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

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Characteristic Vancouver Centre
British Columbia
[Federal electoral district]
Quebec

[Province]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 116,443 ... ... 8,164,361 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 102,480 ... ... 7,903,001 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 13.6 ... ... 3.3 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 77,272 ... ... 3,858,943 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 70,079 ... ... 3,531,663 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 10,466.5 ... ... 6.0 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 11.13 ... ... 1,356,625.27 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 116,445 59,980 56,460 8,164,360 4,016,760 4,147,605
0 to 14 years 6,970 3,575 3,400 1,333,260 682,535 650,720
0 to 4 years 3,560 1,825 1,735 444,930 227,965 216,970
5 to 9 years 1,970 1,015 950 469,165 240,225 228,940
10 to 14 years 1,445 730 710 419,160 214,345 204,815
15 to 64 years 93,955 48,820 45,140 5,335,910 2,664,630 2,671,280
15 to 19 years 2,025 985 1,040 429,825 219,070 210,755
20 to 24 years 7,385 3,425 3,965 500,100 252,600 247,500
25 to 29 years 17,080 8,130 8,950 495,410 248,030 247,380
30 to 34 years 17,885 9,400 8,480 515,505 256,440 259,070
35 to 39 years 11,990 6,565 5,430 550,540 274,595 275,945
40 to 44 years 8,380 4,665 3,710 506,525 254,100 252,425
45 to 49 years 7,830 4,280 3,545 519,425 260,410 259,015
50 to 54 years 7,680 4,250 3,430 619,435 309,070 310,370
55 to 59 years 7,180 3,755 3,430 636,475 314,190 322,285
60 to 64 years 6,515 3,355 3,160 562,670 276,140 286,535
65 years and over 15,520 7,595 7,925 1,495,195 669,590 825,605
65 to 69 years 5,855 2,940 2,915 488,175 236,395 251,775
70 to 74 years 4,030 2,035 1,995 373,590 176,905 196,690
75 to 79 years 2,540 1,270 1,270 256,905 116,020 140,890
80 to 84 years 1,590 725 860 187,835 78,390 109,450
85 years and over 1,505 625 880 188,685 61,885 126,805
85 to 89 years 965 430 535 120,635 43,795 76,840
90 to 94 years 430 165 270 53,165 15,155 38,015
95 to 99 years 95 25 70 13,035 2,685 10,350
100 years and over 15 5 15 1,850 255 1,600
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 6.0 6.0 6.0 16.3 17.0 15.7
15 to 64 years 80.7 81.4 80.0 65.4 66.3 64.4
65 years and over 13.3 12.7 14.0 18.3 16.7 19.9
85 years and over 1.3 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.5 3.1
Average age of the population 41.6 41.7 41.5 41.9 40.9 42.9
Median age of the population 37.6 38.1 36.9 42.5 41.4 43.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 70,075 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
Single-detached house 140 ... ... 1,602,680 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 57,230 ... ... 187,800 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 12,695 ... ... 1,717,680 ... ...
Semi-detached house 305 ... ... 188,245 ... ...
Row house 1,350 ... ... 93,350 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 155 ... ... 265,195 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 10,855 ... ... 1,154,955 ... ...
Other single-attached house 35 ... ... 15,940 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 15 ... ... 23,505 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 70,080 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
1 person 37,065 ... ... 1,175,230 ... ...
2 persons 25,065 ... ... 1,227,765 ... ...
3 persons 5,310 ... ... 489,460 ... ...
4 persons 2,165 ... ... 426,250 ... ...
5 or more persons 470 ... ... 212,960 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 114,310 ... ... 7,965,455 ... ...
Average household size 1.6 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 109,475 56,410 53,065 6,831,105 3,334,220 3,496,885
Married or living common law 51,795 27,165 24,625 3,844,145 1,924,750 1,919,395
Married 34,150 17,510 16,635 2,342,980 1,172,720 1,170,260
Living common law 17,645 9,655 7,990 1,501,160 752,025 749,135
Not married and not living common law 57,680 29,245 28,440 2,986,960 1,409,475 1,577,490
Never married 43,250 23,775 19,475 2,010,580 1,084,300 926,280
Separated 2,520 1,210 1,315 103,625 46,390 57,240
Divorced 8,915 3,580 5,335 483,195 194,430 288,760
Widowed 2,990 680 2,315 389,555 84,345 305,210
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 27,845 ... ... 2,257,560 ... ...
2 persons 21,280 ... ... 1,204,955 ... ...
3 persons 4,395 ... ... 466,310 ... ...
4 persons 1,875 ... ... 412,160 ... ...
5 or more persons 295 ... ... 174,140 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.3 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 27,845 ... ... 2,257,560 ... ...
Total couple families 24,955 ... ... 1,878,095 ... ...
Married couples 16,130 ... ... 1,128,355 ... ...
Common-law couples 8,820 ... ... 749,740 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 2,890 ... ... 379,460 ... ...
Female parent 2,370 ... ... 284,900 ... ...
Male parent 525 ... ... 94,565 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 24,955 ... ... 1,878,095 ... ...
Couples without children 18,975 ... ... 970,260 ... ...
Couples with children 5,975 ... ... 907,840 ... ...
1 child 3,880 ... ... 356,640 ... ...
2 children 1,810 ... ... 384,875 ... ...
3 or more children 285 ... ... 166,315 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 2,895 ... ... 379,465 ... ...
1 child 2,305 ... ... 234,695 ... ...
2 children 510 ... ... 109,670 ... ...
3 or more children 75 ... ... 35,100 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 49,535 25,710 23,830 1,579,070 775,765 803,305
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 70,075 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
One-census-family households 27,500 ... ... 2,197,340 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 18,775 ... ... 947,305 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 8,725 ... ... 1,250,040 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 175 ... ... 29,595 ... ...
Non-census-family households 42,405 ... ... 1,304,725 ... ...
One-person households 37,065 ... ... 1,175,230 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 5,340 ... ... 129,500 ... ...
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 15 115,205 59,150 56,060 8,066,560 3,977,275 4,089,285
English only 98,365 51,005 47,355 372,445 187,595 184,860
French only 110 50 65 4,032,640 1,874,545 2,158,095
English and French 14,575 7,215 7,365 3,586,410 1,884,135 1,702,275
Neither English nor French 2,150 880 1,270 75,065 31,000 44,060
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 16 115,205 59,145 56,055 8,066,555 3,977,270 4,089,285
English 108,970 56,165 52,810 964,120 482,985 481,135
French 3,115 1,670 1,445 6,750,945 3,320,380 3,430,560
English and French 1,025 460 565 278,710 144,060 134,655
Neither English nor French 2,100 855 1,240 72,775 29,845 42,930
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 3,620 1,900 1,725 1,103,480 555,015 548,465
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 3.1 3.2 3.1 13.7 14.0 13.4
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 115,205 59,145 56,060 8,066,555 3,977,270 4,089,285
Single responses 112,125 57,630 54,500 7,881,650 3,884,675 3,996,975
Official languages 70,510 38,360 32,145 6,820,815 3,366,970 3,453,845
English 67,570 36,755 30,815 601,155 301,860 299,300
French 2,940 1,605 1,335 6,219,665 3,065,115 3,154,550
Non-official languages 41,620 19,265 22,350 1,060,830 517,700 543,125
Aboriginal languages 60 35 25 45,570 22,530 23,040
Algonquian languages 20 10 10 33,140 16,365 16,770
Blackfoot 0 0 0 5 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 5 5 31,430 15,575 15,855
Atikamekw 0 0 0 6,150 3,135 3,015
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 8,715 4,155 4,555
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 590 285 305
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 135 55 80
Plains Cree 5 5 0 5 0 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 35 15 15
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 10 5 5
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 5 15,790 7,920 7,875
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 485 225 260
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 485 220 260
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 1,215 565 645
Algonquin 0 0 0 1,185 555 630
Ojibway 0 5 0 20 10 15
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Athabaskan languages 5 5 0 15 10 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 15 10 5
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 5 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 5 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 5 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 10 5 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 10 10 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 0
Haida 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 11,970 5,955 6,015
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 11,895 5,925 5,970
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 75 25 45
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 375 165 210
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 365 160 210
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Kutenai 0 5 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 0 5 5 0
Salish languages 5 5 0 5 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 5 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 5 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 5 0
Siouan languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Dakota 10 10 5 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 10 5 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 5 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 0 65 30 35
Non-Aboriginal languages 41,560 19,235 22,325 1,015,260 495,175 520,090
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,485 925 565 197,535 104,185 93,355
Berber languages 5 5 0 20,845 11,125 9,720
Kabyle 0 0 0 12,470 6,625 5,840
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 8,375 4,500 3,875
Cushitic languages 40 25 20 1,125 545 580
Bilen 0 0 0 10 10 5
Oromo 20 10 5 15 10 5
Somali 20 5 15 1,075 515 560
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 30 20 10
Semitic languages 1,440 895 545 175,215 92,310 82,900
Amharic 55 20 30 745 340 405
Arabic 1,160 735 430 169,890 89,590 80,300
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 5 0 150 80 70
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 15 10 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 5 5
Hebrew 195 120 75 3,885 2,040 1,845
Maltese 5 5 0 25 10 15
Tigrigna 15 5 10 385 185 205
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 110 60 50
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 355 200 155
Austro-Asiatic languages 390 165 225 36,305 17,030 19,275
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 10 8,855 4,105 4,750
Vietnamese 375 160 210 27,425 12,920 14,505
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 25 10 15
Austronesian languages 1,370 525 850 21,635 7,800 13,835
Bikol 5 0 5 115 35 80
Cebuano 55 15 40 885 270 610
Fijian 0 0 5 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 5 5 410 125 275
Ilocano 20 5 15 2,060 745 1,315
Malagasy 5 0 5 1,250 590 660
Malay 250 105 145 705 265 440
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 5 205 90 110
Pangasinan 5 0 5 95 40 50
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 990 380 610 15,545 5,480 10,065
Waray-Waray 0 0 5 50 10 40
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 20 5 15 320 140 180
Creole languages 20 15 10 56,990 25,220 31,770
Haitian Creole 5 0 5 2,220 1,055 1,170
Creole, n.o.s. 20 15 10 53,785 23,675 30,110
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 980 490 490
Dravidian languages 150 95 55 14,865 7,435 7,430
Kannada 10 10 5 240 130 110
Malayalam 35 20 10 440 235 205
Tamil 65 35 25 13,600 6,715 6,880
Telugu 35 25 10 570 345 230
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 25 10 15
Indo-European languages 21,750 10,885 10,865 553,045 269,625 283,420
Albanian 50 20 30 2,795 1,420 1,370
Armenian 85 40 45 16,430 7,970 8,460
Balto-Slavic languages 6,035 2,745 3,290 68,155 30,960 37,195
Baltic languages 90 45 45 850 335 515
Latvian 30 25 10 290 120 175
Lithuanian 60 25 35 555 215 340
Slavic languages 5,940 2,700 3,245 67,310 30,630 36,675
Belarusan 5 0 5 80 45 35
Bosnian 70 25 40 1,620 805 815
Bulgarian 220 85 140 6,985 3,385 3,600
Croatian 295 145 150 2,330 1,165 1,170
Czech 400 200 200 1,465 690 775
Macedonian 35 15 20 205 105 95
Polish 870 410 460 13,935 6,065 7,865
Russian 2,030 870 1,165 28,565 12,715 15,850
