Census Profile, 2016 Census
Oshawa [Census metropolitan area], Ontario and New Brunswick [Province]

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Characteristic Oshawa
Ontario
[Census metropolitan area]
New Brunswick

[Province]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 379,848 ... ... 747,101 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 356,177 ... ... 751,171 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 6.6 ... ... -0.5 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 142,462 ... ... 359,721 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 138,962 ... ... 319,773 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 420.3 ... ... 10.5 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 903.69 ... ... 71,388.81 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 379,850 185,435 194,415 747,105 365,355 381,745
0 to 14 years 69,255 35,500 33,760 110,495 56,320 54,180
0 to 4 years 21,575 11,045 10,530 34,365 17,505 16,860
5 to 9 years 23,925 12,245 11,680 38,250 19,515 18,735
10 to 14 years 23,755 12,210 11,545 37,880 19,295 18,585
15 to 64 years 255,095 125,260 129,835 487,820 240,535 247,285
15 to 19 years 24,555 12,370 12,185 40,605 20,905 19,705
20 to 24 years 24,845 12,825 12,025 41,445 21,280 20,165
25 to 29 years 22,275 11,205 11,065 39,245 19,745 19,505
30 to 34 years 23,820 11,585 12,235 41,510 20,140 21,365
35 to 39 years 24,900 11,825 13,075 44,435 21,585 22,850
40 to 44 years 26,255 12,735 13,525 48,430 23,520 24,910
45 to 49 years 27,585 13,280 14,305 51,300 25,195 26,105
50 to 54 years 31,870 15,560 16,310 61,055 29,795 31,265
55 to 59 years 27,490 13,620 13,870 61,740 30,210 31,530
60 to 64 years 21,495 10,260 11,235 58,060 28,170 29,895
65 years and over 55,495 24,675 30,820 148,785 68,500 80,280
65 to 69 years 18,525 8,645 9,885 52,160 25,595 26,570
70 to 74 years 13,185 6,255 6,930 36,050 17,695 18,360
75 to 79 years 9,525 4,240 5,280 25,300 11,835 13,465
80 to 84 years 7,090 3,125 3,975 17,650 7,515 10,135
85 years and over 7,165 2,415 4,755 17,620 5,860 11,765
85 to 89 years 4,535 1,680 2,860 10,670 3,910 6,760
90 to 94 years 2,085 620 1,465 5,305 1,595 3,715
95 to 99 years 480 105 380 1,435 330 1,110
100 years and over 65 15 50 205 30 185
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 18.2 19.1 17.4 14.8 15.4 14.2
15 to 64 years 67.2 67.5 66.8 65.3 65.8 64.8
65 years and over 14.6 13.3 15.9 19.9 18.7 21.0
85 years and over 1.9 1.3 2.4 2.4 1.6 3.1
Average age of the population 39.6 38.6 40.5 43.6 42.7 44.5
Median age of the population 40.1 38.9 41.1 45.7 44.8 46.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Single-detached house 91,135 ... ... 221,515 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 10,605 ... ... 3,945 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 37,135 ... ... 80,515 ... ...
Semi-detached house 7,585 ... ... 12,470 ... ...
Row house 13,925 ... ... 9,015 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 5,170 ... ... 13,545 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 10,255 ... ... 44,260 ... ...
Other single-attached house 205 ... ... 1,230 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 85 ... ... 13,795 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 138,960 ... ... 319,775 ... ...
1 person 29,660 ... ... 89,480 ... ...
2 persons 43,790 ... ... 126,820 ... ...
3 persons 25,055 ... ... 49,465 ... ...
4 persons 25,890 ... ... 37,625 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,565 ... ... 16,385 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 375,600 ... ... 730,705 ... ...
Average household size 2.7 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 310,590 149,935 160,655 636,605 309,040 327,570
Married or living common law 180,460 90,145 90,315 379,605 189,790 189,820
Married 151,620 75,745 75,880 302,020 151,100 150,925
Living common law 28,840 14,405 14,440 77,580 38,685 38,895
Not married and not living common law 130,135 59,795 70,340 257,000 119,250 137,745
Never married 84,945 45,190 39,755 158,070 85,640 72,430
Separated 10,410 4,255 6,155 21,290 9,530 11,760
Divorced 18,595 6,965 11,625 35,680 15,275 20,405
Widowed 16,180 3,375 12,800 41,965 8,805 33,160
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 109,180 ... ... 222,865 ... ...
2 persons 48,655 ... ... 129,065 ... ...
3 persons 25,425 ... ... 47,015 ... ...
4 persons 25,230 ... ... 34,860 ... ...
5 or more persons 9,870 ... ... 11,920 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.0 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 109,180 ... ... 222,865 ... ...
Total couple families 88,790 ... ... 186,680 ... ...
Married couples 74,380 ... ... 147,900 ... ...
Common-law couples 14,410 ... ... 38,780 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 20,390 ... ... 36,185 ... ...
Female parent 16,170 ... ... 28,650 ... ...
Male parent 4,220 ... ... 7,530 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 88,785 ... ... 186,675 ... ...
Couples without children 36,720 ... ... 105,625 ... ...
Couples with children 52,065 ... ... 81,060 ... ...
1 child 19,285 ... ... 37,440 ... ...
2 children 23,430 ... ... 32,380 ... ...
3 or more children 9,350 ... ... 11,235 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 20,390 ... ... 36,185 ... ...
1 child 11,935 ... ... 23,440 ... ...
2 children 6,135 ... ... 9,570 ... ...
3 or more children 2,320 ... ... 3,170 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 49,050 22,925 26,125 128,775 61,010 67,770
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 138,965 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
One-census-family households 101,150 ... ... 214,235 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 33,695 ... ... 102,170 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 67,455 ... ... 112,070 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 3,940 ... ... 4,280 ... ...
Non-census-family households 33,880 ... ... 101,255 ... ...
One-person households 29,660 ... ... 89,480 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 4,220 ... ... 11,775 ... ...
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 15 376,805 184,355 192,450 736,280 360,440 375,840
English only 346,670 171,595 175,075 420,820 210,555 210,260
French only 255 115 140 63,140 29,955 33,190
English and French 27,550 11,705 15,840 249,950 118,705 131,245
Neither English nor French 2,330 930 1,395 2,370 1,220 1,150
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 16 376,805 184,350 192,455 736,280 360,440 375,845
English 367,060 179,960 187,100 498,365 244,230 254,135
French 6,405 3,025 3,380 232,450 113,500 118,945
English and French 1,105 485 620 3,210 1,550 1,655
Neither English nor French 2,240 885 1,355 2,255 1,150 1,100
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 6,960 3,265 3,690 234,055 114,280 119,775
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.8 1.8 1.9 31.8 31.7 31.9
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 376,805 184,355 192,455 736,280 360,440 375,845
Single responses 371,050 181,620 189,430 726,990 356,005 370,990
Official languages 326,300 160,255 166,050 703,840 344,285 359,555
English 319,765 157,155 162,610 472,725 231,595 241,135
French 6,540 3,100 3,440 231,110 112,690 118,415
Non-official languages 44,750 21,365 23,380 23,150 11,715 11,435
Aboriginal languages 35 10 20 2,165 1,035 1,135
Algonquian languages 15 5 10 2,130 1,020 1,110
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 5 5 10 5 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 2,115 1,010 1,105
Malecite 0 0 0 280 125 155
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 1,835 885 950
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 5 5 10 5 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 5 5 5 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 5 5 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 5 20 5 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 5 15 5 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 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 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 5 10 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 44,715 21,355 23,360 20,990 10,685 10,300
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,165 1,150 1,020 3,190 1,805 1,385
Berber languages 0 0 0 40 25 15
Kabyle 0 0 0 20 10 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 25 15 10
Cushitic languages 55 25 30 30 15 20
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 5 5 5
Somali 45 20 25 25 10 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,110 1,125 985 3,110 1,760 1,355
Amharic 65 40 25 65 35 25
Arabic 1,700 925 770 2,855 1,615 1,235
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 20 10 10 5 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 10 5 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 15 15 170 90 80
Maltese 225 105 120 0 0 5
Tigrigna 25 10 15 20 15 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 230 300 635 305 330
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 15 20 10 5 10
Vietnamese 485 210 275 620 305 320
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,395 920 1,475 1,375 510 865
Bikol 5 0 5 5 0 5
Cebuano 80 30 55 105 35 65
Fijian 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 30 10 20 15 5 10
Ilocano 65 30 35 50 15 35
Malagasy 5 0 0 15 5 10
Malay 60 25 35 45 20 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 5 5 5 0 5
Pangasinan 5 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,110 805 1,305 1,120 420 700
Waray-Waray 10 5 5 5 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 15 5 10
Creole languages 175 80 100 135 70 65
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 15 10 5
Creole, n.o.s. 70 30 45 80 30 50
Creole languages, n.i.e. 85 35 45 40 30 10
Dravidian languages 2,175 1,065 1,110 285 155 130
Kannada 35 15 20 20 15 10
Malayalam 250 130 115 40 15 20
Tamil 1,775 855 915 105 60 50
Telugu 115 55 60 110 60 45
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Indo-European languages 30,820 14,895 15,920 9,325 4,790 4,530
Albanian 100 55 45 50 25 25
Armenian 130 60 70 30 15 10
Balto-Slavic languages 7,355 3,330 4,020 1,740 865 875
Baltic languages 115 55 60 55 30 30
Latvian 65 30 35 25 10 10
Lithuanian 50 25 25 35 15 15
Slavic languages 7,240 3,280 3,960 1,685 835 850
Belarusan 10 5 5 5 5 0
Bosnian 20 10 5 50 25 25
Bulgarian 70 30 40 20 10 10
Croatian 385 200 185 75 35 40
Czech 140 65 70 55 25 25
Macedonian 700 350 355 15 10 5
Polish 3,235 1,425 1,810 230 105 125
Russian 710 295 415 880 440 435
Serbian 425 225 195 105 55 45
Serbo-Croatian 50 30 15 35 15 20
Slovak 190 70 120 25 15 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 195 90 100 15 10 10
Ukrainian 1,075 460 620 170 85 90
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages 50 20 25 30 5 20
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 15 5 10
Welsh 20 10 15 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 4,175 1,895 2,285 2,875 1,415 1,465
Afrikaans 85 35 45 50 30 25
Danish 100 50 55 125 55 75
Dutch 1,685 775 910 885 470 410
Frisian 60 25 35 35 25 10
German 2,115 950 1,165 1,650 780 865
Icelandic 10 5 5 5 0 0
Norwegian 35 15 15 40 25 20
Swedish 55 30 30 50 15 35
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 10 20 20 10 10
Yiddish 5 5 0 10 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Greek 1,195 610 585 145 100 50
Indo-Iranian languages 7,965 4,040 3,925 1,850 1,020 835
Indo-Aryan languages 5,975 3,010 2,970 1,175 655 525
Bengali 510 260 250 205 120 85
Gujarati 850 420 430 75 40 30
Hindi 600 300 300 225 135 95
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 25 10 10 10 5 5
Marathi 50 25 25 50 20 25
Nepali 15 10 10 180 90 90
