Census Profile, 2016 Census
North Shore [Economic region], Nova Scotia and Région de Laval [Health region, December 2017], Quebec

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Characteristic North Shore
Nova Scotia
[Economic region]
Région de Laval
Quebec
[Health region, December 2017]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 151,264 ... ... 422,993 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 155,696 ... ... 401,553 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 -2.8 ... ... 5.3 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 81,380 ... ... 165,686 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 66,826 ... ... 160,328 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 9.3 ... ... 1,710.9 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 16,254.41 ... ... 247.23 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 151,260 73,165 78,095 422,995 205,505 217,485
0 to 14 years 21,970 11,165 10,800 73,485 37,450 36,035
0 to 4 years 6,575 3,325 3,245 22,415 11,480 10,940
5 to 9 years 7,690 3,925 3,770 26,385 13,455 12,930
10 to 14 years 7,705 3,915 3,790 24,675 12,515 12,165
15 to 64 years 94,485 45,975 48,510 276,925 136,295 140,630
15 to 19 years 8,520 4,365 4,155 25,520 13,075 12,445
20 to 24 years 7,645 3,850 3,790 26,955 13,550 13,405
25 to 29 years 6,735 3,280 3,455 23,260 11,515 11,745
30 to 34 years 7,195 3,420 3,770 23,970 11,460 12,510
35 to 39 years 7,800 3,705 4,090 27,190 12,970 14,220
40 to 44 years 9,010 4,290 4,720 28,855 13,970 14,885
45 to 49 years 9,825 4,775 5,045 31,175 15,405 15,770
50 to 54 years 12,205 5,925 6,280 33,630 16,770 16,860
55 to 59 years 12,915 6,205 6,710 31,470 15,635 15,835
60 to 64 years 12,645 6,150 6,495 24,890 11,945 12,950
65 years and over 34,805 16,025 18,785 72,590 31,760 40,825
65 to 69 years 11,885 5,820 6,060 20,610 9,795 10,815
70 to 74 years 8,530 4,220 4,310 17,055 7,760 9,295
75 to 79 years 6,020 2,800 3,220 13,530 5,965 7,565
80 to 84 years 4,090 1,770 2,325 11,010 4,655 6,355
85 years and over 4,285 1,410 2,870 10,385 3,595 6,790
85 to 89 years 2,650 980 1,670 6,890 2,605 4,290
90 to 94 years 1,215 350 865 2,790 835 1,950
95 to 99 years 370 70 300 605 140 470
100 years and over 50 10 40 90 10 85
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 14.5 15.3 13.8 17.4 18.2 16.6
15 to 64 years 62.5 62.8 62.1 65.5 66.3 64.7
65 years and over 23.0 21.9 24.1 17.2 15.5 18.8
85 years and over 2.8 1.9 3.7 2.5 1.7 3.1
Average age of the population 45.2 44.3 46.0 41.1 40.0 42.1
Median age of the population 48.5 47.6 49.2 41.9 41.0 42.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
Single-detached house 48,985 ... ... 75,180 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 30 ... ... 10,780 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 13,020 ... ... 74,320 ... ...
Semi-detached house 1,865 ... ... 15,070 ... ...
Row house 1,235 ... ... 4,790 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 2,245 ... ... 4,775 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 7,470 ... ... 49,350 ... ...
Other single-attached house 205 ... ... 335 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 4,785 ... ... 50 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
1 person 20,420 ... ... 41,920 ... ...
2 persons 26,635 ... ... 50,360 ... ...
3 persons 9,310 ... ... 25,905 ... ...
4 persons 6,955 ... ... 27,180 ... ...
5 or more persons 3,505 ... ... 14,965 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 148,360 ... ... 410,850 ... ...
Average household size 2.2 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 129,295 62,000 67,290 349,510 168,060 181,450
Married or living common law 75,785 37,860 37,925 200,295 100,195 100,090
Married 62,225 31,120 31,105 149,850 75,005 74,845
Living common law 13,560 6,745 6,815 50,445 25,190 25,255
Not married and not living common law 53,510 24,140 29,370 149,220 67,860 81,360
Never married 30,915 16,515 14,400 100,315 53,145 47,170
Separated 4,320 1,915 2,405 5,485 2,245 3,245
Divorced 8,250 3,550 4,700 23,265 8,405 14,860
Widowed 10,020 2,160 7,865 20,155 4,060 16,090
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 45,185 ... ... 117,055 ... ...
2 persons 27,085 ... ... 52,305 ... ...
3 persons 8,900 ... ... 25,975 ... ...
4 persons 6,455 ... ... 27,215 ... ...
5 or more persons 2,745 ... ... 11,560 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 45,185 ... ... 117,060 ... ...
Total couple families 37,345 ... ... 96,910 ... ...
Married couples 30,560 ... ... 71,795 ... ...
Common-law couples 6,780 ... ... 25,115 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 7,840 ... ... 20,145 ... ...
Female parent 6,150 ... ... 15,710 ... ...
Male parent 1,685 ... ... 4,435 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 37,345 ... ... 96,915 ... ...
Couples without children 22,190 ... ... 40,140 ... ...
Couples with children 15,155 ... ... 56,775 ... ...
1 child 6,775 ... ... 19,935 ... ...
2 children 5,825 ... ... 25,705 ... ...
3 or more children 2,555 ... ... 11,135 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 7,840 ... ... 20,145 ... ...
1 child 4,895 ... ... 12,165 ... ...
2 children 2,125 ... ... 6,040 ... ...
3 or more children 815 ... ... 1,935 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 27,080 12,290 14,790 58,360 26,900 31,460
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
One-census-family households 43,675 ... ... 111,595 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 21,630 ... ... 38,220 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 22,040 ... ... 73,380 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 750 ... ... 2,665 ... ...
Non-census-family households 22,405 ... ... 46,065 ... ...
One-person households 20,415 ... ... 41,915 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 1,985 ... ... 4,145 ... ...
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 15 148,805 72,145 76,655 417,995 203,305 214,690
English only 139,900 68,490 71,410 21,180 11,080 10,105
French only 20 5 10 144,745 63,360 81,385
English and French 8,735 3,570 5,165 243,630 125,690 117,940
Neither English nor French 150 80 70 8,435 3,170 5,265
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 16 148,800 72,145 76,655 418,000 203,305 214,690
English 146,850 71,225 75,620 72,525 37,020 35,510
French 1,720 810 915 300,340 143,745 156,595
English and French 100 40 60 36,905 19,465 17,445
Neither English nor French 135 75 60 8,225 3,080 5,145
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 1,775 830 945 90,980 46,750 44,230
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.2 1.2 1.2 21.8 23.0 20.6
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 18 148,805 72,145 76,655 418,000 203,310 214,690
Single responses 148,210 71,865 76,345 398,965 193,720 205,245
Official languages 145,000 70,350 74,650 267,725 129,610 138,115
English 143,035 69,440 73,595 30,295 15,595 14,705
French 1,960 910 1,050 237,430 114,020 123,410
Non-official languages 3,210 1,515 1,695 131,240 64,105 67,130
Aboriginal languages 395 170 225 20 10 15
Algonquian languages 375 160 215 10 5 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 0 0 0 5 5
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 5 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 375 160 215 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 375 155 215 0 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 5 5
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 5 0 0 5 5 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 15 10 10 5 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 10 5 5 0 5
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 5 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
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 5 5 5
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 2,815 1,340 1,470 131,215 64,100 67,120
Afro-Asiatic languages 200 115 85 32,140 16,315 15,825
Berber languages 0 0 0 2,240 1,175 1,065
Kabyle 0 0 0 1,175 610 565
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,070 565 500
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 20 10 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 5
Somali 0 0 0 20 10 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 195 115 85 29,855 15,120 14,740
Amharic 5 0 5 40 20 20
Arabic 185 110 80 29,500 14,940 14,560
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 60 35 30
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 5 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 5 0 195 95 100
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 15 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 20 15
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 25 15 15 4,100 1,930 2,170
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 0 1,670 780 890
Vietnamese 25 15 10 2,430 1,150 1,280
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 5 0 0
Austronesian languages 260 105 160 690 240 450
Bikol 0 0 0 5 0 5
Cebuano 15 10 10 15 5 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 5 0 5 10 5 5
Ilocano 0 0 5 35 10 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 60 30 25
Malay 10 5 0 50 15 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 0 0 5 0 5
Pangasinan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 225 85 135 505 165 340
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 0
Creole languages 5 0 5 7,725 3,275 4,445
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 260 120 140
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 5 7,400 3,120 4,280
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 65 35 30
Dravidian languages 50 25 20 2,010 960 1,055
Kannada 5 0 5 5 0 0
Malayalam 10 10 5 5 0 5
Tamil 20 10 10 2,000 950 1,045
Telugu 10 5 0 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 1,755 845 905 77,290 37,995 39,295
Albanian 5 0 0 460 235 225
Armenian 0 0 0 7,815 3,830 3,985
Balto-Slavic languages 190 80 110 4,670 2,140 2,525
Baltic languages 15 10 5 30 15 20
Latvian 15 5 10 10 5 5
Lithuanian 0 0 0 20 10 10
Slavic languages 175 75 105 4,635 2,130 2,505
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 115 60 55
Bulgarian 0 5 0 575 280 295
Croatian 10 5 0 360 175 185
Czech 15 5 5 85 35 50
Macedonian 0 0 0 25 15 15
Polish 60 25 40 760 325 430
Russian 55 20 35 2,130 955 1,175
Serbian 0 0 0 155 75 80
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 75 40 35
Slovak 0 0 0 55 25 30
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 70 30 35
Ukrainian 35 15 15 210 100 115
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 10 5 5
Celtic languages 20 5 20 20 15 5
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 15 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 5 5 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 15 5
Germanic languages 1,025 510 510 1,010 460 550
Afrikaans 15 5 5 5 0 5
Danish 25 15 10 5 5 0
Dutch 440 230 205 90 45 40
Frisian 10 10 0 0 5 0
German 505 240 270 800 355 450
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 5 0 0
Swedish 20 5 15 25 15 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 5 0 20 10 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 45 20 25
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 10 10 5
Greek 30 15 15 13,820 6,875 6,945
Indo-Iranian languages 215 105 105 7,885 4,045 3,840
Indo-Aryan languages 160 85 80 4,330 2,230 2,095
Bengali 15 10 5 465 235 230
Gujarati 5 0 0 450 220 230
Hindi 45 20 25 140 80 60
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 5 0 0
