Census Profile, 2016 Census
Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec and Division No. 12, Census division [Census division], Saskatchewan

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Characteristic Ottawa - Gatineau
Ontario/Quebec
[Census metropolitan area]
Division No. 12, CDR
Saskatchewan
[Census division]
Data quality , Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec  Map : Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 1,323,783 ... ... 23,986 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 1,254,919 r ... ... 23,228 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 5.5 ... ... 3.3 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 571,146 ... ... 10,076 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 535,499 ... ... 9,226 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 195.6 ... ... 1.7 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 6,767.41 ... ... 13,887.42 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 1,323,785 645,050 678,735 23,990 12,060 11,925
0 to 14 years 227,195 115,770 111,420 4,825 2,505 2,325
0 to 4 years 72,410 36,785 35,625 1,600 835 765
5 to 9 years 79,030 40,310 38,720 1,650 830 820
10 to 14 years 75,755 38,675 37,080 1,575 835 735
15 to 64 years 897,825 440,075 457,750 15,035 7,585 7,450
15 to 19 years 79,545 40,335 39,210 1,525 775 750
20 to 24 years 92,650 46,710 45,940 1,085 545 540
25 to 29 years 87,310 43,315 43,995 1,220 605 615
30 to 34 years 87,090 42,410 44,680 1,480 745 735
35 to 39 years 86,455 41,375 45,085 1,400 690 705
40 to 44 years 89,255 42,990 46,270 1,385 685 705
45 to 49 years 93,305 45,425 47,885 1,355 690 665
50 to 54 years 105,150 51,770 53,380 1,710 865 850
55 to 59 years 97,315 47,210 50,105 2,050 1,035 1,015
60 to 64 years 79,740 38,540 41,205 1,820 950 870
65 years and over 198,770 89,205 109,565 4,125 1,975 2,155
65 to 69 years 68,100 32,640 35,455 1,325 665 665
70 to 74 years 47,805 22,520 25,285 1,010 510 505
75 to 79 years 33,630 15,265 18,360 695 350 345
80 to 84 years 24,025 10,295 13,730 530 240 285
85 years and over 25,210 8,480 16,730 560 205 355
85 to 89 years 15,385 5,725 9,660 320 125 195
90 to 94 years 7,540 2,270 5,265 175 55 115
95 to 99 years 2,015 450 1,560 55 20 35
100 years and over 275 35 245 15 0 10
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 17.2 17.9 16.4 20.1 20.8 19.5
15 to 64 years 67.8 68.2 67.4 62.7 62.9 62.5
65 years and over 15.0 13.8 16.1 17.2 16.4 18.1
85 years and over 1.9 1.3 2.5 2.3 1.7 3.0
Average age of the population 39.9 39.1 40.8 40.7 40.2 41.3
Median age of the population 40.1 39.1 41.0 41.7 41.0 42.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 535,495 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Single-detached house 240,120 ... ... 7,855 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 75,230 ... ... 0 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 218,955 ... ... 850 ... ...
Semi-detached house 38,905 ... ... 225 ... ...
Row house 88,160 ... ... 125 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 15,630 ... ... 55 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 75,475 ... ... 410 ... ...
Other single-attached house 790 ... ... 30 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,185 ... ... 520 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 535,495 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
1 person 152,680 ... ... 2,395 ... ...
2 persons 180,485 ... ... 3,620 ... ...
3 persons 83,390 ... ... 1,195 ... ...
4 persons 77,495 ... ... 1,130 ... ...
5 or more persons 41,450 ... ... 880 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 1,300,730 ... ... 22,790 ... ...
Average household size 2.4 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 1,096,590 529,285 567,310 19,160 9,555 9,605
Married or living common law 622,065 310,820 311,240 12,215 6,120 6,090
Married 490,740 244,860 245,880 10,450 5,245 5,210
Living common law 131,320 65,960 65,360 1,760 880 880
Not married and not living common law 474,530 218,460 256,065 6,950 3,435 3,515
Never married 326,610 171,115 155,500 4,350 2,475 1,875
Separated 27,555 11,385 16,170 460 220 235
Divorced 67,685 25,115 42,575 955 480 475
Widowed 52,670 10,850 41,825 1,180 260 925
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 365,730 ... ... 6,810 ... ...
2 persons 180,250 ... ... 3,800 ... ...
3 persons 79,000 ... ... 1,195 ... ...
4 persons 74,770 ... ... 1,090 ... ...
5 or more persons 31,720 ... ... 720 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.9 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 365,735 ... ... 6,810 ... ...
Total couple families 304,265 ... ... 5,835 ... ...
Married couples 238,630 ... ... 4,960 ... ...
Common-law couples 65,635 ... ... 880 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 61,465 ... ... 975 ... ...
Female parent 47,845 ... ... 715 ... ...
Male parent 13,625 ... ... 260 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 304,265 ... ... 5,835 ... ...
Couples without children 143,685 ... ... 3,265 ... ...
Couples with children 160,575 ... ... 2,570 ... ...
1 child 60,875 ... ... 930 ... ...
2 children 69,835 ... ... 985 ... ...
3 or more children 29,870 ... ... 660 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 61,465 ... ... 975 ... ...
1 child 36,560 ... ... 535 ... ...
2 children 18,120 ... ... 265 ... ...
3 or more children 6,785 ... ... 175 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 234,190 109,975 124,210 3,275 1,740 1,535
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
One-census-family households 350,590 ... ... 6,465 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 137,470 ... ... 3,165 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 213,125 ... ... 3,295 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 7,450 ... ... 170 ... ...
Non-census-family households 177,455 ... ... 2,595 ... ...
One-person households 152,680 ... ... 2,390 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 24,775 ... ... 200 ... ...
