Census Profile, 2016 Census
Halifax [Population centre], Nova Scotia and West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador [Economic region], Newfoundland and Labrador

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Characteristic Halifax
Nova Scotia
[Population centre]
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
[Economic region]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 316,701 ... ... 105,205 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 304,979 r ... ... 105,358 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.8 ... ... -0.1 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 150,284 ... ... 53,311 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 139,921 ... ... 43,951 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,349.3 ... ... 0.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 234.72 ... ... 300,056.07 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 316,690 152,040 164,650 105,205 51,755 53,450
0 to 14 years 45,685 23,280 22,410 15,485 7,975 7,510
0 to 4 years 15,370 7,790 7,585 4,720 2,420 2,305
5 to 9 years 15,595 8,015 7,580 5,420 2,865 2,555
10 to 14 years 14,720 7,470 7,250 5,340 2,690 2,645
15 to 64 years 220,945 107,075 113,875 69,030 33,830 35,200
15 to 19 years 17,025 8,530 8,495 5,740 2,930 2,810
20 to 24 years 26,365 12,990 13,370 5,350 2,690 2,660
25 to 29 years 26,690 13,470 13,220 5,330 2,615 2,715
30 to 34 years 22,930 11,340 11,590 5,550 2,655 2,895
35 to 39 years 20,275 9,665 10,615 5,780 2,700 3,085
40 to 44 years 19,935 9,520 10,415 6,825 3,315 3,510
45 to 49 years 20,650 9,700 10,945 7,995 3,880 4,120
50 to 54 years 24,430 11,725 12,705 8,855 4,355 4,505
55 to 59 years 22,985 10,985 12,000 8,925 4,415 4,515
60 to 64 years 19,665 9,145 10,520 8,680 4,290 4,395
65 years and over 50,055 21,690 28,365 20,690 9,950 10,745
65 to 69 years 17,240 7,970 9,270 7,550 3,790 3,760
70 to 74 years 11,995 5,450 6,550 5,315 2,595 2,725
75 to 79 years 8,400 3,690 4,715 3,545 1,740 1,800
80 to 84 years 6,245 2,595 3,650 2,375 1,105 1,270
85 years and over 6,170 1,980 4,190 1,905 720 1,190
85 to 89 years 3,735 1,335 2,405 1,280 530 750
90 to 94 years 1,860 515 1,340 485 170 315
95 to 99 years 520 120 400 140 25 110
100 years and over 55 10 45 10 0 15
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 14.4 15.3 13.6 14.7 15.4 14.1
15 to 64 years 69.8 70.4 69.2 65.6 65.4 65.9
65 years and over 15.8 14.3 17.2 19.7 19.2 20.1
85 years and over 1.9 1.3 2.5 1.8 1.4 2.2
Average age of the population 40.7 39.5 41.7 43.8 43.3 44.3
Median age of the population 39.8 38.2 41.3 46.7 46.4 47.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 139,920 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Single-detached house 55,880 ... ... 34,495 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 20,995 ... ... 170 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 60,445 ... ... 8,600 ... ...
Semi-detached house 11,410 ... ... 2,470 ... ...
Row house 6,535 ... ... 1,905 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 5,865 ... ... 1,840 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 36,430 ... ... 2,245 ... ...
Other single-attached house 200 ... ... 135 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 2,600 ... ... 685 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 139,920 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
1 person 45,045 ... ... 10,820 ... ...
2 persons 51,055 ... ... 17,820 ... ...
3 persons 21,180 ... ... 7,570 ... ...
4 persons 15,450 ... ... 5,475 ... ...
5 or more persons 7,185 ... ... 2,260 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 311,400 ... ... 103,600 ... ...
Average household size 2.2 ... ... 2.4 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 271,000 128,760 142,240 89,720 43,780 45,940
Married or living common law 144,255 72,010 72,250 56,230 28,130 28,105
Married 113,560 56,690 56,870 45,380 22,720 22,660
Living common law 30,695 15,320 15,380 10,845 5,410 5,440
Not married and not living common law 126,745 56,755 69,995 33,490 15,655 17,840
Never married 87,160 44,415 42,745 21,385 11,510 9,875
Separated 7,990 3,305 4,690 1,695 790 905
Divorced 17,400 6,140 11,260 4,480 2,000 2,480
Widowed 14,195 2,895 11,305 5,935 1,355 4,580
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 86,280 ... ... 32,950 ... ...
2 persons 48,225 ... ... 19,060 ... ...
3 persons 18,865 ... ... 7,495 ... ...
4 persons 13,955 ... ... 4,990 ... ...
5 or more persons 5,230 ... ... 1,405 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 86,280 ... ... 32,950 ... ...
Total couple families 70,770 ... ... 27,645 ... ...
Married couples 55,430 ... ... 22,220 ... ...
Common-law couples 15,345 ... ... 5,425 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 15,505 ... ... 5,310 ... ...
Female parent 12,745 ... ... 4,185 ... ...
Male parent 2,760 ... ... 1,125 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 70,770 ... ... 27,640 ... ...
Couples without children 38,355 ... ... 15,625 ... ...
Couples with children 32,420 ... ... 12,015 ... ...
1 child 14,585 ... ... 6,085 ... ...
2 children 12,910 ... ... 4,630 ... ...
3 or more children 4,925 ... ... 1,300 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 15,505 ... ... 5,310 ... ...
1 child 9,870 ... ... 3,430 ... ...
2 children 4,280 ... ... 1,410 ... ...
3 or more children 1,355 ... ... 465 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 74,735 34,665 40,065 15,605 7,465 8,140
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 139,920 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
One-census-family households 83,065 ... ... 31,035 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 37,055 ... ... 14,920 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 46,005 ... ... 16,110 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 1,590 ... ... 940 ... ...
Non-census-family households 55,265 ... ... 11,975 ... ...
One-person households 45,050 ... ... 10,820 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 10,215 ... ... 1,150 ... ...
Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 313,230 150,620 162,610 104,400 51,370 53,035
English only 270,935 132,170 138,760 99,355 49,210 50,145
French only 275 115 160 55 30 25
English and French 39,855 17,330 22,525 4,815 2,055 2,755
Neither English nor French 2,160 995 1,160 180 80 105
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 313,230 150,615 162,610 104,405 51,370 53,035
English 302,120 145,270 156,855 103,260 50,760 52,495
French 7,960 3,895 4,070 890 490 405
English and French 1,070 505 570 95 50 45
Neither English nor French 2,070 950 1,115 165 75 95
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 8,500 4,150 4,355 935 510 425
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 2.7 2.8 2.7 0.9 1.0 0.8
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 313,230 150,620 162,610 104,405 51,370 53,035
Single responses 308,590 148,315 160,270 103,990 51,180 52,805
Official languages 279,670 133,590 146,085 100,175 49,280 50,900
English 271,530 129,640 141,890 99,215 48,760 50,455
French 8,145 3,950 4,195 960 520 445
Non-official languages 28,915 14,730 14,185 3,810 1,900 1,910
Aboriginal languages 75 40 35 2,550 1,235 1,310
Algonquian languages 60 30 25 2,110 1,020 1,090
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 0 0 2,105 1,020 1,090
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 1,505 725 780
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 600 295 310
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 50 30 20 0 0 5
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 5 5 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 5 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 10 435 215 220
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 5 5 395 185 205
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 40 25 20
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 28,840 14,690 14,150 1,265 670 595
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,835 3,735 3,095 90 55 35
Berber languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 115 60 60 0 0 0
Bilen 5 5 5 0 0 0
Oromo 60 35 25 5 0 0
Somali 50 25 30 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,710 3,675 3,035 90 50 35
Amharic 105 45 60 0 0 0
Arabic 6,260 3,450 2,815 85 50 30
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 180 100 80 0 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 5 5 0
Tigrigna 140 65 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 365 180 185 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 5 5 0 0 0
Vietnamese 360 175 185 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,590 705 890 445 215 230
Bikol 0 0 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 105 45 60 20 10 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 15 10 10 0 0 0
Ilocano 45 10 35 0 0 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 35 15 20 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 15 5 5 5 5 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,355 605 750 415 195 215
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 0 5 0
Creole languages 50 35 15 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 20 10 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 20 15 10 5 0 0
Dravidian languages 850 500 355 40 25 15
Kannada 30 20 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 305 160 140 15 5 5
Tamil 245 145 100 10 5 5
Telugu 265 165 100 10 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 11,365 5,750 5,610 530 305 230
Albanian 235 120 120 0 0 0
Armenian 30 20 10 0 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,455 1,200 1,255 70 30 40
Baltic languages 45 10 35 0 0 0
Latvian 20 5 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 30 5 20 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,410 1,190 1,225 70 30 35
Belarusan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 100 50 50 0 0 0
Bulgarian 30 15 15 5 5 5
Croatian 170 80 85 5 5 5
Czech 115 60 55 5 0 0
Macedonian 15 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 505 245 260 20 10 10
Russian 1,030 505 520 10 5 5
Serbian 100 50 50 5 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 80 40 35 0 0 0
Slovak 75 35 30 5 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 10 15 5 0 0
Ukrainian 165 85 85 10 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 35 15 25 10 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 5 5 0
Welsh 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,520 715 805 135 80 55
Afrikaans 45 20 25 10 5 10
Danish 70 40 30 5 5 5
Dutch 365 180 185 20 15 10
Frisian 0 0 5 0 0 0
German 875 390 490 90 55 35
Icelandic 25 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 55 30 25 5 5 0
Swedish 55 25 30 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 635 320 315 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,205 2,295 1,910 190 115 80
Indo-Aryan languages 2,895 1,620 1,280 185 105 75
Bengali 435 265 170 5 5 5
Gujarati 170 115 60 0 0 0
Hindi 650 385 260 25 15 10
Kashmiri 5 0 5 0 0 0
Konkani 10 0 5 0 0 0
Marathi 60 35 30 5 5 0
Nepali 525 255 270 0 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 10 0 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 465 245 220 70 40 30
Sindhi 15 10 5 15 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 65 70 10 5 5
Urdu 420 235 185 45 30 20
Iranian languages 1,285 665 615 5 0 0
Kurdish 110 60 45 0 0 0