Oriya (Odia) 10 5 0 0 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 825 425 400 125 75 50
Sindhi 90 40 50 25 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 195 90 100 30 15 15
Urdu 2,795 1,415 1,385 240 140 100
Iranian languages 1,955 1,015 940 655 355 305
Kurdish 35 25 10 55 30 25
Pashto 180 95 85 25 15 10
Persian (Farsi) 1,745 900 845 580 310 270
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15 15 10 10
Italic (Romance) languages 9,855 4,885 4,965 2,605 1,355 1,250
Catalan 5 0 5 5 5 0
Italian 3,720 1,945 1,775 400 225 175
Portuguese 2,200 1,075 1,125 260 130 130
Romanian 680 305 370 485 250 240
Spanish 3,245 1,555 1,690 1,460 755 705
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0
Japanese 110 45 70 110 25 85
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 420 205 210 1,550 800 750
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 5 5 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 5 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 580 280 300 700 385 315
Akan (Twi) 95 45 50 25 10 10
Bamanankan 0 5 0 60 35 25
Edo 10 5 5 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 5 5 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 5 5 40 30 15
Ga 10 5 10 5 5 5
Ganda 10 5 5 10 0 0
Igbo 60 30 30 30 20 10
Lingala 15 5 10 25 15 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 15 45 25 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 5 10 40 20 20
Shona 45 20 25 20 10 10
Swahili 75 40 35 135 65 70
Wolof 0 0 0 25 20 10
Yoruba 90 45 40 30 15 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 105 55 55 195 105 85
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 10 5 5 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 0
Sign languages 90 40 50 145 75 70
American Sign Language 40 15 25 40 20 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 55 25 30 95 55 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,765 1,735 2,035 3,115 1,570 1,545
Chinese languages 3,735 1,720 2,020 3,085 1,555 1,530
Cantonese 1,455 680 775 440 225 210
Hakka 40 15 20 20 10 10
Mandarin 1,985 910 1,080 2,250 1,105 1,150
Min Dong 5 0 5 0 5 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 70 25 40 35 15 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 20 20 100 45 55
Chinese, n.o.s. 140 60 80 240 150 85
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 30 15 15 30 15 15
Burmese 10 5 5 0 0 5
Karenic languages 0 0 0 25 15 10
Tibetan 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 160 65 95 60 15 50
Lao 50 20 25 5 0 0
Thai 115 45 75 55 10 45
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 155 80 75 105 60 45
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 5 5 5
Turkish 135 75 60 75 50 30
Uyghur 5 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 10 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 10 5 5
Uralic languages 1,140 550 590 250 115 135
Estonian 80 45 35 20 5 10
Finnish 150 65 85 45 15 30
Hungarian 915 435 475 185 90 95
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 25 10 10
Multiple responses 5,755 2,735 3,020 9,290 4,440 4,855
English and French 1,090 510 575 7,285 3,470 3,815
English and non-official language 4,345 2,070 2,275 1,535 725 810
French and non-official language 180 85 95 330 175 155
English, French and non-official language 140 60 75 145 65 75
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 19 376,805 184,350 192,455 736,280 360,435 375,845
Single responses 366,370 179,390 186,980 724,940 355,025 369,910
Official languages 348,655 170,975 177,680 712,250 348,510 363,740
English 346,225 169,815 176,410 505,935 247,610 258,325
French 2,430 1,155 1,270 206,315 100,900 105,415
Non-official languages 17,715 8,420 9,300 12,690 6,515 6,175
Aboriginal languages 0 0 5 820 400 420
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 820 395 420
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 815 395 420
Malecite 0 0 0 50 25 25
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 765 370 395
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 0 5 5 5 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 17,710 8,415 9,300 11,870 6,115 5,750
Afro-Asiatic languages 895 445 450 2,285 1,210 1,075
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 30 15 15 20 10 10
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 5 0 0 0 0
Somali 20 5 15 20 5 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 865 430 430 2,265 1,200 1,065
Amharic 15 10 5 20 10 10
Arabic 760 385 380 2,110 1,125 990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 5 10 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 10 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 130 60 70
Maltese 45 20 30 0 0 5
Tigrigna 5 0 0 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 330 145 185 525 255 270
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 5 10 5 5 0
Vietnamese 315 140 180 520 250 270
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 700 310 385 510 235 270
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 30 10 15 40 15 25
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 0 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0 5
Malay 10 0 5 15 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 640 290 355 450 215 235
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 5
Creole languages 50 25 30 65 25 35
Haitian Creole 10 5 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 20 5 15 20 0 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 15 15 45 20 20
Dravidian languages 1,380 660 720 110 60 45
Kannada 10 5 5 5 0 0
Malayalam 130 80 60 20 5 10
Tamil 1,165 545 620 35 20 20
Telugu 70 30 40 45 30 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 10,990 5,205 5,785 4,160 2,175 1,990
Albanian 40 25 15 30 15 10
Armenian 55 25 30 20 5 10
Balto-Slavic languages 2,545 1,155 1,395 975 505 470
Baltic languages 20 10 5 35 20 15
Latvian 10 5 5 10 5 5
Lithuanian 10 5 5 25 15 10
Slavic languages 2,530 1,150 1,385 935 480 455
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 5 25 15 10
Bulgarian 30 20 20 5 5 0
Croatian 95 45 45 25 10 15
Czech 25 15 10 5 0 5
Macedonian 185 75 105 0 0 0
Polish 1,280 590 685 55 25 30
Russian 350 155 200 620 320 305
Serbian 205 95 110 80 45 35
Serbo-Croatian 25 15 10 5 5 5
Slovak 45 25 25 5 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 40 20 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 245 100 150 90 50 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 0 0 10 0 5
Scottish Gaelic 0 5 5 5 0 5
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 305 130 175 640 320 320
Afrikaans 30 15 15 35 15 20
Danish 0 0 0 5 5 5
Dutch 85 35 50 150 80 75
Frisian 5 0 5 5 0 5
German 185 75 105 425 215 210
Icelandic 5 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 310 155 160 45 25 25
Indo-Iranian languages 4,290 2,090 2,205 1,140 595 545
Indo-Aryan languages 3,195 1,565 1,630 655 335 325
Bengali 275 140 140 130 70 60
Gujarati 420 195 220 40 15 20
Hindi 260 115 140 115 60 50
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 5 5 0
Marathi 35 15 15 20 10 10
Nepali 10 5 5 135 60 75
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 435 220 215 50 25 25
Sindhi 30 15 15 10 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 30 30 5 5 5
Urdu 1,650 815 835 140 75 70
Iranian languages 1,090 520 570 470 255 220
Kurdish 15 5 10 35 25 10
Pashto 90 45 45 15 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 985 465 515 425 225 195
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 15 10 5
Italic (Romance) languages 3,435 1,635 1,800 1,305 705 600
Catalan 0 0 0 5 5 0
Italian 900 395 500 85 40 45
Portuguese 735 335 395 110 50 60
Romanian 310 145 165 290 145 140
Spanish 1,495 755 735 820 470 350
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 50 20 30 20 10 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 245 125 120 1,245 645 605
Mongolic languages 5 0 0 5 0 0
Mongolian 0 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 130 60 70 240 125 120
Akan (Twi) 20 15 15 10 5 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0 20 15 5
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 5 10 10 5
Ga 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ganda 0 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 5 5 5 0
Lingala 10 5 5 10 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 10 20 15 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 5 10 5 5
Shona 5 0 5 5 0 5
Swahili 15 5 10 80 35 45
Wolof 0 0 0 5 5 0
Yoruba 15 10 5 5 5 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 50 25 25
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 5 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 150 95 60 200 115 85
American Sign Language 50 25 25 55 30 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 100 65 35 150 90 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,380 1,140 1,240 2,390 1,210 1,175
Chinese languages 2,370 1,135 1,240 2,365 1,195 1,170
Cantonese 815 385 430 260 130 130
Hakka 5 5 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 1,425 680 750 1,855 930 920
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 20 10 15 15 10 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 20 10 5 85 40 45
Chinese, n.o.s. 85 45 40 140 80 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 25 15 10
Burmese 0 0 0 5 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Tibetan 5 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 95 45 55 10 0 5
Lao 20 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 75 35 40 10 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 60 30 30 30 15 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 60 30 25 25 15 5
Uyghur 5 0 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 250 115 130 70 35 40
Estonian 0 0 5 5 0 0
Finnish 15 10 5 5 5 5
Hungarian 235 105 130 55 30 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 10,435 4,960 5,475 11,345 5,415 5,925
English and French 835 365 465 7,275 3,370 3,905
English and non-official language 9,290 4,455 4,840 3,435 1,715 1,720
French and non-official language 55 30 30 340 185 160
English, French and non-official language 250 110 140 290 140 145
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 20 376,805 184,350 192,450 736,280 360,435 375,845
None 346,160 170,050 176,110 647,960 318,560 329,400
English 9,370 4,585 4,785 49,925 24,065 25,855
French 4,830 1,990 2,840 30,030 13,760 16,275
Non-official language 15,910 7,490 8,420 7,545 3,650 3,895
Aboriginal 45 15 30 1,300 625 685
Non-Aboriginal 15,865 7,475 8,395 6,240 3,030 3,210
English and French 95 35 60 180 90 90
English and non-official language 180 90 90 300 160 145
French and non-official language 255 110 145 335 155 185
English, French and non-official language 0 0 5 10 5 5
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 306,460 148,375 158,080 620,390 301,645 318,745
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 291,745 141,450 150,290 594,705 289,220 305,485
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 37,988 46,516 30,765 30,961 37,516 25,796
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 291,865 141,460 150,400 594,920 289,245 305,680
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,127 40,810 28,245 28,107 33,169 23,945
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 263,580 130,745 132,835 516,780 259,945 256,835
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,637 45,700 28,361 28,444 34,830 23,278
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 207,115 90,430 116,685 439,645 193,975 245,675
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,364 2,111 5,552 8,164 9,210 7,321
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 225,245 116,260 108,990 423,915 219,135 204,780
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 37,299 44,866 31,403 29,124 34,784 24,769
