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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 Fredericton
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 84,510 40,840 43,670
French 18,760 8,300 10,460
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 10 0 0
Cree 10 0 0
Malecite 270 125 150
Mi'kmaq 90 35 50
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 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 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 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Italian 165 70 95
Portuguese 55 20 40
Romanian 55 10 45
Spanish 990 450 545
Romance languages, n.i.e. 35 15 20
Dutch 325 125 195
Flemish 15 10 0
Frisian 10 0 10
German 720 365 355
Yiddish 15 0 15
Danish 35 10 25
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 0 20
Swedish 10 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 35 10 25
Gaelic languages 15 0 20
Welsh 10 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 35 55
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 55 10 50
Czech 30 0 25
Macedonian 0 0 10
Polish 65 40 30
Russian 135 60 75
Serbian 75 25 50
Serbo-Croatian 50 25 25
Slovak 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 0 0
Ukrainian 40 20 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 10
Lithuanian 15 15 0
Estonian 20 20 0
Finnish 0 0 0
Hungarian 70 35 35
Greek 40 15 20
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 15 0 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 70 20 50
Amharic 15 10 10
Arabic 450 245 210
Hebrew 20 10 15
Maltese 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 10 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 45 15 25
Gujarati 65 30 40
Hindi 105 60 40
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 30 10 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 25 10 15
Sindhi 10 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
Urdu 180 100 80
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 90 55 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 50 10
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 55 20 40
Tamil 30 20 15
Telugu 35 15 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 80 25 55
Korean 165 70 95
Cantonese 50 25 25
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 10 0 0
Mandarin 190 80 110
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 495 220 280
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 35 0 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 15 0 10
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 45 10 35
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 35 20 15
Lingala 10 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 55 40 15
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 35 10
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 65 45 20
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0
Creoles 25 10 15
American Sign Language 30 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 215 110 110
Other languages 60 25 40

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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