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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 Guelph
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 124,635 61,125 63,505
French 11,350 4,915 6,435
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 10 0 10
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 10 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. 15 15 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 4,030 1,960 2,075
Portuguese 395 170 230
Romanian 295 140 155
Spanish 2,680 1,185 1,500
Romance languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0
Dutch 1,160 525 635
Flemish 20 0 15
Frisian 85 45 40
German 2,275 1,130 1,150
Yiddish 15 0 0
Danish 155 55 95
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 10 20
Swedish 45 10 30
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 65 35 30
Gaelic languages 25 10 10
Welsh 35 10 30
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 30 25
Bulgarian 40 15 15
Croatian 380 200 180
Czech 160 85 75
Macedonian 30 15 20
Polish 1,710 840 870
Russian 385 190 195
Serbian 865 425 435
Serbo-Croatian 100 50 50
Slovak 125 65 65
Slovenian 75 35 35
Ukrainian 270 120 150
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 10 30
Latvian 10 0 10
Lithuanian 20 10 10
Estonian 30 10 15
Finnish 60 15 45
Hungarian 1,480 710 770
Greek 300 185 120
Armenian 130 65 65
Azerbaijani 10 10 0
Turkish 85 45 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 305 115 185
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 90 40 45
Amharic 80 50 35
Arabic 585 310 280
Hebrew 60 20 35
Maltese 30 10 20
Tigrigna 15 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Bengali 205 80 120
Gujarati 395 195 195
Hindi 1,125 530 590
Konkani 10 10 0
Marathi 65 35 35
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,150 580 570
Sindhi 40 20 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 55 50
Urdu 555 285 270
Kurdish 20 15 0
Pashto 180 85 95
Persian (Farsi) 925 465 465
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10
Kannada 10 10 0
Malayalam 35 25 10
Tamil 380 215 165
Telugu 30 15 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 145 80 70
Korean 205 90 110
Cantonese 725 310 415
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 605 295 310
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 25 20 10
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 1,760 845 915
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Lao 275 135 135
Thai 70 35 40
Khmer (Cambodian) 190 105 90
Vietnamese 1,485 735 750
Bisayan languages 55 15 40
Ilocano 35 10 25
Malay 75 30 45
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,365 615 750
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 30 20 10
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 0 15
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 80 50 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 60 10
African languages, n.i.e. 85 40 45
Creoles 40 10 30
American Sign Language 65 25 40
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 275 105 175
Other languages 45 25 20

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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