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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 Prince GeorgeFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 82,195 41,285 40,910
French 4,585 2,200 2,380
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 150 75 75
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 0 10
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Carrier 240 55 185
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. 20 0 10
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 10 0 10
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 10 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 65 35 30
Nisga'a 15 0 10
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. 15 0 10
Italian 675 315 360
Portuguese 270 135 130
Romanian 130 50 85
Spanish 685 315 370
Romance languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0
Dutch 275 160 115
Flemish 10 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 1,900 955 945
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 155 65 90
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 80 55 25
Swedish 60 25 35
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 55 35 20
Gaelic languages 20 0 10
Welsh 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 10 10
Croatian 265 155 105
Czech 60 30 30
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 195 110 90
Russian 155 60 90
Serbian 55 30 25
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 0
Slovak 45 30 10
Slovenian 60 20 35
Ukrainian 255 95 155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 10 0 0
Finnish 145 80 60
Hungarian 165 80 80
Greek 105 75 30
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 0 10 0
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 50 30 20
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 10 10 0
Hindi 355 185 170
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,575 815 760
Sindhi 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 10 10
Urdu 20 20 0
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 45 25 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10
Kannada 0 10 0
Malayalam 10 0 0
Tamil 30 20 15
Telugu 15 15 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 130 65 65
Korean 105 45 55
Cantonese 150 90 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 80 40 35
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 380 185 190
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 10
Vietnamese 70 35 35
Bisayan languages 30 10 15
Ilocano 35 20 15
Malay 10 0 10
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 390 130 260
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 10 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 65 40 30
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. 20 15 10
Creoles 20 10 0
American Sign Language 45 15 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 40 45
Other languages 30 15 15

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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