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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 VernonFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 54,205 26,120 28,085
French 3,735 1,680 2,055
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 45 10 40
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 10
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 10 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 10 10 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 70 40 30
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 250 110 135
Portuguese 100 40 60
Romanian 10 0 10
Spanish 640 255 380
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Dutch 535 270 260
Flemish 15 10 0
Frisian 10 10 0
German 2,550 1,150 1,395
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 70 45 25
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 65 25 40
Swedish 40 15 25
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 80 40 30
Gaelic languages 0 0 0
Welsh 20 15 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 60 25 35
Czech 50 30 20
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 195 80 115
Russian 460 180 280
Serbian 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0
Slovak 20 0 20
Slovenian 20 0 15
Ukrainian 565 250 315
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 20 20 0
Hungarian 85 35 50
Greek 35 15 20
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 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 25 15 10
Hebrew 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0
Gujarati 95 40 50
Hindi 90 50 45
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 630 345 280
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
Urdu 90 70 20
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 20 10 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 145 70 75
Korean 30 0 25
Cantonese 145 80 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 10 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 20 0 20
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 205 90 115
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 35 20 10
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 0 0
Malay 25 0 25
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 105 10 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Creoles 15 0 15
American Sign Language 45 15 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 35 55
Other languages 75 45 35

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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