Census Profile, 2016 Census
Central West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario and Division No. 10, Census division [Census division], Alberta

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Characteristic Central West,
Ontario
[Health region, December 2017]
Division No. 10, CDR
Alberta
[Census division]
Data quality , Central West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario  Map : Central West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 922,255 ... ... 97,449 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 840,044 ... ... 93,039 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 9.8 ... ... 4.7 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 286,639 ... ... 42,796 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 276,238 ... ... 38,242 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 355.9 ... ... 4.8 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 2,591.38 ... ... 20,466.09 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 922,260 455,570 466,690 97,450 48,730 48,715
0 to 14 years 179,110 92,515 86,595 18,900 9,785 9,120
0 to 4 years 55,260 28,610 26,645 6,165 3,220 2,945
5 to 9 years 61,785 31,870 29,920 6,650 3,395 3,260
10 to 14 years 62,070 32,035 30,030 6,080 3,160 2,915
15 to 64 years 626,975 309,325 317,650 61,970 31,295 30,675
15 to 19 years 65,965 34,600 31,360 5,940 3,080 2,860
20 to 24 years 66,175 34,770 31,405 5,350 2,735 2,620
25 to 29 years 60,770 30,375 30,395 5,840 2,935 2,900
30 to 34 years 63,150 29,790 33,360 6,375 3,165 3,210
35 to 39 years 64,495 30,115 34,380 6,275 3,170 3,105
40 to 44 years 65,110 30,945 34,160 5,810 2,955 2,855
45 to 49 years 67,365 32,815 34,550 6,065 3,040 3,030
50 to 54 years 68,300 34,010 34,285 6,905 3,470 3,430
55 to 59 years 58,335 29,105 29,235 7,140 3,595 3,545
60 to 64 years 47,320 22,795 24,525 6,275 3,150 3,125
65 years and over 116,175 53,725 62,445 16,585 7,660 8,925
65 to 69 years 40,920 19,480 21,445 5,120 2,530 2,595
70 to 74 years 28,925 13,980 14,945 3,885 1,855 2,035
75 to 79 years 20,485 9,565 10,920 2,915 1,405 1,510
80 to 84 years 13,900 6,230 7,670 2,195 980 1,210
85 years and over 11,940 4,470 7,465 2,460 890 1,570
85 to 89 years 7,890 3,230 4,660 1,500 610 890
90 to 94 years 3,215 1,035 2,180 715 225 490
95 to 99 years 710 190 520 215 45 175
100 years and over 120 20 95 25 5 20
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 19.4 20.3 18.6 19.4 20.1 18.7
15 to 64 years 68.0 67.9 68.1 63.6 64.2 63.0
65 years and over 12.6 11.8 13.4 17.0 15.7 18.3
85 years and over 1.3 1.0 1.6 2.5 1.8 3.2
Average age of the population 37.6 36.8 38.4 40.2 39.4 41.1
Median age of the population 37.0 35.9 37.9 40.0 39.2 40.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 276,235 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
Single-detached house 145,235 ... ... 29,885 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 39,240 ... ... 105 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 91,680 ... ... 6,445 ... ...
Semi-detached house 29,160 ... ... 1,100 ... ...
Row house 28,420 ... ... 1,050 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 17,590 ... ... 405 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 16,420 ... ... 3,835 ... ...
Other single-attached house 95 ... ... 50 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 85 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 276,240 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
1 person 39,845 ... ... 10,140 ... ...
2 persons 64,505 ... ... 14,540 ... ...
3 persons 51,405 ... ... 5,085 ... ...
4 persons 61,105 ... ... 4,900 ... ...
5 or more persons 59,385 ... ... 3,585 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 916,765 ... ... 93,980 ... ...
Average household size 3.3 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 743,150 363,055 380,095 78,550 38,950 39,600
Married or living common law 433,875 216,975 216,900 49,105 24,625 24,480
Married 400,320 200,215 200,105 41,850 20,995 20,855
Living common law 33,555 16,760 16,795 7,255 3,630 3,630
Not married and not living common law 309,275 146,080 163,195 29,445 14,330 15,115
Never married 220,595 118,355 102,235 17,915 10,300 7,615
Separated 20,055 7,890 12,170 1,775 815 960
Divorced 33,910 12,920 20,995 4,605 2,135 2,470
Widowed 34,710 6,915 27,795 5,150 1,080 4,075
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 256,390 ... ... 27,215 ... ...
2 persons 93,545 ... ... 14,700 ... ...
3 persons 61,890 ... ... 4,820 ... ...
4 persons 70,125 ... ... 4,660 ... ...
5 or more persons 30,830 ... ... 3,035 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.2 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 256,390 ... ... 27,215 ... ...
Total couple families 209,840 ... ... 23,770 ... ...
Married couples 193,080 ... ... 20,145 ... ...
Common-law couples 16,760 ... ... 3,625 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 46,550 ... ... 3,450 ... ...
Female parent 38,105 ... ... 2,620 ... ...
Male parent 8,440 ... ... 830 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 209,840 ... ... 23,765 ... ...
Couples without children 68,880 ... ... 12,550 ... ...
Couples with children 140,955 ... ... 11,215 ... ...
1 child 47,500 ... ... 3,910 ... ...
2 children 64,840 ... ... 4,355 ... ...
3 or more children 28,620 ... ... 2,955 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 46,545 ... ... 3,450 ... ...
1 child 24,660 ... ... 2,145 ... ...
2 children 14,390 ... ... 910 ... ...
3 or more children 7,495 ... ... 395 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 99,535 47,580 51,950 14,880 7,720 7,160
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 276,235 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
One-census-family households 202,540 ... ... 26,250 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 48,625 ... ... 12,155 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 153,915 ... ... 14,095 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 25,505 ... ... 475 ... ...
Non-census-family households 48,200 ... ... 11,515 ... ...
One-person households 39,840 ... ... 10,135 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 8,355 ... ... 1,380 ... ...
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 15 918,155 453,900 464,255 96,230 48,270 47,955
English only 830,770 418,720 412,055 92,375 46,545 45,825
French only 775 335 445 30 15 10
English and French 47,200 20,230 26,970 3,330 1,475 1,860
Neither English nor French 39,410 14,625 24,790 495 240 255
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 16 918,155 453,900 464,260 96,225 48,265 47,955
English 865,300 433,090 432,210 94,710 47,515 47,195
French 7,855 3,565 4,290 960 495 475
English and French 6,140 2,885 3,245 80 35 40
Neither English nor French 38,865 14,360 24,505 470 225 250
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 10,920 5,005 5,915 1,005 510 495
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.0
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 18 918,160 453,900 464,260 96,225 48,270 47,955
Single responses 875,285 432,515 442,765 95,015 47,660 47,355
Official languages 484,625 240,330 244,295 84,385 42,385 42,000
English 477,520 237,090 240,430 83,275 41,820 41,455
French 7,105 3,235 3,870 1,110 560 550
Non-official languages 390,655 192,190 198,475 10,630 5,280 5,350
Aboriginal languages 50 25 30 140 60 80
Algonquian languages 30 10 20 135 60 75
Blackfoot 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 15 5 10 135 60 75
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 5 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 15 5 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 115 55 65
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 0 5 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 5 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 5 0 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 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. 15 5 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 390,605 192,165 198,445 10,490 5,220 5,270
Afro-Asiatic languages 19,280 9,445 9,840 195 110 80
Berber languages 10 10 5 0 5 5
Kabyle 10 5 5 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 4,125 1,790 2,335 0 0 0
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 115 60 50 0 0 0
Somali 4,010 1,730 2,280 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 15,010 7,580 7,430 185 110 80
Amharic 505 260 245 5 0 0
Arabic 7,110 3,655 3,460 145 80 60
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4,975 2,450 2,525 10 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 815 400 405 0 0 0
Harari 55 30 25 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 40 20 0 0 0
Maltese 845 430 415 0 5 0
Tigrigna 355 155 200 30 20 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 300 160 140 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 130 60 70 5 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,540 3,055 3,485 45 25 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 320 150 175 5 0 0
Vietnamese 6,200 2,900 3,300 40 20 20
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 20 5 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 16,290 6,820 9,470 1,275 545 730
Bikol 50 25 25 0 5 0
Cebuano 580 255 325 90 35 55
Fijian 15 5 10 5 5 0
Hiligaynon 165 70 95 20 10 10
Ilocano 800 330 470 45 20 25
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 280 125 155 5 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 215 105 110 10 5 10
Pangasinan 55 25 25 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 13,980 5,825 8,160 1,075 455 620
Waray-Waray 50 20 25 0 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 100 45 55 15 10 5
Creole languages 1,320 645 675 10 5 10
Haitian Creole 30 15 15 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 825 405 415 10 0 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 470 220 250 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 21,880 10,765 11,115 120 55 60
Kannada 435 205 225 0 0 0
Malayalam 3,575 1,790 1,790 95 45 50
Tamil 15,880 7,740 8,135 5 0 5
Telugu 1,945 1,000 940 15 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 45 25 20 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 302,380 150,635 151,750 8,200 4,155 4,040
Albanian 1,105 545 560 10 5 0
Armenian 390 200 195 5 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 16,415 7,730 8,685 2,220 1,090 1,130
Baltic languages 225 110 115 5 0 0
Latvian 105 55 50 0 0 0
Lithuanian 120 55 60 0 0 0
Slavic languages 16,195 7,625 8,575 2,220 1,085 1,125
Belarusan 10 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 245 135 115 10 5 5
Bulgarian 260 140 120 0 0 0
Croatian 2,315 1,115 1,195 30 20 15
Czech 435 205 230 35 15 20
Macedonian 565 260 300 0 0 0
Polish 7,535 3,510 4,025 135 70 70
Russian 1,595 720 875 125 55 65
Serbian 875 450 420 5 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 130 55 70 0 0 5
Slovak 345 160 190 10 10 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 485 230 250 15 10 10
Ukrainian 1,370 615 755 1,830 900 930
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 25 15 5 0 5
Celtic languages 40 20 25 5 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 15 5 0 0
Welsh 15 5 10 5 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 5,555 2,485 3,075 4,830 2,470 2,355
Afrikaans 60 25 30 90 45 45
Danish 185 90 100 65 40 25
Dutch 1,655 715 945 250 125 125
Frisian 45 15 35 10 0 5
German 3,470 1,590 1,885 4,305 2,205 2,105
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 15 20 45 20 30
Swedish 65 25 40 55 30 25
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 10 20 5 5 0
Yiddish 10 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0
Greek 1,805 890 920 30 20 10
Indo-Iranian languages 215,255 109,020 106,235 605 335 275
Indo-Aryan languages 208,935 105,830 103,105 570 305 265
Bengali 4,080 2,025 2,055 20 15 5
Gujarati 23,475 11,890 11,590 70 45 25