Serbian 1,155 560 595 3,140 1,590 1,545
Serbo-Croatian 250 125 125 1,805 865 940
Slovak 285 125 160 1,040 455 585
Slovene (Slovenian) 25 10 15 755 350 405
Ukrainian 290 130 160 5,210 2,285 2,920
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 175 90 85
Celtic languages 45 30 15 155 95 60
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 0 20 15 10
Welsh 15 10 0 40 20 20
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 90 55 30
Germanic languages 2,495 1,310 1,185 27,540 13,280 14,260
Afrikaans 95 60 35 125 60 65
Danish 100 45 55 395 190 200
Dutch 395 220 180 2,825 1,395 1,430
Frisian 5 0 0 10 10 0
German 1,580 825 760 13,670 6,340 7,330
Icelandic 20 10 10 65 30 35
Norwegian 60 35 25 200 100 100
Swedish 185 90 95 555 255 300
Vlaams (Flemish) 20 15 5 540 240 300
Yiddish 35 15 15 8,985 4,560 4,420
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 175 100 75
Greek 185 110 75 38,635 19,435 19,205
Indo-Iranian languages 6,685 3,370 3,310 76,040 39,205 36,835
Indo-Aryan languages 1,510 815 695 45,845 23,875 21,970
Bengali 90 50 45 10,995 5,620 5,380
Gujarati 205 100 100 6,070 2,980 3,090
Hindi 400 240 155 3,030 1,635 1,390
Kashmiri 0 0 0 20 15 5
Konkani 10 10 5 110 60 55
Marathi 40 25 20 255 145 110
Nepali 20 15 5 1,505 740 765
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 0 35 20 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 455 215 235 12,380 6,720 5,660
Sindhi 105 55 50 330 160 165
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 20 20 645 310 330
Urdu 145 90 55 10,470 5,460 5,010
Iranian languages 5,160 2,550 2,605 29,760 15,105 14,655
Kurdish 100 55 45 985 550 430
Pashto 5 5 0 1,285 680 610
Persian (Farsi) 5,050 2,490 2,555 27,490 13,875 13,615
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 440 225 210
Italic (Romance) languages 6,170 3,250 2,920 323,290 157,260 166,030
Catalan 35 25 10 320 170 150
Italian 595 335 250 104,600 51,705 52,895
Portuguese 1,545 770 775 36,770 17,735 19,035
Romanian 490 235 260 35,840 17,170 18,665
Spanish 3,510 1,890 1,620 145,635 70,405 75,235
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 125 75 50
Japanese 2,135 685 1,445 2,525 775 1,750
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 170 80 85
Georgian 5 0 5 170 80 90
Korean 3,145 1,255 1,890 5,160 2,270 2,890
Mongolic languages 65 30 40 190 75 115
Mongolian 70 30 40 195 80 115
Niger-Congo languages 70 40 25 28,355 14,360 13,995
Akan (Twi) 0 5 0 1,050 520 525
Bamanankan 0 5 0 1,200 655 545
Edo 0 0 0 75 45 30
Ewe 0 0 0 730 400 325
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 2,055 1,080 970
Ga 0 0 0 80 40 40
Ganda 5 5 0 35 15 20
Igbo 0 0 0 120 70 50
Lingala 0 0 5 2,465 1,185 1,285
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 5 3,345 1,600 1,745
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 5 5 5 2,500 1,115 1,380
Shona 10 5 5 85 45 40
Swahili 25 10 15 3,010 1,460 1,545
Wolof 0 5 0 3,230 1,745 1,485
Yoruba 5 5 0 255 155 100
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 8,135 4,235 3,895
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 5 0 345 180 165
Dinka 0 0 0 5 5 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 335 170 165
Sign languages 10 5 5 1,330 700 630
American Sign Language 0 5 0 65 35 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 670 330 340
Sign languages, n.i.e 5 5 5 595 340 255
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,715 3,985 5,735 76,840 35,775 41,065
Chinese languages 9,685 3,960 5,730 76,490 35,600 40,895
Cantonese 3,810 1,635 2,175 24,375 11,505 12,875
Hakka 45 20 30 470 215 260
Mandarin 4,935 1,945 2,990 43,700 20,175 23,525
Min Dong 10 0 10 20 10 15
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 295 125 170 3,225 1,480 1,745
Wu (Shanghainese) 180 65 120 1,075 465 605
Chinese, n.o.s. 400 165 235 3,535 1,710 1,825
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 90 40 45
Tibeto-Burman languages 25 20 0 345 175 170
Burmese 20 15 5 80 30 50
Karenic languages 0 0 0 70 40 30
Tibetan 0 5 0 110 65 50
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 85 45 40
Tai-Kadai languages 240 95 145 4,895 2,185 2,710
Lao 20 10 10 4,115 1,995 2,120
Thai 220 85 135 765 180 585
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 10 5 10
Turkic languages 550 325 225 7,980 4,095 3,880
Azerbaijani 60 30 30 290 160 130
Turkish 455 275 180 7,155 3,685 3,470
Uyghur 10 5 5 205 100 105
Uzbek 5 5 5 145 70 75
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10 185 80 105
Uralic languages 440 205 240 6,400 2,985 3,410
Estonian 30 20 15 195 75 120
Finnish 90 30 65 360 125 240
Hungarian 320 160 165 5,835 2,790 3,045
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 5
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 685 385 300
Multiple responses 3,075 1,520 1,560 184,905 92,600 92,310
English and French 430 235 195 72,395 36,695 35,695
English and non-official language 2,375 1,155 1,220 27,485 13,545 13,945
French and non-official language 155 75 80 67,075 33,110 33,970
English, French and non-official language 120 55 65 17,950 9,245 8,705
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 19 115,205 59,145 56,055 8,066,560 3,977,270 4,089,285
Single responses 109,115 56,295 52,825 7,743,740 3,819,315 3,924,425
Official languages 89,970 47,605 42,360 7,157,850 3,536,165 3,621,685
English 88,740 47,005 41,735 782,185 391,125 391,060
French 1,225 600 625 6,375,665 3,145,040 3,230,625
Non-official languages 19,150 8,690 10,460 585,890 283,150 302,735
Aboriginal languages 10 5 5 40,190 20,205 19,980
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 28,695 14,385 14,310
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 28,110 14,105 14,005
Atikamekw 0 0 0 5,465 2,825 2,640
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 7,375 3,590 3,790
Moose Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 590 295 290
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 60 30 30
Plains Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 15 5 10
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 5 5
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 14,590 7,355 7,235
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 220 115 110
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 220 110 105
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 370 170 200
Algonquin 0 0 0 360 165 195
Ojibway 0 0 0 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 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 11,375 5,770 5,615
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 5 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 11,350 5,750 5,600
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 15 10
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 70 35 35
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 70 35 30
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Siouan languages 10 5 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 5 5 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 5 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 35 10 25
Non-Aboriginal languages 19,145 8,685 10,455 545,695 262,940 282,755
Afro-Asiatic languages 685 375 305 91,660 46,550 45,110
Berber languages 0 0 0 7,495 3,895 3,605
Kabyle 0 0 0 5,105 2,660 2,450
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 2,390 1,235 1,150
Cushitic languages 5 0 5 535 240 295
Bilen 0 0 0 5 0 5
Oromo 0 0 0 5 0 0
Somali 5 0 5 520 230 290
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Semitic languages 680 375 305 83,520 42,365 41,160
Amharic 15 5 10 340 150 185
Arabic 570 315 260 81,105 41,150 39,955
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 95 50 45
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 0 5
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 5
Hebrew 90 55 35 1,705 880 825
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 5 0 0 205 95 105
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 60 25 35
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 105 50 55
Austro-Asiatic languages 100 50 50 24,980 11,675 13,305
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 5,180 2,370 2,805
Vietnamese 100 50 50 19,790 9,295 10,495
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 15 5 10
Austronesian languages 310 125 190 9,715 3,960 5,750
Bikol 0 0 0 15 5 10
Cebuano 20 5 15 230 100 125
Fijian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 130 55 75
Ilocano 0 0 0 740 305 435
Malagasy 0 0 0 360 185 170
Malay 70 25 45 175 85 95
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 60 30 30
Pangasinan 0 0 0 10 5 10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 215 90 125 7,905 3,150 4,760
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 15 10 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 75 35 35
Creole languages 10 5 5 20,705 8,780 11,925
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 855 380 475
Creole, n.o.s. 10 5 5 19,405 8,200 11,210
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 440 200 240
Dravidian languages 40 20 20 11,400 5,595 5,805
Kannada 10 5 5 150 85 65
Malayalam 5 5 5 200 100 100
Tamil 20 10 10 10,720 5,215 5,500
Telugu 10 5 5 330 190 135
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 15 5 5
Indo-European languages 9,160 4,380 4,780 303,215 146,100 157,115
Albanian 15 5 5 1,615 795 820
Armenian 25 10 10 11,990 5,680 6,310
Balto-Slavic languages 2,505 1,140 1,370 40,405 19,085 21,325
Baltic languages 25 15 10 190 80 105
Latvian 10 5 5 75 40 40
Lithuanian 15 5 10 115 40 70
Slavic languages 2,480 1,125 1,355 40,220 19,000 21,220
Belarusan 0 0 0 25 15 15
Bosnian 30 10 15 965 475 495
Bulgarian 100 35 60 5,125 2,495 2,630
Croatian 75 40 40 1,015 475 545
Czech 115 60 50 460 220 240
Macedonian 10 5 10 130 65 65
Polish 260 125 140 5,970 2,695 3,270
Russian 975 430 550 20,680 9,775 10,900
Serbian 625 295 335 2,010 1,020 990
Serbo-Croatian 115 50 65 960 470 490
Slovak 80 40 40 245 120 130
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 0 0 225 95 135
Ukrainian 85 40 45 2,365 1,060 1,300
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 40 15 25
Celtic languages 5 5 5 30 20 10
Scottish Gaelic 0 5 0 5 5 0
Welsh 5 0 5 10 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 15 5
Germanic languages 425 210 215 9,890 4,980 4,905
Afrikaans 10 5 5 15 10 10
Danish 15 5 10 50 25 25
Dutch 50 30 25 375 170 205
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 255 125 130 2,550 1,190 1,365
Icelandic 15 10 5 30 15 20
Norwegian 5 0 0 20 5 10
Swedish 65 35 35 105 50 60
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 70 35 40
Yiddish 5 0 5 6,665 3,485 3,180
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Greek 25 15 10 18,545 8,865 9,680
Indo-Iranian languages 3,460 1,625 1,835 53,555 26,845 26,710
Indo-Aryan languages 325 160 160 31,575 15,985 15,585
Bengali 30 15 15 8,180 4,055 4,125
Gujarati 65 25 35 3,840 1,860 1,985
Hindi 100 55 45 1,535 790 745
Kashmiri 0 0 0 5 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 30 15 15
Marathi 10 5 0 80 40 40
Nepali 10 5 0 1,355 655 700
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 15 10 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 40 20 20 8,840 4,690 4,155
Sindhi 35 20 15 135 65 75
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 5 365 185 180
Urdu 35 15 15 7,180 3,620 3,565
Iranian languages 3,135 1,460 1,680 21,745 10,740 11,010
Kurdish 45 20 25 510 280 235
Pashto 0 0 0 925 460 465
Persian (Farsi) 3,090 1,440 1,655 20,310 10,005 10,305
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 235 120 120
Italic (Romance) languages 2,700 1,370 1,330 167,190 79,835 87,355
Catalan 20 10 10 110 50 60
Italian 140 80 60 32,935 14,595 18,340
Portuguese 835 405 425 17,260 8,250 9,005
Romanian 165 75 90 24,520 12,000 12,525
Spanish 1,540 800 740 92,330 44,920 47,415
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 35 20 15
Japanese 1,170 490 680 1,050 425 620
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 70 35 35
Georgian 0 0 0 70 40 35
Korean 2,020 850 1,175 3,540 1,630 1,910
Mongolic languages 50 20 25 145 70 75
Mongolian 50 20 30 145 70 75
Niger-Congo languages 10 5 5 7,250 3,450 3,800
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 445 215 235
Bamanankan 0 0 0 265 135 125
Edo 0 0 0 10 5 5
Ewe 0 0 0 140 60 80
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 530 255 280
Ga 0 0 0 15 5 10
Ganda 0 0 0 5 5 5
Igbo 0 0 0 15 10 10
Lingala 0 0 0 625 270 355
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 1,110 510 600
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 5 0 530 225 305
Shona 0 0 0 20 10 10
Swahili 5 0 0 1,100 535 565
Wolof 0 0 0 1,035 555 480
Yoruba 0 0 0 55 25 25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 1,350 635 710
