Census Profile, 2016 Census
Montréal [Census metropolitan area], Quebec and British Columbia [Province]

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Characteristic Montréal
Quebec
[Census metropolitan area]
British Columbia

[Province]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 4,098,927 ... ... 4,648,055 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 3,934,078 r ... ... 4,400,057 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 4.2 ... ... 5.6 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 1,823,281 ... ... 2,063,417 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,969 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 890.2 ... ... 5.0 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 4,604.26 ... ... 922,503.01 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 4,098,925 2,000,935 2,097,990 4,648,055 2,278,245 2,369,815
0 to 14 years 691,345 353,270 338,075 691,390 355,400 335,985
0 to 4 years 231,320 118,405 112,920 220,625 113,355 107,275
5 to 9 years 242,610 124,075 118,535 236,900 122,070 114,830
10 to 14 years 217,415 110,795 106,620 233,860 119,975 113,885
15 to 64 years 2,735,890 1,356,315 1,379,575 3,107,680 1,527,280 1,580,400
15 to 19 years 225,345 114,530 110,815 258,980 133,000 125,985
20 to 24 years 271,635 136,530 135,105 287,560 147,615 139,945
25 to 29 years 270,735 134,135 136,600 303,000 151,585 151,415
30 to 34 years 279,175 136,275 142,905 313,750 155,035 158,715
35 to 39 years 295,330 145,080 150,255 293,590 143,070 150,520
40 to 44 years 276,490 137,505 138,985 295,045 141,930 153,115
45 to 49 years 277,560 138,805 138,755 322,365 155,325 167,040
50 to 54 years 303,980 152,325 151,660 354,375 172,065 182,310
55 to 59 years 291,385 143,585 147,805 354,925 171,210 183,715
60 to 64 years 244,235 117,550 126,690 324,095 156,450 167,645
65 years and over 671,690 291,345 380,345 848,985 395,560 453,425
65 to 69 years 210,080 98,390 111,690 287,520 139,490 148,035
70 to 74 years 162,985 74,565 88,420 201,785 97,675 104,110
75 to 79 years 118,450 51,740 66,710 145,225 68,715 76,510
80 to 84 years 89,460 36,985 52,470 105,255 48,645 56,610
85 years and over 90,720 29,665 61,060 109,190 41,035 68,155
85 to 89 years 58,055 21,025 37,030 67,510 27,930 39,575
90 to 94 years 25,420 7,160 18,260 31,815 10,615 21,205
95 to 99 years 6,285 1,350 4,935 8,545 2,215 6,330
100 years and over 965 130 830 1,325 275 1,050
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 16.9 17.7 16.1 14.9 15.6 14.2
15 to 64 years 66.7 67.8 65.8 66.9 67.0 66.7
65 years and over 16.4 14.6 18.1 18.3 17.4 19.1
85 years and over 2.2 1.5 2.9 2.3 1.8 2.9
Average age of the population 40.6 39.5 41.6 42.3 41.5 43.1
Median age of the population 40.3 39.3 41.2 43.0 41.9 44.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Single-detached house 564,230 ... ... 830,660 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 151,365 ... ... 177,830 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 1,007,340 ... ... 824,190 ... ...
Semi-detached house 86,460 ... ... 57,395 ... ...
Row house 56,770 ... ... 147,830 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 146,085 ... ... 230,075 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 711,775 ... ... 385,140 ... ...
Other single-attached house 6,255 ... ... 3,755 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 4,380 ... ... 49,290 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
1 person 570,285 ... ... 541,910 ... ...
2 persons 551,270 ... ... 663,770 ... ...
3 persons 257,130 ... ... 277,690 ... ...
4 persons 231,025 ... ... 243,125 ... ...
5 or more persons 117,600 ... ... 155,470 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 4,009,790 ... ... 4,560,240 ... ...
Average household size 2.3 ... ... 2.4 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 3,407,580 1,647,665 1,759,915 3,956,665 1,922,840 2,033,825
Married or living common law 1,845,335 925,190 920,145 2,297,325 1,146,175 1,151,150
Married 1,226,235 613,925 612,315 1,925,345 959,690 965,645
Living common law 619,100 311,270 307,830 371,985 186,485 185,505
Not married and not living common law 1,562,240 722,470 839,775 1,659,335 776,660 882,675
Never married 1,077,075 569,720 507,355 1,076,085 582,975 493,110
Separated 58,740 24,795 33,945 105,700 45,225 60,475
Divorced 245,625 91,055 154,570 263,870 103,475 160,395
Widowed 180,805 36,900 143,910 213,685 44,990 168,700
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 1,101,980 ... ... 1,311,340 ... ...
2 persons 539,635 ... ... 703,685 ... ...
3 persons 244,885 ... ... 275,965 ... ...
4 persons 224,230 ... ... 243,960 ... ...
5 or more persons 93,225 ... ... 87,730 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.9 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 1,101,985 ... ... 1,311,345 ... ...
Total couple families 898,085 ... ... 1,113,405 ... ...
Married couples 588,970 ... ... 927,440 ... ...
Common-law couples 309,115 ... ... 185,960 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 203,895 ... ... 197,940 ... ...
Female parent 158,625 ... ... 155,670 ... ...
Male parent 45,270 ... ... 42,265 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 898,090 ... ... 1,113,400 ... ...
Couples without children 413,795 ... ... 577,790 ... ...
Couples with children 484,290 ... ... 535,610 ... ...
1 child 185,880 ... ... 221,065 ... ...
2 children 209,465 ... ... 230,705 ... ...
3 or more children 88,950 ... ... 83,840 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 203,895 ... ... 197,940 ... ...
1 child 125,840 ... ... 125,890 ... ...
2 children 59,010 ... ... 54,900 ... ...
3 or more children 19,045 ... ... 17,145 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 802,100 385,725 416,380 882,895 418,495 464,405
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
One-census-family households 1,065,055 ... ... 1,195,735 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 399,960 ... ... 527,700 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 665,095 ... ... 668,035 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 18,140 ... ... 55,620 ... ...
Non-census-family households 644,110 ... ... 630,620 ... ...
One-person households 570,285 ... ... 541,915 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 73,825 ... ... 88,705 ... ...
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 4,053,355 1,982,260 2,071,100 4,598,415 2,255,395 2,343,015
English only 286,275 143,255 143,025 4,127,770 2,050,130 2,077,645
French only 1,472,060 662,855 809,205 1,810 820 985
English and French 2,231,540 1,150,975 1,080,565 314,925 140,650 174,275
Neither English nor French 63,480 25,175 38,305 153,910 63,795 90,115
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 4,053,355 1,982,260 2,071,100 4,598,415 2,255,395 2,343,020
English 765,805 382,720 383,080 4,373,330 2,156,680 2,216,655
French 2,980,955 1,448,725 1,532,235 55,325 27,680 27,640
English and French 244,955 126,535 118,415 18,000 8,315 9,685
Neither English nor French 61,645 24,280 37,365 151,760 62,720 89,040
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 888,280 445,990 442,290 64,325 31,840 32,480
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 21.9 22.5 21.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
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 4,053,355 1,982,260 2,071,100 4,598,415 2,255,400 2,343,015
Single responses 3,907,510 1,909,450 1,998,060 4,494,995 2,205,775 2,289,220
Official languages 2,996,905 1,467,115 1,529,795 3,227,535 1,614,375 1,613,160
English 444,955 222,890 222,065 3,170,110 1,585,760 1,584,355
French 2,551,955 1,244,225 1,307,730 57,425 28,615 28,810
Non-official languages 910,605 442,335 468,270 1,267,460 591,400 676,060
Aboriginal languages 755 275 480 8,435 3,940 4,490
Algonquian languages 370 145 225 1,050 445 605
Blackfoot 0 5 0 40 5 35
Cree-Montagnais languages 320 120 200 840 375 465
Atikamekw 30 10 25 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 70 25 45 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Naskapi 15 10 10 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 50 20 30 10 0 10
Plains Cree 5 0 5 150 60 85
Southern East Cree 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 25 15 10
Woods Cree 0 0 0 60 25 35
Cree, n.o.s. 140 50 90 585 270 320
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 5 15 10 5 10
Malecite 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 5 10 10 5 5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 35 20 10 155 55 105
Algonquin 30 20 15 5 5 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 135 50 90
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 5 5 2,310 1,045 1,260
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 2,295 1,045 1,250
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 5 0 0 110 55 55
Beaver 0 0 0 160 75 85
Carrier 0 0 0 1,005 460 550
Chilcotin 0 0 0 650 295 355
Dene 0 0 0 90 35 50
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 15 5 10
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Sekani 0 0 0 85 40 45
Slavey-Hare languages 5 5 0 75 30 45
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 5 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 20 5 15
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 0 5 50 25 30
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 105 45 50
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 15 10 5
Tahltan 0 0 0 90 40 50
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 5 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 5 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Haida 0 0 0 70 30 40
Inuit languages 270 70 195 80 30 55
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Inuktitut 225 60 170 50 20 30
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 35 15 25 20 10 10
Iroquoian languages 75 40 40 15 10 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 70 35 35 10 5 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 100 55 50
Michif 0 0 0 35 20 10
Salish languages 5 0 5 2,270 1,115 1,155
Comox 0 0 0 80 45 40
Halkomelem 0 0 0 475 230 245
Lillooet 0 0 0 315 155 160
Okanagan 0 0 0 270 135 135
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 435 220 215
Squamish 0 0 0 35 20 20
Straits 0 0 0 80 40 40
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 330 150 185
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 250 130 120
Siouan languages 0 0 5 45 25 20
Dakota 5 0 5 30 15 20
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 5
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 30 15 15
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 1,460 715 740
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 875 435 445
Nisga'a 0 0 0 385 195 190
Tsimshian 0 0 0 195 90 110
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 795 365 435
Haisla 0 0 0 90 40 55
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 100 45 55
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 320 140 180
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 275 135 140
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 10 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 30 15 15 190 80 110
Non-Aboriginal languages 909,845 442,055 467,790 1,259,025 587,455 671,570
Afro-Asiatic languages 176,965 92,830 84,135 24,870 13,405 11,465
Berber languages 18,945 10,025 8,915 115 75 45
Kabyle 11,315 5,975 5,335 40 30 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 7,625 4,050 3,580 80 45 30
Cushitic languages 760 365 395 1,505 765 740
Bilen 10 10 5 5 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 205 115 95
Somali 725 340 385 1,270 640 640
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 20 10 15
Semitic languages 157,015 82,305 74,715 23,195 12,540 10,655
Amharic 665 310 355 1,370 670 700
Arabic 151,955 79,715 72,240 17,480 9,595 7,890
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 125 65 60 650 315 330
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 15 10 10 440 245 200
Harari 5 0 5 20 5 15
Hebrew 3,810 1,990 1,820 2,065 1,125 940
Maltese 15 5 10 215 100 115
Tigrigna 340 165 180 805 395 405
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 85 45 40 150 80 65
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 245 140 110 55 30 25
Austro-Asiatic languages 33,385 15,675 17,715 28,740 13,170 15,575
Khmer (Cambodian) 7,945 3,690 4,255 1,560 710 850
Vietnamese 25,430 11,975 13,450 27,150 12,440 14,710
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 5 10 30 15 15
Austronesian languages 20,215 7,315 12,895 96,535 38,765 57,770
Bikol 110 35 75 375 165 215
Cebuano 760 250 510 4,065 1,565 2,505
Fijian 0 0 0 470 240 230
Hiligaynon 400 130 275 1,470 550 920
Ilocano 2,035 740 1,295 5,240 2,055 3,190
Malagasy 825 385 440 20 10 15
Malay 605 235 370 3,895 1,675 2,220
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 200 90 110 700 320 380
Pangasinan 90 40 50 295 130 170
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 14,865 5,275 9,590 78,770 31,550 47,220
Waray-Waray 50 10 35 215 85 135
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 275 120 160 1,015 435 580
Creole languages 54,205 23,910 30,300 840 440 400
Haitian Creole 1,965 930 1,035 35 20 15
Creole, n.o.s. 51,325 22,520 28,805 500 255 245
Creole languages, n.i.e. 915 460 460 305 155 145
Dravidian languages 14,695 7,335 7,365 7,500 3,995 3,510
Kannada 230 125 105 280 150 135
Malayalam 405 215 190 2,385 1,260 1,130
Tamil 13,490 6,650 6,835 3,615 1,875 1,740
Telugu 555 335 215 1,175 695 480
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 45 20 25
Hmong-Mien languages 20 10 10 140 75 70
Indo-European languages 493,565 239,965 253,600 588,175 286,135 302,035
Albanian 2,455 1,250 1,205 1,465 765 705
Armenian 16,170 7,835 8,335 1,195 600 600
Balto-Slavic languages 58,295 26,270 32,025 83,110 38,595 44,515
Baltic languages 725 265 455 1,070 485 585
Latvian 235 90 150 565 255 300
Lithuanian 485 180 305 505 225 280
Slavic languages 57,570 26,005 31,570 82,040 38,110 43,930
Belarusan 70 40 25 95 45 50
Bosnian 455 220 230 1,360 675 685