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 306,460 148,375 158,085 620,395 301,650 318,745
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 291,525 141,225 150,300 594,650 289,140 305,510
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 48,625 58,153 39,672 39,141 46,154 32,504
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 291,660 141,230 150,430 594,870 289,165 305,700
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,099 46,873 33,739 33,022 38,151 28,171
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 263,150 130,505 132,640 516,685 259,855 256,830
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 48,082 58,328 38,001 37,432 44,240 30,543
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 206,880 90,030 116,850 440,195 194,240 245,955
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,359 6,667 7,892 8,938 9,519 8,480
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 225,250 116,145 109,100 423,915 218,800 205,110
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 47,383 55,032 39,239 37,611 43,456 31,376
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 306,455 148,375 158,080 620,390 301,645 318,745
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 24 110,525 61,895 48,625 197,290 104,215 93,075
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 60,254 67,120 53,464 46,349 52,010 41,058
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 69,060 76,869 59,120 54,011 60,796 46,415
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 89.2 92.6 84.6 83.2 86.2 79.0
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.1 77.7 71.5 68.5 71.3 64.7
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 10.8 7.4 15.4 16.8 13.8 21.0
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 306,460 148,375 158,085 620,390 301,650 318,745
Without total income 14,715 6,920 7,790 25,680 12,430 13,260
With total income 291,745 141,450 150,295 594,710 289,220 305,490
Percentage with total income 95.2 95.3 95.1 95.9 95.9 95.8
Under $10,000 (including loss) 41,460 17,425 24,035 80,700 32,655 48,050
$10,000 to $19,999 45,105 17,190 27,910 109,015 40,415 68,600
$20,000 to $29,999 34,970 13,215 21,755 99,025 40,480 58,540
$30,000 to $39,999 30,295 13,275 17,020 83,770 41,360 42,405
$40,000 to $49,999 30,020 14,385 15,640 65,795 35,080 30,715
$50,000 to $59,999 24,560 12,715 11,845 44,810 26,560 18,250
$60,000 to $69,999 19,210 10,690 8,520 32,185 20,270 11,920
$70,000 to $79,999 15,400 9,060 6,345 24,565 14,130 10,430
$80,000 to $89,999 12,635 7,505 5,125 17,095 9,915 7,180
$90,000 to $99,999 10,880 6,260 4,620 10,240 6,980 3,260
$100,000 and over 27,220 19,740 7,480 27,515 21,380 6,135
$100,000 to $149,999 19,755 13,900 5,855 19,765 15,195 4,570
$150,000 and over 7,460 5,840 1,620 7,750 6,185 1,565
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 306,460 148,375 158,085 620,390 301,645 318,750
Without after-tax income 14,595 6,915 7,680 25,470 12,405 13,070
With after-tax income 291,865 141,460 150,405 594,920 289,240 305,680
Percentage with after-tax income 95.2 95.3 95.1 95.9 95.9 95.9
Under $10,000 (including loss) 42,765 17,675 25,095 83,590 33,140 50,455
$10,000 to $19,999 47,100 18,025 29,075 115,730 43,245 72,485
$20,000 to $29,999 40,810 16,015 24,795 118,940 51,335 67,610
$30,000 to $39,999 38,110 17,455 20,655 98,230 50,770 47,460
$40,000 to $49,999 34,885 17,665 17,215 67,470 38,665 28,810
$50,000 to $59,999 25,985 14,440 11,545 42,775 26,495 16,280
$60,000 to $69,999 19,555 11,635 7,920 28,790 16,435 12,355
$70,000 to $79,999 15,530 9,155 6,380 14,945 10,205 4,740
$80,000 and over 27,120 19,395 7,725 24,450 18,955 5,500
$80,000 to $89,999 9,950 6,410 3,545 8,385 6,340 2,040
$90,000 to $99,999 5,860 4,230 1,630 5,060 3,970 1,090
$100,000 and over 11,305 8,750 2,555 11,005 8,640 2,365
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 306,455 148,375 158,085 620,390 301,645 318,745
Without employment income 81,210 32,115 49,100 196,475 82,515 113,965
With employment income 225,245 116,260 108,985 423,910 219,140 204,775
Percentage with employment income 73.5 78.4 68.9 68.3 72.6 64.2
Under $5,000 (including loss) 34,450 18,015 16,430 54,590 26,540 28,045
$5,000 to $9,999 16,685 6,995 9,690 36,840 15,720 21,120
$10,000 to $19,999 26,165 11,135 15,030 65,895 29,920 35,975
$20,000 to $29,999 20,740 8,940 11,800 59,240 25,955 33,280
$30,000 to $39,999 20,080 8,690 11,390 50,190 24,930 25,260
$40,000 to $49,999 19,440 8,970 10,470 42,140 22,160 19,980
$50,000 to $59,999 17,565 9,045 8,520 29,910 18,180 11,730
$60,000 to $69,999 14,515 8,055 6,460 23,390 14,620 8,770
$70,000 to $79,999 12,475 7,390 5,085 19,515 10,565 8,950
$80,000 and over 43,130 29,030 14,105 42,210 30,540 11,665
$80,000 to $89,999 10,755 6,400 4,355 13,190 7,840 5,345
$90,000 to $99,999 9,620 5,530 4,090 8,105 5,685 2,420
$100,000 and over 22,755 17,095 5,665 20,915 17,015 3,895
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 85,697 ... ... 59,347 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 74,061 ... ... 52,553 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 29,660 ... ... 89,480 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 40,881 ... ... 28,747 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,074 ... ... 26,387 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 109,300 ... ... 230,290 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 100,643 ... ... 74,207 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 86,177 ... ... 65,063 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 138,960 ... ... 319,775 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 102,009 ... ... 72,786 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 84,163 ... ... 61,431 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 29,650 ... ... 89,455 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 49,675 ... ... 36,505 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 41,315 ... ... 31,242 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 109,315 ... ... 230,320 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 116,204 ... ... 86,878 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 95,785 ... ... 73,156 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 138,965 ... ... 319,775 ... ...
Under $5,000 1,150 ... ... 3,940 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,130 ... ... 7,800 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,755 ... ... 6,835 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 3,455 ... ... 17,765 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,290 ... ... 16,400 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 4,060 ... ... 16,335 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,470 ... ... 17,830 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 4,480 ... ... 16,875 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 5,040 ... ... 15,365 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 4,830 ... ... 14,845 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 9,980 ... ... 27,735 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 9,605 ... ... 25,205 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 9,135 ... ... 22,750 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 8,800 ... ... 19,415 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 8,425 ... ... 16,030 ... ...
$100,000 and over 57,350 ... ... 74,655 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 17,510 ... ... 29,535 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 13,185 ... ... 18,605 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,375 ... ... 17,050 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,290 ... ... 9,460 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Under $5,000 1,255 ... ... 4,090 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,160 ... ... 7,880 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,805 ... ... 6,980 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 3,630 ... ... 18,630 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,795 ... ... 18,705 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 4,620 ... ... 18,580 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,195 ... ... 20,540 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 5,770 ... ... 19,550 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 5,915 ... ... 18,165 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 5,975 ... ... 17,920 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 12,255 ... ... 32,930 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 11,505 ... ... 29,175 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,235 ... ... 23,970 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 10,415 ... ... 19,330 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 8,950 ... ... 15,105 ... ...
$100,000 and over 43,490 ... ... 48,225 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 17,790 ... ... 25,135 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,260 ... ... 11,980 ... ...
$150,000 and over 14,445 ... ... 11,110 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 106,430 ... ... 221,680 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 100,406 ... ... 74,353 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 85,911 ... ... 65,100 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.1 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 32,690 ... ... 99,865 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 85,756 ... ... 67,988 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 74,240 ... ... 59,801 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 52,550 ... ... 82,260 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 126,911 ... ... 100,315 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 106,820 ... ... 85,717 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,460 ... ... 33,580 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,071 ... ... 42,992 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 54,788 ... ... 40,671 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 106,430 ... ... 221,740 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 116,104 ... ... 87,048 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 95,559 ... ... 73,197 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 32,630 ... ... 99,840 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 100,958 ... ... 79,085 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 83,399 ... ... 66,576 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 52,625 ... ... 82,415 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 141,829 ... ... 111,901 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 115,545 ... ... 92,699 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,440 ... ... 33,455 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 70,363 ... ... 51,119 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,192 ... ... 45,687 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 40,580 19,655 20,920 114,825 54,970 59,850
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 36,116 40,492 33,090 27,250 30,122 25,182
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 32,498 35,649 30,294 25,167 27,154 23,916
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 40,520 19,705 20,820 114,375 54,300 60,075
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 44,874 49,180 40,800 34,738 37,330 32,395
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 37,634 40,397 35,019 29,845 31,431 28,411
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,860 372,850
In the bottom half of the distribution 154,840 72,855 81,985 428,180 204,170 224,005
In the bottom decile 27,170 12,950 14,220 80,120 37,430 42,695