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 135 70 65
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 130 65 65
Sign languages 15 10 10 1,770 1,000 775
American Sign Language 5 5 0 90 35 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 700 360 340
Sign languages, n.i.e 5 0 5 985 600 385
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,195 2,175 3,020 60,370 28,925 31,450
Chinese languages 5,190 2,175 3,020 60,155 28,805 31,345
Cantonese 1,680 695 985 17,845 8,470 9,375
Hakka 0 0 0 155 75 80
Mandarin 3,160 1,325 1,840 37,075 17,870 19,200
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 85 35 45 1,830 830 1,000
Wu (Shanghainese) 105 45 60 780 355 420
Chinese, n.o.s. 155 70 85 2,435 1,190 1,240
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 20 20
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 0 0 215 115 100
Burmese 5 0 5 35 15 20
Karenic languages 0 0 0 65 40 30
Tibetan 0 0 0 70 45 30
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 20 20
Tai-Kadai languages 70 25 45 2,375 1,145 1,230
Lao 5 0 5 2,150 1,055 1,100
Thai 65 25 40 225 90 135
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 220 120 105 5,120 2,540 2,575
Azerbaijani 25 10 15 100 50 55
Turkish 180 95 85 4,715 2,340 2,370
Uyghur 10 5 5 140 75 70
Uzbek 0 0 5 105 50 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 65 30 35
Uralic languages 70 35 35 2,025 895 1,130
Estonian 0 0 0 30 10 20
Finnish 10 5 10 50 20 30
Hungarian 65 30 30 1,945 860 1,085
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 5 10 150 90 60
Multiple responses 6,085 2,850 3,235 322,820 157,960 164,860
English and French 340 170 170 86,715 43,820 42,890
English and non-official language 5,565 2,595 2,975 54,400 26,255 28,140
French and non-official language 35 20 20 139,385 66,610 72,775
English, French and non-official language 140 65 75 42,320 21,270 21,045
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 20 115,205 59,145 56,060 8,066,555 3,977,275 4,089,285
None 90,815 47,420 43,395 6,825,240 3,356,340 3,468,900
English 8,100 3,785 4,315 513,410 263,670 249,735
French 1,570 840 730 320,370 158,340 162,030
Non-official language 14,225 6,855 7,370 317,790 154,450 163,340
Aboriginal 40 20 20 5,700 2,645 3,060
Non-Aboriginal 14,185 6,835 7,350 312,085 151,810 160,280
English and French 60 20 40 36,235 18,285 17,955
English and non-official language 195 95 95 28,630 14,075 14,555
French and non-official language 230 120 105 23,470 11,365 12,095
English, French and non-official language 10 5 5 1,420 740 680
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 21 107,360 54,970 52,395 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,145
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 105,140 54,140 51,005 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 41,263 46,178 36,694 32,975 37,842 28,522
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 105,275 54,265 51,010 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,400
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,294 39,847 32,875 29,535 33,110 26,119
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 96,400 49,560 46,840 5,685,690 2,866,470 2,819,220
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,888 48,914 37,411 30,067 35,597 25,012
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 65,110 31,080 34,030 4,973,245 2,300,800 2,672,445
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 554 527 724 7,307 5,851 8,246
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 83,650 43,820 39,835 4,627,795 2,408,420 2,219,370
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,538 48,224 37,376 31,263 35,627 27,219
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,085 54,060 51,025 6,417,010 3,159,415 3,257,595
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 58,477 68,124 48,257 42,546 49,087 36,203
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,235 54,210 51,025 6,418,440 3,159,550 3,258,890
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 46,566 52,750 39,997 34,887 39,292 30,616
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 96,410 49,595 46,815 5,685,905 2,866,415 2,819,485
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 60,446 71,335 48,910 40,505 47,810 33,079
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 64,955 30,770 34,185 4,972,650 2,299,595 2,673,050
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,889 4,712 5,048 8,590 7,846 9,229
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 83,615 43,760 39,855 4,627,775 2,408,655 2,219,120
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 56,797 66,343 46,316 40,382 45,974 34,313
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,240
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 40,100 22,700 17,400 2,036,965 1,114,940 922,025
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 61,743 66,141 57,002 47,111 51,622 42,433
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 78,224 86,882 66,929 56,564 62,750 49,085
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 95.0 96.1 93.3 84.4 88.3 79.1
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 76.8 78.1 74.7 68.4 71.4 64.6
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 5.0 3.9 6.7 15.6 11.7 20.9
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 107,365 54,970 52,395 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,140
Without total income 2,225 835 1,390 216,685 99,555 117,125
With total income 105,140 54,135 51,005 6,417,615 3,160,595 3,257,020
Percentage with total income 97.9 98.5 97.3 96.7 96.9 96.5
Under $10,000 (including loss) 15,190 6,945 8,240 789,595 351,935 437,660
$10,000 to $19,999 15,400 7,335 8,065 1,188,135 476,630 711,500
$20,000 to $29,999 10,870 5,080 5,785 976,210 428,390 547,830
$30,000 to $39,999 9,800 4,670 5,135 852,735 414,105 438,625
$40,000 to $49,999 10,010 4,750 5,255 747,995 378,215 369,780
$50,000 to $59,999 8,605 4,245 4,360 540,265 292,110 248,150
$60,000 to $69,999 7,185 3,760 3,420 375,935 214,805 161,130
$70,000 to $79,999 5,980 3,200 2,775 286,025 164,240 121,790
$80,000 to $89,999 4,685 2,610 2,075 189,350 113,715 75,635
$90,000 to $99,999 3,530 2,105 1,425 122,750 80,090 42,660
$100,000 and over 13,895 9,430 4,470 348,620 246,360 102,255
$100,000 to $149,999 8,565 5,570 2,995 236,515 164,145 72,370
$150,000 and over 5,330 3,855 1,475 112,105 82,215 29,885
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 107,365 54,965 52,395 6,634,295 3,260,150 3,374,140
Without after-tax income 2,090 705 1,385 215,120 99,375 115,750
With after-tax income 105,275 54,260 51,010 6,419,175 3,160,780 3,258,395
Percentage with after-tax income 98.1 98.7 97.4 96.8 97.0 96.6
Under $10,000 (including loss) 15,825 7,350 8,475 822,725 359,045 463,675
$10,000 to $19,999 16,175 7,770 8,410 1,246,480 505,165 741,315
$20,000 to $29,999 12,945 6,110 6,835 1,192,885 541,080 651,810
$30,000 to $39,999 12,575 5,995 6,580 1,096,510 553,200 543,315
$40,000 to $49,999 11,835 5,785 6,050 793,150 425,040 368,115
$50,000 to $59,999 9,385 4,890 4,500 498,475 283,130 215,345
$60,000 to $69,999 7,345 4,005 3,340 309,415 180,470 128,945
$70,000 to $79,999 5,420 3,145 2,275 167,895 108,500 59,395
$80,000 and over 13,760 9,210 4,545 291,635 205,155 86,485
$80,000 to $89,999 3,680 2,310 1,370 95,010 64,670 30,335
$90,000 to $99,999 2,535 1,655 880 55,980 39,080 16,905
$100,000 and over 7,545 5,250 2,295 140,645 101,405 39,240
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 107,360 54,965 52,395 6,634,295 3,260,155 3,374,145
Without employment income 23,705 11,150 12,560 2,006,505 851,730 1,154,775
With employment income 83,655 43,820 39,835 4,627,790 2,408,420 2,219,375
Percentage with employment income 77.9 79.7 76.0 69.8 73.9 65.8
Under $5,000 (including loss) 9,195 4,255 4,945 606,300 311,780 294,520
$5,000 to $9,999 4,995 2,300 2,695 367,030 162,150 204,885
$10,000 to $19,999 9,745 4,570 5,175 681,920 305,995 375,920
$20,000 to $29,999 8,065 3,870 4,190 586,140 269,950 316,195
$30,000 to $39,999 7,710 3,730 3,975 565,425 277,135 288,285
$40,000 to $49,999 8,105 3,820 4,280 476,665 247,105 229,560
$50,000 to $59,999 6,985 3,500 3,480 359,180 203,580 155,600
$60,000 to $69,999 5,940 3,175 2,765 266,650 156,255 110,395
$70,000 to $79,999 5,030 2,775 2,255 224,040 129,890 94,150
$80,000 and over 17,885 11,820 6,065 494,440 344,585 149,855
$80,000 to $89,999 3,905 2,230 1,675 139,830 90,295 49,540
$90,000 to $99,999 2,980 1,830 1,150 93,860 64,160 29,700
$100,000 and over 11,000 7,760 3,235 260,745 190,125 70,620
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 70,080 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 61,359 ... ... 59,822 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 52,685 ... ... 52,207 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 37,065 ... ... 1,175,230 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 44,758 ... ... 31,574 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,873 ... ... 28,469 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 33,015 ... ... 2,356,430 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,668 ... ... 78,645 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 76,763 ... ... 67,665 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 87,693 ... ... 77,306 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 69,931 ... ... 63,404 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 37,010 ... ... 1,174,695 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 59,154 ... ... 40,042 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 47,519 ... ... 33,262 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 33,060 ... ... 2,356,970 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 119,641 ... ... 95,878 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 95,020 ... ... 78,426 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 70,080 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,615 ... ... 47,170 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,555 ... ... 56,315 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,470 ... ... 119,570 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 3,685 ... ... 180,865 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 2,960 ... ... 179,690 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 2,530 ... ... 154,150 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 2,620 ... ... 185,000 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 2,770 ... ... 184,435 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 2,850 ... ... 179,855 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 2,830 ... ... 170,445 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 5,425 ... ... 313,600 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 4,890 ... ... 273,620 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,375 ... ... 241,940 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,785 ... ... 208,620 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 3,215 ... ... 176,355 ... ...
$100,000 and over 19,495 ... ... 860,030 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 6,030 ... ... 327,435 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 4,170 ... ... 204,105 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 4,420 ... ... 192,155 ... ...
$200,000 and over 4,875 ... ... 136,335 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 70,080 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,765 ... ... 50,445 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,590 ... ... 57,335 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,525 ... ... 120,860 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 3,815 ... ... 190,300 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 3,395 ... ... 202,905 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 3,195 ... ... 187,365 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 3,370 ... ... 231,765 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 3,555 ... ... 225,695 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,575 ... ... 211,990 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,460 ... ... 202,760 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 6,285 ... ... 363,775 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,425 ... ... 309,825 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,600 ... ... 256,150 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,670 ... ... 208,765 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 3,050 ... ... 166,295 ... ...
$100,000 and over 13,805 ... ... 545,440 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,315 ... ... 269,170 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 3,170 ... ... 130,225 ... ...