Bulgarian 6,395 3,095 3,295 2,025 955 1,070
Croatian 1,865 930 935 7,475 3,655 3,820
Czech 1,175 540 635 5,920 2,850 3,070
Macedonian 175 90 90 325 160 165
Polish 12,185 5,280 6,905 16,910 7,875 9,035
Russian 26,370 11,785 14,585 25,955 11,640 14,310
Serbian 1,890 930 955 7,045 3,600 3,450
Serbo-Croatian 655 305 345 1,395 670 725
Slovak 900 385 510 3,400 1,525 1,870
Slovene (Slovenian) 690 310 375 1,160 545 615
Ukrainian 4,640 2,025 2,610 8,630 3,730 4,900
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 125 65 65 345 175 170
Celtic languages 110 65 45 615 325 290
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 5 240 130 110
Welsh 25 10 15 280 145 135
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 65 45 25 95 50 45
Germanic languages 21,470 10,340 11,130 101,725 48,350 53,380
Afrikaans 90 40 50 3,260 1,655 1,610
Danish 300 145 155 4,665 2,280 2,385
Dutch 1,820 920 900 21,020 10,130 10,895
Frisian 5 5 5 295 145 145
German 9,235 4,195 5,040 66,885 31,525 35,360
Icelandic 60 25 30 275 135 145
Norwegian 145 70 70 2,005 970 1,035
Swedish 445 205 245 2,520 1,100 1,420
Vlaams (Flemish) 310 125 185 445 220 225
Yiddish 8,960 4,545 4,410 290 150 140
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 105 55 50 65 45 25
Greek 37,710 18,830 18,885 6,115 3,245 2,870
Indo-Iranian languages 70,940 36,585 34,350 297,800 147,830 149,970
Indo-Aryan languages 43,890 22,860 21,030 251,000 124,260 126,740
Bengali 10,805 5,515 5,290 3,180 1,665 1,510
Gujarati 6,005 2,940 3,060 6,895 3,290 3,605
Hindi 2,905 1,565 1,335 26,720 12,910 13,810
Kashmiri 15 15 0 65 35 25
Konkani 110 60 50 255 130 125
Marathi 235 135 100 620 325 295
Nepali 350 170 180 1,155 620 540
Oriya (Odia) 30 20 10 70 35 35
Punjabi (Panjabi) 12,250 6,645 5,605 198,805 98,525 100,285
Sindhi 310 150 160 1,675 780 895
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 620 300 315 1,675 845 830
Urdu 10,260 5,335 4,925 9,885 5,090 4,795
Iranian languages 26,720 13,545 13,180 46,390 23,355 23,035
Kurdish 790 425 365 1,765 945 825
Pashto 1,190 625 560 1,155 615 535
Persian (Farsi) 24,740 12,485 12,255 43,470 21,795 21,675
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 330 185 145 410 220 195
Italic (Romance) languages 286,425 138,790 147,635 96,135 46,430 49,710
Catalan 260 135 130 160 85 75
Italian 101,230 49,650 51,570 22,680 11,445 11,230
Portuguese 31,025 14,925 16,100 17,450 8,240 9,210
Romanian 33,050 15,835 17,215 8,730 4,250 4,480
Spanish 120,765 58,185 62,580 47,010 22,335 24,675
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 95 55 40 105 65 40
Japanese 2,065 635 1,430 21,350 7,195 14,150
Kartvelian languages 160 75 85 85 50 35
Georgian 160 80 85 85 50 40
Korean 4,865 2,160 2,710 52,160 23,495 28,670
Mongolic languages 185 75 110 360 150 205
Mongolian 185 75 110 360 155 210
Niger-Congo languages 19,245 9,725 9,520 3,725 1,875 1,850
Akan (Twi) 1,015 500 510 495 275 220
Bamanankan 975 530 445 10 5 5
Edo 70 40 25 85 50 35
Ewe 485 275 210 85 45 35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 1,625 840 785 45 25 20
Ga 80 40 40 45 20 25
Ganda 20 5 10 90 45 45
Igbo 95 55 45 245 145 105
Lingala 1,970 920 1,050 80 30 45
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,700 790 905 115 50 60
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,425 640 790 155 70 80
Shona 75 40 35 215 100 115
Swahili 1,305 620 685 805 400 405
Wolof 2,440 1,305 1,135 50 25 25
Yoruba 205 130 80 330 185 150
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5,755 2,990 2,765 885 410 480
Nilo-Saharan languages 170 95 70 340 175 165
Dinka 0 0 0 105 60 45
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 170 95 75 240 115 125
Sign languages 795 410 380 1,155 610 545
American Sign Language 50 25 20 470 230 240
Quebec Sign Language 435 210 225 5 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 315 180 140 690 380 305
Sino-Tibetan languages 71,705 33,385 38,320 410,920 187,725 223,190
Chinese languages 71,485 33,270 38,215 408,415 186,455 221,960
Cantonese 23,450 11,055 12,400 193,530 89,325 104,210
Hakka 460 205 255 2,325 1,010 1,315
Mandarin 40,195 18,570 21,625 186,325 84,370 101,955
Min Dong 25 10 10 230 105 120
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 3,105 1,435 1,675 11,210 4,995 6,215
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,020 450 575 4,540 1,995 2,545
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,140 1,510 1,635 10,050 4,570 5,480
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 80 40 40 205 85 120
Tibeto-Burman languages 220 110 110 2,500 1,265 1,230
Burmese 60 20 35 1,125 580 545
Karenic languages 0 0 0 815 395 425
Tibetan 100 55 40 330 175 160
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 70 35 35 230 120 110
Tai-Kadai languages 4,080 1,845 2,240 3,985 1,335 2,650
Lao 3,545 1,710 1,830 1,100 550 550
Thai 530 135 395 2,865 775 2,090
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 5 20 10 15
Turkic languages 7,375 3,765 3,610 4,140 2,295 1,845
Azerbaijani 260 145 120 530 290 235
Turkish 6,625 3,390 3,235 3,145 1,790 1,360
Uyghur 190 95 100 170 85 85
Uzbek 125 65 65 105 50 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 170 75 95 190 80 110
Uralic languages 5,650 2,570 3,080 13,490 6,285 7,205
Estonian 170 65 105 705 295 410
Finnish 290 95 200 3,760 1,555 2,200
Hungarian 5,185 2,410 2,775 9,025 4,435 4,590
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 490 275 220 500 280 225
Multiple responses 145,850 72,810 73,040 103,415 49,625 53,795
English and French 47,150 23,885 23,265 10,065 4,815 5,250
English and non-official language 25,440 12,510 12,940 89,135 42,820 46,315
French and non-official language 56,960 28,035 28,925 2,100 1,040 1,065
English, French and non-official language 16,300 8,390 7,910 2,115 950 1,165
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 4,053,355 1,982,260 2,071,100 4,598,415 2,255,395 2,343,015
Single responses 3,784,235 1,850,955 1,933,280 4,365,875 2,145,020 2,220,855
Official languages 3,289,705 1,613,690 1,676,015 3,648,500 1,807,825 1,840,675
English 620,510 309,205 311,310 3,631,700 1,799,625 1,832,075
French 2,669,195 1,304,490 1,364,705 16,795 8,195 8,605
Non-official languages 494,525 237,260 257,265 717,375 337,200 380,180
Aboriginal languages 260 110 145 1,565 765 795
Algonquian languages 145 65 80 105 50 55
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 140 60 75 85 40 45
Atikamekw 5 0 5 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 20 5 15 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 10 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 20 15 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 0 15 10 10
Southern East Cree 5 0 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 70 30 35 60 30 30
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 5 5 5 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 10 5 5
Algonquin 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 15 5 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 610 290 320
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 605 290 315
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Beaver 0 0 0 40 20 20
Carrier 0 0 0 245 110 130
Chilcotin 0 0 0 260 125 130
Dene 0 0 0 15 5 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 15 10 5
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 10 5 5
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 5 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 10 5 5
Inuit languages 80 30 50 10 5 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 70 25 45 10 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 5
Iroquoian languages 15 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 5 5 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 15 10 5
Michif 0 0 0 0 5 0
Salish languages 5 0 5 275 130 150
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 50 20 30
Lillooet 0 0 0 25 15 15
Okanagan 0 0 0 85 35 45
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 50 30 20
Squamish 0 0 0 5 5 0
Straits 0 0 0 25 10 15
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 20 10 10
Siouan languages 0 0 0 15 10 5
Dakota 0 0 0 10 10 5
Stoney 0 0 0 5 5 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 405 215 195
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 310 155 155
Nisga'a 0 0 0 70 45 25
Tsimshian 0 0 0 25 15 10
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 75 40 35
Haisla 0 0 0 20 10 15
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 5 5 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 25 10 10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 30 15 10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 15 5 10 45 15 25
Non-Aboriginal languages 494,265 237,150 257,120 715,815 336,435 379,380
Afro-Asiatic languages 82,560 41,880 40,680 13,990 7,065 6,920
Berber languages 6,830 3,540 3,285 45 25 20
Kabyle 4,610 2,395 2,210 20 10 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 2,225 1,145 1,075 25 15 10
Cushitic languages 360 155 205 770 355 415
Bilen 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 90 50 45
Somali 350 150 200 665 300 360
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 15 5 10
Semitic languages 75,305 38,150 37,150 13,155 6,680 6,475
Amharic 315 145 170 600 275 320
Arabic 72,985 36,985 35,995 10,415 5,335 5,080
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 90 50 40 405 195 210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 5 310 165 145
Harari 0 0 5 10 5 5
Hebrew 1,680 865 810 900 465 440
Maltese 0 0 5 15 5 10
Tigrigna 190 85 100 410 190 225
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 95 45 50
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 70 30 35 20 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 23,425 10,940 12,480 17,870 8,305 9,560
Khmer (Cambodian) 4,720 2,160 2,560 800 375 420
Vietnamese 18,700 8,785 9,915 17,055 7,920 9,130
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 15 10 5
Austronesian languages 9,405 3,780 5,625 40,605 17,945 22,660
Bikol 15 10 10 75 30 35
Cebuano 220 100 120 1,305 585 715
Fijian 0 0 0 110 65 55
Hiligaynon 125 55 70 415 175 240
Ilocano 740 305 435 1,615 695 930
Malagasy 260 135 125 10 5 10
Malay 165 80 85 1,120 510 605
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 60 35 30 150 70 80
Pangasinan 15 5 5 55 25 30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,750 3,040 4,710 35,375 15,600 19,770
Waray-Waray 15 5 10 55 25 35
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 50 20 30 310 150 160
Creole languages 19,975 8,450 11,520 335 150 180
Haitian Creole 775 345 430 0 0 5
Creole, n.o.s. 18,775 7,915 10,865 235 105 130
Creole languages, n.i.e. 420 190 225 95 50 45
Dravidian languages 11,330 5,555 5,775 3,940 1,995 1,940
Kannada 140 80 65 110 55 60
Malayalam 190 90 95 1,225 615 605
Tamil 10,670 5,185 5,485 2,055 1,025 1,030
Telugu 325 190 130 535 295 240
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 15 5 10
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 5 55 25 30
Indo-European languages 271,930 130,410 141,520 282,090 137,135 144,955
Albanian 1,445 710 730 695 335 360
Armenian 11,835 5,600 6,235 545 240 305
Balto-Slavic languages 35,205 16,555 18,650 31,640 15,150 16,490
Baltic languages 165 70 95 210 90 115
Latvian 65 30 30 80 30 50
Lithuanian 100 40 60 125 60 65
Slavic languages 35,040 16,485 18,555 31,430 15,060 16,370
Belarusan 20 10 15 15 5 5
Bosnian 260 125 135 595 300 300
Bulgarian 4,750 2,320 2,435 1,035 485 550
Croatian 775 365 415 2,235 1,055 1,180
Czech 375 180 200 1,595 800 795
Macedonian 110 55 50 150 75 75
Polish 5,400 2,430 2,970 5,690 2,720 2,970
Russian 19,390 9,180 10,215 13,310 6,290 7,020
Serbian 1,065 525 540 3,695 1,870 1,825
Serbo-Croatian 265 125 140 500 235 265
Slovak 215 105 110 1,000 480 520
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 90 130 145 65 85
Ukrainian 2,160 970 1,190 1,430 665 765
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15 40 20 20
Celtic languages 20 15 0 70 40 30
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 35 20 10
Welsh 5 0 0 25 10 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 5 5
Germanic languages 8,705 4,415 4,295 14,430 6,870 7,555
Afrikaans 10 10 10 1,475 715 760
Danish 40 20 20 305 145 160
Dutch 245 115 130 1,895 890 1,005
Frisian 0 0 0 10 5 5
German 1,585 715 865 10,085 4,795 5,295
Icelandic 35 15 20 75 35 35
Norwegian 15 10 5 140 60 80
Swedish 80 40 45 360 170 195
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 10 15 50 30 20
Yiddish 6,665 3,485 3,175 10 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 15 5 5
Greek 18,255 8,720 9,530 2,010 975 1,035
Indo-Iranian languages 49,790 24,980 24,810 194,590 95,380 99,215
Indo-Aryan languages 30,075 15,245 14,830 164,185 80,610 83,575
Bengali 8,080 4,010 4,075 1,815 895 920
Gujarati 3,805 1,845 1,965 2,970 1,320 1,645
Hindi 1,485 765 720 12,310 5,890 6,425
Kashmiri 5 5 0 10 5 5
Konkani 30 15 15 40 25 25
Marathi 80 40 35 270 140 130
Nepali 260 120 135 665 345 320
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 35 20 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 8,775 4,650 4,125 139,080 68,565 70,515
Sindhi 135 65 70 615 270 345
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 345 175 170 675 330 340
Urdu 7,070 3,560 3,515 5,705 2,825 2,880
Iranian languages 19,580 9,655 9,915 30,205 14,665 15,540
Kurdish 395 210 185 1,080 540 535
Pashto 875 435 440 700 350 350
Persian (Farsi) 18,305 9,015 9,290 28,420 13,765 14,660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 80 60 200 100 100
Italic (Romance) languages 146,670 69,415 77,255 38,110 18,145 19,970
Catalan 90 40 45 65 35 35
Italian 32,365 14,310 18,055 5,200 2,245 2,955
Portuguese 14,570 6,930 7,640 6,725 3,140 3,580
Romanian 22,945 11,215 11,725 3,800 1,830 1,970
Spanish 76,680 36,900 39,775 22,310 10,900 11,410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 20 5 10
Japanese 875 360 520 9,860 4,070 5,790
Kartvelian languages 75 40 35 30 15 10
Georgian 75 40 35 30 15 15
Korean 3,400 1,560 1,835 38,605 17,785 20,820
Mongolic languages 140 70 75 170 80 90
