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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 NunavutFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 27,000 13,840 13,160
French 1,190 660 525
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 20 10 15
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 10 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 10 10 10
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 10 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 10 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 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) 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 465 210 255
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 22,480 11,385 11,095
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Italian 25 15 10
Portuguese 20 10 10
Romanian 0 0 0
Spanish 130 60 70
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Dutch 25 10 10
Flemish 10 10 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 85 45 45
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 10 10 10
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0
Swedish 10 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0
Welsh 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 20 10 0
Russian 15 10 10
Serbian 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 0 10
Ukrainian 10 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0
Hungarian 0 10 0
Greek 10 10 0
Armenian 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0
Arabic 20 10 10
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 10 0
Gujarati 0 0 0
Hindi 15 10 10
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10 10 0
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
Urdu 10 10 0
Kurdish 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 10
Telugu 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 10 10 0
Korean 0 0 0
Cantonese 10 0 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 20 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 25 10 10
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 10 0
Thai 0 10 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 10
Vietnamese 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 0 0 10
Ilocano 10 10 10
Malay 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 65 15 45
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 10 0 0
Swahili 10 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0
Wolof 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Creoles 0 0 0
American Sign Language 15 10 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10
Other languages 0 0 0

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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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