$150,000 and over 5,320 ... ... 146,045 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 28,505 ... ... 2,261,890 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 94,351 ... ... 79,378 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 80,456 ... ... 68,152 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.3 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 18,635 ... ... 930,195 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 99,710 ... ... 70,075 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 84,299 ... ... 60,224 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 5,995 ... ... 911,980 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 108,454 ... ... 105,246 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,824 ... ... 88,844 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.5 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 2,835 ... ... 364,085 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 50,923 ... ... 52,708 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 45,696 ... ... 47,805 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.3 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 28,520 ... ... 2,262,045 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 126,518 ... ... 96,863 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 99,654 ... ... 79,060 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 18,715 ... ... 929,645 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 133,306 ... ... 86,304 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 104,280 ... ... 70,167 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 5,945 ... ... 912,560 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 138,837 ... ... 122,835 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 110,010 ... ... 99,279 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 2,830 ... ... 363,610 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 72,434 ... ... 61,753 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 59,092 ... ... 53,052 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 47,465 24,805 22,665 1,433,210 711,180 722,030
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 39,902 41,829 38,047 29,195 31,526 27,210
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 35,108 36,549 33,737 26,706 28,214 25,434
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 47,545 24,785 22,760 1,430,625 708,225 722,405
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 53,352 57,984 48,308 37,684 39,840 35,571
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 43,289 46,295 40,015 31,513 32,729 30,321
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 114,310 58,525 55,780 7,965,455 3,941,475 4,023,970
In the bottom half of the distribution 55,210 27,155 28,055 4,577,885 2,216,770 2,361,115
In the bottom decile 20,100 10,050 10,055 747,785 368,385 379,395
In the second decile 10,270 5,035 5,230 898,605 408,705 489,900
In the third decile 8,340 4,050 4,280 997,185 481,975 515,210
In the fourth decile 8,170 4,000 4,170 996,230 490,275 505,960
In the fifth decile 8,335 4,020 4,315 938,080 467,425 470,655
In the top half of the distribution 59,100 31,370 27,730 3,387,565 1,724,710 1,662,855
In the sixth decile 8,450 4,220 4,230 881,640 444,865 436,775
In the seventh decile 9,125 4,705 4,420 806,685 409,470 397,220
In the eighth decile 10,450 5,490 4,965 700,450 357,000 343,455
In the ninth decile 12,195 6,520 5,670 557,160 286,195 270,960
In the top decile 18,880 10,435 8,450 441,630 227,185 214,445
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 43 114,310 58,530 55,780 7,921,505 3,919,560 4,001,945
0 to 17 years 7,865 4,035 3,835 1,564,410 800,455 763,960
0 to 5 years 3,990 2,045 1,945 532,410 272,790 259,625
18 to 64 years 91,625 47,240 44,380 5,021,875 2,498,900 2,522,980
65 years and over 14,820 7,250 7,565 1,335,220 620,210 715,010
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 24,380 12,145 12,230 1,160,190 542,405 617,785
0 to 17 years 1,740 885 855 222,955 114,410 108,540
0 to 5 years 690 335 355 75,270 38,595 36,670
18 to 64 years 19,135 9,555 9,575 688,130 334,825 353,305
65 years and over 3,510 1,705 1,805 249,110 93,170 155,930
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 21.3 20.8 21.9 14.6 13.8 15.4
0 to 17 years (%) 22.1 21.9 22.3 14.3 14.3 14.2
0 to 5 years (%) 17.3 16.4 18.3 14.1 14.1 14.1
18 to 64 years (%) 20.9 20.2 21.6 13.7 13.4 14.0
65 years and over (%) 23.7 23.5 23.9 18.7 15.0 21.8
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 22,670 11,320 11,350 731,340 358,085 373,260
0 to 17 years 1,435 720 710 129,325 66,400 62,925
0 to 5 years 555 270 285 44,375 22,705 21,675
18 to 64 years 18,600 9,300 9,300 514,540 261,485 253,060
65 years and over 2,640 1,300 1,340 87,475 30,205 57,270
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 19.8 19.3 20.3 9.2 9.1 9.3
0 to 17 years (%) 18.2 17.8 18.5 8.3 8.3 8.2
0 to 5 years (%) 13.9 13.2 14.7 8.3 8.3 8.3
18 to 64 years (%) 20.3 19.7 21.0 10.2 10.5 10.0
65 years and over (%) 17.8 17.9 17.7 6.6 4.9 8.0
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 44 114,190 58,410 55,775 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015
Official languages 112,005 57,545 54,465 7,891,110 3,911,220 3,979,890
English 111,910 57,510 54,400 3,930,690 2,058,470 1,872,225
French 14,555 7,155 7,400 7,522,350 3,725,145 3,797,200
Non-official languages 52,405 25,110 27,295 1,610,980 776,265 834,720
Aboriginal languages 60 40 20 50,890 25,190 25,700
Algonquian languages 20 15 0 37,515 18,545 18,965
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 10 0 34,415 17,050 17,370
Atikamekw 0 0 0 6,640 3,335 3,305
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 9,850 4,735 5,115
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 10 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 775 385 385
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 260 130 130
Plains Cree 10 10 0 10 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 35 25 10
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 15 0 10
Woods Cree 0 0 0 10 10 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 17,175 8,600 8,575
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 885 460 420
Malecite 0 0 0 10 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 0 880 460 425
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 2,340 1,105 1,235
Algonquin 0 0 0 2,240 1,055 1,185
Ojibway 0 0 0 105 50 50
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 10 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 20 10
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 20 15 10
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 10 0 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 10 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 10 10 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 10 12,595 6,270 6,330
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 0 0 12,485 6,210 6,270
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 115 60 60
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 740 360 375
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 690 350 335
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 50 15 35
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 30 15 10
Salish languages 10 10 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 10 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 15 10 0 0 0 10
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 10 10 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 90 40 55
Non-Aboriginal languages 52,345 25,070 27,275 1,560,375 751,215 809,160
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,250 1,275 975 301,035 157,545 143,490
Berber languages 10 0 0 27,595 14,650 12,945
Kabyle 0 0 0 16,170 8,580 7,590
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 11,580 6,150 5,425
Cushitic languages 50 20 25 1,550 745 805
Bilen 0 0 0 35 20 10
Oromo 15 10 0 45 30 10
Somali 35 10 20 1,460 680 780
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Semitic languages 2,205 1,255 955 286,625 149,970 136,660
Amharic 60 25 30 1,145 540 600
Arabic 1,660 965 695 267,965 140,280 127,685
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 10 0 195 95 95
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 465 240 225 18,035 9,490 8,540
Maltese 10 0 10 40 10 25
Tigrigna 20 15 10 420 195 225
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 180 85 95
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 810 430 380
Austro-Asiatic languages 420 180 240 46,050 21,955 24,095
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 10 11,840 5,620 6,220
Vietnamese 410 180 230 34,580 16,520 18,060
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 25 15
Austronesian languages 1,885 790 1,100 31,230 11,820 19,410
Bikol 10 0 0 105 45 60
Cebuano 65 35 30 1,105 360 750
Fijian 15 15 0 15 0 10
Hiligaynon 0 0 10 540 195 350
Ilocano 15 10 0 2,500 890 1,610
Malagasy 0 0 0 1,980 940 1,040
Malay 455 210 250 1,210 525 690
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 0 10 195 95 100
Pangasinan 15 0 15 60 20 40
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,375 545 825 26,705 9,785 16,915
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 55 10 45
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 15 540 270 275
Creole languages 55 25 30 115,445 51,970 63,475
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 4,910 2,285 2,620
Creole, n.o.s. 40 15 20 108,315 48,615 59,705
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 2,835 1,390 1,445
Dravidian languages 265 165 100 18,710 9,495 9,210
Kannada 25 10 15 415 210 205
Malayalam 85 50 35 510 285 220
Tamil 100 60 40 17,245 8,680 8,565
Telugu 70 40 30 930 540 390
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 0 35 15 25
Indo-European languages 29,765 15,045 14,720 912,945 435,785 477,155
Albanian 15 10 10 3,375 1,730 1,645
Armenian 130 70 60 20,290 9,790 10,500
Balto-Slavic languages 6,665 3,025 3,640 88,425 41,725 46,700
Baltic languages 140 85 55 1,080 500 585
Latvian 80 45 30 335 150 185
Lithuanian 60 40 20 755 350 410
Slavic languages 6,595 2,975 3,620 87,520 41,315 46,205
Belarusan 25 10 15 365 150 215
Bosnian 175 65 105 1,975 990 985
Bulgarian 250 95 160 7,345 3,595 3,750
Croatian 500 225 275 3,580 1,760 1,820
Czech 500 255 250 2,070 975 1,095
Macedonian 80 50 35 285 140 145
Polish 1,010 475 535 17,760 8,090 9,665
Russian 2,650 1,175 1,475 46,665 22,265 24,400
Serbian 1,185 570 620 4,050 1,980 2,070
Serbo-Croatian 290 115 175 2,385 1,140 1,245
Slovak 360 155 200 1,520 705 820
Slovene (Slovenian) 40 10 25 970 490 480
Ukrainian 535 230 305 9,015 3,885 5,135
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 150 75 75
Celtic languages 335 190 150 495 305 195
Scottish Gaelic 45 30 15 155 95 65
Welsh 20 15 10 85 45 40
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 275 140 130 265 175 95
Germanic languages 4,585 2,490 2,090 63,370 31,835 31,530
Afrikaans 225 120 105 415 260 150
Danish 155 65 85 835 410 420
Dutch 475 290 185 5,060 2,665 2,395
Frisian 0 0 0 15 10 0
German 3,340 1,815 1,520 43,475 21,950 21,530
Icelandic 35 25 15 140 80 60
Norwegian 140 95 45 510 255 255
Swedish 400 205 200 1,580 785 795
Vlaams (Flemish) 40 25 10 760 265 495
Yiddish 25 10 10 12,375 6,225 6,155
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 270 125 140
Greek 295 160 135 51,060 25,520 25,540
Indo-Iranian languages 8,275 4,280 3,995 93,655 48,040 45,615
Indo-Aryan languages 2,620 1,450 1,170 59,570 30,870 28,700
Bengali 150 90 60 12,870 6,610 6,260
Gujarati 400 220 185 7,950 3,860 4,090
Hindi 1,125 670 460 15,570 8,285 7,280
Kashmiri 0 0 0 45 35 15
Konkani 25 15 10 150 70 75
Marathi 100 55 40 475 240 230
Nepali 20 10 10 1,445 725 720
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 55 35 20
Punjabi (Panjabi) 890 470 420 17,860 9,690 8,165
Sindhi 190 85 100 500 240 255
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 40 20 1,335 625 710
Urdu 340 170 165 16,545 8,655 7,890
Iranian languages 5,655 2,835 2,825 35,420 17,830 17,585
Kurdish 100 55 45 1,255 665 590
Pashto 0 0 0 1,825 1,005 825
Persian (Farsi) 5,605 2,805 2,800 32,965 16,560 16,405
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 845 425 420
Italic (Romance) languages 11,015 5,640 5,380 627,545 293,620 333,920
Catalan 55 30 25 890 525 365
Italian 1,545 795 750 173,710 84,430 89,275
Portuguese 2,090 1,035 1,055 55,100 27,620 27,475
Romanian 615 320 300 42,655 20,550 22,110
Spanish 7,845 4,020 3,830 390,355 177,610 212,745
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 490 345 145
Japanese 2,980 1,270 1,710 7,040 3,340 3,695
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 220 110 110
Georgian 0 0 0 215 105 110
Korean 3,495 1,445 2,055 6,260 2,825 3,430
Mongolic languages 85 40 40 270 135 130
Mongolian 85 40 45 265 135 130
Niger-Congo languages 245 140 100 52,840 26,665 26,175
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 1,800 945 855
Bamanankan 0 10 0 2,385 1,240 1,145
Edo 0 0 0 190 95 95
Ewe 0 0 0 1,410 865 545
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 3,400 1,785 1,620
Ga 0 0 0 315 155 160
Ganda 0 0 0 90 40 55
Igbo 10 0 0 275 190 90
Lingala 10 10 0 9,630 4,430 5,200
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 4,490 2,210 2,285
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 15 0 3,535 1,640 1,895
Shona 15 15 0 150 75 80
Swahili 155 70 80 8,015 4,080 3,935
Wolof 0 0 0 6,555 3,545 3,015
Yoruba 0 10 0 885 485 395
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 17,720 9,125 8,595
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 695 345 350
