Chinese languages 495 285 210 105 70 35
Cantonese 140 85 55 25 25 10
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 325 190 135 70 40 35
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 35 15 20 10 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 10 10 10 0 0 0
Lao 15 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 10 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 0 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 20 15 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,820 1,180 1,640 265 145 125
English and French 895 275 620 65 30 35
English and non-official language 1,865 900 970 195 115 80
French and non-official language 10 0 0 10 0 0
English, French and non-official language 55 10 45 10 0 10
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 532,870 275,035 257,830 79,910 40,280 39,630
None 517,140 267,760 249,380 78,270 39,595 38,670
English 3,115 1,395 1,720 250 85 170
French 4,400 1,565 2,835 595 250 340
Non-official language 7,905 4,190 3,720 780 340 440
Aboriginal 100 25 75 45 10 35
Non-Aboriginal 7,810 4,170 3,640 735 330 405
English and French 10 0 10 0 0 0
English and non-official language 40 30 15 0 0 0
French and non-official language 245 100 150 15 0 15
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 926,245 454,585 471,660 150,580 73,150 77,430
Non-movers 806,710 396,300 410,410 126,475 61,380 65,090
Movers 119,530 58,285 61,250 24,100 11,770 12,335
Non-migrants 66,255 32,455 33,800 13,050 6,325 6,730
Migrants 53,275 25,830 27,445 11,050 5,445 5,605
Internal migrants 45,760 22,120 23,640 10,010 4,935 5,080
Intraprovincial migrants 41,560 19,980 21,580 7,175 3,510 3,665
Interprovincial migrants 4,200 2,140 2,065 2,835 1,425 1,410
External migrants 7,515 3,710 3,805 1,035 510 525
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 884,405 433,175 451,230 145,350 70,510 74,840
Non-movers 561,040 276,235 284,810 82,855 40,335 42,515
Movers 323,365 156,940 166,420 62,495 30,170 32,325
Non-migrants 174,835 85,045 89,790 29,455 14,160 15,295
Migrants 148,535 71,900 76,635 33,045 16,010 17,030
Internal migrants 126,900 61,155 65,740 29,410 14,235 15,175
Intraprovincial migrants 117,085 56,380 60,705 20,320 9,790 10,535
Interprovincial migrants 9,815 4,775 5,035 9,090 4,445 4,640
External migrants 21,640 10,750 10,895 3,630 1,780 1,855

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. South West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario and Nanaimo, RD [Census division], 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 4, 2024).

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