Census Profile, 2016 Census
Ottawa - Gatineau [Population centre], Ontario/Quebec and Gwayasdums 1, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], British Columbia

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Characteristic Ottawa - Gatineau
Ontario/Quebec
[Population centre]
Gwayasdums 1, IRI
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 989,567 ... ... 27 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 945,592 r ... ... 38 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 4.7 ... ... -28.9 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 439,953 ... ... 20 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 412,533 ... ... 13 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,900.0 ... ... 84.9 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 520.82 ... ... 0.32 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 989,585 479,125 510,465 x x x
0 to 14 years 163,945 83,475 80,475 x x x
0 to 4 years 53,575 27,245 26,330 x x x
5 to 9 years 56,635 28,810 27,820 x x x
10 to 14 years 53,740 27,415 26,325 x x x
15 to 64 years 673,790 328,910 344,880 x x x
15 to 19 years 57,940 29,395 28,550 x x x
20 to 24 years 74,270 37,115 37,155 x x x
25 to 29 years 70,885 35,210 35,680 x x x
30 to 34 years 68,095 33,195 34,895 x x x
35 to 39 years 65,400 31,325 34,070 x x x
40 to 44 years 65,225 31,355 33,865 x x x
45 to 49 years 67,100 32,420 34,675 x x x
50 to 54 years 75,240 36,710 38,530 x x x
55 to 59 years 70,815 34,010 36,805 x x x
60 to 64 years 58,825 28,175 30,645 x x x
65 years and over 151,845 66,735 85,110 x x x
65 to 69 years 50,755 24,020 26,735 x x x
70 to 74 years 35,760 16,480 19,280 x x x
75 to 79 years 25,805 11,445 14,360 x x x
80 to 84 years 18,955 7,945 11,015 x x x
85 years and over 20,565 6,845 13,720 x x x
85 to 89 years 12,485 4,605 7,880 x x x
90 to 94 years 6,195 1,850 4,350 x x x
95 to 99 years 1,655 365 1,290 x x x
100 years and over 230 30 200 x x x
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 x x x
0 to 14 years 16.6 17.4 15.8 x x x
15 to 64 years 68.1 68.6 67.6 x x x
65 years and over 15.3 13.9 16.7 x x x
85 years and over 2.1 1.4 2.7 x x x
Average age of the population 40.0 39.0 41.0 x x x
Median age of the population 39.6 38.4 40.6 x x x
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 412,535 ... ... x ... ...
Single-detached house 151,140 ... ... x ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 73,860 ... ... x ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 186,995 ... ... x ... ...
Semi-detached house 32,005 ... ... x ... ...
Row house 71,820 ... ... x ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 13,300 ... ... x ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 69,275 ... ... x ... ...
Other single-attached house 595 ... ... x ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 545 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 412,535 ... ... x ... ...
1 person 130,115 ... ... x ... ...
2 persons 136,345 ... ... x ... ...
3 persons 61,560 ... ... x ... ...
4 persons 54,520 ... ... x ... ...
5 or more persons 30,000 ... ... x ... ...
Number of persons in private households 970,315 ... ... x ... ...
Average household size 2.4 ... ... x ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 825,635 395,645 429,990 x x x
Married or living common law 444,795 222,375 222,420 x x x
Married 348,295 173,775 174,520 x x x
Living common law 96,500 48,600 47,900 x x x
Not married and not living common law 380,845 173,275 207,570 x x x
Never married 262,790 136,390 126,405 x x x
Separated 21,720 8,740 12,975 x x x
Divorced 54,960 19,835 35,120 x x x
Widowed 41,375 8,310 33,065 x x x
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 265,750 ... ... x ... ...
2 persons 133,290 ... ... x ... ...
3 persons 57,335 ... ... x ... ...
4 persons 52,135 ... ... x ... ...
5 or more persons 22,985 ... ... x ... ...
Average size of census families 2.9 ... ... x ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 265,750 ... ... x ... ...
Total couple families 216,715 ... ... x ... ...
Married couples 168,485 ... ... x ... ...
Common-law couples 48,230 ... ... x ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 49,035 ... ... x ... ...
Female parent 38,910 ... ... x ... ...
Male parent 10,130 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 216,715 ... ... x ... ...
Couples without children 104,005 ... ... x ... ...
Couples with children 112,715 ... ... x ... ...
1 child 43,190 ... ... x ... ...
2 children 48,160 ... ... x ... ...
3 or more children 21,365 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 49,035 ... ... x ... ...
1 child 29,285 ... ... x ... ...
2 children 14,145 ... ... x ... ...
3 or more children 5,605 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 199,465 93,025 106,440 x x x
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 412,535 ... ... x ... ...
One-census-family households 255,280 ... ... x ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 99,905 ... ... x ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 155,375 ... ... x ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 5,155 ... ... x ... ...
Non-census-family households 152,100 ... ... x ... ...
One-person households 130,115 ... ... x ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 21,985 ... ... x ... ...
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 15 977,440 474,150 503,290 x x x
English only 433,850 220,225 213,620 x x x
French only 79,305 34,555 44,755 x x x
English and French 450,720 213,930 236,785 x x x
Neither English nor French 13,565 5,445 8,125 x x x
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 16 977,435 474,150 503,290 x x x
English 614,885 303,700 311,180 x x x
French 322,135 152,060 170,080 x x x
English and French 27,205 13,120 14,085 x x x
Neither English nor French 13,215 5,265 7,950 x x x
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 628,485 158,620 177,120 x x x
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 64.3 33.5 35.2 x x x
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 18 977,440 474,145 503,290 x x x
Single responses 941,140 456,745 484,395 x x x
Official languages 744,295 363,705 380,590 x x x
English 449,140 223,855 225,290 x x x
French 295,150 139,850 155,295 x x x
Non-official languages 196,850 93,045 103,805 x x x
Aboriginal languages 945 385 565 x x x
Algonquian languages 570 250 315 x x x
Blackfoot 0 0 0 x x x
Cree-Montagnais languages 430 200 230 x x x
Atikamekw 5 5 5 x x x
Montagnais (Innu) 10 0 5 x x x
Moose Cree 5 0 0 x x x
Naskapi 10 5 5 x x x
Northern East Cree 60 25 35 x x x
Plains Cree 15 5 5 x x x
Southern East Cree 10 5 0 x x x
Swampy Cree 30 10 15 x x x
Woods Cree 5 0 5 x x x
Cree, n.o.s. 290 135 150 x x x
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 5 10 x x x
Malecite 0 0 0 x x x
Mi'kmaq 15 5 10 x x x
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 120 40 80 x x x
Algonquin 40 20 30 x x x
Ojibway 65 20 45 x x x
Oji-Cree 10 5 5 x x x
Ottawa (Odawa) 5 0 0 x x x
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 x x x
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 5 x x x
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 x x x
Beaver 0 0 0 x x x
Carrier 0 0 0 x x x
Chilcotin 0 0 0 x x x
Dene 5 0 5 x x x
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 5 x x x
Gwich'in 0 0 0 x x x
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 x x x
Sekani 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 x x x
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 x x x
South Slavey 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan 0 0 0 x x x
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 x x x
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Haida 0 0 0 x x x
Inuit languages 325 110 215 x x x
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 5 x x x
Inuktitut 290 95 195 x x x
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15 x x x
Iroquoian languages 30 10 20 x x x
Cayuga 0 0 0 x x x
Mohawk 20 10 15 x x x
Oneida 0 0 0 x x x
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 x x x
Kutenai 0 0 0 x x x
Michif 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages 5 0 0 x x x
Comox 0 0 0 x x x
Halkomelem 0 0 0 x x x
Lillooet 0 0 0 x x x
Okanagan 0 0 0 x x x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 x x x
Squamish 0 0 0 x x x
Straits 0 0 0 x x x
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Dakota 0 0 0 x x x
Stoney 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tlingit 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian languages 5 0 0 x x x
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 x x x
Nisga'a 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Haisla 0 0 0 x x x
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 x x x
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 x x x
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 5 5 x x x
Non-Aboriginal languages 195,905 92,660 103,245 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages 48,305 24,300 24,005 x x x
Berber languages 860 475 390 x x x
Kabyle 565 300 265 x x x
Berber languages, n.i.e. 295 170 125 x x x
Cushitic languages 6,685 2,900 3,785 x x x
Bilen 50 25 20 x x x
Oromo 210 115 95 x x x
Somali 6,325 2,715 3,615 x x x
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 95 40 55 x x x
Semitic languages 40,685 20,885 19,800 x x x
Amharic 1,385 650 735 x x x
Arabic 37,895 19,540 18,355 x x x
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 75 35 45 x x x
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 5 x x x
Harari 55 25 30 x x x
Hebrew 295 160 140 x x x
Maltese 25 5 15 x x x
Tigrigna 875 425 450 x x x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 35 35 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 75 40 35 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages 6,100 2,825 3,275 x x x
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,000 450 550 x x x
Vietnamese 5,085 2,370 2,720 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 5 x x x
Austronesian languages 7,245 2,610 4,635 x x x
Bikol 30 10 15 x x x
Cebuano 340 110 225 x x x
Fijian 5 0 5 x x x
Hiligaynon 105 35 70 x x x
Ilocano 540 210 330 x x x
Malagasy 105 50 55 x x x
Malay 360 145 220 x x x
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 10 15 x x x
Pangasinan 30 15 15 x x x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,550 1,965 3,585 x x x
Waray-Waray 35 15 20 x x x
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 125 50 75 x x x
Creole languages 5,135 2,180 2,955 x x x
Haitian Creole 380 165 215 x x x
Creole, n.o.s. 4,570 1,930 2,640 x x x
Creole languages, n.i.e. 185 80 100 x x x
Dravidian languages 3,010 1,575 1,435 x x x
Kannada 165 90 80 x x x
Malayalam 555 290 265 x x x
Tamil 1,875 960 910 x x x
Telugu 395 220 175 x x x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 x x x
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 x x x
Indo-European languages 84,250 40,095 44,155 x x x
Albanian 585 280 300 x x x
Armenian 455 225 230 x x x
Balto-Slavic languages 18,455 8,265 10,190 x x x
Baltic languages 375 160 215 x x x
Latvian 200 90 115 x x x
Lithuanian 175 70 100 x x x
Slavic languages 18,085 8,105 9,975 x x x
Belarusan 35 20 20 x x x
Bosnian 605 280 325 x x x
Bulgarian 915 430 485 x x x
Croatian 990 465 525 x x x
Czech 785 345 435 x x x
Macedonian 65 25 40 x x x