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 695 345 350
Sign languages 160 75 90 7,775 3,095 4,675
American Sign Language 100 50 50 675 245 435
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 4,405 1,590 2,815
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 25 40 2,960 1,350 1,605
Sino-Tibetan languages 11,365 4,940 6,430 90,460 42,695 47,770
Chinese languages 11,345 4,920 6,430 90,060 42,480 47,580
Cantonese 4,935 2,175 2,760 31,885 14,900 16,980
Hakka 70 30 40 545 240 310
Mandarin 7,115 2,995 4,115 59,240 27,560 31,685
Min Dong 10 0 0 15 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 605 280 320 4,215 1,860 2,350
Wu (Shanghainese) 300 105 195 1,230 535 690
Chinese, n.o.s. 420 185 240 4,800 2,380 2,425
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 90 40 55
Tibeto-Burman languages 25 25 0 430 235 195
Burmese 20 15 0 140 75 60
Karenic languages 0 0 0 105 55 45
Tibetan 10 10 0 65 50 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 140 65 80
Tai-Kadai languages 375 170 205 7,280 3,400 3,880
Lao 10 0 10 5,785 2,850 2,935
Thai 365 170 200 2,255 875 1,375
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 10 10
Turkic languages 860 525 340 12,475 6,265 6,210
Azerbaijani 90 60 30 510 275 235
Turkish 770 460 305 11,415 5,755 5,665
Uyghur 0 0 0 230 110 120
Uzbek 10 10 0 230 105 125
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 235 115 120
Uralic languages 535 225 310 7,870 3,710 4,160
Estonian 20 20 0 150 55 95
Finnish 150 40 115 500 195 305
Hungarian 370 170 200 7,215 3,450 3,765
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 2,140 1,170 970
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 114,190 58,415 55,780 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 90,720 46,700 44,020 7,585,545 3,753,190 3,832,350
Canadian citizens aged under 18 6,845 3,530 3,320 1,521,230 779,620 741,610
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 83,875 43,175 40,700 6,064,310 2,973,575 3,090,740
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 23,470 11,705 11,760 379,910 188,245 191,665
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 114,195 58,415 55,780 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 61,110 32,440 28,670 6,788,085 3,365,345 3,422,735
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 42,025 20,165 21,860 1,091,310 530,325 560,980
Before 1981 8,490 4,175 4,310 238,655 117,080 121,575
1981 to 1990 4,380 2,110 2,270 127,340 63,150 64,190
1991 to 2000 9,900 4,685 5,215 187,860 89,210 98,650
2001 to 2010 10,695 5,105 5,585 322,280 155,785 166,495
2001 to 2005 4,740 2,185 2,555 140,170 67,835 72,335
2006 to 2010 5,955 2,920 3,030 182,115 87,945 94,165
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 8,560 4,085 4,475 215,170 105,105 110,065
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 11,055 5,810 5,250 86,065 45,765 40,295
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 42,025 20,165 21,860 1,091,305 530,325 560,980
Under 5 years 3,290 1,590 1,695 112,930 54,600 58,330
5 to 14 years 6,925 3,490 3,440 174,020 87,165 86,855
15 to 24 years 7,900 3,735 4,165 215,350 98,880 116,475
25 to 44 years 19,710 9,405 10,305 515,770 256,095 259,675
45 years and over 4,190 1,935 2,255 73,230 33,590 39,640
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 42,025 20,165 21,860 1,091,305 530,330 560,980
Americas 5,405 2,925 2,480 247,505 113,190 134,315
Brazil 430 185 250 7,345 3,515 3,830
Colombia 275 155 120 25,580 11,645 13,935
El Salvador 115 50 70 11,120 5,500 5,615
Guyana 55 30 25 2,490 1,085 1,410
Haiti 10 0 0 80,965 35,375 45,585
Jamaica 105 50 50 4,665 2,040 2,625
Mexico 1,045 560 485 15,820 7,090 8,730
Peru 150 75 70 13,265 5,945 7,325
Trinidad and Tobago 110 45 70 4,075 1,840 2,240
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 2,385 1,395 990 25,955 12,800 13,155
Other places of birth in Americas 720 370 345 56,235 26,370 29,870
Europe 12,815 6,370 6,445 311,090 154,910 156,185
Bosnia and Herzegovina 650 275 370 3,785 1,890 1,895
Croatia 245 130 120 2,140 1,085 1,050
France 560 305 255 81,225 43,490 37,735
Germany 945 485 465 9,750 4,365 5,390
Greece 65 40 30 18,420 9,135 9,285
Hungary 230 105 130 3,325 1,620 1,700
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 605 355 250 820 485 330
Italy 365 185 180 51,025 25,370 25,655
Netherlands 205 140 60 1,990 1,035 955
Poland 650 300 355 10,735 4,675 6,060
Portugal 115 65 50 18,985 9,185 9,800
Romania 555 275 275 28,695 13,695 15,005
Russian Federation 1,010 425 585 11,355 4,975 6,375
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 575 290 290 1,790 830 960
Ukraine 545 235 310 8,670 3,800 4,870
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 3,550 1,895 1,650 12,905 6,645 6,260
Other places of birth in Europe 1,945 870 1,070 45,500 22,630 22,870
Africa 1,665 900 760 241,410 125,250 116,165
Algeria 30 20 15 59,465 31,180 28,280
Egypt 140 85 55 19,490 10,290 9,200
Ethiopia 50 15 45 995 495 495
Kenya 245 130 115 785 355 430
Morocco 50 30 20 60,700 31,435 29,270
Nigeria 25 15 10 1,340 740 600
Somalia 0 10 10 580 270 310
South Africa, Republic of 535 280 255 865 475 385
Other places of birth in Africa 580 330 245 97,200 50,005 47,190
Asia 21,285 9,480 11,800 289,825 136,175 153,655
Afghanistan 45 25 20 7,280 3,640 3,640
Bangladesh 70 40 35 7,940 3,990 3,950
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,090 1,545 2,545 49,555 19,905 29,655
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,035 925 1,110 4,730 2,290 2,435
India 880 520 360 17,865 9,195 8,670
IranCensus data footnote 61 4,910 2,465 2,445 17,760 8,880 8,885
Iraq 110 55 50 3,735 1,960 1,775
Japan 1,255 360 895 1,725 395 1,330
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,980 750 1,225 4,230 1,995 2,230
Lebanon 140 95 45 39,135 20,800 18,340
Pakistan 175 100 80 10,010 5,260 4,750
Philippines 1,475 630 845 24,410 9,040 15,370
Sri Lanka 90 60 30 10,715 5,335 5,380
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 55 25 25 17,775 8,800 8,980
Taiwan 1,330 615 715 2,735 1,100 1,635
Viet Nam 330 130 200 25,440 11,765 13,675
Other places of birth in Asia 2,325 1,145 1,185 44,795 21,840 22,950
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 855 485 370 1,480 805 670
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 8,560 4,085 4,475 215,170 105,105 110,065
Americas 1,360 755 605 47,710 22,625 25,085
Brazil 230 110 125 3,010 1,495 1,520
Colombia 70 35 35 7,540 3,465 4,075
Cuba 15 10 0 2,565 1,260 1,315
Haiti 0 0 0 16,880 7,690 9,190
Jamaica 0 0 0 190 140 55
Mexico 435 250 185 4,210 1,955 2,255
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 430 270 165 3,990 2,265 1,720
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 20 15 0 1,955 935 1,020
Other places of birth in Americas 170 80 90 7,365 3,425 3,935
Europe 2,285 1,215 1,065 39,320 20,085 19,235
France 220 130 90 20,030 10,855 9,175
Germany 130 75 60 580 250 330
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 400 230 170 135 105 35
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 10 0 3,750 1,695 2,055
Romania 30 10 25 2,945 1,260 1,685
Russian Federation 235 75 165 1,970 865 1,105
Ukraine 95 40 55 2,460 1,110 1,350
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 550 345 205 860 565 290
Other places of birth in Europe 615 310 305 6,590 3,385 3,205
Africa 215 105 110 74,200 37,110 37,090
Algeria 0 0 0 16,380 8,060 8,320
Cameroon 10 10 0 7,550 3,705 3,845
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 10 0 3,370 1,655 1,715
Côte d'Ivoire 0 10 0 5,070 2,505 2,565
Egypt 35 20 20 4,360 2,260 2,095
Eritrea 0 0 0 50 30 20
Ethiopia 0 0 0 125 65 60
Morocco 10 0 10 13,475 6,675 6,805
Nigeria 10 0 0 540 280 260
Somalia 10 10 0 95 40 50
South Africa, Republic of 60 20 30 175 115 60
Tunisia 25 15 10 5,855 3,025 2,825
Other places of birth in Africa 65 30 35 17,155 8,690 8,470
Asia 4,375 1,815 2,560 53,595 25,070 28,525
Afghanistan 0 0 0 1,555 715 840
Bangladesh 30 10 20 860 455 405
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 955 335 620 10,705 4,805 5,895
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 55 20 35 120 35 80
India 260 165 90 2,960 1,555 1,405
IranCensus data footnote 61 1,155 550 610 7,505 3,545 3,960
Iraq 20 10 10 985 465 515
Israel 35 30 10 645 390 255
Japan 420 105 310 330 30 295
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 490 155 330 825 370 455
Lebanon 30 25 10 3,955 2,100 1,860
Nepal 0 0 0 360 165 195
Pakistan 40 25 20 1,815 920 895
Philippines 185 90 100 5,635 2,345 3,290
Saudi Arabia 45 25 25 435 210 225
Sri Lanka 20 15 10 860 380 480
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 45 15 25 7,455 3,740 3,715
Taiwan 115 55 65 170 60 105
Turkey 120 60 60 585 300 285
United Arab Emirates 10 0 10 300 160 145
Viet Nam 35 10 25 1,505 560 945
Other places of birth in Asia 320 130 185 4,025 1,765 2,265
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 320 185 135 345 215 135
Australia 250 145 105 190 120 70
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 70 40 25 155 95 65
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 114,190 58,410 55,780 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015
First generationCensus data footnote 69 54,225 26,620 27,605 1,204,895 590,175 614,720
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 24,135 12,440 11,695 792,085 399,535 392,550
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 35,830 19,350 16,485 5,968,475 2,951,730 3,016,745
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 33,940 16,200 17,740 867,685 420,465 447,220
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 23,205 11,455 11,745 469,015 243,915 225,100
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 10,515 6,330 4,180 224,720 137,975 86,745
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 12,695 5,125 7,565 244,300 105,945 138,360
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 7,185 2,890 4,295 241,225 96,130 145,095
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 3,155 1,685 1,465 146,295 75,100 71,195
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 395 165 230 11,150 5,320 5,825
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 114,190 58,415 55,780 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,010
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 2,305 1,225 1,075 182,885 91,890 90,995
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 2,215 1,170 1,050 175,960 88,635 87,325
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 1,115 600 520 92,655 45,510 47,145
Métis 1,070 560 510 69,365 36,260 33,100
Inuk (Inuit) 30 10 20 13,940 6,865 7,075
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 45 30 15 2,760 1,330 1,430
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 45 30 15 4,170 1,930 2,245
Non-Aboriginal identity 111,885 57,185 54,700 7,782,560 3,849,550 3,933,015
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 114,190 58,415 55,780 7,965,455 3,941,440 4,024,015
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 840 460 380 77,490 38,580 38,915
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 113,355 57,955 55,400 7,887,960 3,902,860 3,985,100
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 114,190 58,410 55,780 7,965,455 3,941,440 4,024,015
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 385 220 170 118,780 58,535 60,245
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 375 210 165 115,480 56,930 58,550
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 300 155 140 87,700 42,730 44,965
Métis single ancestry 70 55 20 17,585 9,225 8,360
Inuit single ancestry 10 0 10 10,200 4,980 5,220
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 0 10 0 3,300 1,605 1,700
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 0 10 0 2,220 1,115 1,105
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 995 455 540
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 65 25 40
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 20 10 15
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 2,725 1,440 1,285 240,650 113,905 126,740
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 2,625 1,385 1,235 235,365 111,205 124,165
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,740 905 830 193,625 90,650 102,975
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 865 470 395 37,080 18,320 18,760
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 15 10 0 4,660 2,230 2,425
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 100 50 50 5,280 2,700 2,575
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 100 50 50 4,040 2,105 1,940
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 990 475 515
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 225 110 115
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 25 15 10
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 111,085 56,755 54,330 7,606,025 3,769,000 3,837,030
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 114,190 58,415 55,780 7,965,450 3,941,440 4,024,015
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 40,540 19,060 21,480 1,032,365 505,180 527,185
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 4,150 2,265 1,885 90,335 46,750 43,585
Chinese 13,020 5,740 7,280 99,505 44,370 55,135
Black 1,300 745 560 319,230 154,110 165,120
Filipino 2,075 935 1,140 34,910 14,275 20,635
Latin American 3,460 1,765 1,690 133,920 64,655 69,260
Arab 1,460 880 575 213,740 113,420 100,320
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 1,445 600 850 62,820 29,960 32,865
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 5,220 2,630 2,595 32,405 16,200 16,210
Korean 3,640 1,500 2,140 8,055 3,865 4,190
Japanese 2,845 1,065 1,785 4,570 1,755 2,820