Marathi 5 5 5 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 80 40 45
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 45 20 25 1,735 900 840
Sindhi 0 0 0 20 15 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 5 70 35 30
Urdu 30 20 15 1,365 705 660
Iranian languages 55 25 25 3,525 1,800 1,725
Kurdish 0 0 0 105 60 40
Pashto 5 0 0 145 75 70
Persian (Farsi) 45 20 25 3,280 1,665 1,610
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 15 10
Italic (Romance) languages 265 125 140 41,615 20,390 21,225
Catalan 0 0 0 15 5 5
Italian 45 25 15 16,535 8,380 8,160
Portuguese 40 15 20 5,170 2,455 2,715
Romanian 15 5 5 6,330 3,070 3,260
Spanish 165 70 95 13,555 6,480 7,080
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Japanese 25 5 20 65 20 45
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 10 5 0
Georgian 0 0 0 10 5 0
Korean 55 25 30 110 35 75
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 20 5 15
Mongolian 0 0 0 20 10 10
Niger-Congo languages 55 30 25 1,385 655 730
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 100 50 50
Bamanankan 0 0 0 75 30 45
Edo 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ewe 0 0 0 45 25 20
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 105 60 45
Ga 0 0 0 10 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 5 5 10 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 140 60 80
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 105 35 65
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 105 50 60
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 5 10 120 55 60
Wolof 0 0 0 165 75 90
Yoruba 10 0 5 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 395 190 205
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 25 10 10
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 10
Sign languages 25 15 10 85 40 45
American Sign Language 10 5 10 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 45 20 25
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 5 5 35 20 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 300 125 170 2,870 1,310 1,565
Chinese languages 300 125 170 2,860 1,300 1,560
Cantonese 70 30 40 1,050 485 565
Hakka 5 0 0 10 10 0
Mandarin 150 60 90 1,450 650 800
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 5 5 230 100 125
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 65 30 35 100 45 55
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 10 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 5 0 15 5 5
Burmese 0 0 0 5 5 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 10 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages 20 0 15 1,070 485 585
Lao 0 0 0 995 465 530
Thai 15 5 15 75 20 55
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 20 10 10 935 470 465
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 25 10 15
Turkish 20 10 10 905 460 445
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 5 0 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Uralic languages 30 15 15 650 320 330
Estonian 5 0 5 10 5 5
Finnish 5 0 5 10 0 5
Hungarian 20 10 10 635 315 320
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 15 10
Multiple responses 595 280 315 19,035 9,590 9,445
English and French 275 125 150 4,410 2,260 2,155
English and non-official language 285 135 150 3,265 1,675 1,590
French and non-official language 15 5 0 8,495 4,135 4,365
English, French and non-official language 20 10 10 2,870 1,530 1,335
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 19 148,800 72,145 76,655 418,000 203,305 214,695
Single responses 147,970 71,765 76,205 379,280 184,350 194,935
Official languages 146,855 71,230 75,625 312,455 152,085 160,375
English 146,470 71,045 75,420 55,305 28,165 27,140
French 385 185 200 257,155 123,925 133,230
Non-official languages 1,115 535 580 66,820 32,260 34,560
Aboriginal languages 85 40 50 10 5 10
Algonquian languages 80 40 45 5 5 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 5 5 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 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 80 35 45 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 80 35 45 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 5 0 5 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 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 5 5 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 5 5 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 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,030 500 530 66,805 32,255 34,555
Afro-Asiatic languages 115 65 50 15,680 7,795 7,890
Berber languages 0 0 0 680 340 345
Kabyle 0 0 0 450 220 225
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 230 115 120
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 5 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 115 60 55 14,990 7,450 7,535
Amharic 5 0 5 20 15 10
Arabic 110 60 50 14,790 7,350 7,445
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 55 30 25
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 5 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 85 50 45
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 10 5 2,685 1,265 1,420
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 965 440 525
Vietnamese 15 15 5 1,720 825 890
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 5 0 0
Austronesian languages 140 65 70 205 90 110
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 5 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 15 5 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 5 0
Malay 0 0 0 15 5 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 135 60 70 150 65 80
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 5 0 0 2,570 1,015 1,555
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 75 35 40
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 2,470 970 1,500
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 25 15 15
Dravidian languages 10 5 5 1,550 700 845
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 5 5 5 1,545 695 845
Telugu 0 0 0 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 485 230 250 40,010 19,450 20,560
Albanian 0 0 0 290 145 145
Armenian 0 0 0 6,265 3,035 3,230
Balto-Slavic languages 35 15 20 2,885 1,405 1,475
Baltic languages 5 0 5 5 5 5
Latvian 5 0 0 5 5 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages 35 15 20 2,875 1,400 1,475
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 75 40 35
Bulgarian 0 0 0 455 230 225
Croatian 0 0 0 160 80 85
Czech 0 0 0 35 20 20
Macedonian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Polish 15 5 10 310 130 180
Russian 20 10 10 1,550 755 795
Serbian 0 0 0 90 45 45
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 40 25 15
Slovak 0 0 0 10 5 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 20 5 5
Ukrainian 0 0 0 115 55 60
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 5 0 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 15 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 215 100 115 190 85 105
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 25 10 10 10 5 10
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 180 85 95 175 75 95
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 5 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 5 5 5 6,410 3,100 3,310
Indo-Iranian languages 100 50 50 5,690 2,855 2,835
Indo-Aryan languages 60 25 35 3,120 1,565 1,560
Bengali 5 0 0 325 155 170
Gujarati 5 0 5 295 140 155
Hindi 20 5 10 75 45 35
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 5 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 65 30 30
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20 10 10 1,335 685 655
Sindhi 0 0 0 10 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 5 45 25 20
Urdu 10 5 5 965 480 480
Iranian languages 35 20 15 2,555 1,285 1,270
Kurdish 0 0 0 50 35 20
Pashto 5 0 5 110 55 50
Persian (Farsi) 30 15 15 2,390 1,195 1,195
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages 115 55 60 18,285 8,820 9,460
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 5 5 0 2,990 1,405 1,585
Portuguese 5 5 5 2,060 990 1,065
Romanian 5 5 5 4,520 2,235 2,285
Spanish 90 45 50 8,705 4,185 4,520
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 5 0 5 35 15 25
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 30 20 10 55 25 30
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 15 10 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Niger-Congo languages 15 5 5 320 135 190
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 25 10 15
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 5 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 25 10 15
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 35 15 25
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 25 5 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 25 10 15
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 5 5 30 15 15
Wolof 0 0 0 65 25 40
Yoruba 0 5 5 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 20 45
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 10 5 5
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Sign languages 35 15 20 110 50 55
American Sign Language 10 5 10 0 5 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 50 20 25
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 10 15 55 30 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 180 80 95 2,075 975 1,100
Chinese languages 175 75 100 2,070 975 1,095
Cantonese 35 15 15 650 300 355
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 100 45 55 1,230 585 640
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 125 55 65
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 15 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 40 15 25 50 20 25
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 10 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 5 0 0 595 285 310
Lao 0 0 0 560 275 285
Thai 0 0 0 35 15 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 0 5 600 305 295
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 15 5 5
Turkish 5 0 5 580 295 285
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 290 140 155
Estonian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 285 140 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 835 380 455 38,715 18,960 19,760
English and French 150 70 85 6,845 3,465 3,385
English and non-official language 675 310 365 6,505 3,230 3,270
French and non-official language 0 5 0 18,610 8,850 9,760
English, French and non-official language 10 5 5 6,755 3,415 3,340
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 20 148,805 72,145 76,660 417,995 203,305 214,690
None 145,130 70,530 74,600 302,880 146,520 156,360
English 700 330 370 30,435 15,490 14,950
French 1,485 610 875 30,115 14,745 15,375
Non-official language 1,430 645 785 42,115 20,465 21,645
Aboriginal 270 110 160 10 5 5
Non-Aboriginal 1,160 535 625 42,105 20,465 21,640
English and French 5 5 0 5,175 2,600 2,575
English and non-official language 10 0 5 3,485 1,635 1,850
French and non-official language 45 30 15 3,600 1,765 1,835
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 185 85 105
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 21 126,440 60,820 65,620 337,495 163,665 173,825
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 121,575 58,550 63,030 322,560 156,565 166,000
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,671 36,064 24,755 33,789 37,835 30,018
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 121,620 58,550 63,070 322,635 156,575 166,060
