Census Profile, 2016 Census
Zone 3 - Eastern [Health region, December 2017], Nova Scotia and Halifax [Economic region], Nova Scotia

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Characteristic Zone 3 - Eastern
Nova Scotia
[Health region, December 2017]
Halifax
Nova Scotia
[Economic region]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 158,936 ... ... 403,390 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 163,706 ... ... 390,328 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 -2.9 ... ... 3.3 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 81,672 ... ... 187,478 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 69,194 ... ... 173,459 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 10.0 ... ... 73.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 15,908.12 ... ... 5,496.31 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 158,935 76,190 82,750 403,390 195,330 208,060
0 to 14 years 22,230 11,400 10,830 60,535 30,915 29,620
0 to 4 years 6,685 3,370 3,315 19,790 10,085 9,710
5 to 9 years 7,590 3,970 3,620 20,750 10,620 10,125
10 to 14 years 7,955 4,055 3,895 19,995 10,210 9,790
15 to 64 years 99,165 47,805 51,360 279,680 136,280 143,400
15 to 19 years 8,855 4,495 4,360 22,340 11,315 11,020
20 to 24 years 8,675 4,380 4,295 30,230 15,020 15,210
25 to 29 years 7,285 3,620 3,665 30,205 15,180 15,020
30 to 34 years 7,220 3,470 3,750 27,470 13,490 13,980
35 to 39 years 7,680 3,500 4,180 25,710 12,285 13,425
40 to 44 years 8,810 4,085 4,725 26,645 12,815 13,835
45 to 49 years 9,870 4,730 5,140 27,740 13,175 14,565
50 to 54 years 12,685 5,935 6,750 32,665 15,860 16,805
55 to 59 years 14,085 6,730 7,360 30,610 14,815 15,795
60 to 64 years 13,995 6,855 7,135 26,065 12,330 13,735
65 years and over 37,540 16,980 20,560 63,175 28,130 35,040
65 to 69 years 12,965 6,345 6,615 22,510 10,635 11,880
70 to 74 years 9,115 4,330 4,780 15,525 7,250 8,275
75 to 79 years 6,625 3,030 3,595 10,440 4,700 5,740
80 to 84 years 4,505 1,890 2,615 7,505 3,195 4,310
85 years and over 4,335 1,390 2,950 7,190 2,350 4,835
85 to 89 years 2,625 945 1,680 4,405 1,585 2,820
90 to 94 years 1,280 350 925 2,120 615 1,505
95 to 99 years 370 80 290 610 150 460
100 years and over 65 10 55 55 10 50
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 14.0 15.0 13.1 15.0 15.8 14.2
15 to 64 years 62.4 62.7 62.1 69.3 69.8 68.9
65 years and over 23.6 22.3 24.8 15.7 14.4 16.8
85 years and over 2.7 1.8 3.6 1.8 1.2 2.3
Average age of the population 45.6 44.5 46.6 40.9 39.9 41.8
Median age of the population 49.5 48.4 50.3 41.0 39.8 42.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 69,190 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Single-detached house 52,310 ... ... 86,615 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 235 ... ... 21,000 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 12,930 ... ... 61,845 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,295 ... ... 11,790 ... ...
Row house 845 ... ... 6,660 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 2,480 ... ... 6,275 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 6,175 ... ... 36,895 ... ...
Other single-attached house 135 ... ... 235 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 3,720 ... ... 3,995 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 69,190 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
1 person 21,240 ... ... 51,180 ... ...
2 persons 26,240 ... ... 64,425 ... ...
3 persons 10,435 ... ... 27,255 ... ...
4 persons 7,260 ... ... 21,020 ... ...
5 or more persons 4,025 ... ... 9,575 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 156,040 ... ... 397,635 ... ...
Average household size 2.3 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 136,705 64,785 71,920 342,850 164,415 178,440
Married or living common law 74,035 37,015 37,020 192,590 96,120 96,465
Married 62,550 31,285 31,265 154,070 76,915 77,155
Living common law 11,480 5,730 5,760 38,515 19,205 19,310
Not married and not living common law 62,670 27,775 34,900 150,265 68,295 81,970
Never married 38,200 19,935 18,260 102,415 52,855 49,565
Separated 4,625 1,945 2,680 9,785 4,175 5,610
Divorced 8,285 3,500 4,785 20,610 7,610 13,000
Widowed 11,565 2,385 9,180 17,455 3,655 13,795
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 46,900 ... ... 113,625 ... ...
2 persons 27,315 ... ... 62,590 ... ...
3 persons 10,165 ... ... 24,880 ... ...
4 persons 6,540 ... ... 19,240 ... ...
5 or more persons 2,875 ... ... 6,920 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 46,900 ... ... 113,625 ... ...
Total couple families 36,390 ... ... 94,735 ... ...
Married couples 30,650 ... ... 75,480 ... ...
Common-law couples 5,740 ... ... 19,255 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 10,510 ... ... 18,895 ... ...
Female parent 8,550 ... ... 15,260 ... ...
Male parent 1,965 ... ... 3,630 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 36,390 ... ... 94,730 ... ...
Couples without children 20,880 ... ... 50,640 ... ...
Couples with children 15,510 ... ... 44,090 ... ...
1 child 7,345 ... ... 19,600 ... ...
2 children 5,650 ... ... 17,950 ... ...
3 or more children 2,515 ... ... 6,550 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 10,510 ... ... 18,890 ... ...
1 child 6,435 ... ... 11,950 ... ...
2 children 2,830 ... ... 5,280 ... ...
3 or more children 1,250 ... ... 1,665 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 29,335 13,320 16,010 84,200 39,385 44,815
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 69,190 ... ... 173,455 ... ...
One-census-family households 44,625 ... ... 109,000 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 20,130 ... ... 48,760 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 24,490 ... ... 60,240 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 1,125 ... ... 2,290 ... ...
Non-census-family households 23,450 ... ... 62,170 ... ...
One-person households 21,240 ... ... 51,180 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 2,210 ... ... 10,990 ... ...
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 15 156,670 75,410 81,260 399,575 193,735 205,840
English only 143,805 69,720 74,085 347,440 170,905 176,535
French only 105 35 70 340 160 185
English and French 12,635 5,595 7,040 49,585 21,650 27,935
Neither English nor French 125 65 65 2,210 1,020 1,185
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 16 156,670 75,415 81,260 399,575 193,735 205,840
English 151,215 72,855 78,360 386,350 187,275 199,070
French 5,165 2,410 2,755 9,895 4,910 4,985
English and French 185 95 95 1,210 570 640
Neither English nor French 110 50 55 2,115 975 1,140
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 5,255 2,455 2,800 10,500 5,200 5,305
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 3.4 3.3 3.4 2.6 2.7 2.6
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 18 156,670 75,410 81,260 399,575 193,730 205,840
Single responses 155,670 74,925 80,740 394,425 191,195 203,225
Official languages 149,175 71,740 77,435 363,555 175,510 188,045
English 143,715 69,215 74,495 353,415 170,520 182,900
French 5,460 2,525 2,935 10,140 4,995 5,145
Non-official languages 6,495 3,185 3,305 30,865 15,685 15,175
Aboriginal languages 3,765 1,790 1,975 75 40 35
Algonquian languages 3,755 1,780 1,970 60 35 25
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 5 0 5 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Woods Cree 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 3,740 1,780 1,965 55 30 20
Malecite 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 3,740 1,780 1,960 55 30 25
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 5 0 0 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 5 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 5 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 5 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 15 10 5 15 5 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 5 5 10 0 5
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Non-Aboriginal languages 2,725 1,395 1,330 30,785 15,645 15,145
Afro-Asiatic languages 225 140 85 7,020 3,845 3,175
Berber languages 0 0 0 10 5 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 5 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 115 60 55
Bilen 0 0 0 5 5 5
Oromo 0 0 0 55 35 20
Somali 0 0 0 50 25 25
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Semitic languages 230 140 85 6,895 3,780 3,110
Amharic 5 0 5 105 50 60
Arabic 220 135 85 6,430 3,545 2,880
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 5 5 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 5 0 5
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 5 5 0 195 110 85
Maltese 5 0 0 5 5 5
Tigrigna 0 0 0 145 65 75
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 40 15 20 405 200 205
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 5 0 5
Vietnamese 35 15 20 395 195 200
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 175 75 100 1,665 730 935
Bikol 0 0 0 5 5 5
Cebuano 10 5 5 110 45 60
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 5 0 0 15 10 10
Ilocano 0 0 0 45 15 35
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 0 5 40 15 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 155 65 90 1,420 625 790
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Creole languages 0 0 0 55 40 20
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 5 0 0 30 20 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 5
Dravidian languages 35 25 10 870 510 360
Kannada 0 0 0 25 20 15
Malayalam 10 5 0 305 165 140
Tamil 25 10 10 255 160 100
Telugu 0 5 0 270 165 100
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 1,515 750 765 12,660 6,405 6,260
Albanian 0 0 0 250 125 125
Armenian 0 0 0 30 20 10
Balto-Slavic languages 175 65 110 2,790 1,350 1,440
Baltic languages 10 5 5 55 15 40
Latvian 10 5 5 25 10 15
Lithuanian 5 5 0 35 5 30
Slavic languages 165 60 105 2,730 1,335 1,400
Belarusan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 115 55 55
Bulgarian 0 0 0 40 20 20
Croatian 15 5 10 190 90 100
Czech 10 10 5 140 70 70
Macedonian 5 0 0 15 10 5
Polish 50 15 35 590 285 305
Russian 20 5 15 1,155 565 590
Serbian 0 0 0 105 50 60
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 80 40 35
Slovak 10 0 5 85 45 40
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 0 25 10 15
Ukrainian 50 15 30 195 95 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Celtic languages 105 45 55 45 20 25
Scottish Gaelic 90 45 45 25 5 20
Welsh 5 0 5 15 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0
Germanic languages 765 380 385 2,075 995 1,080
Afrikaans 10 5 5 75 35 40
Danish 10 10 0 95 60 35
Dutch 270 130 135 490 235 255
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 5
German 445 225 220 1,200 555 650
Icelandic 0 0 0 35 20 20
Norwegian 5 5 5 70 40 35
Swedish 10 5 10 65 25 35
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 5 15 15 5
Yiddish 5 0 5 10 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0
Greek 60 30 25 660 335 325
Indo-Iranian languages 225 130 90 4,300 2,350 1,955
Indo-Aryan languages 205 125 80 2,945 1,650 1,300