Hindi 17,625 8,760 8,870 70 35 35
Kashmiri 55 30 30 0 0 0
Konkani 325 150 170 5 5 5
Marathi 905 450 455 5 5 5
Nepali 1,325 665 660 15 10 5
Oriya (Odia) 120 65 60 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 132,225 67,320 64,910 145 75 70
Sindhi 695 350 345 10 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 2,005 990 1,010 30 15 20
Urdu 26,100 13,140 12,955 190 105 90
Iranian languages 5,980 3,025 2,955 40 25 15
Kurdish 165 105 60 5 5 0
Pashto 930 465 465 5 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 4,880 2,460 2,420 25 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 340 165 175 5 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 61,800 29,745 32,060 495 240 255
Catalan 10 0 5 0 0 0
Italian 27,050 13,215 13,830 30 15 15
Portuguese 14,270 6,975 7,290 35 15 20
Romanian 1,265 560 705 65 30 35
Spanish 19,175 8,970 10,210 365 175 190
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 0 0 0
Japanese 270 105 165 20 5 10
Kartvelian languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 10 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,205 565 635 180 90 90
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 8,455 4,045 4,410 50 30 20
Akan (Twi) 4,140 1,965 2,175 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 385 160 225 5 5 0
Ewe 95 50 50 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 15 5 10 0 0 0
Ga 200 90 110 5 5 5
Ganda 110 55 60 0 0 0
Igbo 560 280 275 5 5 5
Lingala 65 35 35 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 15 20 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 20 20 0 0 0
Shona 110 55 55 10 5 5
Swahili 580 265 310 5 5 5
Wolof 25 10 15 0 0 0
Yoruba 1,380 705 675 15 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 710 330 380 10 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 15 20 5 0 5
Dinka 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15 0 0 0
Sign languages 165 85 75 15 10 5
American Sign Language 45 20 20 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 65 55 10 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,220 4,275 4,945 265 120 145
Chinese languages 8,885 4,105 4,785 255 115 140
Cantonese 4,415 2,045 2,370 105 55 50
Hakka 200 85 115 5 5 0
Mandarin 3,465 1,600 1,865 125 45 75
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 405 190 215 5 5 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 80 40 40 5 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 315 140 170 25 10 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 330 165 165 5 5 0
Burmese 140 70 75 0 0 5
Karenic languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 85 45 40 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 85 50 40 5 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 695 315 375 45 20 20
Lao 550 265 285 35 20 15
Thai 135 50 90 10 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages 920 475 440 5 0 0
Azerbaijani 35 15 20 0 0 0
Turkish 855 450 400 5 5 0
Uyghur 5 0 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 5 10 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,720 780 940 55 25 30
Estonian 105 40 65 5 0 5
Finnish 140 55 80 5 5 5
Hungarian 1,480 685 795 45 25 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 230 125 105 5 0 5
Multiple responses 42,875 21,385 21,490 1,215 605 605
English and French 1,750 805 945 145 70 80
English and non-official language 39,555 19,910 19,645 1,040 530 510
French and non-official language 705 280 420 15 15 5
English, French and non-official language 870 390 480 10 5 10
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 918,160 453,900 464,255 96,230 48,265 47,955
Single responses 810,295 399,940 410,355 94,250 47,295 46,955
Official languages 579,460 286,540 292,925 89,205 44,735 44,470
English 576,105 284,975 291,130 89,000 44,630 44,365
French 3,355 1,560 1,795 205 105 105
Non-official languages 230,835 113,410 117,430 5,045 2,560 2,490
Aboriginal languages 15 5 10 30 15 15
Algonquian languages 10 5 5 30 15 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 0 0 30 15 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 30 15 10
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 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 5 5 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 5 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 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 230,820 113,400 117,420 5,020 2,545 2,470
Afro-Asiatic languages 11,330 5,385 5,955 120 70 45
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 5 0 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 2,555 1,115 1,440 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 60 30 30 0 0 0
Somali 2,490 1,080 1,410 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,705 4,225 4,475 115 65 45
Amharic 230 115 115 0 5 0
Arabic 3,895 1,920 1,975 75 40 35
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 3,470 1,665 1,805 10 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 515 255 260 0 0 0
Harari 15 5 10 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 20 15 0 0 0
Maltese 215 100 115 0 0 0
Tigrigna 175 80 95 25 15 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 75 85 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 80 35 45 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,415 2,080 2,335 25 15 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 160 75 85 0 5 0
Vietnamese 4,240 1,995 2,245 25 15 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 15 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 6,675 3,045 3,630 630 300 325
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 225 110 120 40 20 15
Fijian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 45 25 20 15 10 5
Ilocano 305 135 170 5 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 80 40 35 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 75 40 40 5 0 0
Pangasinan 15 5 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,895 2,670 3,220 570 270 300
Waray-Waray 15 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 0 0 0
Creole languages 765 375 385 5 0 0
Haitian Creole 25 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 520 255 265 5 5 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 220 110 110 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 14,300 6,970 7,335 65 30 30
Kannada 215 105 110 0 0 0
Malayalam 1,990 985 1,000 60 30 30
Tamil 10,910 5,265 5,650 0 0 0
Telugu 1,170 595 570 5 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 181,045 89,740 91,305 3,840 1,950 1,885
Albanian 515 260 260 10 5 0
Armenian 190 85 100 5 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 7,405 3,595 3,810 290 140 150
Baltic languages 55 20 30 0 0 0
Latvian 25 10 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 20 10 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,355 3,575 3,780 290 140 150
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 65 60 5 0 5
Bulgarian 135 65 70 0 0 0
Croatian 895 435 460 20 15 5
Czech 145 70 70 10 5 5
Macedonian 195 95 105 0 0 0
Polish 3,660 1,785 1,880 20 5 15
Russian 975 485 490 40 20 25
Serbian 410 200 205 5 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 50 20 25 0 0 0
Slovak 100 50 55 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 140 70 70 5 0 5
Ukrainian 505 235 275 180 90 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 0 0 5 0 5
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 670 305 365 2,985 1,520 1,465
Afrikaans 10 5 5 70 30 35
Danish 20 10 10 0 0 0
Dutch 110 45 65 30 10 15
Frisian 5 5 5 5 0 5
German 510 240 270 2,805 1,435 1,375
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Swedish 15 5 5 5 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 75 40 35
Greek 590 270 320 5 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages 145,910 73,210 72,700 335 175 160
Indo-Aryan languages 142,145 71,400 70,750 320 165 155
Bengali 2,540 1,245 1,300 5 5 5
Gujarati 15,235 7,575 7,655 50 30 20
Hindi 9,600 4,740 4,865 30 15 15
Kashmiri 10 5 10 0 0 0
Konkani 75 40 35 0 0 0
Marathi 460 240 220 5 5 5
Nepali 905 465 440 15 5 10
Oriya (Odia) 70 35 35 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 95,040 48,040 47,000 80 35 45
Sindhi 360 175 185 0 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,015 500 515 20 10 10
Urdu 16,830 8,335 8,490 115 60 55
Iranian languages 3,625 1,750 1,875 15 5 10
Kurdish 75 40 35 0 0 0
Pashto 595 295 300 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,950 1,410 1,540 10 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 140 65 80 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 25,770 12,015 13,755 205 110 100
Catalan 0 0 5 0 0 0
Italian 9,100 4,070 5,030 5 0 0
Portuguese 5,510 2,665 2,845 0 0 5
Romanian 545 260 285 20 10 10
Spanish 10,595 5,015 5,580 180 95 85
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 125 60 60 5 5 0
Kartvelian languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 5 0 0 0
Korean 845 395 450 130 65 65
Mongolic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 3,375 1,565 1,810 5 5 5
Akan (Twi) 1,995 905 1,090 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 110 50 65 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ganda 45 25 25 0 0 0
Igbo 180 100 80 0 0 0
Lingala 10 5 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 10 10 0 0 5
Shona 50 30 20 0 0 0
Swahili 210 100 110 0 0 0
Wolof 15 10 5 0 0 0
Yoruba 490 230 260 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 160 70 90 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 250 150 105 25 20 10
American Sign Language 70 35 35 5 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 185 110 75 20 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,070 2,850 3,220 140 70 70
Chinese languages 5,875 2,750 3,125 140 70 70
Cantonese 2,840 1,305 1,535 65 40 35
Hakka 90 40 55 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,520 1,210 1,310 60 20 35
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 185 85 100 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 30 30 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 170 80 90 10 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 195 100 95 0 0 0
Burmese 95 45 45 0 0 0
Karenic languages 15 5 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 75 45 30 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 335 165 170 15 10 5
Lao 280 130 150 15 10 5
Thai 55 30 25 0 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 570 285 285 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 15 5 5 0 0 0
Turkish 530 270 265 0 0 0
Uyghur 5 0 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 620 305 315 5 5 0
Estonian 15 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 30 20 15 0 0 0
Hungarian 575 280 290 10 5 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 85 40 45 0 0 5
Multiple responses 107,865 53,955 53,905 1,975 975 1,000
English and French 1,790 795 995 75 40 40
English and non-official language 104,040 52,240 51,800 1,885 930 955
French and non-official language 315 145 170 5 0 0
English, French and non-official language 1,725 785 940 10 5 5
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 20 918,160 453,900 464,260 96,225 48,270 47,955
None 705,905 348,125 357,785 90,235 45,340 44,900
English 94,410 48,515 45,900 2,365 1,165 1,200
French 5,720 2,405 3,315 660 290 370
Non-official language 108,270 52,930 55,340 2,900 1,435 1,460
Aboriginal 30 10 20 130 60 75
Non-Aboriginal 108,240 52,915 55,320 2,765 1,380 1,390
English and French 455 220 235 10 5 10
English and non-official language 2,490 1,330 1,165 40 20 15
French and non-official language 865 360 505 15 5 10
English, French and non-official language 35 15 15 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 21 737,780 360,840 376,940 75,520 37,775 37,750
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 693,940 340,020 353,925 72,455 36,290 36,170
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,454 34,197 25,691 40,176 54,160 30,594
