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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.

Data table

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in KingstonFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 147,460 71,175 76,285
French 19,350 8,480 10,870
Algonquin 10 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 10 0
Cree 10 0 10
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
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. 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. 10 10 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Italian 1,105 540 565
Portuguese 2,325 1,115 1,210
Romanian 130 40 85
Spanish 2,240 925 1,315
Romance languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15
Dutch 1,160 570 590
Flemish 15 0 15
Frisian 55 35 20
German 2,645 1,215 1,430
Yiddish 40 15 20
Danish 170 70 95
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 0 15
Swedish 85 50 35
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 70 30 40
Gaelic languages 90 70 20
Welsh 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 20 0 20
Bosnian 30 20 15
Bulgarian 15 15 0
Croatian 95 15 75
Czech 165 80 85
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 600 260 335
Russian 345 190 155
Serbian 70 35 35
Serbo-Croatian 55 30 25
Slovak 95 55 40
Slovenian 30 30 10
Ukrainian 355 130 230
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10
Latvian 50 35 20
Lithuanian 15 0 20
Estonian 50 20 30
Finnish 75 15 65
Hungarian 225 115 110
Greek 570 260 310
Armenian 35 20 15
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 40 25 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0
Arabic 600 305 300
Hebrew 70 35 35
Maltese 10 0 10
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Bengali 85 40 45
Gujarati 100 60 40
Hindi 505 285 220
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 230 115 115
Sindhi 35 0 35
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 15 30
Urdu 355 175 180
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 25 20 10
Persian (Farsi) 290 140 150
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 25 25
Kannada 20 20 0
Malayalam 45 15 25
Tamil 135 80 55
Telugu 10 15 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 205 115 95
Korean 305 150 155
Cantonese 445 230 215
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 520 190 330
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 30 10 20
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 1,145 540 605
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 55 10 45
Vietnamese 295 150 145
Bisayan languages 15 10 10
Ilocano 30 0 25
Malay 55 20 30
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 370 130 235
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 20 10 10
Lingala 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 20 10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 60 35 25
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Creoles 120 25 95
American Sign Language 135 60 75
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 155 25 130
Other languages 85 45 40

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%.

Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample 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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