Mongolian 140 70 75 165 80 85
Niger-Congo languages 4,575 2,190 2,385 960 430 530
Akan (Twi) 440 210 230 150 80 65
Bamanankan 220 120 100 5 5 5
Edo 10 5 5 15 10 10
Ewe 95 40 55 20 5 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 440 210 235 20 5 10
Ga 15 10 10 5 5 0
Ganda 0 0 5 10 5 5
Igbo 10 5 10 40 20 15
Lingala 480 200 285 35 15 20
Rundi (Kirundi) 470 215 250 55 20 40
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 335 140 195 60 25 35
Shona 20 5 15 65 25 40
Swahili 380 190 195 200 90 115
Wolof 775 415 355 20 10 10
Yoruba 40 25 20 60 30 35
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 835 400 430 200 85 120
Nilo-Saharan languages 55 30 25 140 60 75
Dinka 0 0 0 55 30 20
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25 85 30 55
Sign languages 1,050 590 460 1,535 850 685
American Sign Language 70 35 35 455 230 225
Quebec Sign Language 455 230 225 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 530 325 200 1,080 615 460
Sino-Tibetan languages 56,635 27,025 29,605 299,420 137,555 161,865
Chinese languages 56,510 26,965 29,545 297,675 136,670 161,000
Cantonese 17,330 8,200 9,130 137,075 62,545 74,525
Hakka 155 75 80 700 295 410
Mandarin 34,295 16,475 17,820 146,435 67,695 78,740
Min Dong 0 0 0 65 25 35
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,780 810 970 4,820 2,185 2,630
Wu (Shanghainese) 755 345 415 2,595 1,195 1,400
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,160 1,045 1,115 5,885 2,680 3,205
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 105 45 55
Tibeto-Burman languages 120 60 60 1,745 885 865
Burmese 20 10 10 720 375 350
Karenic languages 0 0 0 725 355 370
Tibetan 65 35 30 205 110 90
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 30 15 20 90 45 45
Tai-Kadai languages 2,045 990 1,060 1,380 595 785
Lao 1,875 920 955 460 225 235
Thai 170 70 100 920 370 545
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 10 5 5
Turkic languages 4,795 2,380 2,415 1,695 880 815
Azerbaijani 95 40 50 195 105 95
Turkish 4,420 2,200 2,220 1,310 685 630
Uyghur 130 70 65 95 50 50
Uzbek 90 45 45 45 25 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 55 25 30 40 20 25
Uralic languages 1,885 825 1,055 3,005 1,415 1,590
Estonian 30 10 15 95 40 55
Finnish 40 20 25 725 325 400
Hungarian 1,815 800 1,015 2,185 1,050 1,130
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 105 60 45 145 70 75
Multiple responses 269,125 131,305 137,820 232,540 110,375 122,165
English and French 60,730 30,695 30,030 6,155 2,970 3,185
English and non-official language 50,935 24,565 26,370 222,670 105,750 116,920
French and non-official language 118,985 56,730 62,255 650 290 360
English, French and non-official language 38,480 19,310 19,165 3,065 1,365 1,700
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 4,053,360 1,982,260 2,071,100 4,598,415 2,255,400 2,343,015
None 3,138,775 1,528,660 1,610,115 3,931,210 1,940,390 1,990,820
English 313,765 159,265 154,495 274,535 132,990 141,545
French 247,580 122,255 125,325 41,020 18,435 22,590
Non-official language 274,120 132,890 141,230 340,930 158,590 182,345
Aboriginal 385 150 235 7,985 3,765 4,215
Non-Aboriginal 273,730 132,745 140,990 332,945 154,820 178,125
English and French 33,020 16,620 16,400 1,195 545 650
English and non-official language 23,200 11,400 11,800 5,660 2,655 3,005
French and non-official language 21,615 10,500 11,110 3,765 1,745 2,020
English, French and non-official language 1,295 660 630 100 45 50
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 3,319,405 1,614,050 1,705,355 3,870,330 1,882,865 1,987,460
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 3,188,850 1,552,825 1,636,025 3,727,360 1,815,500 1,911,860
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,040 37,389 29,280 33,012 40,370 27,543
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 3,189,475 1,552,930 1,636,550 3,731,980 1,819,375 1,912,600
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,665 32,824 26,822 29,783 35,383 25,659
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 2,825,595 1,405,535 1,420,065 3,363,310 1,665,225 1,698,085
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,834 36,170 26,012 31,585 39,557 25,304
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 2,452,585 1,109,840 1,342,745 2,628,215 1,140,195 1,488,025
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 5,943 3,836 7,574 4,592 3,717 4,920
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 2,335,685 1,199,875 1,135,815 2,775,010 1,415,295 1,359,715
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 32,153 36,210 28,453 31,713 39,186 26,034
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 3,319,375 1,613,985 1,705,390 3,870,375 1,882,770 1,987,605
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 3,188,425 1,552,245 1,636,175 3,727,715 1,815,380 1,912,335
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 44,742 51,915 37,937 45,616 54,797 36,901
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 3,189,055 1,552,325 1,636,735 3,732,420 1,819,290 1,913,130
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,157 40,802 31,752 37,922 44,282 31,874
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 2,825,025 1,404,810 1,420,220 3,362,835 1,664,850 1,697,985
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 43,508 51,847 35,260 44,933 54,787 35,271
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 2,452,910 1,109,715 1,343,195 2,628,230 1,139,390 1,488,840
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,050 6,985 8,930 7,207 7,255 7,171
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 2,335,665 1,199,715 1,135,955 2,775,010 1,415,100 1,359,910
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 43,247 49,826 36,298 43,339 52,171 34,149
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 3,319,375 1,613,985 1,705,390 3,870,375 1,882,770 1,987,605
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 1,032,045 563,555 468,490 1,147,070 652,115 494,950
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 49,292 53,860 44,640 53,940 61,004 47,039
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 60,760 67,966 52,092 64,625 72,840 53,801
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 86.2 90.4 80.7 88.9 91.7 84.9
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 70.7 74.1 66.4 70.8 74.4 65.8
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 13.8 9.6 19.3 11.1 8.3 15.1
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 3,319,410 1,614,055 1,705,355 3,870,330 1,882,865 1,987,460
Without total income 130,555 61,225 69,330 142,970 67,370 75,600
With total income 3,188,850 1,552,830 1,636,020 3,727,360 1,815,505 1,911,860
Percentage with total income 96.1 96.2 95.9 96.3 96.4 96.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 431,255 201,835 229,425 573,315 240,120 333,195
$10,000 to $19,999 575,490 235,195 340,300 653,915 262,225 391,685
$20,000 to $29,999 465,445 201,390 264,050 503,290 209,095 294,195
$30,000 to $39,999 397,270 187,125 210,145 424,330 188,860 235,470
$40,000 to $49,999 348,385 166,795 181,595 366,220 173,020 193,200
$50,000 to $59,999 259,535 131,895 127,645 286,310 148,095 138,215
$60,000 to $69,999 186,985 101,135 85,850 222,975 129,400 93,580
$70,000 to $79,999 147,600 82,105 65,495 171,625 103,795 67,830
$80,000 to $89,999 101,535 59,265 42,270 134,090 83,100 50,990
$90,000 to $99,999 67,295 42,730 24,560 96,825 62,825 34,005
$100,000 and over 208,040 143,365 64,680 294,475 214,980 79,500
$100,000 to $149,999 134,980 90,500 44,480 198,355 142,260 56,095
$150,000 and over 73,065 52,865 20,205 96,115 72,715 23,405
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 3,319,405 1,614,055 1,705,350 3,870,330 1,882,870 1,987,460
Without after-tax income 129,930 61,125 68,805 138,350 63,495 74,855
With after-tax income 3,189,475 1,552,930 1,636,550 3,731,980 1,819,375 1,912,605
Percentage with after-tax income 96.1 96.2 96.0 96.4 96.6 96.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 446,310 205,380 240,930 597,310 253,480 343,835
$10,000 to $19,999 603,035 249,060 353,975 686,510 280,490 406,015
$20,000 to $29,999 563,105 250,605 312,495 593,490 252,075 341,415
$30,000 to $39,999 513,345 247,595 265,755 495,200 226,080 269,120
$40,000 to $49,999 382,030 192,695 189,335 402,535 200,565 201,965
$50,000 to $59,999 251,595 136,730 114,865 293,450 167,870 125,585
$60,000 to $69,999 163,355 93,030 70,325 210,085 128,000 82,080
$70,000 to $79,999 91,425 57,255 34,170 151,775 95,230 56,545
$80,000 and over 175,275 120,585 54,690 301,635 215,590 86,045
$80,000 to $89,999 53,535 35,090 18,445 94,700 64,330 30,370
$90,000 to $99,999 32,550 22,020 10,535 59,050 42,050 17,000
$100,000 and over 89,195 63,475 25,720 147,885 109,215 38,670
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 3,319,410 1,614,055 1,705,355 3,870,330 1,882,865 1,987,460
Without employment income 983,720 414,180 569,540 1,095,320 467,570 627,745
With employment income 2,335,690 1,199,875 1,135,815 2,775,010 1,415,295 1,359,715
Percentage with employment income 70.4 74.3 66.6 71.7 75.2 68.4
Under $5,000 (including loss) 299,295 149,895 149,400 441,080 204,275 236,810
$5,000 to $9,999 184,940 83,240 101,700 212,715 90,015 122,705
$10,000 to $19,999 340,270 154,940 185,330 371,875 160,350 211,525
$20,000 to $29,999 284,860 131,565 153,295 309,470 135,945 173,525
$30,000 to $39,999 270,990 129,240 141,755 282,045 126,870 155,180
$40,000 to $49,999 231,135 113,170 117,965 253,810 118,870 134,935
$50,000 to $59,999 180,235 96,470 83,765 203,885 107,605 96,280
$60,000 to $69,999 137,210 77,190 60,015 163,740 98,205 65,535
$70,000 to $79,999 118,920 67,175 51,740 132,340 82,120 50,220
$80,000 and over 287,835 196,980 90,855 404,040 291,050 112,990
$80,000 to $89,999 76,195 48,370 27,820 106,680 67,815 38,860
$90,000 to $99,999 52,260 35,045 17,220 76,470 51,990 24,480
$100,000 and over 159,380 113,560 45,820 220,890 171,245 49,645
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 61,790 ... ... 69,995 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 53,738 ... ... 61,280 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 570,285 ... ... 541,915 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,081 ... ... 35,701 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 29,617 ... ... 31,899 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 1,157,020 ... ... 1,340,055 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 81,109 ... ... 88,466 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 69,635 ... ... 77,108 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 82,589 ... ... 90,354 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 66,755 ... ... 75,209 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 570,105 ... ... 541,925 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 42,387 ... ... 46,696 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 34,729 ... ... 39,091 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 1,157,200 ... ... 1,340,045 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 102,395 ... ... 108,010 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 82,533 ... ... 89,816 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,965 ... ...
Under $5,000 31,115 ... ... 43,415 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 29,850 ... ... 27,140 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 56,095 ... ... 55,745 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 82,840 ... ... 77,565 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 83,555 ... ... 78,695 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 73,240 ... ... 72,985 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 81,155 ... ... 78,080 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 84,995 ... ... 78,395 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 84,255 ... ... 76,775 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 80,890 ... ... 75,860 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 150,605 ... ... 143,475 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 130,650 ... ... 132,845 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 115,305 ... ... 122,350 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 99,710 ... ... 111,350 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 85,240 ... ... 99,420 ... ...
$100,000 and over 457,820 ... ... 607,855 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 161,115 ... ... 198,140 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 105,170 ... ... 138,420 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 105,180 ... ... 149,210 ... ...
$200,000 and over 86,355 ... ... 122,080 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,965 ... ...
Under $5,000 33,060 ... ... 46,350 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 30,330 ... ... 27,605 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 56,650 ... ... 56,780 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 87,175 ... ... 80,315 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 94,285 ... ... 89,795 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 88,045 ... ... 88,035 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 103,400 ... ... 93,640 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 104,955 ... ... 92,220 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 100,370 ... ... 91,635 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 97,330 ... ... 88,520 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 174,750 ... ... 165,685 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 148,275 ... ... 150,650 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 122,370 ... ... 136,430 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 101,920 ... ... 118,520 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 82,880 ... ... 101,185 ... ...
$100,000 and over 301,515 ... ... 454,595 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 139,215 ... ... 187,490 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 71,850 ... ... 111,260 ... ...
