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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
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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: 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 BrockvilleFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 38,765 18,645 20,120
French 4,015 1,730 2,290
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 20 20 10
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 10 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) 0 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 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Italian 140 40 95
Portuguese 20 10 0
Romanian 0 0 0
Spanish 275 95 185
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Dutch 770 360 405
Flemish 0 0 0
Frisian 40 15 20
German 435 215 220
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 10 0 10
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0
Swedish 15 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 10 0
Welsh 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 0 10
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 10 0 0
Czech 10 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 90 25 65
Russian 65 35 35
Serbian 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15
Slovak 10 0 10
Slovenian 10 0 0
Ukrainian 60 35 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0
Latvian 40 20 20
Lithuanian 10 0 0
Estonian 10 0 10
Finnish 10 0 10
Hungarian 65 40 25
Greek 85 40 45
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 30 20 10
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 20 10 0
Hebrew 35 20 15
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 0 0 0
Hindi 50 20 25
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 65 35 35
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 30 20 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 25 20 10
Korean 15 10 10
Cantonese 70 35 35
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 15 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 125 55 65
Tibetan languages 20 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 15 0 0
Thai 15 10 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0
Vietnamese 165 100 65
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 85 25 60
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) 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0
Swahili 10 0 0
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. 10 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Creoles 0 0 0
American Sign Language 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 80 40 45
Other languages 10 10 0

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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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