In the second decile 27,390 12,045 15,345 94,165 42,190 51,980
In the third decile 29,835 13,870 15,965 87,075 41,905 45,170
In the fourth decile 33,430 15,945 17,485 85,610 42,275 43,335
In the fifth decile 37,020 18,050 18,970 81,200 40,375 40,825
In the top half of the distribution 220,760 110,950 109,805 302,530 153,685 148,845
In the sixth decile 39,910 19,780 20,130 77,345 38,915 38,425
In the seventh decile 43,495 21,570 21,925 73,185 37,190 36,005
In the eighth decile 47,155 23,660 23,495 65,090 32,815 32,275
In the ninth decile 50,080 25,380 24,705 52,050 26,635 25,410
In the top decile 40,125 20,565 19,560 34,860 18,130 16,730
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 43 375,605 183,810 191,795 722,550 353,870 368,680
0 to 17 years 83,635 42,655 40,975 131,930 67,285 64,645
0 to 5 years 26,140 13,400 12,745 40,900 20,805 20,100
18 to 64 years 239,350 117,280 122,075 452,805 221,675 231,130
65 years and over 52,620 23,875 28,745 137,820 64,915 72,905
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 38,475 17,490 20,990 123,820 55,990 67,825
0 to 17 years 11,450 5,830 5,620 29,250 14,930 14,320
0 to 5 years 3,835 1,965 1,870 10,285 5,260 5,030
18 to 64 years 22,620 10,230 12,395 66,745 29,975 36,770
65 years and over 4,405 1,430 2,975 27,830 11,090 16,745
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 10.2 9.5 10.9 17.1 15.8 18.4
0 to 17 years (%) 13.7 13.7 13.7 22.2 22.2 22.2
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.7 14.7 25.1 25.3 25.0
18 to 64 years (%) 9.5 8.7 10.2 14.7 13.5 15.9
65 years and over (%) 8.4 6.0 10.3 20.2 17.1 23.0
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 21,705 10,590 11,115 49,830 24,165 25,660
0 to 17 years 5,655 2,920 2,740 11,520 5,890 5,630
0 to 5 years 1,915 1,005 915 4,200 2,145 2,055
18 to 64 years 15,055 7,285 7,775 35,680 17,255 18,425
65 years and over 990 385 605 2,630 1,025 1,605
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.9 6.8 7.0
0 to 17 years (%) 6.8 6.8 6.7 8.7 8.8 8.7
0 to 5 years (%) 7.3 7.5 7.2 10.3 10.3 10.2
18 to 64 years (%) 6.3 6.2 6.4 7.9 7.8 8.0
65 years and over (%) 1.9 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.6 2.2
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 44 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,855 372,850
Official languages 373,240 182,750 190,490 728,310 356,615 371,690
English 373,030 182,655 190,370 666,315 326,905 339,415
French 27,645 11,860 15,785 310,550 147,845 162,705
Non-official languages 56,995 27,525 29,465 34,880 17,355 17,525
Aboriginal languages 95 35 55 3,065 1,470 1,595
Algonquian languages 55 20 40 2,990 1,455 1,540
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 0 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 10 0 0 10
Woods Cree 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 10 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 2,965 1,435 1,530
Malecite 0 0 0 720 335 385
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 2,265 1,115 1,150
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 30 10 20 15 15 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 10 0
Ojibway 30 10 15 10 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 10 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 0 55 10 45
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 10 45 10 40
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 20 20 10 10 0 10
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 25 20 0 10 0 10
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 10 10 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 56,905 27,495 29,415 31,865 15,915 15,955
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,810 1,470 1,335 4,355 2,385 1,980
Berber languages 0 0 0 80 40 35
Kabyle 0 0 0 40 20 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 40 25 20
Cushitic languages 75 45 35 15 10 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0 0
Somali 70 30 40 10 10 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,710 1,420 1,285 4,300 2,340 1,960
Amharic 75 45 30 165 100 65
Arabic 2,180 1,170 1,010 3,685 2,030 1,660
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 10 10 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 20 10 0 0 0 0
Harari 20 0 15 0 0 0
Hebrew 135 65 70 435 205 230
Maltese 280 120 160 0 10 0
Tigrigna 10 10 10 50 25 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15 15 15 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 590 250 340 835 430 400
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 40 40 10 0 0
Vietnamese 515 210 305 820 435 390
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Austronesian languages 3,265 1,270 2,000 1,790 695 1,090
Bikol 10 0 0 10 0 10
Cebuano 225 95 125 185 70 115
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 15 25 35 10 30
Ilocano 110 45 65 50 10 45
Malagasy 0 0 0 25 10 15
Malay 175 70 105 75 20 55
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 50 15 35 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,910 1,130 1,780 1,595 625 970
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 20 15 0
Creole languages 600 260 335 430 195 235
Haitian Creole 40 20 25 50 20 30
Creole, n.o.s. 225 95 135 240 105 135
Creole languages, n.i.e. 335 160 175 140 75 65
Dravidian languages 2,855 1,460 1,395 435 245 195
Kannada 95 55 40 60 30 25
Malayalam 335 155 175 55 35 25
Tamil 2,395 1,250 1,145 190 115 75
Telugu 170 70 100 175 90 85
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 10
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Indo-European languages 39,535 19,360 20,180 16,505 8,155 8,350
Albanian 115 60 55 80 45 35
Armenian 155 70 80 60 35 25
Balto-Slavic languages 8,680 4,100 4,590 2,065 1,100 965
Baltic languages 105 45 55 55 40 20
Latvian 55 30 25 20 10 10
Lithuanian 50 20 30 30 20 10
Slavic languages 8,600 4,055 4,545 2,025 1,070 955
Belarusan 15 15 0 10 0 0
Bosnian 60 35 25 75 40 40
Bulgarian 85 45 35 45 15 35
Croatian 630 320 310 95 45 55
Czech 255 140 115 115 65 45
Macedonian 905 445 460 35 25 10
Polish 3,640 1,675 1,965 320 165 160
Russian 1,135 465 670 1,200 630 570
Serbian 720 375 340 90 70 20
Serbo-Croatian 45 25 20 40 30 10
Slovak 195 100 95 45 15 30
Slovene (Slovenian) 230 95 130 15 10 0
Ukrainian 1,420 655 765 310 145 165
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 35 30 10 10 10
Celtic languages 140 65 80 140 40 100
Scottish Gaelic 70 40 35 95 20 75
Welsh 30 0 20 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 50 20 30 40 20 20
Germanic languages 5,305 2,420 2,880 4,745 2,360 2,380
Afrikaans 215 80 130 130 70 60
Danish 125 45 85 155 60 95
Dutch 1,780 825 950 1,185 560 625
Frisian 70 30 40 50 40 15
German 3,040 1,400 1,645 3,260 1,675 1,580
Icelandic 20 10 15 10 10 0
Norwegian 60 40 20 130 65 65
Swedish 110 55 55 110 45 60
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 10 20 40 20 25
Yiddish 20 10 10 20 20 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,800 895 900 220 125 95
Indo-Iranian languages 10,330 5,200 5,130 2,325 1,275 1,050
Indo-Aryan languages 8,335 4,170 4,160 1,570 875 695
Bengali 665 335 330 225 150 80
Gujarati 1,140 555 585 110 45 65
Hindi 2,535 1,285 1,250 790 430 355
Kashmiri 15 10 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 40 25 0 0 0
Marathi 100 45 50 55 20 30
Nepali 25 15 15 185 90 95
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,715 905 810 205 130 75
Sindhi 135 60 75 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 440 180 260 35 10 20
Urdu 4,040 2,060 1,975 355 215 140
Iranian languages 2,140 1,090 1,045 805 430 375
Kurdish 35 25 10 130 65 60
Pashto 165 95 65 60 45 20
Persian (Farsi) 2,020 1,015 1,005 620 330 285
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 90 55 35 10 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 13,930 7,015 6,910 7,600 3,540 4,055
Catalan 0 0 0 15 10 0
Italian 5,395 2,815 2,580 825 405 420
Portuguese 2,575 1,285 1,290 450 250 200
Romanian 880 415 470 555 290 265
Spanish 5,465 2,700 2,765 6,065 2,775 3,290
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 10 0 10
Japanese 240 90 150 430 190 240
Kartvelian languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 460 240 220 1,695 860 835
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 10 10 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Niger-Congo languages 1,195 585 610 1,525 890 640
Akan (Twi) 185 100 85 35 15 25
Bamanankan 20 10 0 155 70 85
Edo 20 10 15 0 0 0
Ewe 15 0 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 100 85 15
Ga 15 10 10 10 10 0
Ganda 0 0 0 10 10 0
Igbo 70 35 35 60 50 15
Lingala 125 80 50 125 95 35
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 20 35 90 55 35
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 70 35 35 70 40 30
Shona 80 35 45 40 15 25
Swahili 210 110 100 355 185 170
Wolof 0 0 0 70 45 25
Yoruba 200 95 105 60 45 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 315 150 160 545 315 230
Nilo-Saharan languages 15 10 0 10 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 655 230 430 1,155 450 705
American Sign Language 420 125 295 425 150 280
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 15 10 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 240 105 140 745 305 435
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,295 2,020 2,280 3,585 1,885 1,700
Chinese languages 4,245 1,995 2,250 3,510 1,855 1,660
Cantonese 1,775 790 990 610 285 320
Hakka 20 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,610 1,235 1,375 2,760 1,455 1,310
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 115 65 55 60 30 30
Wu (Shanghainese) 65 40 25 140 65 75
Chinese, n.o.s. 215 105 110 310 195 115
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 10 30
Tibeto-Burman languages 60 35 25 70 30 40
Burmese 15 0 10 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 65 25 45
Tibetan 35 15 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 195 135 60 85 20 65
Lao 90 45 40 10 0 10
Thai 125 90 30 80 20 60
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 225 120 105 175 105 75
Azerbaijani 20 0 15 0 0 0
Turkish 210 115 90 165 105 60
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Uralic languages 1,245 630 615 270 130 140
Estonian 65 40 25 20 15 0
Finnish 140 65 80 35 15 20
Hungarian 1,035 525 510 220 105 115
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 60 30 30 100 70 30
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 375,600 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,855 372,855
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 362,730 177,510 185,220 710,775 347,905 362,875
Canadian citizens aged under 18 82,270 41,930 40,340 130,785 66,795 63,990
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 280,460 135,580 144,880 579,995 281,110 298,880
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 12,870 6,300 6,575 19,925 9,950 9,980
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,855 372,850
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 306,075 150,495 155,575 692,535 339,090 353,445
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 67,575 32,140 35,435 33,810 16,175 17,640
Before 1981 29,040 13,715 15,325 11,545 5,265 6,275
1981 to 1990 9,705 4,710 4,990 2,735 1,340 1,390
1991 to 2000 11,450 5,480 5,975 2,975 1,490 1,490
2001 to 2010 12,830 6,055 6,775 7,235 3,530 3,710
2001 to 2005 6,870 3,250 3,620 2,435 1,110 1,330
2006 to 2010 5,960 2,805 3,155 4,800 2,415 2,385
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 4,545 2,180 2,365 9,330 4,560 4,770
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 1,955 1,175 785 4,360 2,590 1,770
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 67,570 32,140 35,430 33,815 16,175 17,635
Under 5 years 8,290 4,230 4,055 5,135 2,350 2,790
5 to 14 years 14,680 7,405 7,280 7,290 3,585 3,705