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 1,309,210 639,130 670,080 23,725 11,945 11,780
English only 598,535 304,995 293,545 22,980 11,590 11,390
French only 108,830 48,425 60,405 5 0 5
English and French 586,205 279,415 306,790 680 320 360
Neither English nor French 15,635 6,295 9,345 60 30 25
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 1,309,210 639,130 670,080 23,725 11,945 11,780
English 836,570 414,390 422,185 23,445 11,795 11,650
French 426,165 203,625 222,540 205 110 100
English and French 31,260 15,040 16,225 15 5 5
Neither English nor French 15,215 6,080 9,135 60 35 25
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 441,795 211,140 230,655 210 110 105
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 33.7 33.0 34.4 0.9 0.9 0.9
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 1,309,210 639,130 670,080 23,725 11,945 11,780
Single responses 1,265,260 618,070 647,195 23,525 11,835 11,690
Official languages 1,032,340 507,760 524,580 20,810 10,480 10,330
English 635,215 317,355 317,860 20,560 10,350 10,210
French 397,125 190,405 206,720 255 135 120
Non-official languages 232,925 110,310 122,615 2,720 1,355 1,365
Aboriginal languages 1,015 405 605 540 275 265
Algonquian languages 595 265 330 530 270 260
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 445 205 235 520 270 250
Atikamekw 10 5 5 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 5 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 10 5 5 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 60 25 30 0 0 0
Plains Cree 15 10 10 180 85 95
Southern East Cree 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 15 20 0 5 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0 5
Cree, n.o.s. 300 140 155 335 180 160
Eastern Algonquian languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Malecite 5 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 20 10 15 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 125 45 80 5 0 0
Algonquin 45 15 30 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 25 50 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 5 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 5 10 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 0 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 5 0 5 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 360 120 240 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 330 105 225 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 35 15 15 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 25 10 15 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 5 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 15 0 5
Dakota 0 0 0 5 0 5
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 5 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 5 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. 15 10 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 231,910 109,900 122,005 2,175 1,075 1,100
Afro-Asiatic languages 52,310 26,380 25,930 15 10 5
Berber languages 920 505 415 0 0 0
Kabyle 615 330 285 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 305 175 130 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 6,945 3,015 3,935 0 0 0
Bilen 50 25 25 0 0 0
Oromo 225 130 100 0 0 0
Somali 6,575 2,815 3,760 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 100 45 50 0 0 0
Semitic languages 44,365 22,820 21,545 15 10 5
Amharic 1,515 710 805 5 5 0
Arabic 41,270 21,320 19,945 5 5 5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 90 40 50 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Harari 55 25 30 0 0 0
Hebrew 370 205 165 5 0 0
Maltese 35 15 20 0 0 0
Tigrigna 940 460 480 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 40 40 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 80 45 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,670 3,530 4,135 5 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,315 590 725 0 0 0
Vietnamese 6,340 2,935 3,405 5 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 0 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 8,170 2,935 5,235 300 150 150
Bikol 35 15 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 390 130 260 30 20 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 115 40 75 5 0 5
Ilocano 585 230 355 5 0 0
Malagasy 110 55 55 0 0 0
Malay 430 165 260 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 10 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,275 2,220 4,055 250 125 125
Waray-Waray 45 20 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 50 85 0 0 0
Creole languages 5,450 2,320 3,125 0 0 5
Haitian Creole 410 180 230 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 4,835 2,045 2,790 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 205 95 105 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,875 2,005 1,870 10 5 5
Kannada 220 115 105 0 0 0
Malayalam 665 345 320 5 5 0
Tamil 2,460 1,260 1,205 0 0 0
Telugu 495 270 225 5 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 102,905 49,075 53,825 1,735 850 885
Albanian 715 345 370 0 0 0
Armenian 525 270 260 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 23,565 10,630 12,930 290 135 155
Baltic languages 495 215 280 0 0 0
Latvian 270 120 145 0 0 5
Lithuanian 220 90 130 0 0 0
Slavic languages 23,070 10,420 12,655 290 135 155
Belarusan 50 30 25 0 0 0
Bosnian 765 360 405 15 5 5
Bulgarian 1,075 500 570 0 0 0
Croatian 1,195 565 630 5 0 5
Czech 1,020 450 565 15 10 5
Macedonian 70 35 40 0 0 0
Polish 6,065 2,720 3,345 20 10 10
Russian 6,910 3,005 3,895 55 25 30
Serbian 2,295 1,125 1,170 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 890 440 450 0 0 0
Slovak 635 285 350 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 100 130 0 0 0
Ukrainian 1,830 780 1,045 155 65 85
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 30 20 30 15 15
Celtic languages 115 55 60 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 45 25 15 0 0 0
Welsh 55 20 35 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 10,250 4,685 5,560 1,305 650 660
Afrikaans 175 85 85 25 10 15
Danish 345 160 185 5 5 0
Dutch 2,660 1,280 1,385 55 25 25
Frisian 50 25 25 0 0 0
German 6,240 2,760 3,480 1,210 600 615
Icelandic 20 10 10 0 0 0
Norwegian 150 65 85 5 0 0
Swedish 305 150 155 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 100 45 55 5 0 0
Yiddish 180 100 80 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 0 0 0
Greek 2,290 1,210 1,080 0 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages 28,125 14,205 13,920 75 45 35
Indo-Aryan languages 18,785 9,490 9,295 75 40 35
Bengali 3,345 1,660 1,680 5 5 5
Gujarati 1,495 775 725 25 15 10
Hindi 2,940 1,505 1,435 5 0 0
Kashmiri 20 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 105 55 55 0 0 0
Marathi 295 155 140 0 0 0
Nepali 930 445 485 5 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 40 20 20 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,960 2,040 1,925 15 10 5
Sindhi 265 120 145 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 830 400 430 5 0 5
Urdu 4,555 2,305 2,255 20 10 10
Iranian languages 9,240 4,650 4,585 0 0 0
Kurdish 735 390 340 0 0 0
Pashto 1,050 530 520 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 7,455 3,730 3,720 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 105 65 40 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 37,325 17,675 19,645 55 30 30
