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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 BrantfordFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 122,215 59,600 62,615
French 5,880 2,590 3,290
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 0 10 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 0 15
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 45 20 30
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
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. 15 10 0
Italian 2,055 1,020 1,030
Portuguese 940 490 450
Romanian 195 65 130
Spanish 985 525 455
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Dutch 1,330 720 610
Flemish 50 15 30
Frisian 30 10 15
German 1,420 605 815
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 35 15 15
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0
Swedish 10 0 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 40
Gaelic languages 20 15 0
Welsh 15 0 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 0 10
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 0 20
Croatian 110 65 45
Czech 25 15 10
Macedonian 0 10 0
Polish 2,550 1,190 1,355
Russian 200 65 135
Serbian 175 90 85
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 10
Slovak 100 55 45
Slovenian 40 15 20
Ukrainian 495 215 280
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 10
Latvian 25 0 15
Lithuanian 20 20 0
Estonian 45 25 20
Finnish 15 10 0
Hungarian 945 420 525
Greek 235 155 80
Armenian 35 15 15
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 30 15 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 85 55 35
Amharic 15 15 0
Arabic 315 160 155
Hebrew 0 0 0
Maltese 45 30 15
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Bengali 20 20 0
Gujarati 80 40 45
Hindi 325 150 175
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 890 445 440
Sindhi 10 15 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0
Urdu 515 255 260
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 10 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 30 10 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 35 20 25
Tamil 45 30 15
Telugu 60 25 35
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 65 40 20
Korean 250 115 135
Cantonese 95 50 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 185 95 90
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 285 120 170
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Lao 60 30 25
Thai 10 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 490 255 240
Bisayan languages 10 0 10
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 545 270 270
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 25 0 25
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 15 0 10
Swahili 10 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15
Edo 10 10 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Creoles 60 25 35
American Sign Language 40 0 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 160 50 110
Other languages 35 15 15

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

2001 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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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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