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,992 31,908 23,193 30,150 33,129 27,366
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 103,795 51,405 52,390 287,270 142,930 144,340
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,019 33,325 22,118 31,386 36,240 26,844
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 94,685 42,550 52,135 246,000 109,995 136,010
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,578 9,489 8,059 6,020 3,917 7,584
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 82,535 42,000 40,535 239,550 122,645 116,900
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,445 33,076 23,454 32,949 36,321 29,771
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 126,440 60,815 65,625 337,490 163,665 173,830
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 121,630 58,500 63,125 322,760 156,690 166,070
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 38,743 46,441 31,609 42,879 48,407 37,664
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 121,670 58,510 63,165 322,820 156,695 166,120
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 32,258 37,682 27,233 35,035 38,643 31,631
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 103,865 51,300 52,570 287,760 143,280 144,480
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,920 44,888 29,144 41,165 47,499 34,884
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 94,955 42,625 52,330 246,120 109,915 136,210
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 9,241 9,720 8,851 8,103 7,091 8,920
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 82,535 41,805 40,730 239,545 122,775 116,775
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,522 43,335 29,530 41,486 46,221 36,507
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 126,440 60,815 65,625 337,490 163,665 173,825
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 37,420 19,740 17,680 109,370 59,345 50,025
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 44,379 50,329 39,737 48,883 52,914 45,020
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 53,708 61,375 45,149 57,750 62,697 51,881
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 81.2 84.5 76.8 85.6 89.8 80.5
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 63.7 66.5 60.0 71.7 74.5 68.2
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 18.8 15.5 23.2 14.4 10.2 19.5
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 126,440 60,820 65,620 337,495 163,665 173,825
Without total income 4,865 2,270 2,595 14,930 7,100 7,830
With total income 121,575 58,550 63,025 322,565 156,565 166,000
Percentage with total income 96.2 96.3 96.0 95.6 95.7 95.5
Under $10,000 (including loss) 16,900 6,905 9,990 42,065 19,200 22,860
$10,000 to $19,999 24,235 9,130 15,100 57,600 23,295 34,305
$20,000 to $29,999 20,185 8,395 11,795 46,455 20,675 25,780
$30,000 to $39,999 16,875 7,895 8,975 40,435 19,315 21,125
$40,000 to $49,999 13,295 6,990 6,305 36,910 17,480 19,430
$50,000 to $59,999 8,970 5,330 3,640 27,505 13,815 13,690
$60,000 to $69,999 5,945 3,900 2,050 19,670 10,540 9,130
$70,000 to $79,999 4,600 2,825 1,775 15,450 8,500 6,950
$80,000 to $89,999 3,460 1,960 1,505 10,705 6,170 4,530
$90,000 to $99,999 2,015 1,305 710 6,800 4,385 2,420
$100,000 and over 5,095 3,910 1,180 18,970 13,190 5,780
$100,000 to $149,999 3,640 2,750 890 13,205 8,945 4,265
$150,000 and over 1,450 1,160 290 5,770 4,250 1,520
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 126,440 60,820 65,625 337,495 163,665 173,830
Without after-tax income 4,820 2,265 2,555 14,860 7,090 7,770
With after-tax income 121,620 58,550 63,070 322,635 156,575 166,060
Percentage with after-tax income 96.2 96.3 96.1 95.6 95.7 95.5
Under $10,000 (including loss) 17,575 7,035 10,540 43,650 19,550 24,095
$10,000 to $19,999 25,715 9,810 15,910 60,385 24,810 35,575
$20,000 to $29,999 24,205 10,445 13,755 56,465 25,700 30,770
$30,000 to $39,999 20,270 10,030 10,245 53,420 25,830 27,585
$40,000 to $49,999 13,350 7,805 5,545 40,075 20,035 20,030
$50,000 to $59,999 8,035 5,155 2,880 26,495 14,195 12,300
$60,000 to $69,999 5,310 3,085 2,225 17,225 9,665 7,560
$70,000 to $79,999 2,800 1,835 970 9,320 5,935 3,385
$80,000 and over 4,360 3,355 1,010 15,590 10,850 4,740
$80,000 to $89,999 1,495 1,090 400 5,315 3,500 1,815
$90,000 to $99,999 895 685 205 3,105 2,140 960
$100,000 and over 1,985 1,580 400 7,170 5,205 1,965
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 126,440 60,820 65,625 337,495 163,665 173,825
Without employment income 43,905 18,820 25,085 97,945 41,020 56,925
With employment income 82,535 42,000 40,535 239,550 122,645 116,900
Percentage with employment income 65.3 69.1 61.8 71.0 74.9 67.3
Under $5,000 (including loss) 12,975 6,320 6,650 28,815 14,630 14,185
$5,000 to $9,999 7,575 3,205 4,365 18,595 8,395 10,200
$10,000 to $19,999 12,325 5,375 6,945 34,815 16,085 18,735
$20,000 to $29,999 10,900 4,705 6,190 29,270 13,615 15,655
$30,000 to $39,999 10,055 4,620 5,435 28,695 13,605 15,085
$40,000 to $49,999 7,930 4,175 3,750 24,845 11,930 12,915
$50,000 to $59,999 5,685 3,550 2,135 19,210 10,210 9,000
$60,000 to $69,999 3,895 2,600 1,295 14,570 8,040 6,530
$70,000 to $79,999 3,445 2,070 1,375 12,610 7,005 5,600
$80,000 and over 7,750 5,370 2,385 28,125 19,130 8,995
$80,000 to $89,999 2,705 1,465 1,240 8,010 5,010 3,005
$90,000 to $99,999 1,455 995 465 5,365 3,620 1,740
$100,000 and over 3,590 2,910 680 14,750 10,495 4,250
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 54,975 ... ... 70,216 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 48,764 ... ... 60,559 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 20,420 ... ... 41,915 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 26,722 ... ... 35,959 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 24,804 ... ... 31,621 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 46,405 ... ... 118,410 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 70,587 ... ... 85,924 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 61,868 ... ... 73,422 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 70,516 ... ... 86,322 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 58,731 ... ... 70,543 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 20,425 ... ... 41,865 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 35,416 ... ... 43,802 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 29,974 ... ... 35,973 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 46,400 ... ... 118,460 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 85,965 ... ... 101,350 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,388 ... ... 82,760 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
Under $5,000 880 ... ... 1,605 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,370 ... ... 1,565 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,165 ... ... 3,400 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,085 ... ... 5,565 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 3,940 ... ... 6,400 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 3,490 ... ... 5,620 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,130 ... ... 6,765 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 3,675 ... ... 7,230 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,480 ... ... 7,355 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,275 ... ... 7,495 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 5,765 ... ... 14,065 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,245 ... ... 12,835 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,525 ... ... 11,725 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,810 ... ... 10,465 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 3,110 ... ... 9,130 ... ...
$100,000 and over 13,890 ... ... 49,110 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,635 ... ... 17,790 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 3,435 ... ... 11,880 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 3,090 ... ... 11,635 ... ...
$200,000 and over 1,725 ... ... 7,800 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
Under $5,000 920 ... ... 1,775 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,400 ... ... 1,615 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,205 ... ... 3,445 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,305 ... ... 5,865 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,455 ... ... 7,155 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 4,090 ... ... 6,785 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,755 ... ... 8,855 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 4,380 ... ... 9,050 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,995 ... ... 8,890 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,810 ... ... 8,955 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 6,880 ... ... 16,860 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,860 ... ... 15,195 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,755 ... ... 13,035 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,695 ... ... 11,125 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 2,815 ... ... 9,275 ... ...
$100,000 and over 8,510 ... ... 32,460 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 4,510 ... ... 15,830 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 2,090 ... ... 8,110 ... ...
$150,000 and over 1,910 ... ... 8,515 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 44,970 ... ... 115,690 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 70,557 ... ... 86,142 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 61,806 ... ... 73,570 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 3.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 21,190 ... ... 37,250 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 65,296 ... ... 74,442 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 57,431 ... ... 63,225 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 15,400 ... ... 56,930 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 97,451 ... ... 106,296 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 82,800 ... ... 90,025 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 4.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 7,320 ... ... 18,830 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 43,181 ... ... 59,070 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 40,358 ... ... 52,774 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 44,935 ... ... 115,685 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 86,173 ... ... 101,515 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 71,472 ... ... 82,845 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 21,155 ... ... 37,285 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 80,600 ... ... 88,645 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 66,569 ... ... 71,738 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 15,380 ... ... 57,065 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 111,664 ... ... 121,472 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,326 ... ... 98,577 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 7,335 ... ... 18,670 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 49,448 ... ... 68,226 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 44,152 ... ... 58,210 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 24,560 11,235 13,325 49,800 23,550 26,245
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 25,941 28,959 24,152 34,080 36,669 31,663
