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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 Regina
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 191,715 92,775 98,940
French 11,975 5,515 6,460
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 15 10 0
Cree 610 250 355
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 150 80 60
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 35 25 10
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 10 0 10
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. 10 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 55 35 20
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. 30 10 20
Italian 560 305 255
Portuguese 130 75 55
Romanian 360 155 210
Spanish 2,005 915 1,090
Romance languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Dutch 410 255 155
Flemish 25 10 10
Frisian 0 0 0
German 4,330 1,975 2,355
Yiddish 20 15 0
Danish 65 40 30
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 75 20 55
Swedish 45 20 25
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 170 85 85
Gaelic languages 10 0 0
Welsh 0 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 75 45 30
Bulgarian 0 10 0
Croatian 145 55 90
Czech 65 40 25
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 690 310 375
Russian 410 185 225
Serbian 190 75 115
Serbo-Croatian 90 50 40
Slovak 65 40 30
Slovenian 30 15 15
Ukrainian 1,950 860 1,095
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Latvian 10 0 0
Lithuanian 35 15 15
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 40 10 30
Hungarian 715 330 380
Greek 680 305 380
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 70 40 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 10
Oromo 10 0 0
Somali 105 35 65
Amharic 80 35 45
Arabic 690 330 360
Hebrew 40 20 15
Maltese 10 0 0
Tigrigna 105 50 50
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Bengali 0 0 0
Gujarati 120 70 50
Hindi 445 205 240
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 40 20 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 710 360 350
Sindhi 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 25 20
Urdu 225 120 105
Kurdish 10 10 10
Pashto 50 25 25
Persian (Farsi) 230 125 100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 35 15 20
Malayalam 45 30 15
Tamil 150 55 95
Telugu 40 15 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 210 85 125
Korean 285 110 180
Cantonese 575 270 300
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 650 280 370
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 1,695 915 775
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 50 40 10
Lao 190 75 115
Thai 110 55 60
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 20 10
Vietnamese 925 450 475
Bisayan languages 85 50 40
Ilocano 60 25 35
Malay 50 25 20
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 970 415 555
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0
Akan (Twi) 15 10 10
Lingala 15 0 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0
Shona 10 0 10
Swahili 115 25 85
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 135 55 80
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 80 55
African languages, n.i.e. 95 45 50
Creoles 45 35 10
American Sign Language 70 25 45
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 270 105 165
Other languages 15 10 10

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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