Pashto 65 40 30 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,110 565 545 5 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,250 1,075 1,170 120 70 55
Catalan 5 5 5 0 0 0
Italian 475 235 235 15 10 5
Portuguese 350 165 180 30 20 5
Romanian 170 80 85 10 5 5
Spanish 1,250 580 660 70 40 30
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 225 60 165 5 0 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 5 0 0 0
Georgian 0 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 865 365 505 5 0 5
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 515 255 250 15 10 5
Akan (Twi) 30 15 15 0 0 0
Bamanankan 5 0 5 0 0 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 5 0
Ewe 35 20 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 20 10 15 0 0 0
Igbo 30 15 15 5 5 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 15 30 0 0 0
Shona 25 15 15 5 0 0
Swahili 115 55 60 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 50 30 20 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 115 55 55 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 35 30 0 0 0
Dinka 15 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 50 30 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 95 50 50 15 5 10
American Sign Language 45 25 20 5 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 55 30 25 15 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,335 2,685 2,655 85 40 45
Chinese languages 5,320 2,675 2,645 80 45 45
Cantonese 880 405 475 45 25 15
Hakka 15 10 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 3,860 1,935 1,920 25 10 15
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 80 35 40 5 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 25 15 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 425 250 175 15 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 20 10 10 5 0 0
Burmese 5 0 5 0 5 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 80 35 50 5 0 0
Lao 5 0 5 0 0 0
Thai 75 35 45 5 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 380 210 175 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0
Turkish 240 130 115 0 0 0
Uyghur 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 110 60 50 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 190 80 115 25 10 20
Estonian 20 10 10 5 5 5
Finnish 25 10 20 0 0 5
Hungarian 140 65 80 15 0 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0 0 0
Multiple responses 4,640 2,300 2,340 420 190 230
English and French 1,475 675 800 170 65 100
English and non-official language 2,860 1,480 1,385 230 110 120
French and non-official language 165 85 80 15 10 10
English, French and non-official language 145 70 75 0 5 0
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 313,225 150,620 162,610 104,405 51,370 53,035
Single responses 305,510 146,720 158,790 103,860 51,110 52,745
Official languages 289,710 138,675 151,035 101,310 49,815 51,490
English 286,735 137,225 149,505 100,920 49,615 51,310
French 2,975 1,445 1,530 390 205 180
Non-official languages 15,805 8,045 7,755 2,550 1,300 1,255
Aboriginal languages 15 5 10 1,905 945 960
Algonquian languages 15 5 10 1,800 890 905
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 1,800 890 905
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 1,195 600 600
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 600 290 305
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 10 5 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 5 5 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 110 55 50
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 105 55 50
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 15,785 8,035 7,750 645 350 300
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,120 2,170 1,945 45 25 25
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 35 40 0 0 0
Bilen 5 0 5 0 0 0
Oromo 45 25 25 0 0 0
Somali 25 10 20 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,045 2,140 1,910 50 25 25
Amharic 50 25 30 5 0 0
Arabic 3,780 2,005 1,775 45 25 20
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 5 5 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 105 60 45 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 40 60 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 240 120 120 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 240 120 120 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 870 425 450 260 135 120
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 45 20 30 10 5 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 10 5 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 5 5 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 0 5 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 805 395 410 250 135 120
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 20 15 5 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 385 220 165 20 15 10
Kannada 10 5 5 0 0 0
Malayalam 130 75 55 0 0 0
Tamil 115 65 50 10 10 5
Telugu 125 75 50 10 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 5,180 2,605 2,570 220 120 100
Albanian 100 50 50 0 0 0
Armenian 20 10 5 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,155 565 590 30 15 15
Baltic languages 20 5 10 0 0 0
Latvian 5 0 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages 1,135 560 580 30 15 20
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 55 30 30 0 0 0
Bulgarian 20 10 5 5 5 5
Croatian 60 25 35 0 0 0
Czech 35 20 15 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 155 75 90 5 5 5
Russian 655 320 335 5 5 5
Serbian 60 25 30 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 30 15 15 5 0 0
Slovak 20 10 10 5 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 45 25 20 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 250 120 130 25 10 15
Afrikaans 10 5 0 10 5 10
Danish 5 5 5 0 0 0
Dutch 30 15 15 5 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 165 80 90 10 10 5
Icelandic 15 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 250 125 125 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,515 1,320 1,200 115 65 50
Indo-Aryan languages 1,635 880 760 115 70 50
Bengali 225 125 100 0 0 0
Gujarati 95 60 30 0 0 0
Hindi 280 170 105 20 10 10
Kashmiri 0 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Nepali 470 235 235 5 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 205 100 105 50 35 20
Sindhi 5 0 0 10 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 40 40 10 5 5
Urdu 245 125 120 25 15 10
Iranian languages 875 435 440 0 0 0
Kurdish 85 45 35 0 0 0
Pashto 35 15 20 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 760 370 385 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 885 415 470 45 25 20
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 120 50 70 5 0 0
Portuguese 150 65 80 5 5 5
Romanian 60 30 30 0 0 0
Spanish 550 260 285 30 20 15
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 80 30 50 0 0 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 590 255 335 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 145 65 75 10 5 0
Akan (Twi) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 5 5 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 5 0 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 5 5 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 10 0 0 0
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 50 25 30 5 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 20 5 10 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 25 15 15 0 0 0
Dinka 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 20 15 15 0 0 0
Sign languages 125 65 65 35 15 20
American Sign Language 55 30 30 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 70 35 30 25 15 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,745 1,920 1,820 45 25 20
Chinese languages 3,740 1,920 1,820 45 25 20
Cantonese 505 265 240 30 15 10
Hakka 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,890 1,450 1,435 5 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 30 15 10 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 25 10 10 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 290 170 120 10 10 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 30 15 15 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 15 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 190 100 90 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 115 60 60 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 70 40 30 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 45 25 25 5 5 0
Estonian 0 5 0 5 5 0
Finnish 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 40 20 20 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 7,715 3,895 3,820 540 255 285
English and French 935 425 510 115 55 60
English and non-official language 6,495 3,320 3,170 425 200 220
French and non-official language 60 40 20 0 0 5
English, French and non-official language 225 115 115 5 0 5
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 313,225 150,620 162,610 104,405 51,370 53,035
None 287,715 138,150 149,560 101,450 49,935 51,515
English 8,545 4,380 4,165 1,135 580 550
French 6,675 2,920 3,755 790 345 445
Non-official language 9,730 4,905 4,830 1,005 485 520
Aboriginal 90 45 50 610 275 330
Non-Aboriginal 9,640 4,860 4,780 405 205 190
English and French 105 45 65 0 0 0
English and non-official language 180 85 95 5 10 0
French and non-official language 275 135 140 10 5 10
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 0 0 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 265,805 126,535 139,275 88,145 43,060 45,085
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 255,480 121,555 133,925 84,915 41,685 43,235
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 35,199 41,261 30,772 30,863 39,470 24,845
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 255,560 121,560 134,000 84,945 41,685 43,260
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,113 35,676 27,712 28,087 35,041 23,198
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 231,345 111,900 119,445 69,295 35,590 33,700
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,060 40,299 28,914 29,101 37,883 22,632
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 179,255 75,085 104,170 65,535 29,765 35,775
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,944 2,595 4,541 10,232 12,097 8,812
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 191,650 95,210 96,445 59,345 30,715 28,630
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,146 38,134 29,107 29,968 40,382 23,156
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 266,075 126,615 139,460 88,145 43,055 45,095
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 255,795 121,575 134,220 84,930 41,720 43,215
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 45,563 53,502 38,372 42,844 52,971 33,067
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 255,890 121,600 134,295 84,970 41,725 43,245
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,895 42,330 31,973 35,368 43,241 27,773
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 231,690 112,090 119,595 69,255 35,535 33,720
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 45,094 53,756 36,976 42,783 52,762 32,270
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 179,835 74,810 105,020 65,430 29,890 35,540
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,713 6,402 6,934 10,329 11,215 9,583
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 191,780 95,400 96,380 59,345 30,830 28,515
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 43,235 50,467 36,077 43,675 53,589 32,958