Polish 4,730 2,125 2,605 x x x
Russian 4,990 2,110 2,880 x x x
Serbian 2,060 1,015 1,050 x x x
Serbo-Croatian 800 395 405 x x x
Slovak 450 190 260 x x x
Slovene (Slovenian) 170 75 95 x x x
Ukrainian 1,445 595 845 x x x
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 15 x x x
Celtic languages 95 45 50 x x x
Scottish Gaelic 30 20 10 x x x
Welsh 45 15 30 x x x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 x x x
Germanic languages 7,030 3,170 3,870 x x x
Afrikaans 110 50 55 x x x
Danish 230 105 125 x x x
Dutch 1,665 785 880 x x x
Frisian 30 15 15 x x x
German 4,375 1,910 2,470 x x x
Icelandic 15 10 5 x x x
Norwegian 115 50 65 x x x
Swedish 230 115 120 x x x
Vlaams (Flemish) 75 35 40 x x x
Yiddish 170 90 80 x x x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 20 5 15 x x x
Greek 1,955 1,020 935 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages 23,440 11,880 11,560 x x x
Indo-Aryan languages 15,305 7,775 7,530 x x x
Bengali 2,980 1,490 1,495 x x x
Gujarati 1,175 610 555 x x x
Hindi 2,315 1,190 1,120 x x x
Kashmiri 10 5 5 x x x
Konkani 95 50 45 x x x
Marathi 240 120 120 x x x
Nepali 915 435 480 x x x
Oriya (Odia) 35 15 15 x x x
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,140 1,625 1,515 x x x
Sindhi 225 105 120 x x x
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 710 355 360 x x x
Urdu 3,455 1,765 1,690 x x x
Iranian languages 8,050 4,050 4,000 x x x
Kurdish 675 360 310 x x x
Pashto 975 490 485 x x x
Persian (Farsi) 6,400 3,200 3,200 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 90 55 30 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages 32,240 15,210 17,030 x x x
Catalan 30 15 15 x x x
Italian 8,160 4,035 4,125 x x x
Portuguese 6,100 2,910 3,185 x x x
Romanian 2,925 1,360 1,570 x x x
Spanish 15,000 6,870 8,130 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 25 15 5 x x x
Japanese 950 285 660 x x x
Kartvelian languages 35 15 20 x x x
Georgian 35 15 20 x x x
Korean 1,845 770 1,070 x x x
Mongolic languages 35 15 15 x x x
Mongolian 40 20 20 x x x
Niger-Congo languages 8,085 3,715 4,370 x x x
Akan (Twi) 335 165 170 x x x
Bamanankan 145 60 75 x x x
Edo 40 25 15 x x x
Ewe 165 75 90 x x x
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 245 125 125 x x x
Ga 45 25 20 x x x
Ganda 130 60 70 x x x
Igbo 190 100 90 x x x
Lingala 490 205 285 x x x
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,435 655 785 x x x
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,130 445 685 x x x
Shona 100 35 65 x x x
Swahili 1,520 700 825 x x x
Wolof 265 125 140 x x x
Yoruba 235 120 115 x x x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,625 805 820 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages 335 150 180 x x x
Dinka 85 40 40 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 250 105 140 x x x
Sign languages 220 95 125 x x x
American Sign Language 70 20 45 x x x
Quebec Sign Language 30 10 15 x x x
Sign languages, n.i.e 120 60 60 x x x
Sino-Tibetan languages 26,395 12,185 14,215 x x x
Chinese languages 25,590 11,790 13,795 x x x
Cantonese 8,650 4,025 4,625 x x x
Hakka 130 50 80 x x x
Mandarin 14,845 6,815 8,030 x x x
Min Dong 35 15 20 x x x
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 605 255 345 x x x
Wu (Shanghainese) 340 150 190 x x x
Chinese, n.o.s. 960 470 495 x x x
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages 815 395 420 x x x
Burmese 235 115 115 x x x
Karenic languages 320 160 165 x x x
Tibetan 90 50 40 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 160 70 90 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages 635 215 415 x x x
Lao 305 140 170 x x x
Thai 330 80 250 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 x x x
Turkic languages 1,405 715 690 x x x
Azerbaijani 95 60 40 x x x
Turkish 1,165 595 570 x x x
Uyghur 15 5 10 x x x
Uzbek 80 35 45 x x x
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 50 25 25 x x x
Uralic languages 1,730 795 930 x x x
Estonian 135 55 75 x x x
Finnish 245 90 155 x x x
Hungarian 1,350 655 700 x x x
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 105 85 x x x
Multiple responses 36,295 17,405 18,895 x x x
English and French 14,550 6,970 7,575 x x x
English and non-official language 13,430 6,540 6,890 x x x
French and non-official language 5,660 2,635 3,020 x x x
English, French and non-official language 2,655 1,255 1,400 x x x
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 19 977,440 474,150 503,290 x x x
Single responses 916,425 445,340 471,085 x x x
Official languages 817,415 398,620 418,800 x x x
English 553,945 273,975 279,970 x x x
French 263,475 124,640 138,830 x x x
Non-official languages 99,010 46,720 52,285 x x x
Aboriginal languages 395 180 215 x x x
Algonquian languages 260 125 135 x x x
Blackfoot 0 0 0 x x x
Cree-Montagnais languages 245 120 125 x x x
Atikamekw 0 5 5 x x x
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0 x x x
Moose Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Naskapi 5 5 0 x x x
Northern East Cree 25 10 20 x x x
Plains Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Southern East Cree 5 0 0 x x x
Swampy Cree 5 0 5 x x x
Woods Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Cree, n.o.s. 185 95 90 x x x
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 x x x
Malecite 0 0 0 x x x
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 x x x
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 15 10 5 x x x
Algonquin 0 0 0 x x x
Ojibway 15 5 10 x x x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 x x x
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 x x x
Beaver 0 0 0 x x x
Carrier 0 0 0 x x x
Chilcotin 0 0 0 x x x
Dene 0 0 0 x x x
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 x x x
Gwich'in 0 0 0 x x x
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 x x x
Sekani 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 x x x
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 x x x
South Slavey 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan 0 0 0 x x x
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 x x x
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Haida 0 0 0 x x x
Inuit languages 130 55 80 x x x
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 x x x
Inuktitut 115 50 70 x x x
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 x x x
Iroquoian languages 0 0 5 x x x
Cayuga 0 0 0 x x x
Mohawk 0 5 0 x x x
Oneida 0 0 0 x x x
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Kutenai 0 0 0 x x x
Michif 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages 0 0 0 x x x
Comox 0 0 0 x x x
Halkomelem 0 0 0 x x x
Lillooet 0 0 0 x x x
Okanagan 0 0 0 x x x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 x x x
Squamish 0 0 0 x x x
Straits 0 0 0 x x x
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Dakota 0 0 0 x x x
Stoney 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tlingit 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 x x x
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 x x x
Nisga'a 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Haisla 0 0 0 x x x
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 x x x
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 x x x
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Non-Aboriginal languages 98,610 46,540 52,075 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages 27,020 13,045 13,970 x x x
Berber languages 435 220 210 x x x
Kabyle 345 175 170 x x x
Berber languages, n.i.e. 90 45 40 x x x
Cushitic languages 3,880 1,600 2,280 x x x
Bilen 30 10 15 x x x
Oromo 125 65 60 x x x
Somali 3,675 1,500 2,170 x x x
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 60 20 35 x x x
Semitic languages 22,685 11,210 11,475 x x x
Amharic 805 380 425 x x x
Arabic 21,280 10,540 10,735 x x x
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 30 10 20 x x x
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 x x x
Harari 15 10 10 x x x
Hebrew 110 65 50 x x x
Maltese 5 0 0 x x x
Tigrigna 410 190 220 x x x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,685 1,710 1,975 x x x
Khmer (Cambodian) 470 215 255 x x x
Vietnamese 3,210 1,490 1,715 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 5 x x x
Austronesian languages 3,145 1,320 1,830 x x x
Bikol 5 0 0 x x x
Cebuano 115 50 70 x x x
Fijian 0 0 0 x x x
Hiligaynon 45 15 30 x x x
Ilocano 220 100 115 x x x
Malagasy 20 10 10 x x x
Malay 105 45 60 x x x
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 0 x x x
Pangasinan 10 5 5 x x x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,580 1,070 1,520 x x x
Waray-Waray 5 0 0 x x x
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 x x x
Creole languages 2,130 875 1,255 x x x
Haitian Creole 195 85 115 x x x
Creole, n.o.s. 1,870 765 1,105 x x x
Creole languages, n.i.e. 60 25 35 x x x
Dravidian languages 1,485 740 745 x x x
Kannada 50 30 20 x x x
Malayalam 245 125 120 x x x
Tamil 1,025 495 530 x x x
Telugu 160 90 70 x x x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 x x x
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 x x x
Indo-European languages 38,280 18,160 20,115 x x x
Albanian 270 125 145 x x x
Armenian 220 100 120 x x x
Balto-Slavic languages 8,495 3,965 4,535 x x x
Baltic languages 80 35 50 x x x
Latvian 45 20 25 x x x
Lithuanian 40 20 20 x x x
Slavic languages 8,415 3,930 4,485 x x x
Belarusan 20 10 10 x x x
Bosnian 345 170 175 x x x
Bulgarian 485 230 260 x x x
Croatian 375 170 205 x x x
Czech 180 85 100 x x x
Macedonian 20 10 10 x x x
Polish 1,695 765 925 x x x
Russian 2,875 1,295 1,580 x x x
Serbian 1,355 690 665 x x x
Serbo-Croatian 440 220 215 x x x
Slovak 145 70 80 x x x
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 10 5 x x x
Ukrainian 455 205 250 x x x
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 x x x
Celtic languages 10 5 5 x x x
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 5 x x x
Welsh 5 0 0 x x x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Germanic languages 785 350 435 x x x
Afrikaans 20 10 15 x x x
Danish 10 5 10 x x x
Dutch 125 60 65 x x x
Frisian 0 0 0 x x x
German 545 235 310 x x x
Icelandic 0 0 0 x x x
Norwegian 10 5 5 x x x
Swedish 50 30 20 x x x
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 x x x
Yiddish 15 5 5 x x x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Greek 605 290 320 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages 12,835 6,315 6,520 x x x
Indo-Aryan languages 8,090 4,045 4,050 x x x
Bengali 1,775 860 910 x x x
Gujarati 490 255 235 x x x
Hindi 1,055 545 515 x x x
Kashmiri 5 5 5 x x x
Konkani 30 15 20 x x x
Marathi 100 40 55 x x x
Nepali 730 360 370 x x x
Oriya (Odia) 10 5 5 x x x
Punjabi (Panjabi) 1,775 900 875 x x x
Sindhi 50 20 30 x x x
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 350 170 180 x x x
Urdu 1,710 860 845 x x x
Iranian languages 4,725 2,260 2,465 x x x
Kurdish 400 210 190 x x x
Pashto 605 295 310 x x x
Persian (Farsi) 3,710 1,745 1,960 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages 15,045 7,005 8,045 x x x
Catalan 15 5 10 x x x
Italian 2,375 1,065 1,310 x x x
Portuguese 2,705 1,275 1,425 x x x
Romanian 1,535 735 805 x x x
Spanish 8,410 3,920 4,485 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 x x x
Japanese 370 125 240 x x x
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 x x x
Georgian 10 0 5 x x x
Korean 1,005 455 545 x x x
Mongolic languages 20 15 5 x x x
Mongolian 20 10 5 x x x