15 to 24 years 16,525 7,290 9,235 5,790 2,525 3,265
25 to 44 years 24,265 11,580 12,680 12,640 6,100 6,535
45 years and over 3,815 1,630 2,180 2,955 1,615 1,340
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 67,575 32,140 35,430 33,815 16,175 17,635
Americas 16,170 7,365 8,805 9,420 4,205 5,210
Brazil 305 105 195 55 20 30
Colombia 370 185 190 215 85 130
El Salvador 245 130 115 115 85 30
Guyana 2,570 1,150 1,420 80 40 45
Haiti 125 55 70 170 70 100
Jamaica 4,675 2,105 2,570 120 85 40
Mexico 345 140 210 160 50 110
Peru 180 75 105 60 35 25
Trinidad and Tobago 2,205 1,095 1,110 115 70 40
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 2,290 955 1,335 7,620 3,315 4,305
Other places of birth in Americas 2,855 1,365 1,490 715 355 360
Europe 28,890 13,890 15,000 10,985 5,335 5,650
Bosnia and Herzegovina 230 145 85 100 55 50
Croatia 425 210 210 60 35 25
France 220 140 80 760 425 340
Germany 1,720 835 885 1,615 740 880
Greece 715 380 330 95 60 40
Hungary 555 315 245 100 35 65
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 620 290 330 160 75 85
Italy 2,445 1,335 1,110 210 125 85
Netherlands 1,580 775 805 975 505 465
Poland 2,250 980 1,275 195 90 100
Portugal 1,225 625 600 130 85 45
Romania 800 385 415 485 245 240
Russian Federation 420 165 250 245 115 135
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 350 165 185 30 25 10
Ukraine 505 220 280 250 120 130
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 12,465 5,800 6,670 4,600 2,160 2,445
Other places of birth in Europe 2,370 1,130 1,240 970 455 515
Africa 3,465 1,750 1,715 2,565 1,420 1,140
Algeria 15 10 10 165 90 75
Egypt 400 215 185 120 75 45
Ethiopia 120 60 55 120 65 60
Kenya 205 85 120 60 30 30
Morocco 75 55 25 200 120 75
Nigeria 445 205 240 115 65 50
Somalia 35 20 15 15 10 10
South Africa, Republic of 515 275 235 165 85 80
Other places of birth in Africa 1,650 820 835 1,615 885 725
Asia 18,770 8,970 9,795 10,625 5,105 5,520
Afghanistan 970 485 485 20 10 0
Bangladesh 425 210 220 100 55 50
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,240 1,010 1,230 2,210 1,040 1,175
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 505 225 280 120 60 55
India 3,235 1,615 1,620 820 435 380
IranCensus data footnote 61 485 265 220 490 260 230
Iraq 150 80 75 70 25 45
Japan 85 15 70 90 15 75
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 405 215 195 1,495 775 720
Lebanon 370 205 165 390 225 165
Pakistan 2,500 1,315 1,185 225 130 95
Philippines 3,190 1,290 1,900 1,340 475 870
Sri Lanka 1,830 880 950 40 15 30
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 55 30 20 1,225 605 620
Taiwan 115 55 65 80 25 55
Viet Nam 430 170 260 720 355 365
Other places of birth in Asia 1,775 905 875 1,195 600 595
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 280 165 115 220 110 110
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 4,545 2,180 2,365 9,325 4,555 4,775
Americas 1,040 550 485 900 430 475
Brazil 40 15 25 20 10 10
Colombia 70 45 30 40 20 15
Cuba 25 10 15 10 10 10
Haiti 40 25 20 45 15 30
Jamaica 235 150 85 40 25 10
Mexico 55 25 30 25 10 20
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 240 120 115 585 285 300
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 25 10 10 25 10 20
Other places of birth in Americas 310 155 155 110 45 70
Europe 540 270 270 1,405 695 710
France 10 10 0 300 165 130
Germany 10 10 0 85 45 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 25 20 0 30 15 15
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 25 10 20
Romania 60 25 30 245 130 120
Russian Federation 10 0 10 90 35 55
Ukraine 65 25 35 100 50 50
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 185 105 80 240 145 100
Other places of birth in Europe 180 75 100 280 105 180
Africa 475 255 215 975 550 425
Algeria 0 0 0 15 20 0
Cameroon 10 0 0 45 35 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20 15 10 155 75 80
Côte d'Ivoire 20 10 0 10 0 0
Egypt 125 65 60 40 20 20
Eritrea 0 0 0 35 15 25
Ethiopia 0 0 0 45 20 25
Morocco 10 0 0 40 30 10
Nigeria 90 50 40 40 15 25
Somalia 0 0 0 10 0 10
South Africa, Republic of 55 25 30 35 20 15
Tunisia 0 0 0 50 30 20
Other places of birth in Africa 150 85 65 455 265 185
Asia 2,440 1,065 1,380 6,015 2,865 3,150
Afghanistan 60 25 35 0 0 0
Bangladesh 55 25 25 25 10 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 415 185 230 1,390 690 700
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 10 0 0 10 10 0
India 530 250 280 265 140 125
IranCensus data footnote 61 80 40 45 255 130 125
Iraq 30 0 20 45 20 25
Israel 10 10 0 200 90 110
Japan 25 0 25 15 0 15
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 20 10 15 600 290 310
Lebanon 20 10 10 130 75 55
Nepal 0 0 0 45 15 35
Pakistan 315 155 160 70 40 30
Philippines 475 155 315 925 345 580
Saudi Arabia 70 40 30 45 40 10
Sri Lanka 135 65 70 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 10 0 0 1,145 550 595
Taiwan 15 0 0 10 0 0
Turkey 0 10 0 45 40 10
United Arab Emirates 20 10 10 30 20 10
Viet Nam 15 0 10 500 250 255
Other places of birth in Asia 145 70 70 265 100 160
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 55 40 15 40 25 15
Australia 45 35 10 20 10 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 10 10 10 20 10 10
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,855 372,850
First generationCensus data footnote 69 70,785 33,960 36,825 41,395 20,445 20,955
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 86,790 43,465 43,330 43,370 21,150 22,220
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 218,030 106,380 111,645 645,945 316,270 329,675
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 39,545 18,890 20,655 22,665 11,085 11,575
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 18,125 9,070 9,055 13,205 6,735 6,470
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 7,005 4,440 2,560 5,115 3,595 1,520
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 11,125 4,625 6,500 8,090 3,140 4,950
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 15,070 6,390 8,680 6,100 2,625 3,475
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 5,970 3,260 2,710 3,240 1,675 1,570
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 380 170 210 110 55 60
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,860 372,855
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 8,965 4,265 4,705 29,385 14,690 14,695
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 8,560 4,085 4,475 28,160 14,120 14,040
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 5,065 2,425 2,640 17,575 8,555 9,015
Métis 3,345 1,595 1,745 10,200 5,370 4,835
Inuk (Inuit) 155 65 85 385 190 190
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 185 80 105 470 210 260
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 220 100 120 750 360 390
Non-Aboriginal identity 366,635 179,545 187,090 701,325 343,170 358,155
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 375,600 183,810 191,795 730,705 357,855 372,850
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 2,395 1,200 1,200 14,305 7,085 7,225
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 373,210 182,610 190,600 716,405 350,775 365,625
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 375,605 183,810 191,790 730,710 357,860 372,850
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 1,255 590 670 12,785 6,335 6,450
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 1,225 580 645 12,495 6,175 6,320
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 810 380 425 10,635 5,200 5,435
Métis single ancestry 405 200 205 1,695 900 800
Inuit single ancestry 10 0 10 165 75 85
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 30 10 25 290 165 130
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 25 0 20 235 125 110
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 25 15 15
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 20 20 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 10 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 13,435 6,230 7,200 33,795 16,295 17,500
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 13,025 6,005 7,020 32,505 15,690 16,815
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 9,765 4,525 5,240 24,255 11,640 12,615
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 3,065 1,385 1,685 7,765 3,810 3,955
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 195 95 95 480 240 245
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 405 225 180 1,295 600 690
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 405 220 185 1,165 540 630
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 10 0 60 30 30
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 40 20 25
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 25 15 10
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 360,915 176,990 183,920 684,125 335,230 348,895
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 375,605 183,810 191,795 730,710 357,855 372,850
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 64,560 32,000 32,555 24,535 12,470 12,070
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 15,930 8,245 7,685 2,535 1,385 1,150
Chinese 5,870 2,795 3,080 3,925 1,970 1,955
Black 21,290 10,300 10,990 7,000 3,540 3,460
Filipino 5,240 2,380 2,865 1,980 835 1,145
Latin American 3,170 1,655 1,520 1,285 650 635
Arab 2,210 1,205 1,000 2,960 1,650 1,310
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 1,240 580 660 1,230 600 630
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 2,010 1,010 995 730 415 320
Korean 605 335 270 1,685 885 800
Japanese 805 405 400 230 70 160
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 2,770 1,315 1,455 305 135 175
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 3,410 1,770 1,640 675 345 330
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 311,045 151,805 159,240 706,170 345,385 360,785
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 103 375,600 183,810 191,795 730,705 357,860 372,850
North American Aboriginal origins 14,690 6,815 7,870 46,585 22,625 23,955
First Nations (North American Indian) 11,015 5,140 5,875 36,405 17,570 18,840
Inuit 215 100 115 830 420 410
Métis 3,900 1,810 2,090 10,960 5,435 5,530
Other North American origins 123,925 60,965 62,960 428,865 209,615 219,250
Acadian 550 270 280 29,505 14,455 15,060
American 4,400 2,110 2,285 7,175 3,575 3,605
Canadian 120,305 59,260 61,045 407,370 199,020 208,350
New Brunswicker 15 10 0 240 135 105
Newfoundlander 700 335 355 445 190 250
Nova Scotian 55 45 10 65 40 25
Ontarian 70 30 40 0 0 10
Québécois 165 105 55 770 410 365
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 30 10 15 20 20 0
European origins 269,780 130,930 138,855 424,850 206,715 218,135
British Isles origins 197,435 94,805 102,625 314,655 151,970 162,690
Channel Islander 10 0 10 125 45 85
Cornish 0 0 0 45 25 20
English 115,285 54,995 60,290 168,205 80,795 87,415
Irish 83,360 38,920 44,440 147,245 69,515 77,730
Manx 90 25 65 45 40 10
Scottish 84,405 40,410 43,995 134,455 64,400 70,055
Welsh 8,485 3,935 4,550 10,110 4,825 5,290
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 13,045 6,000 7,045 10,640 4,885 5,755
French origins 37,485 17,670 19,815 163,270 79,105 84,165
Alsatian 10 0 10 15 10 0
Breton 0 0 0 55 30 30
Corsican 0 0 0 0 0 0
French 37,475 17,665 19,805 163,245 79,090 84,155
Western European origins (except French origins) 52,170 25,115 27,055 49,825 24,100 25,725
Austrian 2,450 1,260 1,195 1,000 530 475
Bavarian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Belgian 1,190 570 615 1,470 650 815
Dutch 18,425 8,880 9,545 15,230 7,290 7,945
Flemish 90 55 35 100 65 40
Frisian 45 10 30 40 25 15
German 32,865 15,680 17,190 34,205 16,575 17,630
Luxembourger 15 0 15 0 10 0
Swiss 1,320 695 625 1,145 545 595
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 35 20 20 35 20 15
