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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.

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 40,675 20,800 19,880
French 3,720 1,780 1,940
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 10 10 0
Cree 315 135 185
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 65 35 35
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Carrier 10 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 570 315 260
Dene 120 70 45
Dogrib 2,545 1,310 1,230
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 275 110 165
North Slave (Hare) 1,015 480 535
South Slave 1,830 910 925
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
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. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 10 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 85 30 55
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 950 440 515
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0
Italian 110 80 30
Portuguese 45 25 15
Romanian 10 0 0
Spanish 370 170 200
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Dutch 115 75 40
Flemish 0 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 325 205 120
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 25 20 10
Icelandic 10 0 10
Norwegian 20 10 10
Swedish 20 15 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 25 0 25
Gaelic languages 10 0 10
Welsh 15 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 10 15
Croatian 15 10 0
Czech 20 15 10
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 45 25 20
Russian 55 40 10
Serbian 30 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
Slovak 35 15 20
Slovenian 0 0 0
Ukrainian 70 30 40
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 15 0 10
Hungarian 25 20 10
Greek 15 10 0
Armenian 30 20 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 25 10 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 30 25 10
Amharic 10 10 0
Arabic 125 70 55
Hebrew 0 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 0 0 0
Gujarati 20 10 10
Hindi 45 30 15
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 25 10 15
Sindhi 0 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 10 0
Urdu 40 20 20
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 30 20 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 10
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 30 20 10
Korean 20 10 10
Cantonese 145 75 65
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 30 15 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 110 60 45
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 10 0 0
Thai 10 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 345 150 190
Bisayan languages 20 0 20
Ilocano 15 0 10
Malay 10 0 10
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 580 230 350
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0
Shona 10 0 10
Swahili 30 15 15
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Creoles 125 50 75
American Sign Language 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Other languages 10 10 10

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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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