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 24,235 26,331 23,306 30,185 31,866 28,712
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 24,560 11,175 13,390 49,680 23,465 26,215
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 34,197 36,968 31,883 42,194 44,948 39,730
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 29,029 30,572 27,741 34,743 36,250 33,394
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 148,360 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,050 209,800
In the bottom half of the distribution 92,330 43,505 48,830 220,080 105,565 114,510
In the bottom decile 16,820 7,795 9,025 27,840 13,535 14,300
In the second decile 22,250 9,755 12,495 40,080 18,395 21,685
In the third decile 19,120 9,115 10,005 50,785 24,290 26,490
In the fourth decile 17,885 8,770 9,115 51,365 24,930 26,440
In the fifth decile 16,260 8,065 8,190 50,005 24,415 25,590
In the top half of the distribution 56,030 28,460 27,570 190,770 95,480 95,290
In the sixth decile 15,335 7,745 7,580 47,690 23,635 24,060
In the seventh decile 13,690 6,890 6,800 44,790 22,300 22,485
In the eighth decile 11,810 6,010 5,800 40,890 20,405 20,490
In the ninth decile 9,120 4,645 4,475 33,375 16,860 16,515
In the top decile 6,080 3,170 2,910 24,030 12,285 11,740
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 43 146,710 71,170 75,545 410,850 201,045 209,800
0 to 17 years 26,480 13,475 13,010 88,160 45,025 43,135
0 to 5 years 7,830 3,995 3,835 27,485 14,040 13,445
18 to 64 years 87,490 42,310 45,180 260,280 127,375 132,910
65 years and over 32,740 15,380 17,355 62,410 28,650 33,760
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 28,160 12,610 15,550 46,470 21,550 24,920
0 to 17 years 6,480 3,245 3,230 10,840 5,625 5,215
0 to 5 years 2,290 1,135 1,155 3,400 1,770 1,635
18 to 64 years 14,765 6,685 8,080 26,500 12,705 13,800
65 years and over 6,920 2,680 4,235 9,130 3,220 5,910
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 19.2 17.7 20.6 11.3 10.7 11.9
0 to 17 years (%) 24.5 24.1 24.8 12.3 12.5 12.1
0 to 5 years (%) 29.2 28.4 30.1 12.4 12.6 12.2
18 to 64 years (%) 16.9 15.8 17.9 10.2 10.0 10.4
65 years and over (%) 21.1 17.4 24.4 14.6 11.2 17.5
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 9,495 4,580 4,915 34,055 15,995 18,055
0 to 17 years 2,125 1,045 1,080 7,560 3,895 3,665
0 to 5 years 750 350 395 2,355 1,215 1,140
18 to 64 years 6,925 3,345 3,585 21,175 10,480 10,695
65 years and over 445 190 255 5,320 1,625 3,700
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 6.5 6.4 6.5 8.3 8.0 8.6
0 to 17 years (%) 8.0 7.8 8.3 8.6 8.7 8.5
0 to 5 years (%) 9.6 8.8 10.3 8.6 8.7 8.5
18 to 64 years (%) 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.0
65 years and over (%) 1.4 1.2 1.5 8.5 5.7 11.0
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 44 148,365 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,045 209,800
Official languages 148,210 71,880 76,330 402,465 197,810 204,655
English 148,180 71,865 76,310 262,550 135,765 126,790
French 8,655 3,540 5,115 381,410 186,685 194,720
Non-official languages 5,095 2,370 2,720 184,520 89,610 94,915
Aboriginal languages 520 205 315 20 10 15
Algonquian languages 505 200 305 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 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 500 200 305 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 500 195 300 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 10 10 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 15 0 10 10 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 0 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 10 0 0 10 0 10
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 10 10 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. 10 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 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 4,575 2,165 2,410 184,500 89,600 94,900
Afro-Asiatic languages 250 140 115 49,030 24,850 24,185
Berber languages 0 0 0 2,700 1,380 1,310
Kabyle 0 0 0 1,530 770 760
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,180 620 560
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 10 0 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 250 140 110 47,760 24,215 23,545
Amharic 0 0 0 90 35 50
Arabic 245 135 115 46,970 23,820 23,150
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 80 50 35
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 725 380 350
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 45 15 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 75 25 50
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 90 50 40
Austro-Asiatic languages 25 20 10 5,400 2,455 2,940
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 2,440 1,120 1,320
Vietnamese 25 20 10 3,025 1,380 1,650
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 320 130 190 880 365 515
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 60 25 35 0 0 10
Fijian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 10 0 15 10 0
Ilocano 10 0 10 60 10 50
Malagasy 0 0 0 70 30 35
Malay 0 10 0 85 50 40
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 0 0 20 10 15
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 275 110 170 695 265 425
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 30 15 15
Creole languages 65 30 40 16,745 7,270 9,475
Haitian Creole 10 10 10 605 260 345
Creole, n.o.s. 20 10 0 16,080 6,970 9,105
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 20 35 140 75 65
Dravidian languages 60 30 30 2,490 1,185 1,305
Kannada 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 45 15 25 2,485 1,180 1,305
Telugu 20 15 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 3,000 1,455 1,545 106,840 52,360 54,480
Albanian 15 10 10 475 245 235
Armenian 0 0 0 9,540 4,640 4,900
Balto-Slavic languages 265 135 135 6,775 3,280 3,490
Baltic languages 10 0 10 55 25 30
Latvian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 50 25 30
Slavic languages 255 130 120 6,715 3,255 3,460
Belarusan 0 0 0 40 25 15
Bosnian 0 0 0 165 85 80
Bulgarian 0 0 0 650 310 335
Croatian 15 10 10 515 260 255
Czech 15 10 10 70 35 35
Macedonian 10 0 0 30 15 10
Polish 60 25 30 935 420 520
Russian 110 50 60 3,985 1,980 2,005
Serbian 10 10 0 245 95 145
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 165 85 80
Slovak 20 15 0 130 70 55
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 55 40 20
Ukrainian 60 35 30 425 155 270
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Celtic languages 260 115 145 25 10 15
Scottish Gaelic 250 110 140 0 0 0
Welsh 10 10 0 10 0 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 15 0 10
Germanic languages 1,345 675 675 2,410 1,125 1,285
Afrikaans 20 10 10 0 0 0
Danish 35 10 20 20 10 0
Dutch 525 245 280 160 85 75
Frisian 25 20 10 0 0 0
German 790 395 390 2,005 945 1,065
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 20 15 0 0 10 0
Swedish 25 20 10 40 35 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 10 15 10 15
Yiddish 0 0 0 185 65 115
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 35 10 25
Greek 25 10 10 17,630 8,860 8,770
Indo-Iranian languages 490 240 245 9,450 4,790 4,665
Indo-Aryan languages 395 200 195 5,830 2,970 2,860
Bengali 60 35 30 530 280 245
Gujarati 10 10 0 495 225 275
Hindi 155 80 75 1,005 510 495
Kashmiri 0 0 0 10 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 95 50 40
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 110 55 55 2,495 1,255 1,245
Sindhi 0 0 0 20 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 10 15 150 60 90
Urdu 90 40 50 2,170 1,140 1,030
Iranian languages 95 40 50 4,090 2,030 2,055
Kurdish 0 0 0 185 95 85
Pashto 0 0 0 155 90 65
Persian (Farsi) 90 45 50 3,780 1,870 1,915
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 10 10 65 20 45
Italic (Romance) languages 740 330 405 64,160 31,025 33,135
Catalan 0 0 0 40 20 20
Italian 70 45 25 25,670 12,775 12,895
Portuguese 55 20 40 7,420 3,735 3,685
Romanian 0 0 0 7,635 3,780 3,850
Spanish 625 275 345 26,860 12,485 14,380
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 45 10
Japanese 95 45 50 220 80 135
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Georgian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Korean 85 40 45 115 35 80
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 95 55 40 3,035 1,400 1,635
Akan (Twi) 35 20 15 215 105 115
Bamanankan 0 0 0 170 90 90
Edo 10 0 0 15 15 0
Ewe 10 0 0 40 15 25
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 110 55 55
Ga 10 0 0 80 40 40
Ganda 0 0 0 15 0 10
Igbo 0 0 0 40 25 10
Lingala 0 0 0 720 295 425
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 210 80 130
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 10 0 160 60 105
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 15 10 10 320 165 160
Wolof 0 0 0 310 145 165
Yoruba 10 0 10 10 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 1,055 515 540
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 80 40 40
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 80 40 40
Sign languages 215 80 130 350 110 240
American Sign Language 70 15 60 10 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 245 70 175
Sign languages, n.i.e. 135 65 75 105 45 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 365 155 210 3,650 1,715 1,935
Chinese languages 365 155 210 3,630 1,700 1,930
Cantonese 105 45 55 1,520 725 795
Hakka 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mandarin 225 85 135 2,050 955 1,090
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 15 10 15 350 175 175
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 30 10 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 65 40 30 130 45 80
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 20 15 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 15 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages 30 10 20 1,490 720 765
Lao 0 0 0 1,370 680 690
Thai 25 0 15 240 85 155
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 30 15 15 1,935 920 1,020
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 0 25
Turkish 25 10 15 1,910 920 995
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 50 20 30 840 445 395
Estonian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Finnish 20 15 0 10 10 0
Hungarian 35 10 25 825 440 385
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 100 65 35
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 148,360 71,965 76,400 410,845 201,045 209,800
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 145,945 70,770 75,175 386,705 189,540 197,170
Canadian citizens aged under 18 26,830 13,665 13,175 83,660 42,705 40,955
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 119,115 57,110 62,005 303,050 146,835 156,210
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 2,415 1,190 1,220 24,140 11,510 12,630
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 148,365 71,965 76,395 410,850 201,045 209,800
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 142,585 69,135 73,450 291,640 142,915 148,720
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 5,225 2,530 2,695 116,935 57,000 59,930
Before 1981 2,510 1,240 1,270 27,285 13,590 13,690
1981 to 1990 480 255 225 17,685 8,685 9,000
1991 to 2000 475 200 275 23,015 11,245 11,770
2001 to 2010 930 420 510 33,810 16,360 17,450
2001 to 2005 350 145 205 16,890 8,275 8,615
2006 to 2010 580 265 310 16,920 8,085 8,840
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 835 420 415 15,140 7,125 8,015