Bengali 10 5 5 440 270 170
Gujarati 10 5 0 170 110 60
Hindi 30 20 15 660 395 260
Kashmiri 0 5 0 10 5 5
Konkani 0 0 0 10 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 65 35 30
Nepali 0 0 0 525 255 270
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 40 25 15 475 255 220
Sindhi 0 0 0 15 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 145 70 70
Urdu 100 65 35 435 245 195
Iranian languages 20 10 10 1,330 685 640
Kurdish 0 0 0 115 65 50
Pashto 0 0 0 70 40 30
Persian (Farsi) 20 5 10 1,145 585 560
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 15
Italic (Romance) languages 195 100 105 2,515 1,210 1,305
Catalan 5 5 0 5 5 10
Italian 85 45 40 550 290 265
Portuguese 25 15 15 390 185 200
Romanian 5 0 0 185 95 95
Spanish 80 30 50 1,375 635 740
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Japanese 20 5 15 250 65 185
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Korean 50 25 30 900 385 520
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 40 25 15 535 270 260
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 35 15 20
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 0 5
Edo 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ewe 0 5 0 35 25 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 5 5 0
Ganda 5 0 5 20 10 15
Igbo 10 5 0 35 20 15
Lingala 0 0 0 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 15 10 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 45 20 30
Shona 0 0 0 25 15 15
Swahili 10 5 5 120 60 60
Wolof 0 0 0 5 5 0
Yoruba 5 0 5 55 30 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 120 60 55
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 65 35 30
Dinka 0 0 0 10 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 50 25 25
Sign languages 15 5 10 115 55 60
American Sign Language 10 0 5 55 25 30
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 60 30 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 535 290 245 5,500 2,750 2,750
Chinese languages 535 290 245 5,480 2,740 2,740
Cantonese 70 40 35 930 430 495
Hakka 0 0 0 20 10 10
Mandarin 360 200 165 3,950 1,975 1,975
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 5 0 5 95 45 50
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 45 25 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 90 55 40 430 250 180
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 5 20 10 10
Burmese 0 0 0 5 5 5
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages 15 5 10 90 35 55
Lao 0 0 0 5 0 5
Thai 20 5 15 85 35 50
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 5 0 390 210 175
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 15 10 0
Turkish 5 5 0 250 135 115
Uyghur 0 0 0 5 5 5
Uzbek 0 0 0 110 60 50
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 5
Uralic languages 30 15 20 245 105 140
Estonian 5 0 0 25 10 15
Finnish 5 0 0 40 10 30
Hungarian 25 15 15 175 80 95
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Multiple responses 1,005 490 520 5,150 2,540 2,615
English and French 525 245 275 1,780 815 960
English and non-official language 460 225 230 3,040 1,555 1,480
French and non-official language 15 10 5 175 90 80
English, French and non-official language 5 5 5 155 75 80
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 19 156,675 75,415 81,260 399,575 193,730 205,840
Single responses 155,575 74,890 80,685 391,280 189,560 201,725
Official languages 151,920 73,020 78,895 374,875 181,210 193,665
English 149,200 71,775 77,425 371,215 179,405 191,805
French 2,720 1,250 1,470 3,665 1,805 1,860
Non-official languages 3,655 1,865 1,790 16,405 8,345 8,060
Aboriginal languages 2,480 1,235 1,245 15 10 10
Algonquian languages 2,470 1,235 1,240 20 10 10
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 5 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 2,470 1,235 1,240 15 10 5
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 2,470 1,235 1,240 15 10 5
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,180 630 545 16,390 8,335 8,050
Afro-Asiatic languages 155 85 65 4,195 2,210 1,980
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 5 0 5 75 35 40
Bilen 0 0 0 5 5 0
Oromo 0 0 0 45 25 20
Somali 0 0 0 25 10 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 155 90 65 4,115 2,175 1,940
Amharic 0 0 0 55 25 25
Arabic 155 90 70 3,845 2,045 1,800
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 5 5 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 115 65 50
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 95 40 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 30 10 15 255 125 130
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 30 15 15 255 125 130
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 80 40 40 895 430 460
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 5 0 0 50 20 30
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 5 5 5
Ilocano 0 0 0 15 10 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 5 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 80 40 35 820 405 420
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 5 20 10 5
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 395 225 165
Kannada 0 0 0 10 5 5
Malayalam 0 0 0 135 75 60
Tamil 0 0 5 120 70 50
Telugu 0 0 0 125 80 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 450 230 220 5,505 2,765 2,740
Albanian 0 0 0 110 55 55
Armenian 0 0 0 15 5 5
Balto-Slavic languages 35 20 15 1,275 625 650
Baltic languages 0 0 5 20 5 10
Latvian 5 0 0 5 0 5
Lithuanian 0 0 0 10 5 10
Slavic languages 30 20 10 1,255 620 635
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 65 35 30
Bulgarian 0 0 0 20 10 5
Croatian 0 0 0 55 25 30
Czech 0 0 0 40 25 15
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 20 10 10 180 80 100
Russian 5 0 5 740 370 370
Serbian 0 0 0 60 30 30
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 30 20 15
Slovak 0 0 0 20 5 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ukrainian 5 0 0 45 25 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 15 20 15 10 5
Scottish Gaelic 40 20 25 15 10 10
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 195 100 95 355 175 185
Afrikaans 5 5 5 20 10 10
Danish 0 0 0 10 5 5
Dutch 15 5 10 45 20 25
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 165 85 80 240 115 125
Icelandic 0 0 0 25 10 15
Norwegian 0 0 0 10 5 10
Swedish 5 0 0 5 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 5 10 250 125 125
Indo-Iranian languages 110 60 50 2,550 1,335 1,215
Indo-Aryan languages 100 60 40 1,650 885 765
Bengali 5 5 0 230 125 105
Gujarati 5 0 0 95 60 30
Hindi 0 0 0 285 175 105
Kashmiri 0 0 0 5 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 30 10 15
Nepali 0 0 0 470 235 240
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10 10 5 205 105 105
Sindhi 0 0 0 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 0 80 40 40
Urdu 70 40 30 250 130 120
Iranian languages 10 5 5 900 445 455
Kurdish 5 0 0 85 45 40
Pashto 0 0 0 30 15 15
Persian (Farsi) 5 5 5 775 380 395
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 65 25 35 930 430 500
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Italian 15 10 10 130 55 70
Portuguese 10 5 5 155 70 80
Romanian 0 0 0 60 30 30
Spanish 40 15 25 590 275 315
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 5 0 5 80 25 50
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 25 15 10 610 265 340
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 5 0 150 70 75
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 10 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 5 5 0
Igbo 0 0 0 10 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 10 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 5 5 50 25 25
Wolof 0 0 0 0 5 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 20 10 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 25 15 10
Dinka 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 15
Sign languages 30 20 15 155 75 80
American Sign Language 5 5 5 65 30 35
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 15 5 90 45 45
Sino-Tibetan languages 370 205 165 3,825 1,960 1,865
Chinese languages 370 205 165 3,825 1,965 1,865
Cantonese 45 25 20 525 280 245
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0 5
Mandarin 270 145 120 2,935 1,480 1,455
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 40 20 20
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 60 30 25 295 170 120
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 10 5 5 30 10 20
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 5 5 30 10 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 0 5 195 100 90
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 5 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 120 60 55
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 70 40 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 5 5 5 50 25 25
Estonian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 5
Hungarian 5 5 0 45 20 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Multiple responses 1,100 525 580 8,295 4,175 4,115
English and French 320 135 180 1,155 530 625
English and non-official language 770 375 395 6,810 3,480 3,335
French and non-official language 0 0 0 65 40 25
English, French and non-official language 10 5 0 260 125 130
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 20 156,670 75,410 81,260 399,575 193,735 205,840
None 148,415 71,610 76,805 370,645 179,740 190,905
English 3,085 1,510 1,575 9,220 4,720 4,500
French 2,345 1,015 1,330 8,485 3,705 4,780
Non-official language 2,765 1,245 1,520 10,605 5,285 5,315
Aboriginal 1,685 735 945 105 50 60
Non-Aboriginal 1,085 515 570 10,500 5,240 5,260
English and French 10 5 0 125 50 70
English and non-official language 10 5 10 185 90 100
French and non-official language 50 20 25 305 140 165
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 5 5 5
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 21 133,835 63,755 70,075 337,215 161,965 175,250
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 128,595 61,270 67,325 323,835 155,500 168,340
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,020 34,286 24,845 36,089 42,874 31,004
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 128,620 61,270 67,350 323,945 155,510 168,435
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,657 30,741 23,451 31,754 36,910 27,847
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 106,005 52,100 53,905 293,570 143,465 150,105
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 24,970 29,637 21,323 34,893 41,760 29,205
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 105,975 48,515 57,460 223,470 93,710 129,760
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,136 11,202 9,370 4,496 3,892 4,737
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 83,010 41,390 41,625 243,395 121,815 121,585
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,037 30,268 22,915 34,240 40,169 29,594
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 133,835 63,755 70,075 337,215 161,965 175,250
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 128,435 61,105 67,325 324,110 155,475 168,640