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 266,075 126,615 139,460 88,145 43,050 45,090
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households who worked full year full time in 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 24 97,680 52,245 45,435 23,205 11,795 11,410
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,254 55,940 45,291 56,254 67,693 46,353
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 60,702 67,889 52,438 65,546 77,570 53,116
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 89.6 92.5 86.0 81.4 84.9 75.9
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 70.8 73.7 67.3 70.9 74.4 65.4
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 10.4 7.5 14.0 18.6 15.1 24.1
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 265,805 126,530 139,270 88,145 43,060 45,085
Without total income 10,330 4,980 5,345 3,230 1,375 1,855
With total income 255,480 121,555 133,925 84,915 41,685 43,235
Percentage with total income 96.1 96.1 96.2 96.3 96.8 95.9
Under $10,000 (including loss) 35,615 16,115 19,500 10,995 4,120 6,880
$10,000 to $19,999 40,285 15,550 24,735 16,590 6,460 10,135
$20,000 to $29,999 34,790 13,580 21,210 13,880 5,425 8,460
$30,000 to $39,999 32,195 13,865 18,330 10,575 5,070 5,505
$40,000 to $49,999 27,520 12,615 14,910 7,910 4,070 3,835
$50,000 to $59,999 20,900 10,785 10,120 5,340 3,130 2,210
$60,000 to $69,999 16,235 9,225 7,015 4,170 2,505 1,665
$70,000 to $79,999 13,345 7,580 5,760 3,125 1,850 1,280
$80,000 to $89,999 10,415 5,955 4,460 2,785 1,645 1,145
$90,000 to $99,999 6,520 4,115 2,405 2,315 1,440 875
$100,000 and over 17,650 12,170 5,485 7,235 5,970 1,265
$100,000 to $149,999 11,970 8,045 3,930 5,440 4,405 1,035
$150,000 and over 5,680 4,125 1,555 1,790 1,560 230
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 265,810 126,535 139,275 88,145 43,060 45,090
Without after-tax income 10,245 4,970 5,275 3,205 1,375 1,830
With after-tax income 255,560 121,560 134,000 84,945 41,685 43,255
Percentage with after-tax income 96.1 96.1 96.2 96.4 96.8 95.9
Under $10,000 (including loss) 37,230 16,405 20,830 11,300 4,170 7,130
$10,000 to $19,999 43,020 16,820 26,200 17,545 6,805 10,740
$20,000 to $29,999 42,750 17,255 25,495 16,220 6,655 9,565
$30,000 to $39,999 39,910 17,670 22,235 11,970 6,065 5,905
$40,000 to $49,999 30,545 15,485 15,055 8,085 4,510 3,575
$50,000 to $59,999 21,890 12,530 9,360 5,530 3,315 2,220
$60,000 to $69,999 16,025 9,185 6,845 4,185 2,490 1,695
$70,000 to $79,999 8,790 5,570 3,220 3,350 2,125 1,230
$80,000 and over 15,405 10,645 4,760 6,755 5,560 1,195
$80,000 to $89,999 4,895 3,225 1,670 2,285 1,705 580
$90,000 to $99,999 2,985 2,010 975 1,600 1,365 235
$100,000 and over 7,525 5,410 2,115 2,870 2,485 385
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 265,805 126,530 139,275 88,145 43,060 45,090
Without employment income 74,150 31,325 42,825 28,805 12,345 16,460
With employment income 191,650 95,210 96,445 59,345 30,715 28,630
Percentage with employment income 72.1 75.2 69.2 67.3 71.3 63.5
Under $5,000 (including loss) 24,150 11,055 13,095 8,220 3,760 4,460
$5,000 to $9,999 15,855 6,920 8,935 5,385 2,070 3,315
$10,000 to $19,999 26,165 11,490 14,675 9,340 4,110 5,230
$20,000 to $29,999 22,775 10,165 12,615 6,755 2,815 3,940
$30,000 to $39,999 21,840 9,665 12,175 5,255 2,520 2,735
$40,000 to $49,999 18,695 8,550 10,150 4,660 2,245 2,420
$50,000 to $59,999 14,225 7,510 6,715 3,485 2,005 1,480
$60,000 to $69,999 11,595 6,700 4,900 3,060 1,790 1,265
$70,000 to $79,999 10,365 5,880 4,485 2,460 1,450 1,015
$80,000 and over 25,985 17,275 8,710 10,725 7,960 2,765
$80,000 to $89,999 8,380 4,790 3,590 2,455 1,420 1,040
$90,000 to $99,999 4,970 3,300 1,670 2,040 1,295 745
$100,000 and over 12,640 9,190 3,455 6,225 5,250 980
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 139,920 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 65,824 ... ... 65,513 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 56,383 ... ... 57,828 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 45,045 ... ... 10,825 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,099 ... ... 25,577 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 31,597 ... ... 24,322 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 94,875 ... ... 33,125 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 84,696 ... ... 81,572 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,934 ... ... 71,060 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 83,284 ... ... 82,792 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 67,465 ... ... 68,377 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 45,030 ... ... 10,820 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 44,508 ... ... 40,692 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 36,292 ... ... 30,898 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 94,915 ... ... 33,135 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 101,680 ... ... 96,533 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 82,254 ... ... 80,611 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 139,925 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,415 ... ... 270 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 2,760 ... ... 680 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,535 ... ... 1,335 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,365 ... ... 2,355 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,755 ... ... 2,350 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,575 ... ... 2,235 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 6,360 ... ... 2,575 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,295 ... ... 2,000 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,300 ... ... 1,690 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,095 ... ... 1,705 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 11,340 ... ... 3,145 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 10,465 ... ... 2,905 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 9,820 ... ... 2,590 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 8,830 ... ... 2,285 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 7,325 ... ... 2,090 ... ...
$100,000 and over 39,685 ... ... 13,745 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 13,960 ... ... 4,295 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 9,290 ... ... 3,325 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 9,480 ... ... 3,750 ... ...
$200,000 and over 6,955 ... ... 2,370 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 139,920 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,525 ... ... 290 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 2,805 ... ... 685 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,590 ... ... 1,350 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,785 ... ... 2,425 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,775 ... ... 2,570 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 7,055 ... ... 2,470 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,900 ... ... 2,775 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,775 ... ... 2,260 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,660 ... ... 2,075 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,215 ... ... 2,015 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,755 ... ... 3,835 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,665 ... ... 3,355 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 10,455 ... ... 2,995 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 8,660 ... ... 2,640 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 7,100 ... ... 2,300 ... ...
$100,000 and over 26,210 ... ... 9,910 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 12,165 ... ... 4,390 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 6,450 ... ... 2,695 ... ...
$150,000 and over 7,590 ... ... 2,830 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 86,415 ... ... 32,350 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 86,601 ... ... 81,111 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 73,163 ... ... 70,621 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 36,240 ... ... 14,490 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 83,000 ... ... 68,650 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,959 ... ... 60,598 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 32,775 ... ... 12,285 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 113,744 ... ... 117,797 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 94,408 ... ... 98,638 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.8 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 14,640 ... ... 4,660 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 49,882 ... ... 43,538 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 45,427 ... ... 41,586 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 86,425 ... ... 32,330 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,284 ... ... 96,273 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 83,922 ... ... 80,337 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 36,280 ... ... 14,490 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 98,386 ... ... 84,233 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 78,997 ... ... 70,374 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 32,885 ... ... 12,310 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 130,907 ... ... 126,381 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,203 ... ... 104,050 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 14,480 ... ... 4,625 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,191 ... ... 55,213 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 51,797 ... ... 48,973 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 68,035 31,910 36,125 13,270 6,390 6,880
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 30,998 31,194 30,847 25,776 30,410 23,357
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 27,889 27,848 27,921 24,334 27,431 22,684
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 67,920 31,700 36,220 13,300 6,370 6,930
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 38,900 39,444 38,424 39,590 46,624 33,120
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 32,217 32,183 32,246 30,688 38,223 23,758
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 311,400 149,760 161,645 103,600 51,015 52,585
In the bottom half of the distribution 163,910 76,440 87,470 53,080 24,980 28,100
In the bottom decile 40,180 19,370 20,815 9,345 4,290 5,055
In the second decile 30,240 13,210 17,030 13,795 6,080 7,715
In the third decile 30,585 13,990 16,590 10,380 4,955 5,420
In the fourth decile 31,170 14,615 16,550 10,070 4,925 5,135
In the fifth decile 31,735 15,260 16,475 9,495 4,720 4,775
In the top half of the distribution 147,495 73,320 74,175 50,525 26,040 24,485
In the sixth decile 31,385 15,475 15,905 9,940 5,070 4,875
In the seventh decile 31,875 15,885 15,990 10,065 5,055 5,010
In the eighth decile 31,665 15,640 16,025 10,485 5,365 5,115
In the ninth decile 28,485 14,255 14,230 10,920 5,675 5,255
In the top decile 24,085 12,065 12,020 9,110 4,880 4,230
Low income in 2015
Total - Low-income status in 2015 for the population in private households to whom low-income concepts are applicable - 100% dataCensus data footnote 43 311,200 149,670 161,525 101,645 50,060 51,585