Catalan 35 20 15 0 0 0
Italian 9,575 4,780 4,795 5 5 5
Portuguese 7,020 3,360 3,665 5 5 5
Romanian 3,635 1,680 1,955 15 10 5
Spanish 17,025 7,820 9,200 30 15 20
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 30 20 15 0 0 0
Japanese 1,115 340 780 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 40 15 20 0 0 0
Georgian 40 15 25 0 0 0
Korean 2,205 930 1,275 55 25 30
Mongolic languages 35 20 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 35 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 8,550 3,930 4,620 5 5 5
Akan (Twi) 385 185 200 0 0 0
Bamanankan 145 65 80 0 0 0
Edo 40 20 20 0 0 0
Ewe 165 75 95 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 260 130 130 0 0 0
Ga 60 35 25 0 0 0
Ganda 135 60 75 0 0 0
Igbo 205 105 100 5 5 0
Lingala 510 215 295 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 1,505 680 830 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,150 460 695 0 0 0
Shona 120 45 75 0 0 0
Swahili 1,590 735 860 0 0 0
Wolof 275 135 140 0 0 0
Yoruba 265 135 130 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,715 850 870 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 335 155 185 0 0 0
Dinka 90 45 40 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 250 110 140 0 0 0
Sign languages 290 135 150 5 5 0
American Sign Language 90 35 55 0 5 0
Quebec Sign Language 35 15 15 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 165 90 80 5 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,855 15,705 18,145 25 15 10
Chinese languages 33,030 15,310 17,720 25 15 15
Cantonese 10,475 4,920 5,555 5 5 5
Hakka 160 65 90 0 0 0
Mandarin 19,995 9,225 10,775 10 0 5
Min Dong 50 20 25 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 780 335 440 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 455 205 250 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,100 525 580 10 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 825 400 425 5 0 0
Burmese 235 120 115 0 0 0
Karenic languages 325 155 170 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 50 45 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 170 75 95 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 870 320 555 5 0 5
Lao 470 215 250 0 0 0
Thai 400 100 300 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,785 910 875 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 125 75 60 0 0 0
Turkish 1,490 765 725 0 0 0
Uyghur 20 5 10 0 0 0
Uzbek 80 35 45 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 70 30 40 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,265 1,090 1,175 10 5 10
Estonian 160 80 85 5 0 5
Finnish 335 135 195 5 5 0
Hungarian 1,770 880 890 10 0 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 195 110 90 0 0 0
Multiple responses 43,950 21,060 22,890 195 110 90
English and French 18,795 9,010 9,790 20 10 10
English and non-official language 16,045 7,790 8,255 170 95 75
French and non-official language 6,055 2,835 3,225 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 3,050 1,430 1,620 0 0 0
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 1,309,210 639,130 670,080 23,725 11,945 11,780
Single responses 1,237,185 605,060 632,125 23,350 11,745 11,605
Official languages 1,121,640 550,390 571,255 21,830 10,980 10,845
English 768,215 381,070 387,150 21,785 10,960 10,825
French 353,425 169,320 184,105 40 20 20
Non-official languages 115,545 54,675 60,875 1,525 765 760
Aboriginal languages 405 185 220 165 85 75
Algonquian languages 265 130 140 165 90 75
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 250 120 135 165 90 75
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 5 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 5 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 30 10 20 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 55 25 25
Southern East Cree 5 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 190 100 95 115 60 50
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 10 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 5 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 5 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 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 135 50 80 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 115 45 70 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 15 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 115,140 54,490 60,655 1,360 675 685
Afro-Asiatic languages 28,965 14,010 14,950 5 5 0
Berber languages 475 240 230 0 0 0
Kabyle 385 195 185 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 90 45 40 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 4,005 1,650 2,350 0 0 0
Bilen 30 15 15 0 0 0
Oromo 130 70 65 0 0 0
Somali 3,785 1,540 2,245 0 0 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 55 20 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages 24,470 12,110 12,365 5 5 5
Amharic 870 405 460 5 0 0
Arabic 22,950 11,380 11,565 5 5 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 35 20 25 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 20 10 10 0 0 0
Hebrew 145 80 65 0 0 0
Maltese 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 430 200 230 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 10 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 5 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,530 2,090 2,435 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 590 265 325 0 0 0
Vietnamese 3,935 1,825 2,115 5 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 3,395 1,420 1,975 170 90 70
Bikol 0 0 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 125 55 70 15 5 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 45 20 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 230 110 120 5 5 0
Malagasy 25 10 15 0 0 0
Malay 120 55 70 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 5 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,780 1,150 1,635 155 85 65
Waray-Waray 10 5 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 45 20 20 0 0 0
Creole languages 2,235 920 1,315 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 205 85 120 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 1,960 800 1,160 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 75 30 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,880 930 950 5 5 5
Kannada 80 40 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 285 145 140 5 5 0
Tamil 1,310 635 680 0 0 0
Telugu 200 105 90 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 45,425 21,600 23,825 1,095 535 565
Albanian 320 150 165 0 0 0
Armenian 250 115 135 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 10,880 5,130 5,745 55 30 25
Baltic languages 110 45 65 0 0 0
Latvian 55 25 35 0 0 0
Lithuanian 50 20 30 0 0 0
Slavic languages 10,765 5,085 5,685 55 30 30
Belarusan 30 15 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 425 210 215 0 0 0
Bulgarian 560 265 300 0 0 0
Croatian 430 190 235 5 0 5
Czech 235 115 125 0 0 0
Macedonian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,165 990 1,180 5 0 5
Russian 4,125 1,915 2,210 10 5 10
Serbian 1,490 755 735 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 465 235 230 0 0 0