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 385 190 195 9,840 4,670 5,175
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 1,545 750 795 23,045 11,160 11,885
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 73,650 39,350 34,300 6,933,085 3,436,260 3,496,830
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 103 114,195 58,410 55,780 7,965,455 3,941,435 4,024,010
North American Aboriginal origins 3,105 1,660 1,450 359,430 172,440 186,985
First Nations (North American Indian) 2,145 1,120 1,025 289,610 137,550 152,065
Inuit 25 15 15 17,175 8,300 8,880
Métis 1,040 575 465 61,260 30,915 30,345
Other North American origins 16,200 8,500 7,705 4,850,145 2,390,545 2,459,605
Acadian 125 65 65 34,785 16,440 18,345
American 1,940 1,045 895 45,050 21,470 23,580
Canadian 14,655 7,640 7,015 4,647,840 2,288,280 2,359,555
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 750 370 380
Newfoundlander 40 15 20 570 280 295
Nova Scotian 10 0 0 365 155 215
Ontarian 10 0 0 1,345 660 685
Québécois 55 30 25 184,005 93,895 90,110
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 10 205 110 100
European origins 72,170 38,130 34,045 3,037,890 1,511,060 1,526,825
British Isles origins 43,425 23,280 20,150 745,715 360,135 385,575
Channel Islander 15 15 0 1,440 725 720
Cornish 45 20 20 70 35 40
English 24,490 13,165 11,325 228,520 111,855 116,670
Irish 17,145 8,885 8,260 446,215 211,545 234,665
Manx 55 25 30 200 105 95
Scottish 18,365 9,590 8,780 215,030 103,395 111,635
Welsh 2,445 1,280 1,170 10,765 5,075 5,690
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 3,995 2,010 1,980 32,525 15,440 17,080
French origins 9,655 5,145 4,510 1,878,795 941,770 937,025
Alsatian 0 0 0 1,050 520 525
Breton 15 15 10 11,140 5,410 5,725
Corsican 0 0 0 1,270 690 580
French 9,650 5,140 4,510 1,870,545 937,665 932,875
Western European origins (except French origins) 17,160 9,020 8,145 244,380 119,115 125,260
Austrian 1,420 675 745 12,710 6,285 6,430
Bavarian 10 0 0 40 30 20
Belgian 445 230 220 51,340 25,295 26,050
Dutch 3,440 1,920 1,520 26,000 12,805 13,190
Flemish 70 55 15 1,345 660 685
Frisian 10 10 10 15 20 0
German 12,460 6,475 5,980 142,225 68,250 73,975
Luxembourger 20 0 15 910 445 460
Swiss 805 480 325 24,500 12,615 11,885
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 35 20 20 125 80 50
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 6,875 3,490 3,385 25,460 12,490 12,975
Danish 1,275 665 610 5,700 2,815 2,885
Finnish 710 330 375 3,130 1,430 1,700
Icelandic 600 300 300 955 480 470
Norwegian 2,330 1,230 1,095 7,820 3,835 3,985
Swedish 2,375 1,135 1,235 6,840 3,275 3,565
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 305 150 150 2,500 1,265 1,230
Eastern European origins 16,715 8,205 8,510 249,940 121,660 128,285
Bulgarian 340 125 215 9,570 4,675 4,895
Byelorussian 205 105 100 2,530 1,235 1,295
Czech 920 450 465 6,295 2,965 3,330
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 125 65 65 2,150 1,100 1,050
Estonian 110 40 65 890 460 435
Hungarian 1,345 660 680 28,280 13,970 14,310
Latvian 170 85 85 1,740 835 905
Lithuanian 320 160 165 6,630 3,320 3,305
Moldovan 60 40 20 7,620 3,710 3,900
Polish 4,585 2,345 2,240 79,040 38,705 40,335
Romanian 1,240 635 610 53,060 25,935 27,125
Russian 4,525 2,150 2,375 55,230 26,405 28,830
Slovak 620 285 335 4,770 2,375 2,395
Ukrainian 5,440 2,665 2,775 42,550 20,575 21,975
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 185 85 110 2,900 1,505 1,400
Southern European origins 12,325 6,375 5,950 549,750 273,670 276,080
Albanian 45 10 30 3,760 1,950 1,805
Bosnian 275 125 150 2,970 1,485 1,490
Catalan 0 0 0 735 395 340
Croatian 990 550 440 6,745 3,375 3,370
Cypriot 20 10 10 480 240 245
Greek 910 510 400 71,330 36,235 35,090
Italian 5,020 2,630 2,390 326,700 162,650 164,045
Kosovar 0 0 0 505 295 210
Macedonian 140 80 50 775 400 370
Maltese 70 50 25 1,220 615 610
Montenegrin 60 35 35 450 250 200
Portuguese 1,470 720 750 69,805 34,825 34,980
Serbian 1,420 685 730 5,950 2,915 3,040
Sicilian 35 35 0 1,435 710 725
Slovenian 190 75 120 2,510 1,225 1,280
Spanish 3,130 1,620 1,515 85,360 41,745 43,615
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 195 100 90 3,270 1,595 1,670
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 10 0 15 300 155 145
Other European origins 1,580 920 665 38,670 19,875 18,800
Basque 40 35 10 3,620 1,930 1,690
Jewish 1,095 635 455 25,235 12,955 12,280
Roma (Gypsy) 25 10 20 475 270 205
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 60 35 25 360 180 185
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 370 215 160 9,215 4,690 4,530
Caribbean origins 960 475 485 201,625 93,935 107,690
Antiguan 15 10 0 380 170 205
Bahamian 10 0 10 430 205 225
Barbadian 85 45 40 5,570 2,585 2,985
Bermudan 10 0 0 115 50 65
Carib 0 0 0 405 150 255
Cuban 65 35 25 9,830 4,800 5,035
Dominican 65 40 30 11,560 5,320 6,235
Grenadian 10 0 0 1,965 790 1,175
Guadeloupean 10 0 10 1,010 475 535
Haitian 35 20 10 143,165 66,245 76,925
Jamaican 275 140 135 14,100 6,785 7,315
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0 360 200 160
Martinican 10 0 10 1,775 820 950
Montserratan 0 0 0 240 140 105
Puerto Rican 10 10 0 530 270 255
St. Lucian 10 10 0 860 450 405
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 195 75 120 6,585 2,925 3,660
Vincentian/Grenadinian 30 10 20 4,020 1,695 2,325
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 85 50 40 5,635 2,610 3,025
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 115 55 55 4,195 1,995 2,205
Latin, Central and South American origins 4,265 2,180 2,085 167,275 81,215 86,065
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 160 80 80 6,100 2,885 3,210
Arawak 0 0 0 180 60 120
Argentinian 160 65 95 4,950 2,490 2,460
Belizean 0 0 0 80 40 40
Bolivian 15 0 15 1,730 815 915
Brazilian 725 340 385 8,345 4,075 4,275
Chilean 270 160 105 14,060 7,055 7,005
Colombian 420 225 195 33,965 15,915 18,050
Costa Rican 30 15 20 1,180 570 610
Ecuadorian 55 25 30 2,720 1,255 1,470
Guatemalan 30 25 10 10,175 5,380 4,795
Guyanese 80 35 50 3,670 1,810 1,860
Hispanic 120 60 60 1,155 570 585
Honduran 35 30 10 4,335 2,135 2,200
Maya 55 30 30 1,670 935 735
Mexican 1,675 905 770 26,930 13,185 13,745
Nicaraguan 25 0 25 2,805 1,360 1,445
Panamanian 15 0 10 1,460 755 710
Paraguayan 10 0 10 365 155 205
Peruvian 180 90 90 19,735 9,240 10,495
Salvadorean 135 65 70 19,200 9,535 9,665
Uruguayan 35 15 15 1,755 815 940
Venezuelan 145 70 75 7,475 3,430 4,045
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 150 85 65 5,845 2,965 2,880
African origins 2,305 1,245 1,060 382,665 196,910 185,755
Central and West African origins 190 110 85 86,695 44,720 41,975
Akan 0 0 0 630 325 310
Angolan 0 0 0 875 425 450
Ashanti 0 0 0 120 90 35
Beninese 0 0 0 4,125 2,220 1,915
Burkinabe 0 0 0 2,465 1,325 1,145
Cameroonian 40 15 25 17,095 8,635 8,465
Chadian 0 0 0 1,045 525 520
Congolese 40 15 25 20,210 9,960 10,250
Edo 0 0 0 110 60 45
Ewe 0 0 0 460 265 200
Gabonese 0 0 0 1,165 545 620
Gambian 0 0 0 150 95 55
Ghanaian 35 20 15 3,235 1,660 1,575
Guinean 10 0 10 5,255 2,765 2,485
Ibo 0 0 0 185 95 95
Ivorian 0 0 0 8,545 4,350 4,200
Liberian 0 0 0 150 60 90
Malian 0 0 0 3,535 1,755 1,775
Malinké 0 0 0 635 340 295
Nigerian 55 45 0 2,820 1,510 1,310
Peulh 0 0 0 2,110 1,080 1,030
Senegalese 0 0 0 8,250 4,420 3,835
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0 110 55 55
Togolese 0 0 0 4,080 2,210 1,870
Wolof 0 0 0 660 390 270
Yoruba 0 0 0 460 225 235
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 15 10 10 6,955 3,690 3,275
North African origins 700 390 315 225,125 117,725 107,410
Algerian 50 30 25 60,375 31,185 29,190
Berber 25 10 10 33,825 17,840 15,985
Coptic 0 0 0 685 385 305
Dinka 0 0 0 15 10 10
Egyptian 370 190 175 29,400 15,295 14,100
Libyan 25 10 0 1,075 590 485
Maure 0 0 0 530 290 240
Moroccan 150 80 65 85,940 44,520 41,420
Sudanese 15 10 0 370 220 150
Tunisian 75 50 20 21,475 11,775 9,695
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 25 15 15 3,340 1,845 1,490
Southern and East African origins 835 425 410 28,925 14,225 14,705
Afrikaner 15 10 15 115 75 40
Amhara 0 0 0 65 30 35
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 10 10 1,905 1,040 870
Burundian 10 0 10 6,015 2,945 3,070
Djiboutian 0 0 0 450 205 245
Eritrean 25 15 0 580 290 290
Ethiopian 80 50 35 1,575 785 785
Harari 0 0 0 20 10 10
Kenyan 50 20 30 530 270 260
Malagasy 15 0 10 3,735 1,815 1,920
Mauritian 20 10 0 3,695 1,735 1,960
Oromo 0 0 0 20 15 10
Rwandan 45 25 20 5,130 2,445 2,685
Seychellois 0 0 0 775 345 425
Somali 60 25 40 1,785 865 915
South African 320 150 170 900 490 420
Tanzanian 45 20 25 325 190 140
Tigrian 0 0 0 95 35 55
Ugandan 40 30 10 290 135 160
Zambian 15 10 10 45 20 25
Zimbabwean 40 40 0 300 150 145
Zulu 0 0 0 70 35 35
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 100 40 55 1,790 915 875
Other African origins 585 335 250 46,805 22,845 23,965
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 65 40 30 3,800 1,845 1,950
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 530 295 230 43,785 21,415 22,370
Asian origins 37,690 17,625 20,065 563,150 275,170 287,980
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 8,960 4,760 4,200 240,795 123,985 116,810
Afghan 60 30 35 10,945 5,550 5,395
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 540 305 230 44,875 23,680 21,195
Armenian 260 160 100 27,380 13,515 13,865
Assyrian 20 15 0 370 205 165
Azerbaijani 85 60 30 555 295 255
Georgian 35 30 10 635 295 345
Hazara 0 0 0 385 190 200
Iranian 5,770 2,895 2,870 25,530 12,845 12,685
Iraqi 120 65 60 5,520 2,780 2,740
Israeli 195 90 100 6,060 3,235 2,830
Jordanian 55 30 25 1,610 840 770
Kazakh 35 25 15 620 295 325
Kurd 120 55 65 2,135 1,180 960
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 95 50 50
Kyrgyz 0 0 10 260 140 120
Lebanese 515 295 220 78,140 40,695 37,450
Palestinian 135 75 65 6,865 3,520 3,345
Pashtun 0 0 0 515 280 235
Saudi Arabian 295 165 125 645 390 255
Syrian 225 100 125 27,465 13,845 13,620
Tajik 10 0 0 390 180 210
Tatar 70 40 35 910 430 485
Turk 775 485 295 15,060 7,520 7,545
Turkmen 0 10 0 65 45 25
Uighur 0 0 0 375 185 190
Uzbek 40 25 10 465 210 255
Yemeni 30 25 10 805 450 355
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 225 135 95 2,465 1,385 1,075
South Asian origins 4,480 2,445 2,040 95,670 48,925 46,745
Bangladeshi 80 30 45 7,075 3,625 3,450
Bengali 20 20 0 4,125 2,035 2,090
Bhutanese 0 0 0 420 205 215
East Indian 3,805 2,050 1,750 51,650 26,505 25,140
Goan 10 0 10 210 105 110
Gujarati 40 25 10 420 205 215
Kashmiri 0 0 0 260 155 105
Nepali 20 10 15 930 460 470
Pakistani 290 160 130 13,535 7,000 6,535
Punjabi 210 115 95 2,970 1,675 1,295
Sinhalese 15 10 10 310 135 175
Sri Lankan 115 75 40 14,750 7,300 7,450
Tamil 15 0 10 3,100 1,610 1,495
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 140 45 100 2,135 1,190 945
East and Southeast Asian origins 24,525 10,570 13,950 229,985 103,805 126,180
Burmese 75 45 30 530 270 255
Cambodian (Khmer) 25 10 20 15,345 7,360 7,985
Chinese 14,080 6,260 7,820 121,445 54,595 66,850
Filipino 2,400 1,075 1,330 37,910 15,590 22,320
Hmong 0 0 0 35 10 20
Indonesian 235 85 155 1,320 570 755
Japanese 3,195 1,235 1,960 6,495 2,615 3,875
Karen 0 0 0 95 55 40
Korean 3,820 1,600 2,225 8,740 4,155 4,580
Laotian 25 15 15 7,625 3,860 3,770
Malaysian 250 115 140 645 300 340
Mongolian 150 70 75 960 470 485
Singaporean 100 45 55 105 65 40
Taiwanese 915 405 510 2,205 940 1,265
Thai 385 175 215 2,695 1,065 1,635
Tibetan 25 0 20 80 45 30
Vietnamese 675 315 360 43,080 20,790 22,290
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 30 0 20 275 125 155
Other Asian origins 80 55 25 1,765 905 865
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 85 55 30 1,770 905 860
Oceania origins 1,310 735 570 3,250 1,730 1,515
Australian 815 465 350 2,055 1,125 935
New Zealander 285 155 130 490 245 245
Pacific Islands origins 265 150 115 785 410 380
Fijian 145 70 70 70 25 40
Hawaiian 25 15 10 60 40 20
Maori 40 20 15 90 55 35
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 10 10 0 290 145 145
Samoan 35 20 10 15 15 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 35 25 0 295 155 145
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
Owner 23,765 ... ... 2,163,735 ... ...
Renter 46,310 ... ... 1,362,010 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 5,915 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 70,080 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
Condominium 42,570 ... ... 413,325 ... ...
Not condominium 27,500 ... ... 3,118,340 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
No bedrooms 4,665 ... ... 23,725 ... ...
1 bedroom 40,550 ... ... 573,370 ... ...
2 bedrooms 21,295 ... ... 1,100,310 ... ...
3 bedrooms 3,190 ... ... 1,157,300 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 375 ... ... 676,955 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 56,875 ... ... 1,258,215 ... ...
5 rooms 8,085 ... ... 620,935 ... ...
6 rooms 3,145 ... ... 432,090 ... ...
7 rooms 1,270 ... ... 403,255 ... ...
8 or more rooms 700 ... ... 817,165 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 3.4 ... ... 5.8 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 68,470 ... ... 3,492,135 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 1,605 ... ... 39,530 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 70,075 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
Suitable 64,120 ... ... 3,398,910 ... ...
Not suitable 5,960 ... ... 132,755 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 70,075 ... ... 3,531,660 ... ...
1960 or before 8,175 ... ... 894,495 ... ...
1961 to 1980 18,620 ... ... 1,116,760 ... ...