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 694,035 340,035 354,000 72,460 36,290 36,170
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,380 31,297 24,318 36,056 46,459 28,384
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 604,645 307,020 297,620 67,535 34,710 32,825
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,848 35,162 24,903 38,447 52,545 28,110
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 509,865 224,745 285,115 43,950 17,660 26,290
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 2,656 1,065 4,509 6,824 8,386 6,099
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 530,085 275,680 254,410 57,640 30,645 26,990
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,552 36,028 27,607 38,307 51,919 28,549
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 737,910 360,855 377,050 75,525 37,775 37,750
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 694,325 340,005 354,325 72,340 36,210 36,130
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,187 44,795 33,805 54,612 69,085 40,108
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 694,435 340,025 354,410 72,350 36,210 36,145
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,358 37,356 29,521 45,110 55,701 34,500
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 605,085 306,785 298,300 67,405 34,650 32,755
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,459 45,651 33,092 53,044 67,630 37,617
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 508,955 223,985 284,970 43,670 17,455 26,220
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,547 5,471 7,393 8,594 9,072 8,276
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 530,140 275,595 254,545 57,640 30,570 27,070
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,241 45,606 34,431 50,063 62,620 35,884
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 737,910 360,855 377,050 75,525 37,775 37,750
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 24 248,950 142,205 106,740 25,930 15,560 10,370
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 49,646 54,021 45,123 58,400 69,108 47,917
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 57,777 62,340 51,699 67,898 77,721 53,156
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 87.8 92.0 82.4 90.5 93.6 85.2
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 78.3 82.3 73.1 73.1 76.6 67.0
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 12.2 8.0 17.6 9.5 6.4 14.8
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 737,780 360,835 376,940 75,520 37,775 37,750
Without total income 43,840 20,820 23,020 3,065 1,485 1,585
With total income 693,935 340,015 353,920 72,455 36,285 36,170
Percentage with total income 94.1 94.2 93.9 95.9 96.1 95.8
Under $10,000 (including loss) 123,910 55,065 68,850 8,440 2,975 5,465
$10,000 to $19,999 130,350 55,140 75,205 9,700 3,630 6,075
$20,000 to $29,999 97,065 43,340 53,725 10,075 3,850 6,220
$30,000 to $39,999 80,270 37,470 42,795 7,860 3,315 4,545
$40,000 to $49,999 68,635 32,805 35,835 7,115 3,160 3,955
$50,000 to $59,999 52,555 27,610 24,945 5,845 2,975 2,880
$60,000 to $69,999 38,795 22,390 16,405 4,855 2,805 2,055
$70,000 to $79,999 28,425 17,570 10,855 3,835 2,505 1,325
$80,000 to $89,999 20,795 13,125 7,670 3,115 2,100 1,015
$90,000 to $99,999 16,675 9,925 6,755 2,545 1,750 795
$100,000 and over 36,470 25,585 10,885 9,070 7,230 1,840
$100,000 to $149,999 26,665 18,255 8,410 6,005 4,640 1,375
$150,000 and over 9,805 7,330 2,475 3,065 2,595 465
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 737,780 360,835 376,940 75,520 37,775 37,745
Without after-tax income 43,745 20,800 22,940 3,060 1,480 1,575
With after-tax income 694,035 340,035 354,000 72,465 36,290 36,170
Percentage with after-tax income 94.1 94.2 93.9 96.0 96.1 95.8
Under $10,000 (including loss) 125,340 55,525 69,815 8,685 3,050 5,630
$10,000 to $19,999 135,980 57,900 78,080 10,110 3,790 6,320
$20,000 to $29,999 111,995 50,490 61,505 11,570 4,475 7,095
$30,000 to $39,999 94,655 44,945 49,710 9,610 4,140 5,470
$40,000 to $49,999 77,930 39,690 38,235 8,315 4,085 4,225
$50,000 to $59,999 52,840 30,200 22,640 6,595 3,890 2,700
$60,000 to $69,999 34,785 21,615 13,170 4,835 3,200 1,635
$70,000 to $79,999 24,125 14,685 9,445 3,680 2,530 1,150
$80,000 and over 36,390 24,990 11,400 9,070 7,130 1,945
$80,000 to $89,999 14,005 8,800 5,205 2,615 1,885 730
$90,000 to $99,999 7,635 5,350 2,285 1,880 1,435 445
$100,000 and over 14,745 10,840 3,910 4,575 3,810 765
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 737,775 360,835 376,940 75,520 37,775 37,750
Without employment income 207,695 85,160 122,530 17,885 7,130 10,755
With employment income 530,085 275,680 254,410 57,640 30,645 26,995
Percentage with employment income 71.8 76.4 67.5 76.3 81.1 71.5
Under $5,000 (including loss) 64,635 30,260 34,370 7,535 3,505 4,030
$5,000 to $9,999 46,130 20,205 25,925 4,190 1,750 2,440
$10,000 to $19,999 78,625 37,935 40,690 6,760 2,680 4,085
$20,000 to $29,999 64,925 31,115 33,810 5,755 2,300 3,455
$30,000 to $39,999 60,455 28,915 31,540 5,465 2,335 3,130
$40,000 to $49,999 53,790 26,410 27,375 5,160 2,325 2,835
$50,000 to $59,999 42,540 23,535 19,000 4,345 2,275 2,070
$60,000 to $69,999 31,855 19,280 12,580 3,605 2,145 1,460
$70,000 to $79,999 24,075 15,400 8,670 3,050 2,085 965
$80,000 and over 63,060 42,615 20,445 11,775 9,245 2,525
$80,000 to $89,999 18,015 11,660 6,355 2,480 1,735 745
$90,000 to $99,999 15,055 8,950 6,110 2,085 1,490 600
$100,000 and over 29,985 22,000 7,980 7,205 6,025 1,185
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 276,235 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 84,172 ... ... 82,575 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 74,472 ... ... 71,650 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 39,840 ... ... 10,140 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,691 ... ... 39,547 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 34,637 ... ... 35,317 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 236,395 ... ... 28,105 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 92,965 ... ... 102,087 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 82,155 ... ... 87,428 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 276,285 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 98,478 ... ... 103,311 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 83,842 ... ... 85,348 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 39,875 ... ... 10,125 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 48,050 ... ... 51,456 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 40,013 ... ... 42,923 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 236,410 ... ... 28,115 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 106,984 ... ... 121,988 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 91,235 ... ... 100,628 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 276,235 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
Under $5,000 2,725 ... ... 495 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 2,280 ... ... 280 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,850 ... ... 470 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,935 ... ... 970 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 7,360 ... ... 1,920 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 7,670 ... ... 1,235 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 8,800 ... ... 1,370 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 9,740 ... ... 1,470 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 10,105 ... ... 1,390 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 10,350 ... ... 1,390 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 20,905 ... ... 2,615 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 20,765 ... ... 2,525 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 19,765 ... ... 2,390 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 18,810 ... ... 2,205 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 17,680 ... ... 2,100 ... ...
$100,000 and over 109,505 ... ... 15,420 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 36,435 ... ... 4,575 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 26,375 ... ... 3,380 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 28,170 ... ... 3,985 ... ...
$200,000 and over 18,530 ... ... 3,485 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 276,235 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Under $5,000 2,925 ... ... 545 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 2,315 ... ... 300 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,920 ... ... 490 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 6,175 ... ... 1,010 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 8,075 ... ... 2,035 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 8,495 ... ... 1,380 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 9,935 ... ... 1,640 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 11,270 ... ... 1,710 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 12,170 ... ... 1,690 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 12,465 ... ... 1,655 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 25,490 ... ... 3,160 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 24,440 ... ... 3,055 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 23,390 ... ... 2,830 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 21,430 ... ... 2,690 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 19,140 ... ... 2,435 ... ...
$100,000 and over 84,605 ... ... 11,620 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 36,255 ... ... 4,495 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 21,980 ... ... 2,965 ... ...
$150,000 and over 26,375 ... ... 4,160 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 232,885 ... ... 27,050 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 91,233 ... ... 101,452 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 80,675 ... ... 86,709 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.7 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 47,175 ... ... 11,960 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 77,953 ... ... 90,197 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 68,322 ... ... 77,943 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 139,435 ... ... 11,305 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 105,142 ... ... 127,273 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 92,585 ... ... 106,224 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 4.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 38,190 ... ... 3,200 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,653 ... ... 58,996 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,640 ... ... 54,053 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 3.0 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 232,725 ... ... 27,035 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 105,503 ... ... 121,739 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,891 ... ... 100,330 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 47,360 ... ... 11,990 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 93,660 ... ... 112,566 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 77,631 ... ... 93,084 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 139,450 ... ... 11,310 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 118,963 ... ... 146,702 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,383 ... ... 119,798 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 37,905 ... ... 3,180 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 69,992 ... ... 69,958 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,081 ... ... 60,597 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 66,005 35,045 30,955 13,380 6,945 6,435