$150,000 and over 90,455 ... ... 155,845 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 1,102,785 ... ... 1,276,275 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 82,175 ... ... 88,451 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 70,355 ... ... 77,002 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.0 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 391,400 ... ... 519,030 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 74,547 ... ... 80,788 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 63,319 ... ... 70,464 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 486,280 ... ... 536,175 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 105,941 ... ... 111,736 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 89,292 ... ... 96,176 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... 4.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 194,800 ... ... 179,945 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 54,054 ... ... 51,056 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,837 ... ... 46,668 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 1,102,830 ... ... 1,275,865 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 103,883 ... ... 108,241 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 83,503 ... ... 89,792 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 391,140 ... ... 518,295 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,312 ... ... 100,772 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 75,776 ... ... 83,021 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 486,710 ... ... 536,580 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 128,244 ... ... 131,213 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 102,314 ... ... 108,407 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 194,630 ... ... 179,615 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 64,308 ... ... 63,004 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 54,714 ... ... 54,655 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 718,550 350,225 368,325 768,855 373,390 395,465
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 29,850 31,216 28,734 31,255 33,342 29,674
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 27,212 28,012 26,567 28,320 29,815 27,221
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 717,340 348,660 368,680 766,660 371,595 395,060
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,160 40,830 37,582 41,666 44,615 38,892
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 32,366 33,188 31,588 35,191 37,100 33,395
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 4,009,790 1,966,755 2,043,035 4,560,235 2,237,490 2,322,745
In the bottom half of the distribution 2,258,795 1,083,185 1,175,610 2,265,245 1,078,695 1,186,555
In the bottom decile 416,230 205,250 210,980 537,405 258,275 279,140
In the second decile 435,520 197,820 237,700 449,395 205,320 244,075
In the third decile 489,830 233,765 256,070 420,355 198,845 221,510
In the fourth decile 474,330 229,435 244,895 422,805 203,710 219,095
In the fifth decile 442,885 216,920 225,965 435,290 212,555 222,735
In the top half of the distribution 1,750,995 883,570 867,425 2,294,990 1,158,795 1,136,195
In the sixth decile 419,115 208,630 210,490 442,070 218,225 223,845
In the seventh decile 392,990 197,220 195,770 451,795 226,240 225,555
In the eighth decile 361,460 182,895 178,565 462,900 233,935 228,970
In the ninth decile 305,085 155,505 149,580 473,535 241,165 232,375
In the top decile 272,335 139,320 133,015 464,685 239,235 225,450
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 4,009,795 1,966,755 2,043,035 4,477,875 2,196,415 2,281,460
0 to 17 years 819,405 418,510 400,895 822,390 422,685 399,710
0 to 5 years 279,080 142,795 136,285 260,110 133,670 126,445
18 to 64 years 2,588,750 1,278,315 1,310,435 2,876,495 1,404,390 1,472,105
65 years and over 601,635 269,930 331,705 778,990 369,345 409,645
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 614,140 288,445 325,695 694,960 325,015 369,940
0 to 17 years 128,620 65,805 62,820 151,880 78,110 73,770
0 to 5 years 44,445 22,620 21,830 46,920 24,035 22,885
18 to 64 years 381,890 185,820 196,065 427,085 198,475 228,615
65 years and over 103,635 36,820 66,810 115,990 48,430 67,560
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 15.3 14.7 15.9 15.5 14.8 16.2
0 to 17 years (%) 15.7 15.7 15.7 18.5 18.5 18.5
0 to 5 years (%) 15.9 15.8 16.0 18.0 18.0 18.1
18 to 64 years (%) 14.8 14.5 15.0 14.8 14.1 15.5
65 years and over (%) 17.2 13.6 20.1 14.9 13.1 16.5
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 479,645 232,435 247,210 491,645 236,430 255,215
0 to 17 years 90,445 46,360 44,090 99,330 50,890 48,450
0 to 5 years 31,445 16,025 15,425 29,250 14,930 14,315
18 to 64 years 326,695 164,545 162,150 345,345 165,740 179,605
65 years and over 62,505 21,530 40,970 46,965 19,805 27,165
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 12.0 11.8 12.1 11.0 10.8 11.2
0 to 17 years (%) 11.0 11.1 11.0 12.1 12.0 12.1
0 to 5 years (%) 11.3 11.2 11.3 11.2 11.2 11.3
18 to 64 years (%) 12.6 12.9 12.4 12.0 11.8 12.2
65 years and over (%) 10.4 8.0 12.4 6.0 5.4 6.6
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 4,009,790 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,235 2,237,490 2,322,745
Official languages 3,946,685 1,941,955 2,004,730 4,407,125 2,173,840 2,233,285
English 2,500,590 1,285,835 1,214,755 4,405,380 2,173,040 2,232,340
French 3,663,310 1,799,755 1,863,560 314,225 140,085 174,140
Non-official languages 1,332,070 642,340 689,730 1,546,550 727,200 819,355
Aboriginal languages 1,065 505 565 17,190 8,115 9,075
Algonquian languages 410 235 180 1,950 905 1,045
Blackfoot 0 0 0 35 0 35
Cree-Montagnais languages 335 165 170 1,600 795 805
Atikamekw 20 10 10 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 100 50 45 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 15 0 10
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 70 45 25 10 0 10
Plains Cree 0 10 0 345 160 180
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 10 55 25 30
Woods Cree 0 0 0 80 45 40
Cree, n.o.s. 130 50 80 1,090 560 525
Eastern Algonquian languages 35 30 10 30 20 10
Malecite 0 0 0 10 10 0
Mi'kmaq 30 30 10 25 15 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 40 30 10 310 100 205
Algonquin 35 25 10 20 0 15
Ojibway 0 10 0 275 95 180
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 15 0 15
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 4,375 2,050 2,330
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 4,345 2,035 2,315
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 200 100 95
Beaver 0 0 0 255 130 130
Carrier 0 0 0 2,045 940 1,110
Chilcotin 0 0 0 1,130 525 605
Dene 10 10 10 130 55 80
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 0 185 85 100
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 125 60 75
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 10 0 10
South Slavey 0 0 0 25 15 10
Slavey, n.o.s. 10 10 0 105 45 60
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 290 155 130
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 35 20 15
Tahltan 0 0 0 250 135 120
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 10
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 10 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 15 10
Haida 0 0 0 455 195 255
Inuit languages 450 155 295 170 70 95
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Inuktitut 405 145 270 120 50 70
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 45 15 30 35 15 25
Iroquoian languages 180 115 65 30 10 15
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 175 115 60 25 10 15
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 10 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 170 95 80
Michif 0 0 0 110 50 60
Salish languages 0 0 0 5,660 2,690 2,970
Comox 0 0 0 185 75 105
Halkomelem 0 0 0 1,045 470 570
Lillooet 0 0 0 790 405 385
Okanagan 0 0 0 805 360 445
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 1,280 630 650
Squamish 0 0 0 280 125 155
Straits 0 0 0 360 160 200
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 440 220 220
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 540 280 260
Siouan languages 0 0 0 55 20 35
Dakota 0 0 0 30 15 15
Stoney 0 0 0 10 10 10
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 10
Tlingit 0 0 0 60 40 20
Tsimshian languages 10 0 10 2,685 1,330 1,350
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 1,275 635 645
Nisga'a 10 0 0 1,035 535 500
Tsimshian 0 0 0 405 180 230
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 1,460 670 795
Haisla 0 0 0 175 65 105
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 120 50 70
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 590 275 315
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 560 265 295
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 15 10
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 0 15 240 105 135
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,331,075 641,870 689,200 1,529,635 719,190 810,440
Afro-Asiatic languages 271,775 141,620 130,150 35,115 18,585 16,530
Berber languages 24,835 13,075 11,760 145 95 45
Kabyle 14,590 7,710 6,880 65 40 25
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10,385 5,435 4,950 80 60 20
Cushitic languages 1,105 535 570 2,070 955 1,120
Bilen 30 20 15 20 10 15
Oromo 30 20 0 245 140 110
Somali 1,040 490 550 1,800 815 985
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 10 0 10
Semitic languages 259,135 134,960 124,175 33,110 17,660 15,460
Amharic 980 470 510 2,095 1,050 1,045
Arabic 241,000 125,545 115,455 24,230 13,180 11,050
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 165 85 80 760 370 390
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 0 10 570 285 285
Harari 10 0 10 55 35 20
Hebrew 17,705 9,290 8,415 5,450 2,805 2,645
Maltese 20 0 10 315 155 155
Tigrigna 360 165 195 1,055 560 495
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 165 80 85 300 160 140
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 615 315 300 170 85 85
Austro-Asiatic languages 42,285 20,135 22,150 35,915 17,130 18,785
Khmer (Cambodian) 10,535 5,000 5,535 1,875 850 1,020
Vietnamese 32,090 15,315 16,780 34,140 16,295 17,840
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 15 10 55 30 25
Austronesian languages 29,150 11,030 18,120 125,425 51,215 74,210
Bikol 105 50 55 530 215 310
Cebuano 915 315 600 5,365 2,000 3,370
Fijian 10 0 10 1,095 655 440
Hiligaynon 500 180 315 1,685 710 975
Ilocano 2,450 875 1,575 6,450 2,480 3,970
Malagasy 1,450 680 770 25 15 10
Malay 985 420 565 7,495 3,480 4,010
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 195 100 100 855 365 495
Pangasinan 55 15 35 480 205 275
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 25,560 9,430 16,135 113,265 45,455 67,805
Waray-Waray 45 10 35 320 130 195
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 415 200 215 1,515 740 775
Creole languages 108,785 48,755 60,040 2,485 1,320 1,165
Haitian Creole 4,400 2,020 2,375 135 55 75
Creole, n.o.s. 102,510 45,840 56,670 1,310 730 585
Creole languages, n.i.e. 2,470 1,185 1,280 1,055 540 515
Dravidian languages 18,510 9,380 9,125 10,390 5,485 4,905
Kannada 395 200 195 510 250 265
Malayalam 485 275 210 3,350 1,795 1,550
Tamil 17,130 8,610 8,520 5,445 2,830 2,610
Telugu 890 520 370 1,720 970 750
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 85 30 55
Hmong-Mien languages 35 15 20 165 85 80
Indo-European languages 751,240 360,635 390,595 764,815 371,760 393,060
Albanian 2,880 1,460 1,420 1,640 840 795
Armenian 19,925 9,575 10,350 1,680 845 835
Balto-Slavic languages 75,250 35,075 40,175 94,050 44,710 49,340
Baltic languages 940 415 525 1,030 515 520
Latvian 275 110 165 555 290 265
Lithuanian 665 300 360 475 220 250
Slavic languages 74,470 34,735 39,740 93,235 44,305 48,940
Belarusan 310 130 180 245 115 125
Bosnian 580 275 310 2,075 1,020 1,050
Bulgarian 6,785 3,315 3,475 2,430 1,105 1,325
Croatian 2,800 1,380 1,425 10,685 5,255 5,430
Czech 1,665 765 900 7,480 3,665 3,815
Macedonian 235 105 130 400 220 185
Polish 15,340 6,880 8,465 19,175 8,980 10,190
Russian 42,245 20,025 22,220 33,990 15,850 18,135
Serbian 2,430 1,135 1,295 9,110 4,625 4,485
Serbo-Croatian 985 435 545 1,525 770 750
Slovak 1,235 595 645 4,270 2,045 2,225
Slovene (Slovenian) 900 445 460 1,375 610 760
Ukrainian 8,040 3,440 4,595 10,740 4,835 5,905
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 125 55 70 420 215 205
Celtic languages 375 220 155 1,855 990 865
Scottish Gaelic 105 60 40 660 395 265
Welsh 65 35 35 345 145 195
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 215 125 85 860 450 410
Germanic languages 47,450 23,730 23,720 136,685 65,350 71,335
Afrikaans 300 195 105 7,670 3,875 3,800
Danish 590 285 305 5,510 2,490 3,020
Dutch 3,380 1,780 1,600 24,060 11,520 12,550
Frisian 0 10 0 465 230 240
German 30,070 15,095 14,975 95,005 45,840 49,165
Icelandic 100 60 35 405 210 195
Norwegian 355 170 185 2,845 1,425 1,415
Swedish 1,235 600 635 4,825 2,125 2,695
Vlaams (Flemish) 510 175 335 545 270 275
Yiddish 12,340 6,195 6,140 505 225 280
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 175 75 105 155 95 60
Greek 49,445 24,590 24,860 9,095 4,725 4,370
Indo-Iranian languages 87,330 44,890 42,440 363,205 181,340 181,865
Indo-Aryan languages 56,910 29,560 27,350 311,955 155,465 156,490
Bengali 12,600 6,470 6,135 3,670 1,885 1,785
Gujarati 7,830 3,805 4,025 11,500 5,455 6,050
Hindi 14,950 7,950 6,995 81,330 39,950 41,380
Kashmiri 50 30 15 60 30 25
Konkani 145 75 75 415 215 200
Marathi 460 240 220 1,475 780 695
Nepali 355 190 165 1,485 725 760
Oriya (Odia) 50 30 20 70 40 30
Punjabi (Panjabi) 17,580 9,550 8,030 244,485 122,450 122,035
Sindhi 470 225 245 3,300 1,415 1,885
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,285 595 690 2,430 1,265 1,170
Urdu 15,920 8,370 7,550 16,750 8,840 7,915
Iranian languages 31,700 15,960 15,740 52,300 26,435 25,870
Kurdish 980 510 475 2,225 1,185 1,040
Pashto 1,630 900 725 1,660 940 725
Persian (Farsi) 29,530 14,835 14,695 49,835 25,135 24,690
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 625 335 290 935 490 450
Italic (Romance) languages 497,655 234,820 262,835 177,685 83,505 94,185
Catalan 695 420 270 395 210 180
Italian 161,770 78,465 83,305 37,475 18,075 19,400
Portuguese 45,620 22,935 22,685 23,260 11,060 12,200
Romanian 39,265 18,875 20,390 10,045 4,945 5,105
Spanish 280,030 128,635 151,400 115,115 53,215 61,900
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 335 225 115 380 245 140
Japanese 5,465 2,505 2,955 36,990 15,955 21,040
Kartvelian languages 200 105 100 115 55 60
Georgian 200 100 95 115 55 55
Korean 5,795 2,645 3,150 57,490 26,310 31,180
Mongolic languages 235 115 115 370 170 200
Mongolian 235 115 120 370 165 195
Niger-Congo languages 37,280 18,580 18,700 8,025 4,130 3,895