Niger-Congo languages 2,195 1,000 1,205 x x x
Akan (Twi) 120 55 65 x x x
Bamanankan 30 10 15 x x x
Edo 0 0 0 x x x
Ewe 30 15 20 x x x
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 60 30 30 x x x
Ga 10 0 5 x x x
Ganda 30 15 15 x x x
Igbo 60 30 25 x x x
Lingala 110 40 70 x x x
Rundi (Kirundi) 460 225 235 x x x
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 330 130 205 x x x
Shona 20 15 10 x x x
Swahili 545 250 290 x x x
Wolof 100 45 50 x x x
Yoruba 55 30 30 x x x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 245 115 135 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages 90 40 50 x x x
Dinka 30 15 10 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 60 25 40 x x x
Sign languages 295 150 150 x x x
American Sign Language 90 40 55 x x x
Quebec Sign Language 35 15 15 x x x
Sign languages, n.i.e 170 95 80 x x x
Sino-Tibetan languages 17,455 8,230 9,225 x x x
Chinese languages 16,880 7,955 8,925 x x x
Cantonese 5,015 2,300 2,715 x x x
Hakka 50 15 30 x x x
Mandarin 10,840 5,165 5,675 x x x
Min Dong 15 5 10 x x x
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 225 90 135 x x x
Wu (Shanghainese) 175 90 90 x x x
Chinese, n.o.s. 565 290 270 x x x
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages 575 275 300 x x x
Burmese 150 70 80 x x x
Karenic languages 250 120 130 x x x
Tibetan 70 35 35 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 105 45 55 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages 245 100 145 x x x
Lao 155 70 85 x x x
Thai 90 25 60 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 x x x
Turkic languages 730 345 380 x x x
Azerbaijani 35 20 20 x x x
Turkish 625 295 325 x x x
Uyghur 10 0 5 x x x
Uzbek 45 20 25 x x x
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 5 x x x
Uralic languages 425 195 230 x x x
Estonian 20 5 10 x x x
Finnish 30 15 15 x x x
Hungarian 375 180 200 x x x
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 30 15 x x x
Multiple responses 61,010 28,810 32,200 x x x
English and French 16,010 7,470 8,535 x x x
English and non-official language 32,570 15,695 16,880 x x x
French and non-official language 6,725 2,995 3,735 x x x
English, French and non-official language 5,705 2,650 3,050 x x x
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 20 977,440 474,150 503,290 x x x
None 731,705 358,115 373,590 x x x
English 102,760 49,000 53,760 x x x
French 65,100 30,440 34,660 x x x
Non-official language 66,960 31,505 35,455 x x x
Aboriginal 505 195 310 x x x
Non-Aboriginal 66,450 31,305 35,140 x x x
English and French 3,580 1,710 1,870 x x x
English and non-official language 3,370 1,620 1,750 x x x
French and non-official language 3,870 1,710 2,160 x x x
English, French and non-official language 100 50 50 x x x
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 21 806,590 387,750 418,840 x x x
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 772,720 371,225 401,495 x x x
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,042 44,578 36,381 x x x
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 772,970 371,250 401,720 x x x
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 35,354 38,833 32,532 x x x
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 697,670 340,055 357,615 x x x
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,669 44,956 34,982 x x x
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 548,210 243,755 304,455 x x x
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,086 2,241 5,486 x x x
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 573,735 287,415 286,320 x x x
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 38,975 42,209 35,998 x x x
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 806,730 387,795 418,935 x x x
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 772,840 371,070 401,770 x x x
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 51,523 57,733 45,788 x x x
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 773,095 371,075 402,015 x x x
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 41,997 46,276 38,048 x x x
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 698,020 339,930 358,090 x x x
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 51,407 58,478 44,694 x x x
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 547,675 243,305 304,370 x x x
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,187 6,348 7,857 x x x
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 573,945 286,775 287,170 x x x
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 49,818 55,260 44,383 x x x
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 806,730 387,800 418,930 x x x
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 24 286,395 151,445 134,945 x x x
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 62,018 65,432 59,128 x x x
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 70,308 75,639 64,325 x x x
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 x x x
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 90.1 92.8 86.9 x x x
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 71.7 73.9 69.3 x x x
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 9.9 7.2 13.1 x x x
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 806,585 387,745 418,840 x x x
Without total income 33,870 16,525 17,340 x x x
With total income 772,720 371,225 401,490 x x x
Percentage with total income 95.8 95.7 95.9 x x x
Under $10,000 (including loss) 101,995 48,170 53,830 x x x
$10,000 to $19,999 119,235 50,155 69,080 x x x
$20,000 to $29,999 88,630 37,970 50,660 x x x
$30,000 to $39,999 76,155 34,125 42,030 x x x
$40,000 to $49,999 71,450 32,200 39,250 x x x
$50,000 to $59,999 64,375 29,920 34,455 x x x
$60,000 to $69,999 55,935 27,325 28,610 x x x
$70,000 to $79,999 44,115 22,505 21,610 x x x
$80,000 to $89,999 37,470 19,830 17,640 x x x
$90,000 to $99,999 30,725 16,315 14,410 x x x
$100,000 and over 82,635 52,715 29,915 x x x
$100,000 to $149,999 59,790 36,710 23,080 x x x
$150,000 and over 22,840 16,005 6,835 x x x
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 806,585 387,745 418,840 x x x
Without after-tax income 33,615 16,500 17,120 x x x
With after-tax income 772,970 371,250 401,720 x x x
Percentage with after-tax income 95.8 95.7 95.9 x x x
Under $10,000 (including loss) 106,505 49,030 57,470 x x x
$10,000 to $19,999 124,225 52,825 71,405 x x x
$20,000 to $29,999 104,015 45,470 58,545 x x x
$30,000 to $39,999 96,015 43,360 52,655 x x x
$40,000 to $49,999 88,600 40,820 47,780 x x x
$50,000 to $59,999 73,475 35,765 37,710 x x x
$60,000 to $69,999 55,960 29,130 26,830 x x x
$70,000 to $79,999 43,515 23,420 20,095 x x x
$80,000 and over 80,655 51,425 29,235 x x x
$80,000 to $89,999 29,325 17,120 12,205 x x x
$90,000 to $99,999 16,495 10,420 6,075 x x x
$100,000 and over 34,830 23,885 10,950 x x x
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 806,585 387,750 418,835 x x x
Without employment income 232,850 100,335 132,520 x x x
With employment income 573,735 287,415 286,320 x x x
Percentage with employment income 71.1 74.1 68.4 x x x
Under $5,000 (including loss) 68,565 33,565 35,000 x x x
$5,000 to $9,999 43,065 19,635 23,435 x x x
$10,000 to $19,999 72,195 33,385 38,805 x x x
$20,000 to $29,999 57,400 27,200 30,200 x x x
$30,000 to $39,999 50,800 24,730 26,070 x x x
$40,000 to $49,999 47,790 22,325 25,460 x x x
$50,000 to $59,999 45,445 21,130 24,310 x x x
$60,000 to $69,999 39,780 19,265 20,515 x x x
$70,000 to $79,999 31,580 16,115 15,465 x x x
$80,000 and over 117,120 70,050 47,065 x x x
$80,000 to $89,999 29,815 15,610 14,205 x x x
$90,000 to $99,999 24,700 13,360 11,340 x x x
$100,000 and over 62,600 41,085 21,520 x x x
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 412,530 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,185 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 65,965 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 130,115 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 43,768 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,912 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 282,415 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 98,714 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 84,020 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 96,519 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 78,700 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 130,040 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 52,644 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 42,969 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 282,515 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 116,713 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 95,146 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 412,535 ... ... x ... ...
Under $5,000 7,130 ... ... x ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 6,180 ... ... x ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 11,755 ... ... x ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 14,915 ... ... x ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 13,775 ... ... x ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 13,755 ... ... x ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 14,330 ... ... x ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 14,955 ... ... x ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 15,280 ... ... x ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 15,210 ... ... x ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 30,345 ... ... x ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 29,370 ... ... x ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 26,680 ... ... x ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 25,240 ... ... x ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 22,925 ... ... x ... ...
$100,000 and over 150,705 ... ... x ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 45,735 ... ... x ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 32,485 ... ... x ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 39,905 ... ... x ... ...
$200,000 and over 32,580 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 412,535 ... ... x ... ...
Under $5,000 7,470 ... ... x ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 6,280 ... ... x ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 11,900 ... ... x ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 15,575 ... ... x ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 15,540 ... ... x ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 16,010 ... ... x ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 17,635 ... ... x ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 18,820 ... ... x ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 19,345 ... ... x ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 19,495 ... ... x ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 37,500 ... ... x ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 34,185 ... ... x ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 31,215 ... ... x ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 27,340 ... ... x ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 23,235 ... ... x ... ...
$100,000 and over 110,975 ... ... x ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 43,270 ... ... x ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 28,350 ... ... x ... ...