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,267 32,926 29,787 38,262 46,171 31,928
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,736 29,892 27,607 34,162 39,800 29,857
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 66,065 35,130 30,935 13,365 6,825 6,540
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 40,191 41,007 39,263 49,344 57,148 41,190
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 33,976 34,321 33,584 41,252 46,613 35,652
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 916,765 453,290 463,475 93,980 47,330 46,655
In the bottom half of the distribution 475,015 231,460 243,555 39,380 18,925 20,455
In the bottom decile 73,845 36,780 37,065 6,245 3,080 3,165
In the second decile 93,280 44,315 48,960 8,025 3,635 4,390
In the third decile 101,885 49,175 52,710 8,130 3,805 4,320
In the fourth decile 103,345 50,645 52,700 8,260 4,045 4,210
In the fifth decile 102,660 50,545 52,120 8,720 4,350 4,370
In the top half of the distribution 441,750 221,830 219,920 54,600 28,405 26,200
In the sixth decile 100,415 49,670 50,750 9,155 4,595 4,560
In the seventh decile 97,740 48,730 49,010 9,825 5,055 4,770
In the eighth decile 93,065 46,835 46,230 10,915 5,710 5,200
In the ninth decile 88,550 44,795 43,760 11,975 6,275 5,700
In the top decile 61,975 31,805 30,170 12,735 6,765 5,965
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 43 916,765 453,290 463,475 93,775 47,220 46,555
0 to 17 years 217,490 112,465 105,025 21,995 11,410 10,590
0 to 5 years 66,955 34,615 32,340 7,255 3,795 3,460
18 to 64 years 586,895 288,240 298,650 57,175 28,835 28,340
65 years and over 112,380 52,580 59,800 14,610 6,975 7,630
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 113,715 54,660 59,055 9,615 4,580 5,030
0 to 17 years 38,325 19,875 18,455 2,970 1,600 1,370
0 to 5 years 12,840 6,725 6,115 1,085 585 500
18 to 64 years 64,635 30,455 34,180 5,060 2,380 2,675
65 years and over 10,755 4,335 6,420 1,585 600 985
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 12.4 12.1 12.7 10.3 9.7 10.8
0 to 17 years (%) 17.6 17.7 17.6 13.5 14.0 12.9
0 to 5 years (%) 19.2 19.4 18.9 15.0 15.4 14.5
18 to 64 years (%) 11.0 10.6 11.4 8.9 8.3 9.4
65 years and over (%) 9.6 8.2 10.7 10.8 8.6 12.9
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 87,215 43,225 43,985 3,960 1,965 1,995
0 to 17 years 27,270 14,160 13,110 1,180 610 565
0 to 5 years 9,300 4,865 4,435 475 255 220
18 to 64 years 53,675 26,620 27,060 2,520 1,230 1,290
65 years and over 6,265 2,445 3,820 265 125 145
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 9.5 9.5 9.5 4.2 4.2 4.3
0 to 17 years (%) 12.5 12.6 12.5 5.4 5.3 5.3
0 to 5 years (%) 13.9 14.1 13.7 6.5 6.7 6.4
18 to 64 years (%) 9.1 9.2 9.1 4.4 4.3 4.6
65 years and over (%) 5.6 4.7 6.4 1.8 1.8 1.9
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 916,855 453,300 463,560 93,985 47,330 46,655
Official languages 877,530 438,720 438,810 93,550 47,135 46,420
English 876,870 438,475 438,395 93,535 47,120 46,410
French 47,480 20,405 27,070 3,325 1,505 1,820
Non-official languages 491,555 242,320 249,240 11,850 5,900 5,955
Aboriginal languages 105 50 55 225 105 115
Algonquian languages 95 40 50 215 100 110
Blackfoot 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 25 10 10 205 95 110
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 10 0 10 30 10 20
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. 10 0 10 175 80 95
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 10 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 40 15 30 0 0 0
Algonquin 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway 35 15 25 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 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 10 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 15 10 10
Dakota 0 0 0 15 10 10
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 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 491,455 242,270 249,185 11,635 5,795 5,840
Afro-Asiatic languages 25,280 12,395 12,880 260 155 105
Berber languages 30 15 10 0 0 0
Kabyle 25 15 10 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5,870 2,555 3,310 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 105 45 65 0 0 0
Somali 5,755 2,510 3,250 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 19,400 9,835 9,565 260 155 100
Amharic 980 455 530 10 0 0
Arabic 13,140 6,810 6,330 225 140 85
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 6,020 2,920 3,100 10 10 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 1,025 500 525 0 0 0
Harari 150 65 85 0 0 0
Hebrew 255 140 120 10 10 10
Maltese 1,135 560 575 10 0 0
Tigrigna 505 245 255 10 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 310 180 135 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 340 160 185 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,425 3,805 4,625 35 20 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 380 145 235 10 10 10
Vietnamese 8,050 3,665 4,385 20 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 0 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,620 8,735 11,885 1,685 675 1,010
Bikol 45 25 20 20 15 10
Cebuano 900 385 515 125 35 90
Fijian 15 0 10 10 0 10
Hiligaynon 235 105 135 55 30 30
Ilocano 1,120 435 690 80 35 45
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 10 0
Malay 725 345 375 20 0 15
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 240 95 145 20 0 10
Pangasinan 55 25 30 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 19,380 8,210 11,165 1,570 630 940
Waray-Waray 30 15 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 105 55 55 0 0 0
Creole languages 3,870 1,745 2,120 10 10 0
Haitian Creole 90 45 50 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 1,935 910 1,025 10 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 1,840 790 1,050 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 29,180 14,585 14,605 150 75 70
Kannada 920 445 470 0 0 0
Malayalam 4,620 2,325 2,295 115 55 55
Tamil 21,860 10,900 10,965 10 10 10
Telugu 2,940 1,545 1,395 25 15 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 90 50 40 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 380,210 189,990 190,220 8,660 4,465 4,195
Albanian 1,515 765 750 15 10 10
Armenian 660 310 345 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 19,050 8,975 10,080 2,675 1,300 1,370
Baltic languages 280 120 160 0 0 0
Latvian 115 45 75 0 0 0
Lithuanian 160 70 85 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,815 8,870 9,950 2,675 1,300 1,370
Belarusan 25 10 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 435 215 220 0 0 0
Bulgarian 345 185 160 0 0 0
Croatian 3,015 1,405 1,605 20 10 10
Czech 455 225 230 55 35 20
Macedonian 855 405 445 0 0 0
Polish 8,660 4,050 4,605 155 80 80
Russian 2,735 1,335 1,405 295 135 155
Serbian 1,150 580 570 20 10 15
Serbo-Croatian 170 75 95 0 0 0
Slovak 400 170 230 10 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 620 290 335 15 10 10
Ukrainian 1,765 750 1,015 2,250 1,095 1,155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 30 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages 80 45 35 15 0 15
Scottish Gaelic 45 30 20 0 0 0
Welsh 10 0 0 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15 10 0 10
Germanic languages 7,700 3,625 4,075 4,140 2,125 2,010
Afrikaans 210 95 115 110 60 55
Danish 190 120 70 70 35 40
Dutch 1,965 870 1,100 310 130 180
Frisian 40 15 30 0 0 0
German 5,230 2,505 2,725 3,500 1,820 1,680
Icelandic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 110 50 60 60 30 40
Swedish 140 60 80 55 35 20
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 10 25 0 0 0
Yiddish 10 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 315 170 145
Greek 2,515 1,305 1,215 65 45 20
Indo-Iranian languages 266,900 135,690 131,210 890 510 380
Indo-Aryan languages 260,345 132,440 127,910 840 475 365
Bengali 5,145 2,545 2,600 15 10 0
Gujarati 30,175 15,400 14,780 115 75 40
Hindi 84,820 42,945 41,870 290 170 115
Kashmiri 155 70 80 0 0 0
Konkani 720 330 385 0 0 0
Marathi 1,895 995 895 15 10 10
Nepali 1,500 760 745 20 15 10
Oriya (Odia) 155 75 80 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 170,120 87,280 82,835 270 145 120
Sindhi 950 450 500 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 3,175 1,640 1,535 25 15 15
Urdu 40,510 20,505 20,000 355 195 155
Iranian languages 7,415 3,650 3,760 80 60 20
Kurdish 270 165 110 10 10 0
Pashto 1,435 725 710 40 25 10
Persian (Farsi) 6,100 2,990 3,110 35 25 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 785 375 410 10 0 10
Italic (Romance) languages 84,400 40,615 43,785 1,150 630 515
Catalan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Italian 38,425 18,740 19,680 65 50 20
Portuguese 19,065 9,330 9,730 75 20 50
Romanian 1,520 695 820 75 50 25
Spanish 27,850 12,990 14,865 940 520 420
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 65 45 25 0 0 10
Japanese 595 285 315 40 15 20
Kartvelian languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Georgian 15 0 10 0 0 0
Korean 1,370 635 740 175 75 95
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 15,310 7,395 7,915 190 110 80
Akan (Twi) 6,395 3,040 3,360 15 10 10
Bamanankan 25 10 15 0 0 0
Edo 805 405 405 10 0 10
Ewe 95 60 40 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 80 45 30 0 0 0
Ga 465 250 215 0 0 0
Ganda 190 100 90 0 0 0
Igbo 1,005 535 470 15 10 0
Lingala 415 170 245 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 25 40 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 115 45 70 0 0 0
Shona 160 65 100 10 0 10
Swahili 1,735 855 880 25 15 10
Wolof 65 30 30 0 10 0
Yoruba 3,100 1,505 1,590 85 45 45
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,385 665 720 55 30 20
Nilo-Saharan languages 80 40 40 0 10 0
Dinka 0 10 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 80 35 40 0 0 0
Sign languages 750 365 380 170 65 105
American Sign Language 300 135 165 50 20 35
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 455 240 220 125 50 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,310 5,395 5,920 250 115 140
Chinese languages 11,015 5,225 5,785 250 105 145
Cantonese 5,865 2,815 3,060 120 55 70
Hakka 200 85 120 0 0 0
Mandarin 5,335 2,460 2,875 105 45 60
Min Dong 10 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 555 270 290 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 145 60 85 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 345 170 170 25 10 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 300 170 135 10 10 0
Burmese 75 40 35 0 0 0
Karenic languages 15 10 15 0 0 0
Tibetan 95 55 40 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 115 70 45 0 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages 995 500 495 105 60 45
Lao 825 410 415 80 50 35
Thai 255 130 120 35 15 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,240 695 550 0 0 10
Azerbaijani 45 25 15 0 0 0
Turkish 1,175 665 510 0 0 0
Uyghur 10 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,950 880 1,075 85 50 30
Estonian 160 50 120 0 0 0
Finnish 140 65 75 15 10 10
Hungarian 1,650 765 880 65 35 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 570 315 255 10 0 10
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 916,855 453,300 463,560 93,985 47,325 46,650
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 798,360 395,405 402,955 90,240 45,580 44,665
Canadian citizens aged under 18 203,840 105,540 98,300 21,485 11,300 10,185
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 594,520 289,865 304,655 68,755 34,280 34,475
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 118,500 57,895 60,605 3,745 1,750 1,995
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 916,855 453,295 463,560 93,985 47,325 46,655
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 459,505 232,375 227,125 85,715 43,365 42,350
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 442,520 212,610 229,910 7,380 3,535 3,840