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 7,785 3,685 4,100 10,400 5,080 5,320
Danish 1,880 890 985 3,960 1,885 2,075
Finnish 1,690 790 905 465 235 225
Icelandic 520 235 285 250 135 115
Norwegian 1,700 810 885 3,330 1,650 1,680
Swedish 2,060 980 1,080 2,010 1,010 1,005
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 405 195 210 820 410 410
Eastern European origins 37,910 18,255 19,655 11,590 5,600 5,995
Bulgarian 300 160 140 155 60 100
Byelorussian 210 135 80 85 45 40
Czech 1,040 535 505 435 215 225
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 420 195 225 175 80 100
Estonian 435 270 165 100 35 60
Hungarian 4,545 2,235 2,310 1,280 615 665
Latvian 440 235 210 185 105 80
Lithuanian 645 280 365 325 165 160
Moldovan 25 15 10 35 20 15
Polish 15,115 7,215 7,900 3,445 1,670 1,780
Romanian 1,900 920 980 945 485 460
Russian 3,615 1,660 1,955 2,260 1,015 1,245
Slovak 1,110 575 540 250 130 125
Ukrainian 13,705 6,575 7,125 3,535 1,750 1,785
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 85 50 30 70 25 45
Southern European origins 45,785 23,155 22,630 13,450 6,560 6,890
Albanian 200 100 95 120 65 55
Bosnian 180 110 70 120 65 55
Catalan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Croatian 1,580 820 760 310 120 190
Cypriot 95 25 70 30 20 10
Greek 4,690 2,355 2,335 950 485 465
Italian 22,870 11,765 11,100 7,460 3,615 3,845
Kosovar 20 0 20 0 0 0
Macedonian 2,105 1,095 1,005 80 35 45
Maltese 2,255 1,025 1,230 115 45 65
Montenegrin 30 15 15 20 20 0
Portuguese 7,830 3,890 3,940 1,785 840 945
Serbian 950 500 450 130 90 35
Sicilian 225 105 115 15 10 0
Slovenian 745 390 350 130 60 60
Spanish 5,050 2,415 2,640 2,555 1,220 1,330
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 645 350 295 120 55 65
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 10 0 0 20 10 10
Other European origins 1,875 995 880 1,805 960 840
Basque 50 20 25 90 50 40
Jewish 845 460 390 785 410 375
Roma (Gypsy) 15 10 10 30 20 15
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 85 40 45 30 10 15
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 895 475 415 875 480 395
Caribbean origins 20,225 9,645 10,580 2,275 1,045 1,230
Antiguan 165 85 80 0 0 0
Bahamian 115 60 55 35 15 15
Barbadian 1,595 765 835 100 60 40
Bermudan 40 20 25 130 40 90
Carib 180 50 130 10 0 0
Cuban 340 175 170 235 135 100
Dominican 280 125 160 80 35 40
Grenadian 605 260 340 20 0 15
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 35 20 15
Haitian 285 125 150 305 140 160
Jamaican 11,850 5,715 6,140 750 350 395
Kittitian/Nevisian 80 35 45 10 10 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 25 10 15 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 50 35 15 85 40 40
St. Lucian 295 145 145 15 10 10
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 3,415 1,640 1,770 150 70 75
Vincentian/Grenadinian 630 285 345 45 10 35
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 2,530 1,095 1,440 245 110 135
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 555 270 285 185 65 120
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,315 4,040 4,275 2,135 1,110 1,025
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 295 150 145 65 40 25
Arawak 75 25 50 0 0 0
Argentinian 150 85 60 30 10 20
Belizean 40 15 20 0 0 10
Bolivian 60 30 30 55 35 20
Brazilian 390 140 250 60 15 45
Chilean 335 155 180 95 40 55
Colombian 560 305 255 265 105 160
Costa Rican 65 40 25 30 15 15
Ecuadorian 340 140 195 30 20 10
Guatemalan 260 155 105 125 40 85
Guyanese 3,535 1,680 1,860 115 50 70
Hispanic 90 40 50 75 35 35
Honduran 50 25 20 50 20 25
Maya 55 30 25 90 45 45
Mexican 920 495 420 700 395 300
Nicaraguan 80 40 45 20 20 0
Panamanian 115 50 65 15 15 0
Paraguayan 15 0 10 0 0 0
Peruvian 310 170 140 90 45 45
Salvadorean 325 170 165 135 95 40
Uruguayan 45 35 15 10 0 0
Venezuelan 365 195 170 60 35 30
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 270 110 160 110 65 50
African origins 8,560 4,315 4,250 6,705 3,535 3,170
Central and West African origins 1,785 935 845 1,835 1,045 790
Akan 15 15 0 20 10 10
Angolan 55 45 10 25 10 10
Ashanti 15 10 10 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 10 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0 75 50 30
Cameroonian 160 75 85 150 110 40
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 295 175 115 415 250 165
Edo 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ewe 10 0 10 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 15 10 0
Gambian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghanaian 375 190 190 90 55 35
Guinean 45 35 15 175 125 50
Ibo 40 35 0 80 55 25
Ivorian 65 20 45 60 30 30
Liberian 0 0 0 80 45 35
Malian 15 0 0 125 55 65
Malinké 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 575 280 300 230 115 115
Peulh 0 0 0 40 25 20
Senegalese 10 0 0 105 45 60
Sierra Leonean 50 30 25 20 0 20
Togolese 0 0 0 40 20 25
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 145 65 85 50 25 25
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 110 60 50 225 135 90
North African origins 1,060 555 510 1,200 705 495
Algerian 40 20 20 190 90 90
Berber 0 0 0 180 105 70
Coptic 30 10 20 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 665 320 340 210 130 80
Libyan 100 55 40 185 85 100
Maure 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 130 90 35 365 255 115
Sudanese 35 20 15 15 10 10
Tunisian 20 15 10 140 80 60
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 65 25 40 15 10 10
Southern and East African origins 1,750 885 860 1,050 565 485
Afrikaner 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amhara 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 35 20 10 30 25 0
Burundian 80 40 40 105 55 50
Djiboutian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Eritrean 50 15 30 115 80 40
Ethiopian 170 85 90 180 105 70
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 130 60 70 10 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 60 20 35
Mauritian 50 10 40 0 10 0
Oromo 10 0 10 30 10 20
Rwandan 50 25 20 105 50 55
Seychellois 25 10 20 10 0 10
Somali 105 55 55 30 25 0
South African 620 340 280 225 95 130
Tanzanian 70 50 15 0 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ugandan 45 25 20 25 15 15
Zambian 45 25 20 25 10 15
Zimbabwean 140 65 70 60 30 30
Zulu 20 15 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 195 80 115 80 40 40
Other African origins 4,145 2,030 2,120 2,850 1,360 1,485
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 700 350 350 385 140 245
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 3,535 1,725 1,815 2,475 1,225 1,245
Asian origins 40,775 20,265 20,510 19,410 9,775 9,635
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 6,730 3,470 3,260 6,835 3,590 3,240
Afghan 1,745 870 875 25 10 20
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 670 355 315 590 300 295
Armenian 440 215 225 115 60 50
Assyrian 10 0 10 15 10 0
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 10 0 10
Georgian 10 10 0 10 10 10
Hazara 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 815 430 385 665 365 305
Iraqi 215 125 90 105 50 55
Israeli 190 110 80 175 85 90
Jordanian 145 90 55 180 105 75
Kazakh 10 10 0 0 10 0
Kurd 40 25 15 80 45 30
Kuwaiti 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 20 10 10 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,170 535 635 2,825 1,435 1,395
Palestinian 505 290 210 75 40 30
Pashtun 20 15 10 20 10 10
Saudi Arabian 150 90 60 85 65 20
Syrian 345 185 160 1,685 865 825
Tajik 35 15 15 0 0 0
Tatar 25 10 20 25 10 15
Turk 475 265 215 235 150 85
Turkmen 0 0 0 10 15 0
Uighur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 70 30 35 40 25 10
Yemeni 0 0 0 35 20 15
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 140 90 50 50 35 15
South Asian origins 18,310 9,395 8,915 2,975 1,590 1,385
Bangladeshi 325 165 165 150 95 55
Bengali 125 70 50 50 40 10
Bhutanese 0 0 0 35 20 15
East Indian 12,125 6,240 5,880 2,150 1,105 1,045
Goan 65 25 40 0 0 0
Gujarati 65 35 30 0 0 0
Kashmiri 65 45 20 10 0 0
Nepali 25 15 15 160 75 90
Pakistani 2,795 1,425 1,370 255 160 100
Punjabi 330 180 150 45 35 15
Sinhalese 70 25 45 15 0 10
Sri Lankan 2,215 1,125 1,090 100 45 55
Tamil 590 330 260 25 15 10
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 1,105 535 570 85 50 35
East and Southeast Asian origins 16,785 7,900 8,885 9,640 4,610 5,030
Burmese 80 30 55 25 15 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 125 80 45 60 30 30
Chinese 8,585 4,090 4,500 4,480 2,230 2,250
Filipino 5,865 2,655 3,210 2,130 870 1,265
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 265 135 125 100 30 65
Japanese 1,060 515 545 305 115 185
Karen 0 0 0 65 30 35
Korean 655 345 315 1,675 875 795
Laotian 120 65 50 0 10 0
Malaysian 190 110 80 30 15 15
Mongolian 60 35 30 45 30 15
Singaporean 10 10 10 10 10 0
Taiwanese 65 20 45 60 30 30
Thai 175 105 75 100 30 70
Tibetan 35 15 20 0 0 0
Vietnamese 710 315 395 885 450 435
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 40 20 15 10 0 10
Other Asian origins 135 70 70 110 70 45
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 140 70 70 115 65 45
Oceania origins 685 365 320 470 210 260
Australian 470 250 225 290 120 165
New Zealander 145 75 70 135 70 70
Pacific Islands origins 95 55 35 55 30 20
Fijian 55 35 15 0 0 0
Hawaiian 25 15 10 30 10 15
Maori 0 0 0 10 10 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 10 0 10
Samoan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 15 10 0 10 10 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Owner 108,085 ... ... 238,040 ... ...
Renter 30,875 ... ... 79,865 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 1,865 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 138,965 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Condominium 8,525 ... ... 10,580 ... ...
Not condominium 130,440 ... ... 309,195 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 138,965 ... ... 319,775 ... ...
No bedrooms 350 ... ... 680 ... ...
1 bedroom 9,845 ... ... 28,370 ... ...
2 bedrooms 21,470 ... ... 88,115 ... ...
3 bedrooms 59,780 ... ... 125,865 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 47,520 ... ... 76,745 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 21,340 ... ... 66,540 ... ...
5 rooms 18,270 ... ... 56,365 ... ...
6 rooms 23,715 ... ... 54,070 ... ...
7 rooms 23,225 ... ... 45,825 ... ...
8 or more rooms 52,415 ... ... 96,970 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.9 ... ... 6.5 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 137,735 ... ... 318,195 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 1,230 ... ... 1,575 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 138,965 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Suitable 133,785 ... ... 312,370 ... ...
Not suitable 5,175 ... ... 7,405 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
1960 or before 24,810 ... ... 76,690 ... ...
1961 to 1980 35,435 ... ... 98,720 ... ...
1981 to 1990 21,895 ... ... 45,630 ... ...
1991 to 2000 20,695 ... ... 39,825 ... ...
2001 to 2005 14,995 ... ... 19,090 ... ...
2006 to 2010 12,070 ... ... 22,530 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 9,070 ... ... 17,290 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 131,710 ... ... 293,155 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,250 ... ... 26,625 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 138,960 ... ... 319,770 ... ...
1 household maintainer 75,245 ... ... 195,585 ... ...
2 household maintainers 60,285 ... ... 120,195 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 3,430 ... ... 3,995 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 138,965 ... ... 319,775 ... ...
15 to 24 years 2,000 ... ... 10,375 ... ...
25 to 34 years 17,195 ... ... 38,585 ... ...
35 to 44 years 26,225 ... ... 50,050 ... ...