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 37,425 43,994 31,464 46,429 55,049 38,482
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 128,455 61,105 67,350 324,225 155,500 168,725
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,575 36,244 27,340 37,502 43,439 32,031
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,855 51,960 53,895 293,720 143,570 150,150
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,908 41,354 28,693 45,940 55,168 37,117
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,725 48,400 57,330 224,080 93,415 130,665
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,512 11,144 9,978 6,937 6,831 7,013
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 83,010 41,440 41,570 243,395 121,865 121,535
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 35,848 42,097 29,618 44,079 51,868 36,269
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 133,835 63,755 70,075 337,215 161,965 175,250
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 31,540 15,465 16,075 125,080 67,375 57,700
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 45,822 52,384 41,284 51,704 58,003 45,756
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 53,877 60,181 47,814 61,471 69,022 52,655
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 77.0 80.0 73.2 89.6 92.4 86.0
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 61.6 64.5 58.0 71.3 74.0 67.8
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 23.0 20.0 26.8 10.4 7.6 14.0
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 133,830 63,755 70,080 337,210 161,965 175,250
Without total income 5,240 2,490 2,750 13,380 6,470 6,910
With total income 128,595 61,270 67,325 323,835 155,500 168,340
Percentage with total income 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.0 96.0 96.1
Under $10,000 (including loss) 18,650 7,955 10,690 44,175 19,485 24,695
$10,000 to $19,999 25,230 9,365 15,870 49,890 19,070 30,815
$20,000 to $29,999 22,325 9,465 12,865 43,125 16,945 26,175
$30,000 to $39,999 18,080 8,520 9,560 40,205 17,345 22,860
$40,000 to $49,999 13,155 6,550 6,600 35,125 16,250 18,875
$50,000 to $59,999 8,930 5,060 3,875 27,085 14,190 12,890
$60,000 to $69,999 6,025 3,870 2,155 21,010 12,085 8,930
$70,000 to $79,999 4,690 2,775 1,915 17,490 10,065 7,425
$80,000 to $89,999 3,755 2,060 1,700 13,780 8,055 5,725
$90,000 to $99,999 2,240 1,390 850 8,680 5,610 3,075
$100,000 and over 5,515 4,265 1,245 23,260 16,390 6,870
$100,000 to $149,999 4,060 3,045 1,020 15,960 10,955 5,000
$150,000 and over 1,450 1,225 225 7,305 5,440 1,870
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 133,835 63,755 70,080 337,210 161,965 175,245
Without after-tax income 5,215 2,485 2,730 13,270 6,450 6,815
With after-tax income 128,620 61,270 67,350 323,945 155,515 168,435
Percentage with after-tax income 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.0 96.1
Under $10,000 (including loss) 19,205 8,070 11,130 46,280 19,870 26,410
$10,000 to $19,999 26,725 10,055 16,665 53,335 20,635 32,695
$20,000 to $29,999 26,625 11,675 14,955 53,075 21,540 31,540
$30,000 to $39,999 20,980 10,150 10,835 50,370 22,485 27,890
$40,000 to $49,999 13,325 7,390 5,940 39,430 20,345 19,080
$50,000 to $59,999 8,215 5,170 3,050 28,460 16,485 11,985
$60,000 to $69,999 5,780 3,215 2,565 21,130 12,340 8,795
$70,000 to $79,999 3,120 1,975 1,145 11,715 7,570 4,150
$80,000 and over 4,640 3,575 1,065 20,145 14,245 5,905
$80,000 to $89,999 1,690 1,220 470 6,505 4,400 2,115
$90,000 to $99,999 960 735 225 3,930 2,715 1,210
$100,000 and over 1,995 1,620 375 9,710 7,130 2,575
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 133,835 63,755 70,080 337,210 161,965 175,250
Without employment income 50,820 22,365 28,460 93,820 40,150 53,665
With employment income 83,010 41,390 41,620 243,395 121,810 121,585
Percentage with employment income 62.0 64.9 59.4 72.2 75.2 69.4
Under $5,000 (including loss) 11,915 5,400 6,515 30,555 13,935 16,620
$5,000 to $9,999 8,375 3,540 4,840 19,560 8,465 11,100
$10,000 to $19,999 14,170 6,585 7,590 32,145 14,035 18,115
$20,000 to $29,999 11,200 5,035 6,165 27,995 12,400 15,595
$30,000 to $39,999 9,395 4,195 5,200 27,205 11,875 15,325
$40,000 to $49,999 6,935 3,345 3,585 23,805 10,935 12,870
$50,000 to $59,999 5,415 3,135 2,285 18,570 9,855 8,715
$60,000 to $69,999 3,805 2,450 1,355 15,075 8,815 6,260
$70,000 to $79,999 3,240 1,845 1,395 13,695 7,875 5,825
$80,000 and over 8,560 5,860 2,695 34,795 23,630 11,165
$80,000 to $89,999 2,930 1,520 1,405 11,185 6,575 4,610
$90,000 to $99,999 1,680 1,095 585 6,745 4,555 2,185
$100,000 and over 3,950 3,250 705 16,865 12,495 4,365
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 54,803 ... ... 69,522 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 49,041 ... ... 59,240 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 21,240 ... ... 51,180 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 25,950 ... ... 36,094 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 24,487 ... ... 31,580 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 47,955 ... ... 122,280 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,699 ... ... 87,754 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 63,092 ... ... 74,104 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 69,190 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 69,465 ... ... 86,753 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 58,617 ... ... 70,099 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 21,230 ... ... 51,215 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 35,146 ... ... 44,657 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 30,067 ... ... 36,398 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 47,960 ... ... 122,240 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 84,659 ... ... 104,389 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,256 ... ... 84,218 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Under $5,000 995 ... ... 3,745 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,665 ... ... 3,085 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,430 ... ... 4,970 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,360 ... ... 6,265 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,225 ... ... 6,745 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 3,675 ... ... 6,525 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,100 ... ... 7,490 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 3,795 ... ... 7,415 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,475 ... ... 7,450 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,160 ... ... 7,255 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 5,645 ... ... 13,645 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,050 ... ... 12,735 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,440 ... ... 12,180 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,890 ... ... 11,005 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 3,075 ... ... 9,455 ... ...
$100,000 and over 15,230 ... ... 53,490 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,880 ... ... 18,540 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 3,730 ... ... 12,670 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 3,670 ... ... 13,135 ... ...
$200,000 and over 1,945 ... ... 9,140 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Under $5,000 1,015 ... ... 3,895 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,680 ... ... 3,150 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,465 ... ... 5,050 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,560 ... ... 6,735 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,730 ... ... 7,910 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 4,245 ... ... 8,185 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,680 ... ... 9,320 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 4,350 ... ... 9,190 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,835 ... ... 9,095 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,730 ... ... 8,715 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 6,785 ... ... 16,740 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,790 ... ... 15,685 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,760 ... ... 13,380 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,825 ... ... 11,365 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 2,975 ... ... 9,490 ... ...
$100,000 and over 9,775 ... ... 35,555 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,070 ... ... 16,610 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 2,475 ... ... 8,910 ... ...
$150,000 and over 2,235 ... ... 10,035 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 46,615 ... ... 113,310 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 71,706 ... ... 89,366 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 63,047 ... ... 75,061 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 19,620 ... ... 47,640 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 66,646 ... ... 83,567 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 58,675 ... ... 70,319 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 15,870 ... ... 44,645 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 102,767 ... ... 116,667 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 87,251 ... ... 96,180 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 9,645 ... ... 17,625 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 43,513 ... ... 50,942 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 41,071 ... ... 46,308 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 46,625 ... ... 113,235 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 84,724 ... ... 106,483 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 71,261 ... ... 85,542 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 19,715 ... ... 47,640 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 77,419 ... ... 98,899 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 65,044 ... ... 79,264 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 15,835 ... ... 44,710 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 114,141 ... ... 132,993 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 94,183 ... ... 105,727 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 9,645 ... ... 17,490 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 51,368 ... ... 61,771 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 46,117 ... ... 52,451 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 25,365 11,630 13,735 75,935 36,005 39,935
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 25,144 27,037 23,997 31,382 32,060 30,864
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 23,937 25,039 23,335 28,151 28,435 27,912
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 25,290 11,505 13,780 75,880 35,780 40,105
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 33,864 36,570 31,606 39,406 40,479 38,449
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 29,001 30,545 27,712 32,585 32,916 32,290