Akan (Twi) 1,715 900 815 630 350 280
Bamanankan 1,805 935 865 30 20 15
Edo 170 85 85 145 80 60
Ewe 975 615 360 135 90 45
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 2,730 1,420 1,310 105 30 70
Ga 285 150 140 150 95 50
Ganda 55 25 35 165 80 85
Igbo 240 155 85 425 240 185
Lingala 7,670 3,435 4,235 280 125 150
Rundi (Kirundi) 2,235 1,045 1,185 125 45 75
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,955 880 1,075 290 125 165
Shona 130 60 70 415 220 195
Swahili 4,240 2,070 2,170 3,365 1,785 1,575
Wolof 4,815 2,570 2,245 50 25 30
Yoruba 700 375 320 885 455 435
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 12,690 6,510 6,180 1,835 840 1,000
Nilo-Saharan languages 325 185 140 405 210 200
Dinka 0 0 0 85 50 35
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 330 190 140 325 155 165
Sign languages 4,320 1,715 2,610 7,545 2,865 4,680
American Sign Language 465 170 295 3,860 1,280 2,575
Quebec Sign Language 2,545 905 1,635 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 1,470 680 785 3,780 1,615 2,160
Sino-Tibetan languages 83,535 39,325 44,205 457,595 211,220 246,375
Chinese languages 83,340 39,220 44,125 454,885 209,850 245,030
Cantonese 30,500 14,230 16,270 234,445 108,485 125,960
Hakka 525 230 295 2,715 1,290 1,430
Mandarin 54,180 25,145 29,040 265,635 119,995 145,640
Min Dong 15 0 10 130 55 75
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 4,030 1,790 2,240 16,410 7,230 9,185
Wu (Shanghainese) 1,185 520 670 5,600 2,445 3,155
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,300 2,100 2,200 10,380 4,725 5,650
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 85 40 50 200 75 120
Tibeto-Burman languages 215 125 85 3,000 1,500 1,505
Burmese 75 45 35 1,490 730 755
Karenic languages 0 0 0 955 485 465
Tibetan 45 35 10 375 205 165
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 330 150 180
Tai-Kadai languages 6,170 2,915 3,250 5,635 2,190 3,450
Lao 5,085 2,490 2,595 1,630 735 890
Thai 1,700 680 1,015 4,275 1,535 2,740
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 10 10 0
Turkic languages 11,490 5,725 5,760 6,785 3,685 3,095
Azerbaijani 450 235 215 945 510 435
Turkish 10,555 5,275 5,275 5,585 3,025 2,555
Uyghur 235 110 125 115 60 55
Uzbek 195 85 110 170 95 75
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 195 100 100 275 140 130
Uralic languages 6,965 3,215 3,750 15,280 7,095 8,185
Estonian 125 50 70 780 350 425
Finnish 370 145 225 4,030 1,640 2,385
Hungarian 6,475 3,020 3,455 10,495 5,100 5,395
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 10
Other languages, n.i.e. 1,445 825 625 1,045 575 470
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 4,009,795 1,966,705 2,043,085 4,560,235 2,237,485 2,322,750
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 3,696,245 1,811,975 1,884,270 4,138,300 2,038,285 2,100,015
Canadian citizens aged under 18 772,360 394,515 377,845 790,485 406,970 383,510
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 2,923,885 1,417,465 1,506,425 3,347,820 1,631,310 1,716,505
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 313,545 154,730 158,815 421,935 199,205 222,735
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 4,009,795 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 3,002,625 1,476,535 1,526,095 3,167,155 1,584,305 1,582,855
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 936,305 452,805 483,500 1,292,675 603,800 688,875
Before 1981 207,840 100,575 107,265 356,155 171,330 184,825
1981 to 1990 112,945 55,685 57,265 152,220 70,475 81,750
1991 to 2000 163,525 77,675 85,850 287,505 132,190 155,315
2001 to 2010 272,725 131,570 141,160 321,240 147,250 173,985
2001 to 2005 118,885 57,445 61,440 147,735 67,425 80,305
2006 to 2010 153,840 74,115 79,720 173,505 79,825 93,680
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 179,270 87,305 91,965 175,555 82,555 92,995
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 70,860 37,370 33,490 100,405 49,385 51,020
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 936,305 452,800 483,505 1,292,670 603,800 688,875
Under 5 years 90,505 44,550 45,950 112,665 56,495 56,175
5 to 14 years 148,910 74,380 74,540 212,710 108,975 103,730
15 to 24 years 187,480 85,225 102,255 279,495 126,690 152,805
25 to 44 years 445,085 219,540 225,550 537,500 242,185 295,310
45 years and over 64,325 29,110 35,215 150,305 69,455 80,845
Immigrants by selected place of birthThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 936,305 452,800 483,505 1,292,675 603,800 688,875
Americas 210,770 96,160 114,615 110,850 50,515 60,330
Brazil 5,725 2,750 2,970 3,800 1,545 2,260
Colombia 16,670 7,590 9,085 3,915 1,720 2,195
El Salvador 9,955 4,920 5,035 5,425 2,710 2,715
Guyana 2,430 1,060 1,370 1,305 600 710
Haiti 75,740 32,980 42,755 570 250 315
Jamaica 4,425 1,910 2,510 3,505 1,770 1,735
Mexico 13,080 5,855 7,230 10,375 4,425 5,945
Peru 11,910 5,355 6,555 3,265 1,330 1,930
Trinidad and Tobago 3,885 1,770 2,110 2,620 1,205 1,415
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 17,935 9,055 8,885 57,780 26,425 31,355
Other places of birth in Americas 49,030 22,910 26,115 18,295 8,530 9,765
Europe 254,860 125,050 129,805 319,885 156,975 162,915
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,085 525 560 4,570 2,230 2,345
Croatia 1,590 815 775 5,780 2,945 2,830
France 56,805 30,005 26,800 5,700 2,895 2,805
Germany 6,595 2,890 3,700 35,045 16,835 18,210
Greece 17,885 8,790 9,095 3,630 1,965 1,670
Hungary 3,030 1,440 1,590 6,175 3,145 3,030
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 660 375 285 5,890 3,090 2,795
Italy 48,935 23,950 24,985 15,405 8,050 7,355
Netherlands 1,310 705 600 18,225 9,365 8,855
Poland 9,380 4,045 5,330 15,115 6,965 8,145
Portugal 16,460 7,960 8,500 8,215 4,125 4,090
Romania 26,145 12,405 13,745 8,995 4,400 4,595
Russian Federation 10,290 4,530 5,760 10,920 4,700 6,215
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 1,320 610 715 4,480 2,225 2,260
Ukraine 7,760 3,385 4,375 7,500 3,520 3,980
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 10,385 5,345 5,045 123,810 60,975 62,835
Other places of birth in Europe 35,225 17,275 17,945 40,425 19,545 20,880
Africa 204,635 105,405 99,230 42,805 21,500 21,310
Algeria 54,275 28,225 26,050 485 310 175
Egypt 18,495 9,675 8,820 2,705 1,480 1,225
Ethiopia 865 425 435 2,070 1,015 1,060
Kenya 635 290 340 4,705 2,175 2,535
Morocco 54,495 28,020 26,475 985 535 455
Nigeria 1,140 620 525 1,740 925 815
Somalia 475 235 245 1,080 515 570
South Africa, Republic of 670 365 305 13,375 6,700 6,675
Other places of birth in Africa 73,580 37,550 36,035 15,645 7,840 7,800
Asia 264,955 125,605 139,345 788,055 359,835 428,220
Afghanistan 6,150 3,070 3,085 5,040 2,550 2,490
Bangladesh 7,745 3,895 3,845 2,125 1,080 1,040
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 43,350 18,265 25,080 199,990 89,145 110,845
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 4,535 2,220 2,315 74,210 34,120 40,090
India 17,455 8,995 8,460 162,650 79,395 83,245
IranCensus data footnote 61 16,545 8,240 8,305 37,160 18,890 18,270
Iraq 2,945 1,585 1,365 5,550 2,855 2,690
Japan 1,435 345 1,090 13,365 3,840 9,520
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 3,620 1,690 1,930 41,515 18,870 22,645
Lebanon 35,765 18,940 16,825 2,235 1,290 950
Pakistan 9,515 5,015 4,500 10,665 5,470 5,190
Philippines 23,235 8,725 14,510 112,100 45,890 66,210
Sri Lanka 10,620 5,275 5,345 4,585 2,360 2,230
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 16,310 8,040 8,265 2,845 1,450 1,400
Taiwan 2,495 1,030 1,470 38,900 17,450 21,450
Viet Nam 23,465 10,865 12,600 27,875 12,970 14,905
Other places of birth in Asia 39,760 19,400 20,355 47,255 22,215 25,045
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 1,095 585 510 31,075 14,975 16,100
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 54 179,270 87,300 91,965 175,555 82,555 92,995
Americas 40,205 19,070 21,130 14,550 7,160 7,385
Brazil 2,260 1,140 1,125 1,145 525 615
Colombia 5,270 2,475 2,790 580 250 325
Cuba 1,950 980 970 140 60 80
Haiti 15,770 7,165 8,610 35 35 10
Jamaica 155 110 50 625 355 265
Mexico 3,465 1,610 1,850 2,885 1,420 1,460
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,300 1,850 1,455 6,485 3,290 3,190
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 1,725 825 900 270 115 155
Other places of birth in Americas 6,305 2,920 3,390 2,380 1,105 1,275
Europe 31,585 15,965 15,615 19,735 10,260 9,475
France 14,995 8,020 6,975 970 510 460
Germany 445 205 245 1,450 775 675
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 105 75 30 1,430 900 530
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 3,570 1,620 1,945 245 120 125
Romania 2,680 1,150 1,535 690 310 380
Russian Federation 1,805 815 990 1,735 620 1,110
Ukraine 2,155 990 1,165 1,230 495 735
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 710 465 250 6,540 3,840 2,695
Other places of birth in Europe 5,125 2,635 2,485 5,455 2,685 2,765
Africa 59,780 29,715 30,065 6,200 3,150 3,050
Algeria 15,030 7,355 7,670 65 40 20
Cameroon 5,695 2,770 2,925 65 25 35
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2,115 1,010 1,105 150 80 75
Côte d'Ivoire 3,650 1,790 1,860 20 10 10
Egypt 4,185 2,165 2,020 625 340 290
Eritrea 45 30 20 320 175 145
Ethiopia 120 60 60 305 170 140
Morocco 11,850 5,875 5,975 205 115 95
Nigeria 445 230 215 645 325 315
Somalia 70 40 35 355 145 215
South Africa, Republic of 140 85 55 1,625 815 810
Tunisia 4,670 2,355 2,315 80 30 45
Other places of birth in Africa 11,765 5,950 5,810 1,745 890 860
Asia 47,430 22,385 25,050 131,880 60,140 71,735
Afghanistan 1,040 475 565 870 455 415
Bangladesh 840 445 400 470 230 245
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 9,820 4,455 5,365 38,105 16,965 21,140
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 95 35 60 1,800 770 1,030
India 2,870 1,505 1,365 27,460 13,780 13,680
IranCensus data footnote 61 7,090 3,345 3,740 8,645 4,315 4,330
Iraq 635 310 320 1,910 940 965
Israel 600 355 245 365 205 160
Japan 295 30 260 2,285 570 1,715
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 750 335 420 8,025 3,430 4,595
Lebanon 3,620 1,935 1,685 265 155 110
Nepal 70 40 35 310 115 195
Pakistan 1,570 800 770 1,965 990 975
Philippines 5,245 2,255 2,995 26,680 11,615 15,065
Saudi Arabia 425 200 225 400 180 215
Sri Lanka 855 375 475 535 265 265
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 6,350 3,185 3,165 2,185 1,095 1,085
Taiwan 120 50 70 2,505 970 1,530
Turkey 515 270 245 395 220 170
United Arab Emirates 280 145 130 385 195 195
Viet Nam 1,305 495 815 1,780 685 1,090
Other places of birth in Asia 3,030 1,330 1,700 4,545 1,980 2,560
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 265 165 100 3,185 1,845 1,340
Australia 140 90 55 1,920 1,130 790
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 125 75 50 1,265 715 550
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 4,009,795 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
First generationCensus data footnote 69 1,025,695 499,825 525,875 1,426,450 670,440 756,010
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 651,190 328,560 322,630 1,043,860 523,340 520,520
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 2,332,905 1,138,320 1,194,580 2,089,925 1,043,705 1,046,225
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 72 741,595 358,465 383,125 955,955 442,040 513,915
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 408,710 211,560 197,150 537,875 258,560 279,315
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 194,940 118,480 76,460 209,685 123,645 86,040
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 213,775 93,085 120,690 328,185 134,915 193,275
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 204,725 81,180 123,550 323,440 133,775 189,670
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 117,890 60,855 57,035 82,360 44,250 38,110
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 10,270 4,875 5,395 12,285 5,455 6,825
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 4,009,790 1,966,705 2,043,085 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 34,745 16,500 18,250 270,585 130,265 140,320
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 32,560 15,500 17,060 263,540 127,115 136,425
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 16,130 7,715 8,415 172,520 83,645 88,880
Métis 15,455 7,425 8,030 89,405 42,715 46,690
Inuk (Inuit) 975 360 615 1,610 760 855
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 800 370 435 4,350 2,090 2,260
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 1,385 630 755 2,695 1,060 1,635
Non-Aboriginal identity 3,975,045 1,950,205 2,024,840 4,289,655 2,107,225 2,182,430
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 4,009,790 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,240 2,237,485 2,322,750
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 9,205 4,585 4,620 135,835 65,560 70,280
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 4,000,585 1,962,120 2,038,465 4,424,400 2,171,930 2,252,470
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 4,009,795 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 20,565 9,505 11,060 91,710 45,690 46,020
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 19,995 9,245 10,750 90,390 45,100 45,295
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 16,215 7,445 8,775 79,875 39,685 40,190
Métis single ancestry 3,200 1,595 1,600 10,080 5,215 4,865
Inuit single ancestry 585 205 385 430 200 235
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 570 255 315 1,325 595 725
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 445 200 245 1,175 535 635
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 115 50 60 100 50 50
Métis and Inuit ancestries 15 0 10 45 10 45
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 97,280 44,535 52,745 211,100 100,835 110,260
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 95,715 43,740 51,975 201,895 96,650 105,245
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 83,645 38,190 45,450 130,020 62,170 67,850
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10,940 5,060 5,875 70,180 33,595 36,585
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,140 490 645 1,700 890 815
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 1,570 795 775 9,200 4,185 5,015
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,260 675 585 8,865 4,050 4,810
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 235 90 140 165 75 90
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 70 30 40 125 35 90
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 10 45 20 20
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 3,891,945 1,912,665 1,979,280 4,257,430 2,090,960 2,166,465
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 4,009,795 1,966,705 2,043,090 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 904,840 442,090 462,745 1,381,235 658,260 722,975