0 to 17 years 54,845 27,845 27,000 18,055 9,265 8,790
0 to 5 years 18,415 9,355 9,060 5,465 2,810 2,660
18 to 64 years 209,590 101,155 108,440 64,085 31,280 32,810
65 years and over 46,760 20,675 26,085 19,505 9,515 9,990
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 50,640 23,470 27,175 16,905 7,495 9,415
0 to 17 years 11,720 5,940 5,775 3,530 1,765 1,770
0 to 5 years 4,415 2,205 2,205 1,145 590 560
18 to 64 years 33,450 15,625 17,830 8,270 3,530 4,735
65 years and over 5,465 1,900 3,570 5,105 2,200 2,910
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 16.3 15.7 16.8 16.6 15.0 18.3
0 to 17 years (%) 21.4 21.3 21.4 19.6 19.1 20.1
0 to 5 years (%) 24.0 23.6 24.3 21.0 21.0 21.1
18 to 64 years (%) 16.0 15.4 16.4 12.9 11.3 14.4
65 years and over (%) 11.7 9.2 13.7 26.2 23.1 29.1
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 35,485 17,315 18,175 4,950 2,370 2,580
0 to 17 years 7,150 3,655 3,495 1,080 555 525
0 to 5 years 2,800 1,425 1,375 315 170 145
18 to 64 years 26,905 13,120 13,790 3,635 1,720 1,915
65 years and over 1,425 535 895 235 90 140
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.4 11.6 11.3 4.9 4.7 5.0
0 to 17 years (%) 13.0 13.1 12.9 6.0 6.0 6.0
0 to 5 years (%) 15.2 15.2 15.2 5.8 6.0 5.5
18 to 64 years (%) 12.8 13.0 12.7 5.7 5.5 5.8
65 years and over (%) 3.0 2.6 3.4 1.2 0.9 1.4
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,580
Official languages 309,600 148,980 160,620 103,455 50,950 52,500
English 309,385 148,880 160,505 103,405 50,930 52,475
French 40,075 17,670 22,410 4,800 1,955 2,845
Non-official languages 40,675 20,295 20,380 4,790 2,385 2,405
Aboriginal languages 175 75 100 2,850 1,365 1,485
Algonquian languages 150 55 95 2,215 1,065 1,150
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 2,195 1,060 1,135
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 1,570 760 810
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 655 315 350
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 140 55 85 15 10 15
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 140 55 85 15 10 15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 10 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 640 300 340
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 575 255 320
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 45 20
Iroquoian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 10 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 40,500 20,230 20,275 1,945 1,020 925
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,425 5,095 4,330 160 95 70
Berber languages 25 15 15 10 10 10
Kabyle 25 10 10 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 10
Cushitic languages 145 50 90 0 0 0
Bilen 20 10 10 0 0 0
Oromo 40 15 20 0 0 0
Somali 75 25 50 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 9,345 5,075 4,275 160 90 65
Amharic 260 135 120 0 0 0
Arabic 8,490 4,580 3,910 145 80 65
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 530 325 205 10 0 0
Maltese 15 10 10 0 10 0
Tigrigna 135 70 70 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 445 200 245 0 10 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 435 200 240 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,220 975 1,245 525 240 285
Bikol 0 0 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 110 55 55 15 10 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 15 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 50 10 40 10 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 40 10 30 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,115 935 1,180 520 240 280
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 15 0 0 0
Creole languages 190 85 100 15 15 0
Haitian Creole 10 10 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 60 25 40 10 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 110 55 60 0 10 0
Dravidian languages 1,180 675 510 70 40 30
Kannada 75 40 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 480 255 225 10 10 0
Tamil 350 215 135 25 15 10
Telugu 330 205 130 30 15 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 18,675 9,240 9,435 1,000 550 455
Albanian 355 160 190 0 0 0
Armenian 75 50 30 0 10 0
Balto-Slavic languages 2,895 1,360 1,535 110 45 60
Baltic languages 55 20 35 0 0 0
Latvian 20 0 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 40 15 25 0 0 0
Slavic languages 2,855 1,350 1,510 110 50 60
Belarusan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 45 70 0 0 0
Bulgarian 35 20 15 10 0 10
Croatian 210 75 130 15 10 10
Czech 135 65 70 0 0 0
Macedonian 70 35 30 0 0 0
Polish 550 240 310 30 20 10
Russian 1,540 765 770 55 25 30
Serbian 130 55 75 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 100 60 45 10 0 0
Slovak 95 45 45 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 0 20 0 0 0
Ukrainian 240 115 120 20 15 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 250 120 125 15 10 0
Scottish Gaelic 155 70 80 0 0 0
Welsh 15 0 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 10 10 10
Germanic languages 3,340 1,610 1,730 315 175 140
Afrikaans 165 75 95 35 15 10
Danish 95 45 50 10 0 0
Dutch 540 230 310 25 10 15
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 2,360 1,185 1,185 235 130 105
Icelandic 55 20 30 10 0 0
Norwegian 80 65 15 10 0 10
Swedish 160 60 100 25 10 15
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 20 15 15 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,145 570 575 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,585 3,120 2,455 285 165 120
Indo-Aryan languages 4,195 2,385 1,810 280 160 120
Bengali 530 295 235 10 0 10
Gujarati 195 130 70 0 0 0
Hindi 1,995 1,140 855 50 30 20
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 20 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 105 70 40 15 10 10
Nepali 620 315 305 0 10 0
Oriya (Odia) 20 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 815 450 360 145 85 60
Sindhi 10 0 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 195 105 90 25 15 10
Urdu 885 545 340 100 60 40
Iranian languages 1,405 760 645 0 0 0
Kurdish 175 105 75 0 0 0
Pashto 55 35 20 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,205 640 565 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 30 30 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 5,825 2,660 3,160 350 205 150
Catalan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Italian 1,075 530 545 65 35 25
Portuguese 600 330 270 75 45 25
Romanian 190 110 80 10 0 0
Spanish 4,240 1,845 2,395 215 120 100
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 50 35 10 0 0 0
Japanese 605 230 375 15 0 15
Kartvelian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,145 485 665 15 10 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,125 615 515 20 20 10
Akan (Twi) 35 15 15 0 0 0
Bamanankan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Edo 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 75 45 30 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 10 0 0 0 0
Ga 25 15 15 0 0 0
Ganda 55 15 40 0 0 0
Igbo 70 40 30 10 0 10
Lingala 30 10 15 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 120 55 65 0 0 0
Shona 55 35 25 0 0 0
Swahili 335 185 150 0 0 0
Wolof 30 10 20 0 0 0
Yoruba 205 105 100 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 230 130 100 10 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 25 15 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 10 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 10 0 0 0
Sign languages 725 250 475 50 25 20
American Sign Language 415 130 290 25 10 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 315 130 185 20 15 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,645 2,865 2,775 90 55 35
Chinese languages 5,630 2,865 2,765 85 50 30
Cantonese 1,210 575 630 40 20 20
Hakka 35 20 20 0 0 0
Mandarin 4,375 2,180 2,190 50 30 15
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 145 65 85 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 20 25 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 405 250 160 20 10 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 20 10 10 10 10 0
Burmese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 150 80 70 0 0 0
Lao 10 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 135 75 60 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 520 275 245 10 10 0
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 0 0 0
Turkish 380 185 195 10 0 0
Uyghur 10 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 105 65 40 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 195 95 100 35 20 20
Estonian 30 15 15 10 0 10
Finnish 40 15 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 120 70 50 30 10 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 35 15 25 10 0 10
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,585
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 291,815 139,420 152,400 102,245 50,280 51,965
Canadian citizens aged under 18 51,890 26,345 25,540 18,610 9,520 9,090
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 239,930 113,075 126,855 83,635 40,760 42,870
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 19,905 10,460 9,445 1,360 740 620
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,580
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 271,120 129,135 141,980 101,155 49,735 51,425
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 33,030 16,310 16,720 1,965 1,005 960
Before 1981 8,320 4,000 4,315 635 325 315
1981 to 1990 2,565 1,290 1,275 160 85 75
1991 to 2000 4,390 2,115 2,275 160 85 75
2001 to 2010 8,845 4,460 4,380 360 180 180
2001 to 2005 3,310 1,675 1,635 135 70 60
2006 to 2010 5,535 2,790 2,745 225 110 120
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 8,915 4,440 4,470 640 330 315
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 7,575 4,435 3,140 480 280 200
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 33,030 16,305 16,725 1,965 1,005 960
Under 5 years 4,000 1,935 2,065 270 110 165
5 to 14 years 6,165 3,135 3,030 350 180 170
15 to 24 years 5,890 2,795 3,095 360 165 190
25 to 44 years 14,560 7,170 7,395 800 445 355
45 years and over 2,420 1,275 1,145 185 105 80
Immigrants by selected place of birthThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 33,035 16,310 16,725 1,960 1,005 960
Americas 4,570 2,130 2,435 330 150 180
Brazil 120 55 65 0 0 0
Colombia 105 60 50 0 0 0
El Salvador 60 25 35 0 0 0
Guyana 140 65 70 15 10 10
Haiti 20 10 10 0 0 0
Jamaica 315 125 190 25 10 15
Mexico 220 110 105 15 0 10
Peru 70 20 45 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 160 95 65 10 10 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 2,545 1,160 1,385 245 115 130
Other places of birth in Americas 815 405 410 20 0 15
Europe 9,815 4,915 4,900 795 425 370
Bosnia and Herzegovina 190 95 100 0 0 0
Croatia 130 45 80 10 0 10
France 290 160 130 20 10 10
Germany 835 420 415 120 55 60
Greece 435 225 215 10 10 10
Hungary 55 25 30 20 0 20
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 230 85 150 30 20 10
Italy 325 180 145 10 10 0
Netherlands 335 135 195 30 15 15
Poland 390 150 240 15 0 10
Portugal 150 90 55 35 30 10
Romania 135 75 55 0 10 0
Russian Federation 490 245 245 25 0 15
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 55 35 25 0 0 0
Ukraine 235 110 130 15 10 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 4,505 2,370 2,140 410 215 195
Other places of birth in Europe 1,025 465 560 45 35 10
Africa 2,900 1,495 1,405 165 85 80
Algeria 10 0 0 10 0 10