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 550 300 250 2,275 1,125 1,150
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 5,225 2,535 2,695 116,935 57,005 59,930
Under 5 years 755 360 395 11,820 5,800 6,020
5 to 14 years 1,010 510 495 20,430 10,125 10,305
15 to 24 years 955 440 515 25,430 11,565 13,860
25 to 44 years 2,050 985 1,060 51,195 25,925 25,270
45 years and over 460 240 220 8,060 3,585 4,470
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 5,225 2,535 2,695 116,935 57,005 59,930
Americas 1,225 585 635 24,550 11,015 13,535
Brazil 0 10 10 475 250 225
Colombia 10 0 0 1,950 865 1,085
El Salvador 10 10 10 1,540 745 800
Guyana 20 15 0 80 40 40
Haiti 10 0 0 12,020 5,140 6,880
Jamaica 55 30 25 165 70 100
Mexico 35 10 25 1,135 540 600
Peru 0 0 0 1,305 585 720
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 155 60 90
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 945 445 500 1,275 600 675
Other places of birth in Americas 130 65 65 4,450 2,120 2,330
Europe 2,655 1,305 1,350 30,800 15,490 15,305
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 195 80 115
Croatia 30 0 20 275 145 135
France 50 30 20 3,325 1,715 1,615
Germany 295 145 155 545 235 305
Greece 0 10 0 5,940 2,920 3,020
Hungary 10 0 15 295 150 145
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 50 25 25 20 20 0
Italy 30 25 10 5,690 3,030 2,655
Netherlands 480 260 220 40 30 10
Poland 45 20 30 575 255 320
Portugal 15 0 10 3,145 1,555 1,595
Romania 10 10 10 5,255 2,625 2,630
Russian Federation 30 10 25 800 380 420
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 0 0 0 130 65 65
Ukraine 15 10 10 450 185 265
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 1,395 650 740 315 165 155
Other places of birth in Europe 185 110 75 3,795 1,945 1,855
Africa 170 110 60 23,815 12,020 11,795
Algeria 0 10 0 6,535 3,330 3,205
Egypt 10 10 10 2,690 1,425 1,265
Ethiopia 0 0 0 65 35 25
Kenya 10 0 0 50 20 30
Morocco 10 10 10 7,880 3,970 3,915
Nigeria 20 15 0 95 65 35
Somalia 0 0 0 10 10 0
South Africa, Republic of 15 15 0 45 25 20
Other places of birth in Africa 105 65 40 6,445 3,150 3,300
Asia 1,135 505 630 37,705 18,445 19,265
Afghanistan 0 0 0 1,995 985 1,015
Bangladesh 45 30 15 325 175 150
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 150 55 100 1,840 655 1,180
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 10 0 10 115 65 45
India 175 90 90 1,810 910 905
IranCensus data footnote 61 100 45 50 820 410 410
Iraq 0 0 0 620 345 270
Japan 10 0 10 60 10 55
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 40 20 25 110 60 50
Lebanon 50 25 20 12,420 6,465 5,955
Pakistan 70 35 35 1,300 700 600
Philippines 280 110 175 610 235 370
Sri Lanka 25 10 15 1,570 800 775
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 25 20 10 5,465 2,645 2,825
Taiwan 15 0 15 85 45 45
Viet Nam 25 15 10 2,040 900 1,140
Other places of birth in Asia 110 60 50 6,525 3,055 3,475
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 40 20 20 65 30 30
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 54 835 415 410 15,140 7,125 8,015
Americas 130 70 55 3,975 1,835 2,140
Brazil 0 0 0 130 70 60
Colombia 0 0 0 515 245 270
Cuba 0 0 0 150 60 95
Haiti 0 0 0 2,050 905 1,145
Jamaica 35 25 15 10 10 0
Mexico 0 0 0 315 160 155
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 70 45 30 255 130 125
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 0 0 0 130 60 70
Other places of birth in Americas 20 10 10 425 200 225
Europe 200 95 105 1,755 820 930
France 0 0 10 305 150 155
Germany 30 20 10 35 15 20
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 0 0 0 0 0 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 315 140 170
Romania 0 0 0 455 195 265
Russian Federation 10 10 10 55 30 25
Ukraine 0 0 0 120 30 90
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 130 55 80 20 15 10
Other places of birth in Europe 10 0 0 445 240 205
Africa 50 35 10 4,035 1,955 2,080
Algeria 0 0 0 705 335 365
Cameroon 10 10 0 430 200 230
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 0 0 205 115 90
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 140 75 65
Egypt 0 0 0 490 240 250
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 10 10 10 870 415 450
Nigeria 10 10 0 0 0 0
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 0 0 0 10 10 0
Tunisia 0 0 10 480 225 260
Other places of birth in Africa 10 15 0 700 330 370
Asia 445 205 235 5,365 2,505 2,865
Afghanistan 0 0 0 365 165 195
Bangladesh 15 10 10 10 0 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 35 15 20 290 105 185
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 95 50 45 205 90 115
IranCensus data footnote 61 10 0 0 55 40 25
Iraq 0 0 0 235 130 105
Israel 0 0 0 20 10 10
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 10
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 0 0 0 30 25 10
Lebanon 0 0 0 1,135 565 570
Nepal 0 0 0 10 10 0
Pakistan 10 10 0 240 110 130
Philippines 220 85 135 90 30 60
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 35 10 25
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 125 60 65
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 20 10 10 2,045 980 1,065
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 60 30 25
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 30 20 10
Viet Nam 0 0 0 45 10 35
Other places of birth in Asia 25 15 15 340 115 220
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 15 10 10 10 10 0
Australia 0 0 0 10 10 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 10 0 10 10 10 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 148,360 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,050 209,800
First generationCensus data footnote 69 6,270 3,040 3,230 120,520 58,815 61,705
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 8,965 4,305 4,660 90,385 45,755 44,630
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 133,125 64,615 68,505 199,940 96,480 103,465
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 2,780 1,325 1,450 91,570 44,320 47,250
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 1,640 825 810 46,880 24,550 22,335
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 705 470 230 20,060 13,030 7,030
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 935 355 580 26,820 11,515 15,305
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 985 410 575 25,410 9,705 15,705
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 125 70 55 18,290 9,600 8,695
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 30 15 15 985 470 515
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 148,360 71,965 76,400 410,845 201,050 209,800
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 7,200 3,450 3,745 2,530 1,160 1,370
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 7,005 3,360 3,645 2,345 1,085 1,260
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 3,815 1,795 2,020 1,145 530 615
Métis 3,105 1,520 1,585 1,170 540 630
Inuk (Inuit) 80 45 35 30 10 20
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 100 50 50 65 35 30
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 100 45 55 115 50 70
Non-Aboriginal identity 141,160 68,515 72,650 408,320 199,885 208,435
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 148,365 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,050 209,800
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 3,020 1,415 1,610 580 260 315
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 145,340 70,550 74,790 410,275 200,790 209,480
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 148,360 71,965 76,395 410,850 201,045 209,800
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,045 1,010 1,035 1,360 600 760
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,035 1,000 1,035 1,350 595 750
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,765 885 885 1,115 505 615
Métis single ancestry 255 110 145 215 90 130
Inuit single ancestry 20 10 10 20 0 10
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 10 10 0 10 10 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 10 0 0 15 10 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 10 0 0 0 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 8,005 3,660 4,350 6,900 3,120 3,785
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 7,790 3,550 4,235 6,815 3,065 3,750
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,705 2,105 2,600 5,935 2,685 3,245
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 2,950 1,380 1,570 810 335 475
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 140 65 70 75 45 30
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 215 105 110 80 55 30
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 205 90 110 80 55 25
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 10 0 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 10 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 138,310 67,295 71,015 402,585 197,320 205,265
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 148,360 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,045 209,800
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 4,820 2,325 2,495 107,255 52,260 54,995
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 670 325 345 8,805 4,480 4,315
Chinese 430 145 285 3,870 1,765 2,105
Black 2,585 1,335 1,255 32,095 14,875 17,220
Filipino 355 165 195 985 440 545
Latin American 155 65 90 12,655 6,205 6,455
Arab 195 105 90 33,690 17,335 16,355
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 100 40 60 7,630 3,610 4,020
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 95 50 50 4,370 2,115 2,250
Korean 85 40 45 215 115 100
Japanese 65 20 45 125 35 95
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 20 10 15 530 225 305
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 70 30 35 2,290 1,055 1,235
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 143,545 69,640 73,900 303,590 148,790 154,805
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 103 148,360 71,965 76,395 410,845 201,045 209,800
North American Aboriginal origins 10,050 4,670 5,385 8,265 3,725 4,540
First Nations (North American Indian) 6,680 3,090 3,595 7,150 3,250 3,900
Inuit 170 90 80 95 50 45
Métis 3,425 1,600 1,825 1,115 480 635
Other North American origins 69,760 33,900 35,865 157,735 75,890 81,840
Acadian 2,560 1,250 1,315 1,070 465 605
American 995 515 480 1,455 610 850
Canadian 67,070 32,550 34,520 148,985 71,565 77,420
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 55 30 20
Newfoundlander 125 70 55 15 10 0
Nova Scotian 185 100 85 10 10 10
Ontarian 10 0 0 45 15 30
Québécois 55 20 40 8,180 4,135 4,045
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 0 20 10 10
European origins 103,500 49,895 53,610 170,170 84,380 85,790
British Isles origins 90,715 43,640 47,075 24,160 11,655 12,505
Channel Islander 15 10 10 55 30 25
Cornish 10 0 10 0 0 0
English 42,425 19,985 22,440 6,395 3,210 3,180
Irish 32,385 15,000 17,390 15,010 6,995 8,010
Manx 20 10 10 0 0 0
Scottish 57,375 27,795 29,575 5,985 2,890 3,095
Welsh 2,290 1,040 1,245 185 100 85
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 2,150 960 1,190 975 455 525
French origins 23,145 10,830 12,320 69,200 33,855 35,345
Alsatian 10 10 0 75 25 50
Breton 10 10 0 340 130 210
Corsican 0 0 0 80 45 35
French 23,140 10,820 12,315 68,900 33,750 35,155
Western European origins (except French origins) 16,175 7,575 8,600 10,115 4,715 5,400
Austrian 250 130 125 655 305 350
Bavarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belgian 625 305 315 2,765 1,275 1,490
Dutch 4,985 2,255 2,730 635 325 310