$150,000 and over 39,355 ... ... x ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 265,825 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 100,628 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 85,365 ... ... x ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.0 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 97,695 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 96,416 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 81,219 ... ... x ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 113,195 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 129,788 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 108,479 ... ... x ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 46,610 ... ... x ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,105 ... ... x ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,828 ... ... x ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 265,975 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 118,849 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 96,566 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 97,740 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 113,645 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 91,440 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 113,445 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 145,906 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 117,727 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 46,420 ... ... x ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 68,797 ... ... x ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 59,084 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 177,695 84,030 93,665 x x x
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 36,682 35,255 37,807 x x x
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 32,680 31,421 33,663 x x x
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 177,200 83,695 93,505 x x x
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 46,323 46,066 46,553 x x x
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 38,284 37,850 38,673 x x x
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 970,320 471,105 499,220 x x x
In the bottom half of the distribution 420,725 200,320 220,400 x x x
In the bottom decile 101,860 49,920 51,940 x x x
In the second decile 82,395 38,210 44,185 x x x
In the third decile 76,780 36,375 40,400 x x x
In the fourth decile 77,475 36,605 40,870 x x x
In the fifth decile 82,215 39,210 43,005 x x x
In the top half of the distribution 549,595 270,780 278,820 x x x
In the sixth decile 89,750 42,975 46,775 x x x
In the seventh decile 98,535 47,735 50,800 x x x
In the eighth decile 110,490 54,410 56,080 x x x
In the ninth decile 127,625 63,305 64,320 x x x
In the top decile 123,195 62,360 60,835 x x x
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 43 970,320 471,105 499,215 x x x
0 to 17 years 196,135 99,865 96,265 x x x
0 to 5 years 64,610 32,885 31,725 x x x
18 to 64 years 635,690 308,520 327,175 x x x
65 years and over 138,495 62,715 75,780 x x x
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 136,210 64,340 71,870 x x x
0 to 17 years 34,680 17,880 16,800 x x x
0 to 5 years 12,110 6,285 5,825 x x x
18 to 64 years 86,255 40,690 45,570 x x x
65 years and over 15,275 5,770 9,505 x x x
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.0 13.7 14.4 x x x
0 to 17 years (%) 17.7 17.9 17.5 x x x
0 to 5 years (%) 18.7 19.1 18.4 x x x
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.2 13.9 x x x
65 years and over (%) 11.0 9.2 12.5 x x x
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 119,810 58,070 61,740 x x x
0 to 17 years 27,045 13,920 13,125 x x x
0 to 5 years 9,575 4,975 4,605 x x x
18 to 64 years 82,040 40,220 41,820 x x x
65 years and over 10,725 3,925 6,800 x x x
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 12.3 12.3 12.4 x x x
0 to 17 years (%) 13.8 13.9 13.6 x x x
0 to 5 years (%) 14.8 15.1 14.5 x x x
18 to 64 years (%) 12.9 13.0 12.8 x x x
65 years and over (%) 7.7 6.3 9.0 x x x
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 44 970,805 471,195 499,610 x x x
Official languages 957,265 465,840 491,430 x x x
English 878,805 431,505 447,295 x x x
French 527,240 247,165 280,080 x x x
Non-official languages 282,135 132,755 149,375 x x x
Aboriginal languages 1,550 570 980 x x x
Algonquian languages 905 350 560 x x x
Blackfoot 0 0 10 x x x
Cree-Montagnais languages 565 210 350 x x x
Atikamekw 10 0 10 x x x
Montagnais (Innu) 15 10 15 x x x
Moose Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Naskapi 20 10 10 x x x
Northern East Cree 80 40 45 x x x
Plains Cree 10 0 0 x x x
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Swampy Cree 60 15 40 x x x
Woods Cree 20 15 10 x x x
Cree, n.o.s. 355 125 230 x x x
Eastern Algonquian languages 50 30 25 x x x
Malecite 0 0 0 x x x
Mi'kmaq 50 30 25 x x x
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 300 115 190 x x x
Algonquin 80 30 50 x x x
Ojibway 205 75 130 x x x
Oji-Cree 10 0 10 x x x
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 x x x
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages 15 0 15 x x x
Northern Athabaskan languages 15 0 15 x x x
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 x x x
Beaver 0 0 0 x x x
Carrier 0 0 0 x x x
Chilcotin 0 0 0 x x x
Dene 0 0 10 x x x
Dogrib (Tlicho) 10 0 0 x x x
Gwich'in 0 0 0 x x x
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 x x x
Sekani 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 x x x
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 x x x
South Slavey 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan 0 0 0 x x x
Tutchone languages 0 0 10 x x x
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Southern Tutchone 10 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Haida 0 0 0 x x x
Inuit languages 575 210 365 x x x
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 10 0 10 x x x
Inuktitut 525 195 325 x x x
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 45 15 30 x x x
Iroquoian languages 55 15 40 x x x
Cayuga 0 0 0 x x x
Mohawk 55 15 40 x x x
Oneida 0 0 0 x x x
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Kutenai 0 0 0 x x x
Michif 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages 0 0 0 x x x
Comox 0 0 0 x x x
Halkomelem 0 0 0 x x x
Lillooet 0 0 0 x x x
Okanagan 0 0 0 x x x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 x x x
Squamish 0 0 0 x x x
Straits 0 0 0 x x x
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Dakota 0 0 0 x x x
Stoney 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tlingit 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian languages 10 0 10 x x x
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 10 0 0 x x x
Nisga'a 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages 10 10 0 x x x
Haisla 0 0 0 x x x
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 x x x
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 x x x
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Non-Aboriginal languages 280,655 132,215 148,440 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages 67,235 33,920 33,315 x x x
Berber languages 1,205 655 550 x x x
Kabyle 795 400 395 x x x
Berber languages, n.i.e. 420 260 160 x x x
Cushitic languages 9,305 4,175 5,130 x x x
Bilen 90 50 35 x x x
Oromo 375 170 205 x x x
Somali 8,780 3,910 4,875 x x x
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 135 55 80 x x x
Semitic languages 58,050 29,785 28,275 x x x
Amharic 1,965 945 1,020 x x x
Arabic 53,930 27,805 26,120 x x x
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 80 20 55 x x x
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 x x x
Harari 25 15 10 x x x
Hebrew 1,510 810 705 x x x
Maltese 45 15 30 x x x
Tigrigna 1,130 475 660 x x x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 240 155 85 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 185 95 95 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,830 3,750 4,080 x x x
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,305 595 705 x x x
Vietnamese 6,555 3,175 3,380 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 x x x
Austronesian languages 9,610 3,585 6,025 x x x
Bikol 30 10 20 x x x
Cebuano 475 170 300 x x x
Fijian 10 0 10 x x x
Hiligaynon 170 65 105 x x x
Ilocano 655 275 380 x x x
Malagasy 200 100 100 x x x
Malay 585 260 330 x x x
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 60 20 40 x x x
Pangasinan 55 25 25 x x x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,490 3,090 5,395 x x x
Waray-Waray 30 10 25 x x x
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 105 50 55 x x x
Creole languages 11,515 4,945 6,575 x x x
Haitian Creole 645 265 385 x x x
Creole, n.o.s. 10,290 4,410 5,870 x x x
Creole languages, n.i.e. 625 280 350 x x x
Dravidian languages 4,045 2,070 1,975 x x x
Kannada 340 175 165 x x x
Malayalam 755 350 405 x x x
Tamil 2,560 1,315 1,250 x x x
Telugu 680 375 305 x x x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 x x x
Hmong-Mien languages 10 0 0 x x x
Indo-European languages 133,455 62,655 70,800 x x x
Albanian 695 315 375 x x x
Armenian 660 340 315 x x x
Balto-Slavic languages 22,790 10,515 12,270 x x x
Baltic languages 455 200 260 x x x
Latvian 250 95 155 x x x
Lithuanian 205 100 105 x x x
Slavic languages 22,415 10,355 12,070 x x x
Belarusan 130 55 80 x x x
Bosnian 955 435 525 x x x
Bulgarian 1,095 515 585 x x x
Croatian 1,765 830 930 x x x
Czech 1,130 510 625 x x x
Macedonian 120 45 75 x x x
Polish 5,500 2,525 2,980 x x x
Russian 8,220 3,825 4,395 x x x
Serbian 2,450 1,190 1,260 x x x
Serbo-Croatian 845 455 390 x x x
Slovak 760 315 450 x x x
Slovene (Slovenian) 225 110 115 x x x
Ukrainian 2,115 865 1,250 x x x
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 15 30 x x x
Celtic languages 335 160 175 x x x
Scottish Gaelic 135 60 70 x x x
Welsh 70 35 40 x x x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 130 65 60 x x x
Germanic languages 15,070 7,215 7,855 x x x
Afrikaans 320 165 155 x x x
Danish 375 200 180 x x x
Dutch 2,265 1,065 1,200 x x x
Frisian 40 10 30 x x x
German 11,300 5,420 5,880 x x x
Icelandic 55 25 30 x x x
Norwegian 275 125 155 x x x
Swedish 530 260 270 x x x
Vlaams (Flemish) 110 50 65 x x x
Yiddish 345 180 160 x x x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 35 15 20 x x x
Greek 2,950 1,495 1,450 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages 30,895 15,755 15,140 x x x
Indo-Aryan languages 21,920 11,215 10,710 x x x
Bengali 3,835 1,985 1,855 x x x
Gujarati 1,820 990 830 x x x
Hindi 8,675 4,565 4,110 x x x
Kashmiri 0 10 0 x x x
Konkani 100 55 45 x x x
Marathi 420 220 205 x x x
Nepali 1,280 650 630 x x x
Oriya (Odia) 60 30 30 x x x
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5,245 2,740 2,505 x x x
Sindhi 395 175 220 x x x
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 865 400 465 x x x
Urdu 6,095 3,030 3,065 x x x
Iranian languages 9,485 4,820 4,665 x x x
Kurdish 810 450 355 x x x
Pashto 1,275 670 605 x x x
Persian (Farsi) 8,130 4,095 4,035 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 185 105 80 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages 65,715 29,605 36,110 x x x
Catalan 90 45 45 x x x
Italian 15,035 7,205 7,830 x x x
Portuguese 8,500 4,155 4,340 x x x
Romanian 3,370 1,630 1,745 x x x
Spanish 42,570 18,380 24,185 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 105 65 35 x x x
Japanese 2,420 1,165 1,250 x x x
Kartvelian languages 50 25 20 x x x
Georgian 45 20 20 x x x
Korean 2,370 1,020 1,350 x x x
Mongolic languages 55 25 25 x x x
Mongolian 50 25 25 x x x
Niger-Congo languages 15,390 7,110 8,280 x x x
Akan (Twi) 615 320 295 x x x
Bamanankan 370 165 205 x x x
Edo 115 50 65 x x x
Ewe 355 185 175 x x x
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 415 195 225 x x x
Ga 140 75 65 x x x
Ganda 205 70 140 x x x
Igbo 320 185 135 x x x
Lingala 2,355 1,025 1,325 x x x
Rundi (Kirundi) 2,415 1,065 1,350 x x x
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,790 765 1,025 x x x
Shona 165 60 100 x x x
Swahili 4,080 1,885 2,190 x x x
Wolof 685 320 355 x x x
Yoruba 825 445 380 x x x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,660 1,780 1,880 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages 380 165 215 x x x