Before 1981 88,045 41,595 46,450 1,870 900 970
1981 to 1990 58,290 28,600 29,685 605 295 315
1991 to 2000 105,655 50,390 55,265 780 405 375
2001 to 2010 132,985 64,160 68,820 1,965 935 1,025
2001 to 2005 69,425 33,485 35,940 690 345 345
2006 to 2010 63,555 30,675 32,880 1,275 590 685
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 57,550 27,855 29,690 2,155 1,000 1,155
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 14,835 8,310 6,525 885 425 465
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 442,520 212,605 229,915 7,375 3,535 3,840
Under 5 years 35,765 18,020 17,750 1,115 575 545
5 to 14 years 68,885 34,540 34,350 1,560 735 825
15 to 24 years 113,155 49,635 63,510 1,415 705 710
25 to 44 years 172,905 86,835 86,070 2,805 1,290 1,520
45 years and over 51,805 23,575 28,230 485 240 240
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 54 442,520 212,610 229,910 7,380 3,540 3,840
Americas 90,845 40,495 50,350 2,095 1,010 1,085
Brazil 740 305 435 15 0 0
Colombia 1,685 760 935 40 20 15
El Salvador 2,570 1,300 1,265 35 20 15
Guyana 20,575 9,445 11,130 10 10 10
Haiti 595 300 300 0 0 0
Jamaica 31,565 13,490 18,070 110 60 50
Mexico 1,135 465 670 1,060 530 530
Peru 960 405 555 15 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 10,635 4,880 5,750 40 10 30
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 4,570 2,110 2,460 505 215 290
Other places of birth in Americas 15,815 7,030 8,785 275 150 120
Europe 70,760 33,915 36,850 2,325 1,110 1,210
Bosnia and Herzegovina 740 380 370 0 0 0
Croatia 1,575 705 870 10 0 10
France 555 225 330 40 0 35
Germany 2,745 1,345 1,400 420 200 220
Greece 1,380 695 685 25 15 10
Hungary 865 380 485 30 20 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 670 295 375 25 15 10
Italy 19,610 9,755 9,855 15 15 0
Netherlands 1,515 690 830 235 105 130
Poland 6,055 2,785 3,275 160 80 75
Portugal 11,085 5,620 5,470 15 0 15
Romania 1,380 630 750 45 30 15
Russian Federation 840 340 500 90 40 55
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 660 365 295 20 0 15
Ukraine 980 420 560 135 55 80
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 14,240 6,480 7,760 840 410 430
Other places of birth in Europe 5,865 2,820 3,045 220 115 105
Africa 26,810 12,895 13,915 470 260 210
Algeria 95 50 40 15 10 10
Egypt 1,190 590 600 10 15 0
Ethiopia 995 480 515 20 10 10
Kenya 2,155 1,045 1,120 10 10 0
Morocco 215 110 105 10 10 0
Nigeria 6,140 3,065 3,080 140 65 75
Somalia 3,125 1,255 1,865 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 735 345 390 130 70 55
Other places of birth in Africa 12,150 5,950 6,200 135 80 55
Asia 252,955 124,795 128,155 2,440 1,125 1,315
Afghanistan 3,835 1,835 2,000 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2,860 1,410 1,445 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,185 1,890 2,290 95 45 45
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 1,145 550 595 30 10 20
India 152,235 76,140 76,095 365 190 180
IranCensus data footnote 61 1,135 635 495 45 30 15
Iraq 8,005 4,080 3,930 40 15 25
Japan 200 75 125 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,130 520 610 55 25 25
Lebanon 1,010 525 485 55 40 10
Pakistan 24,535 12,495 12,045 190 115 75
Philippines 19,830 8,535 11,300 1,315 525 795
Sri Lanka 15,190 7,570 7,620 20 10 15
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 690 345 350 0 0 0
Taiwan 330 130 205 0 0 0
Viet Nam 6,840 3,155 3,690 20 10 15
Other places of birth in Asia 9,800 4,905 4,890 200 105 95
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 1,150 510 640 50 30 25
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 57,550 27,855 29,690 2,155 1,000 1,155
Americas 7,655 3,720 3,945 425 190 235
Brazil 185 85 100 0 0 0
Colombia 240 80 160 10 0 0
Cuba 180 90 90 20 10 10
Haiti 205 85 120 0 0 0
Jamaica 2,835 1,490 1,345 80 45 40
Mexico 255 125 135 190 95 95
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 840 435 405 75 20 50
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 40 20 20 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Americas 2,880 1,310 1,570 50 15 30
Europe 1,685 775 910 205 95 105
France 60 10 50 0 0 0
Germany 70 45 25 40 20 20
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 30 10 20 10 0 10
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 10 0 0 0 0
Romania 50 15 35 10 0 10
Russian Federation 70 20 45 25 10 15
Ukraine 90 35 55 15 0 10
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 385 175 215 90 50 35
Other places of birth in Europe 920 460 460 15 10 10
Africa 4,775 2,350 2,420 230 120 110
Algeria 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 180 85 95 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 150 60 85 0 0 10
Côte d'Ivoire 100 40 60 0 0 0
Egypt 225 110 115 0 0 0
Eritrea 110 65 50 10 10 0
Ethiopia 75 35 45 0 0 0
Morocco 45 15 25 10 0 0
Nigeria 1,790 895 900 120 60 60
Somalia 515 250 265 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 35 25 10 60 25 30
Tunisia 0 10 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 1,535 765 770 40 20 15
Asia 43,290 20,945 22,345 1,295 590 700
Afghanistan 635 270 365 0 0 0
Bangladesh 430 215 220 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 415 140 270 35 20 15
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 20 0 10 0 0 0
India 28,335 14,045 14,290 210 105 105
IranCensus data footnote 61 155 100 65 10 0 10
Iraq 2,295 1,130 1,170 45 15 25
Israel 20 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 20 0 15 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 50 20 35 15 0 10
Lebanon 75 40 35 10 10 0
Nepal 525 240 280 10 10 10
Pakistan 3,855 1,855 2,000 70 30 35
Philippines 3,375 1,415 1,950 860 385 475
Saudi Arabia 135 45 85 10 0 10
Sri Lanka 1,325 610 720 10 0 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 315 175 140 0 0 0
Taiwan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Turkey 65 50 20 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 360 165 200 10 10 10
Viet Nam 430 165 265 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 440 245 190 15 0 10
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 135 65 70 10 10 0
Australia 115 65 50 0 10 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 20 0 20 0 0 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 916,855 453,300 463,560 93,985 47,330 46,655
First generationCensus data footnote 69 460,145 222,375 237,770 8,705 4,185 4,520
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 286,650 146,025 140,620 13,895 6,755 7,140
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 170,070 84,900 85,165 71,385 36,390 34,995
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 72 360,035 173,690 186,350 5,640 2,705 2,940
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 134,220 69,970 64,250 3,375 1,665 1,710
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 53,530 36,875 16,650 1,200 730 470
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 80,695 33,090 47,600 2,170 935 1,240
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 172,535 75,250 97,280 1,640 695 945
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 49,660 26,650 23,010 575 325 260
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 3,625 1,820 1,800 45 20 25
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 916,860 453,295 463,560 93,980 47,330 46,655
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 7,175 3,385 3,790 5,610 2,710 2,895
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 6,710 3,150 3,555 5,430 2,615 2,820
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 4,370 2,105 2,270 1,970 975 995
Métis 2,200 985 1,210 3,405 1,615 1,790
Inuk (Inuit) 145 65 80 60 25 35
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 215 95 125 110 65 35
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 250 140 105 70 25 40
Non-Aboriginal identity 909,680 449,910 459,770 88,375 44,620 43,755
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 916,855 453,295 463,560 93,980 47,325 46,655
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 2,090 1,040 1,050 1,690 835 855
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 914,770 452,255 462,505 92,295 46,490 45,800
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 916,855 453,300 463,560 93,985 47,325 46,655
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 1,175 530 645 1,090 560 530
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 1,155 515 635 1,000 505 490
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 980 435 540 585 315 270
Métis single ancestry 160 65 95 395 175 225
Inuit single ancestry 20 15 0 20 15 0
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 25 15 10 90 55 35
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 0 0 0 90 50 35
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 15 0 10 0 0 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 9,735 4,660 5,070 5,680 2,745 2,940
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 9,480 4,535 4,945 5,435 2,620 2,815
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,670 3,675 3,995 2,775 1,320 1,450
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,615 760 855 2,610 1,270 1,335
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 195 105 90 50 25 25
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 255 130 125 245 125 125
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 155 75 85 205 95 110
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 70 40 35 15 10 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 25 15 10 25 15 10
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 10 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 905,945 448,105 457,840 87,210 44,025 43,190
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 916,860 453,295 463,560 93,980 47,330 46,655
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 580,570 286,165 294,405 5,295 2,575 2,715
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 326,925 166,405 160,520 1,150 615 530
Chinese 12,550 6,170 6,380 320 135 185
Black 120,750 56,245 64,505 750 410 345
Filipino 26,980 12,075 14,900 1,725 720 1,005
Latin American 23,090 11,115 11,970 390 215 185
Arab 10,710 5,435 5,275 220 125 90
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 11,565 5,520 6,045 265 135 125
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 9,205 4,560 4,645 80 40 35
Korean 1,535 750 790 170 85 85
Japanese 950 440 505 50 30 20
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 22,800 10,765 12,035 75 35 35
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 13,505 6,675 6,830 105 35 70
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 336,290 167,135 169,155 88,685 44,750 43,940
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 103 916,860 453,300 463,560 93,985 47,325 46,655
North American Aboriginal origins 10,915 5,195 5,715 6,770 3,305 3,470
First Nations (North American Indian) 8,900 4,240 4,660 3,670 1,800 1,865
Inuit 325 180 145 115 70 45
Métis 1,965 920 1,045 3,325 1,615 1,715
Other North American origins 118,340 59,515 58,825 26,045 13,060 12,980
Acadian 460 250 205 130 45 80
American 4,700 2,225 2,480 1,650 820 830
Canadian 114,215 57,585 56,625 24,815 12,465 12,350
New Brunswicker 15 15 10 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 720 355 370 40 20 20
Nova Scotian 130 60 70 0 0 0
Ontarian 90 55 35 10 0 0
Québécois 215 95 125 20 15 0
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 35 35 0 10 0 10
European origins 326,450 160,670 165,775 75,435 37,910 37,525
British Isles origins 154,690 75,565 79,115 43,380 21,350 22,030
Channel Islander 50 20 30 0 0 0
Cornish 0 0 0 0 0 0
English 89,675 43,840 45,830 25,405 12,485 12,920
Irish 62,785 29,950 32,830 16,880 8,275 8,610
Manx 95 55 45 20 0 20
Scottish 62,820 30,400 32,415 18,350 8,735 9,610
Welsh 6,135 3,090 3,045 1,760 820 935
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 11,030 5,220 5,810 1,620 765 855