45 to 54 years 32,930 ... ... 61,860 ... ...
55 to 64 years 27,920 ... ... 68,145 ... ...
65 to 74 years 18,615 ... ... 53,435 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,325 ... ... 27,655 ... ...
85 years and over 3,750 ... ... 9,675 ... ...
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 141 138,550 ... ... 314,325 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 104,210 ... ... 261,385 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 34,335 ... ... 52,935 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 31,000 ... ... 47,190 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 107,775 ... ... 235,950 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.8 ... ... 55.9 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 18.0 ... ... 10.3 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,531 ... ... 741 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,552 ... ... 876 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 423,962 ... ... 150,010 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 461,757 ... ... 170,071 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 30,855 ... ... 79,370 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 15.3 ... ... 14.4 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 48.5 ... ... 36.5 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,051 ... ... 704 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,109 ... ... 741 ... ...
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 146 306,460 148,375 158,080 620,395 301,650 318,745
No certificate, diploma or degree 52,645 27,010 25,635 136,745 71,600 65,140
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 92,715 45,755 46,960 176,750 85,345 91,405
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 161,100 75,605 85,495 306,895 144,700 162,200
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,785 15,270 5,520 56,595 39,965 16,630
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,335 5,765 3,570 29,630 17,320 12,315
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 11,450 9,505 1,950 26,965 22,645 4,320
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 80,435 34,395 46,040 135,065 56,055 79,005
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 5,180 2,220 2,965 11,610 3,995 7,620
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 54,700 23,730 30,970 103,630 44,685 58,945
Bachelor's degree 40,195 17,040 23,155 73,330 30,165 43,165
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 3,835 1,455 2,380 6,735 2,795 3,935
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 1,000 520 480 2,755 1,600 1,160
Master's degree 8,745 4,160 4,585 17,745 8,170 9,585
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 925 545 375 3,065 1,955 1,110
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 204,655 99,255 105,405 400,785 194,715 206,070
No certificate, diploma or degree 19,550 11,435 8,105 55,645 32,390 23,260
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 57,090 29,285 27,805 114,330 56,430 57,895
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 128,025 58,525 69,495 230,810 105,890 124,915
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 14,555 10,720 3,830 37,710 26,335 11,375
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 6,560 4,090 2,465 19,900 11,430 8,475
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 7,995 6,630 1,360 17,805 14,905 2,900
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 64,715 27,505 37,215 104,595 43,695 60,900
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 3,805 1,585 2,215 7,685 2,660 5,020
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 44,950 18,715 26,230 80,825 33,195 47,625
Bachelor's degree 32,730 13,415 19,315 57,560 23,115 34,450
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 3,190 1,115 2,075 5,160 1,920 3,240
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 815 390 420 2,190 1,110 1,080
Master's degree 7,505 3,405 4,100 13,730 5,770 7,960
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 715 390 325 2,190 1,285 905
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 151 306,460 148,375 158,085 620,395 301,645 318,745
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 145,355 72,770 72,590 313,495 156,945 156,545
Education 9,680 2,260 7,420 25,570 6,725 18,845
13. Education 9,680 2,260 7,420 25,565 6,720 18,845
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,330 3,055 3,275 6,140 2,800 3,335
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,435 1,075 355 1,155 905 250
50. Visual and performing arts 4,900 1,980 2,920 4,990 1,900 3,085
Humanities 7,210 2,675 4,535 12,430 5,245 7,190
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 500 110 390 1,040 255 785
23. English language and literature/letters 2,010 520 1,485 2,395 715 1,675
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,815 575 1,235 3,055 1,065 1,990
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 20 25 55 20 35
38. Philosophy and religious studies 410 245 160 725 455 270
39. Theology and religious vocations 750 450 305 2,150 1,325 825
54. History 1,350 720 630 2,190 1,185 1,005
55. French language and literature/letters 340 30 305 830 220 605
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,355 5,815 15,540 23,780 6,945 16,835
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 215 25 190 190 35 155
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,530 980 1,550 1,725 710 1,015
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 4,255 290 3,965 6,015 305 5,710
22. Legal professions and studies 4,330 805 3,525 3,935 1,325 2,615
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 410 55 355 420 95 325
42. Psychology 3,200 620 2,575 5,075 1,355 3,725
45. Social sciences 6,410 3,035 3,370 6,420 3,120 3,300
Business, management and public administration 33,035 12,460 20,580 67,605 19,470 48,135
30.16 Accounting and computer science 70 25 50 230 35 190
44. Public administration and social service professions 3,200 445 2,760 5,670 1,010 4,660
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 29,765 11,990 17,775 61,705 18,425 43,285
Physical and life sciences and technologies 4,795 2,395 2,395 7,625 3,930 3,700
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,005 865 1,140 3,320 1,525 1,800
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,215 545 670 1,845 825 1,025
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 70 15 55 130 30 100
40. Physical sciences 1,240 845 390 1,720 1,265 455
41. Science technologies/technicians 265 115 150 610 285 325
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 6,030 3,900 2,125 11,275 7,185 4,095
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 4,915 3,370 1,550 9,975 6,640 3,335
25. Library science 265 40 225 620 95 525
27. Mathematics and statistics 755 420 335 620 395 225
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 90 70 20 55 45 10
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 33,910 31,505 2,400 70,800 67,070 3,735
04. Architecture and related services 950 730 220 500 365 140
14. Engineering 5,315 4,525 790 8,020 7,015 1,010
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 8,275 7,450 825 13,010 11,575 1,430
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 7,605 7,420 180 18,910 18,555 350
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 7,785 7,575 210 20,075 19,570 505
48. Precision production 3,980 3,800 180 10,290 9,985 300
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,150 1,320 825 6,370 4,715 1,650
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,225 725 505 2,970 1,840 1,130
03. Natural resources and conservation 925 600 325 3,395 2,875 520
Health and related fields 24,775 4,125 20,650 49,795 7,490 42,305
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 2,700 1,420 1,280 2,770 1,325 1,445
51. Health professions and related programs 21,860 2,570 19,290 46,160 5,600 40,550
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 220 130 85 870 565 305
Personal, protective and transportation services 11,820 6,105 5,715 25,460 13,110 12,355
12. Personal and culinary services 5,445 1,365 4,085 13,835 2,735 11,095
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 105 95 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 30 30 0 390 355 40
43. Security and protective services 4,810 3,285 1,520 4,665 3,795 875
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,525 1,425 105 6,465 6,135 325
Other 25 0 25 50 25 25
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 25 0 25 45 25 20
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 151 204,660 99,250 105,405 400,780 194,710 206,070
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 76,635 40,720 35,915 169,970 88,820 81,150
Education 7,400 1,675 5,735 16,350 3,830 12,520
13. Education 7,405 1,670 5,735 16,350 3,835 12,515
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 4,930 2,335 2,595 4,690 2,140 2,550
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,010 755 255 830 630 200
50. Visual and performing arts 3,925 1,585 2,340 3,860 1,510 2,350
Humanities 5,535 1,950 3,585 8,810 3,450 5,360
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 370 65 310 820 195 625
23. English language and literature/letters 1,560 385 1,175 1,725 490 1,235
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,375 440 940 2,125 650 1,475
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 30 15 15 35 10 30
38. Philosophy and religious studies 285 155 130 500 295 215
39. Theology and religious vocations 545 325 220 1,460 860 595
54. History 1,080 550 525 1,630 855 775
55. French language and literature/letters 285 20 265 520 100 420
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,785 4,590 13,195 18,970 5,210 13,760
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 170 25 140 135 20 115
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,125 830 1,295 1,500 630 870
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,460 190 3,270 4,685 235 4,450
22. Legal professions and studies 3,855 625 3,230 3,280 940 2,340
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 335 45 295 335 70 260
42. Psychology 2,560 430 2,130 4,015 980 3,035
45. Social sciences 5,280 2,435 2,840 5,015 2,330 2,680
Business, management and public administration 27,185 10,090 17,090 52,915 15,055 37,860
30.16 Accounting and computer science 55 25 35 215 40 175
44. Public administration and social service professions 2,670 375 2,290 4,505 735 3,770
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 24,455 9,685 14,765 48,190 14,280 33,915
Physical and life sciences and technologies 3,750 1,745 2,005 5,620 2,710 2,905
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 1,565 645 920 2,580 1,135 1,445
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 965 395 570 1,275 540 730
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 110 20 95
40. Physical sciences 950 615 335 1,185 820 370
41. Science technologies/technicians 210 90 125 465 195 270
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 5,290 3,475 1,815 9,710 6,285 3,425
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 4,415 3,065 1,360 8,815 5,910 2,905
25. Library science 210 35 175 415 70 345
27. Mathematics and statistics 580 320 260 430 265 170
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 80 60 20 55 50 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 25,630 23,690 1,940 51,150 47,940 3,210
04. Architecture and related services 755 580 170 395 270 120
14. Engineering 4,030 3,360 670 6,230 5,295 935
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,475 5,840 635 10,405 9,135 1,270
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 5,700 5,550 145 13,110 12,825 290
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 5,830 5,650 180 14,025 13,635 395
48. Precision production 2,845 2,710 140 6,980 6,770 210
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,725 995 735 5,010 3,575 1,430
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 935 505 430 2,355 1,395 960
03. Natural resources and conservation 795 490 305 2,655 2,185 470
Health and related fields 19,630 3,240 16,390 38,135 5,850 32,285
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 2,180 1,110 1,070 2,145 1,060 1,085
51. Health professions and related programs 17,295 2,040 15,255 35,295 4,385 30,905
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 165 90 75 695 405 285
Personal, protective and transportation services 9,150 4,750 4,400 19,415 9,810 9,600
12. Personal and culinary services 4,060 945 3,115 10,520 1,945 8,575
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 0 10 95 85 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 20 20 0 220 190 35
43. Security and protective services 3,870 2,660 1,210 3,460 2,760 705
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,190 1,125 70 5,115 4,835 285
Other 15 0 15 45 25 20
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 0 15 40 25 15
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 306,460 148,375 158,080 620,390 301,650 318,745
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 145,355 72,765 72,590 313,495 156,945 156,545
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 161,100 75,610 85,495 306,900 144,700 162,200
Location of study inside Canada 141,205 65,535 75,670 290,645 136,490 154,155
Same as province or territory of residence 133,145 61,540 71,605 229,835 106,610 123,230
Different than province or territory of residence 8,065 3,995 4,070 60,810 29,880 30,925
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 19,895 10,075 9,820 16,255 8,205 8,050