Dinka 185 85 105 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 190 80 110 x x x
Sign languages 1,560 600 960 x x x
American Sign Language 785 250 530 x x x
Quebec Sign Language 180 60 125 x x x
Sign languages, n.i.e. 665 315 350 x x x
Sino-Tibetan languages 30,150 14,220 15,930 x x x
Chinese languages 29,275 13,805 15,470 x x x
Cantonese 10,780 5,130 5,650 x x x
Hakka 205 90 110 x x x
Mandarin 19,885 9,145 10,740 x x x
Min Dong 30 15 20 x x x
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 860 375 485 x x x
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 150 190 x x x
Chinese, n.o.s. 915 495 425 x x x
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages 910 430 475 x x x
Burmese 300 140 165 x x x
Karenic languages 370 185 180 x x x
Tibetan 50 30 20 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 345 145 200 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages 895 365 530 x x x
Lao 355 155 200 x x x
Thai 595 230 365 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Turkic languages 2,145 1,055 1,090 x x x
Azerbaijani 140 85 55 x x x
Turkish 1,760 865 885 x x x
Uyghur 45 25 15 x x x
Uzbek 120 40 75 x x x
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 145 70 75 x x x
Uralic languages 2,095 955 1,140 x x x
Estonian 180 75 105 x x x
Finnish 330 140 190 x x x
Hungarian 1,590 745 845 x x x
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Other languages, n.i.e. 530 315 220 x x x
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 970,800 471,195 499,610 x x x
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 904,880 439,540 465,340 x x x
Canadian citizens aged under 18 185,650 94,515 91,140 x x x
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 719,225 345,020 374,200 x x x
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 65,920 31,655 34,270 x x x
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 970,800 471,190 499,610 x x x
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 740,880 362,000 378,880 x x x
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 213,875 100,850 113,020 x x x
Before 1981 48,560 23,245 25,315 x x x
1981 to 1990 28,050 13,530 14,520 x x x
1991 to 2000 47,060 21,580 25,475 x x x
2001 to 2010 56,195 26,245 29,955 x x x
2001 to 2005 25,875 12,050 13,830 x x x
2006 to 2010 30,325 14,195 16,130 x x x
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 34,000 16,245 17,755 x x x
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 16,050 8,340 7,710 x x x
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 213,875 100,850 113,020 x x x
Under 5 years 22,945 11,195 11,750 x x x
5 to 14 years 38,405 19,725 18,680 x x x
15 to 24 years 44,775 20,305 24,465 x x x
25 to 44 years 90,095 41,740 48,350 x x x
45 years and over 17,655 7,890 9,765 x x x
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 54 213,875 100,850 113,025 x x x
Americas 35,320 15,720 19,600 x x x
Brazil 1,015 480 540 x x x
Colombia 2,560 1,065 1,495 x x x
El Salvador 1,945 915 1,030 x x x
Guyana 1,260 600 660 x x x
Haiti 7,940 3,385 4,550 x x x
Jamaica 2,810 1,210 1,605 x x x
Mexico 1,505 620 890 x x x
Peru 1,075 520 555 x x x
Trinidad and Tobago 1,115 435 680 x x x
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 7,270 3,400 3,870 x x x
Other places of birth in Americas 6,820 3,090 3,730 x x x
Europe 51,435 24,490 26,945 x x x
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,030 975 1,055 x x x
Croatia 880 420 460 x x x
France 3,765 1,735 2,035 x x x
Germany 3,280 1,385 1,900 x x x
Greece 880 465 415 x x x
Hungary 700 345 350 x x x
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 660 295 365 x x x
Italy 5,080 2,650 2,425 x x x
Netherlands 1,395 680 710 x x x
Poland 3,515 1,580 1,935 x x x
Portugal 3,100 1,495 1,610 x x x
Romania 2,675 1,300 1,370 x x x
Russian Federation 2,405 975 1,430 x x x
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 905 430 475 x x x
Ukraine 1,580 730 855 x x x
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 11,800 5,965 5,840 x x x
Other places of birth in Europe 6,790 3,070 3,720 x x x
Africa 38,235 18,280 19,945 x x x
Algeria 2,065 1,060 1,005 x x x
Egypt 3,135 1,665 1,470 x x x
Ethiopia 2,145 1,005 1,140 x x x
Kenya 1,020 520 505 x x x
Morocco 2,665 1,310 1,350 x x x
Nigeria 1,235 575 660 x x x
Somalia 3,810 1,475 2,335 x x x
South Africa, Republic of 730 400 330 x x x
Other places of birth in Africa 21,420 10,265 11,150 x x x
Asia 88,190 41,990 46,200 x x x
Afghanistan 2,250 1,145 1,100 x x x
Bangladesh 2,435 1,270 1,170 x x x
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 14,135 6,005 8,130 x x x
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,445 1,210 1,235 x x x
India 8,435 4,270 4,165 x x x
IranCensus data footnote 61 4,120 2,075 2,045 x x x
Iraq 3,605 1,925 1,685 x x x
Japan 645 145 500 x x x
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,510 670 845 x x x
Lebanon 12,615 6,590 6,025 x x x
Pakistan 3,280 1,605 1,675 x x x
Philippines 8,265 3,105 5,160 x x x
Sri Lanka 1,845 885 960 x x x
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 3,350 1,695 1,655 x x x
Taiwan 680 270 405 x x x
Viet Nam 4,855 2,235 2,620 x x x
Other places of birth in Asia 13,710 6,880 6,830 x x x
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 695 375 325 x x x
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 34,005 16,245 17,755 x x x
Americas 5,040 2,350 2,690 x x x
Brazil 180 110 70 x x x
Colombia 495 230 270 x x x
Cuba 195 90 105 x x x
Haiti 1,675 745 935 x x x
Jamaica 135 75 55 x x x
Mexico 290 115 175 x x x
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 1,125 585 540 x x x
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 155 55 100 x x x
Other places of birth in Americas 790 350 440 x x x
Europe 3,040 1,450 1,585 x x x
France 600 300 300 x x x
Germany 165 70 95 x x x
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 90 55 30 x x x
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 55 20 30 x x x
Romania 230 105 120 x x x
Russian Federation 300 100 205 x x x
Ukraine 205 100 105 x x x
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 445 250 195 x x x
Other places of birth in Europe 955 460 500 x x x
Africa 9,370 4,445 4,930 x x x
Algeria 375 160 215 x x x
Cameroon 725 395 325 x x x
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,060 450 615 x x x
Côte d'Ivoire 390 180 215 x x x
Egypt 760 410 345 x x x
Eritrea 245 115 130 x x x
Ethiopia 330 120 210 x x x
Morocco 480 225 250 x x x
Nigeria 430 195 235 x x x
Somalia 375 155 220 x x x
South Africa, Republic of 75 45 30 x x x
Tunisia 205 100 105 x x x
Other places of birth in Africa 3,925 1,890 2,035 x x x
Asia 16,450 7,955 8,500 x x x
Afghanistan 535 280 260 x x x
Bangladesh 540 270 270 x x x
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,110 865 1,245 x x x
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 75 40 30 x x x
India 1,610 905 705 x x x
IranCensus data footnote 61 815 390 425 x x x
Iraq 1,100 575 525 x x x
Israel 80 35 40 x x x
Japan 105 25 85 x x x
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 220 80 135 x x x
Lebanon 1,035 545 490 x x x
Nepal 280 155 120 x x x
Pakistan 580 310 265 x x x
Philippines 2,565 1,040 1,520 x x x
Saudi Arabia 330 195 135 x x x
Sri Lanka 195 85 110 x x x
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 2,030 1,080 955 x x x
Taiwan 35 10 30 x x x
Turkey 160 85 70 x x x
United Arab Emirates 315 190 125 x x x
Viet Nam 205 80 120 x x x
Other places of birth in Asia 1,545 710 835 x x x
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 95 45 50 x x x
Australia 80 50 35 x x x
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 20 0 20 x x x
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 970,805 471,190 499,610 x x x
First generationCensus data footnote 69 239,025 113,920 125,110 x x x
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 178,580 89,525 89,060 x x x
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 553,195 267,750 285,440 x x x
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 72 168,150 79,045 89,105 x x x
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 75,115 37,765 37,350 x x x
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 31,575 18,995 12,580 x x x
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 43,535 18,770 24,775 x x x
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 47,850 19,285 28,565 x x x
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 43,130 21,115 22,020 x x x
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 2,055 885 1,165 x x x
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 970,800 471,195 499,610 x x x
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 28,300 13,155 15,150 x x x
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 26,945 12,570 14,370 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 13,200 6,065 7,135 x x x
Métis 12,620 6,015 6,605 x x x
Inuk (Inuit) 1,125 490 630 x x x
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 595 240 350 x x x
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 765 340 420 x x x
Non-Aboriginal identity 942,495 458,035 484,465 x x x
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 970,800 471,195 499,605 x x x
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 7,220 3,230 3,990 x x x
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 963,580 467,960 495,620 x x x
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 970,805 471,195 499,610 x x x
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 7,955 3,630 4,330 x x x
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 7,785 3,555 4,230 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 5,600 2,575 3,030 x x x
Métis single ancestry 1,665 755 905 x x x
Inuit single ancestry 515 220 300 x x x
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 170 80 95 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 155 75 80 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 x x x
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 10 0 x x x
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 46,340 21,135 25,195 x x x
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 45,125 20,635 24,485 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 33,035 15,005 18,030 x x x
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 11,210 5,225 5,985 x x x
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 880 405 475 x x x
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 1,210 500 710 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,085 445 635 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 100 45 50 x x x
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 35 0 25 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 x x x
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 916,510 446,425 470,085 x x x
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 970,800 471,195 499,610 x x x
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 243,385 118,095 125,295 x x x
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 32,705 16,820 15,890 x x x
Chinese 33,670 15,905 17,770 x x x
Black 71,970 34,135 37,840 x x x
Filipino 11,005 4,440 6,560 x x x
Latin American 13,750 6,320 7,430 x x x
Arab 45,650 23,930 21,720 x x x
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 10,965 5,240 5,720 x x x
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 8,600 4,385 4,210 x x x
Korean 2,665 1,215 1,455 x x x
Japanese 2,170 910 1,255 x x x
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 2,755 1,255 1,495 x x x
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 7,485 3,520 3,960 x x x
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 727,415 353,100 374,315 x x x
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 103 970,805 471,195 499,610 x x x
North American Aboriginal origins 54,290 24,770 29,525 x x x
First Nations (North American Indian) 39,985 18,155 21,830 x x x
Inuit 1,545 685 870 x x x
Métis 14,150 6,520 7,630 x x x
Other North American origins 351,755 170,100 181,660 x x x
Acadian 4,110 2,005 2,110 x x x
American 10,600 5,195 5,400 x x x
Canadian 338,520 163,310 175,210 x x x
New Brunswicker 35 20 15 x x x
Newfoundlander 580 355 225 x x x
Nova Scotian 80 45 40 x x x
Ontarian 540 240 295 x x x
Québécois 5,050 2,635 2,415 x x x
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 20 20 0 x x x
European origins 559,435 271,630 287,805 x x x