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 156,045 75,145 80,895 397,630 192,815 204,815
In the bottom half of the distribution 94,510 43,980 50,530 200,095 93,985 106,110
In the bottom decile 19,885 9,100 10,785 45,320 21,885 23,435
In the second decile 21,565 9,350 12,210 36,810 16,250 20,555
In the third decile 18,870 8,890 9,980 37,695 17,410 20,285
In the fourth decile 17,790 8,555 9,235 39,240 18,555 20,685
In the fifth decile 16,410 8,090 8,320 41,030 19,885 21,145
In the top half of the distribution 61,530 31,160 30,365 197,540 98,830 98,705
In the sixth decile 15,910 7,910 8,000 41,385 20,585 20,805
In the seventh decile 14,405 7,305 7,095 42,875 21,440 21,435
In the eighth decile 13,455 6,725 6,735 43,135 21,500 21,640
In the ninth decile 10,970 5,670 5,305 38,760 19,485 19,275
In the top decile 6,785 3,555 3,235 31,380 15,820 15,555
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 43 149,385 71,935 77,455 397,375 192,695 204,675
0 to 17 years 24,890 12,775 12,115 72,900 37,150 35,745
0 to 5 years 7,200 3,670 3,530 23,875 12,160 11,715
18 to 64 years 89,385 42,960 46,425 264,835 128,505 136,325
65 years and over 35,115 16,195 18,915 59,635 27,040 32,600
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 27,525 12,165 15,355 58,825 27,405 31,415
0 to 17 years 6,300 3,285 3,015 13,690 6,970 6,720
0 to 5 years 2,215 1,170 1,045 5,085 2,545 2,545
18 to 64 years 14,340 6,280 8,060 38,000 17,835 20,165
65 years and over 6,885 2,605 4,275 7,135 2,600 4,530
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 18.4 16.9 19.8 14.8 14.2 15.3
0 to 17 years (%) 25.3 25.7 24.9 18.8 18.8 18.8
0 to 5 years (%) 30.8 31.9 29.6 21.3 20.9 21.7
18 to 64 years (%) 16.0 14.6 17.4 14.3 13.9 14.8
65 years and over (%) 19.6 16.1 22.6 12.0 9.6 13.9
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 10,325 4,965 5,360 38,240 18,730 19,510
0 to 17 years 2,440 1,275 1,165 7,790 3,980 3,810
0 to 5 years 880 475 400 2,990 1,525 1,465
18 to 64 years 7,390 3,485 3,900 28,880 14,135 14,740
65 years and over 495 195 295 1,575 610 960
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 6.9 6.9 6.9 9.6 9.7 9.5
0 to 17 years (%) 9.8 10.0 9.6 10.7 10.7 10.7
0 to 5 years (%) 12.2 12.9 11.3 12.5 12.5 12.5
18 to 64 years (%) 8.3 8.1 8.4 10.9 11.0 10.8
65 years and over (%) 1.4 1.2 1.6 2.6 2.3 2.9
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 44 156,045 75,145 80,900 397,635 192,815 204,820
Official languages 155,955 75,100 80,855 395,460 191,890 203,565
English 155,830 75,050 80,785 395,190 191,765 203,420
French 12,715 5,795 6,920 49,665 21,760 27,905
Non-official languages 8,945 4,265 4,685 43,815 21,810 22,005
Aboriginal languages 4,740 2,270 2,475 190 85 110
Algonquian languages 4,745 2,270 2,470 160 60 100
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 15 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 0 0 0 10
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 4,730 2,260 2,465 150 60 95
Malecite 10 10 10 10 0 0
Mi'kmaq 4,720 2,255 2,465 150 60 90
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 0 0 0 0 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 10 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 10 10 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 10 10 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 4,215 2,000 2,225 43,635 21,740 21,900
Afro-Asiatic languages 240 110 130 9,825 5,290 4,535
Berber languages 0 0 0 30 15 10
Kabyle 0 0 0 25 15 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 140 55 90
Bilen 0 0 0 20 15 10
Oromo 0 0 0 40 20 25
Somali 0 0 0 80 20 55
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 235 110 130 9,745 5,270 4,475
Amharic 0 0 0 260 135 125
Arabic 220 100 115 8,850 4,770 4,085
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 575 340 235
Maltese 10 0 10 15 10 10
Tigrigna 0 0 0 135 70 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 20 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 10 10 455 205 255
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 15 0 10
Vietnamese 10 0 0 445 200 240
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 240 120 125 2,265 985 1,285
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cebuano 30 10 15 110 55 60
Fijian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 40 15 25
Ilocano 10 0 0 55 10 45
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 0 0
Malay 10 10 0 40 10 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 200 90 105 2,160 940 1,210
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 10 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 20
Creole languages 45 20 25 225 105 115
Haitian Creole 15 15 0 10 10 0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 10 0 90 40 50
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 10 20 120 55 60
Dravidian languages 60 35 25 1,210 690 520
Kannada 0 0 0 70 40 35
Malayalam 15 15 0 490 260 235
Tamil 40 15 25 365 225 145
Telugu 10 0 0 330 200 130
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 2,700 1,300 1,400 20,810 10,305 10,505
Albanian 10 0 0 375 180 200
Armenian 0 0 0 75 50 30
Balto-Slavic languages 225 90 140 3,190 1,515 1,675
Baltic languages 25 10 20 65 20 50
Latvian 15 0 10 20 0 20
Lithuanian 10 0 15 45 15 25
Slavic languages 210 90 120 3,145 1,505 1,650
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 10
Bosnian 0 0 0 120 50 70
Bulgarian 0 0 0 45 20 20
Croatian 20 0 15 230 90 145
Czech 10 0 10 155 80 75
Macedonian 10 0 0 70 40 30
Polish 60 25 30 640 290 355
Russian 45 20 20 1,665 840 825
Serbian 10 0 0 140 60 75
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 105 60 45
Slovak 25 10 10 90 45 50
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 0 0 20 10 15
Ukrainian 55 10 50 260 125 140
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 615 265 345 310 145 165
Scottish Gaelic 610 265 340 200 90 110
Welsh 10 0 0 10 10 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 115 55 60
Germanic languages 1,030 535 500 4,310 2,105 2,210
Afrikaans 15 0 15 245 110 135
Danish 15 10 0 135 75 65
Dutch 315 155 155 745 315 425
Frisian 0 0 0 10 10 10
German 690 375 315 3,010 1,510 1,495
Icelandic 0 0 0 70 25 40
Norwegian 20 20 0 85 70 15
Swedish 15 10 10 175 70 105
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 25 15 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 60 35 25 1,190 600 590
Indo-Iranian languages 310 180 125 5,665 3,165 2,495
Indo-Aryan languages 275 165 105 4,230 2,405 1,820
Bengali 35 20 10 540 300 240
Gujarati 10 10 0 195 125 70
Hindi 95 55 40 2,005 1,145 860
Kashmiri 10 10 10 10 0 10
Konkani 0 0 0 20 15 10
Marathi 0 0 0 105 70 40
Nepali 0 0 0 620 310 305
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 20 0 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 50 40 10 815 455 360
Sindhi 0 0 0 10 10 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 0 10 210 110 95
Urdu 115 65 50 880 540 335
Iranian languages 35 15 15 1,450 785 670
Kurdish 10 10 0 180 105 80
Pashto 0 0 0 60 40 20
Persian (Farsi) 25 10 20 1,245 655 585
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 60 30 30
Italic (Romance) languages 545 235 315 6,615 3,035 3,575
Catalan 0 0 0 20 10 0
Italian 125 65 60 1,220 615 605
Portuguese 45 25 25 675 370 310
Romanian 0 0 0 210 120 85
Spanish 400 160 235 4,825 2,110 2,715
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 50 35 10
Japanese 60 15 40 640 245 390
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Korean 85 45 40 1,195 510 685
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 85 45 45 1,145 625 525
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 35 15 15
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 75 40 30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 10 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 25 10 15
Ganda 0 0 0 55 20 40
Igbo 0 0 0 70 45 30
Lingala 0 0 0 30 10 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 10 0 120 55 65
Shona 0 0 0 60 40 25
Swahili 10 0 0 335 185 150
Wolof 0 0 0 30 10 20
Yoruba 15 10 10 215 110 110
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 15 15 230 135 100
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 0 40 25 15
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 35 25 0
Sign languages 115 25 85 930 315 615
American Sign Language 55 10 45 560 180 385
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 15 45 370 140 230
Sino-Tibetan languages 610 290 320 5,840 2,980 2,860
Chinese languages 605 295 315 5,825 2,975 2,850
Cantonese 100 45 60 1,250 600 650
Hakka 0 0 0 50 20 25
Mandarin 475 235 235 4,540 2,275 2,265
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 0 10 150 60 90
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 0 45 20 25
Chinese, n.o.s. 75 25 45 410 250 155
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 15 0 10
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 15 10 15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 15 10 10 165 75 85
Lao 0 0 0 15 10 15
Thai 15 10 10 150 75 75
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 535 280 255
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 20 0
Turkish 10 10 0 400 190 205
Uyghur 0 0 0 10 0 10
Uzbek 0 0 0 100 60 45
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 10
Uralic languages 15 10 10 245 120 125
Estonian 0 0 0 45 25 20
Finnish 10 0 0 50 20 30
Hungarian 10 0 10 140 80 60
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 20 10 40 15 30
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 156,040 75,145 80,900 397,630 192,815 204,815
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 153,645 73,945 79,700 376,245 181,630 194,620
Canadian citizens aged under 18 27,495 14,190 13,315 69,480 35,410 34,070
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 126,145 59,755 66,390 306,770 146,215 160,550
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 2,400 1,200 1,200 21,385 11,185 10,200
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 156,040 75,140 80,900 397,635 192,815 204,820
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 151,050 72,630 78,420 352,625 169,835 182,790
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 4,070 2,050 2,015 37,205 18,415 18,795
Before 1981 2,090 1,040 1,055 10,100 4,910 5,185
1981 to 1990 290 140 145 3,035 1,530 1,500
1991 to 2000 405 200 205 4,890 2,370 2,525
2001 to 2010 690 340 350 9,760 4,925 4,840
2001 to 2005 290 160 135 3,755 1,895 1,865
2006 to 2010 395 175 215 6,000 3,030 2,970
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 600 340 265 9,425 4,685 4,735
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 920 465 460 7,795 4,565 3,235
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 4,070 2,055 2,015 37,210 18,415 18,790
Under 5 years 595 305 290 4,640 2,225 2,420
5 to 14 years 805 465 335 6,965 3,530 3,445
15 to 24 years 795 325 465 6,625 3,180 3,445
25 to 44 years 1,460 715 745 16,235 8,050 8,185
45 years and over 420 235 185 2,735 1,430 1,305
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 4,070 2,050 2,020 37,205 18,415 18,790
Americas 1,215 565 655 5,480 2,570 2,915
Brazil 0 10 10 130 65 70
Colombia 10 0 0 115 60 55
El Salvador 0 0 0 75 40 35