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 85,925 44,510 41,415 365,705 183,650 182,055
Chinese 89,400 40,890 48,510 508,480 237,805 270,670
Black 270,940 129,640 141,300 43,500 22,455 21,045
Filipino 33,050 13,455 19,600 145,025 62,505 82,520
Latin American 110,195 53,140 57,060 44,115 20,600 23,515
Arab 191,165 100,830 90,340 19,840 10,865 8,980
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 55,705 26,595 29,110 54,920 25,975 28,950
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 28,890 14,420 14,465 48,695 24,880 23,810
Korean 7,055 3,355 3,695 60,495 27,915 32,580
Japanese 3,810 1,465 2,350 41,230 17,435 23,800
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 8,290 3,900 4,385 8,760 4,280 4,485
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 20,420 9,895 10,530 40,465 19,900 20,565
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 3,104,955 1,524,615 1,580,340 3,179,005 1,579,230 1,599,775
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 4,009,790 1,966,705 2,043,085 4,560,240 2,237,490 2,322,750
North American Aboriginal origins 117,850 54,040 63,810 302,810 146,530 156,280
First Nations (North American Indian) 101,915 46,655 55,260 220,245 106,595 113,650
Inuit 2,155 875 1,280 2,615 1,280 1,340
Métis 15,920 7,565 8,360 90,515 43,460 47,050
Other North American origins 1,861,930 905,510 956,425 922,690 460,355 462,335
Acadian 15,285 7,135 8,150 3,940 1,960 1,980
American 27,335 13,110 14,225 78,170 37,765 40,405
Canadian 1,755,635 852,410 903,225 866,530 432,975 433,560
New Brunswicker 425 210 215 60 45 15
Newfoundlander 350 160 195 1,875 995 880
Nova Scotian 285 120 165 185 95 85
Ontarian 670 310 355 130 55 75
Québécois 92,115 46,380 45,735 1,830 945 880
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 135 70 65 405 175 230
European origins 1,721,335 849,240 872,095 2,857,080 1,408,510 1,448,575
British Isles origins 413,005 198,800 214,205 1,926,040 945,580 980,460
Channel Islander 450 220 225 455 230 220
Cornish 45 20 25 610 340 265
English 138,320 67,580 70,735 1,203,540 585,700 617,845
Irish 239,460 113,105 126,355 675,135 318,455 356,675
Manx 135 70 65 1,810 835 975
Scottish 124,130 59,280 64,850 860,775 417,080 443,700
Welsh 7,685 3,660 4,015 113,905 54,260 59,645
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 24,500 11,540 12,955 122,700 59,225 63,475
French origins 874,295 434,215 440,075 388,815 184,705 204,110
Alsatian 570 255 315 210 95 115
Breton 5,110 2,450 2,655 110 45 65
Corsican 910 520 385 105 40 65
French 870,245 432,210 438,035 388,580 184,595 203,980
Western European origins (except French origins) 149,330 72,310 77,015 839,860 411,165 428,695
Austrian 10,010 4,850 5,155 48,510 23,030 25,485
Bavarian 35 15 15 225 105 120
Belgian 31,840 15,635 16,205 19,980 9,615 10,360
Dutch 15,975 7,805 8,175 213,670 105,040 108,630
Flemish 790 380 410 2,215 1,145 1,075
Frisian 10 10 0 850 425 425
German 86,025 41,010 45,015 603,265 294,860 308,410
Luxembourger 570 275 295 695 340 355
Swiss 13,555 6,930 6,620 31,390 15,510 15,880
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 60 45 905 425 485
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 16,095 7,895 8,205 346,525 166,100 180,425
Danish 3,800 1,785 2,015 58,205 27,985 30,220
Finnish 2,105 975 1,130 34,150 16,285 17,870
Icelandic 670 355 320 26,410 12,860 13,545
Norwegian 4,415 2,190 2,225 138,430 66,870 71,565
Swedish 4,780 2,325 2,450 110,030 51,000 59,030
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 1,390 680 715 15,080 7,610 7,470
Eastern European origins 212,570 103,190 109,380 569,260 275,900 293,360
Bulgarian 8,360 4,055 4,305 4,015 1,875 2,140
Byelorussian 2,175 1,060 1,120 2,760 1,400 1,365
Czech 5,035 2,390 2,650 23,375 11,500 11,875
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 1,750 910 835 7,970 3,795 4,175
Estonian 790 405 385 4,840 2,250 2,590
Hungarian 24,505 12,150 12,355 56,535 27,450 29,090
Latvian 1,505 710 795 4,935 2,565 2,370
Lithuanian 5,710 2,845 2,865 7,225 3,465 3,755
Moldovan 7,220 3,525 3,695 1,085 510 580
Polish 64,895 31,730 33,165 149,635 71,605 78,030
Romanian 47,980 23,365 24,620 31,250 15,125 16,125
Russian 49,275 23,495 25,780 131,060 62,880 68,180
Slovak 3,875 1,955 1,915 11,220 5,440 5,780
Ukrainian 35,050 16,880 18,180 229,205 111,285 117,915
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 2,695 1,390 1,305 3,555 1,645 1,915
Southern European origins 464,080 230,520 233,555 334,740 164,780 169,960
Albanian 3,270 1,690 1,580 1,925 975 950
Bosnian 940 470 470 3,290 1,635 1,655
Catalan 575 295 275 120 85 30
Croatian 5,225 2,595 2,635 23,845 12,180 11,660
Cypriot 455 230 225 440 230 205
Greek 66,395 33,750 32,645 24,460 12,410 12,050
Italian 279,800 138,875 140,925 166,095 83,095 83,000
Kosovar 380 210 165 280 135 145
Macedonian 610 320 290 1,205 620 580
Maltese 920 490 430 2,645 1,350 1,295
Montenegrin 365 205 160 710 360 350
Portuguese 56,405 28,295 28,115 41,770 20,620 21,145
Serbian 3,625 1,705 1,920 12,895 6,625 6,270
Sicilian 1,070 525 545 545 295 255
Slovenian 2,150 1,040 1,115 5,555 2,725 2,825
Spanish 68,600 33,330 35,270 64,470 29,245 35,225
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 2,135 990 1,150 7,080 3,360 3,725
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 225 140 90 395 200 195
Other European origins 31,690 16,215 15,475 34,700 17,800 16,900
Basque 2,245 1,185 1,060 840 470 375
Jewish 23,675 12,110 11,565 17,580 8,950 8,635
Roma (Gypsy) 340 205 135 805 320 485
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 265 125 140 965 520 450
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 5,390 2,740 2,650 14,715 7,635 7,080
Caribbean origins 184,035 85,330 98,705 25,010 12,350 12,660
Antiguan 360 160 200 220 115 105
Bahamian 370 185 185 255 140 110
Barbadian 5,220 2,415 2,810 1,870 945 930
Bermudan 95 35 55 335 155 175
Carib 375 140 230 70 50 25
Cuban 7,840 3,855 3,990 1,320 615 700
Dominican 10,040 4,560 5,475 735 330 410
Grenadian 1,880 750 1,130 380 195 185
Guadeloupean 790 380 410 15 0 15
Haitian 132,255 60,965 71,295 1,140 530 615
Jamaican 12,750 6,060 6,695 10,545 5,425 5,120
Kittitian/Nevisian 340 180 155 130 70 55
Martinican 1,460 710 740 25 0 20
Montserratan 240 135 105 25 15 10
Puerto Rican 435 225 210 570 260 310
St. Lucian 790 395 390 190 85 110
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 6,185 2,765 3,420 4,170 2,085 2,085
Vincentian/Grenadinian 3,965 1,665 2,300 415 180 230
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 5,325 2,440 2,885 2,120 930 1,190
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 3,645 1,725 1,920 1,920 945 975
Latin, Central and South American origins 135,405 65,570 69,840 69,920 33,580 36,335
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 4,805 2,255 2,550 2,625 1,350 1,275
Arawak 150 40 110 90 45 45
Argentinian 4,240 2,120 2,120 2,025 910 1,120
Belizean 55 25 25 125 60 65
Bolivian 1,330 670 665 375 145 230
Brazilian 6,440 3,145 3,290 5,455 2,465 2,990
Chilean 12,030 6,025 6,005 5,700 2,740 2,955
Colombian 22,910 10,695 12,220 5,860 2,805 3,055
Costa Rican 920 420 495 810 385 425
Ecuadorian 2,375 1,075 1,300 1,040 490 550
Guatemalan 8,745 4,505 4,240 2,575 1,310 1,265
Guyanese 3,380 1,680 1,705 1,925 995 935
Hispanic 875 445 430 1,535 720 810
Honduran 3,895 1,935 1,960 1,445 750 695
Maya 1,330 750 575 930 475 455
Mexican 21,130 10,245 10,880 23,055 11,025 12,035
Nicaraguan 2,200 1,060 1,140 1,520 735 785
Panamanian 1,330 695 635 325 140 185
Paraguayan 265 125 145 895 475 420
Peruvian 17,430 8,190 9,240 3,905 1,775 2,135
Salvadorean 17,300 8,580 8,720 6,815 3,390 3,425
Uruguayan 1,495 695 800 410 205 205
Venezuelan 6,670 3,045 3,630 1,900 915 980
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 4,960 2,495 2,465 3,310 1,605 1,705
African origins 321,450 164,810 156,640 59,985 30,635 29,345
Central and West African origins 64,810 33,310 31,495 7,075 3,810 3,265
Akan 535 280 255 40 30 10
Angolan 760 355 405 90 55 35
Ashanti 120 85 35 85 30 50
Beninese 2,860 1,520 1,345 35 20 15
Burkinabe 1,765 945 820 45 30 15
Cameroonian 13,390 6,755 6,635 150 85 70
Chadian 800 390 410 70 50 25
Congolese 14,455 6,970 7,485 810 405 400
Edo 105 65 45 85 55 30
Ewe 330 195 140 55 25 30
Gabonese 675 310 370 10 0 10
Gambian 125 70 50 25 10 15
Ghanaian 2,870 1,470 1,405 1,600 865 730
Guinean 4,355 2,310 2,045 130 45 80
Ibo 170 85 85 280 160 115
Ivorian 6,200 3,155 3,045 100 55 50
Liberian 95 40 55 250 95 150
Malian 2,510 1,255 1,255 80 55 25
Malinké 535 290 245 10 0 0
Nigerian 2,350 1,275 1,075 2,615 1,430 1,185
Peulh 1,735 890 850 20 0 15
Senegalese 6,020 3,225 2,800 95 75 25
Sierra Leonean 110 55 50 130 60 65
Togolese 2,830 1,515 1,310 100 70 40
Wolof 515 300 215 0 0 0
Yoruba 360 175 185 255 135 125
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 4,700 2,565 2,140 620 305 315
North African origins 201,520 104,860 96,665 9,840 5,210 4,630
Algerian 54,635 28,155 26,485 770 465 305
Berber 29,950 15,690 14,260 210 130 80
Coptic 660 365 295 150 90 65
Dinka 15 0 10 45 25 15
Egyptian 27,160 14,110 13,050 4,520 2,340 2,180
Libyan 925 505 420 420 275 140
Maure 415 235 180 150 60 90
Moroccan 77,450 39,955 37,490 2,005 1,105 895
Sudanese 280 150 130 1,225 535 695
Tunisian 17,645 9,565 8,080 500 290 215
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 2,900 1,620 1,280 215 115 105
Southern and East African origins 19,925 9,720 10,205 24,800 12,345 12,450
Afrikaner 100 70 30 705 355 355
Amhara 40 20 25 115 60 50
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 1,360 725 635 255 140 120
Burundian 3,070 1,455 1,620 215 95 120
Djiboutian 245 110 140 0 0 0
Eritrean 505 255 250 1,055 550 505
Ethiopian 1,370 690 675 2,550 1,280 1,270
Harari 15 10 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 465 235 230 1,615 775 845
Malagasy 2,625 1,305 1,320 105 65 40
Mauritian 3,315 1,545 1,765 975 520 450
Oromo 25 10 10 140 75 65
Rwandan 3,050 1,455 1,595 420 225 195
Seychellois 740 335 410 25 15 15
Somali 1,370 680 695 2,295 1,115 1,180
South African 700 365 335 11,060 5,510 5,550
Tanzanian 180 105 75 490 220 275
Tigrian 70 25 45 205 110 95
Ugandan 190 85 100 775 390 380
Zambian 25 10 20 210 95 110
Zimbabwean 265 140 130 855 445 405
Zulu 55 30 25 75 25 45
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 1,045 495 550 1,840 910 930
Other African origins 38,660 18,760 19,900 19,215 9,745 9,465
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 3,110 1,495 1,610 2,660 1,315 1,340
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 36,160 17,580 18,580 16,740 8,515 8,225
Asian origins 508,290 249,115 259,170 1,312,445 624,270 688,175
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 214,865 110,415 104,445 99,560 51,315 48,245
Afghan 9,215 4,695 4,520 7,895 4,005 3,885
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 39,245 20,565 18,685 5,660 3,125 2,540
Armenian 26,100 12,830 13,265 3,715 1,905 1,815
Assyrian 345 200 155 545 295 250
Azerbaijani 505 270 235 990 570 425
Georgian 560 260 300 740 380 355
Hazara 355 165 190 55 30 20
Iranian 23,410 11,770 11,635 47,985 24,290 23,695
Iraqi 4,600 2,320 2,280 5,575 2,860 2,715
Israeli 5,900 3,145 2,750 2,655 1,370 1,285
Jordanian 1,380 730 645 785 425 355
Kazakh 565 275 290 385 205 175
Kurd 1,875 1,020 860 2,120 1,165 950
Kuwaiti 80 40 40 125 85 40
Kyrgyz 255 135 115 175 90 85
Lebanese 68,765 35,925 32,840 7,980 4,175 3,805
Palestinian 6,345 3,255 3,090 2,625 1,410 1,210
Pashtun 490 270 215 360 200 160
Saudi Arabian 615 360 245 975 615 360
Syrian 24,690 12,460 12,235 3,955 1,905 2,055
Tajik 315 140 175 260 135 125
Tatar 835 400 440 790 365 425
Turk 13,570 6,685 6,880 6,355 3,485 2,865
Turkmen 35 25 10 120 70 55
Uighur 360 170 190 130 65 60
Uzbek 415 185 230 270 150 120
Yemeni 715 385 325 300 185 115
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 2,275 1,275 995 2,635 1,340 1,295
South Asian origins 90,815 46,525 44,285 363,885 182,650 181,235
Bangladeshi 6,920 3,555 3,365 1,840 925 920
Bengali 4,065 2,000 2,065 850 405 445
Bhutanese 95 55 35 120 65 55
East Indian 48,485 24,950 23,530 309,315 154,795 154,520
Goan 215 100 115 485 245 240
Gujarati 405 200 205 700 335 365
Kashmiri 260 155 105 185 100 85
Nepali 350 180 165 1,495 690 805
Pakistani 13,125 6,795 6,330 12,585 6,565 6,015
Punjabi 2,950 1,670 1,285 38,725 19,700 19,025
Sinhalese 275 115 160 620 325 300
Sri Lankan 14,595 7,205 7,390 5,710 2,970 2,740
Tamil 3,060 1,590 1,465 1,235 670 560
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 2,100 1,165 935 8,245 4,070 4,170
East and Southeast Asian origins 205,595 93,545 112,050 855,345 393,475 461,875
Burmese 245 140 100 2,310 1,135 1,175
Cambodian (Khmer) 13,500 6,435 7,065 3,235 1,580 1,655
Chinese 108,775 49,900 58,880 540,155 253,065 287,090
Filipino 35,685 14,620 21,060 158,215 68,710 89,505
Hmong 30 10 20 130 70 60
Indonesian 1,090 460 630 6,625 3,115 3,510
Japanese 5,320 2,135 3,185 51,150 22,200 28,945
Karen 0 10 0 895 450 445
Korean 7,625 3,620 4,005 63,300 29,330 33,975
Laotian 6,550 3,305 3,240 2,530 1,275 1,255
Malaysian 550 255 295 5,060 2,260 2,800
Mongolian 770 355 410 1,495 740 760
Singaporean 100 60 40 1,055 490 560
Taiwanese 1,940 825 1,120 21,455 9,810 11,650
Thai 2,005 805 1,200 5,065 1,870 3,195
Tibetan 65 35 30 550 290 260
Vietnamese 38,660 18,620 20,040 41,435 20,205 21,230
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 240 115 130 785 310 470
Other Asian origins 1,640 845 795 2,500 1,250 1,250
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 1,640 845 795 2,500 1,250 1,255
Oceania origins 2,450 1,300 1,150 41,125 20,605 20,520
Australian 1,645 915 735 16,240 8,385 7,855
New Zealander 355 175 175 6,565 3,405 3,155
Pacific Islands origins 525 250 275 19,135 9,240 9,890
Fijian 60 25 35 14,145 6,895 7,250
Hawaiian 45 20 20 2,200 970 1,235
Maori 60 40 25 1,120 595 530
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 165 75 90 600 275 325
Samoan 15 15 0 485 255 230
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 205 100 110 905 440 465
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Owner 961,760 ... ... 1,279,020 ... ...
Renter 765,550 ... ... 599,360 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 3,590 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Condominium 276,455 ... ... 416,770 ... ...
Not condominium 1,450,860 ... ... 1,465,200 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
No bedrooms 16,195 ... ... 22,705 ... ...
1 bedroom 342,680 ... ... 311,035 ... ...
2 bedrooms 545,750 ... ... 514,015 ... ...
3 bedrooms 530,465 ... ... 513,135 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 292,220 ... ... 521,075 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 712,775 ... ... 642,910 ... ...
5 rooms 297,900 ... ... 274,780 ... ...
6 rooms 184,870 ... ... 235,845 ... ...
7 rooms 174,360 ... ... 199,715 ... ...
