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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 NanaimoFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 90,890 44,300 46,585
French 6,000 2,845 3,160
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 10 0 10
Blackfoot 10 0 10
Cree 10 10 0
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 10 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 10 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 10 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 75 20 55
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 20 10 10
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 10 0 0
Nisga'a 10 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Nootka 60 50 10
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 35 15 15
Italian 490 225 260
Portuguese 130 75 55
Romanian 60 35 30
Spanish 1,430 690 740
Romance languages, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Dutch 655 305 345
Flemish 10 0 0
Frisian 35 15 20
German 2,260 1,060 1,200
Yiddish 10 10 0
Danish 320 165 155
Icelandic 10 0 10
Norwegian 135 65 65
Swedish 135 45 95
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 155 80 75
Gaelic languages 35 25 10
Welsh 25 0 20
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 190 80 105
Czech 130 35 95
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 165 80 85
Russian 175 90 85
Serbian 55 10 45
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
Slovak 45 25 20
Slovenian 25 10 20
Ukrainian 265 105 155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 40 15
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 0 15
Estonian 30 15 10
Finnish 130 60 70
Hungarian 290 140 145
Greek 105 55 50
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 60 40 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 10 10 0
Amharic 0 0 0
Arabic 100 45 50
Hebrew 25 15 10
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 135 65 75
Hindi 385 185 200
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,435 785 650
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 0 15
Urdu 90 60 35
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 65 35 35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 10 10 0
Tamil 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 550 260 290
Korean 565 250 310
Cantonese 280 125 160
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 10 0 10
Mandarin 260 85 175
Shanghainese 0 0 10
Taiwanese 75 20 55
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 590 315 275
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 20 10 10
Thai 115 40 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 160 80 80
Vietnamese 460 185 270
Bisayan languages 20 0 20
Ilocano 40 10 30
Malay 50 35 10
Pampango 10 0 10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 330 95 235
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 35 15 20
Akan (Twi) 10 0 10
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 45 15 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
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. 10 15 0
Creoles 10 0 10
American Sign Language 75 10 60
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 150 45 110
Other languages 25 25 0

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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