Guyana 10 10 0 140 65 75
Haiti 0 10 0 45 20 20
Jamaica 35 10 25 350 135 210
Mexico 20 10 10 225 110 115
Peru 0 0 0 80 25 55
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 175 100 75
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 1,080 500 580 3,225 1,480 1,750
Other places of birth in Americas 60 25 35 925 470 455
Europe 1,905 1,030 880 12,255 6,210 6,045
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 195 95 95
Croatia 15 0 10 130 45 80
France 45 15 30 340 190 150
Germany 410 190 220 1,145 585 570
Greece 35 25 15 450 235 215
Hungary 0 0 0 75 40 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 40 25 15 280 105 175
Italy 35 25 15 375 215 165
Netherlands 260 140 115 465 185 285
Poland 30 15 15 465 190 270
Portugal 0 0 0 180 115 65
Romania 0 0 0 150 90 65
Russian Federation 15 0 15 505 250 255
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 0 0 0 65 35 25
Ukraine 15 0 20 270 125 145
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 830 465 365 5,900 3,105 2,795
Other places of birth in Europe 165 115 45 1,245 600 650
Africa 215 120 100 3,025 1,565 1,460
Algeria 0 10 0 15 0 10
Egypt 10 0 0 730 375 350
Ethiopia 10 10 0 170 90 80
Kenya 0 0 0 115 75 45
Morocco 0 0 10 70 45 20
Nigeria 25 20 10 290 145 145
Somalia 0 0 0 65 35 30
South Africa, Republic of 20 10 15 350 155 200
Other places of birth in Africa 135 75 55 1,225 650 570
Asia 700 325 375 16,210 7,915 8,290
Afghanistan 0 0 0 100 40 60
Bangladesh 25 15 15 250 140 110
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 135 60 75 2,345 975 1,370
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 250 115 135
India 105 60 45 1,875 985 890
IranCensus data footnote 61 30 15 15 840 460 380
Iraq 0 0 0 530 250 285
Japan 15 0 15 170 60 110
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 10 0 10 720 285 430
Lebanon 10 10 0 1,210 665 540
Pakistan 100 55 40 450 225 225
Philippines 155 50 110 2,025 865 1,165
Sri Lanka 20 10 15 270 125 145
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 20 15 10 1,040 500 545
Taiwan 0 0 10 175 95 90
Viet Nam 10 0 10 355 170 185
Other places of birth in Asia 60 45 25 3,600 1,970 1,630
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 30 20 10 235 155 80
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 54 600 335 260 9,425 4,680 4,740
Americas 95 50 40 990 450 545
Brazil 0 0 0 85 35 45
Colombia 0 0 0 15 0 10
Cuba 0 0 0 65 40 30
Haiti 0 0 0 15 10 0
Jamaica 15 10 0 125 60 65
Mexico 0 0 0 90 45 45
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 65 40 30 360 165 195
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 10 0 0 10 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 15 0 10 225 85 145
Europe 140 80 65 1,385 720 665
France 0 0 0 80 45 40
Germany 60 30 30 85 40 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 10 10 0 40 20 20
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 25 10 15
Romania 0 0 0 30 15 15
Russian Federation 0 0 0 160 65 100
Ukraine 0 0 0 135 55 80
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 60 40 20 540 325 210
Other places of birth in Europe 15 10 10 290 140 155
Africa 65 40 30 955 515 445
Algeria 0 0 0 10 0 10
Cameroon 0 0 10 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 0 0 55 25 25
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 10 0 10 190 100 85
Eritrea 0 0 0 65 35 25
Ethiopia 0 0 0 40 30 15
Morocco 10 0 10 25 15 10
Nigeria 20 10 10 150 70 80
Somalia 0 0 0 10 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 0 0 0 70 25 45
Tunisia 10 10 0 10 10 0
Other places of birth in Africa 10 10 0 350 205 150
Asia 295 160 135 6,065 2,990 3,070
Afghanistan 0 0 0 20 10 15
Bangladesh 0 0 0 60 35 25
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 55 35 20 850 395 460
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 10 0 0
India 50 30 20 760 415 340
IranCensus data footnote 61 0 0 0 250 125 120
Iraq 0 0 0 245 125 120
Israel 0 0 0 260 170 90
Japan 0 0 0 60 25 35
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 10 0 0 190 70 120
Lebanon 0 0 0 75 30 45
Nepal 0 0 0 185 95 90
Pakistan 40 25 15 95 50 45
Philippines 105 40 60 1,160 515 645
Saudi Arabia 0 10 0 115 65 50
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 90 50 40
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 20 15 0 790 365 420
Taiwan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Turkey 0 0 0 75 45 30
United Arab Emirates 0 10 0 60 35 25
Viet Nam 0 0 0 45 15 30
Other places of birth in Asia 10 10 0 675 350 320
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 10 10 0 25 10 10
Australia 10 10 0 10 10 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 0 0 0 10 10 10
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 156,045 75,145 80,895 397,635 192,815 204,815
First generationCensus data footnote 69 5,410 2,720 2,690 47,920 24,395 23,525
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 8,135 3,815 4,315 38,625 18,960 19,660
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 142,500 68,605 73,895 311,090 149,455 161,635
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 2,015 1,045 975 27,440 13,660 13,780
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 1,190 625 565 16,465 8,580 7,885
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 575 365 210 6,340 4,330 2,005
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 615 260 355 10,130 4,250 5,885
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 715 345 370 6,715 2,880 3,835
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 85 55 30 4,080 2,105 1,970
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 20 15 10 175 90 90
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 156,040 75,140 80,900 397,635 192,815 204,820
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,860 6,740 7,120 15,810 7,460 8,350
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,550 6,585 6,965 15,270 7,200 8,070
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 8,605 4,170 4,435 7,955 3,785 4,175
Métis 4,790 2,325 2,460 6,910 3,230 3,675
Inuk (Inuit) 155 85 75 405 185 220
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 135 90 50 275 135 145
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 175 75 105 265 120 145
Non-Aboriginal identity 142,180 68,405 73,780 381,820 185,355 196,465
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 156,045 75,145 80,895 397,630 192,815 204,820
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 8,220 4,010 4,205 4,015 1,900 2,110
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 147,825 71,130 76,690 393,620 190,910 202,705
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 156,045 75,145 80,900 397,635 192,815 204,820
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 6,950 3,385 3,565 2,595 1,175 1,425
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 6,900 3,355 3,545 2,510 1,145 1,365
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 6,330 3,045 3,290 1,715 795 925
Métis single ancestry 545 295 255 685 325 365
Inuit single ancestry 20 15 0 110 30 80
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 35 20 85 30 55
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 25 10 65 15 45
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 10 10 10
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 10 10 10 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 10 0 10 0 10
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 9,550 4,550 5,005 24,125 11,040 13,085
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 9,200 4,365 4,830 23,265 10,615 12,650
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,720 2,280 2,435 16,335 7,425 8,910
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,185 1,965 2,220 6,315 2,895 3,420
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 290 115 180 620 295 320
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 355 185 170 860 420 440
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 340 180 165 705 335 370
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 90 50 40
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 65 40 20
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 139,540 67,210 72,330 370,905 180,600 190,305
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 156,040 75,145 80,895 397,630 192,815 204,820
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 3,905 1,915 2,000 45,290 22,740 22,550
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 500 270 230 6,555 3,690 2,865
Chinese 715 335 380 6,975 3,450 3,520
Black 1,895 910 990 15,090 7,305 7,790
Filipino 235 110 125 2,575 1,125 1,450
Latin American 55 20 30 1,205 610 600
Arab 240 130 110 7,335 3,950 3,385
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 30 10 15 865 380 490
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 25 10 15 1,390 725 665
Korean 70 40 30 1,225 520 705
Japanese 65 25 45 485 215 270
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 25 15 10 490 230 265
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 55 30 25 1,095 540 555
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 152,130 73,230 78,900 352,345 170,075 182,265
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 103 156,045 75,145 80,895 397,635 192,815 204,820
North American Aboriginal origins 16,500 7,935 8,565 26,725 12,215 14,515
First Nations (North American Indian) 11,445 5,540 5,905 18,920 8,620 10,300
Inuit 340 145 190 905 425 480
Métis 5,125 2,475 2,655 7,850 3,615 4,235
Other North American origins 66,925 32,035 34,890 163,555 78,240 85,315
Acadian 3,715 1,765 1,955 10,120 4,530 5,590
American 645 325 320 3,950 1,915 2,040
Canadian 63,325 30,325 33,000 152,835 73,390 79,445
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 30 10 25
Newfoundlander 465 210 255 890 390 495
Nova Scotian 110 55 55 745 345 400
Ontarian 10 0 10 25 10 15
Québécois 30 15 15 235 120 115
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 0 10 0 10
European origins 109,700 52,740 56,955 276,195 132,910 143,280
British Isles origins 94,285 45,230 49,055 228,905 109,560 119,350
Channel Islander 15 0 15 35 10 25
Cornish 0 0 0 55 35 30
English 35,370 16,405 18,965 121,795 58,380 63,415
Irish 35,625 17,050 18,575 95,070 44,145 50,925
Manx 0 0 0 75 45 35
Scottish 63,125 30,405 32,715 113,480 53,570 59,905
Welsh 2,325 1,080 1,240 8,845 4,160 4,690
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 1,465 685 780 11,350 5,345 6,005
French origins 30,775 14,550 16,220 66,425 30,910 35,515
Alsatian 10 0 0 10 0 0
Breton 10 10 0 0 0 0
Corsican 0 0 0 0 10 0
French 30,765 14,545 16,220 66,415 30,905 35,510
Western European origins (except French origins) 10,060 4,745 5,320 56,580 26,830 29,750
Austrian 135 60 70 1,010 540 465
Bavarian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Belgian 660 335 325 990 480 510
Dutch 3,375 1,535 1,840 13,220 6,020 7,205
Flemish 15 10 10 65 50 15
Frisian 10 10 0 15 0 15
German 6,425 3,020 3,405 45,110 21,395 23,715
Luxembourger 0 0 0 15 10 10
Swiss 105 60 45 1,390 710 675
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 0 0 0 95 60 35
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 1,765 765 995 8,010 3,835 4,175