Flemish 20 10 10 55 25 30
Frisian 20 0 15 0 0 0
German 11,150 5,240 5,905 5,735 2,660 3,080
Luxembourger 0 0 0 25 15 10
Swiss 455 220 235 775 340 430
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 20 0 15 10 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 2,355 1,090 1,270 605 330 280
Danish 750 335 415 155 90 60
Finnish 160 65 90 90 35 50
Icelandic 55 20 30 10 0 0
Norwegian 665 340 325 115 45 65
Swedish 555 195 360 265 155 105
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 265 165 105 35 25 10
Eastern European origins 3,245 1,580 1,670 18,580 9,140 9,440
Bulgarian 20 10 15 755 360 395
Byelorussian 30 10 20 205 130 75
Czech 155 75 75 240 95 145
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 85 30 55 150 100 50
Estonian 15 10 10 30 15 15
Hungarian 305 115 190 1,870 980 895
Latvian 50 30 25 45 10 35
Lithuanian 155 75 85 290 150 135
Moldovan 0 0 0 880 420 465
Polish 1,185 580 595 3,760 1,820 1,940
Romanian 110 60 45 7,570 3,765 3,810
Russian 480 235 245 3,135 1,450 1,685
Slovak 90 45 45 340 190 145
Ukrainian 930 460 470 2,290 1,140 1,155
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 25 15 10 35 10 25
Southern European origins 2,615 1,270 1,345 75,545 38,305 37,245
Albanian 15 0 15 570 290 275
Bosnian 10 10 10 195 95 100
Catalan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Croatian 110 70 40 820 395 420
Cypriot 0 0 0 105 50 50
Greek 220 125 95 20,385 10,485 9,895
Italian 1,305 630 675 40,580 20,620 19,965
Kosovar 0 0 0 35 20 15
Macedonian 20 20 10 40 25 15
Maltese 35 25 10 30 20 10
Montenegrin 0 0 0 75 45 30
Portuguese 385 160 225 9,805 5,040 4,770
Serbian 30 15 15 360 165 195
Sicilian 15 15 10 95 50 40
Slovenian 35 15 20 160 90 70
Spanish 410 200 215 6,485 3,150 3,335
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 70 20 50 200 115 90
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 0 0 0 45 30 25
Other European origins 320 215 105 1,595 785 815
Basque 0 10 0 190 90 100
Jewish 95 65 30 975 495 480
Roma (Gypsy) 10 15 0 50 20 30
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 0 0 0 20 10 15
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 210 130 80 360 185 180
Caribbean origins 465 225 235 24,720 11,245 13,475
Antiguan 15 0 15 10 10 10
Bahamian 10 10 0 20 10 10
Barbadian 15 10 15 265 125 140
Bermudan 10 0 10 0 0 0
Carib 0 0 0 20 15 0
Cuban 10 10 0 765 365 405
Dominican 10 10 10 945 435 515
Grenadian 0 0 0 75 30 40
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 75 40 35
Haitian 20 15 0 21,610 9,755 11,855
Jamaican 250 130 125 685 345 340
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 0 0 10 0 10
Martinican 0 0 0 135 50 85
Montserratan 0 0 0 20 20 10
Puerto Rican 40 20 20 55 30 25
St. Lucian 0 0 0 90 40 55
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 15 0 10 280 130 155
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0 130 45 85
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 50 20 25 350 130 220
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 30 20 10 160 85 70
Latin, Central and South American origins 315 170 150 14,905 7,200 7,700
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 10 0 0 395 145 245
Arawak 0 0 0 10 0 10
Argentinian 15 10 10 455 220 230
Belizean 10 15 0 10 10 10
Bolivian 0 0 0 130 95 40
Brazilian 35 10 20 470 245 230
Chilean 40 25 10 1,315 630 685
Colombian 55 30 25 2,615 1,210 1,410
Costa Rican 0 0 0 95 25 65
Ecuadorian 15 0 15 180 90 90
Guatemalan 20 10 10 1,200 600 600
Guyanese 40 10 30 110 70 40
Hispanic 0 0 0 110 45 60
Honduran 0 0 0 415 220 200
Maya 0 0 0 135 60 70
Mexican 95 60 35 1,940 1,020 920
Nicaraguan 0 0 0 220 75 145
Panamanian 0 0 0 95 55 40
Paraguayan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Peruvian 0 0 0 2,045 950 1,090
Salvadorean 10 10 10 2,745 1,335 1,410
Uruguayan 0 0 0 215 115 95
Venezuelan 0 0 0 655 295 360
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 0 0 0 495 240 255
African origins 1,830 865 970 37,140 18,675 18,465
Central and West African origins 85 50 40 5,245 2,595 2,650
Akan 10 0 0 50 30 15
Angolan 0 0 0 60 35 25
Ashanti 10 0 0 20 15 0
Beninese 0 0 0 265 155 110
Burkinabe 0 0 0 60 35 25
Cameroonian 0 0 10 1,245 605 650
Chadian 0 0 0 70 20 55
Congolese 0 10 0 1,245 590 660
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 15 10 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 55 20 30
Gambian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghanaian 35 20 15 265 130 135
Guinean 0 0 0 205 75 135
Ibo 0 0 0 30 25 10
Ivorian 0 0 0 450 230 220
Liberian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 175 100 80
Malinké 0 0 0 75 45 35
Nigerian 20 10 15 230 140 80
Peulh 0 0 0 95 65 35
Senegalese 0 0 0 385 185 200
Sierra Leonean 10 10 0 15 10 10
Togolese 0 0 0 260 145 115
Wolof 0 0 0 50 25 25
Yoruba 0 0 0 20 10 10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 0 0 0 420 230 190
North African origins 120 35 80 26,800 13,630 13,165
Algerian 0 0 0 6,535 3,240 3,300
Berber 0 10 0 3,730 1,960 1,770
Coptic 0 0 0 130 75 60
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 45 15 35 3,855 1,965 1,885
Libyan 0 0 0 55 20 35
Maure 0 0 0 40 20 20
Moroccan 15 10 10 11,175 5,665 5,510
Sudanese 10 0 10 0 0 0
Tunisian 10 10 0 2,105 1,085 1,020
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 30 15 20 360 190 175
Southern and East African origins 95 40 45 1,515 730 780
Afrikaner 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amhara 0 0 0 20 10 10
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 0 0 110 65 45
Burundian 0 0 0 300 145 155
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 0 0 0 45 20 25
Ethiopian 0 0 0 115 60 55
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 10 0 10 50 20 30
Malagasy 0 0 0 130 65 65
Mauritian 0 0 0 220 115 105
Oromo 0 0 0 10 0 0
Rwandan 0 10 0 325 155 165
Seychellois 0 0 0 180 75 105
Somali 15 0 15 25 10 20
South African 30 20 10 35 10 25
Tanzanian 10 0 10 10 0 0
Tigrian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ugandan 10 0 0 0 0 0
Zambian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zulu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 25 20 10 10 0 0
Other African origins 1,540 740 800 3,885 1,850 2,040
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 240 110 125 285 155 130
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 1,300 625 680 3,615 1,710 1,910
Asian origins 2,850 1,310 1,545 69,815 34,690 35,125
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 785 390 395 46,780 23,720 23,060
Afghan 0 0 0 2,810 1,415 1,395
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 40 15 25 5,850 3,015 2,830
Armenian 25 20 10 10,375 5,140 5,235
Assyrian 0 0 0 110 55 55
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 15 0 10
Georgian 0 0 0 10 10 10
Hazara 0 0 0 75 40 40
Iranian 130 55 80 1,185 555 625
Iraqi 0 0 0 715 380 335
Israeli 15 10 10 245 140 105
Jordanian 0 0 0 80 45 35
Kazakh 10 0 0 20 20 0
Kurd 0 0 0 230 120 110
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 15 0 10
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 410 235 175 19,680 10,165 9,515
Palestinian 15 0 10 780 400 380
Pashtun 0 0 0 55 30 25
Saudi Arabian 10 0 10 0 0 10
Syrian 130 65 65 6,340 3,130 3,205
Tajik 0 0 0 130 65 65
Tatar 0 0 0 65 35 35
Turk 30 10 20 2,290 1,180 1,110
Turkmen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uighur 0 0 0 30 15 15
Uzbek 0 0 0 15 0 0
Yemeni 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 0 0 0 170 95 80
South Asian origins 815 395 425 8,935 4,455 4,485
Bangladeshi 25 10 15 345 180 165
Bengali 15 10 10 180 95 85
Bhutanese 20 15 10 50 30 20
East Indian 610 295 320 3,945 1,965 1,985
Goan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 15 10 0
Nepali 0 0 0 70 35 35
Pakistani 100 55 45 1,560 815 745
Punjabi 30 10 20 505 260 245
Sinhalese 35 0 20 15 0 10
Sri Lankan 15 0 15 2,175 1,040 1,135
Tamil 0 10 0 430 225 205
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 30 20 15 245 140 105
East and Southeast Asian origins 1,205 510 700 14,510 6,655 7,860
Burmese 0 0 0 20 15 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0 3,045 1,375 1,670
Chinese 585 225 355 6,365 2,860 3,510
Filipino 330 160 165 1,130 485 645
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0 55 25 25
Japanese 110 40 70 260 70 185
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 95 45 50 220 115 105
Laotian 0 0 0 1,600 820 775
Malaysian 10 0 10 45 15 25
Mongolian 15 0 10 60 30 30
Singaporean 10 10 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 35 0 30 50 20 30
Thai 30 10 20 325 135 190
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 10
Vietnamese 55 30 25 3,755 1,795 1,960
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 0 0 0 15 0 10
Other Asian origins 55 15 35 60 40 20
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 55 20 35 60 45 20
Oceania origins 100 40 55 120 55 65
Australian 55 25 35 65 25 40
New Zealander 40 15 25 20 0 10
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0 40 30 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaiian 10 0 0 20 15 0
Maori 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 15 10 10
Samoan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 0 0 0 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
Owner 49,465 ... ... 111,285 ... ...
Renter 16,860 ... ... 49,045 ... ...
Band housing 500 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
Condominium 905 ... ... 24,565 ... ...
Not condominium 65,920 ... ... 135,760 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
No bedrooms 65 ... ... 535 ... ...
1 bedroom 6,460 ... ... 17,140 ... ...
2 bedrooms 18,070 ... ... 48,300 ... ...
3 bedrooms 27,030 ... ... 62,720 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 15,200 ... ... 31,635 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 13,335 ... ... 50,395 ... ...
5 rooms 12,165 ... ... 26,785 ... ...
6 rooms 11,880 ... ... 21,360 ... ...
7 rooms 9,745 ... ... 21,595 ... ...
8 or more rooms 19,700 ... ... 40,200 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.5 ... ... 6.0 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 66,600 ... ... 157,725 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 225 ... ... 2,600 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
Suitable 65,305 ... ... 152,085 ... ...
Not suitable 1,515 ... ... 8,240 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
1960 or before 22,060 ... ... 24,535 ... ...
1961 to 1980 18,190 ... ... 55,655 ... ...
1981 to 1990 9,310 ... ... 27,800 ... ...
1991 to 2000 7,400 ... ... 19,285 ... ...
2001 to 2005 3,180 ... ... 11,730 ... ...
2006 to 2010 3,865 ... ... 12,780 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 2,825 ... ... 8,540 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 59,925 ... ... 152,100 ... ...
Major repairs needed 6,905 ... ... 8,225 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 66,825 ... ... 160,330 ... ...
1 household maintainer 42,140 ... ... 91,215 ... ...
2 household maintainers 24,055 ... ... 65,925 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 625 ... ... 3,185 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 66,825 ... ... 160,325 ... ...
15 to 24 years 1,665 ... ... 2,585 ... ...
25 to 34 years 6,695 ... ... 18,125 ... ...
35 to 44 years 9,130 ... ... 29,520 ... ...
45 to 54 years 12,410 ... ... 37,390 ... ...
55 to 64 years 14,905 ... ... 33,585 ... ...
65 to 74 years 12,675 ... ... 22,000 ... ...
75 to 84 years 6,785 ... ... 13,175 ... ...
85 years and over 2,555 ... ... 3,950 ... ...
