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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 CourtenayFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 48,655 23,460 25,195
French 4,445 1,920 2,525
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 0 0 0
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 10 0 10
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 10
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 10 10 10
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 10 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 20 0 20
Italian 200 95 105
Portuguese 55 35 20
Romanian 30 0 25
Spanish 975 400 575
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Dutch 320 140 180
Flemish 10 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 1,375 575 800
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 125 65 60
Icelandic 15 0 10
Norwegian 55 35 15
Swedish 40 20 20
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 90 55 35
Gaelic languages 0 10 0
Welsh 15 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 10 10 0
Croatian 25 15 10
Czech 15 20 0
Macedonian 10 0 0
Polish 95 40 60
Russian 25 10 15
Serbian 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0
Slovak 0 10 0
Slovenian 0 0 0
Ukrainian 100 20 75
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 90 40 50
Hungarian 55 35 30
Greek 15 15 0
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 15 0 20
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 10 0 0
Somali 0 0 0
Amharic 0 10 0
Arabic 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 15 15
Maltese 10 10 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 10
Gujarati 10 0 0
Hindi 40 15 25
Konkani 25 0 30
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 60 30 30
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 10 10
Urdu 0 0 10
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 10 10
Tamil 10 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 125 45 75
Korean 85 30 50
Cantonese 205 90 115
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 95 55 40
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 20 25
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 145 80 65
Tibetan languages 0 10 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 185 90 90
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 15 0 15
Pampango 15 0 15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 205 65 140
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 25 10 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 10 0 10
Swahili 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 15 20
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 10 10 10
American Sign Language 35 10 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 10 25
Other languages 60 25 40

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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