Slovak 210 95 115 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 25 15 10 0 0 0
Ukrainian 575 265 310 15 10 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 15 10 5
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 1,140 525 615 975 470 505
Afrikaans 40 20 20 15 5 10
Danish 25 10 20 0 0 0
Dutch 195 90 105 20 10 10
Frisian 0 5 5 0 0 0
German 780 350 425 940 455 485
Icelandic 5 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 0 5 0 0 0
Swedish 70 40 25 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 15 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 670 320 350 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,305 7,475 7,825 40 20 20
Indo-Aryan languages 9,795 4,845 4,950 40 20 20
Bengali 1,985 960 1,030 5 0 5
Gujarati 620 315 305 5 5 0
Hindi 1,310 660 655 5 0 0
Kashmiri 5 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 35 15 20 0 0 0
Marathi 115 50 65 0 0 0
Nepali 735 360 375 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 10 5 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,225 1,130 1,100 10 5 5
Sindhi 65 25 40 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 400 195 205 0 0 0
Urdu 2,285 1,130 1,160 10 0 5
Iranian languages 5,480 2,615 2,865 0 0 5
Kurdish 435 230 205 0 0 0
Pashto 655 315 340 5 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 4,385 2,065 2,315 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 16,850 7,870 8,980 20 5 10
Catalan 20 5 10 0 0 0
Italian 2,580 1,155 1,425 0 0 0
Portuguese 3,020 1,435 1,590 0 0 0
Romanian 1,865 875 985 10 5 5
Spanish 9,365 4,390 4,970 15 5 10
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 440 155 285 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 1,215 565 655 50 25 25
Mongolic languages 15 15 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 2,275 1,035 1,245 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 130 60 70 0 0 0
Bamanankan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 35 15 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 5 0 0 0
Ganda 35 10 20 0 0 0
Igbo 55 25 30 0 0 0
Lingala 110 40 75 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 480 235 250 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 330 125 205 0 0 0
Shona 20 15 10 0 0 0
Swahili 560 260 295 0 0 0
Wolof 100 50 55 0 0 0
Yoruba 60 30 35 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 250 120 135 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 90 40 45 0 0 0
Dinka 30 15 10 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 60 25 40 0 0 0
Sign languages 400 215 185 5 5 0
American Sign Language 120 55 65 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 40 20 20 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 240 135 100 5 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 22,425 10,630 11,800 20 10 10
Chinese languages 21,840 10,355 11,490 20 10 10
Cantonese 5,985 2,755 3,230 5 0 0
Hakka 50 20 30 0 0 0
Mandarin 14,600 7,005 7,595 5 0 5
Min Dong 15 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 305 125 180 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 250 120 130 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 635 325 310 10 5 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 580 275 305 0 0 0
Burmese 150 70 80 0 0 0
Karenic languages 250 120 125 0 0 0
Tibetan 70 40 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 115 50 65 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 335 135 195 0 0 0
Lao 225 100 125 0 0 0
Thai 105 35 75 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 925 450 475 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 50 25 30 0 0 0
Turkish 800 390 410 0 0 0
Uyghur 10 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 555 260 290 10 5 5
Estonian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 40 15 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 490 235 255 5 0 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 45 25 20 0 0 0
Multiple responses 72,020 34,065 37,955 375 200 175
English and French 19,975 9,300 10,675 10 10 5
English and non-official language 38,645 18,670 19,975 360 185 170
French and non-official language 7,085 3,170 3,910 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 6,315 2,930 3,385 5 0 0
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 1,309,210 639,130 670,085 23,720 11,940 11,780
None 1,002,240 493,925 508,315 21,715 10,940 10,775
English 131,290 62,940 68,350 1,010 490 520
French 84,100 39,365 44,740 105 50 55
Non-official language 79,140 37,120 42,020 880 460 425
Aboriginal 565 220 350 565 290 270
Non-Aboriginal 78,575 36,905 41,675 320 165 150
English and French 3,965 1,895 2,070 0 0 0
English and non-official language 3,780 1,805 1,975 5 5 0
French and non-official language 4,580 2,020 2,560 5 0 0
English, French and non-official language 115 60 55 0 0 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 1,073,835 519,975 553,855 18,245 9,135 9,105
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,028,710 498,065 530,635 17,495 8,805 8,685
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 41,241 46,738 36,869 38,125 46,019 31,602
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,029,070 498,110 530,960 17,500 8,805 8,695
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,258 40,420 32,858 34,430 40,553 29,166
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 936,155 460,000 476,155 15,995 8,160 7,835
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,490 46,637 35,216 36,032 45,016 28,221
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 718,885 320,095 398,790 11,580 5,090 6,495
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,183 2,517 5,345 6,702 6,789 6,679
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 773,290 390,165 383,125 13,480 7,100 6,380
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,109 44,501 36,367 33,991 41,312 28,021
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,170 9,075
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,028,635 497,800 530,830 17,515 8,815 8,700
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 52,455 59,537 45,813 46,891 54,980 38,692
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,029,005 497,825 531,180 17,515 8,815 8,700
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,688 47,611 38,075 39,189 44,779 33,524
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 936,350 459,750 476,600 16,035 8,200 7,830
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 52,122 59,985 44,536 45,296 54,113 36,062
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 718,435 319,760 398,675 11,500 5,035 6,465
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,172 6,441 7,759 8,265 8,124 8,375
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 773,285 389,505 383,775 13,480 7,065 6,415
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 50,766 57,094 44,344 43,311 51,127 34,696
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,170 9,075
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 24 393,295 210,765 182,530 6,585 3,835 2,750
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 62,792 67,303 58,965 52,099 58,949 44,496
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 71,298 77,591 64,031 59,860 67,225 49,602