French origins 27,890 13,610 14,275 10,770 5,135 5,630
Alsatian 10 10 0 10 10 0
Breton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corsican 0 0 0 10 0 0
French 27,880 13,605 14,275 10,760 5,125 5,630
Western European origins (except French origins) 44,750 22,185 22,565 29,395 14,660 14,740
Austrian 2,450 1,235 1,215 1,035 490 545
Bavarian 15 10 10 0 0 10
Belgian 970 460 510 400 185 215
Dutch 13,420 6,440 6,985 4,465 2,205 2,260
Flemish 35 20 15 20 10 10
Frisian 75 40 35 0 0 10
German 29,490 14,805 14,685 24,970 12,525 12,445
Luxembourger 45 20 30 20 10 10
Swiss 1,280 635 650 660 325 335
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 15 10 0 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 5,650 2,775 2,870 13,685 6,625 7,055
Danish 1,455 730 725 1,705 840 870
Finnish 1,280 600 685 350 200 155
Icelandic 245 145 105 360 175 190
Norwegian 1,240 620 620 7,990 3,745 4,245
Swedish 1,560 755 805 4,595 2,300 2,295
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 305 135 170 490 315 175
Eastern European origins 39,940 19,495 20,450 24,260 12,470 11,790
Bulgarian 605 345 255 0 0 0
Byelorussian 205 95 110 15 10 10
Czech 1,270 665 600 535 280 260
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 530 280 250 365 160 205
Estonian 430 175 250 80 40 45
Hungarian 4,740 2,345 2,390 1,280 610 680
Latvian 450 215 235 15 10 0
Lithuanian 760 410 350 70 30 40
Moldovan 65 35 35 10 0 0
Polish 18,050 8,585 9,460 6,510 3,260 3,250
Romanian 2,635 1,230 1,410 1,070 555 515
Russian 3,780 1,815 1,970 2,565 1,240 1,320
Slovak 1,120 540 575 170 75 95
Ukrainian 10,655 5,245 5,410 17,040 8,970 8,075
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 110 60 50 25 15 0
Southern European origins 141,000 70,740 70,255 2,345 1,215 1,130
Albanian 1,705 890 815 15 10 0
Bosnian 645 310 330 0 0 0
Catalan 30 10 20 0 0 0
Croatian 4,905 2,480 2,420 145 80 70
Cypriot 145 55 90 0 0 0
Greek 5,740 2,910 2,830 205 125 75
Italian 79,395 40,505 38,885 1,040 535 510
Kosovar 40 25 15 0 0 0
Macedonian 1,780 875 905 0 0 0
Maltese 4,140 2,040 2,095 50 30 20
Montenegrin 115 45 65 0 0 0
Portuguese 34,270 17,110 17,165 130 70 60
Serbian 1,615 755 860 60 40 25
Sicilian 170 95 80 20 15 0
Slovenian 1,545 755 785 60 30 25
Spanish 14,355 6,745 7,610 565 260 310
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 725 355 365 65 35 35
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 30 15 15 25 15 10
Other European origins 2,310 1,095 1,215 315 185 135
Basque 80 35 40 10 10 0
Jewish 1,240 565 670 75 45 30
Roma (Gypsy) 55 25 30 10 0 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 60 25 35 0 10 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 880 440 440 225 130 90
Caribbean origins 93,415 42,390 51,020 385 185 210
Antiguan 490 235 260 0 0 0
Bahamian 150 85 70 0 0 0
Barbadian 3,250 1,495 1,750 30 15 15
Bermudan 25 20 15 0 0 0
Carib 415 155 255 15 10 0
Cuban 1,650 685 965 55 30 20
Dominican 1,085 505 580 25 15 10
Grenadian 2,785 1,215 1,565 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 885 425 460 0 0 10
Jamaican 60,830 27,480 33,355 215 100 110
Kittitian/Nevisian 350 145 205 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 70 40 25 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 80 35 45 10 0 10
St. Lucian 1,280 570 700 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 10,175 4,815 5,360 15 0 10
Vincentian/Grenadinian 2,390 995 1,395 15 10 10
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 13,830 6,040 7,790 25 10 15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 2,405 1,200 1,205 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 39,645 18,620 21,025 1,180 590 600
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 920 460 460 10 10 0
Arawak 135 60 75 0 0 0
Argentinian 1,540 645 895 10 10 10
Belizean 30 15 10 0 0 0
Bolivian 245 110 135 15 10 10
Brazilian 1,050 460 590 25 0 20
Chilean 2,200 1,020 1,175 100 60 40
Colombian 2,630 1,270 1,360 35 15 20
Costa Rican 360 160 200 10 0 0
Ecuadorian 3,405 1,665 1,735 25 15 20
Guatemalan 1,780 900 880 10 10 0
Guyanese 15,805 7,350 8,455 15 10 10
Hispanic 560 250 310 0 0 0
Honduran 415 175 240 0 0 0
Maya 125 65 65 0 0 0
Mexican 2,000 925 1,070 830 415 420
Nicaraguan 615 295 325 40 20 20
Panamanian 360 175 180 0 0 0
Paraguayan 50 20 30 0 0 0
Peruvian 1,430 625 810 10 0 10
Salvadorean 3,545 1,785 1,765 50 25 30
Uruguayan 905 440 465 0 0 0
Venezuelan 500 230 265 20 10 15
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 1,785 865 920 15 0 10
African origins 53,335 26,105 27,235 760 405 355
Central and West African origins 20,040 10,080 9,960 210 135 75
Akan 330 170 160 0 0 0
Angolan 95 60 30 0 0 0
Ashanti 645 355 290 0 0 0
Beninese 70 45 30 10 15 0
Burkinabe 45 20 20 0 0 0
Cameroonian 520 250 270 0 10 0
Chadian 40 15 25 0 0 0
Congolese 720 360 360 35 30 10
Edo 430 200 230 25 20 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 75 35 35 0 0 0
Ghanaian 8,865 4,365 4,495 20 20 0
Guinean 80 40 40 0 0 0
Ibo 450 260 195 20 10 10
Ivorian 175 55 115 0 0 0
Liberian 150 70 80 0 0 0
Malian 25 10 15 0 0 0
Malinké 30 25 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 6,560 3,380 3,180 45 20 25
Peulh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 55 30 25 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 145 65 75 0 0 0
Togolese 70 45 20 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 1,140 585 560 60 45 20
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 670 330 340 20 10 10
North African origins 3,165 1,605 1,565 100 65 35
Algerian 180 100 80 15 0 0
Berber 145 85 55 0 0 0
Coptic 60 35 25 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 2,010 1,015 995 15 10 0
Libyan 80 40 40 30 25 10
Maure 45 30 25 0 0 0
Moroccan 425 220 205 10 10 0
Sudanese 320 140 180 25 20 10
Tunisian 20 15 0 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 65 25 35 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 13,260 6,350 6,905 240 120 120
Afrikaner 10 10 0 0 0 0
Amhara 55 35 25 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 75 35 40 0 0 0
Burundian 90 45 45 0 0 0
Djiboutian 35 10 20 0 0 0
Eritrean 610 295 315 15 0 10
Ethiopian 1,635 810 825 25 20 0
Harari 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 770 365 410 20 0 20
Malagasy 10 0 15 0 0 0
Mauritian 620 355 260 0 0 0
Oromo 45 20 20 0 0 0
Rwandan 190 75 115 0 0 0
Seychellois 50 25 25 0 0 0
Somali 7,575 3,480 4,100 15 10 10
South African 670 350 320 140 70 70
Tanzanian 145 70 65 0 0 0
Tigrian 65 35 30 0 0 0
Ugandan 310 165 145 0 0 0
Zambian 80 35 45 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 195 90 100 40 15 20
Zulu 10 0 10 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 605 280 325 10 0 0
Other African origins 17,775 8,510 9,265 215 90 120
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 2,135 945 1,190 35 0 35
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 15,850 7,670 8,180 185 95 95
Asian origins 419,755 210,425 209,330 4,365 2,040 2,330
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 29,670 14,885 14,780 395 225 165
Afghan 6,125 2,980 3,155 10 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 2,355 1,205 1,150 75 35 35
Armenian 1,100 570 530 0 0 0
Assyrian 3,025 1,545 1,480 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 160 80 75 0 0 0
Georgian 50 35 10 0 0 0
Hazara 10 10 10 0 0 0
Iranian 2,485 1,335 1,145 70 45 30
Iraqi 7,345 3,695 3,650 55 30 35
Israeli 275 135 140 0 0 0
Jordanian 320 160 160 0 0 0
Kazakh 10 10 0 10 10 0
Kurd 220 125 95 10 0 0
Kuwaiti 20 0 10 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 2,200 1,105 1,100 150 95 55
Palestinian 1,180 620 560 0 0 0
Pashtun 325 175 150 10 10 0
Saudi Arabian 145 55 85 0 0 0
Syrian 1,485 640 845 10 0 10
Tajik 95 40 55 0 0 0
Tatar 40 20 20 10 0 10
Turk 1,805 890 915 10 0 10
Turkmen 40 20 20 0 0 0
Uighur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 35 10 25 0 0 0
Yemeni 270 110 155 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 1,210 630 580 0 0 0
South Asian origins 330,595 167,740 162,865 1,140 585 550
Bangladeshi 1,860 910 945 0 0 0
Bengali 1,375 700 670 0 0 0
Bhutanese 15 10 10 0 0 0
East Indian 247,760 125,765 121,990 830 405 415
Goan 510 225 285 0 0 0
Gujarati 1,880 1,055 825 0 0 0
Kashmiri 260 110 150 20 10 0
Nepali 1,425 700 725 30 20 10
Pakistani 25,730 12,950 12,785 245 140 100
Punjabi 34,750 17,975 16,775 40 20 20
Sinhalese 1,005 505 500 20 0 10
Sri Lankan 17,300 8,585 8,720 15 10 10
Tamil 5,750 2,920 2,830 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 13,785 6,945 6,835 0 0 10
East and Southeast Asian origins 61,990 28,935 33,055 2,820 1,225 1,595
Burmese 245 95 150 10 10 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 655 300 355 25 10 15
Chinese 21,030 10,255 10,775 550 225 330
Filipino 29,670 13,385 16,285 1,895 795 1,110
Hmong 20 15 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 445 215 230 10 10 10
Japanese 1,435 665 770 50 30 20
Karen 55 25 25 0 0 0
Korean 1,695 825 865 185 85 100
Laotian 1,105 540 565 110 70 40
Malaysian 495 230 260 40 15 25
Mongolian 105 40 65 10 0 10
Singaporean 105 50 55 0 0 0
Taiwanese 175 60 115 0 0 10
Thai 465 200 265 35 20 20
Tibetan 125 70 60 10 0 10
Vietnamese 9,285 4,385 4,905 45 20 20
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 830 365 465 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 2,595 1,335 1,255 40 15 20
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 2,595 1,335 1,260 35 20 20
Oceania origins 1,040 545 500 125 50 75
Australian 375 210 170 80 35 45
New Zealander 215 130 80 25 10 10
Pacific Islands origins 480 220 255 25 10 20
Fijian 400 180 220 25 0 15
Hawaiian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Maori 20 10 10 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 15 10 0 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 30 20 10 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 276,285 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Owner 212,245 ... ... 29,940 ... ...
Renter 64,040 ... ... 8,265 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 45 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 276,285 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Condominium 30,190 ... ... 2,270 ... ...
Not condominium 246,095 ... ... 35,970 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 276,290 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
No bedrooms 595 ... ... 60 ... ...
1 bedroom 19,940 ... ... 2,665 ... ...
2 bedrooms 38,735 ... ... 7,905 ... ...
3 bedrooms 98,230 ... ... 11,950 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 118,780 ... ... 15,665 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 276,290 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 57,115 ... ... 6,565 ... ...
5 rooms 40,230 ... ... 5,650 ... ...
6 rooms 45,645 ... ... 5,560 ... ...
7 rooms 42,540 ... ... 5,490 ... ...
8 or more rooms 90,765 ... ... 14,975 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.6 ... ... 6.9 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 276,285 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 259,950 ... ... 37,835 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 16,335 ... ... 400 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 276,290 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Suitable 246,025 ... ... 37,240 ... ...
Not suitable 30,260 ... ... 1,000 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 276,290 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
1960 or before 26,430 ... ... 7,395 ... ...
1961 to 1980 75,545 ... ... 12,375 ... ...
1981 to 1990 42,410 ... ... 4,860 ... ...
1991 to 2000 41,320 ... ... 3,965 ... ...
2001 to 2005 35,425 ... ... 2,965 ... ...
2006 to 2010 27,500 ... ... 3,570 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 27,655 ... ... 3,105 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 276,290 ... ... 38,240 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 263,815 ... ... 35,275 ... ...
