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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.

Data table

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in Saint John
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 120,520 57,935 62,585
French 19,215 8,270 10,950
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 10
Mi'kmaq 10 0 15
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 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 10 0 10
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 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Italian 235 125 110
Portuguese 60 30 30
Romanian 10 10 0
Spanish 850 350 505
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Dutch 130 75 55
Flemish 0 0 0
Frisian 10 0 0
German 455 265 190
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 70 25 40
Icelandic 0 10 0
Norwegian 70 30 35
Swedish 15 0 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Gaelic languages 25 10 15
Welsh 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 40 35 10
Czech 10 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 25 20 10
Russian 170 75 100
Serbian 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 10
Slovak 0 0 0
Slovenian 10 0 10
Ukrainian 80 30 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Latvian 10 10 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 25 10 15
Finnish 25 20 10
Hungarian 85 25 60
Greek 235 135 100
Armenian 15 15 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 30 20 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 10
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10
Amharic 0 0 0
Arabic 145 95 50
Hebrew 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 45 40 10
Gujarati 50 35 15
Hindi 240 150 85
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 25 0 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 40 35 10
Sindhi 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 10
Urdu 60 40 20
Kurdish 20 10 15
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 245 115 130
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 25 15 10
Tamil 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 10 10 0
Korean 120 65 50
Cantonese 130 70 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 290 150 140
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 595 310 280
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 15 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0
Vietnamese 40 25 15
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 20 0 10
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 135 45 90
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 10 10
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 10 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10
Creoles 30 10 25
American Sign Language 55 30 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 135 45 85
Other languages 0 10 0

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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