1981 to 1990 7,690 ... ... 503,495 ... ...
1991 to 2000 12,695 ... ... 369,020 ... ...
2001 to 2005 7,380 ... ... 196,830 ... ...
2006 to 2010 9,200 ... ... 241,545 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 6,315 ... ... 209,515 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 66,240 ... ... 3,304,625 ... ...
Major repairs needed 3,835 ... ... 227,040 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
1 household maintainer 48,905 ... ... 2,221,970 ... ...
2 household maintainers 20,120 ... ... 1,264,195 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 1,050 ... ... 45,500 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 70,075 ... ... 3,531,665 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,770 ... ... 119,495 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,325 ... ... 498,070 ... ...
35 to 44 years 13,580 ... ... 603,840 ... ...
45 to 54 years 10,580 ... ... 682,290 ... ...
55 to 64 years 9,670 ... ... 731,390 ... ...
65 to 74 years 7,005 ... ... 541,630 ... ...
75 to 84 years 3,125 ... ... 270,280 ... ...
85 years and over 1,015 ... ... 84,680 ... ...
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 69,865 ... ... 3,496,460 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 39,865 ... ... 2,763,105 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 29,995 ... ... 733,355 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 22,160 ... ... 647,975 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 23,765 ... ... 2,141,690 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 60.0 ... ... 61.9 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 32.1 ... ... 12.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,524 ... ... 983 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,722 ... ... 1,085 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 650,622 ... ... 250,302 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 889,698 ... ... 290,484 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 46,310 ... ... 1,358,265 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.1 ... ... 9.3 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 48.5 ... ... 33.7 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,387 ... ... 720 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,475 ... ... 775 ... ...
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 146 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,035 3,374,240
No certificate, diploma or degree 4,680 2,530 2,150 1,323,070 674,955 648,115
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 19,975 10,805 9,165 1,426,980 674,820 752,155
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 82,690 41,600 41,090 3,884,235 1,910,260 1,973,970
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 4,745 2,940 1,805 1,120,730 681,515 439,215
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 2,705 1,415 1,285 806,585 435,090 371,495
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 2,040 1,520 520 314,145 246,425 67,720
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 18,215 8,785 9,430 1,165,515 506,775 658,740
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 4,530 2,095 2,435 236,255 93,680 142,575
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 55,205 27,785 27,415 1,361,730 628,290 733,440
Bachelor's degree 34,735 17,070 17,665 872,060 384,275 487,790
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 3,590 1,695 1,890 118,955 54,255 64,695
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 1,900 1,100 805 39,045 19,865 19,185
Master's degree 12,725 6,570 6,155 281,215 139,280 141,935
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 2,245 1,350 900 50,455 30,615 19,840
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 83,190 43,380 39,810 4,371,935 2,167,810 2,204,125
No certificate, diploma or degree 2,110 1,310 800 580,635 323,880 256,750
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 12,580 7,340 5,245 808,955 396,620 412,330
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 68,505 34,735 33,770 2,982,345 1,447,305 1,535,040
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 3,470 2,245 1,225 866,595 513,575 353,015
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 2,035 1,140 895 631,795 330,140 301,655
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 1,435 1,110 330 234,800 183,440 51,360
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 14,690 7,420 7,270 832,430 367,185 465,245
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 3,510 1,670 1,840 167,025 67,530 99,495
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 46,830 23,400 23,435 1,116,300 499,010 617,290
Bachelor's degree 29,600 14,605 14,995 712,935 308,760 404,175
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 2,975 1,405 1,570 94,240 40,085 54,160
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 1,535 820 720 30,775 13,505 17,270
Master's degree 10,970 5,570 5,405 238,300 113,895 124,410
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,755 1,005 750 40,050 22,780 17,270
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 151 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 24,650 13,330 11,315 2,750,050 1,349,775 1,400,270
Education 3,250 930 2,325 273,320 62,470 210,845
13. Education 3,255 925 2,325 273,320 62,470 210,845
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 8,300 4,360 3,940 156,720 71,485 85,240
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,640 1,185 455 25,380 18,280 7,100
50. Visual and performing arts 6,660 3,175 3,490 131,340 53,200 78,140
Humanities 5,985 2,365 3,620 215,735 86,065 129,675
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 930 200 735 32,180 7,165 25,020
23. English language and literature/letters 2,185 745 1,440 12,900 4,060 8,835
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,175 475 700 103,120 42,685 60,435
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 30 10 20 880 395 485
38. Philosophy and religious studies 400 225 175 10,400 6,650 3,755
39. Theology and religious vocations 235 150 90 10,125 6,200 3,930
54. History 790 500 290 17,055 9,990 7,065
55. French language and literature/letters 240 70 175 29,070 8,920 20,155
Social and behavioural sciences and law 14,030 5,810 8,225 380,995 125,025 255,975
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 260 95 165 4,315 1,165 3,150
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 2,065 770 1,295 48,530 16,690 31,845
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 950 150 800 77,470 6,070 71,400
22. Legal professions and studies 2,500 1,095 1,400 67,185 25,785 41,395
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 270 95 170 9,905 2,035 7,870
42. Psychology 2,390 770 1,620 57,335 14,030 43,305
45. Social sciences 5,610 2,835 2,775 116,255 59,245 57,015
Business, management and public administration 19,935 9,790 10,150 879,190 321,450 557,740
30.16 Accounting and computer science 10 0 0 815 300 520
44. Public administration and social service professions 845 245 600 47,715 10,490 37,225
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 19,090 9,540 9,550 830,660 310,665 519,990
Physical and life sciences and technologies 3,645 1,880 1,765 140,990 76,780 64,215
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 1,690 745 940 49,705 20,900 28,805
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 680 335 345 23,210 13,865 9,350
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 50 15 40 21,890 10,810 11,080
40. Physical sciences 1,155 765 390 39,060 27,545 11,515
41. Science technologies/technicians 65 15 50 7,120 3,660 3,465
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 4,620 3,385 1,235 152,105 104,850 47,255
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 3,835 2,970 865 125,480 92,730 32,750
25. Library science 195 50 145 11,110 2,145 8,965
27. Mathematics and statistics 555 340 215 13,415 8,365 5,045
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 35 25 10 2,100 1,605 495
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 10,235 8,030 2,200 828,400 758,350 70,055
04. Architecture and related services 1,460 845 615 29,015 17,055 11,960
14. Engineering 5,300 4,060 1,245 150,450 124,585 25,865
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 1,305 1,095 210 150,640 135,445 15,195
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 15 10 0 60 20 40
46. Construction trades 1,010 960 50 185,385 179,995 5,390
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 705 660 45 184,280 178,510 5,770
48. Precision production 435 395 40 128,580 122,750 5,830
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 900 490 405 85,485 56,900 28,585
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 465 220 245 51,770 30,870 20,900
03. Natural resources and conservation 430 270 155 33,715 26,025 7,690
Health and related fields 8,715 3,005 5,710 480,230 95,450 384,780
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,000 580 420 27,955 14,675 13,280
51. Health professions and related programs 7,115 2,095 5,015 441,105 74,630 366,470
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 600 325 270 11,160 6,140 5,020
Personal, protective and transportation services 3,020 1,545 1,475 290,005 151,070 138,935
12. Personal and culinary services 2,305 985 1,320 164,595 43,720 120,875
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 20 15 0 290 270 20
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 10 15 0 1,345 1,245 100
43. Security and protective services 245 180 65 54,625 42,415 12,210
49. Transportation and materials moving 435 345 90 69,160 63,425 5,740
Other 50 15 35 1,055 375 680
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 50 20 35 1,055 375 675
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 83,195 43,380 39,805 4,371,935 2,167,805 2,204,130
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 14,690 8,650 6,040 1,389,585 720,500 669,085
Education 2,170 645 1,530 180,615 37,990 142,625
13. Education 2,175 645 1,530 180,615 37,990 142,625
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 7,125 3,820 3,305 122,045 55,575 66,475
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,385 1,035 350 19,510 13,740 5,770
50. Visual and performing arts 5,745 2,785 2,955 102,535 41,830 60,705
Humanities 4,725 1,845 2,880 138,330 54,580 83,750
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 765 140 620 25,220 5,455 19,765
23. English language and literature/letters 1,695 595 1,110 9,585 2,990 6,595
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 975 395 580 57,730 25,305 32,430
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 10 0 0 600 255 350
38. Philosophy and religious studies 315 175 145 6,980 4,415 2,570
39. Theology and religious vocations 155 100 60 5,415 3,380 2,035
54. History 620 390 230 12,235 7,140 5,095
55. French language and literature/letters 175 45 130 20,555 5,640 14,915
Social and behavioural sciences and law 11,875 4,850 7,025 301,550 95,120 206,430
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 240 90 150 3,550 925 2,620
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,805 680 1,125 40,275 13,900 26,370
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 780 130 650 63,120 4,295 58,825
22. Legal professions and studies 2,110 875 1,230 53,620 18,830 34,790
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 240 85 160 6,840 1,420 5,420
42. Psychology 1,900 600 1,305 44,540 10,255 34,285
45. Social sciences 4,790 2,400 2,395 89,610 45,495 44,110
Business, management and public administration 17,090 8,480 8,610 706,400 248,920 457,480
30.16 Accounting and computer science 0 10 10 615 215 400
44. Public administration and social service professions 670 200 475 38,320 7,835 30,485
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 16,415 8,275 8,135 667,470 240,870 426,600
Physical and life sciences and technologies 2,985 1,540 1,450 92,480 49,390 43,090
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 1,415 650 765 40,895 16,635 24,260
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 555 275 290 12,450 7,435 5,015
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 10 30 4,175 2,385 1,785
40. Physical sciences 935 590 345 29,705 20,255 9,445
41. Science technologies/technicians 35 20 15 5,255 2,675 2,580
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 4,150 3,110 1,040 132,750 91,865 40,885
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 3,495 2,740 755 112,715 83,240 29,470
25. Library science 140 50 90 8,720 1,665 7,055
27. Mathematics and statistics 485 295 190 9,725 5,815 3,915
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 35 30 10 1,585 1,150 440
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 8,210 6,310 1,900 639,185 577,845 61,335
04. Architecture and related services 1,225 660 565 24,260 13,870 10,385
14. Engineering 4,380 3,265 1,115 126,835 103,165 23,665
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 970 840 125 116,595 103,710 12,885
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 15 15 0 50 15 30
46. Construction trades 840 815 25 134,865 130,350 4,510
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 495 465 35 139,935 135,155 4,780
48. Precision production 285 260 25 96,655 91,580 5,075
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 730 395 335 69,865 45,215 24,655
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 375 170 210 41,755 23,965 17,795
03. Natural resources and conservation 355 225 120 28,110 21,250 6,860
Health and related fields 7,000 2,450 4,550 368,600 72,245 296,355
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 905 540 375 22,660 11,635 11,030
51. Health professions and related programs 5,615 1,680 3,935 337,320 56,510 280,810
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 470 235 240 8,620 4,110 4,510
Personal, protective and transportation services 2,415 1,275 1,135 229,640 118,260 111,375
12. Personal and culinary services 1,840 830 1,010 129,245 32,830 96,410
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 0 10 0 225 200 25
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 10 10 0 875 795 80
43. Security and protective services 205 155 50 42,550 32,575 9,975
49. Transportation and materials moving 355 275 75 56,750 51,860 4,890
Other 30 15 15 890 300 595
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 25 10 15 890 300 595
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 157 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,240
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 24,650 13,330 11,320 2,750,045 1,349,775 1,400,270
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 82,690 41,605 41,090 3,884,235 1,910,265 1,973,970
Location of study inside Canada 54,710 27,705 27,000 3,509,610 1,716,730 1,792,880
Same as province or territory of residence 36,950 18,320 18,630 3,367,195 1,642,930 1,724,270
Different than province or territory of residence 17,760 9,385 8,370 142,415 73,800 68,610
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 27,985 13,895 14,085 374,620 193,530 181,090
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 4,610 2,795 1,815 28,320 16,915 11,410
Philippines 625 255 375 12,515 3,600 8,920
India 510 300 205 6,805 3,660 3,150
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 3,390 1,910 1,475 11,250 6,535 4,715
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,310 465 850 17,155 7,755 9,395
France 795 480 315 69,665 39,885 29,780
Other 16,740 7,685 9,050 228,905 115,185 113,725
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 83,190 43,385 39,810 4,371,935 2,167,810 2,204,130
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 14,690 8,645 6,045 1,389,590 720,505 669,085
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 68,505 34,730 33,765 2,982,350 1,447,305 1,535,045
Location of study inside Canada 45,565 23,390 22,175 2,676,230 1,293,455 1,382,780
Same as province or territory of residence 31,050 15,540 15,510 2,567,605 1,238,320 1,329,280
Different than province or territory of residence 14,515 7,850 6,660 108,630 55,125 53,500
