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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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General information

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 Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-ÉcosseFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 900,700 434,465 466,235
French 96,015 42,715 53,300
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 25 15 15
Malecite 25 20 10
Mi'kmaq 4,925 2,370 2,555
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 0 15
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 10 10 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) 10 10 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 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 20 0 15
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Italian 1,650 835 815
Portuguese 760 375 380
Romanian 220 120 100
Spanish 5,360 2,230 3,125
Romance languages, n.i.e. 65 35 30
Dutch 2,755 1,350 1,405
Flemish 60 25 35
Frisian 95 55 40
German 7,520 3,515 4,005
Yiddish 50 20 30
Danish 315 150 170
Icelandic 105 70 30
Norwegian 260 115 140
Swedish 145 65 80
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 195 125 75
Gaelic languages 890 440 450
Welsh 45 15 30
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 65 60
Bulgarian 45 0 35
Croatian 315 145 170
Czech 200 105 90
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 1,630 845 785
Russian 975 520 460
Serbian 115 50 65
Serbo-Croatian 190 105 85
Slovak 105 55 50
Slovenian 35 35 0
Ukrainian 500 255 245
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 40 10
Latvian 55 15 35
Lithuanian 35 0 30
Estonian 95 25 75
Finnish 75 40 35
Hungarian 410 200 215
Greek 1,355 750 600
Armenian 20 10 10
Azerbaijani 20 0 10
Turkish 290 150 140
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0
Somali 55 40 15
Amharic 120 60 60
Arabic 5,765 3,025 2,740
Hebrew 130 55 75
Maltese 50 25 25
Tigrigna 15 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 415 220 195
Gujarati 230 125 110
Hindi 1,220 680 540
Konkani 40 15 20
Marathi 55 30 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 625 315 315
Sindhi 55 15 40
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 55 25
Urdu 745 360 385
Kurdish 75 50 25
Pashto 70 45 20
Persian (Farsi) 895 440 455
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 35 35
Kannada 35 25 15
Malayalam 60 30 25
Tamil 155 75 80
Telugu 95 45 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 635 305 330
Korean 975 520 455
Cantonese 640 275 360
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 0 0
Fukien 20 10 15
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 815 300 515
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 2,205 1,135 1,065
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 70 20 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 0 0
Vietnamese 595 285 315
Bisayan languages 25 10 15
Ilocano 10 0 0
Malay 230 105 120
Pampango 0 0 10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 430 205 220
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Akan (Twi) 45 10 30
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 25 15 10
Swahili 155 95 60
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 195 140 55
Edo 10 0 0
Igbo 50 40 10
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 85 90
African languages, n.i.e. 95 55 40
Creoles 105 60 50
American Sign Language 290 80 210
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 1,060 335 730
Other languages 195 75 120

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Footnote 2

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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