Danish 410 155 255 1,890 895 995
Finnish 140 55 80 610 245 360
Icelandic 0 0 0 420 180 235
Norwegian 685 320 365 2,780 1,385 1,395
Swedish 450 190 260 1,920 880 1,040
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 145 70 75 690 380 310
Eastern European origins 5,880 2,675 3,205 16,135 8,015 8,120
Bulgarian 25 15 0 175 85 95
Byelorussian 25 15 10 135 70 65
Czech 140 75 70 665 365 305
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 100 35 65 150 65 90
Estonian 10 0 0 255 130 125
Hungarian 630 320 315 1,400 725 670
Latvian 40 30 15 240 90 150
Lithuanian 275 120 155 600 275 325
Moldovan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Polish 2,885 1,325 1,560 5,905 2,900 3,000
Romanian 170 45 125 715 355 365
Russian 405 150 255 2,975 1,405 1,570
Slovak 125 50 70 355 215 140
Ukrainian 1,735 785 955 5,155 2,640 2,515
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 50 35 20 190 85 105
Southern European origins 5,625 2,735 2,890 16,780 7,980 8,795
Albanian 0 0 0 255 135 120
Bosnian 0 0 0 120 55 65
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 70 30 40 455 205 250
Cypriot 0 0 0 30 20 10
Greek 340 155 180 2,430 1,240 1,190
Italian 4,175 2,055 2,125 8,185 3,940 4,245
Kosovar 0 0 0 245 110 130
Macedonian 25 15 10 95 50 45
Maltese 115 55 55 235 100 135
Montenegrin 0 0 0 10 10 10
Portuguese 365 160 200 2,330 1,100 1,230
Serbian 10 0 0 190 85 105
Sicilian 15 15 10 10 0 10
Slovenian 10 0 0 105 45 60
Spanish 565 250 310 2,685 1,175 1,510
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 70 40 30 190 95 95
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 10 0 0 65 35 25
Other European origins 380 260 120 3,610 1,830 1,780
Basque 30 20 10 100 40 60
Jewish 110 75 30 1,490 725 765
Roma (Gypsy) 15 15 0 55 45 15
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 0 0 0 20 15 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 220 145 75 1,970 1,015 955
Caribbean origins 485 230 255 3,570 1,740 1,825
Antiguan 0 0 0 85 45 35
Bahamian 0 0 0 190 90 105
Barbadian 65 40 30 400 205 200
Bermudan 0 0 0 155 85 70
Carib 0 0 0 45 30 10
Cuban 0 0 0 270 125 145
Dominican 0 0 0 120 60 60
Grenadian 10 0 0 20 10 10
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 15 10 10 85 25 60
Jamaican 165 80 90 1,300 640 655
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 0 0 30 10 20
Martinican 0 0 0 10 0 10
Montserratan 0 0 0 10 0 0
Puerto Rican 55 20 35 55 20 40
St. Lucian 0 0 0 60 20 40
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 10 0 0 255 140 105
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0 25 20 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 165 80 85 460 240 220
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 0 0 0 275 135 145
Latin, Central and South American origins 140 75 65 2,060 1,045 1,010
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 10 0 0 145 75 70
Arawak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 10 10 0 50 30 20
Belizean 0 0 0 10 10 0
Bolivian 0 0 0 35 20 15
Brazilian 10 10 10 215 115 100
Chilean 0 0 0 80 55 30
Colombian 20 10 0 235 125 115
Costa Rican 0 0 0 25 10 20
Ecuadorian 0 0 0 25 10 10
Guatemalan 10 10 0 55 35 20
Guyanese 0 0 10 265 125 140
Hispanic 10 10 0 55 35 20
Honduran 0 0 0 35 25 10
Maya 0 0 0 55 35 25
Mexican 65 25 40 465 230 240
Nicaraguan 0 0 0 35 10 20
Panamanian 0 0 0 15 0 15
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 0 10 0 140 65 80
Salvadorean 0 0 0 80 55 25
Uruguayan 0 0 0 15 0 15
Venezuelan 15 10 0 55 35 15
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 10 0 10 150 80 70
African origins 1,415 660 750 12,515 6,005 6,505
Central and West African origins 180 95 85 1,075 565 515
Akan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angolan 0 0 0 15 0 10
Ashanti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beninese 15 10 10 0 0 0
Burkinabe 0 0 0 10 0 0
Cameroonian 40 20 20 25 20 10
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 10 10 0 165 80 85
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Ghanaian 15 10 10 145 80 65
Guinean 0 0 0 25 20 10
Ibo 0 0 0 90 45 45
Ivorian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Liberian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Malian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Malinké 0 0 0 15 10 10
Nigerian 45 30 20 355 185 170
Peulh 0 0 0 10 10 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Sierra Leonean 40 15 25 40 35 15
Togolese 0 0 0 65 30 35
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 70 20 45
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 0 0 0 115 65 50
North African origins 95 50 40 1,715 900 820
Algerian 30 10 20 35 30 0
Berber 15 10 0 55 35 20
Coptic 0 0 0 25 10 15
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 10 0 0 1,175 630 550
Libyan 10 10 0 185 90 95
Maure 0 0 0 0 10 0
Moroccan 10 10 10 115 55 60
Sudanese 10 0 0 115 45 70
Tunisian 20 10 10 40 15 25
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 0 0 0 40 25 20
Southern and East African origins 75 35 40 1,585 770 810
Afrikaner 0 0 0 25 0 20
Amhara 0 0 0 10 10 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 0 0 10 10 0
Burundian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 10 10 0 145 70 70
Ethiopian 20 10 10 255 110 145
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 0 0 0 140 85 60
Malagasy 0 0 0 20 0 20
Mauritian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 30 15 15
Rwandan 10 10 0 90 45 45
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 165 80 85
South African 20 10 10 400 180 220
Tanzanian 0 0 0 50 35 15
Tigrian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Ugandan 0 0 10 60 20 35
Zambian 0 0 0 75 30 45
Zimbabwean 0 0 0 80 50 35
Zulu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 10 0 0 110 65 50
Other African origins 1,075 480 600 8,315 3,870 4,445
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 210 100 110 1,460 670 785
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 870 375 495 6,935 3,235 3,705
Asian origins 3,285 1,660 1,625 33,575 17,045 16,530
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 1,430 730 700 13,800 7,145 6,660
Afghan 0 0 0 230 80 150
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 155 75 75 1,385 720 660
Armenian 0 0 0 215 130 90
Assyrian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 15 0
Georgian 0 0 0 25 10 10
Hazara 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 40 20 15 1,200 680 515
Iraqi 0 0 0 585 260 325
Israeli 10 0 10 215 115 100
Jordanian 0 0 0 255 145 115
Kazakh 0 0 0 35 25 15
Kurd 10 10 0 230 115 110
Kuwaiti 40 10 35 205 105 100
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,040 540 505 5,205 2,615 2,590
Palestinian 20 10 10 920 500 420
Pashtun 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 30 15 10 675 440 235
Syrian 195 105 85 1,660 805 855
Tajik 0 0 0 25 10 10
Tatar 0 0 0 30 10 30
Turk 20 10 15 570 270 300
Turkmen 0 0 0 10 10 10
Uighur 0 0 0 10 10 10
Uzbek 0 0 0 85 60 30
Yemeni 0 0 0 205 110 95
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 0 0 0 765 405 365
South Asian origins 530 260 275 6,885 3,880 3,000
Bangladeshi 10 10 0 205 125 85
Bengali 15 10 10 55 35 20
Bhutanese 0 10 0 205 90 120
East Indian 405 190 210 5,030 2,855 2,180
Goan 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 10 0
Nepali 0 0 0 425 215 210
Pakistani 85 45 35 465 290 175
Punjabi 0 0 0 165 80 90
Sinhalese 10 0 10 10 0 0
Sri Lankan 30 0 30 290 140 155
Tamil 0 0 0 55 25 30
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 15 10 0 390 240 150
East and Southeast Asian origins 1,320 660 660 12,860 6,040 6,820
Burmese 0 0 0 15 10 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0 55 15 35
Chinese 860 435 425 7,605 3,700 3,905
Filipino 245 115 135 2,680 1,200 1,480
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0 95 45 50
Japanese 100 45 50 595 240 355
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 65 40 30 1,280 545 740
Laotian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Malaysian 10 10 0 50 20 35
Mongolian 0 0 0 30 10 20
Singaporean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 15 0 10 175 80 95
Thai 0 0 0 170 65 115
Tibetan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Vietnamese 15 10 10 580 260 320
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 20 15 10 50 35 15
Other Asian origins 35 25 15 295 140 155
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 40 25 15 295 145 155
Oceania origins 25 15 10 550 270 285
Australian 20 15 10 285 135 145
New Zealander 0 0 0 190 110 85
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0 85 35 55
Fijian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Hawaiian 10 0 0 10 0 15
Maori 0 0 0 40 15 25
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 20 10 10
Samoan 0 0 0 10 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 0 0 0 10 0 10
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Owner 51,360 ... ... 104,250 ... ...
Renter 16,495 ... ... 69,180 ... ...
Band housing 1,340 ... ... 30 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Condominium 870 ... ... 10,415 ... ...
Not condominium 68,325 ... ... 163,045 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 69,195 ... ... 173,455 ... ...
No bedrooms 65 ... ... 880 ... ...
1 bedroom 6,305 ... ... 25,150 ... ...
2 bedrooms 17,050 ... ... 45,370 ... ...
3 bedrooms 29,870 ... ... 62,955 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 15,905 ... ... 39,105 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 13,240 ... ... 46,250 ... ...
5 rooms 12,565 ... ... 25,385 ... ...
6 rooms 13,220 ... ... 24,835 ... ...
7 rooms 10,435 ... ... 22,370 ... ...
8 or more rooms 19,735 ... ... 54,610 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.4 ... ... 6.4 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 68,900 ... ... 172,115 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 295 ... ... 1,350 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Suitable 67,105 ... ... 167,470 ... ...
Not suitable 2,090 ... ... 5,985 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
1960 or before 23,395 ... ... 35,110 ... ...
1961 to 1980 21,180 ... ... 49,470 ... ...
1981 to 1990 9,330 ... ... 27,070 ... ...
1991 to 2000 7,060 ... ... 24,820 ... ...
2001 to 2005 2,755 ... ... 13,190 ... ...
2006 to 2010 3,080 ... ... 12,695 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 2,400 ... ... 11,110 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 62,200 ... ... 161,990 ... ...
Major repairs needed 6,990 ... ... 11,470 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
1 household maintainer 44,295 ... ... 98,525 ... ...
2 household maintainers 23,830 ... ... 70,355 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 1,065 ... ... 4,585 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 69,195 ... ... 173,460 ... ...
15 to 24 years 1,525 ... ... 9,080 ... ...
25 to 34 years 6,045 ... ... 27,935 ... ...
35 to 44 years 8,815 ... ... 28,935 ... ...
45 to 54 years 12,560 ... ... 34,530 ... ...
55 to 64 years 16,280 ... ... 33,710 ... ...
65 to 74 years 13,790 ... ... 23,385 ... ...
