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Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (186), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 and 2006 Censuses - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-555-XCB2006015
Release date :December 4, 2007
Topic :Language
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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: Historical comparison of census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2001 and 2006

A few census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) have different geographical boundaries in 2006 as compared to 2001. In order to facilitate data comparisons, the 2001 CMA and CA data have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2006 CMA and CA boundaries. Care should then be taken when looking at the 2001 Census data. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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 detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population in Saint John
Detailed mother tongue (186) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 120,875 101,455 150 19,065 205
Single responses 120,300 101,310 150 18,630 205
English 111,215 97,860 10 13,325 25
French 5,510 365 140 5,005 0
Non-official languages 3,570 3,090 10 305 180
Aboriginal languages 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 10 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 10 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 485 375 0 85 20
Italian 120 80 0 20 10
Portuguese 55 50 0 10 0
Romanian 10 0 0 0 0
Spanish 285 230 0 50 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 430 405 0 25 0
Dutch 100 90 0 10 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 10 0 0 0
German 215 205 0 15 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 100 100 0 0 0
Danish 50 50 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 45 50 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 265 200 0 60 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 40 30 0 10 0
Czech 10 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 15 20 0 0 0
Russian 125 95 0 25 0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0
Ukrainian 40 25 0 15 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 10 0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 10 0
Latvian 10 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 120 90 0 30 0
Estonian 20 15 0 0 0
Finnish 25 15 0 10 0
Hungarian 80 60 0 10 0
Greek 215 195 0 0 20
Armenian 15 10 0 10 0
Turkic languages 15 15 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 15 15 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 125 100 0 20 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 115 95 0 15 0
Amharic 10 10 0 0 0
Arabic 110 95 0 15 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 495 450 0 45 0
Indo-Aryan languages 230 195 0 30 0
Bengali 55 40 0 10 0
Gujarati 55 45 0 10 0
Hindi 45 45 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 25 25 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 35 25 0 15 0
Iranian languages 250 240 0 10 0
Kurdish 20 20 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 230 220 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 20 20 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 20 20 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 110 110 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 930 810 0 10 110
Chinese languages 930 810 0 10 110
Cantonese 110 95 0 0 15
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 255 250 0 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 565 460 0 10 90
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 45 30 0 10 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 40 30 0 10 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 155 155 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 15 10 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 145 140 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 55 55 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages 10 10 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 40 35 0 0 10
Non-verbal languages 35 10 0 0 25
American Sign Language 20 0 0 0 20
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 10
Other languages 0 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 575 145 0 430 0
English and French 495 70 0 425 0
English and non-official language 80 70 0 10 0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0

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-XCB2006015.

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