British Isles origins 327,280 159,015 168,270 x x x
Channel Islander 90 35 55 x x x
Cornish 75 45 25 x x x
English 157,400 77,660 79,740 x x x
Irish 169,465 79,470 89,995 x x x
Manx 145 85 60 x x x
Scottish 137,835 66,995 70,840 x x x
Welsh 13,665 6,510 7,160 x x x
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 26,665 12,585 14,075 x x x
French origins 221,100 106,080 115,020 x x x
Alsatian 100 45 60 x x x
Breton 365 185 180 x x x
Corsican 95 65 30 x x x
French 220,875 105,955 114,920 x x x
Western European origins (except French origins) 95,355 45,980 49,375 x x x
Austrian 4,775 2,335 2,440 x x x
Bavarian 65 20 50 x x x
Belgian 4,885 2,220 2,665 x x x
Dutch 22,350 11,090 11,255 x x x
Flemish 395 205 195 x x x
Frisian 30 15 20 x x x
German 66,250 31,745 34,505 x x x
Luxembourger 150 80 75 x x x
Swiss 3,960 1,880 2,085 x x x
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 125 50 70 x x x
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 19,390 9,675 9,710 x x x
Danish 4,290 2,275 2,010 x x x
Finnish 3,045 1,465 1,580 x x x
Icelandic 1,170 545 625 x x x
Norwegian 5,470 2,720 2,750 x x x
Swedish 5,645 2,640 3,010 x x x
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 1,235 730 505 x x x
Eastern European origins 73,305 35,110 38,195 x x x
Bulgarian 1,520 715 810 x x x
Byelorussian 750 365 385 x x x
Czech 3,035 1,370 1,665 x x x
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 495 200 295 x x x
Estonian 695 320 375 x x x
Hungarian 7,155 3,425 3,730 x x x
Latvian 915 380 540 x x x
Lithuanian 2,185 1,120 1,065 x x x
Moldovan 445 210 230 x x x
Polish 27,565 13,210 14,355 x x x
Romanian 6,245 3,050 3,190 x x x
Russian 13,355 6,145 7,205 x x x
Slovak 2,080 950 1,130 x x x
Ukrainian 20,565 9,910 10,655 x x x
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 925 490 440 x x x
Southern European origins 79,640 38,775 40,865 x x x
Albanian 975 445 525 x x x
Bosnian 1,325 600 725 x x x
Catalan 20 10 10 x x x
Croatian 3,245 1,540 1,705 x x x
Cypriot 145 55 85 x x x
Greek 6,750 3,445 3,305 x x x
Italian 41,585 20,575 21,010 x x x
Kosovar 55 30 25 x x x
Macedonian 555 205 350 x x x
Maltese 495 250 250 x x x
Montenegrin 190 100 90 x x x
Portuguese 12,185 5,875 6,305 x x x
Serbian 3,155 1,575 1,575 x x x
Sicilian 250 115 135 x x x
Slovenian 1,030 490 540 x x x
Spanish 12,560 5,780 6,785 x x x
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 865 445 425 x x x
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 75 30 45 x x x
Other European origins 7,410 3,820 3,590 x x x
Basque 330 175 160 x x x
Jewish 5,100 2,660 2,440 x x x
Roma (Gypsy) 85 35 50 x x x
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 185 90 95 x x x
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,770 895 875 x x x
Caribbean origins 28,100 12,905 15,195 x x x
Antiguan 230 130 100 x x x
Bahamian 160 95 60 x x x
Barbadian 1,200 500 700 x x x
Bermudan 90 55 35 x x x
Carib 100 30 70 x x x
Cuban 1,340 660 680 x x x
Dominican 860 390 465 x x x
Grenadian 285 145 140 x x x
Guadeloupean 15 10 10 x x x
Haitian 12,725 5,810 6,915 x x x
Jamaican 7,395 3,425 3,975 x x x
Kittitian/Nevisian 60 35 25 x x x
Martinican 50 15 30 x x x
Montserratan 45 25 20 x x x
Puerto Rican 120 60 60 x x x
St. Lucian 760 300 460 x x x
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 1,895 865 1,030 x x x
Vincentian/Grenadinian 235 75 155 x x x
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 1,505 660 845 x x x
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 1,055 495 560 x x x
Latin, Central and South American origins 20,470 9,670 10,800 x x x
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 1,020 490 530 x x x
Arawak 75 35 35 x x x
Argentinian 635 350 285 x x x
Belizean 55 30 25 x x x
Bolivian 185 100 90 x x x
Brazilian 1,165 620 555 x x x
Chilean 1,065 550 515 x x x
Colombian 3,440 1,590 1,850 x x x
Costa Rican 195 90 110 x x x
Ecuadorian 225 115 110 x x x
Guatemalan 520 170 355 x x x
Guyanese 1,825 875 945 x x x
Hispanic 380 200 175 x x x
Honduran 300 95 200 x x x
Maya 370 195 175 x x x
Mexican 3,210 1,465 1,740 x x x
Nicaraguan 1,070 565 505 x x x
Panamanian 85 45 40 x x x
Paraguayan 40 20 25 x x x
Peruvian 1,530 750 780 x x x
Salvadorean 2,375 1,115 1,265 x x x
Uruguayan 130 55 75 x x x
Venezuelan 960 400 560 x x x
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 1,280 555 725 x x x
African origins 68,530 33,485 35,045 x x x
Central and West African origins 17,685 8,710 8,980 x x x
Akan 130 70 60 x x x
Angolan 235 115 125 x x x
Ashanti 20 20 10 x x x
Beninese 610 325 280 x x x
Burkinabe 415 195 220 x x x
Cameroonian 2,095 1,075 1,020 x x x
Chadian 215 115 100 x x x
Congolese 5,665 2,640 3,030 x x x
Edo 45 20 30 x x x
Ewe 75 50 20 x x x
Gabonese 240 125 110 x x x
Gambian 50 30 10 x x x
Ghanaian 1,325 710 615 x x x
Guinean 595 280 320 x x x
Ibo 110 50 60 x x x
Ivorian 1,120 510 605 x x x
Liberian 95 55 40 x x x
Malian 540 235 305 x x x
Malinké 130 65 65 x x x
Nigerian 2,145 1,085 1,060 x x x
Peulh 205 95 105 x x x
Senegalese 815 340 470 x x x
Sierra Leonean 90 35 55 x x x
Togolese 740 390 350 x x x
Wolof 65 40 25 x x x
Yoruba 430 235 195 x x x
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 1,510 760 755 x x x
North African origins 16,650 8,645 8,005 x x x
Algerian 2,400 1,205 1,190 x x x
Berber 1,690 895 790 x x x
Coptic 105 55 50 x x x
Dinka 45 25 25 x x x
Egyptian 5,490 2,915 2,570 x x x
Libyan 1,210 620 590 x x x
Maure 105 55 45 x x x
Moroccan 4,160 2,100 2,065 x x x
Sudanese 805 395 410 x x x
Tunisian 1,030 570 455 x x x
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 595 295 305 x x x
Southern and East African origins 25,025 11,865 13,155 x x x
Afrikaner 45 25 25 x x x
Amhara 70 45 25 x x x
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 585 280 310 x x x
Burundian 3,005 1,415 1,585 x x x
Djiboutian 870 365 510 x x x
Eritrean 1,335 610 720 x x x
Ethiopian 2,755 1,260 1,495 x x x
Harari 0 0 0 x x x
Kenyan 580 285 295 x x x
Malagasy 390 185 200 x x x
Mauritian 325 150 175 x x x
Oromo 250 135 120 x x x
Rwandan 2,355 1,065 1,290 x x x
Seychellois 15 10 15 x x x
Somali 10,210 4,825 5,385 x x x
South African 935 480 450 x x x
Tanzanian 290 120 165 x x x
Tigrian 165 80 85 x x x
Ugandan 390 185 205 x x x
Zambian 125 60 70 x x x
Zimbabwean 295 140 160 x x x
Zulu 60 40 15 x x x
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 1,355 700 655 x x x
Other African origins 10,970 5,200 5,770 x x x
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 1,325 545 775 x x x
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 9,855 4,765 5,085 x x x
Asian origins 165,170 81,355 83,815 x x x
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 66,320 34,250 32,065 x x x
Afghan 3,710 1,860 1,850 x x x
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 8,085 4,220 3,875 x x x
Armenian 1,475 750 730 x x x
Assyrian 110 40 65 x x x
Azerbaijani 195 90 105 x x x
Georgian 180 115 65 x x x
Hazara 65 45 25 x x x
Iranian 6,300 3,205 3,100 x x x
Iraqi 4,685 2,515 2,170 x x x
Israeli 550 290 265 x x x
Jordanian 1,510 795 715 x x x
Kazakh 140 65 80 x x x
Kurd 815 440 375 x x x
Kuwaiti 945 480 470 x x x
Kyrgyz 40 30 15 x x x
Lebanese 28,720 14,690 14,030 x x x
Palestinian 3,555 1,960 1,590 x x x
Pashtun 175 85 90 x x x
Saudi Arabian 545 265 280 x x x
Syrian 4,640 2,425 2,215 x x x
Tajik 110 55 50 x x x
Tatar 120 35 90 x x x
Turk 2,495 1,350 1,145 x x x
Turkmen 125 65 60 x x x
Uighur 55 35 20 x x x
Uzbek 200 90 110 x x x
Yemeni 965 495 470 x x x
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 1,920 1,000 925 x x x
South Asian origins 34,580 17,690 16,890 x x x
Bangladeshi 2,165 1,120 1,050 x x x
Bengali 940 485 460 x x x
Bhutanese 315 165 145 x x x
East Indian 23,385 11,990 11,395 x x x
Goan 105 65 45 x x x
Gujarati 120 80 40 x x x
Kashmiri 35 0 30 x x x
Nepali 900 440 455 x x x
Pakistani 3,875 1,930 1,945 x x x
Punjabi 845 435 410 x x x
Sinhalese 220 125 100 x x x
Sri Lankan 2,050 1,045 1,005 x x x
Tamil 680 340 340 x x x
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 1,765 885 885 x x x
East and Southeast Asian origins 65,755 30,170 35,585 x x x
Burmese 550 265 290 x x x
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,930 905 1,025 x x x
Chinese 38,420 18,015 20,410 x x x
Filipino 12,145 4,970 7,175 x x x
Hmong 0 0 0 x x x
Indonesian 510 235 280 x x x
Japanese 2,760 1,160 1,600 x x x
Karen 285 150 130 x x x
Korean 2,875 1,325 1,550 x x x
Laotian 560 250 305 x x x
Malaysian 395 135 255 x x x
Mongolian 295 165 130 x x x
Singaporean 40 15 25 x x x
Taiwanese 645 285 365 x x x
Thai 610 225 385 x x x
Tibetan 90 40 50 x x x
Vietnamese 8,075 3,975 4,105 x x x
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 140 75 65 x x x
Other Asian origins 325 145 180 x x x
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 325 145 175 x x x
Oceania origins 1,725 825 900 x x x
Australian 1,140 515 625 x x x
New Zealander 425 250 180 x x x
Pacific Islands origins 195 75 120 x x x
Fijian 35 0 25 x x x
Hawaiian 10 0 10 x x x
Maori 20 20 0 x x x
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 80 20 60 x x x
Samoan 20 10 10 x x x
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 40 25 15 x x x
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
Owner 251,440 ... ... x ... ...
Renter 161,110 ... ... x ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
Condominium 68,420 ... ... x ... ...
Not condominium 344,135 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
No bedrooms 3,050 ... ... x ... ...
1 bedroom 65,255 ... ... x ... ...
2 bedrooms 100,830 ... ... x ... ...
3 bedrooms 149,750 ... ... x ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 93,670 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 125,765 ... ... x ... ...
5 rooms 59,400 ... ... x ... ...
6 rooms 58,030 ... ... x ... ...
7 rooms 55,465 ... ... x ... ...
8 or more rooms 113,890 ... ... x ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.1 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
One person or fewer per room 406,325 ... ... x ... ...
More than 1 person per room 6,225 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
Suitable 393,250 ... ... x ... ...
Not suitable 19,300 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
1960 or before 75,620 ... ... x ... ...
1961 to 1980 132,730 ... ... x ... ...
1981 to 1990 67,060 ... ... x ... ...
1991 to 2000 47,080 ... ... x ... ...
2001 to 2005 29,730 ... ... x ... ...
2006 to 2010 31,855 ... ... x ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 28,490 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 388,650 ... ... x ... ...
Major repairs needed 23,900 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
1 household maintainer 243,170 ... ... x ... ...
2 household maintainers 159,485 ... ... x ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 9,900 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 412,555 ... ... x ... ...
15 to 24 years 19,245 ... ... x ... ...
25 to 34 years 65,745 ... ... x ... ...
35 to 44 years 72,860 ... ... x ... ...
45 to 54 years 85,340 ... ... x ... ...
55 to 64 years 78,635 ... ... x ... ...
65 to 74 years 53,730 ... ... x ... ...
75 to 84 years 27,280 ... ... x ... ...
85 years and over 9,720 ... ... x ... ...
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 141 412,205 ... ... x ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 312,160 ... ... x ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 100,045 ... ... x ... ...
30% to less than 100% 84,985 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 251,420 ... ... x ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 62.0 ... ... x ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 13.8 ... ... x ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,321 ... ... x ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,416 ... ... x ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 349,868 ... ... x ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 400,351 ... ... x ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 161,100 ... ... x ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 15.0 ... ... x ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 40.7 ... ... x ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,013 ... ... x ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,058 ... ... x ... ...