75 to 84 years 7,520 ... ... 12,040 ... ...
85 years and over 2,655 ... ... 3,835 ... ...
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 66,715 ... ... 172,790 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 54,325 ... ... 129,590 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 12,385 ... ... 43,205 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 11,130 ... ... 36,570 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 50,575 ... ... 104,185 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 46.3 ... ... 64.1 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 10.5 ... ... 12.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 619 ... ... 1,187 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 792 ... ... 1,268 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 139,854 ... ... 269,126 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 165,757 ... ... 307,511 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 16,190 ... ... 69,080 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 24.1 ... ... 8.3 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.7 ... ... 43.3 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 703 ... ... 962 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 734 ... ... 1,035 ... ...
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 146 133,835 63,755 70,080 337,210 161,965 175,250
No certificate, diploma or degree 31,140 15,420 15,720 49,440 25,160 24,280
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 33,595 15,220 18,380 85,440 43,010 42,430
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 69,095 33,115 35,980 202,335 93,795 108,540
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 17,135 12,830 4,305 26,270 18,000 8,270
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,110 5,845 3,255 14,480 8,135 6,345
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 8,025 6,980 1,045 11,790 9,865 1,925
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 27,975 10,705 17,265 69,975 29,400 40,575
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 3,760 1,375 2,385 7,860 3,195 4,660
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 20,225 8,205 12,025 98,235 43,195 55,035
Bachelor's degree 13,750 5,335 8,410 65,780 28,265 37,520
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,725 715 1,020 5,155 2,245 2,905
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 595 360 235 2,780 1,495 1,290
Master's degree 3,435 1,415 2,025 20,595 8,750 11,840
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 715 375 335 3,920 2,445 1,475
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 80,955 38,495 42,460 225,425 108,730 116,690
No certificate, diploma or degree 11,020 6,025 4,990 18,865 10,520 8,340
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 19,715 9,020 10,695 49,630 25,550 24,080
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 50,225 23,450 26,775 156,930 72,660 84,270
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 11,605 8,665 2,940 18,450 13,000 5,455
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 6,205 3,970 2,235 10,105 5,915 4,195
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 5,400 4,695 705 8,350 7,090 1,260
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 21,040 8,160 12,880 53,900 23,350 30,550
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 2,380 905 1,470 5,300 2,140 3,155
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 15,205 5,725 9,480 79,275 34,170 45,110
Bachelor's degree 10,465 3,875 6,585 53,070 22,735 30,340
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,140 420 720 4,055 1,655 2,400
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 460 255 210 2,300 1,115 1,175
Master's degree 2,640 935 1,700 17,035 7,060 9,975
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 505 235 265 2,820 1,605 1,215
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 151 133,830 63,755 70,075 337,215 161,965 175,250
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 64,740 30,645 34,095 134,875 68,170 66,705
Education 6,280 1,840 4,430 12,640 3,230 9,415
13. Education 6,275 1,845 4,435 12,640 3,230 9,415
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 855 455 400 6,780 3,195 3,590
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 185 160 25 1,315 970 340
50. Visual and performing arts 670 300 370 5,465 2,215 3,245
Humanities 2,460 1,040 1,415 10,730 4,110 6,620
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 80 40 40 745 230 510
23. English language and literature/letters 600 210 395 3,220 970 2,250
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 960 320 640 2,305 765 1,540
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 10 45 15 30
38. Philosophy and religious studies 110 65 45 715 380 330
39. Theology and religious vocations 270 165 100 855 515 345
54. History 385 220 165 2,255 1,125 1,130
55. French language and literature/letters 50 30 25 585 110 480
Social and behavioural sciences and law 5,160 1,330 3,830 23,790 7,675 16,110
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 100 30 75 420 85 330
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 310 135 175 2,295 835 1,460
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,685 210 1,470 4,015 310 3,705
22. Legal professions and studies 795 245 555 3,600 1,200 2,400
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 45 0 40 390 100 290
42. Psychology 1,035 225 805 5,035 1,310 3,725
45. Social sciences 1,190 475 710 8,030 3,830 4,205
Business, management and public administration 12,490 2,945 9,545 47,180 16,445 30,735
30.16 Accounting and computer science 40 20 20 70 15 55
44. Public administration and social service professions 960 160 800 2,860 685 2,175
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 11,490 2,760 8,725 44,250 15,745 28,500
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,590 815 775 9,850 4,750 5,100
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 515 255 260 4,595 1,885 2,710
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 495 230 265 2,020 785 1,235
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 20 0 25 95 25 70
40. Physical sciences 440 285 160 2,810 1,965 850
41. Science technologies/technicians 110 45 70 325 85 240
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,710 860 850 9,665 6,195 3,475
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,395 730 665 7,775 5,305 2,465
25. Library science 120 20 105 705 100 600
27. Mathematics and statistics 170 100 65 1,060 685 375
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 25 10 10 135 100 30
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 18,450 17,620 835 37,890 34,940 2,950
04. Architecture and related services 80 55 30 960 625 340
14. Engineering 1,385 1,270 120 7,835 6,660 1,170
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 3,095 2,810 285 8,520 7,790 725
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 10
46. Construction trades 6,125 5,950 175 8,730 8,495 235
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 5,010 4,875 130 8,055 7,735 325
48. Precision production 2,750 2,655 95 3,780 3,640 140
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,145 770 375 2,230 1,190 1,040
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 500 230 265 1,030 510 520
03. Natural resources and conservation 650 535 110 1,200 680 520
Health and related fields 12,680 1,875 10,805 28,890 5,360 23,530
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 380 225 155 1,905 905 1,000
51. Health professions and related programs 12,095 1,520 10,570 26,035 3,880 22,160
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 210 135 80 950 575 370
Personal, protective and transportation services 6,270 3,560 2,705 12,650 6,705 5,945
12. Personal and culinary services 3,290 840 2,450 7,160 1,905 5,255
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 185 180 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 75 70 10 515 475 45
43. Security and protective services 660 520 135 2,025 1,605 415
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,240 2,125 110 2,765 2,540 230
Other 10 0 0 40 10 35
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 40 0 35
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 80,955 38,500 42,455 225,425 108,730 116,695
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 30,730 15,050 15,680 68,495 36,070 32,425
Education 3,875 970 2,910 8,765 2,100 6,670
13. Education 3,875 965 2,905 8,765 2,100 6,670
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 675 360 315 5,325 2,520 2,810
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 130 110 25 970 735 240
50. Visual and performing arts 545 250 290 4,350 1,790 2,570
Humanities 1,690 665 1,030 8,300 3,105 5,195
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 55 30 20 600 180 420
23. English language and literature/letters 425 135 290 2,540 770 1,765
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 705 230 475 1,825 610 1,215
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 45 20 30
38. Philosophy and religious studies 75 45 35 570 295 275
39. Theology and religious vocations 135 75 60 555 330 225
54. History 265 130 135 1,745 835 910
55. French language and literature/letters 30 15 15 430 75 350
Social and behavioural sciences and law 4,215 1,015 3,205 19,595 6,095 13,500
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 85 25 60 350 70 280
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 225 105 120 1,970 695 1,270
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,365 165 1,200 3,295 255 3,035
22. Legal professions and studies 675 175 495 3,140 930 2,210
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 30 10 25 305 70 230
42. Psychology 875 170 705 4,030 1,040 2,995
45. Social sciences 955 365 595 6,515 3,035 3,480
Business, management and public administration 9,235 2,115 7,120 36,275 12,865 23,410
30.16 Accounting and computer science 30 10 15 70 15 55
44. Public administration and social service professions 800 115 680 2,325 555 1,775
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 8,405 1,985 6,420 33,875 12,295 21,585
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,130 565 570 7,310 3,485 3,820
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 410 185 225 3,575 1,470 2,100
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 365 155 205 1,485 595 885
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 20 0 15 90 30 60
40. Physical sciences 285 195 95 1,965 1,355 605
41. Science technologies/technicians 55 25 30 200 35 165
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,460 725 735 8,505 5,570 2,935
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,215 630 585 7,135 4,920 2,210
25. Library science 95 20 75 485 70 410
27. Mathematics and statistics 130 70 60 775 485 285
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 20 10 15 115 90 25
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 12,855 12,210 650 28,875 26,365 2,505
04. Architecture and related services 55 40 15 735 445 290
14. Engineering 935 860 75 5,885 4,910 975
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 2,240 2,010 230 6,725 6,070 650
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 10
46. Construction trades 4,325 4,175 150 6,650 6,415 230
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 3,425 3,330 95 6,115 5,870 240
48. Precision production 1,885 1,795 85 2,760 2,650 110
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 875 585 290 1,835 975 860
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 360 160 200 840 415 420
03. Natural resources and conservation 515 425 90 995 560 440
Health and related fields 9,455 1,525 7,935 22,215 4,285 17,930
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 295 175 120 1,510 760 755
51. Health professions and related programs 9,020 1,265 7,755 19,950 3,100 16,850
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 140 85 55 755 430 325
Personal, protective and transportation services 4,750 2,725 2,020 9,885 5,285 4,605
12. Personal and culinary services 2,410 600 1,810 5,630 1,575 4,055
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 170 165 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 30 30 10 310 280 30
43. Security and protective services 550 425 130 1,600 1,265 335
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,745 1,665 85 2,175 1,995 180
Other 10 0 10 40 0 35
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 0 0 40 10 30
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 157 133,835 63,755 70,080 337,215 161,965 175,250
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 64,735 30,645 34,095 134,880 68,170 66,710
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 69,095 33,115 35,980 202,335 93,795 108,540