Egypt 725 380 355 55 25 30
Ethiopia 165 80 80 0 0 0
Kenya 120 70 50 0 0 0
Morocco 65 45 25 15 10 0
Nigeria 285 140 145 10 10 10
Somalia 60 30 30 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 265 105 155 40 15 20
Other places of birth in Africa 1,200 640 560 30 15 10
Asia 15,565 7,650 7,915 665 335 330
Afghanistan 90 35 60 0 0 0
Bangladesh 240 140 105 0 0 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,200 940 1,260 75 30 40
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 235 110 125 0 10 0
India 1,840 975 870 75 50 25
IranCensus data footnote 61 825 455 370 0 0 0
Iraq 525 245 280 10 10 0
Japan 165 65 105 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 685 270 410 10 0 10
Lebanon 1,100 605 500 10 10 0
Pakistan 440 220 220 60 35 20
Philippines 1,985 855 1,130 350 155 195
Sri Lanka 250 115 140 30 15 15
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 1,035 495 540 10 0 10
Taiwan 135 65 65 0 0 0
Viet Nam 345 165 180 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 3,470 1,905 1,565 35 20 15
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 185 115 70 10 0 10
Recent immigrants by selected places of birth
Total - Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 8,915 4,440 4,475 640 325 315
Americas 865 395 475 70 25 45
Brazil 75 40 40 0 0 0
Colombia 15 0 15 0 0 0
Cuba 40 25 20 10 0 0
Haiti 10 10 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 120 55 65 0 0 0
Mexico 90 50 40 15 0 10
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 290 135 155 30 10 25
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 215 75 135 25 10 15
Europe 1,130 595 535 75 40 35
France 60 30 25 15 10 10
Germany 85 40 45 15 10 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 35 15 20 10 10 10
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 20 10 15 0 0 0
Romania 30 15 15 0 0 0
Russian Federation 160 65 100 0 0 0
Ukraine 120 50 70 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 380 250 125 20 15 10
Other places of birth in Europe 240 115 120 15 10 10
Africa 925 490 430 90 45 50
Algeria 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 55 30 25 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 190 100 90 55 25 30
Eritrea 65 35 25 0 0 0
Ethiopia 40 30 10 0 0 0
Morocco 25 15 10 0 0 0
Nigeria 145 70 80 0 10 0
Somalia 0 0 10 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 40 10 30 35 15 20
Tunisia 0 10 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 350 205 150 0 0 0
Asia 5,980 2,960 3,020 400 220 190
Afghanistan 25 10 20 0 0 0
Bangladesh 65 40 25 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 835 385 445 30 20 15
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 10 0 0 0
India 745 410 340 15 15 0
IranCensus data footnote 61 250 130 120 0 0 0
Iraq 245 120 120 10 0 0
Israel 245 160 80 0 0 0
Japan 65 25 35 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 190 70 120 0 0 0
Lebanon 75 30 45 10 10 0
Nepal 180 95 85 0 0 0
Pakistan 95 50 45 25 15 10
Philippines 1,135 510 625 290 145 145
Saudi Arabia 120 60 50 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 90 50 40 15 10 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 780 360 420 10 0 10
Taiwan 0 0 10 0 0 0
Turkey 70 45 25 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 60 35 20 15 10 10
Viet Nam 45 15 30 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 675 350 325 0 0 0
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 20 10 10 0 0 0
Australia 10 0 10 0 0 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 10 0 0 0 0 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,580
First generationCensus data footnote 69 43,060 21,915 21,145 2,545 1,325 1,215
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 32,460 15,870 16,585 2,105 1,010 1,095
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 236,205 112,095 124,110 98,950 48,675 50,270
Admission category and applicant type
Total - Admission category and applicant type for the immigrant population in private households who landed between 1980 and 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 72 25,015 12,450 12,565 1,355 700 660
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 14,955 7,820 7,135 940 485 455
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 5,680 3,885 1,795 435 295 140
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 9,275 3,935 5,340 510 190 315
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 5,910 2,500 3,405 395 205 185
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 3,990 2,050 1,935 20 10 15
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 165 80 90 0 0 0
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 311,725 149,880 161,840 103,600 51,020 52,580
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 11,770 5,445 6,325 31,325 15,395 15,925
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 11,355 5,260 6,095 29,140 14,255 14,885
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 6,135 2,880 3,245 19,050 9,280 9,775
Métis 4,860 2,215 2,650 5,005 2,510 2,495
Inuk (Inuit) 365 160 205 5,080 2,470 2,615
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 210 105 110 365 205 160
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 200 80 115 1,815 935 885
Non-Aboriginal identity 299,955 144,435 155,520 72,275 35,620 36,650
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,015 52,580
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 2,990 1,390 1,605 14,285 6,925 7,360
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 308,735 148,495 160,240 89,315 44,095 45,220
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,585
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 1,995 875 1,120 13,755 6,850 6,910
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 1,930 845 1,080 13,125 6,515 6,610
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,365 625 740 8,380 4,115 4,255
Métis single ancestry 455 190 265 1,720 895 820
Inuit single ancestry 110 35 80 3,025 1,495 1,525
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 70 30 40 635 340 295
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 45 20 30 40 15 25
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 190 95 90
Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 365 205 155
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 40 15 25
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 17,865 7,955 9,910 21,885 10,620 11,265
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 17,160 7,600 9,565 20,730 10,080 10,655
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 12,410 5,520 6,890 17,045 8,230 8,815
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,225 1,845 2,375 1,575 815 760
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 520 230 290 2,110 1,030 1,080
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 705 360 350 1,150 545 610
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 585 285 295 295 120 180
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 75 45 25 345 185 160
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 50 25 15 470 230 245
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 10 35 10 25
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 291,860 141,045 150,815 67,955 33,545 34,410
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,580
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 41,290 20,845 20,440 1,555 800 755
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 6,400 3,605 2,795 375 205 170
Chinese 6,605 3,295 3,310 135 75 60
Black 12,395 6,050 6,340 205 110 100
Filipino 2,505 1,095 1,405 575 275 305
Latin American 1,120 565 550 30 15 20
Arab 7,020 3,770 3,250 130 65 60
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 820 370 450 0 0 0
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 1,325 700 625 0 0 0
Korean 1,180 495 685 10 0 0
Japanese 460 195 265 10 0 0
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 440 200 240 40 25 20
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 1,035 505 530 45 25 15
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 270,435 129,030 141,400 102,050 50,225 51,825
Ethnic origin populationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Total - Ethnic origin for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 103 311,725 149,880 161,845 103,600 51,020 52,580
North American Aboriginal origins 19,865 8,830 11,035 35,645 17,470 18,175
First Nations (North American Indian) 14,500 6,495 8,000 26,380 12,795 13,580
Inuit 780 350 435 6,585 3,270 3,310
Métis 5,375 2,375 3,000 4,550 2,310 2,230
Other North American origins 123,155 58,310 64,840 51,030 25,135 25,900
Acadian 7,785 3,495 4,285 85 45 45
American 3,185 1,545 1,640 300 130 165
Canadian 114,685 54,460 60,225 50,375 24,805 25,570
New Brunswicker 25 10 15 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 710 315 395 515 280 230
Nova Scotian 605 300 310 0 0 10
Ontarian 20 10 10 10 10 10
Québécois 170 85 80 30 20 10
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 15 0 10 0 0 0
European origins 214,805 102,215 112,590 52,090 25,595 26,490
British Isles origins 178,000 84,245 93,760 46,265 22,665 23,600
Channel Islander 30 10 25 20 15 10
Cornish 55 30 25 10 10 10
English 94,090 44,560 49,530 36,125 17,680 18,450
Irish 74,930 34,430 40,500 13,750 6,625 7,130
Manx 50 25 30 20 15 0
Scottish 88,575 41,275 47,305 7,370 3,475 3,900
Welsh 7,115 3,285 3,825 600 295 300
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 9,145 4,320 4,830 705 325 370
French origins 51,200 23,565 27,635 11,465 5,495 5,970
Alsatian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Breton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corsican 0 0 0 0 0 0
French 51,190 23,555 27,635 11,465 5,495 5,970
Western European origins (except French origins) 42,900 20,100 22,795 2,215 1,150 1,060
Austrian 805 420 385 40 25 20
Bavarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgian 850 410 440 10 0 10
Dutch 10,015 4,515 5,495 435 235 195
Flemish 60 45 15 30 10 20
Frisian 15 0 10 0 0 0
German 33,965 15,905 18,060 1,770 935 835
Luxembourger 10 10 10 0 0 0
Swiss 1,085 555 535 30 20 10
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 85 50 30 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 6,440 3,045 3,400 755 395 365
Danish 1,515 715 800 85 55 35
Finnish 505 220 290 30 0 15
Icelandic 310 135 175 35 25 15
Norwegian 2,220 1,095 1,130 440 220 220
Swedish 1,590 705 885 110 55 60
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 555 295 265 65 40 30
Eastern European origins 13,135 6,490 6,650 600 270 335
Bulgarian 140 65 75 0 0 0
Byelorussian 95 45 50 0 0 0
Czech 515 285 230 25 20 10
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 120 60 60 10 0 10
Estonian 170 85 90 10 10 0
Hungarian 1,105 575 535 80 35 45
Latvian 185 65 120 10 10 0
Lithuanian 460 225 235 10 10 10
Moldovan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Polish 4,755 2,290 2,465 275 105 165
Romanian 625 310 320 25 15 10
Russian 2,665 1,295 1,370 110 55 55
Slovak 275 160 115 10 0 10
Ukrainian 4,260 2,145 2,110 170 90 80
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 135 55 80 15 10 10
Southern European origins 14,000 6,670 7,330 865 435 430
Albanian 230 120 110 0 0 0
Bosnian 115 50 65 0 0 10
Catalan 0 0 10 0 0 0
Croatian 420 195 225 40 25 20
Cypriot 25 20 10 0 0 0
Greek 2,175 1,130 1,045 35 30 10
Italian 6,680 3,240 3,435 320 140 180
Kosovar 245 115 130 0 0 0
Macedonian 90 50 40 10 0 0
Maltese 230 95 135 30 25 10