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 90.4 93.1 87.2 88.6 91.7 83.9
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 72.7 74.9 70.0 70.3 73.6 65.5
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 9.6 6.9 12.8 11.4 8.3 16.1
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 1,073,835 519,975 553,855 18,245 9,135 9,105
Without total income 45,130 21,910 23,220 750 335 420
With total income 1,028,705 498,070 530,640 17,495 8,805 8,685
Percentage with total income 95.8 95.8 95.8 95.9 96.4 95.4
Under $10,000 (including loss) 133,245 61,265 71,975 2,280 1,040 1,240
$10,000 to $19,999 152,825 63,680 89,150 2,515 985 1,535
$20,000 to $29,999 115,060 49,245 65,815 2,260 895 1,360
$30,000 to $39,999 100,450 44,925 55,525 2,110 900 1,215
$40,000 to $49,999 96,125 43,635 52,490 1,960 940 1,020
$50,000 to $59,999 87,185 40,980 46,205 1,445 800 650
$60,000 to $69,999 75,865 37,625 38,235 1,170 700 470
$70,000 to $79,999 60,350 31,435 28,915 895 545 345
$80,000 to $89,999 50,770 27,330 23,440 725 440 280
$90,000 to $99,999 42,380 22,805 19,575 550 355 200
$100,000 and over 114,450 75,140 39,310 1,575 1,210 365
$100,000 to $149,999 82,750 52,275 30,480 1,160 865 290
$150,000 and over 31,695 22,865 8,830 415 345 75
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 1,073,835 519,975 553,855 18,245 9,135 9,105
Without after-tax income 44,765 21,865 22,895 750 335 415
With after-tax income 1,029,070 498,110 530,955 17,500 8,805 8,695
Percentage with after-tax income 95.8 95.8 95.9 95.9 96.4 95.5
Under $10,000 (including loss) 139,335 62,495 76,840 2,350 1,070 1,285
$10,000 to $19,999 159,560 67,185 92,375 2,625 1,035 1,595
$20,000 to $29,999 135,590 59,190 76,405 2,635 1,045 1,590
$30,000 to $39,999 127,425 57,705 69,720 2,590 1,180 1,415
$40,000 to $49,999 119,660 55,865 63,795 2,235 1,190 1,050
$50,000 to $59,999 99,760 49,345 50,410 1,585 940 645
$60,000 to $69,999 76,185 40,485 35,700 1,125 685 440
$70,000 to $79,999 59,640 32,550 27,090 805 510 295
$80,000 and over 111,910 73,290 38,625 1,540 1,155 385
$80,000 to $89,999 40,360 24,115 16,250 515 355 160
$90,000 to $99,999 23,175 15,035 8,140 355 260 95
$100,000 and over 48,375 34,140 14,235 670 545 125
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 1,073,835 519,980 553,855 18,245 9,140 9,105
Without employment income 300,545 129,810 170,735 4,765 2,035 2,725
With employment income 773,285 390,165 383,125 13,480 7,100 6,380
Percentage with employment income 72.0 75.0 69.2 73.9 77.7 70.1
Under $5,000 (including loss) 92,380 45,375 47,005 2,040 1,045 990
$5,000 to $9,999 56,710 25,510 31,200 1,025 450 575
$10,000 to $19,999 94,460 43,165 51,295 1,685 760 925
$20,000 to $29,999 74,780 35,085 39,695 1,455 595 860
$30,000 to $39,999 67,455 32,260 35,200 1,375 605 770
$40,000 to $49,999 64,295 30,020 34,280 1,245 585 655
$50,000 to $59,999 61,835 28,885 32,945 1,050 580 470
$60,000 to $69,999 54,350 26,755 27,595 860 525 335
$70,000 to $79,999 43,635 22,800 20,840 605 375 235
$80,000 and over 163,385 100,315 63,075 2,140 1,580 565
$80,000 to $89,999 40,835 21,765 19,065 535 335 200
$90,000 to $99,999 34,545 18,900 15,650 430 280 150
$100,000 and over 88,005 59,645 28,360 1,175 965 215
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 82,053 ... ... 75,429 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 69,904 ... ... 65,999 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 152,680 ... ... 2,395 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 44,189 ... ... 35,072 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,211 ... ... 31,962 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 382,815 ... ... 6,830 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 102,423 ... ... 92,128 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 86,781 ... ... 80,043 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 535,500 ... ... 9,230 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 100,760 ... ... 89,017 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 82,029 ... ... 74,397 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 152,680 ... ... 2,390 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 53,108 ... ... 46,878 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 43,283 ... ... 39,046 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 382,820 ... ... 6,830 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 119,766 ... ... 103,781 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 97,482 ... ... 86,782 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 535,495 ... ... 9,230 ... ...
Under $5,000 8,045 ... ... 175 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 6,965 ... ... 100 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 13,275 ... ... 160 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 17,185 ... ... 345 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 16,425 ... ... 410 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 16,305 ... ... 315 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 17,340 ... ... 385 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 18,210 ... ... 390 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 18,735 ... ... 375 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 18,715 ... ... 350 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 37,900 ... ... 660 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 37,130 ... ... 590 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 34,455 ... ... 635 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 33,010 ... ... 595 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 30,555 ... ... 480 ... ...
$100,000 and over 211,255 ... ... 3,255 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 62,625 ... ... 1,025 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 45,925 ... ... 815 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 56,635 ... ... 860 ... ...
$200,000 and over 46,070 ... ... 550 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Under $5,000 8,510 ... ... 185 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 7,090 ... ... 105 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 13,465 ... ... 170 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 17,980 ... ... 350 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 18,500 ... ... 445 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 18,995 ... ... 380 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 21,435 ... ... 435 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 22,975 ... ... 440 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 23,815 ... ... 455 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 24,180 ... ... 385 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 47,325 ... ... 820 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 43,920 ... ... 740 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 41,150 ... ... 745 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 36,895 ... ... 635 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 32,040 ... ... 545 ... ...
$100,000 and over 157,220 ... ... 2,390 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 61,155 ... ... 1,055 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 40,210 ... ... 685 ... ...