8 or more rooms 357,400 ... ... 528,720 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 5.5 ... ... 6.0 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 1,695,935 ... ... 1,839,850 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 31,380 ... ... 42,120 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,965 ... ...
Suitable 1,629,720 ... ... 1,781,905 ... ...
Not suitable 97,595 ... ... 100,060 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
1960 or before 444,100 ... ... 267,560 ... ...
1961 to 1980 552,025 ... ... 559,485 ... ...
1981 to 1990 246,220 ... ... 289,565 ... ...
1991 to 2000 172,820 ... ... 331,865 ... ...
2001 to 2005 102,010 ... ... 125,335 ... ...
2006 to 2010 114,850 ... ... 171,945 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 95,285 ... ... 136,210 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 1,615,720 ... ... 1,763,105 ... ...
Major repairs needed 111,590 ... ... 118,865 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
1 household maintainer 1,075,650 ... ... 1,091,500 ... ...
2 household maintainers 620,295 ... ... 725,675 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 31,365 ... ... 64,790 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 1,727,310 ... ... 1,881,970 ... ...
15 to 24 years 57,635 ... ... 58,620 ... ...
25 to 34 years 261,415 ... ... 253,950 ... ...
35 to 44 years 325,285 ... ... 304,185 ... ...
45 to 54 years 351,120 ... ... 378,545 ... ...
55 to 64 years 329,975 ... ... 390,185 ... ...
65 to 74 years 233,560 ... ... 288,165 ... ...
75 to 84 years 125,860 ... ... 152,225 ... ...
85 years and over 42,475 ... ... 56,085 ... ...
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 1,723,920 ... ... 1,832,420 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 1,300,505 ... ... 1,320,210 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 423,415 ... ... 512,210 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 366,775 ... ... 420,705 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 960,640 ... ... 1,242,600 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 64.8 ... ... 58.6 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 15.5 ... ... 20.7 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,181 ... ... 1,149 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,263 ... ... 1,387 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 300,794 ... ... 500,874 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 366,974 ... ... 720,689 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 765,480 ... ... 592,825 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 8.1 ... ... 12.5 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 36.0 ... ... 43.3 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 777 ... ... 1,036 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 842 ... ... 1,149 ... ...
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 3,319,375 1,613,985 1,705,385 3,870,375 1,882,770 1,987,605
No certificate, diploma or degree 587,135 290,900 296,235 601,640 305,320 296,315
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 720,380 347,360 373,020 1,138,565 549,580 588,985
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 2,011,860 975,725 1,036,140 2,130,175 1,027,870 1,102,310
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 453,190 265,055 188,130 338,980 250,270 88,720
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 326,580 168,805 157,780 142,935 83,055 59,880
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 126,610 96,250 30,355 196,045 167,210 28,840
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 579,950 258,215 321,735 700,945 280,300 420,645
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 130,910 54,410 76,505 138,010 54,420 83,585
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 847,815 398,045 449,770 952,240 442,880 509,360
Bachelor's degree 528,485 238,580 289,905 622,670 281,020 341,655
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 79,105 36,530 42,570 69,005 28,575 40,430
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 23,090 11,540 11,550 29,110 16,690 12,420
Master's degree 184,480 91,955 92,530 195,825 94,360 101,465
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 32,650 19,440 13,210 35,625 22,240 13,390
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 2,224,010 1,094,440 1,129,575 2,532,975 1,227,040 1,305,940
No certificate, diploma or degree 250,525 136,200 114,330 244,000 134,410 109,585
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 407,255 203,980 203,280 671,010 330,835 340,175
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 1,566,225 754,265 811,960 1,617,965 761,790 856,175
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 348,335 199,005 149,330 231,445 172,290 59,155
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 253,945 127,500 126,445 97,350 56,920 40,435
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 94,390 71,505 22,885 134,095 115,370 18,725
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 410,280 186,760 223,515 528,805 210,880 317,925
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 98,575 41,605 56,970 99,695 39,205 60,490
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 709,035 326,890 382,145 758,015 339,415 418,605
Bachelor's degree 439,815 197,115 242,695 497,845 219,005 278,840
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 65,055 28,760 36,290 52,955 20,995 31,965
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 18,275 8,010 10,270 22,440 11,665 10,775
Master's degree 159,520 78,105 81,420 159,740 73,335 86,405
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 26,370 14,905 11,470 25,030 14,420 10,615
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 3,319,375 1,613,980 1,705,385 3,870,380 1,882,770 1,987,610
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 1,307,510 638,255 669,250 1,740,205 854,900 885,300
Education 120,880 25,970 94,905 144,100 34,915 109,185
13. Education 120,875 25,970 94,905 144,100 34,910 109,185
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 103,170 48,270 54,900 98,735 44,465 54,275
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 15,545 11,610 3,935 16,970 12,880 4,090
50. Visual and performing arts 87,625 36,670 50,960 81,765 31,580 50,185
Humanities 128,260 48,780 79,475 124,600 49,025 75,575
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 21,945 4,730 17,215 15,235 3,675 11,555
23. English language and literature/letters 10,360 3,130 7,225 34,710 10,845 23,865
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 56,980 22,770 34,210 35,720 13,670 22,050
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 460 190 270 585 210 375
38. Philosophy and religious studies 6,480 4,015 2,465 6,710 4,050 2,660
39. Theology and religious vocations 4,400 2,815 1,580 12,275 7,400 4,880
54. History 10,360 5,820 4,540 15,780 8,475 7,300
55. French language and literature/letters 17,275 5,305 11,975 3,580 705 2,880
Social and behavioural sciences and law 234,420 79,835 154,590 245,990 87,960 158,025
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 2,795 755 2,045 4,120 1,060 3,060
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 31,985 11,015 20,970 23,180 8,505 14,680
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 38,885 3,410 35,480 38,070 3,285 34,785
22. Legal professions and studies 43,265 16,645 26,615 38,505 13,545 24,955
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 5,055 1,220 3,835 4,325 1,345 2,985
42. Psychology 32,730 7,900 24,835 43,230 12,480 30,750
45. Social sciences 79,705 38,890 40,815 94,560 47,755 46,810
Business, management and public administration 477,965 191,800 286,165 426,460 166,470 259,990
30.16 Accounting and computer science 465 180 285 775 215 560
44. Public administration and social service professions 20,690 4,510 16,180 26,520 5,960 20,565
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 456,810 187,115 269,695 399,160 160,295 238,865
Physical and life sciences and technologies 86,550 46,485 40,065 86,425 46,070 40,355
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 31,185 12,675 18,510 36,760 16,800 19,960
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 16,250 9,530 6,720 19,025 9,400 9,620
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 10,010 5,020 4,990 835 225 610
40. Physical sciences 25,535 17,325 8,210 26,370 18,395 7,975
41. Science technologies/technicians 3,570 1,935 1,640 3,440 1,255 2,185
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 95,595 66,870 28,730 80,070 51,490 28,575
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 78,525 58,820 19,700 62,795 43,900 18,890
25. Library science 6,265 1,145 5,115 5,560 755 4,805
27. Mathematics and statistics 9,415 5,845 3,565 10,875 6,295 4,580
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,400 1,050 345 835 540 300
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 382,755 340,875 41,885 427,670 388,335 39,340
04. Architecture and related services 18,520 10,775 7,740 15,490 9,985 5,505
14. Engineering 107,340 87,230 20,110 98,455 81,055 17,395
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 66,270 59,520 6,745 68,500 60,490 8,010
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 40 10 25 90 25 65
46. Construction trades 75,145 72,735 2,415 100,765 97,615 3,150
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 71,430 68,890 2,540 97,720 94,520 3,200
48. Precision production 44,010 41,705 2,305 46,660 44,650 2,015
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 21,810 11,800 10,010 50,210 31,680 18,525
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 15,225 7,965 7,260 24,950 13,670 11,275
03. Natural resources and conservation 6,585 3,840 2,750 25,260 18,010 7,250
Health and related fields 235,450 50,145 185,305 322,715 65,735 256,975
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 13,660 6,855 6,805 23,740 11,920 11,820
51. Health professions and related programs 214,940 39,595 175,345 290,645 48,985 241,655
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 6,850 3,695 3,155 8,330 4,835 3,495
Personal, protective and transportation services 124,745 64,800 59,945 122,855 61,605 61,250
12. Personal and culinary services 71,345 20,240 51,110 79,740 24,860 54,885
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 145 130 15 320 290 30
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 540 515 20 1,235 1,120 115
43. Security and protective services 27,020 20,855 6,165 13,935 10,390 3,545
49. Transportation and materials moving 25,695 23,055 2,645 27,620 24,945 2,680
Other 245 100 150 355 115 240
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 250 100 150 350 115 240
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 2,224,010 1,094,435 1,129,570 2,532,980 1,227,040 1,305,935
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 657,780 340,175 317,610 915,015 465,250 449,765
Education 84,415 17,105 67,310 96,005 21,035 74,970
13. Education 84,415 17,105 67,310 96,010 21,035 74,975
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 81,435 38,330 43,105 77,655 34,430 43,225
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 12,080 8,815 3,260 12,710 9,580 3,130
50. Visual and performing arts 69,365 29,515 39,850 64,940 24,845 40,090
Humanities 85,820 32,630 53,195 93,605 35,490 58,115
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 17,370 3,725 13,645 11,710 2,510 9,195
23. English language and literature/letters 7,925 2,370 5,550 25,665 7,810 17,850
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 32,665 13,835 18,835 28,260 10,505 17,750
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 315 125 195 425 170 255
38. Philosophy and religious studies 4,595 2,850 1,745 4,970 2,960 2,010
39. Theology and religious vocations 2,665 1,750 915 8,330 4,945 3,385
54. History 7,585 4,345 3,240 11,805 6,140 5,665
55. French language and literature/letters 12,705 3,630 9,070 2,445 455 2,000
Social and behavioural sciences and law 185,650 61,720 123,935 196,450 67,000 129,450
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 2,300 605 1,700 3,460 845 2,615
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 26,610 9,250 17,355 19,685 6,940 12,750
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 31,440 2,370 29,070 29,855 2,505 27,350
22. Legal professions and studies 35,260 12,700 22,560 31,190 9,665 21,525
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 3,470 850 2,625 3,540 1,110 2,425
42. Psychology 25,440 5,865 19,575 33,055 8,845 24,210
45. Social sciences 61,130 30,080 31,055 75,665 37,095 38,575
Business, management and public administration 387,215 152,480 234,740 335,220 128,975 206,245
30.16 Accounting and computer science 375 145 230 540 170 365
44. Public administration and social service professions 16,705 3,545 13,165 20,695 4,240 16,455
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 370,130 148,790 221,345 313,985 124,565 189,425
Physical and life sciences and technologies 58,345 30,480 27,860 63,705 32,325 31,385
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 25,780 10,185 15,595 28,505 12,595 15,915
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 8,460 4,915 3,545 13,825 6,570 7,260
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 2,090 1,200 890 645 160 485
40. Physical sciences 19,280 12,690 6,590 18,525 12,250 6,270
41. Science technologies/technicians 2,730 1,490 1,240 2,210 750 1,460
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 83,800 58,935 24,865 68,660 44,820 23,840
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 70,765 52,980 17,785 56,390 39,660 16,725
25. Library science 4,910 930 3,985 3,830 545 3,290
27. Mathematics and statistics 7,080 4,285 2,795 7,760 4,185 3,570
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,040 740 300 680 430 250
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 300,560 263,550 37,005 310,855 277,375 33,475
04. Architecture and related services 15,585 8,860 6,725 12,110 7,240 4,875
14. Engineering 91,905 73,490 18,415 76,935 61,380 15,560
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 51,050 45,415 5,640 48,690 42,285 6,405
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 30 15 20 65 20 45
46. Construction trades 55,125 53,050 2,075 72,800 70,225 2,570
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 54,165 52,015 2,155 69,025 66,545 2,480
48. Precision production 32,690 30,715 1,975 31,225 29,690 1,535
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 18,090 9,490 8,605 39,360 23,810 15,555
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 12,430 6,230 6,200 18,965 9,875 9,090
03. Natural resources and conservation 5,655 3,260 2,400 20,395 13,930 6,470
Health and related fields 182,240 38,250 143,990 244,975 50,520 194,460
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 11,225 5,530 5,695 18,900 9,380 9,520
51. Health professions and related programs 165,695 30,185 135,510 219,800 37,800 182,000
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 5,325 2,535 2,790 6,285 3,340 2,940
Personal, protective and transportation services 98,445 51,210 47,225 91,185 45,925 45,265
12. Personal and culinary services 55,250 15,270 39,980 58,820 18,880 39,945
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 105 90 10 195 165 30
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 330 310 20 570 505 65
43. Security and protective services 21,240 16,280 4,960 11,175 8,110 3,060
49. Transportation and materials moving 21,520 19,265 2,255 20,430 18,265 2,165
Other 215 80 135 275 85 185
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 215 80 140 270 85 185
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 3,319,375 1,613,985 1,705,390 3,870,380 1,882,770 1,987,610
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 1,307,510 638,255 669,250 1,740,205 854,900 885,300
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 2,011,865 975,725 1,036,135 2,130,175 1,027,870 1,102,305
Location of study inside Canada 1,697,795 815,200 882,595 1,625,550 785,340 840,205
Same as province or territory of residence 1,641,060 785,305 855,755 1,243,905 593,275 650,635
Different than province or territory of residence 56,730 29,885 26,845 381,645 192,070 189,575
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 314,070 160,530 153,545 504,630 242,530 262,100
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 21,200 12,605 8,595 74,030 40,425 33,610
Philippines 11,890 3,425 8,465 56,845 20,455 36,395
India 6,555 3,530 3,025 44,115 22,045 22,065
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 9,290 5,345 3,945 58,825 31,920 26,910
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 15,670 7,105 8,570 61,840 27,630 34,210
France 52,060 29,335 22,725 4,385 2,360 2,025
Other 197,410 99,190 98,225 204,580 97,700 106,885
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 2,224,010 1,094,435 1,129,570 2,532,975 1,227,040 1,305,935
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 657,780 340,175 317,605 915,015 465,250 449,765
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 1,566,225 754,265 811,960 1,617,960 761,790 856,170
Location of study inside Canada 1,308,105 625,310 682,790 1,239,640 589,155 650,490
Same as province or territory of residence 1,264,295 602,540 661,755 970,485 454,780 515,700
Different than province or territory of residence 43,805 22,775 21,030 269,155 134,375 134,785
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 258,125 128,955 129,170 378,325 172,640 205,685