Montenegrin 15 10 10 0 0 0
Portuguese 1,810 840 965 245 150 100
Serbian 170 75 95 15 10 0
Sicilian 10 0 10 10 0 0
Slovenian 100 40 55 0 0 0
Spanish 2,225 945 1,275 210 110 105
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 165 85 85 0 0 0
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 65 35 30 10 0 10
Other European origins 2,980 1,480 1,500 235 125 115
Basque 105 40 60 0 0 0
Jewish 1,285 640 650 90 55 35
Roma (Gypsy) 50 35 15 10 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 15 15 0 10 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,550 760 790 140 75 70
Caribbean origins 3,090 1,495 1,595 135 80 55
Antiguan 80 45 35 0 0 0
Bahamian 185 90 95 0 0 0
Barbadian 370 190 185 10 10 0
Bermudan 125 60 65 0 0 0
Carib 40 30 15 0 0 0
Cuban 245 110 135 10 0 0
Dominican 80 35 50 0 0 0
Grenadian 15 15 10 10 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 55 10 40 0 0 0
Jamaican 1,110 550 555 70 35 35
Kittitian/Nevisian 35 15 20 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 45 10 35 10 10 0
St. Lucian 60 20 40 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 220 125 90 25 15 15
Vincentian/Grenadinian 20 15 10 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 385 200 185 20 10 10
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 260 135 125 0 10 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 1,885 965 920 70 35 30
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 135 75 60 0 0 0
Arawak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 50 25 25 10 10 0
Belizean 10 10 0 0 0 0
Bolivian 35 20 15 0 0 0
Brazilian 205 110 95 0 0 0
Chilean 70 40 25 0 0 0
Colombian 220 115 105 0 10 0
Costa Rican 25 0 20 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 25 10 10 0 0 0
Guatemalan 50 35 20 0 0 0
Guyanese 255 115 135 15 10 0
Hispanic 55 30 20 0 0 0
Honduran 35 25 0 10 0 0
Maya 55 30 20 0 0 0
Mexican 435 220 215 15 0 10
Nicaraguan 35 10 20 10 0 0
Panamanian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 120 55 70 0 0 0
Salvadorean 65 40 20 0 0 0
Uruguayan 15 0 15 0 0 0
Venezuelan 50 35 10 15 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 130 70 60 0 0 0
African origins 10,940 5,245 5,695 310 155 160
Central and West African origins 1,050 550 500 70 35 35
Akan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angolan 15 0 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkinabe 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cameroonian 25 15 10 25 0 20
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 165 80 85 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Ghanaian 135 75 60 0 0 0
Guinean 20 15 10 0 0 0
Ibo 90 45 45 0 0 0
Ivorian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Liberian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Malian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malinké 15 10 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 350 185 170 40 25 15
Peulh 10 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 10 10 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 40 30 10 0 0 0
Togolese 65 30 35 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 65 25 45 0 10 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 110 60 45 0 0 0
North African origins 1,705 895 810 85 35 50
Algerian 30 25 10 0 0 10
Berber 55 35 20 15 10 10
Coptic 30 10 20 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 1,175 630 545 65 30 40
Libyan 185 90 95 0 0 0
Maure 0 10 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 115 55 60 0 0 0
Sudanese 110 45 65 0 0 0
Tunisian 40 20 20 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 35 20 15 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 1,490 710 780 65 35 25
Afrikaner 20 0 15 0 0 0
Amhara 10 10 0 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 10 0 0 0 0
Burundian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 145 75 75 0 0 0
Ethiopian 245 100 140 10 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 140 85 60 0 0 0
Malagasy 15 0 15 0 0 0
Mauritian 10 10 0 15 10 0
Oromo 30 15 15 0 0 0
Rwandan 90 50 45 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 15 0 10
Somali 165 75 85 0 0 0
South African 320 135 185 20 15 10
Tanzanian 50 35 20 0 0 0
Tigrian 15 0 10 0 0 0
Ugandan 60 20 35 0 0 0
Zambian 70 30 45 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 85 55 30 10 10 0
Zulu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 105 60 45 0 0 0
Other African origins 6,875 3,190 3,690 130 55 75
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 1,190 555 640 10 0 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 5,740 2,665 3,075 120 50 75
Asian origins 31,695 16,110 15,585 1,570 805 760
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,750 6,590 6,160 415 225 190
Afghan 225 80 150 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,340 690 650 15 10 0
Armenian 195 105 85 20 10 0
Assyrian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Azerbaijani 20 15 0 0 0 0
Georgian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Hazara 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,175 675 500 20 15 10
Iraqi 575 255 320 10 0 0
Israeli 200 110 90 0 0 0
Jordanian 255 145 110 0 0 0
Kazakh 25 10 10 0 0 0
Kurd 225 110 110 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 200 105 95 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 4,575 2,280 2,300 260 115 150
Palestinian 865 480 395 20 10 10
Pashtun 0 10 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 660 430 220 0 0 0
Syrian 1,530 755 780 60 40 20
Tajik 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tatar 30 10 25 0 0 0
Turk 530 255 275 0 0 0
Turkmen 10 0 10 0 0 0
Uighur 15 10 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 90 60 30 0 0 0
Yemeni 205 105 100 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 685 350 330 10 10 0
South Asian origins 6,710 3,775 2,935 405 220 185
Bangladeshi 190 105 80 0 0 0
Bengali 50 35 15 0 0 0
Bhutanese 210 90 120 0 0 0
East Indian 4,905 2,780 2,120 270 140 130
Goan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 10 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 430 215 210 0 0 0
Pakistani 465 290 175 70 55 20
Punjabi 160 80 80 0 0 0
Sinhalese 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 270 125 145 30 20 15
Tamil 50 20 30 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 385 240 145 25 0 20
East and Southeast Asian origins 12,205 5,760 6,450 740 365 380
Burmese 15 0 10 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 40 10 30 0 0 0
Chinese 7,190 3,530 3,660 170 95 70
Filipino 2,610 1,175 1,440 595 280 310
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 90 45 45 0 0 0
Japanese 565 220 345 0 0 0
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,230 515 710 0 0 0
Laotian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Malaysian 50 15 30 0 0 0
Mongolian 35 10 20 0 0 0
Singaporean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 135 65 70 0 0 0
Thai 155 60 95 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 550 250 305 0 10 0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 50 35 20 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 260 120 145 0 0 10
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 260 115 145 0 0 10
Oceania origins 435 215 225 25 20 10
Australian 230 105 125 15 10 10
New Zealander 160 90 75 10 0 0
Pacific Islands origins 50 25 25 0 0 0
Fijian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Hawaiian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Maori 10 0 0 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 15 10 0 0 0 0
Samoan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 10 0 0 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Owner 73,790 ... ... 33,180 ... ...
Renter 66,130 ... ... 10,360 ... ...
Band housing 15 ... ... 415 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Condominium 10,200 ... ... 590 ... ...
Not condominium 129,745 ... ... 43,365 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 139,940 ... ... 43,955 ... ...
No bedrooms 860 ... ... 20 ... ...
1 bedroom 23,900 ... ... 2,375 ... ...
2 bedrooms 39,590 ... ... 10,220 ... ...
3 bedrooms 47,055 ... ... 20,285 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 28,535 ... ... 11,050 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 43,420 ... ... 6,885 ... ...
5 rooms 21,060 ... ... 7,485 ... ...
6 rooms 19,570 ... ... 7,815 ... ...
7 rooms 16,685 ... ... 6,645 ... ...
8 or more rooms 39,210 ... ... 15,115 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.1 ... ... 6.8 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 139,940 ... ... 43,955 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 138,695 ... ... 43,600 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 1,250 ... ... 350 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
Suitable 134,520 ... ... 42,860 ... ...
Not suitable 5,425 ... ... 1,090 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
1960 or before 29,820 ... ... 8,240 ... ...
1961 to 1980 41,095 ... ... 16,625 ... ...
1981 to 1990 21,780 ... ... 6,685 ... ...
1991 to 2000 18,690 ... ... 5,375 ... ...
2001 to 2005 9,835 ... ... 2,065 ... ...
2006 to 2010 9,475 ... ... 2,615 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 9,250 ... ... 2,345 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 139,940 ... ... 43,955 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 130,840 ... ... 40,225 ... ...
Major repairs needed 9,100 ... ... 3,730 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
1 household maintainer 81,925 ... ... 26,230 ... ...
2 household maintainers 53,950 ... ... 17,090 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 4,070 ... ... 630 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 139,940 ... ... 43,950 ... ...
15 to 24 years 8,815 ... ... 1,140 ... ...
25 to 34 years 24,665 ... ... 4,685 ... ...
35 to 44 years 22,885 ... ... 6,435 ... ...
45 to 54 years 26,305 ... ... 9,315 ... ...
55 to 64 years 25,925 ... ... 9,720 ... ...
65 to 74 years 18,235 ... ... 7,740 ... ...
75 to 84 years 9,890 ... ... 3,890 ... ...
85 years and over 3,220 ... ... 1,030 ... ...
Total - Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero, in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings by shelter-cost-to-income ratio - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 141 139,380 ... ... 43,455 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 100,820 ... ... 36,920 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 38,565 ... ... 6,540 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 32,490 ... ... 5,900 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 73,790 ... ... 33,135 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 64.0 ... ... 45.5 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 13.4 ... ... 9.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,219 ... ... 603 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,300 ... ... 862 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 269,888 ... ... 184,830 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 313,569 ... ... 206,244 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 66,040 ... ... 10,350 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 8.3 ... ... 25.7 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.7 ... ... 34.5 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 967 ... ... 730 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,039 ... ... 752 ... ...