$150,000 and over 55,855 ... ... 650 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 364,260 ... ... 6,710 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 103,954 ... ... 91,281 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 87,807 ... ... 79,505 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.0 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 134,365 ... ... 3,120 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 96,455 ... ... 86,327 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 81,260 ... ... 74,301 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 161,365 ... ... 2,595 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 132,633 ... ... 120,283 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 110,386 ... ... 101,687 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... 4.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 58,185 ... ... 850 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,624 ... ... 47,264 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 54,863 ... ... 45,675 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 364,270 ... ... 6,710 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 121,444 ... ... 103,412 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 98,577 ... ... 86,455 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 134,470 ... ... 3,120 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 113,491 ... ... 98,201 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 91,361 ... ... 81,173 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 161,420 ... ... 2,595 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 148,182 ... ... 126,617 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,540 ... ... 105,628 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 58,035 ... ... 875 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 70,115 ... ... 57,997 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,044 ... ... 52,107 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 207,010 98,805 108,205 2,820 1,505 1,320
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 37,610 36,830 38,252 34,804 40,218 30,368
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 33,367 32,607 33,951 31,605 35,712 28,331
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 206,575 98,480 108,100 2,785 1,485 1,300
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 47,046 47,219 46,889 45,605 49,757 40,875
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 38,813 38,652 38,960 38,049 40,390 35,381
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 1,300,730 635,585 665,145 22,785 11,490 11,300
In the bottom half of the distribution 529,735 253,600 276,140 10,770 5,270 5,495
In the bottom decile 117,085 57,600 59,485 2,330 1,200 1,130
In the second decile 100,310 46,635 53,675 2,145 990 1,165
In the third decile 97,770 46,490 51,280 2,070 970 1,100
In the fourth decile 102,665 48,925 53,740 2,040 1,020 1,020
In the fifth decile 111,915 53,955 57,965 2,180 1,095 1,090
In the top half of the distribution 770,995 381,985 389,010 12,025 6,220 5,805
In the sixth decile 124,020 59,975 64,040 2,255 1,160 1,090
In the seventh decile 137,795 67,360 70,430 2,395 1,225 1,170
In the eighth decile 156,470 77,515 78,955 2,505 1,315 1,185
In the ninth decile 180,230 89,855 90,380 2,660 1,365 1,295
In the top decile 172,485 87,285 85,200 2,205 1,150 1,055
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 1,300,730 635,585 665,145 21,080 10,625 10,455
0 to 17 years 272,405 138,765 133,640 4,760 2,470 2,290
0 to 5 years 87,655 44,630 43,025 1,550 820 730
18 to 64 years 845,815 412,545 433,270 12,600 6,355 6,235
65 years and over 182,515 84,280 98,235 3,725 1,790 1,930
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 159,040 75,425 83,615 2,305 1,135 1,170
0 to 17 years 40,600 21,030 19,570 625 355 275
0 to 5 years 13,940 7,290 6,655 200 115 80
18 to 64 years 99,465 47,110 52,360 1,165 580 580
65 years and over 18,965 7,280 11,685 510 200 310
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 12.2 11.9 12.6 10.9 10.7 11.2
0 to 17 years (%) 14.9 15.2 14.6 13.1 14.4 12.0
0 to 5 years (%) 15.9 16.3 15.5 12.9 14.0 11.0
18 to 64 years (%) 11.8 11.4 12.1 9.2 9.1 9.3
65 years and over (%) 10.4 8.6 11.9 13.7 11.2 16.1
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 129,610 63,115 66,495 780 420 360
0 to 17 years 29,355 15,145 14,205 215 120 90
0 to 5 years 10,245 5,360 4,890 70 45 25
18 to 64 years 88,910 43,765 45,150 525 275 250
65 years and over 11,345 4,200 7,145 45 25 20
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 10.0 9.9 10.0 3.7 4.0 3.4
0 to 17 years (%) 10.8 10.9 10.6 4.5 4.9 3.9
0 to 5 years (%) 11.7 12.0 11.4 4.5 5.5 3.4
18 to 64 years (%) 10.5 10.6 10.4 4.2 4.3 4.0
65 years and over (%) 6.2 5.0 7.3 1.2 1.4 1.0
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 1,300,730 635,600 665,135 22,790 11,490 11,295
Official languages 1,285,210 629,390 655,820 22,735 11,455 11,280
English 1,177,535 581,350 596,185 22,725 11,450 11,275
French 691,235 325,890 365,345 715 390 325
Non-official languages 331,375 156,060 175,305 2,260 1,145 1,110
Aboriginal languages 1,615 610 1,005 900 465 435
Algonquian languages 935 365 570 885 460 425
Blackfoot 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 570 210 360 885 455 425
Atikamekw 0 10 10 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 15 10 10 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 15 10 10 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 80 35 45 0 0 0
Plains Cree 10 10 0 290 150 140
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 60 15 40 0 0 0
Woods Cree 20 10 0 10 0 10
Cree, n.o.s. 360 125 235 590 305 280
Eastern Algonquian languages 60 35 25 0 0 0
Malecite 10 10 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 315 120 195 10 10 0
Algonquin 80 35 50 0 0 0
Ojibway 215 80 135 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 15 0 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 20 10 15 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 15 10 15 0 0 10
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 15 0 10 10 0 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 10 0 10 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 600 225 380 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Inuktitut 550 205 340 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 45 15 30 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 50 10 35 0 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 55 15 40 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 10 0 0 10 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 25 10 10