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 65,325 ... ... 160,185 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 52,785 ... ... 125,745 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 12,530 ... ... 34,440 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 11,300 ... ... 31,105 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,605 ... ... 111,220 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 50.2 ... ... 65.3 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 11.0 ... ... 15.3 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 662 ... ... 1,190 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 811 ... ... 1,231 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 149,619 ... ... 300,601 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 170,570 ... ... 340,865 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 16,815 ... ... 49,040 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 15.8 ... ... 6.5 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 42.8 ... ... 35.6 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 714 ... ... 800 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 743 ... ... 855 ... ...
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 146 126,440 60,815 65,630 337,495 163,670 173,825
No certificate, diploma or degree 28,470 15,105 13,370 64,060 31,985 32,075
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 32,905 15,950 16,950 76,495 36,570 39,925
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 65,065 29,760 35,305 196,935 95,110 101,825
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 13,960 9,970 3,990 48,220 28,085 20,135
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 7,850 4,725 3,120 34,745 18,015 16,730
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 6,110 5,245 865 13,470 10,070 3,400
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 29,385 10,940 18,450 62,365 27,525 34,840
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 2,875 1,015 1,860 14,350 6,045 8,305
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 18,845 7,845 11,000 72,000 33,455 38,545
Bachelor's degree 12,615 5,060 7,555 48,735 21,680 27,060
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,110 425 685 7,245 3,425 3,815
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 610 340 280 1,770 875 890
Master's degree 3,880 1,680 2,200 12,475 6,370 6,110
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 620 345 280 1,785 1,110 675
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 77,600 37,235 40,365 222,875 108,630 114,245
No certificate, diploma or degree 11,025 6,535 4,490 26,640 14,550 12,090
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 19,860 9,855 10,010 43,585 21,370 22,220
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 46,715 20,850 25,865 152,650 72,710 79,940
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 9,225 6,615 2,605 36,575 20,555 16,015
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 5,165 3,110 2,055 26,775 13,265 13,510
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 4,060 3,505 555 9,795 7,290 2,505
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 21,595 8,215 13,380 43,695 19,505 24,190
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 1,710 595 1,110 10,865 4,630 6,230
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 14,195 5,420 8,775 61,515 28,015 33,495
Bachelor's degree 9,645 3,685 5,960 41,735 18,460 23,280
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 745 220 530 5,990 2,660 3,330
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 490 235 250 1,420 630 790
Master's degree 2,880 1,080 1,800 10,840 5,340 5,500
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 435 200 235 1,525 930 595
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 151 126,440 60,815 65,625 337,490 163,665 173,830
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 61,375 31,050 30,325 140,560 68,560 72,000
Education 5,780 1,615 4,165 11,840 2,510 9,335
13. Education 5,785 1,620 4,165 11,840 2,510 9,335
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 995 450 535 7,030 3,235 3,800
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 185 145 40 1,340 1,025 310
50. Visual and performing arts 805 310 495 5,695 2,210 3,485
Humanities 2,235 925 1,310 10,675 3,875 6,795
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 100 10 90 1,555 290 1,270
23. English language and literature/letters 515 160 355 610 175 430
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 555 220 330 6,050 2,320 3,725
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 10 10 0 45 35 20
38. Philosophy and religious studies 120 55 65 370 225 145
39. Theology and religious vocations 435 240 190 315 225 95
54. History 405 210 190 640 365 275
55. French language and literature/letters 95 15 80 1,080 240 845
Social and behavioural sciences and law 4,905 1,230 3,680 20,915 6,340 14,570
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 70 10 65 215 75 145
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 220 105 120 2,155 700 1,450
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,515 95 1,420 4,275 335 3,935
22. Legal professions and studies 855 215 640 3,855 1,260 2,595
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 70 0 70 390 60 325
42. Psychology 910 200 715 2,895 635 2,260
45. Social sciences 1,260 600 655 7,130 3,275 3,855
Business, management and public administration 13,575 3,115 10,455 51,115 20,085 31,030
30.16 Accounting and computer science 40 0 30 45 20 30
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,145 240 900 1,635 360 1,270
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 12,390 2,870 9,520 49,435 19,715 29,725
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,695 865 830 8,580 4,555 4,020
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 665 305 360 2,725 1,160 1,560
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 435 220 220 1,485 805 685
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 35 0 30 1,455 705 750
40. Physical sciences 450 320 130 2,515 1,690 825
41. Science technologies/technicians 110 20 90 405 200 205
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,830 980 850 9,635 7,005 2,625
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,480 830 650 8,225 6,365 1,865
25. Library science 130 0 120 455 95 360
27. Mathematics and statistics 205 130 75 800 440 365
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 20 10 10 145 110 40
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 15,465 14,735 735 38,955 35,360 3,595
04. Architecture and related services 115 65 50 1,550 965 590
14. Engineering 1,145 1,010 135 10,165 8,345 1,820
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 2,495 2,215 280 7,165 6,580 590
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 4,315 4,255 60 8,150 7,915 230
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 4,830 4,735 100 7,840 7,625 215
48. Precision production 2,560 2,450 110 4,080 3,930 150
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,195 1,405 790 1,815 975 840
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,300 655 650 1,440 785 650
03. Natural resources and conservation 895 755 140 375 190 185
Health and related fields 10,835 1,390 9,445 23,235 4,465 18,770
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 585 280 305 1,130 560 570
51. Health professions and related programs 10,085 1,000 9,085 21,725 3,685 18,040
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 170 105 60 380 220 160
Personal, protective and transportation services 5,555 3,055 2,500 13,130 6,685 6,445
12. Personal and culinary services 2,850 680 2,170 7,655 2,020 5,640
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 0 0 10 10 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 125 130 0 20 25 0
43. Security and protective services 805 580 220 2,935 2,335 595
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,770 1,660 110 2,505 2,300 210
Other 10 0 10 15 0 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 0 0 0 15 10 10
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 77,595 37,235 40,365 222,875 108,630 114,245
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 30,880 16,385 14,500 70,225 35,925 34,305
Education 3,730 895 2,840 8,270 1,550 6,715
13. Education 3,730 895 2,840 8,265 1,555 6,720
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 720 315 405 5,310 2,415 2,895
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 125 90 40 1,015 750 265
50. Visual and performing arts 590 220 370 4,295 1,665 2,630
Humanities 1,560 650 915 6,765 2,365 4,400
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 60 10 50 1,325 225 1,095
23. English language and literature/letters 340 90 245 450 110 340
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 435 185 250 3,245 1,290 1,955
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 10 10 10 30 20 15
38. Philosophy and religious studies 85 40 45 255 145 110
39. Theology and religious vocations 235 135 100 210 150 55
54. History 320 160 160 440 265 175
55. French language and literature/letters 80 15 65 810 160 655
Social and behavioural sciences and law 3,970 910 3,065 16,265 4,670 11,600
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 55 0 45 175 55 120
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 180 85 100 1,725 550 1,175
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,245 70 1,170 3,340 210 3,125
22. Legal professions and studies 710 120 590 3,065 920 2,145
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 55 10 50 230 25 205
42. Psychology 710 145 560 2,290 460 1,830
45. Social sciences 1,020 475 550 5,440 2,440 3,000
Business, management and public administration 9,620 2,265 7,350 41,900 16,160 25,740
30.16 Accounting and computer science 30 10 30 40 10 30
44. Public administration and social service professions 945 180 765 1,350 290 1,060
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 8,635 2,080 6,555 40,510 15,860 24,655
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,120 545 580 5,595 2,910 2,690
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 505 230 280 2,300 930 1,370
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 275 125 150 845 440 410
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 20 0 20 255 145 110
40. Physical sciences 270 180 90 1,940 1,255 680
41. Science technologies/technicians 50 15 40 255 135 120
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,530 840 685 8,640 6,285 2,350
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,280 735 545 7,520 5,815 1,705
25. Library science 85 10 80 370 60 315
27. Mathematics and statistics 150 90 60 625 330 295
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 15 10 0 120 85 35
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 10,795 10,185 610 30,270 27,090 3,175
04. Architecture and related services 75 40 40 1,325 805 520
14. Engineering 740 640 100 9,010 7,315 1,690
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 1,740 1,495 245 5,435 4,940 495
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 3,120 3,075 45 5,730 5,545 190
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 3,445 3,365 80 5,895 5,720 175
48. Precision production 1,670 1,570 105 2,875 2,765 110
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,640 995 645 1,470 780 695
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 965 435 525 1,140 610 535
03. Natural resources and conservation 675 560 120 335 170 165
Health and related fields 7,900 1,025 6,875 18,080 3,385 14,690
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 410 195 210 960 480 480
51. Health professions and related programs 7,370 745 6,625 16,820 2,745 14,075
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 125 90 35 300 160 135
Personal, protective and transportation services 4,125 2,230 1,895 10,065 5,085 4,975
12. Personal and culinary services 2,190 540 1,650 5,755 1,430 4,325
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 0 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 40 45 0 15 15 0
43. Security and protective services 585 420 165 2,160 1,690 470
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,300 1,225 75 2,125 1,945 175
Other 10 0 0 15 10 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 0 10 20 0 10
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 157 126,440 60,810 65,625 337,495 163,665 173,830
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 61,375 31,050 30,320 140,555 68,555 72,000
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 65,065 29,765 35,305 196,935 95,110 101,830
Location of study inside Canada 62,195 28,310 33,885 169,285 80,435 88,845
Same as province or territory of residence 49,955 22,145 27,815 166,335 78,910 87,425
Different than province or territory of residence 12,240 6,170 6,070 2,950 1,525 1,425
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 2,870 1,455 1,415 27,655 14,675 12,980
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 1,055 570 485 1,045 690 350
Philippines 175 55 120 265 90 180
India 140 65 70 325 190 135
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 600 340 260 240 135 100
