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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 Sarnia
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 87,395 42,460 44,935
French 6,960 3,055 3,900
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 10 10 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 125 55 65
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. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Italian 1,550 745 795
Portuguese 555 225 330
Romanian 75 40 35
Spanish 820 365 455
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Dutch 1,230 530 695
Flemish 25 10 15
Frisian 15 10 10
German 915 415 505
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 60 30 30
Icelandic 10 0 0
Norwegian 0 10 0
Swedish 15 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 20
Gaelic languages 35 20 10
Welsh 40 25 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 80 55 30
Czech 50 15 35
Macedonian 55 45 15
Polish 690 280 415
Russian 145 65 80
Serbian 40 25 10
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
Slovak 155 100 55
Slovenian 30 30 0
Ukrainian 80 25 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20
Latvian 25 0 25
Lithuanian 70 30 35
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 60 25 40
Hungarian 205 75 125
Greek 375 185 190
Armenian 20 15 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 30 20 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
Amharic 10 10 0
Arabic 225 115 105
Hebrew 0 0 0
Maltese 15 0 10
Tigrigna 25 10 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0
Gujarati 195 90 105
Hindi 270 135 135
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 140 95 45
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 0 10
Urdu 160 75 85
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15
Kannada 30 15 20
Malayalam 45 30 15
Tamil 55 25 30
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 45 15 30
Korean 40 20 15
Cantonese 160 95 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 10 0 10
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 95 45 50
Shanghainese 10 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 340 150 190
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 15 15 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 95 40 55
Bisayan languages 10 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 10
Malay 10 10 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 180 70 110
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 25 15 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 10 10 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Creoles 15 10 15
American Sign Language 10 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 35 60
Other languages 10 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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