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Topic-based tabulation: Various Languages Spoken (147), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-555-XCB2006010
Release date :December 4, 2007
Topic :Language
Data dimensions :

Note

Note: Data quality - Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)

When comparing the census results to those of the 2001 Census, it appears that there is some overestimation of persons reporting Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in British Columbia and, as a result, also at the Canada level. Although it affects a relatively small population, it is best to apply caution when analysing the census data for Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in these geographies.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

Note: Data on knowledge of official languages

According to studies on data certification, the 2006 Census statistics on knowledge of official languages could underestimate the category 'English and French' and overestimate the category 'French only,' particularly for the francophone population, but also for the whole population in general. More information on the subject will be available in the Languages Reference Guide, to be published in 2008.

Note: Knowledge of various languages

Official and non-official languages are included in this table.

Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 499,665 243,490 256,170
French 23,765 9,200 14,565
Algonquin 10 15 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 20 10 15
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 10 10
Montagnais-Naskapi 1,670 815 855
Ojibway 10 10 0
Oji-Cree 15 10 10
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 10 0 10
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 800 385 415
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10
Italian 280 130 145
Portuguese 245 90 155
Romanian 85 35 50
Spanish 1,725 730 990
Romance languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10
Dutch 320 190 135
Flemish 0 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 1,280 590 685
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 115 65 55
Icelandic 15 10 0
Norwegian 150 95 50
Swedish 100 55 45
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 230 125 105
Gaelic languages 85 65 20
Welsh 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 10 10
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 95 50 45
Croatian 40 20 20
Czech 45 30 20
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 125 90 40
Russian 460 240 225
Serbian 110 40 70
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 10
Slovak 30 0 25
Slovenian 10 0 10
Ukrainian 50 30 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 20 15 0
Finnish 0 0 10
Hungarian 150 60 90
Greek 95 75 20
Armenian 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 55 40 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 10 10 10
Somali 0 0 0
Amharic 30 15 15
Arabic 650 365 285
Hebrew 10 0 10
Maltese 10 10 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 200 95 105
Gujarati 50 30 20
Hindi 215 100 115
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 150 75 75
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 60 40 20
Urdu 625 305 320
Kurdish 15 10 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 65 35 30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10
Kannada 10 10 0
Malayalam 40 10 30
Tamil 175 100 75
Telugu 75 40 40
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 165 100 70
Korean 80 55 25
Cantonese 235 140 100
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 215 80 140
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 685 355 335
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 15 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 20 10 10
Bisayan languages 25 15 10
Ilocano 10 0 10
Malay 45 25 15
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 225 85 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 95 50 45
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 70 25 40
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 45 35
African languages, n.i.e. 145 90 55
Creoles 20 15 0
American Sign Language 150 65 90
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 670 295 370
Other languages 15 0 10

Footnotes

Footnote 1

The 2006 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' includes responses of 'Chinese' as well as all Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese. Data for the 'Chinese, n.o.s.' category in 2001 and 2006 are not directly comparable. The 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' is equivalent to the sum of the 2006 categories 'Chinese, n.o.s.' and 'Chaochow (Teochow),' 'Fukien,' 'Shanghainese' and Taiwanese.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006010.

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