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 146 806,730 387,795 418,935 x x x
No certificate, diploma or degree 112,830 56,430 56,400 x x x
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 190,325 93,180 97,145 x x x
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 503,580 238,190 265,385 x x x
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 47,675 27,625 20,050 x x x
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 30,170 15,285 14,885 x x x
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 17,500 12,340 5,160 x x x
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 151,695 67,130 84,565 x x x
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 18,375 7,255 11,125 x x x
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 285,835 136,180 149,655 x x x
Bachelor's degree 173,840 79,130 94,710 x x x
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 16,470 7,100 9,370 x x x
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 6,510 3,220 3,290 x x x
Master's degree 73,850 36,860 36,990 x x x
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 15,170 9,870 5,295 x x x
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 536,995 258,540 278,460 x x x
No certificate, diploma or degree 44,075 23,965 20,110 x x x
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 102,620 52,315 50,305 x x x
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 390,300 182,255 208,040 x x x
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 34,815 19,680 15,135 x x x
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 22,360 10,930 11,425 x x x
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 12,455 8,745 3,710 x x x
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 115,385 51,975 63,415 x x x
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,515 5,155 7,360 x x x
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 227,585 105,455 122,135 x x x
Bachelor's degree 137,015 61,700 75,320 x x x
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 12,690 5,085 7,600 x x x
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 5,250 2,350 2,890 x x x
Master's degree 61,410 29,595 31,820 x x x
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 11,225 6,720 4,505 x x x
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 151 806,735 387,800 418,935 x x x
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 303,155 149,605 153,545 x x x
Education 29,325 7,005 22,315 x x x
13. Education 29,325 7,010 22,315 x x x
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 18,080 8,155 9,925 x x x
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 3,630 2,535 1,100 x x x
50. Visual and performing arts 14,445 5,615 8,830 x x x
Humanities 36,565 14,240 22,330 x x x
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 6,525 1,510 5,015 x x x
23. English language and literature/letters 8,045 2,525 5,520 x x x
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 7,985 3,085 4,900 x x x
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 355 115 250 x x x
38. Philosophy and religious studies 2,575 1,540 1,040 x x x
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,775 1,105 670 x x x
54. History 6,390 3,635 2,750 x x x
55. French language and literature/letters 2,910 725 2,185 x x x
Social and behavioural sciences and law 90,840 35,810 55,030 x x x
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,445 415 1,025 x x x
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 10,105 3,675 6,435 x x x
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,055 860 8,195 x x x
22. Legal professions and studies 14,470 5,635 8,840 x x x
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 1,925 545 1,380 x x x
42. Psychology 13,050 3,380 9,670 x x x
45. Social sciences 40,800 21,310 19,490 x x x
Business, management and public administration 104,700 43,700 60,995 x x x
30.16 Accounting and computer science 150 80 75 x x x
44. Public administration and social service professions 11,255 3,420 7,840 x x x
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 93,290 40,210 53,085 x x x
Physical and life sciences and technologies 25,205 13,050 12,155 x x x
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 12,025 5,105 6,915 x x x
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 3,735 1,925 1,805 x x x
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 815 350 465 x x x
40. Physical sciences 7,775 5,340 2,435 x x x
41. Science technologies/technicians 855 330 535 x x x
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 33,085 21,615 11,475 x x x
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 24,740 17,775 6,965 x x x
25. Library science 2,970 635 2,335 x x x
27. Mathematics and statistics 4,570 2,680 1,890 x x x
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 810 525 280 x x x
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 73,995 64,535 9,460 x x x
04. Architecture and related services 4,525 2,865 1,660 x x x
14. Engineering 29,600 24,140 5,460 x x x
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 15,320 13,795 1,530 x x x
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 30 10 25 x x x
46. Construction trades 10,880 10,620 265 x x x
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 9,555 9,265 290 x x x
48. Precision production 4,080 3,845 230 x x x
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 6,665 3,615 3,045 x x x
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 3,355 1,835 1,520 x x x
03. Natural resources and conservation 3,310 1,780 1,530 x x x
Health and related fields 60,770 13,545 47,230 x x x
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 5,630 2,770 2,860 x x x
51. Health professions and related programs 53,040 9,645 43,400 x x x
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 2,105 1,130 970 x x x
Personal, protective and transportation services 24,270 12,900 11,370 x x x
12. Personal and culinary services 13,645 4,275 9,370 x x x
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 635 545 95 x x x
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 455 410 50 x x x
43. Security and protective services 6,845 5,195 1,655 x x x
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,680 2,475 205 x x x
Other 80 25 60 x x x
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 80 25 55 x x x
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 151 536,995 258,540 278,460 x x x
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 146,695 76,280 70,415 x x x
Education 20,305 4,615 15,690 x x x
13. Education 20,300 4,615 15,685 x x x
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 14,005 6,340 7,670 x x x
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 2,760 1,845 910 x x x
50. Visual and performing arts 11,250 4,495 6,760 x x x
Humanities 25,565 9,830 15,740 x x x
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 5,175 1,155 4,015 x x x
23. English language and literature/letters 5,815 1,850 3,965 x x x
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 4,875 1,950 2,925 x x x
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 275 80 200 x x x
38. Philosophy and religious studies 1,830 1,090 740 x x x
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,145 730 410 x x x
54. History 4,605 2,585 2,020 x x x
55. French language and literature/letters 1,845 385 1,460 x x x
Social and behavioural sciences and law 72,600 27,745 44,855 x x x
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,205 335 865 x x x
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 8,165 2,940 5,215 x x x
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 7,205 675 6,530 x x x
22. Legal professions and studies 12,050 4,300 7,750 x x x
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 1,525 445 1,080 x x x
42. Psychology 10,050 2,500 7,555 x x x
45. Social sciences 32,405 16,555 15,845 x x x
Business, management and public administration 84,165 34,430 49,735 x x x
30.16 Accounting and computer science 140 70 70 x x x
44. Public administration and social service professions 9,110 2,715 6,405 x x x
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 74,915 31,655 43,260 x x x
Physical and life sciences and technologies 18,055 8,835 9,220 x x x
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 9,270 3,775 5,495 x x x
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,420 1,225 1,195 x x x
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 285 105 180 x x x
40. Physical sciences 5,480 3,510 1,970 x x x
41. Science technologies/technicians 600 220 380 x x x
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 28,585 18,800 9,790 x x x
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 22,280 15,955 6,330 x x x
25. Library science 2,175 480 1,695 x x x
27. Mathematics and statistics 3,405 1,915 1,490 x x x
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 720 450 270 x x x
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 56,350 48,450 7,895 x x x
04. Architecture and related services 3,670 2,235 1,430 x x x
14. Engineering 23,330 18,660 4,670 x x x
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 11,525 10,380 1,150 x x x
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 25 0 25 x x x
46. Construction trades 7,835 7,625 220 x x x
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 7,010 6,780 235 x x x
48. Precision production 2,950 2,775 175 x x x
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 5,350 2,780 2,575 x x x
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 2,530 1,280 1,250 x x x
03. Natural resources and conservation 2,825 1,500 1,325 x x x
Health and related fields 46,610 10,710 35,900 x x x
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 4,505 2,190 2,310 x x x
51. Health professions and related programs 40,445 7,715 32,730 x x x
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 1,655 805 850 x x x
Personal, protective and transportation services 18,625 9,700 8,925 x x x
12. Personal and culinary services 10,520 3,265 7,255 x x x
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 520 430 85 x x x
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 270 235 40 x x x
43. Security and protective services 5,255 3,875 1,380 x x x
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,065 1,895 165 x x x
Other 75 25 50 x x x
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 75 25 50 x x x
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 157 806,730 387,800 418,935 x x x
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 303,155 149,605 153,545 x x x
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 503,575 238,185 265,390 x x x
Location of study inside Canada 429,735 202,545 227,190 x x x
Same as province or territory of residence 330,315 154,715 175,605 x x x
Different than province or territory of residence 99,420 47,835 51,585 x x x
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 73,845 35,645 38,200 x x x
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 10,410 5,820 4,590 x x x
Philippines 4,025 1,210 2,810 x x x
India 4,460 2,195 2,265 x x x
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 7,860 4,445 3,415 x x x
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 4,745 2,125 2,620 x x x
France 3,350 1,785 1,570 x x x
Other 38,990 18,060 20,925 x x x
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 157 536,995 258,540 278,455 x x x
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 146,695 76,280 70,420 x x x
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 390,295 182,255 208,040 x x x
Location of study inside Canada 334,160 156,180 177,980 x x x
Same as province or territory of residence 257,620 119,490 138,130 x x x
Different than province or territory of residence 76,540 36,690 39,845 x x x
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 56,140 26,080 30,060 x x x
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 7,390 3,955 3,440 x x x
Philippines 3,475 1,025 2,455 x x x
India 3,090 1,475 1,615 x x x
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,680 2,585 2,100 x x x
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 3,445 1,470 1,975 x x x
France 2,700 1,430 1,270 x x x
Other 31,350 14,140 17,205 x x x
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 806,730 387,795 418,935 x x x
In the labour force 540,785 273,595 267,200 x x x
Employed 500,500 252,025 248,470 x x x
Unemployed 40,285 21,560 18,725 x x x
Not in the labour force 265,945 114,205 151,735 x x x
Participation rate 67.0 70.6 63.8 x x x
Employment rate 62.0 65.0 59.3 x x x
Unemployment rate 7.4 7.9 7.0 x x x
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 164 806,730 387,795 418,935 x x x
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 255,185 109,835 145,350 x x x
Worked 551,545 277,960 273,585 x x x
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 293,080 155,995 137,090 x x x
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 258,465 121,965 136,495 x x x
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.1 43.4 42.8 x x x
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 540,785 273,590 267,195 x x x
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,355 7,180 7,180 x x x
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 526,430 266,410 260,015 x x x
Employee 475,360 235,845 239,510 x x x
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 51,075 30,565 20,510 x x x
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 172 540,785 273,590 267,195 x x x
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,360 7,185 7,180 x x x
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 526,430 266,405 260,020 x x x
0 Management occupations 58,180 34,380 23,800 x x x
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 100,335 34,345 65,990 x x x
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 54,955 41,475 13,490 x x x
3 Health occupations 34,350 8,095 26,255 x x x
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 88,410 32,355 56,050 x x x
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 20,580 9,180 11,395 x x x
6 Sales and service occupations 119,430 60,070 59,365 x x x
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 41,135 39,175 1,965 x x x
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 3,825 3,230 595 x x x