Major repairs needed 12,475 ... ... 2,970 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 276,290 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
1 household maintainer 138,495 ... ... 23,370 ... ...
2 household maintainers 121,320 ... ... 14,305 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 16,470 ... ... 565 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 276,290 ... ... 38,245 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,250 ... ... 1,355 ... ...
25 to 34 years 31,340 ... ... 5,740 ... ...
35 to 44 years 59,595 ... ... 6,415 ... ...
45 to 54 years 72,425 ... ... 7,215 ... ...
55 to 64 years 54,525 ... ... 7,605 ... ...
65 to 74 years 33,085 ... ... 5,470 ... ...
75 to 84 years 16,635 ... ... 3,255 ... ...
85 years and over 5,440 ... ... 1,185 ... ...
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 141 275,370 ... ... 34,955 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 187,535 ... ... 28,210 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 87,835 ... ... 6,745 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 78,935 ... ... 6,000 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 211,510 ... ... 26,955 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 73.1 ... ... 58.0 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 28.3 ... ... 14.2 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,786 ... ... 1,104 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,769 ... ... 1,261 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 531,645 ... ... 300,734 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 580,371 ... ... 337,305 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 63,995 ... ... 8,165 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 14.6 ... ... 12.4 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.8 ... ... 36.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,165 ... ... 1,004 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,176 ... ... 1,063 ... ...
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 146 737,910 360,855 377,055 75,525 37,775 37,750
No certificate, diploma or degree 152,490 73,330 79,160 17,025 9,485 7,540
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 223,025 112,080 110,950 21,725 10,285 11,440
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 362,390 175,445 186,945 36,780 18,010 18,770
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 38,850 27,125 11,725 10,060 7,980 2,080
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 20,610 12,890 7,720 2,770 1,565 1,210
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 18,235 14,235 4,005 7,285 6,415 870
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 138,115 61,020 77,095 15,565 5,635 9,925
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 17,825 8,515 9,315 1,910 630 1,280
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 167,600 78,795 88,810 9,250 3,765 5,485
Bachelor's degree 115,880 53,565 62,315 7,130 2,650 4,475
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 10,965 5,125 5,845 515 235 285
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 3,745 1,930 1,815 305 180 125
Master's degree 34,540 16,770 17,770 1,065 530 530
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 2,465 1,400 1,070 235 160 70
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 493,590 239,350 254,235 49,850 24,980 24,870
No certificate, diploma or degree 66,030 33,525 32,505 7,330 4,355 2,975
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 137,225 68,680 68,545 14,335 6,865 7,465
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 290,335 137,145 153,190 28,185 13,755 14,430
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 27,690 19,135 8,560 7,355 5,955 1,395
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 14,825 9,180 5,655 1,765 1,060 705
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 12,865 9,960 2,910 5,585 4,900 690
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 108,740 46,760 61,980 12,195 4,440 7,750
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 13,380 6,410 6,970 1,270 485 790
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 140,525 64,845 75,675 7,365 2,870 4,490
Bachelor's degree 95,090 43,395 51,700 5,760 2,060 3,700
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 9,225 4,150 5,075 350 155 195
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 3,255 1,585 1,670 250 140 110
Master's degree 30,985 14,690 16,295 845 410 430
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,965 1,030 935 160 105 55
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 151 737,910 360,855 377,055 75,520 37,775 37,750
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 375,520 185,410 190,105 38,745 19,765 18,980
Education 17,870 3,595 14,275 3,270 840 2,430
13. Education 17,870 3,590 14,275 3,270 840 2,430
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 10,760 5,060 5,695 710 275 435
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,835 1,350 480 165 105 55
50. Visual and performing arts 8,925 3,710 5,215 545 165 375
Humanities 26,590 9,340 17,255 1,010 465 550
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 2,440 520 1,920 40 0 40
23. English language and literature/letters 4,940 1,315 3,625 185 55 125
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 13,625 4,950 8,680 205 60 145
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 1,075 550 525 70 50 30
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,105 705 400 380 240 140
54. History 2,815 1,190 1,625 125 55 65
55. French language and literature/letters 555 80 475 10 10 10
Social and behavioural sciences and law 43,080 12,735 30,350 2,250 485 1,765
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 320 30 290 50 10 35
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,945 1,050 1,900 160 60 95
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,295 840 8,450 760 20 740
22. Legal professions and studies 7,755 2,525 5,240 385 80 300
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 750 155 595 30 0 25
42. Psychology 5,715 1,180 4,530 430 95 340
45. Social sciences 16,300 6,950 9,345 440 215 225
Business, management and public administration 85,265 36,500 48,765 6,185 1,510 4,675
30.16 Accounting and computer science 210 75 130 20 10 15
44. Public administration and social service professions 5,780 1,190 4,590 365 45 320
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 79,275 35,235 44,045 5,795 1,460 4,335
Physical and life sciences and technologies 17,915 8,400 9,515 770 370 400
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 6,360 2,325 4,040 330 145 190
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 5,890 2,750 3,145 135 70 65
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 160 60 105 0 0 10
40. Physical sciences 4,580 2,960 1,615 185 100 85
41. Science technologies/technicians 925 305 615 115 50 60
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 19,625 12,760 6,870 815 430 385
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 16,480 11,175 5,305 620 360 255
25. Library science 370 70 305 95 0 90
27. Mathematics and statistics 2,600 1,390 1,205 105 70 40
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 170 125 50 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 71,865 65,740 6,125 11,270 10,590 680
04. Architecture and related services 2,345 1,690 655 140 110 30
14. Engineering 22,745 19,255 3,490 755 635 120
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 14,810 13,455 1,355 1,820 1,570 250
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 10,960 10,815 150 2,835 2,760 80
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 13,920 13,610 315 3,890 3,760 125
48. Precision production 7,085 6,920 165 1,830 1,760 65
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 4,475 2,835 1,640 1,875 1,245 625
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 3,225 2,105 1,115 1,320 905 415
03. Natural resources and conservation 1,255 730 525 555 340 210
Health and related fields 45,600 9,090 36,510 6,215 805 5,410
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 3,380 1,765 1,610 310 125 185
51. Health professions and related programs 41,465 6,925 34,540 5,830 635 5,190
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 760 405 355 75 50 35
Personal, protective and transportation services 19,305 9,400 9,910 2,400 990 1,415
12. Personal and culinary services 10,580 2,710 7,875 1,580 295 1,285
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 35 30 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 70 70 0 10 10 0
43. Security and protective services 5,760 3,985 1,775 280 180 100
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,860 2,605 250 530 495 35
Other 35 0 30 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 35 0 30 0 0 0
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 493,595 239,355 254,240 49,850 24,980 24,870
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 203,255 102,205 101,050 21,665 11,225 10,440
Education 13,490 2,515 10,975 2,255 535 1,725
13. Education 13,495 2,515 10,975 2,255 535 1,720
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 8,260 3,850 4,415 550 215 335
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,295 960 330 125 80 45
50. Visual and performing arts 6,970 2,890 4,085 425 135 290
Humanities 21,735 7,190 14,545 740 345 395
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 2,060 420 1,645 20 0 20
23. English language and literature/letters 3,960 965 2,990 135 35 95
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 11,385 3,860 7,525 165 50 115
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 30 25 0 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 810 390 420 50 25 20
39. Theology and religious vocations 800 530 270 270 185 85
54. History 2,255 945 1,315 95 45 50
55. French language and literature/letters 430 55 375 10 10 0
Social and behavioural sciences and law 34,175 9,750 24,430 1,850 415 1,440
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 255 25 225 45 15 35
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,225 790 1,435 115 45 70
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 7,085 570 6,515 595 25 575
22. Legal professions and studies 6,485 1,895 4,595 345 65 275
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 570 125 440 15 0 15
42. Psychology 4,385 875 3,515 360 85 275
45. Social sciences 13,170 5,465 7,705 375 185 190
Business, management and public administration 71,425 29,760 41,665 4,820 1,160 3,660
30.16 Accounting and computer science 160 60 100 15 0 15
44. Public administration and social service professions 4,710 950 3,755 270 25 240
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 66,560 28,745 37,810 4,530 1,125 3,405
Physical and life sciences and technologies 14,080 6,390 7,685 560 225 335
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 4,915 1,705 3,215 265 95 170
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 4,605 2,100 2,500 85 35 45
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 125 40 85 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 3,745 2,335 1,410 120 55 65
41. Science technologies/technicians 685 205 475 90 45 45
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 17,575 11,375 6,200 680 375 310
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 14,985 10,140 4,840 545 325 220
25. Library science 250 45 215 65 10 60
27. Mathematics and statistics 2,180 1,075 1,105 70 40 25
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 155 115 40 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 55,315 50,165 5,150 8,760 8,165 590
04. Architecture and related services 1,915 1,375 540 95 70 25
14. Engineering 18,890 15,795 3,090 645 525 115
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 11,110 10,060 1,050 1,460 1,250 205
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 7,920 7,810 110 2,140 2,085 60
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 10,455 10,235 225 2,980 2,860 120
48. Precision production 5,020 4,890 130 1,440 1,375 60
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 3,515 2,150 1,360 1,455 905 550
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 2,550 1,600 945 980 610 375
03. Natural resources and conservation 965 550 420 475 300 180
Health and related fields 36,460 7,130 29,330 4,705 645 4,065
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 2,260 1,160 1,090 245 100 140
51. Health professions and related programs 33,540 5,630 27,910 4,395 505 3,895
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 665 340 325 70 40 30
Personal, protective and transportation services 14,275 6,865 7,415 1,815 775 1,035
12. Personal and culinary services 7,855 1,940 5,910 1,150 210 940
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 30 25 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 35 35 0 10 10 0
43. Security and protective services 4,115 2,790 1,325 215 145 70
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,250 2,080 175 440 415 30
Other 30 0 30 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 30 0 25 0 0 0
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 737,910 360,855 377,050 75,525 37,775 37,750
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 375,520 185,405 190,110 38,745 19,765 18,980
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 362,390 175,450 186,940 36,775 18,010 18,765
Location of study inside Canada 235,770 110,315 125,455 33,590 16,525 17,065
Same as province or territory of residence 224,660 104,955 119,700 26,210 13,130 13,080
Different than province or territory of residence 11,115 5,360 5,750 7,380 3,395 3,990
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 126,620 65,130 61,485 3,185 1,480 1,700
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 6,650 3,645 3,005 550 290 260
Philippines 9,095 3,580 5,515 865 310 555
India 60,530 30,840 29,690 280 140 140
