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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 KamloopsFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 91,585 44,915 46,670
French 4,925 2,250 2,675
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 50 35 15
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Carrier 10 0 10
Chilcotin 25 0 20
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 10 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 465 205 265
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 10 10 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 30 10 25
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 10 10 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 10
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 15 15 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 10 10
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 10 10
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Italian 1,500 825 675
Portuguese 220 75 140
Romanian 15 10 10
Spanish 1,030 500 530
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Dutch 345 140 205
Flemish 15 10 10
Frisian 10 0 0
German 2,025 1,050 975
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 180 95 85
Icelandic 35 0 35
Norwegian 30 25 0
Swedish 25 10 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 85 35 50
Gaelic languages 20 15 10
Welsh 0 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 10 0 0
Bulgarian 30 20 0
Croatian 80 35 45
Czech 60 40 20
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 195 105 95
Russian 295 115 180
Serbian 40 20 20
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
Slovak 75 40 35
Slovenian 10 0 0
Ukrainian 465 245 220
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15
Latvian 20 10 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 10 0 0
Finnish 60 10 50
Hungarian 220 125 95
Greek 140 65 80
Armenian 30 15 20
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 85 65 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0
Arabic 90 40 45
Hebrew 10 10 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 20 10 0
Gujarati 30 15 20
Hindi 195 90 105
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,135 545 590
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 0 10
Urdu 10 10 0
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 50 35 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0
Telugu 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 430 105 320
Korean 140 75 65
Cantonese 265 150 115
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 140 75 65
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 110 65 45
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 400 230 170
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 20 20 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 0 0
Vietnamese 90 45 45
Bisayan languages 15 0 20
Ilocano 45 25 15
Malay 10 10 0
Pampango 40 15 25
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 440 130 310
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 35 15 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 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 35 15 15
American Sign Language 110 35 80
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 180 35 145
Other languages 15 10 10

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%.

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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