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 22,940 11,345 11,590 306,115 153,850 152,265
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,585 2,160 1,430 19,655 11,145 8,505
Philippines 505 215 285 10,545 2,935 7,610
India 425 250 175 4,865 2,465 2,400
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,655 1,520 1,140 7,390 4,245 3,145
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 1,080 360 725 15,420 6,865 8,550
France 700 420 280 57,315 32,115 25,205
Other 13,980 6,430 7,550 190,930 94,085 96,850
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,040 3,374,245
In the labour force 79,755 42,695 37,055 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765
Employed 75,600 40,630 34,970 3,949,325 2,037,105 1,912,220
Unemployed 4,155 2,070 2,080 306,170 177,630 128,540
Not in the labour force 27,585 12,235 15,350 2,378,780 1,045,300 1,333,480
Participation rate 74.3 77.7 70.7 64.1 67.9 60.5
Employment rate 70.4 74.0 66.7 59.5 62.5 56.7
Unemployment rate 5.2 4.8 5.6 7.2 8.0 6.3
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 107,340 54,935 52,405 6,634,280 3,260,035 3,374,240
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 25,925 11,585 14,340 2,228,315 967,660 1,260,655
Worked 81,415 43,350 38,060 4,405,965 2,292,375 2,113,585
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 41,805 23,775 18,035 2,084,020 1,145,805 938,215
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 39,610 19,575 20,030 2,321,945 1,146,575 1,175,375
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.2 44.0 42.3 42.5 42.7 42.3
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 79,755 42,695 37,055 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,140 450 690 101,485 51,640 49,850
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 78,615 42,250 36,360 4,154,015 2,163,095 1,990,915
Employee 66,785 35,010 31,770 3,664,920 1,863,740 1,801,185
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 11,830 7,240 4,595 489,090 299,355 189,730
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 79,750 42,700 37,055 4,255,500 2,214,735 2,040,765
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,140 445 695 101,490 51,640 49,850
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 78,610 42,250 36,365 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915
0 Management occupations 12,670 7,775 4,895 418,450 263,585 154,875
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 14,895 6,010 8,890 677,390 210,525 466,865
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 9,055 6,955 2,100 286,270 222,375 63,895
3 Health occupations 4,640 1,595 3,050 295,765 57,160 238,610
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 9,035 3,815 5,225 502,945 147,145 355,795
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 7,160 4,035 3,125 135,730 64,370 71,365
6 Sales and service occupations 17,040 8,385 8,655 988,610 449,820 538,790
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 3,195 3,025 170 574,675 544,100 30,570
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 390 290 95 67,290 55,610 11,685
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 540 370 165 206,875 148,405 58,475
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 79,755 42,695 37,055 4,255,495 2,214,735 2,040,765
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,140 445 690 101,490 51,635 49,850
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 78,615 42,255 36,365 4,154,010 2,163,095 1,990,915
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 235 165 65 84,060 60,460 23,595
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 535 360 180 20,920 18,175 2,745
22 Utilities 375 220 155 28,410 20,650 7,755
23 Construction 2,950 2,575 380 254,055 223,770 30,285
31-33 Manufacturing 2,390 1,540 845 458,315 332,080 126,240
41 Wholesale trade 2,380 1,485 895 157,365 104,885 52,475
44-45 Retail trade 6,880 3,480 3,400 508,170 239,625 268,545
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 2,295 1,495 800 187,550 142,550 45,000
51 Information and cultural industries 6,260 4,135 2,115 100,775 59,705 41,070
52 Finance and insurance 5,010 2,655 2,360 165,140 66,175 98,965
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 2,955 1,605 1,350 61,380 36,505 24,875
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 14,325 8,465 5,865 288,715 161,030 127,685
55 Management of companies and enterprises 310 150 160 3,305 1,270 2,035
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 2,910 1,645 1,265 176,185 108,280 67,905
61 Educational services 5,700 2,420 3,285 306,575 96,170 210,405
62 Health care and social assistance 7,005 2,180 4,825 532,680 99,380 433,295
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 2,440 1,230 1,210 84,130 44,235 39,895
72 Accommodation and food services 7,945 4,055 3,890 278,500 123,235 155,265
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,925 1,110 1,820 193,700 89,455 104,245
91 Public administration 2,785 1,285 1,500 264,085 135,455 128,630
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 75,595 40,630 34,970 3,949,325 2,037,105 1,912,220
Worked at home 7,735 4,375 3,355 266,285 134,325 131,960
Worked outside Canada 845 560 280 10,600 7,580 3,020
No fixed workplace address 6,850 4,525 2,320 351,595 265,405 86,185
Worked at usual place 60,175 31,160 29,015 3,320,850 1,629,795 1,691,050
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 60,175 31,160 29,015 3,320,845 1,629,795 1,691,050
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 45,550 22,940 22,605 1,732,155 810,895 921,260
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 13,880 7,805 6,080 485,450 234,700 250,750
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 410 210 205 1,037,125 549,095 488,030
Commute to a different province or territory 335 205 125 66,125 35,110 31,015
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 67,025 35,685 31,335 3,672,445 1,895,200 1,777,240
Car, truck, van - as a driver 20,250 12,240 8,015 2,739,405 1,475,775 1,263,625
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 1,430 490 945 133,760 51,045 82,715
Public transit 16,205 7,505 8,700 503,285 217,465 285,820
Walked 24,365 12,460 11,905 205,350 93,595 111,760
Bicycle 3,550 2,250 1,300 54,625 36,470 18,155
Other method 1,235 750 485 36,010 20,845 15,170
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 67,025 35,690 31,340 3,672,440 1,895,200 1,777,240
Less than 15 minutes 15,795 8,550 7,255 1,035,455 493,225 542,235
15 to 29 minutes 27,440 14,555 12,895 1,200,455 617,010 583,445
30 to 44 minutes 14,885 7,830 7,060 777,955 425,640 352,310
45 to 59 minutes 5,515 2,925 2,585 343,540 184,440 159,100
60 minutes and over 3,385 1,835 1,550 315,035 174,875 140,160
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 67,025 35,690 31,335 3,672,440 1,895,205 1,777,240
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 1,850 1,155 695 256,150 192,835 63,315
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 6,685 4,050 2,640 675,585 420,120 255,465
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 15,870 8,210 7,660 1,133,510 527,925 605,580
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 21,715 11,050 10,670 714,935 296,300 418,630
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 12,850 6,835 6,015 349,845 148,715 201,125
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 8,050 4,390 3,660 542,425 309,295 233,125
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 84,085 44,675 39,410 4,529,770 2,352,115 2,177,655
Single responses 82,380 43,850 38,525 4,187,865 2,169,480 2,018,385
Official languages 80,385 42,860 37,525 4,153,710 2,152,290 2,001,420
English 79,990 42,700 37,290 541,720 294,935 246,780
French 390 155 235 3,611,990 1,857,350 1,754,640
Non-official languages 2,000 995 1,005 34,160 17,190 16,970
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 12,670 6,180 6,490
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 8,350 4,095 4,260
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 8,285 4,060 4,220
Atikamekw 0 0 0 1,100 580 515
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 1,800 840 960
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 210 105 100
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 35 20 15
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 5,145 2,515 2,630
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 30 20 10
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 25 20 10
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 45 15 25
Algonquin 0 0 0 45 20 30
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 4,305 2,080 2,220
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 4,290 2,075 2,215
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 15 0 15
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 10 0 15
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 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 2,000 1,000 1,000 21,490 11,005 10,480
Afro-Asiatic languages 30 25 10 1,895 1,125 775
Berber languages 0 0 0 35 10 30
Kabyle 0 0 0 15 0 20
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 0 10
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 35 25 10 1,860 1,110 745
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 30 25 10 1,715 1,045 665
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 0 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 140 70 70
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 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10 0 15 1,725 850 870
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 315 140 175
Vietnamese 10 0 10 1,410 710 695
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 0 0 10 135 65 70
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 10 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 10
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10 0 10 115 50 60
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 275 90 190
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 10 0 10
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 265 90 175
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 150 75 75
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 145 75 70
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Indo-European languages 630 330 295 10,165 5,255 4,910
Albanian 0 0 0 30 20 10
Armenian 0 0 0 275 130 145
Balto-Slavic languages 90 45 45 1,130 500 635
Baltic languages 10 0 10 15 0 10
Latvian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Slavic languages 80 40 40 1,115 495 625
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 55 20 30
Croatian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Czech 0 0 0 10 0 10
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 10 0 10 170 65 105
Russian 65 30 40 735 340 395
Serbian 0 10 0 10 15 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 10 0 10 10 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 110 35 75
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 70 50 20 1,285 575 715
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 15 10 0
Dutch 25 15 10 25 10 15
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 30 15 10 370 170 195
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 0 15 10 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 860 375 485
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 525 260 270
Indo-Iranian languages 170 115 55 1,385 780 600
Indo-Aryan languages 15 15 0 680 390 295
Bengali 0 0 0 110 70 35
Gujarati 0 0 0 20 0 10
Hindi 10 10 0 35 20 15
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 20 0 10
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 10 0 415 225 190
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 85 50 35
Iranian languages 155 100 55 700 395 305
Kurdish 0 0 0 15 0 15
Pashto 0 0 0 10 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 155 100 60 675 385 285
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 300 130 175 5,525 2,990 2,540
Catalan 0 0 0 15 0 15
Italian 15 0 15 590 315 275
Portuguese 165 65 105 635 365 270
Romanian 0 0 0 320 140 175
Spanish 125 60 65 3,975 2,165 1,810
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Japanese 275 110 170 235 80 150
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Georgian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Korean 250 130 115 300 150 150
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 45 25 20
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 10 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 10 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 25 20 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 10 10 205 60 140
American Sign Language 10 0 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 125 20 110
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 70 45 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 745 365 375 6,070 3,125 2,945
Chinese languages 740 365 375 6,075 3,130 2,950
Cantonese 155 80 75 2,655 1,325 1,330
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 550 280 270 3,100 1,630 1,465
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 70 40 30
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 10 10 15 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 35 10 25 235 130 110
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 30 15 15 110 40 75
Lao 0 0 0 55 25 30
Thai 30 15 15 55 10 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 110 60 50
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 10 0 110 55 55
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 40 10 40
Estonian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 35 0 35
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Multiple responses 1,705 825 880 341,900 182,635 159,265
English and French 335 180 160 315,620 169,365 146,255
English and non-official language 1,340 635 705 6,545 3,655 2,890
French and non-official language 0 0 0 7,525 3,460 4,065
English, French and non-official language 35 10 20 12,205 6,160 6,055
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 84,090 44,680 39,405 4,529,770 2,352,110 2,177,655
None 76,620 41,090 35,530 3,107,035 1,588,345 1,518,690
English 1,255 625 630 1,031,380 555,940 475,440
French 1,460 665 800 317,490 169,785 147,705
Non-official language 4,600 2,205 2,395 49,850 25,900 23,950
Aboriginal 10 0 0 4,985 2,285 2,705
Non-Aboriginal 4,590 2,200 2,390 44,865 23,620 21,245
English and French 10 10 0 2,185 1,040 1,140
English and non-official language 25 0 15 14,910 7,255 7,655
French and non-official language 125 85 40 6,855 3,795 3,055
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 65 50 20
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 113,205 57,870 55,330 7,880,315 3,897,740 3,982,575
Non-movers 85,905 44,030 41,875 6,965,520 3,447,320 3,518,195
Movers 27,300 13,840 13,460 914,800 450,420 464,380
Non-migrants 14,665 7,455 7,215 547,410 269,850 277,560
Migrants 12,635 6,390 6,245 367,385 180,565 186,820
Internal migrants 6,635 3,350 3,285 305,465 149,335 156,135
Intraprovincial migrants 3,750 1,885 1,860 284,280 137,945 146,330
Interprovincial migrants 2,885 1,470 1,420 21,190 11,385 9,805
External migrants 6,000 3,035 2,965 61,920 31,235 30,685
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 110,700 56,635 54,070 7,520,960 3,714,155 3,806,805
Non-movers 41,545 21,400 20,150 4,825,870 2,388,805 2,437,065
Movers 69,155 35,235 33,915 2,695,090 1,325,345 1,369,740
Non-migrants 32,180 16,465 15,720 1,507,665 741,220 766,440
Migrants 36,975 18,780 18,200 1,187,425 584,125 603,295
Internal migrants 19,950 10,125 9,825 949,170 464,830 484,340
Intraprovincial migrants 11,540 5,915 5,620 893,800 436,525 457,270
Interprovincial migrants 8,415 4,205 4,205 55,370 28,300 27,070
External migrants 17,020 8,650 8,375 238,250 119,295 118,960

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Vancouver Centre [Federal electoral district], British Columbia and Quebec [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 14, 2024).

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