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 6,360 3,850 2,515 260 130 125
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,685 780 900 30 10 20
France 300 190 110 10 10 0
Other 42,005 22,250 19,750 1,185 595 590
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 157 493,590 239,355 254,240 49,850 24,980 24,870
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 203,255 102,205 101,050 21,665 11,225 10,440
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 290,335 137,145 153,190 28,185 13,755 14,430
Location of study inside Canada 184,280 84,370 99,905 25,620 12,595 13,020
Same as province or territory of residence 175,595 80,155 95,435 19,845 9,965 9,880
Different than province or territory of residence 8,680 4,215 4,470 5,770 2,630 3,140
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 106,055 52,775 53,285 2,565 1,155 1,410
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,500 2,930 2,570 345 185 160
Philippines 7,775 3,040 4,735 815 295 520
India 53,410 26,365 27,045 255 115 140
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 3,745 2,120 1,625 150 70 75
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,525 690 835 30 10 20
France 245 145 100 15 0 10
Other 33,865 17,490 16,375 970 485 490
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 737,910 360,855 377,055 75,525 37,775 37,745
In the labour force 493,950 261,455 232,500 52,595 28,585 24,005
Employed 453,655 242,275 211,385 47,815 25,400 22,415
Unemployed 40,295 19,180 21,115 4,785 3,185 1,595
Not in the labour force 243,955 99,405 144,555 22,930 9,190 13,740
Participation rate 66.9 72.5 61.7 69.6 75.7 63.6
Employment rate 61.5 67.1 56.1 63.3 67.2 59.4
Unemployment rate 8.2 7.3 9.1 9.1 11.1 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 164 737,910 360,855 377,055 75,520 37,770 37,745
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 240,190 97,420 142,775 20,005 7,815 12,190
Worked 497,715 263,440 234,285 55,515 29,960 25,560
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 255,415 146,465 108,950 26,925 16,155 10,765
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 242,305 116,970 125,330 28,595 13,805 14,795
Average weeks worked in reference year 42.5 43.3 41.5 42.2 43.0 41.4
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 493,955 261,455 232,500 52,595 28,590 24,005
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,035 6,040 8,000 710 360 345
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 479,910 255,415 224,500 51,885 28,225 23,660
Employee 426,925 217,100 209,825 42,620 22,230 20,390
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 52,990 38,315 14,675 9,270 5,995 3,275
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 172 493,955 261,455 232,495 52,595 28,585 24,005
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,040 6,040 8,000 705 360 345
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 479,910 255,415 224,500 51,885 28,225 23,660
0 Management occupations 43,190 26,655 16,540 7,565 5,060 2,505
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 82,505 28,060 54,440 7,130 1,450 5,675
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 30,820 24,235 6,580 1,985 1,510 480
3 Health occupations 23,285 4,015 19,265 3,490 430 3,065
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 40,495 10,590 29,905 4,385 1,155 3,235
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 9,295 4,490 4,810 895 255 635
6 Sales and service occupations 112,300 46,985 65,310 9,820 3,645 6,170
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 91,035 82,720 8,315 11,140 10,275 865
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 4,480 3,425 1,060 3,345 2,655 690
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 42,515 24,235 18,275 2,125 1,795 335
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 173 493,950 261,455 232,495 52,595 28,590 24,010
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,040 6,040 8,000 705 360 345
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 479,910 255,415 224,500 51,890 28,225 23,660
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2,435 1,450 985 5,250 3,600 1,655
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 475 335 145 4,365 3,620 750
22 Utilities 1,680 1,285 395 540 410 125
23 Construction 33,300 28,570 4,725 5,250 4,470 780
31-33 Manufacturing 68,030 44,195 23,840 2,655 2,080 575
41 Wholesale trade 25,315 15,115 10,200 1,735 1,215 525
44-45 Retail trade 55,395 26,210 29,185 5,855 2,630 3,220
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 54,370 39,835 14,530 2,370 1,735 635
51 Information and cultural industries 9,810 5,685 4,125 465 235 230
52 Finance and insurance 23,870 10,160 13,710 1,300 300 1,000
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 9,375 5,130 4,245 755 370 385
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 30,465 16,820 13,645 2,155 1,045 1,115
55 Management of companies and enterprises 900 300 595 25 20 10
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 29,870 16,165 13,705 1,570 925 645
61 Educational services 26,840 7,005 19,830 3,345 895 2,450
62 Health care and social assistance 38,495 5,810 32,690 5,810 720 5,090
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 6,695 3,475 3,220 715 295 420
72 Accommodation and food services 27,700 10,320 17,380 2,735 940 1,795
81 Other services (except public administration) 18,210 9,425 8,790 2,710 1,560 1,155
91 Public administration 16,685 8,115 8,570 2,280 1,170 1,115
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 174 453,655 242,275 211,380 47,815 25,400 22,415
Worked at home 21,910 11,255 10,655 6,085 3,320 2,770
Worked outside Canada 2,130 1,575 560 65 50 15
No fixed workplace address 61,400 45,885 15,510 7,415 6,005 1,415
Worked at usual place 368,215 183,555 184,660 34,245 16,030 18,210
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 368,220 183,555 184,660 34,245 16,035 18,210
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 141,560 63,785 77,775 17,100 7,390 9,710
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 91,805 45,585 46,220 8,895 3,905 4,990
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 134,125 73,695 60,430 5,710 3,445 2,275
Commute to a different province or territory 725 495 235 2,535 1,295 1,240
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 175 429,615 229,445 200,170 41,665 22,035 19,625
Car, truck, van - as a driver 324,345 186,760 137,585 36,110 19,320 16,795
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 30,445 11,355 19,090 2,105 1,095 1,010
Public transit 61,350 25,290 36,055 200 140 60
Walked 8,710 3,460 5,250 2,260 905 1,355
Bicycle 1,200 960 240 340 205 135
Other method 3,565 1,625 1,940 645 375 260
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 176 429,615 229,445 200,170 41,660 22,035 19,625
Less than 15 minutes 62,215 27,740 34,470 20,700 9,450 11,245
15 to 29 minutes 132,655 70,675 61,985 9,475 4,995 4,480
30 to 44 minutes 111,190 63,530 47,665 5,115 3,020 2,095
45 to 59 minutes 52,070 28,705 23,365 2,745 1,770 980
60 minutes and over 71,485 38,800 32,685 3,625 2,795 825
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 177 429,610 229,445 200,170 41,660 22,035 19,625
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 38,640 27,480 11,160 3,355 2,565 790
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 81,985 49,110 32,870 8,420 5,565 2,850
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 99,555 48,335 51,225 13,080 7,300 5,785
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 73,485 32,860 40,625 8,000 2,765 5,235
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 50,525 23,750 26,770 3,485 1,130 2,355
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 85,430 47,910 37,510 5,320 2,705 2,615
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 178 518,240 273,265 244,970 57,095 30,640 26,455
Single responses 505,185 266,035 239,155 56,925 30,520 26,400
Official languages 496,455 261,155 235,295 56,740 30,380 26,365
English 495,115 260,785 234,335 56,625 30,350 26,275
French 1,335 375 965 115 25 95
Non-official languages 8,740 4,875 3,860 180 145 35
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 15 10 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 10 10 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 10 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 10 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 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 8,735 4,875 3,860 165 135 30
Afro-Asiatic languages 250 170 80 0 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 55 30 30 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 60 30 30 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 190 135 55 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 130 95 35 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 60 40 15 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 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 220 105 115 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 210 90 115 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 80 30 50 0 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 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) 80 30 50 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 10 10 10 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 270 105 160 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 25 10 10 0 0 0
Tamil 225 85 140 0 0 0
Telugu 20 10 15 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 7,320 4,170 3,155 120 95 25
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 290 150 140 0 0 10
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 290 150 145 0 0 0
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 10 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 175 85 85 0 0 0
Russian 75 35 35 0 0 10
Serbian 10 10 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 25 0 20 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 65 45 20 110 95 10
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 30 15 10 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 35 25 10 80 65 10
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 30 0
Greek 10 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,970 3,305 2,665 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 5,885 3,260 2,625 0 0 0
Bengali 15 10 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 285 95 185 0 0 0
Hindi 360 145 210 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 10 0 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,000 2,910 2,090 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Urdu 205 90 115 0 0 0
Iranian languages 85 40 45 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 85 45 45 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 985 660 325 0 0 10
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 130 75 55 0 0 0
Portuguese 390 280 110 0 0 0
Romanian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 465 300 165 10 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 10 10 10 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 55 35 20 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 10 0 10 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 70 20 50 15 10 10
American Sign Language 40 0 30 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 10 15 10 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 415 220 200 30 25 10
Chinese languages 415 215 195 35 30 0
Cantonese 220 140 85 25 25 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 190 75 110 0 0 10
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 15 10 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 15 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 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 13,050 7,235 5,815 170 115 55
English and French 1,970 755 1,215 40 20 20
English and non-official language 10,915 6,430 4,490 125 85 40
French and non-official language 25 15 15 10 10 0
English, French and non-official language 130 40 95 0 0 0
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 179 518,240 273,270 244,970 57,095 30,640 26,455
None 482,140 253,130 229,010 55,990 30,075 25,920
English 4,240 2,305 1,940 215 120 95
French 4,175 1,650 2,530 230 75 155
Non-official language 27,390 16,035 11,350 650 370 280
Aboriginal 10 0 0 20 10 15
Non-Aboriginal 27,380 16,035 11,350 635 370 265
English and French 10 0 10 0 0 0
English and non-official language 55 40 25 0 0 0
French and non-official language 225 105 115 10 0 10
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 180 906,120 447,920 458,195 92,750 46,680 46,070
Non-movers 792,920 391,355 401,565 81,185 40,930 40,260
Movers 113,200 56,570 56,630 11,565 5,750 5,810
Non-migrants 63,255 31,640 31,610 6,005 3,000 3,005
Migrants 49,945 24,925 25,015 5,560 2,755 2,805
Internal migrants 36,095 17,825 18,270 4,935 2,450 2,485
Intraprovincial migrants 33,185 16,320 16,865 4,080 2,055 2,025
Interprovincial migrants 2,915 1,510 1,405 855 395 465
External migrants 13,845 7,095 6,750 620 305 320
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 861,595 424,975 436,620 87,955 44,200 43,750
Non-movers 515,720 254,160 261,560 54,330 27,625 26,705
Movers 345,875 170,815 175,060 33,620 16,575 17,045
Non-migrants 187,075 92,055 95,025 14,930 7,400 7,530
Migrants 158,800 78,765 80,035 18,690 9,180 9,515
Internal migrants 104,060 51,170 52,895 16,420 8,090 8,330
Intraprovincial migrants 98,015 48,155 49,855 11,680 5,795 5,880
Interprovincial migrants 6,045 3,005 3,035 4,745 2,295 2,450
External migrants 54,745 27,595 27,140 2,270 1,090 1,185

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Central West, [Health region, December 2017], Ontario and Division No. 10, CDR [Census division], Alberta (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 5, 2024).

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