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,530 1,835 1,695 5,360 2,675 2,685
Philippines 1,475 530 940 920 285 635
India 1,510 730 780 460 230 230
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 3,485 2,095 1,395 1,995 1,175 815
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 860 395 465 1,105 550 555
France 110 70 40 660 370 290
Other 8,930 4,425 4,505 5,755 2,920 2,835
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 157 204,655 99,250 105,405 400,785 194,715 206,070
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 76,635 40,725 35,910 169,970 88,815 81,155
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 128,020 58,530 69,495 230,815 105,895 124,920
Location of study inside Canada 113,615 51,655 61,960 218,710 100,175 118,535
Same as province or territory of residence 107,375 48,605 58,775 172,760 78,520 94,240
Different than province or territory of residence 6,235 3,050 3,195 45,950 21,660 24,295
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 14,405 6,875 7,530 12,105 5,715 6,380
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 2,860 1,430 1,425 3,460 1,555 1,905
Philippines 1,125 385 745 875 260 615
India 1,260 590 670 345 160 180
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 1,545 890 650 1,070 575 490
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 740 325 410 1,025 475 550
France 100 70 30 525 300 225
Other 6,780 3,180 3,595 4,800 2,390 2,415
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 306,455 148,375 158,080 620,390 301,650 318,745
In the labour force 203,165 104,150 99,015 381,790 197,005 184,790
Employed 186,205 95,000 91,200 339,045 170,050 168,995
Unemployed 16,960 9,150 7,810 42,745 26,950 15,795
Not in the labour force 103,290 44,220 59,070 238,600 104,645 133,955
Participation rate 66.3 70.2 62.6 61.5 65.3 58.0
Employment rate 60.8 64.0 57.7 54.7 56.4 53.0
Unemployment rate 8.3 8.8 7.9 11.2 13.7 8.5
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 164 306,455 148,375 158,085 620,390 301,645 318,745
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 98,805 41,900 56,905 217,930 94,105 123,825
Worked 207,655 106,475 101,180 402,465 207,540 194,920
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 112,715 63,345 49,370 201,230 106,785 94,450
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 94,940 43,130 51,805 201,225 100,760 100,475
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.4 44.0 42.8 41.0 40.6 41.5
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 203,170 104,155 99,015 381,795 197,000 184,790
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,195 2,455 2,740 7,320 3,790 3,530
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 197,975 101,700 96,275 374,470 193,210 181,260
Employee 179,550 90,200 89,345 342,685 173,560 169,125
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 18,425 11,490 6,935 31,785 19,655 12,130
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 172 203,165 104,150 99,015 381,790 197,005 184,790
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,190 2,455 2,740 7,320 3,790 3,530
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 197,975 101,700 96,275 374,470 193,215 181,255
0 Management occupations 21,685 13,120 8,565 34,015 20,605 13,415
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 31,135 8,535 22,605 52,695 14,200 38,495
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 11,780 9,295 2,480 20,705 16,300 4,405
3 Health occupations 12,385 1,885 10,500 30,730 4,870 25,865
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,685 7,640 17,045 45,640 15,355 30,285
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 5,340 2,345 2,990 6,610 2,925 3,685
6 Sales and service occupations 47,705 20,310 27,395 91,035 36,535 54,505
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 30,625 28,670 1,955 59,925 57,015 2,910
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 2,600 2,185 420 14,485 12,280 2,205
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 10,030 7,710 2,320 18,620 13,130 5,495
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 173 203,165 104,150 99,015 381,795 197,000 184,790
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,195 2,455 2,735 7,320 3,790 3,530
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 197,975 101,695 96,280 374,470 193,210 181,260
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,365 885 480 15,135 12,025 3,115
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 355 255 100 4,345 3,765 580
22 Utilities 5,300 3,965 1,340 3,350 2,615 735
23 Construction 15,990 14,200 1,790 27,795 25,195 2,595
31-33 Manufacturing 17,805 13,235 4,565 32,405 23,215 9,195
41 Wholesale trade 7,360 5,065 2,300 11,170 8,180 2,990
44-45 Retail trade 23,610 11,135 12,475 46,180 21,220 24,950
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 9,490 7,260 2,230 17,680 13,295 4,390
51 Information and cultural industries 5,115 2,825 2,290 6,615 3,700 2,915
52 Finance and insurance 9,945 4,070 5,880 12,415 4,090 8,325
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 3,600 1,765 1,830 3,830 2,245 1,585
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 12,495 6,395 6,105 17,240 9,485 7,750
55 Management of companies and enterprises 375 135 240 345 145 195
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 9,990 5,675 4,315 18,530 10,060 8,475
61 Educational services 16,300 4,615 11,685 26,090 8,180 17,905
62 Health care and social assistance 21,970 3,090 18,880 51,380 7,955 43,430
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,245 2,240 2,010 5,950 3,065 2,885
72 Accommodation and food services 12,640 4,890 7,750 24,825 8,460 16,365
81 Other services (except public administration) 7,955 3,705 4,255 17,105 8,365 8,745
91 Public administration 12,075 6,305 5,765 32,090 17,960 14,135
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 174 186,205 95,005 91,200 339,045 170,050 168,995
Worked at home 11,635 5,530 6,105 19,445 9,485 9,955
Worked outside Canada 375 250 120 1,315 885 430
No fixed workplace address 22,140 16,340 5,795 37,925 28,630 9,300
Worked at usual place 152,055 72,875 79,175 280,360 131,055 149,310
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 152,050 72,875 79,175 280,360 131,055 149,310
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 47,650 19,450 28,200 127,230 57,560 69,670
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 53,795 25,305 28,495 97,230 44,565 52,665
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 50,200 27,870 22,330 50,560 25,155 25,410
Commute to a different province or territory 405 250 155 5,345 3,775 1,565
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 175 174,195 89,220 84,980 318,285 159,680 158,605
Car, truck, van - as a driver 139,200 73,560 65,635 266,035 135,575 130,460
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 10,775 5,295 5,480 24,455 9,855 14,600
Public transit 16,635 6,980 9,655 7,290 3,600 3,690
Walked 5,455 2,220 3,235 14,650 6,900 7,755
Bicycle 505 385 110 1,210 800 405
Other method 1,630 780 855 4,645 2,950 1,695
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 176 174,200 89,220 84,975 318,290 159,680 158,605
Less than 15 minutes 40,725 16,925 23,800 135,690 63,885 71,810
15 to 29 minutes 50,955 24,140 26,815 118,075 58,505 59,570
30 to 44 minutes 27,650 15,275 12,380 39,230 21,385 17,845
45 to 59 minutes 17,770 10,760 7,005 12,945 7,275 5,670
60 minutes and over 37,095 22,125 14,975 12,345 8,635 3,710
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 177 174,195 89,215 84,980 318,285 159,680 158,605
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 18,385 13,485 4,900 17,850 12,755 5,100
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 34,935 20,445 14,490 51,825 30,905 20,925
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 41,585 19,450 22,125 112,460 55,470 56,990
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 30,320 11,300 19,020 64,235 25,835 38,400
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 17,345 7,180 10,160 25,595 9,415 16,180
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 31,630 17,350 14,280 46,320 25,300 21,020
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 178 213,995 109,545 104,450 413,695 212,875 200,820
Single responses 212,500 108,925 103,570 395,120 204,270 190,850
Official languages 211,760 108,500 103,265 394,015 203,660 190,355
English 210,695 108,245 102,450 304,775 160,255 144,515
French 1,065 245 815 89,240 43,400 45,840
Non-official languages 735 430 310 1,105 615 490
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 255 140 115
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 250 135 110
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 255 135 110
Malecite 0 0 0 15 10 10
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 240 135 110
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 735 430 310 855 475 380
Afro-Asiatic languages 15 10 10 160 105 50
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 10 10 10 160 105 55
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 10 10 10 140 100 45
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 25 10 10
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 0 15 40 20 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 15 10 15 45 20 20
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 10 0 0 15 0 10
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10 0 10 15 10 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 30 20 10 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 10 10 10 0 0 0
Tamil 25 20 10 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 370 250 120 170 95 80
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 10 10 10
Balto-Slavic languages 55 20 35 30 10 20
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 60 20 40 30 10 20
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 30 10 20 0 0 0
Russian 15 10 10 25 10 15
Serbian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 10 0 10 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 10 10 0 25 10 15
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 10 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 0 25 10 15
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 75 30 40 40 30 10
Indo-Aryan languages 65 25 40 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20 0 15 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Urdu 30 20 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 10 10 10 35 25 10
Kurdish 0 0 0 15 15 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 15 0 0 25 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 230 190 40 65 35 25
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 35 25 10 0 0 0
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 190 165 20 65 35 30
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 15 10 10 60 35 25
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 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 10 0 10 30 20 10
American Sign Language 10 0 10 10 10 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 20 20 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 265 140 125 365 185 175
Chinese languages 265 135 125 360 185 175
Cantonese 65 25 40 35 15 25
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 190 110 85 295 150 150
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 30 25 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 0 10 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,500 620 880 18,575 8,605 9,970
English and French 920 350 565 18,045 8,350 9,695
English and non-official language 560 260 295 475 240 235
French and non-official language 0 0 0 10 0 10
English, French and non-official language 20 10 15 45 15 35
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 179 214,000 109,545 104,450 413,690 212,875 200,820
None 208,465 107,020 101,445 322,045 167,900 154,150
English 985 265 715 44,925 21,560 23,360
French 2,615 1,180 1,435 44,415 22,175 22,240
Non-official language 1,870 1,055 820 2,090 1,115 975
Aboriginal 0 0 0 615 285 330
Non-Aboriginal 1,865 1,055 815 1,475 830 645
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 25 0 20 55 20 35
French and non-official language 40 20 15 160 95 65
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 371,715 181,875 189,840 724,030 354,435 369,600
Non-movers 330,675 161,805 168,870 641,310 314,280 327,020
Movers 41,035 20,070 20,965 82,720 40,150 42,570
Non-migrants 18,775 8,995 9,780 45,630 21,830 23,800
Migrants 22,260 11,075 11,185 37,090 18,320 18,765
Internal migrants 20,985 10,415 10,565 32,585 15,995 16,585
Intraprovincial migrants 19,875 9,845 10,030 21,995 10,555 11,445
Interprovincial migrants 1,110 570 535 10,585 5,445 5,140
External migrants 1,280 660 620 4,505 2,320 2,185
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 354,060 172,910 181,150 696,160 340,310 355,845
Non-movers 225,920 110,750 115,170 480,830 237,150 243,685
Movers 128,150 62,165 65,980 215,325 103,155 112,165
Non-migrants 58,505 28,145 30,355 113,835 53,935 59,900
Migrants 69,645 34,020 35,625 101,490 49,215 52,275
Internal migrants 64,130 31,205 32,925 89,980 43,165 46,815
Intraprovincial migrants 61,435 29,925 31,515 60,645 28,475 32,165
Interprovincial migrants 2,690 1,285 1,410 29,335 14,685 14,650
External migrants 5,515 2,810 2,705 11,510 6,050 5,455

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Oshawa [Census metropolitan area], Ontario and New Brunswick [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 24, 2024).

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