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 30 15 15 530 215 315
France 15 15 0 2,490 1,495 995
Other 860 395 460 22,760 11,860 10,900
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 77,600 37,235 40,365 222,880 108,630 114,245
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 30,880 16,385 14,500 70,230 35,925 34,305
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 46,715 20,850 25,865 152,645 72,705 79,940
Location of study inside Canada 44,780 19,955 24,820 129,640 60,930 68,710
Same as province or territory of residence 36,195 15,760 20,435 127,265 59,745 67,515
Different than province or territory of residence 8,585 4,195 4,385 2,375 1,185 1,195
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 1,935 890 1,045 23,005 11,775 11,230
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 655 300 355 805 515 280
Philippines 150 50 95 245 80 160
India 115 55 60 260 145 115
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 360 200 160 180 100 75
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 20 10 10 470 190 280
France 10 10 10 1,910 1,110 805
Other 625 265 360 19,145 9,635 9,505
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 126,440 60,810 65,625 337,495 163,665 173,830
In the labour force 73,125 37,380 35,745 223,995 115,140 108,855
Employed 64,820 32,120 32,700 208,320 106,760 101,560
Unemployed 8,305 5,260 3,045 15,675 8,380 7,295
Not in the labour force 53,310 23,430 29,880 113,500 48,525 64,970
Participation rate 57.8 61.5 54.5 66.4 70.4 62.6
Employment rate 51.3 52.8 49.8 61.7 65.2 58.4
Unemployment rate 11.4 14.1 8.5 7.0 7.3 6.7
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 164 126,440 60,815 65,630 337,490 163,665 173,830
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 48,475 21,105 27,370 109,115 46,155 62,960
Worked 77,970 39,710 38,260 228,375 117,510 110,865
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 38,410 20,410 18,005 111,870 61,070 50,800
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 39,560 19,300 20,255 116,510 56,440 60,065
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.0 40.5 41.4 43.0 43.3 42.7
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 73,130 37,385 35,745 223,995 115,140 108,855
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,360 765 595 5,805 2,845 2,965
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 71,770 36,620 35,155 218,190 112,295 105,895
Employee 64,550 32,035 32,520 192,740 95,285 97,460
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 7,215 4,585 2,635 25,445 17,010 8,430
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 73,130 37,380 35,745 223,995 115,140 108,855
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,355 765 595 5,810 2,850 2,965
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 71,770 36,620 35,150 218,190 112,295 105,895
0 Management occupations 6,575 3,930 2,645 24,145 15,580 8,565
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 9,410 2,250 7,155 41,470 13,260 28,210
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 2,840 2,235 600 16,795 13,470 3,325
3 Health occupations 5,925 775 5,150 14,975 2,780 12,190
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 8,265 2,535 5,720 22,840 5,790 17,050
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 1,465 550 920 5,685 2,680 3,005
6 Sales and service occupations 16,800 6,240 10,560 55,970 26,830 29,135
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 12,815 12,180 630 25,865 24,535 1,335
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 3,705 3,130 575 1,435 1,210 225
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 3,970 2,775 1,190 9,010 6,160 2,845
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 73,125 37,380 35,745 223,995 115,140 108,855
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,360 765 595 5,810 2,850 2,960
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 71,765 36,620 35,155 218,185 112,290 105,895
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,210 3,315 900 790 470 325
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 885 820 65 165 150 15
22 Utilities 350 285 60 1,295 865 430
23 Construction 5,840 5,280 560 11,695 10,025 1,665
31-33 Manufacturing 7,085 5,070 2,020 22,845 15,700 7,150
41 Wholesale trade 2,155 1,555 600 11,700 7,040 4,660
44-45 Retail trade 10,540 4,705 5,835 29,930 14,600 15,330
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 2,990 2,345 645 12,645 9,695 2,955
51 Information and cultural industries 855 455 395 6,090 3,725 2,365
52 Finance and insurance 1,320 440 880 11,590 4,525 7,065
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 735 440 295 3,755 2,105 1,650
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 2,305 1,070 1,240 16,700 9,515 7,185
55 Management of companies and enterprises 345 165 180 330 90 240
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 2,510 1,565 950 10,790 6,310 4,480
61 Educational services 5,570 1,860 3,710 14,320 4,085 10,235
62 Health care and social assistance 10,365 1,380 8,980 27,100 4,965 22,140
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,285 525 760 3,335 1,810 1,525
72 Accommodation and food services 5,080 1,570 3,510 14,335 7,525 6,810
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,920 1,455 1,470 8,870 4,185 4,680
91 Public administration 4,420 2,325 2,100 9,900 4,910 4,985
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 64,820 32,120 32,700 208,320 106,755 101,565
Worked at home 4,385 2,260 2,130 12,100 6,395 5,705
Worked outside Canada 200 135 60 535 405 125
No fixed workplace address 8,060 6,140 1,920 18,470 13,830 4,640
Worked at usual place 52,180 23,585 28,595 177,215 86,120 91,095
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 52,180 23,585 28,595 177,210 86,120 91,095
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 18,785 8,550 10,230 67,680 29,500 38,180
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 25,535 10,615 14,915 0 0 0
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 6,525 3,565 2,960 109,090 56,315 52,770
Commute to a different province or territory 1,335 845 485 445 305 145
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 60,240 29,725 30,515 195,685 99,950 95,735
Car, truck, van - as a driver 51,635 25,710 25,925 147,495 80,255 67,240
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 4,395 1,910 2,480 6,550 2,095 4,455
Public transit 370 250 125 34,825 14,390 20,435
Walked 2,895 1,265 1,635 4,415 1,715 2,700
Bicycle 140 105 35 1,035 785 255
Other method 800 490 310 1,360 710 650
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 60,240 29,720 30,515 195,685 99,950 95,735
Less than 15 minutes 27,820 12,410 15,410 32,235 14,705 17,530
15 to 29 minutes 19,335 9,300 10,035 64,150 33,095 31,050
30 to 44 minutes 6,620 3,775 2,850 48,505 27,400 21,100
45 to 59 minutes 2,835 1,665 1,170 25,315 12,930 12,380
60 minutes and over 3,630 2,580 1,050 25,480 11,810 13,665
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 60,240 29,725 30,515 195,685 99,950 95,735
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 4,660 3,320 1,335 14,955 11,230 3,725
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 11,135 6,190 4,945 38,970 21,885 17,080
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 18,545 9,315 9,230 57,090 25,685 31,400
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 11,995 4,265 7,735 34,890 15,075 19,815
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 4,465 1,460 3,010 21,830 10,005 11,825
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 9,435 5,175 4,260 27,940 16,060 11,880
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 80,225 40,745 39,485 235,285 120,870 114,410
Single responses 79,975 40,625 39,350 198,760 101,315 97,440
Official languages 79,895 40,570 39,325 196,975 100,430 96,550
English 79,620 40,525 39,100 33,520 18,550 14,970
French 275 50 230 163,455 81,870 81,580
Non-official languages 80 55 30 1,785 895 890
Aboriginal languages 20 10 15 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 20 10 10 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 20 10 15 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 10 10 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 10 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 50 10 1,785 895 890
Afro-Asiatic languages 15 15 0 480 260 220
Berber languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
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 15 15 0 470 255 215
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 20 15 0 455 255 205
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 10 0 10
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 10 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 150 75 75
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 60 35 30
Vietnamese 0 0 0 90 45 45
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 10 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 45 20 30
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 45 15 35
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 15 10 10
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 15 0 10
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 45 30 10 870 425 445
Albanian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 155 70 85
Balto-Slavic languages 0 0 0 30 0 25
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 0 0 0 30 0 25
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 10 0 10
Russian 0 0 0 15 10 15
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 35 30 10 10 0 10
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 25 25 10 10 10 10
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 10 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 165 85 80
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 0 160 85 70
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 110 60 55
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 10 0 10
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 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 105 55 45
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 45 30 15
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 45 30 15
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10 0 10 350 175 170
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 75 25 55
Portuguese 0 0 0 60 45 20
Romanian 0 0 0 35 10 20
Spanish 10 0 10 175 95 80
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 10 0 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 10 10 10
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 10 10 10
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 10 0 10
American Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 0 0 0 155 85 75
Chinese languages 0 0 0 160 85 70
Cantonese 0 0 0 60 35 20
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 0 0 0 80 35 45
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 15 0 15
Lao 0 0 0 10 0 15
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 10 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 10 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 10 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 250 120 135 36,530 19,555 16,970
English and French 130 65 65 33,445 17,955 15,490
English and non-official language 120 55 70 620 405 210
French and non-official language 0 0 0 765 345 415
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 1,700 850 850
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 80,230 40,740 39,485 235,285 120,870 114,410
None 78,775 40,100 38,670 136,240 68,305 67,930
English 210 60 150 70,345 36,960 33,390
French 875 440 435 21,605 11,625 9,985
Non-official language 335 120 210 4,895 2,705 2,190
Aboriginal 140 45 90 15 0 10
Non-Aboriginal 195 75 120 4,880 2,700 2,175
English and French 0 0 10 135 75 65
English and non-official language 0 0 0 1,440 790 650
French and non-official language 30 20 10 625 415 215
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 180 147,235 71,345 75,885 406,595 198,865 207,725
Non-movers 131,415 63,885 67,530 368,795 180,420 188,375
Movers 15,820 7,465 8,355 37,795 18,445 19,345
Non-migrants 8,495 4,040 4,455 21,770 10,520 11,250
Migrants 7,320 3,425 3,900 16,020 7,925 8,095
Internal migrants 6,825 3,170 3,655 11,965 5,940 6,025
Intraprovincial migrants 4,755 2,150 2,610 11,450 5,655 5,800
Interprovincial migrants 2,065 1,015 1,050 515 285 225
External migrants 500 255 240 4,055 1,985 2,070
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 141,780 68,720 73,060 388,440 189,590 198,850
Non-movers 99,830 49,055 50,775 263,525 129,050 134,475
Movers 41,955 19,665 22,285 124,915 60,545 64,375
Non-migrants 21,835 10,340 11,495 71,375 34,685 36,695
Migrants 20,115 9,325 10,795 53,535 25,855 27,680
Internal migrants 18,755 8,645 10,115 40,185 19,440 20,750
Intraprovincial migrants 12,865 5,845 7,025 38,975 18,820 20,150
Interprovincial migrants 5,895 2,805 3,090 1,215 620 595
External migrants 1,360 675 680 13,350 6,415 6,935

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. North Shore [Economic region], Nova Scotia and Région de Laval [Health region, December 2017], Quebec (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 8, 2024).

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