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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 New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 645,130 316,170 328,965
French 313,835 149,210 164,630
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 10 0 0
Cree 10 0 10
Malecite 720 340 380
Mi'kmaq 2,715 1,315 1,405
Montagnais-Naskapi 30 30 10
Ojibway 15 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
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. 10 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 10
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 10 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 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 20 10 15
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 35 15 25
Italian 1,120 525 595
Portuguese 295 150 145
Romanian 170 70 100
Spanish 4,725 2,005 2,725
Romance languages, n.i.e. 65 35 30
Dutch 1,460 650 810
Flemish 25 15 15
Frisian 40 25 10
German 3,405 1,685 1,715
Yiddish 55 20 40
Danish 515 240 275
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 140 65 70
Swedish 105 45 55
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 95 35 60
Gaelic languages 165 65 95
Welsh 30 25 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 30 55
Bulgarian 20 15 0
Croatian 170 85 85
Czech 55 10 45
Macedonian 20 10 10
Polish 230 130 105
Russian 475 240 235
Serbian 75 30 50
Serbo-Croatian 65 35 30
Slovak 10 0 0
Slovenian 15 0 15
Ukrainian 200 95 110
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 10
Latvian 35 15 15
Lithuanian 15 10 0
Estonian 50 20 25
Finnish 35 25 10
Hungarian 265 135 130
Greek 390 225 165
Armenian 30 30 0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0
Turkish 90 70 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 90 30 60
Amharic 35 15 20
Arabic 1,180 705 480
Hebrew 40 15 25
Maltese 0 0 0
Tigrigna 35 10 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0
Bengali 110 70 45
Gujarati 175 95 80
Hindi 580 340 235
Konkani 15 10 10
Marathi 60 15 45
Panjabi (Punjabi) 130 85 40
Sindhi 15 15 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 25 45
Urdu 345 180 160
Kurdish 20 0 15
Pashto 25 10 15
Persian (Farsi) 515 285 230
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 155 100 55
Kannada 30 15 10
Malayalam 100 45 50
Tamil 45 25 20
Telugu 35 20 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 305 150 155
Korean 660 335 320
Cantonese 375 165 210
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 10
Mandarin 585 295 290
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 40 30 15
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 1,335 660 675
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 50 10 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 10 0
Vietnamese 200 105 100
Bisayan languages 25 10 15
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 80 25 60
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 385 90 290
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Akan (Twi) 50 25 25
Lingala 65 25 40
Rundi (Kirundi) 75 50 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 65 50 15
Shona 0 0 10
Swahili 280 150 125
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 120 85 40
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 15 0 10
Wolof 15 15 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 195 140 50
African languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0
Creoles 170 60 110
American Sign Language 185 80 105
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 775 300 475
Other languages 85 35 50

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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