Highest certificate, diploma or degree
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 266,075 126,615 139,465 88,145 43,055 45,095
No certificate, diploma or degree 36,685 18,230 18,460 24,135 12,000 12,135
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 68,015 34,380 33,635 21,420 9,460 11,960
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 161,375 74,005 87,370 42,590 21,590 20,995
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 18,440 12,190 6,250 11,055 8,135 2,925
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 10,635 5,795 4,835 5,845 3,595 2,245
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 7,805 6,385 1,415 5,215 4,530 680
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 53,690 22,180 31,515 20,085 8,840 11,245
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 6,200 2,585 3,610 1,910 760 1,150
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 83,045 37,050 46,000 9,535 3,865 5,675
Bachelor's degree 55,590 24,255 31,335 6,660 2,530 4,125
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 4,285 1,915 2,370 480 205 280
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,405 1,320 1,085 290 180 110
Master's degree 17,410 7,480 9,930 1,925 810 1,105
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 3,360 2,085 1,275 185 125 60
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 176,125 84,560 91,565 57,580 27,980 29,600
No certificate, diploma or degree 13,820 7,530 6,290 10,735 5,600 5,135
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 38,315 19,935 18,380 12,935 5,705 7,235
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 123,995 57,095 66,895 33,910 16,685 17,225
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 12,830 8,740 4,090 8,295 6,070 2,225
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 7,335 4,200 3,135 4,515 2,795 1,720
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 5,485 4,540 950 3,780 3,275 505
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 40,580 17,465 23,115 16,615 7,155 9,460
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 4,090 1,695 2,395 1,210 515 695
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 66,495 29,195 37,305 7,790 2,945 4,845
Bachelor's degree 44,315 19,360 24,955 5,375 1,925 3,450
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 3,330 1,380 1,950 385 155 235
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,010 1,015 995 235 140 95
Master's degree 14,370 6,030 8,335 1,655 630 1,020
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 2,475 1,405 1,070 140 95 45
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 266,075 126,615 139,460 88,150 43,050 45,095
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 104,700 52,610 52,090 45,560 21,465 24,095
Education 10,175 2,635 7,540 3,610 1,100 2,510
13. Education 10,180 2,635 7,545 3,610 1,105 2,510
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,770 2,765 3,010 610 290 315
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,105 815 290 135 115 25
50. Visual and performing arts 4,665 1,945 2,720 470 180 290
Humanities 9,195 3,550 5,645 1,150 460 690
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 675 225 455 55 15 40
23. English language and literature/letters 2,820 860 1,965 235 80 155
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,890 620 1,275 365 90 280
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 50 20 35 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 650 350 305 90 65 25
39. Theology and religious vocations 695 420 280 225 125 95
54. History 1,905 970 940 115 70 40
55. French language and literature/letters 500 100 395 70 10 60
Social and behavioural sciences and law 19,950 6,615 13,335 2,245 560 1,685
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 350 75 280 35 10 25
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,995 730 1,265 115 40 70
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,200 275 2,930 875 65 815
22. Legal professions and studies 2,990 1,090 1,900 225 90 135
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 320 85 240 55 20 30
42. Psychology 4,280 1,120 3,160 380 90 295
45. Social sciences 6,810 3,245 3,565 555 240 310
Business, management and public administration 38,330 13,990 24,340 8,100 1,500 6,605
30.16 Accounting and computer science 45 10 40 55 0 50
44. Public administration and social service professions 2,405 575 1,830 425 75 355
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 35,880 13,405 22,470 7,625 1,430 6,195
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,230 3,965 4,265 620 320 300
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 3,940 1,625 2,315 235 105 125
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,590 620 970 190 105 90
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 90 25 60 10 10 0
40. Physical sciences 2,355 1,610 740 135 90 45
41. Science technologies/technicians 250 80 170 50 20 30
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,075 5,215 2,855 1,175 525 650
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 6,485 4,495 1,990 1,020 440 580
25. Library science 605 85 525 50 15 40
27. Mathematics and statistics 880 570 315 100 70 35
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 100 75 25 10 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 27,225 24,885 2,340 12,365 11,285 1,075
04. Architecture and related services 820 540 280 15 10 0
14. Engineering 6,660 5,635 1,025 700 580 120
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,140 5,650 490 2,395 1,920 475
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 10 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 5,795 5,610 190 4,095 3,920 180
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 5,370 5,100 270 3,775 3,565 210
48. Precision production 2,430 2,345 90 1,390 1,300 95
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,670 885 790 1,165 755 410
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 790 395 390 205 85 120
03. Natural resources and conservation 885 490 395 960 670 290
Health and related fields 22,970 4,440 18,525 5,880 960 4,920
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,435 680 755 230 125 100
51. Health professions and related programs 20,690 3,245 17,450 5,555 790 4,765
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 850 520 325 90 40 50
Personal, protective and transportation services 9,750 5,055 4,695 5,670 3,830 1,840
12. Personal and culinary services 5,770 1,615 4,150 1,850 405 1,445
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 130 130 10 10 10 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 375 340 35 20 25 0
43. Security and protective services 1,525 1,180 345 580 445 135
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,940 1,785 155 3,215 2,950 265
Other 30 0 25 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 35 10 25 0 0 0
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 176,125 84,560 91,565 57,575 27,985 29,595
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 52,135 27,465 24,670 23,665 11,300 12,370
Education 6,910 1,675 5,235 2,455 680 1,780
13. Education 6,910 1,675 5,235 2,455 680 1,775
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 4,485 2,170 2,315 480 225 255
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 785 595 190 105 75 25
50. Visual and performing arts 3,700 1,580 2,125 375 145 230
Humanities 7,095 2,685 4,415 805 315 490
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 545 175 370 40 15 30
23. English language and literature/letters 2,265 705 1,560 150 40 110
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 1,510 510 1,005 260 70 195
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 20 30 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 515 265 250 65 45 20
39. Theology and religious vocations 435 260 175 150 85 60
54. History 1,435 690 745 90 50 40
55. French language and literature/letters 345 65 280 45 10 35
Social and behavioural sciences and law 16,265 5,240 11,025 1,945 450 1,490
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 305 65 240 30 10 20
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,720 620 1,100 90 30 60
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 2,575 230 2,350 760 60 695
22. Legal professions and studies 2,590 850 1,745 205 75 130
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 250 55 190 50 20 30
42. Psychology 3,365 870 2,495 320 55 260
45. Social sciences 5,460 2,555 2,900 490 200 295
Business, management and public administration 29,140 10,865 18,275 6,860 1,175 5,685
30.16 Accounting and computer science 45 10 35 45 0 40
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,950 460 1,495 375 55 320
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 27,145 10,395 16,750 6,440 1,125 5,320
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,050 2,910 3,140 485 235 255
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 3,045 1,270 1,780 205 90 115
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,130 470 660 150 70 75
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 80 30 55 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 1,645 1,115 530 90 50 35
41. Science technologies/technicians 145 25 120 35 20 15
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 7,060 4,670 2,395 1,080 480 600
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 5,900 4,155 1,750 955 410 550
25. Library science 420 60 365 40 10 25
27. Mathematics and statistics 655 400 255 85 55 30
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 80 65 20 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 20,605 18,620 1,985 9,420 8,595 825
04. Architecture and related services 625 390 240 10 10 10
14. Engineering 4,960 4,115 845 550 465 85
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 4,810 4,370 440 1,940 1,540 400
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 10 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 4,350 4,170 185 3,075 2,960 115
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 4,080 3,870 205 2,815 2,660 150
48. Precision production 1,775 1,705 70 1,025 960 70
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,375 735 640 990 635 360
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 650 330 325 170 65 110
03. Natural resources and conservation 725 405 315 815 570 250
Health and related fields 17,395 3,575 13,820 4,770 740 4,025
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,115 565 545 190 115 75
51. Health professions and related programs 15,605 2,620 12,985 4,505 590 3,915
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 680 390 285 75 40 40
Personal, protective and transportation services 7,575 3,950 3,625 4,625 3,160 1,460
12. Personal and culinary services 4,535 1,335 3,200 1,505 325 1,180
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 120 115 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 225 200 20 20 20 0
43. Security and protective services 1,180 915 265 480 380 95
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,515 1,385 130 2,620 2,435 185
Other 35 10 25 10 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 30 10 25 0 0 0
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 266,075 126,615 139,465 88,145 43,055 45,090
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 104,700 52,610 52,095 45,560 21,460 24,100
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 161,375 74,005 87,370 42,585 21,590 21,000
Location of study inside Canada 145,435 66,060 79,375 41,220 20,865 20,350
Same as province or territory of residence 110,095 48,925 61,170 34,470 17,375 17,095
Different than province or territory of residence 35,340 17,135 18,205 6,745 3,490 3,265
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 15,940 7,940 8,000 1,370 725 645
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,075 1,610 1,465 295 165 130
Philippines 1,095 395 705 380 170 210
India 1,460 765 695 60 35 25
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,425 1,410 1,015 230 145 90
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 800 315 485 10 0 10
France 235 140 100 10 10 10
Other 6,850 3,310 3,540 390 205 180
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 176,125 84,565 91,565 57,580 27,980 29,595
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 52,135 27,465 24,670 23,670 11,295 12,370