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 15,300 8,755 6,540 50,095 26,175 23,920
Philippines 9,980 2,775 7,200 48,935 17,385 31,555
India 4,675 2,375 2,300 36,800 17,455 19,345
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 6,150 3,500 2,645 32,890 17,360 15,530
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 14,055 6,275 7,780 53,570 23,445 30,125
France 43,645 24,190 19,450 3,505 1,885 1,615
Other 164,330 81,075 83,255 152,530 68,935 83,595
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 3,319,375 1,613,985 1,705,390 3,870,375 1,882,770 1,987,610
In the labour force 2,189,300 1,130,885 1,058,415 2,471,665 1,285,835 1,185,830
Employed 2,026,050 1,042,240 983,810 2,305,690 1,194,455 1,111,240
Unemployed 163,250 88,645 74,605 165,975 91,385 74,590
Not in the labour force 1,130,070 483,100 646,975 1,398,710 596,935 801,775
Participation rate 66.0 70.1 62.1 63.9 68.3 59.7
Employment rate 61.0 64.6 57.7 59.6 63.4 55.9
Unemployment rate 7.5 7.8 7.0 6.7 7.1 6.3
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 3,319,370 1,613,985 1,705,390 3,870,375 1,882,770 1,987,605
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 1,079,655 459,175 620,485 1,290,235 547,350 742,885
Worked 2,239,715 1,154,810 1,084,905 2,580,140 1,335,420 1,244,720
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 1,058,010 581,140 476,870 1,183,405 675,950 507,460
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 1,181,710 573,675 608,040 1,396,735 659,470 737,260
Average weeks worked in reference year 42.5 42.9 42.2 41.8 42.4 41.1
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 2,189,300 1,130,880 1,058,420 2,471,670 1,285,840 1,185,835
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 62,055 30,975 31,085 43,805 21,245 22,555
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 2,127,240 1,099,905 1,027,335 2,427,860 1,264,585 1,163,275
Employee 1,874,025 942,805 931,225 2,084,470 1,054,630 1,029,840
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 253,215 157,100 96,110 343,395 209,955 133,430
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 2,189,300 1,130,885 1,058,420 2,471,665 1,285,835 1,185,830
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 62,055 30,970 31,080 43,805 21,245 22,560
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 2,127,240 1,099,910 1,027,330 2,427,860 1,264,585 1,163,270
0 Management occupations 227,820 142,060 85,765 275,000 168,820 106,180
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 376,215 125,565 250,645 368,940 106,205 262,740
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 167,705 130,895 36,815 161,520 127,060 34,460
3 Health occupations 144,610 30,460 114,150 162,865 35,775 127,095
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 258,920 76,435 182,485 269,255 87,765 181,485
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 88,330 43,160 45,170 93,100 44,855 48,245
6 Sales and service occupations 516,405 248,265 268,135 595,225 251,490 343,735
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 244,585 230,175 14,410 360,970 339,660 21,315
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 14,645 12,195 2,450 64,235 47,530 16,700
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 88,000 60,705 27,295 76,745 55,430 21,315
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 2,189,300 1,130,885 1,058,415 2,471,665 1,285,835 1,185,830
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 62,060 30,975 31,085 43,805 21,250 22,555
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 2,127,245 1,099,910 1,027,335 2,427,865 1,264,590 1,163,270
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 10,190 6,500 3,695 65,205 42,840 22,360
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 2,845 2,195 650 25,920 21,810 4,115
22 Utilities 14,660 9,580 5,085 12,445 8,915 3,535
23 Construction 111,715 96,805 14,910 199,985 175,195 24,790
31-33 Manufacturing 213,815 148,870 64,945 157,560 113,945 43,615
41 Wholesale trade 98,870 61,920 36,955 82,105 55,530 26,580
44-45 Retail trade 258,950 124,575 134,375 283,135 129,985 153,150
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 105,915 78,785 27,130 128,400 98,580 29,815
51 Information and cultural industries 73,205 43,575 29,630 67,225 41,065 26,155
52 Finance and insurance 102,285 44,810 57,480 93,805 38,430 55,380
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 38,450 22,435 16,015 54,995 29,515 25,475
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 189,640 107,460 82,180 196,670 107,680 88,990
55 Management of companies and enterprises 2,650 980 1,670 4,320 1,975 2,345
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 101,355 61,125 40,235 109,095 62,325 46,775
61 Educational services 163,755 52,765 110,990 173,820 56,455 117,365
62 Health care and social assistance 259,490 51,230 208,255 270,855 52,320 218,530
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 47,925 25,080 22,845 57,940 29,050 28,895
72 Accommodation and food services 140,520 69,710 70,805 207,045 86,555 120,490
81 Other services (except public administration) 93,500 41,005 52,500 112,335 47,960 64,375
91 Public administration 97,500 50,515 46,985 125,000 64,450 60,545
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 2,026,050 1,042,235 983,815 2,305,690 1,194,455 1,111,240
Worked at home 135,485 68,835 66,645 196,510 95,515 100,990
Worked outside Canada 6,755 4,840 1,915 16,040 11,285 4,760
No fixed workplace address 179,780 131,690 48,085 326,180 243,130 83,050
Worked at usual place 1,704,035 836,875 867,165 1,766,965 844,520 922,440
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 1,704,035 836,870 867,170 1,766,965 844,520 922,440
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 818,885 383,115 435,775 864,410 382,105 482,305
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 237,270 114,220 123,045 807,840 405,435 402,400
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 642,170 336,070 306,100 81,750 47,820 33,930
Commute to a different province or territory 5,710 3,470 2,240 12,965 9,160 3,805
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 1,883,820 968,565 915,255 2,093,145 1,087,655 1,005,490
Car, truck, van - as a driver 1,251,230 689,400 561,830 1,475,585 803,485 672,095
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 61,325 21,315 40,010 114,580 49,075 65,500
Public transit 419,765 181,435 238,330 274,205 117,830 156,375
Walked 98,075 43,715 54,360 142,310 62,395 79,920
Bicycle 38,060 24,295 13,765 51,350 32,665 18,680
Other method 15,365 8,395 6,970 35,115 22,195 12,915
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 1,883,815 968,570 915,250 2,093,140 1,087,650 1,005,490
Less than 15 minutes 341,880 157,795 184,080 601,950 276,005 325,950
15 to 29 minutes 601,250 309,540 291,705 689,520 353,590 335,925
30 to 44 minutes 489,215 269,020 220,190 425,680 237,995 187,685
45 to 59 minutes 235,360 122,950 112,415 184,690 104,220 80,465
60 minutes and over 216,110 109,255 106,855 191,305 115,840 75,470
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 1,883,815 968,565 915,250 2,093,140 1,087,650 1,005,490
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 144,135 107,900 36,240 142,370 101,315 41,050
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 329,225 191,155 138,070 342,500 214,795 127,700
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 528,080 239,405 288,675 526,485 271,110 255,375
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 383,810 168,070 215,740 470,210 202,910 267,295
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 217,905 99,480 118,425 292,185 125,470 166,715
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 280,660 162,555 118,105 319,400 172,045 147,355
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 2,308,565 1,188,170 1,120,395 2,670,700 1,378,580 1,292,120
Single responses 2,038,685 1,044,910 993,770 2,622,495 1,354,780 1,267,710
Official languages 2,019,675 1,035,390 984,280 2,537,990 1,309,980 1,228,015
English 412,120 222,045 190,075 2,531,850 1,308,325 1,223,530
French 1,607,550 813,350 794,200 6,140 1,660 4,485
Non-official languages 19,010 9,520 9,495 84,500 44,805 39,705
Aboriginal languages 50 10 40 260 75 180
Algonquian languages 25 15 15 15 0 10
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cree-Montagnais languages 25 15 15 10 0 10
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 15 10 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 10 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 45 15 30
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 45 15 30
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 20 0 15
Chilcotin 0 0 0 20 10 10
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 10 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 10 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 10
Inuit languages 25 0 30 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 0 25 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 0 110 30 85
Comox 0 0 0 10 0 10
Halkomelem 0 0 0 15 0 15
Lillooet 0 0 0 15 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 20 0 20
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 30 10 25
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 15 0 10
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 25 10 20
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 15 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 10 10 10
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 30 10 20
Haisla 0 0 0 10 0 10
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 10 10 10
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 10 10 10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 10 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 18,965 9,510 9,455 84,245 44,730 39,520
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,775 1,035 740 440 295 145
Berber languages 30 0 30 0 0 0
Kabyle 15 0 15 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 10 0 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 1,735 1,025 710 435 295 135
Amharic 0 0 0 15 15 0
Arabic 1,590 955 635 320 235 85
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 25 20 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 135 70 70 75 30 50
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 1,600 795 805 2,505 1,165 1,345
Khmer (Cambodian) 255 110 145 45 30 20
Vietnamese 1,340 680 660 2,460 1,140 1,325
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 135 65 70 825 385 440
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 20 0 20
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 30 15 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 65 35 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 110 50 60 695 320 375
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 15 10
Creole languages 260 80 180 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 10 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 245 75 170 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 150 75 75 30 15 20
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 150 75 70 30 10 15
Telugu 0 0 10 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 8,335 4,105 4,230 23,765 13,305 10,460
Albanian 20 15 0 15 15 0
Armenian 280 135 145 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,045 450 590 950 440 510
Baltic languages 20 10 10 10 10 0
Latvian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Slavic languages 1,030 445 585 935 435 500
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Bulgarian 40 10 30 10 0 10
Croatian 10 10 10 30 10 25
Czech 10 0 10 40 20 10
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 10
Polish 160 60 95 115 50 70
Russian 690 315 375 565 255 315
Serbian 15 15 0 95 55 40
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 15 10 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 105 40 75 40 25 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 10 10 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,110 470 645 805 465 335
Afrikaans 0 0 0 15 10 0
Danish 10 0 10 15 15 0
Dutch 20 0 15 120 70 45
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 205 80 130 590 330 260
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Swedish 20 0 10 25 20 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 860 380 485 10 10 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 515 260 255 55 25 30
Indo-Iranian languages 1,230 710 520 19,805 11,280 8,535
Indo-Aryan languages 640 365 275 18,715 10,560 8,160
Bengali 105 70 30 15 15 0
Gujarati 20 10 10 35 15 25
Hindi 30 20 10 300 185 110
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 20 10 10
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 420 230 190 18,295 10,310 7,985
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 75 40 35 45 25 25
Iranian languages 585 340 245 1,085 720 365
Kurdish 10 0 10 25 25 0
Pashto 10 0 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 575 340 230 1,060 700 360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,140 2,070 2,070 2,140 1,085 1,060
Catalan 10 0 10 10 10 0
Italian 565 300 260 110 50 60
Portuguese 515 300 210 515 255 260
Romanian 310 140 170 70 45 25
Spanish 2,740 1,330 1,410 1,435 725 710
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Japanese 220 75 145 1,730 650 1,080
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 10 10 10 0
Korean 295 145 145 5,585 3,005 2,585
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Niger-Congo languages 20 15 10 10 15 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bamanankan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 15 10 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 105 35 75 280 90 190
American Sign Language 0 0 0 215 45 165
Quebec Sign Language 70 10 65 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 35 25 10 70 45 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,850 3,005 2,845 48,735 25,645 23,085
Chinese languages 5,850 3,005 2,845 48,645 25,595 23,055
Cantonese 2,610 1,300 1,310 23,555 12,020 11,535
Hakka 0 0 0 15 0 10
Mandarin 2,940 1,550 1,395 23,835 12,935 10,900
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 70 40 30 210 120 85
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 0 50 25 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 210 110 100 985 485 500
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 85 50 30
Burmese 0 0 0 25 15 15
Karenic languages 0 0 0 55 35 15
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 65 25 40 170 65 110
Lao 45 20 30 10 0 10
Thai 10 0 15 165 65 105
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 100 50 50 65 50 15
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 10 0
Turkish 95 50 45 55 40 15
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 10 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 40 10 35 45 20 25
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 25 10 15
Hungarian 40 0 35 25 10 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 35 20 20
Multiple responses 269,880 143,255 126,620 48,205 23,795 24,410
English and French 247,545 131,845 115,705 4,210 1,865 2,345
English and non-official language 5,850 3,345 2,500 43,480 21,760 21,720
French and non-official language 5,600 2,610 2,985 55 30 25
English, French and non-official language 10,890 5,455 5,430 465 145 320
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 2,308,565 1,188,170 1,120,400 2,670,700 1,378,580 1,292,120
None 1,367,155 688,575 678,580 2,498,070 1,293,650 1,204,420
English 643,895 342,285 301,615 36,505 18,270 18,235
French 239,675 127,070 112,600 22,465 10,170 12,300
Non-official language 38,740 20,490 18,250 110,375 54,925 55,455
Aboriginal 170 75 100 1,860 630 1,225
Non-Aboriginal 38,565 20,420 18,150 108,515 54,295 54,225
English and French 1,500 710 790 60 40 15
English and non-official language 11,735 5,760 5,975 1,155 545 610
French and non-official language 5,815 3,250 2,565 2,070 980 1,090
English, French and non-official language 45 30 10 10 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 3,965,040 1,943,840 2,021,195 4,516,810 2,215,515 2,301,295
Non-movers 3,475,585 1,702,075 1,773,510 3,811,375 1,868,420 1,942,945
Movers 489,450 241,765 247,685 705,440 347,095 358,345
Non-migrants 292,730 144,600 148,130 386,620 189,765 196,855
Migrants 196,720 97,165 99,560 318,825 157,335 161,490
Internal migrants 147,460 72,380 75,075 249,960 123,425 126,540
Intraprovincial migrants 135,765 66,160 69,600 188,225 92,150 96,070
Interprovincial migrants 11,695 6,220 5,475 61,740 31,275 30,465
External migrants 49,265 24,780 24,485 68,860 33,910 34,950
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 3,778,540 1,848,565 1,929,975 4,339,960 2,124,780 2,215,180
Non-movers 2,325,080 1,134,155 1,190,920 2,490,535 1,220,635 1,269,905
Movers 1,453,460 714,405 739,060 1,849,425 904,145 945,275
Non-migrants 799,790 393,045 406,750 940,895 460,185 480,710
Migrants 653,670 321,360 332,310 908,535 443,965 464,570
Internal migrants 458,665 223,760 234,905 672,805 329,700 343,105
Intraprovincial migrants 429,565 209,145 220,415 503,685 245,895 257,795
Interprovincial migrants 29,100 14,610 14,485 169,115 83,805 85,310
External migrants 195,005 97,600 97,405 235,730 114,265 121,465

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Montréal [Census metropolitan area], Quebec and British Columbia [Province] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 30, 2024).

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