Dakota 0 0 0 20 10 10
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) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 10 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 329,835 155,485 174,350 1,365 685 680
Afro-Asiatic languages 72,850 36,795 36,055 10 10 0
Berber languages 1,340 735 610 0 0 0
Kabyle 925 470 450 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 425 265 160 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 9,680 4,345 5,335 0 0 0
Bilen 90 55 35 0 0 0
Oromo 395 185 210 0 0 0
Somali 9,130 4,065 5,065 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 140 60 85 0 0 0
Semitic languages 63,250 32,445 30,805 10 10 0
Amharic 2,135 1,010 1,125 0 0 0
Arabic 58,430 30,115 28,315 10 10 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 95 30 60 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 40 20 15 0 0 0
Hebrew 1,945 1,055 890 0 0 0
Maltese 70 20 45 0 0 0
Tigrigna 1,225 515 705 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 240 150 85 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 200 105 95 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 9,570 4,535 5,035 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,790 820 970 0 0 0
Vietnamese 7,835 3,745 4,095 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 10,815 3,990 6,820 245 120 130
Bikol 30 10 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 600 215 385 35 15 15
Fijian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 180 65 120 0 0 0
Ilocano 715 305 415 0 0 0
Malagasy 200 100 100 0 0 0
Malay 705 310 400 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 60 25 45 0 0 0
Pangasinan 60 25 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,530 3,420 6,110 245 115 125
Waray-Waray 35 0 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 115 55 60 0 0 0
Creole languages 12,385 5,345 7,040 10 0 0
Haitian Creole 700 295 400 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 11,035 4,760 6,280 0 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 700 310 390 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 5,135 2,595 2,540 10 10 0
Kannada 465 235 235 0 0 0
Malayalam 845 380 465 10 0 0
Tamil 3,390 1,735 1,655 0 0 0
Telugu 805 425 380 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 161,040 75,675 85,365 925 470 460
Albanian 870 425 440 0 0 0
Armenian 745 395 350 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 28,735 13,310 15,425 255 125 135
Baltic languages 570 245 320 0 0 0
Latvian 285 120 170 0 0 0
Lithuanian 285 125 160 0 0 0
Slavic languages 28,275 13,110 15,170 260 125 135
Belarusan 165 75 90 0 0 0
Bosnian 1,265 600 665 15 0 10
Bulgarian 1,290 605 690 0 0 0
Croatian 2,115 1,045 1,070 0 10 0
Czech 1,435 615 820 15 10 0
Macedonian 120 50 75 0 0 0
Polish 7,070 3,240 3,835 15 10 10
Russian 10,705 4,995 5,710 30 25 10
Serbian 2,785 1,380 1,410 15 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 995 540 460 0 0 0
Slovak 1,035 430 610 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 295 135 155 0 0 0
Ukrainian 2,660 1,130 1,540 170 75 95
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 15 45 0 0 0
Celtic languages 430 205 225 10 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 175 85 90 10 0 0
Welsh 100 35 60 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 165 90 80 10 0 0
Germanic languages 19,985 9,610 10,370 430 210 220
Afrikaans 455 225 225 40 20 20
Danish 495 235 260 0 0 0
Dutch 3,440 1,635 1,805 70 40 30
Frisian 70 30 40 0 0 0
German 14,705 7,120 7,585 320 150 165
Icelandic 55 25 30 0 0 0
Norwegian 380 160 220 0 0 0
Swedish 645 320 330 10 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 130 50 80 0 0 0
Yiddish 355 185 170 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 40 20 15 0 0 0
Greek 3,365 1,735 1,630 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 36,835 18,640 18,200 60 35 25
Indo-Aryan languages 26,495 13,405 13,090 60 30 25
Bengali 4,320 2,210 2,105 15 0 0
Gujarati 2,290 1,235 1,060 10 0 10
Hindi 10,595 5,465 5,130 35 15 15
Kashmiri 10 0 10 0 0 0
Konkani 145 75 65 0 0 0
Marathi 580 315 260 0 0 0
Nepali 1,300 660 645 10 10 0
Oriya (Odia) 75 40 30 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 6,440 3,315 3,125 10 0 0
Sindhi 505 220 280 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,080 495 590 0 0 0
Urdu 7,490 3,720 3,770 10 0 10
Iranian languages 10,910 5,535 5,370 0 0 0
Kurdish 890 495 395 0 0 0
Pashto 1,425 770 655 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 9,435 4,735 4,700 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 205 120 90 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 76,665 34,570 42,095 195 110 85
Catalan 95 40 55 0 0 0
Italian 17,420 8,395 9,030 10 0 10
Portuguese 9,915 4,820 5,100 55 25 35
Romanian 4,210 2,010 2,200 45 30 15
Spanish 49,510 21,430 28,080 90 50 40
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 130 85 50 0 0 0
Japanese 2,800 1,350 1,450 15 0 10
Kartvelian languages 45 25 25 0 0 0
Georgian 50 25 20 0 0 0
Korean 2,795 1,185 1,610 60 35 30
Mongolic languages 60 30 30 0 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 16,450 7,595 8,850 55 30 25
Akan (Twi) 700 360 345 0 0 0
Bamanankan 390 175 210 0 0 0
Edo 115 50 65 10 0 0
Ewe 375 185 185 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 435 205 225 0 0 0
Ga 185 90 95 0 0 0
Ganda 225 70 155 0 0 0
Igbo 335 185 145 0 0 0
Lingala 2,525 1,105 1,420 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 2,560 1,125 1,435 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 1,810 770 1,035 0 0 0
Shona 200 75 125 0 0 0
Swahili 4,380 2,045 2,335 10 10 10
Wolof 710 335 370 0 0 0
Yoruba 905 485 420 40 25 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,925 1,895 2,035 10 10 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 380 165 215 0 0 0
Dinka 190 85 105 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 190 80 110 0 0 0
Sign languages 2,135 870 1,265 55 20 30
American Sign Language 1,040 350 685 15 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 240 85 160 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 940 460 480 40 20 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 38,820 18,405 20,415 25 10 10
Chinese languages 37,925 17,980 19,945 20 10 10
Cantonese 13,125 6,240 6,880 0 0 0
Hakka 265 125 140 0 0 0
Mandarin 26,420 12,260 14,160 20 10 10
Min Dong 40 20 25 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,120 510 605 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 435 210 220 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 595 545 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 30 15 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 930 440 485 10 10 0