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 123,990 57,095 66,900 33,905 16,680 17,225
Location of study inside Canada 111,570 51,090 60,475 32,795 16,095 16,695
Same as province or territory of residence 83,980 37,745 46,235 27,145 13,275 13,865
Different than province or territory of residence 27,585 13,345 14,240 5,650 2,820 2,830
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 12,425 6,005 6,420 1,120 590 530
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 2,000 1,020 990 200 115 90
Philippines 1,015 370 640 355 160 190
India 1,160 595 560 60 30 25
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 1,520 880 640 180 120 60
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 645 260 390 0 0 0
France 195 115 80 10 10 0
Other 5,895 2,780 3,120 315 155 160
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 266,075 126,615 139,460 88,150 43,055 45,095
In the labour force 178,230 90,125 88,105 50,350 26,065 24,290
Employed 165,025 82,915 82,110 40,125 19,830 20,295
Unemployed 13,205 7,205 6,000 10,230 6,235 3,995
Not in the labour force 87,845 36,490 51,355 37,790 16,990 20,805
Participation rate 67.0 71.2 63.2 57.1 60.5 53.9
Employment rate 62.0 65.5 58.9 45.5 46.1 45.0
Unemployment rate 7.4 8.0 6.8 20.3 23.9 16.4
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 266,075 126,615 139,465 88,145 43,050 45,095
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 81,165 33,760 47,400 32,950 14,380 18,570
Worked 184,915 92,855 92,060 55,195 28,675 26,525
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 100,455 54,135 46,325 23,515 11,995 11,520
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 84,460 38,725 45,735 31,675 16,680 14,995
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.1 43.5 42.6 37.2 36.4 38.1
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 178,230 90,125 88,110 50,355 26,065 24,290
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 3,465 1,775 1,685 1,285 700 590
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 174,765 88,345 86,420 49,075 25,370 23,700
Employee 159,875 79,410 80,465 46,665 23,960 22,705
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 14,890 8,930 5,960 2,405 1,410 990
Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 172 178,230 90,120 88,105 50,350 26,065 24,290
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 3,465 1,780 1,685 1,285 695 590
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 174,765 88,345 86,425 49,070 25,365 23,705
0 Management occupations 18,790 11,095 7,695 3,785 2,175 1,605
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 29,060 9,080 19,985 5,390 1,195 4,190
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,135 11,265 2,870 2,300 1,850 450
3 Health occupations 13,885 2,860 11,025 3,790 650 3,135
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,610 9,840 14,770 6,615 1,805 4,810
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,335 3,020 3,315 655 255 400
6 Sales and service occupations 45,615 20,590 25,025 11,220 3,995 7,225
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 18,065 17,150 920 10,420 9,740 680
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 1,555 1,315 240 2,925 2,410 515
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 2,710 2,125 585 1,980 1,290 685
Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 173 178,230 90,125 88,110 50,355 26,065 24,290
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 3,460 1,780 1,685 1,285 700 590
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 174,770 88,345 86,420 49,070 25,370 23,700
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 590 410 180 2,175 1,665 510
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 755 640 115 2,885 2,405 480
22 Utilities 1,180 765 415 720 590 130
23 Construction 9,250 8,220 1,030 5,370 4,795 575
31-33 Manufacturing 7,175 5,240 1,930 2,905 1,965 945
41 Wholesale trade 5,355 3,860 1,490 1,060 790 275
44-45 Retail trade 21,120 9,540 11,585 6,520 2,770 3,750
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 7,400 5,670 1,730 2,220 1,540 675
51 Information and cultural industries 5,210 2,955 2,255 455 285 165
52 Finance and insurance 8,655 3,700 4,955 740 180 555
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 3,665 2,085 1,575 445 240 200
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 14,315 8,155 6,160 1,120 565 555
55 Management of companies and enterprises 190 70 115 60 35 25
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 9,600 5,630 3,970 1,370 760 610
61 Educational services 14,285 5,000 9,290 3,510 1,110 2,400
62 Health care and social assistance 23,130 4,555 18,575 7,525 1,235 6,285
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 3,890 2,035 1,855 610 310 305
72 Accommodation and food services 13,810 6,120 7,685 3,615 1,140 2,475
81 Other services (except public administration) 6,915 2,805 4,110 1,980 880 1,095
91 Public administration 18,275 10,870 7,405 3,790 2,095 1,695
Place of work status
Total - Place of work status for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 174 165,020 82,915 82,110 40,125 19,830 20,290
Worked at home 10,045 4,895 5,155 1,645 690 950
Worked outside Canada 905 615 290 70 55 15
No fixed workplace address 16,380 11,860 4,515 4,390 3,335 1,060
Worked at usual place 137,695 65,550 72,145 34,025 15,755 18,265
Commuting destinationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census commuting destination data
Total - Commuting destination for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work - 25% sample data 137,695 65,550 72,145 34,020 15,755 18,270
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 133,485 63,065 70,425 21,470 9,505 11,965
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 120 85 35 9,920 4,395 5,520
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 2,710 1,540 1,170 1,765 1,185 580
Commute to a different province or territory 1,370 860 515 870 665 200
Main mode of commuting
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 175 154,070 77,410 76,660 38,415 19,085 19,330
Car, truck, van - as a driver 101,800 54,200 47,600 30,735 15,155 15,585
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 11,555 4,300 7,255 2,735 1,100 1,635
Public transit 21,710 9,415 12,290 915 680 235
Walked 15,220 7,145 8,070 2,265 945 1,310
Bicycle 1,920 1,275 650 70 65 10
Other method 1,870 1,080 790 1,690 1,145 550
Commuting duration
Total - Commuting duration for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 176 154,070 77,410 76,660 38,415 19,090 19,325
Less than 15 minutes 42,000 19,325 22,675 23,400 10,685 12,715
15 to 29 minutes 66,655 34,800 31,855 8,580 4,430 4,145
30 to 44 minutes 29,695 15,360 14,335 3,060 1,775 1,290
45 to 59 minutes 8,560 4,105 4,460 1,275 645 635
60 minutes and over 7,160 3,825 3,340 2,095 1,550 540
Time leaving for work
Total - Time leaving for work for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 177 154,070 77,410 76,660 38,415 19,090 19,330
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 6,370 3,980 2,390 2,170 1,575 595
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 27,510 16,205 11,305 5,145 3,685 1,460
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 45,800 23,070 22,735 13,025 6,885 6,145
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 35,650 15,435 20,215 9,835 3,465 6,370
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 16,695 7,445 9,250 3,365 1,040 2,330
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 22,050 11,280 10,775 4,865 2,440 2,430
Language used most often at work
Total - Language used most often at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 178 190,100 95,310 94,790 56,685 29,345 27,340
Single responses 188,795 94,770 94,025 56,530 29,270 27,260
Official languages 188,095 94,385 93,705 56,085 29,055 27,035
English 186,785 94,045 92,740 55,845 28,980 26,865
French 1,310 345 970 240 75 170
Non-official languages 700 385 315 445 215 225
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 435 205 225
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 415 205 210
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 415 205 210
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 250 125 125
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 165 75 85
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 20 10 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 20 10 15
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 705 385 315 10 10 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 150 110 40 0 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 150 115 35 0 0 0
Amharic 10 0 10 0 0 0
Arabic 130 100 25 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 20 15 10 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 15 0 10 10 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15 10 10 10 10 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 180 95 85 10 10 0
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 35 20 10 0 0 0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 25 20 10 0 0 0
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 25 20 10 0 0 0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 35 20 15 10 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 10 0 0
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 20 10 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 50 30 20 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 20 20 0 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 30 10 20 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 30 10 15 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 60 20 35 0 0 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 30 0 20 0 0 0
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 35 15 20 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 20 0 15 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 30 10 20 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 25 10 20 0 0 0
American Sign Language 15 0 10 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 270 145 125 0 0 0
Chinese languages 270 150 120 0 0 0
Cantonese 60 30 25 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 190 95 90 0 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 15 15 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 10 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 1,300 535 760 155 75 85
English and French 740 255 480 105 45 65
English and non-official language 530 270 260 50 30 20
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 30 15 15 0 0 0
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 190,095 95,310 94,785 56,680 29,340 27,340
None 181,315 91,000 90,315 55,065 28,625 26,435
English 1,150 405 740 475 200 275
French 5,725 2,915 2,805 635 305 335
Non-official language 1,765 900 865 495 210 290
Aboriginal 30 15 15 410 160 250
Non-Aboriginal 1,735 880 850 90 50 45
English and French 10 0 10 0 0 0
English and non-official language 0 10 10 0 0 0
French and non-official language 145 90 55 0 10 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 308,695 148,365 160,335 102,725 50,585 52,140
Non-movers 255,605 122,615 132,990 92,585 45,665 46,920
Movers 53,095 25,750 27,345 10,135 4,915 5,220
Non-migrants 37,720 18,335 19,380 5,135 2,445 2,690
Migrants 15,375 7,415 7,965 5,000 2,465 2,535
Internal migrants 10,585 5,040 5,545 4,800 2,385 2,420
Intraprovincial migrants 3,680 1,620 2,060 3,330 1,665 1,665
Interprovincial migrants 6,910 3,415 3,490 1,470 715 750
External migrants 4,795 2,375 2,415 205 85 115
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 296,350 142,155 154,200 98,800 48,580 50,220
Non-movers 165,450 78,700 86,750 71,320 35,110 36,210
Movers 130,900 63,455 67,450 27,480 13,470 14,010
Non-migrants 85,485 41,285 44,200 13,370 6,475 6,895
Migrants 45,410 22,170 23,245 14,115 6,995 7,115
Internal migrants 31,540 14,915 16,625 13,225 6,530 6,690
Intraprovincial migrants 10,410 4,655 5,760 7,935 3,845 4,090
Interprovincial migrants 21,125 10,260 10,870 5,290 2,685 2,605
External migrants 13,875 7,255 6,620 890 465 425

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Halifax [Population centre], Nova Scotia and West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador [Economic region], Newfoundland and Labrador (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 3, 2024).

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