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 5,225 4,110 1,115 x x x
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 173 540,785 273,590 267,200 x x x
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 14,360 7,180 7,175 x x x
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 526,430 266,410 260,020 x x x
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,265 805 460 x x x
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 515 445 70 x x x
22 Utilities 1,455 1,075 385 x x x
23 Construction 25,200 22,350 2,850 x x x
31-33 Manufacturing 13,880 10,135 3,745 x x x
41 Wholesale trade 10,460 7,685 2,775 x x x
44-45 Retail trade 56,315 28,985 27,325 x x x
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 15,120 11,675 3,450 x x x
51 Information and cultural industries 13,425 8,135 5,290 x x x
52 Finance and insurance 16,430 7,725 8,700 x x x
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 9,130 5,295 3,840 x x x
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 44,650 26,805 17,840 x x x
55 Management of companies and enterprises 370 150 225 x x x
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 24,285 15,215 9,075 x x x
61 Educational services 43,965 15,480 28,485 x x x
62 Health care and social assistance 59,560 13,010 46,550 x x x
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 10,975 5,425 5,550 x x x
72 Accommodation and food services 37,780 19,110 18,670 x x x
81 Other services (except public administration) 22,360 8,985 13,380 x x x
91 Public administration 119,280 57,925 61,350 x x x
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 174 500,500 252,030 248,470 x x x
Worked at home 31,490 15,685 15,805 x x x
Worked outside Canada 1,955 1,310 640 x x x
No fixed workplace address 41,240 29,870 11,370 x x x
Worked at usual place 425,815 205,160 220,655 x x x
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 425,815 205,160 220,655 x x x
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 353,690 167,740 185,950 x x x
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 95 70 25 x x x
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 10,105 5,370 4,735 x x x
Commute to a different province or territory 61,925 31,980 29,945 x x x
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 175 467,055 235,025 232,030 x x x
Car, truck, van - as a driver 285,565 153,905 131,665 x x x
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 27,000 8,490 18,510 x x x
Public transit 100,680 44,680 56,000 x x x
Walked 35,445 16,680 18,770 x x x
Bicycle 13,910 9,070 4,845 x x x
Other method 4,450 2,210 2,240 x x x
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 176 467,055 235,030 232,025 x x x
Less than 15 minutes 93,095 43,630 49,465 x x x
15 to 29 minutes 180,810 92,520 88,290 x x x
30 to 44 minutes 116,195 60,535 55,660 x x x
45 to 59 minutes 45,795 22,600 23,200 x x x
60 minutes and over 31,155 15,745 15,415 x x x
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 177 467,050 235,025 232,025 x x x
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 21,715 14,695 7,015 x x x
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 83,655 45,960 37,700 x x x
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 138,750 64,785 73,965 x x x
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 110,650 51,930 58,715 x x x
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 50,755 24,105 26,650 x x x
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 61,530 33,550 27,980 x x x
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 178 568,065 286,120 281,945 x x x
Single responses 529,595 267,550 262,050 x x x
Official languages 526,010 265,715 260,295 x x x
English 421,720 219,020 202,700 x x x
French 104,290 46,685 57,600 x x x
Non-official languages 3,585 1,835 1,750 x x x
Aboriginal languages 80 30 55 x x x
Algonquian languages 55 25 30 x x x
Blackfoot 0 0 0 x x x
Cree-Montagnais languages 60 25 30 x x x
Atikamekw 0 0 0 x x x
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 x x x
Moose Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Naskapi 0 0 0 x x x
Northern East Cree 15 10 10 x x x
Plains Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Woods Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Cree, n.o.s. 40 15 25 x x x
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 x x x
Malecite 0 0 0 x x x
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 x x x
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 x x x
Algonquin 0 0 0 x x x
Ojibway 0 0 0 x x x
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 x x x
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 x x x
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 x x x
Beaver 0 0 0 x x x
Carrier 0 0 0 x x x
Chilcotin 0 0 0 x x x
Dene 0 0 0 x x x
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 x x x
Gwich'in 0 0 0 x x x
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 x x x
Sekani 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 x x x
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 x x x
South Slavey 0 0 0 x x x
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 x x x
Tahltan 0 0 0 x x x
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 x x x
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 x x x
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Haida 0 0 0 x x x
Inuit languages 25 10 20 x x x
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 x x x
Inuktitut 25 0 20 x x x
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 x x x
Cayuga 0 0 0 x x x
Mohawk 0 0 0 x x x
Oneida 0 0 0 x x x
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Kutenai 0 0 0 x x x
Michif 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages 0 0 0 x x x
Comox 0 0 0 x x x
Halkomelem 0 0 0 x x x
Lillooet 0 0 0 x x x
Okanagan 0 0 0 x x x
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 x x x
Squamish 0 0 0 x x x
Straits 0 0 0 x x x
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 x x x
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Dakota 0 0 0 x x x
Stoney 0 0 0 x x x
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tlingit 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 x x x
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 x x x
Nisga'a 0 0 0 x x x
Tsimshian 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Haisla 0 0 0 x x x
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 x x x
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 x x x
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 x x x
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 x x x
Non-Aboriginal languages 3,505 1,805 1,700 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages 635 385 255 x x x
Berber languages 0 0 0 x x x
Kabyle 0 0 0 x x x
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Cushitic languages 20 0 20 x x x
Bilen 0 0 0 x x x
Oromo 0 0 0 x x x
Somali 25 0 20 x x x
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Semitic languages 615 380 235 x x x
Amharic 0 0 0 x x x
Arabic 595 370 220 x x x
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 x x x
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 x x x
Harari 0 0 0 x x x
Hebrew 15 10 10 x x x
Maltese 0 0 0 x x x
Tigrigna 0 0 0 x x x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages 155 50 105 x x x
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 10 0 x x x
Vietnamese 155 50 105 x x x
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 x x x
Austronesian languages 45 20 25 x x x
Bikol 0 0 0 x x x
Cebuano 0 0 0 x x x
Fijian 0 0 0 x x x
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 x x x
Ilocano 0 0 0 x x x
Malagasy 0 0 0 x x x
Malay 10 10 0 x x x
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 x x x
Pangasinan 0 0 0 x x x
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 10 20 x x x
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 x x x
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 x x x
Creole languages 30 15 10 x x x
Haitian Creole 0 0 10 x x x
Creole, n.o.s. 20 10 10 x x x
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Dravidian languages 10 10 0 x x x
Kannada 0 0 0 x x x
Malayalam 10 10 0 x x x
Tamil 0 0 0 x x x
Telugu 0 0 0 x x x
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 x x x
Indo-European languages 1,030 495 535 x x x
Albanian 0 0 0 x x x
Armenian 0 0 0 x x x
Balto-Slavic languages 215 85 135 x x x
Baltic languages 0 0 0 x x x
Latvian 0 0 0 x x x
Lithuanian 0 0 0 x x x
Slavic languages 215 80 135 x x x
Belarusan 0 0 0 x x x
Bosnian 0 0 0 x x x
Bulgarian 10 10 0 x x x
Croatian 0 0 0 x x x
Czech 0 10 0 x x x
Macedonian 0 0 0 x x x
Polish 35 10 25 x x x
Russian 110 35 80 x x x
Serbian 20 10 15 x x x
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 x x x
Slovak 0 0 0 x x x
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 x x x
Ukrainian 15 10 10 x x x
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Celtic languages 0 0 0 x x x
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 x x x
Welsh 0 0 0 x x x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Germanic languages 120 50 70 x x x
Afrikaans 0 0 0 x x x
Danish 10 10 0 x x x
Dutch 15 10 10 x x x
Frisian 0 0 0 x x x
German 80 25 45 x x x
Icelandic 0 0 0 x x x
Norwegian 0 0 0 x x x
Swedish 10 0 10 x x x
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 x x x
Yiddish 10 0 0 x x x
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Greek 15 10 0 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages 125 65 60 x x x
Indo-Aryan languages 50 25 25 x x x
Bengali 10 10 0 x x x
Gujarati 0 0 0 x x x
Hindi 15 15 0 x x x
Kashmiri 0 0 0 x x x
Konkani 0 0 0 x x x
Marathi 0 0 0 x x x
Nepali 10 0 0 x x x
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 x x x
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 x x x
Sindhi 0 0 0 x x x
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 x x x
Urdu 15 0 0 x x x
Iranian languages 75 35 40 x x x
Kurdish 10 10 10 x x x
Pashto 10 0 0 x x x
Persian (Farsi) 60 25 30 x x x
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages 555 290 260 x x x
Catalan 0 0 0 x x x
Italian 40 30 15 x x x
Portuguese 120 80 45 x x x
Romanian 10 0 10 x x x
Spanish 385 185 205 x x x
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Japanese 55 20 30 x x x
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 x x x
Georgian 10 0 0 x x x
Korean 85 50 45 x x x
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 x x x
Mongolian 0 0 0 x x x
Niger-Congo languages 30 10 20 x x x
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 x x x
Bamanankan 0 0 0 x x x
Edo 0 0 0 x x x
Ewe 0 0 0 x x x
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 x x x
Ga 0 0 0 x x x
Ganda 0 0 0 x x x
Igbo 10 0 0 x x x
Lingala 0 0 0 x x x
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 x x x
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 0 15 x x x
Shona 0 0 0 x x x
Swahili 0 10 0 x x x
Wolof 0 0 0 x x x
Yoruba 0 0 0 x x x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 x x x
Dinka 0 0 0 x x x
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Sign languages 45 20 25 x x x
American Sign Language 25 10 10 x x x
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 10 x x x
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 x x x
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,295 690 610 x x x
Chinese languages 1,290 685 605 x x x
Cantonese 515 295 230 x x x
Hakka 0 0 0 x x x
Mandarin 730 360 375 x x x
Min Dong 0 0 0 x x x
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 x x x
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 x x x
Chinese, n.o.s. 35 30 0 x x x
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages 10 0 0 x x x
Burmese 10 0 0 x x x
Karenic languages 0 0 0 x x x
Tibetan 0 0 0 x x x
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages 30 15 15 x x x
Lao 0 0 0 x x x
Thai 30 15 15 x x x
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 x x x
Turkic languages 30 15 10 x x x
Azerbaijani 0 10 0 x x x
Turkish 15 10 10 x x x
Uyghur 0 10 0 x x x
Uzbek 0 0 0 x x x
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Uralic languages 0 0 0 x x x
Estonian 0 0 0 x x x
Finnish 10 0 10 x x x
Hungarian 0 0 0 x x x
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 x x x
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 x x x
Multiple responses 38,475 18,575 19,895 x x x
English and French 34,400 16,545 17,855 x x x
English and non-official language 2,985 1,495 1,490 x x x
French and non-official language 170 80 90 x x x
English, French and non-official language 920 460 460 x x x
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 179 568,070 286,125 281,945 x x x
None 378,905 196,195 182,710 x x x
English 61,405 28,170 33,235 x x x
French 116,765 56,340 60,420 x x x
Non-official language 9,070 4,555 4,520 x x x
Aboriginal 165 45 120 x x x
Non-Aboriginal 8,910 4,505 4,400 x x x
English and French 145 55 90 x x x
English and non-official language 400 180 215 x x x
French and non-official language 1,365 615 755 x x x
English, French and non-official language 10 10 0 x x x
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 960,570 466,105 494,470 x x x
Non-movers 821,710 397,950 423,760 x x x
Movers 138,865 68,155 70,710 x x x
Non-migrants 96,480 47,245 49,235 x x x
Migrants 42,380 20,910 21,470 x x x
Internal migrants 29,090 14,200 14,890 x x x
Intraprovincial migrants 16,465 7,810 8,655 x x x
Interprovincial migrants 12,620 6,385 6,240 x x x
External migrants 13,295 6,715 6,585 x x x
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 917,190 444,170 473,020 x x x
Non-movers 539,410 260,105 279,305 x x x
Movers 377,780 184,065 193,720 x x x
Non-migrants 247,995 120,400 127,595 x x x
Migrants 129,785 63,660 66,120 x x x
Internal migrants 85,295 41,255 44,040 x x x
Intraprovincial migrants 48,640 23,110 25,535 x x x
Interprovincial migrants 36,655 18,150 18,505 x x x
External migrants 44,490 22,410 22,085 x x x

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Ottawa - Gatineau [Population centre], Ontario/Quebec and Gwayasdums 1, IRI [Census subdivision], British Columbia (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 May 28, 2024).

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