Location of study inside Canada 66,575 31,835 34,730 184,280 84,675 99,610
Same as province or territory of residence 57,985 27,310 30,675 140,675 63,335 77,345
Different than province or territory of residence 8,585 4,525 4,060 43,605 21,335 22,265
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 2,525 1,280 1,245 18,055 9,125 8,935
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 1,115 510 605 3,800 2,005 1,790
Philippines 160 65 100 1,110 395 720
India 75 45 30 1,470 770 700
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 330 215 115 3,175 1,855 1,320
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 190 95 95 815 315 500
France 20 15 10 250 145 100
Other 630 335 295 7,440 3,630 3,810
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 80,960 38,495 42,455 225,425 108,730 116,695
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 30,730 15,045 15,685 68,490 36,070 32,425
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 50,225 23,450 26,770 156,935 72,660 84,270
Location of study inside Canada 48,575 22,675 25,905 142,990 65,870 77,125
Same as province or territory of residence 42,575 19,565 23,010 108,650 49,095 59,555
Different than province or territory of residence 6,000 3,105 2,895 34,340 16,770 17,570
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 1,645 780 870 13,940 6,795 7,150
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 700 280 420 2,510 1,275 1,235
Philippines 140 65 75 1,025 370 660
India 65 35 25 1,165 605 565
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 180 105 70 2,050 1,175 875
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 100 60 40 660 260 400
France 0 0 0 200 115 85
Other 465 230 235 6,320 2,995 3,330
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 133,830 63,755 70,075 337,215 161,965 175,245
In the labour force 73,015 37,105 35,910 225,940 115,060 110,880
Employed 60,490 29,335 31,150 209,425 105,890 103,530
Unemployed 12,525 7,765 4,760 16,520 9,170 7,345
Not in the labour force 60,820 26,650 34,165 111,270 46,900 64,370
Participation rate 54.6 58.2 51.2 67.0 71.0 63.3
Employment rate 45.2 46.0 44.5 62.1 65.4 59.1
Unemployment rate 17.2 20.9 13.3 7.3 8.0 6.6
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 164 133,830 63,755 70,080 337,210 161,965 175,245
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 55,925 24,240 31,685 102,100 43,110 58,990
Worked 77,910 39,515 38,395 235,115 118,860 116,255
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 32,500 16,085 16,415 128,815 69,900 58,910
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 45,405 23,425 21,980 106,305 48,955 57,350
Average weeks worked in reference year 37.8 36.4 39.2 43.1 43.6 42.7
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 73,015 37,100 35,910 225,940 115,060 110,880
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,065 885 4,075 2,120 1,955
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 221,860 112,935 108,925
Employee 65,760 32,450 33,315 201,650 100,730 100,920
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 5,300 3,585 1,715 20,210 12,210 8,000
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 73,015 37,105 35,910 225,940 115,060 110,880
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,070 885 4,080 2,120 1,955
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 221,860 112,940 108,925
0 Management occupations 5,150 3,090 2,060 24,335 14,495 9,835
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 8,890 1,925 6,965 36,720 10,880 25,845
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 2,745 2,315 440 17,555 14,105 3,445
3 Health occupations 6,785 1,120 5,665 17,440 3,410 14,025
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 8,390 2,660 5,730 30,395 12,015 18,380
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 1,440 585 860 7,550 3,570 3,980
6 Sales and service occupations 18,425 6,905 11,520 55,165 24,345 30,815
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 11,990 11,475 520 26,175 24,875 1,300
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 4,745 4,050 695 2,735 2,310 430
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 2,495 1,925 570 3,785 2,920 870
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 73,015 37,105 35,915 225,945 115,060 110,880
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,070 890 4,080 2,120 1,955
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 221,860 112,940 108,925
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,180 3,400 780 1,445 1,070 375
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,565 1,400 165 1,120 975 145
22 Utilities 605 540 55 1,595 1,045 550
23 Construction 6,195 5,585 610 13,815 12,285 1,535
31-33 Manufacturing 3,655 2,680 970 10,005 7,310 2,690
41 Wholesale trade 1,200 905 295 7,070 5,100 1,965
44-45 Retail trade 9,060 3,865 5,195 26,560 11,990 14,570
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 2,815 2,200 615 10,025 7,640 2,390
51 Information and cultural industries 930 525 405 6,325 3,610 2,715
52 Finance and insurance 1,305 360 940 10,365 4,235 6,130
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 645 435 210 4,390 2,460 1,935
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 2,205 1,205 1,000 17,540 9,885 7,655
55 Management of companies and enterprises 20 10 10 235 90 145
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 3,570 2,145 1,420 11,680 6,815 4,860
61 Educational services 6,165 2,110 4,055 17,535 5,930 11,600
62 Health care and social assistance 11,580 1,855 9,730 28,990 5,415 23,580
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,635 740 895 4,840 2,495 2,340
72 Accommodation and food services 5,850 1,880 3,975 16,125 6,835 9,285
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,925 1,495 1,430 8,845 3,785 5,065
91 Public administration 4,965 2,700 2,265 23,365 13,970 9,395
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 60,485 29,340 31,150 209,425 105,895 103,530
Worked at home 3,060 1,570 1,490 13,585 6,570 7,015
Worked outside Canada 130 90 40 1,040 715 325
No fixed workplace address 8,070 6,125 1,945 22,215 16,360 5,855
Worked at usual place 49,235 21,560 27,685 172,585 82,250 90,340
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 49,235 21,555 27,680 172,585 82,250 90,340
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 37,100 15,540 21,560 166,460 78,615 87,840
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 6,180 2,380 3,800 155 105 50
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 4,520 2,505 2,015 4,150 2,315 1,835
Commute to a different province or territory 1,435 1,130 310 1,825 1,210 610
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 57,300 27,680 29,620 194,805 98,610 96,190
Car, truck, van - as a driver 47,575 22,750 24,825 137,125 73,100 64,025
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 4,665 2,000 2,670 14,270 5,220 9,045
Public transit 1,245 875 365 22,980 9,960 13,020
Walked 2,630 1,215 1,415 15,930 7,500 8,435
Bicycle 95 65 35 1,960 1,305 655
Other method 1,090 770 315 2,530 1,525 1,005
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 57,305 27,680 29,620 194,800 98,610 96,195
Less than 15 minutes 26,135 11,305 14,835 48,595 22,265 26,330
15 to 29 minutes 18,995 9,125 9,870 79,445 41,265 38,180
30 to 44 minutes 7,530 4,180 3,350 42,835 22,665 20,170
45 to 59 minutes 2,255 1,345 910 13,960 6,940 7,020
60 minutes and over 2,385 1,730 655 9,960 5,475 4,485
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 57,300 27,680 29,620 194,800 98,610 96,190
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 3,680 2,590 1,085 9,345 6,050 3,295
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 9,920 5,325 4,590 38,005 22,715 15,295
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 15,655 7,815 7,835 58,985 29,475 29,510
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 13,590 4,825 8,770 41,875 17,970 23,910
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 4,980 1,800 3,175 19,595 8,615 10,980
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 9,480 5,320 4,160 27,000 13,790 13,210
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 80,215 40,635 39,585 241,390 121,770 119,620
Single responses 79,535 40,325 39,205 239,880 121,140 118,740
Official languages 78,845 39,950 38,900 239,140 120,745 118,400
English 77,690 39,440 38,250 237,620 120,350 117,270
French 1,160 505 650 1,520 395 1,130
Non-official languages 690 380 310 735 400 340
Aboriginal languages 630 345 285 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 630 345 285 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 630 350 285 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 630 345 285 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 60 35 30 740 400 335
Afro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 150 115 40
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 0 0 0 150 110 40
Amharic 0 0 0 10 0 10
Arabic 0 0 0 130 100 25
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 20 15 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 10 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 0 0 0 15 10 10
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 20 10 10 200 110 95
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 0 0 0 30 20 15
Baltic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Latvian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 0 0 0 25 15 10
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 0 0 0 30 20 10
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 0 0 10 40 15 20
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 10 10 10
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 10 10 10 25 10 15
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 0 50 30 20
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 20 20 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 15 20 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 0 0 0 30 15 20
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 30 15 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10 0 10 75 35 45
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Portuguese 0 0 0 30 10 20
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 10 0 0 40 15 20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 20 0 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 10 10 30 10 20
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 0 0 0 30 10 25
American Sign Language 0 0 0 15 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 15 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 25 15 10 280 150 130
Chinese languages 20 10 10 280 150 130
Cantonese 20 10 0 60 30 25
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 0 0 0 205 105 100
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 15 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 10 0 10
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 685 305 375 1,510 625 880
English and French 505 220 280 920 335 585
English and non-official language 175 85 90 555 280 280
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 10
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 30 15 15
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 80,215 40,635 39,580 241,390 121,770 119,620
None 76,425 38,830 37,595 230,965 116,695 114,270
English 1,265 605 660 1,330 460 870
French 1,570 775 800 7,040 3,575 3,465
Non-official language 915 405 505 1,905 955 950
Aboriginal 685 300 390 25 15 15
Non-Aboriginal 225 100 120 1,875 940 935
English and French 0 0 0 10 0 0
English and non-official language 10 0 0 10 0 0
French and non-official language 40 20 15 145 90 60
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 154,750 74,510 80,240 393,840 190,960 202,880
Non-movers 142,090 68,365 73,720 335,125 162,410 172,720
Movers 12,665 6,140 6,525 58,715 28,555 30,160
Non-migrants 8,450 4,020 4,430 41,645 20,275 21,365
Migrants 4,210 2,120 2,085 17,070 8,275 8,795
Internal migrants 3,795 1,930 1,865 12,075 5,790 6,290
Intraprovincial migrants 2,000 995 1,005 4,120 1,840 2,285
Interprovincial migrants 1,800 940 860 7,950 3,950 4,005
External migrants 415 185 225 4,995 2,490 2,505
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 149,350 71,790 77,560 377,835 182,820 195,010
Non-movers 115,055 55,385 59,670 227,440 109,715 117,730
Movers 34,300 16,410 17,885 150,395 73,110 77,280
Non-migrants 22,470 10,585 11,885 99,295 48,135 51,160
Migrants 11,825 5,825 6,005 51,105 24,975 26,125
Internal migrants 10,475 5,125 5,350 36,440 17,330 19,110
Intraprovincial migrants 5,755 2,735 3,020 12,010 5,405 6,605
Interprovincial migrants 4,720 2,385 2,330 24,430 11,925 12,505
External migrants 1,355 700 655 14,660 7,650 7,010

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

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

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