Burmese 315 145 165 10 0 0
Karenic languages 370 185 185 0 0 0
Tibetan 55 30 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 365 150 205 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,225 515 715 0 0 0
Lao 590 265 325 0 0 0
Thai 730 285 445 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 2,750 1,390 1,360 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 160 95 70 0 0 0
Turkish 2,335 1,195 1,145 0 0 0
Uyghur 40 25 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 120 40 80 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 150 70 80 0 0 0
Uralic languages 2,835 1,385 1,450 35 15 20
Estonian 245 120 130 0 0 0
Finnish 520 235 280 15 0 10
Hungarian 2,075 1,030 1,045 15 10 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 560 330 230 0 10 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 1,300,735 635,600 665,130 22,785 11,490 11,300
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 1,225,865 599,815 626,050 22,115 11,145 10,970
Canadian citizens aged under 18 260,450 132,740 127,705 5,265 2,700 2,565
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 965,415 467,070 498,345 16,850 8,445 8,400
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 74,865 35,785 39,080 670 345 330
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 1,300,735 635,600 665,135 22,785 11,490 11,295
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 1,027,730 506,010 521,720 21,560 10,890 10,670
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 255,800 120,725 135,075 1,080 520 555
Before 1981 60,785 29,340 31,445 285 135 145
1981 to 1990 33,985 16,505 17,480 50 20 30
1991 to 2000 57,145 26,170 30,975 115 60 55
2001 to 2010 66,000 30,565 35,435 280 140 145
2001 to 2005 30,955 14,270 16,680 40 20 20
2006 to 2010 35,045 16,290 18,750 235 120 120
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 37,890 18,150 19,740 355 170 185
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 17,200 8,865 8,335 150 80 70
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 255,800 120,730 135,075 1,080 525 555
Under 5 years 28,605 14,045 14,555 170 80 90
5 to 14 years 45,360 23,135 22,225 210 115 95
15 to 24 years 53,075 24,075 29,000 205 85 125
25 to 44 years 107,900 50,140 57,760 420 210 210
45 years and over 20,865 9,330 11,535 80 35 40
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 54 255,800 120,725 135,075 1,080 525 560
Americas 41,155 18,270 22,885 175 60 115
Brazil 1,290 600 695 35 15 25
Colombia 2,745 1,125 1,620 10 0 10
El Salvador 2,165 1,030 1,135 0 0 0
Guyana 1,420 665 755 0 0 0
Haiti 8,515 3,650 4,865 0 0 0
Jamaica 3,175 1,385 1,790 10 10 0
Mexico 1,825 725 1,100 20 10 10
Peru 1,165 550 615 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 1,360 525 830 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 9,530 4,375 5,160 100 30 70
Other places of birth in Americas 7,960 3,645 4,315 0 0 0
Europe 66,815 32,050 34,760 420 205 210
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,345 1,150 1,195 15 10 10
Croatia 1,020 500 520 15 10 10
France 4,470 2,105 2,370 0 0 0
Germany 4,560 1,965 2,595 30 10 15
Greece 990 530 460 10 0 0
Hungary 885 465 430 0 0 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 920 435 475 20 15 10
Italy 5,675 2,960 2,715 10 0 0
Netherlands 2,280 1,165 1,115 60 20 40
Poland 4,530 2,025 2,500 10 10 0
Portugal 3,435 1,675 1,760 10 0 0
Romania 3,370 1,610 1,760 35 20 20
Russian Federation 3,195 1,335 1,850 10 0 10
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 1,070 520 550 15 0 10
Ukraine 2,005 940 1,065 15 10 10
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 17,230 8,660 8,565 165 80 85
Other places of birth in Europe 8,840 4,010 4,825 20 15 0
Africa 41,490 19,790 21,700 105 60 45
Algeria 2,245 1,150 1,090 0 0 0
Egypt 3,745 1,990 1,755 0 0 0
Ethiopia 2,320 1,085 1,245 0 0 0
Kenya 1,160 580 580 0 0 0
Morocco 2,775 1,370 1,405 0 0 0
Nigeria 1,385 655 735 40 25 20
Somalia 3,985 1,530 2,455 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 965 515 450 45 20 20
Other places of birth in Africa 22,900 10,925 11,980 15 15 10
Asia 105,415 50,115 55,300 370 180 190
Afghanistan 2,510 1,265 1,240 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2,700 1,405 1,300 15 10 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,900 8,150 10,755 20 0 15
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 3,095 1,545 1,550 0 0 0
India 10,685 5,350 5,330 20 15 10
IranCensus data footnote 61 4,900 2,465 2,430 0 0 0
Iraq 3,870 2,070 1,800 0 0 0
Japan 775 190 585 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,855 805 1,050 50 25 25
Lebanon 13,560 7,115 6,440 0 0 0
Pakistan 3,980 1,980 1,995 0 0 0
Philippines 9,305 3,465 5,835 250 125 130
Sri Lanka 2,400 1,145 1,245 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 3,615 1,840 1,775 0 0 0
Taiwan 880 370 515 0 0 0
Viet Nam 5,980 2,745 3,235 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 16,410 8,195 8,215 10 10 0
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 930 495 430 10 15 0
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 37,890 18,150 19,740 355 165 185
Americas 5,595 2,615 2,975 25 10 20
Brazil 200 115 80 10 0 0
Colombia 515 235 280 10 0 15
Cuba 220 105 115 0 0 0
Haiti 1,780 795 990 0 0 0
Jamaica 145 85 60 0 0 0
Mexico 320 125 195 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 1,360 715 645 0 0 0
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 170 60 110 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 885 385 495 0 0 0
Europe 3,695 1,780 1,920 45 25 25
France 655 335 315 0 0 0
Germany 175 75 100 0 0 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 95 65 30 15 15 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 75 35 45 0 0 0
Romania 240 110 130 0 0 0
Russian Federation 420 160 260 0 0 0
Ukraine 275 135 140 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 665 340 320 15 10 10
Other places of birth in Europe 1,095 530 570 10 0 15
Africa 9,800 4,635 5,170 65 30 30
Algeria 390 170 220 0 0 0
Cameroon 755 410 350 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,085 470 615 10 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 425 180 240 0 0 0
Egypt 850 460 385 0 0 0
Eritrea 245 115 130 0 0 0
Ethiopia 335 125 215 0 0 0
Morocco 485 230 250 0 0 0
Nigeria 440 200 235 15 0 0
Somalia 370 155 215 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 110 55 55 40 15 20
Tunisia 215 105 105 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 4,095 1,955 2,135 10 10 0
Asia 18,645 9,035 9,610 210 95 110
Afghanistan 550 280 270 0 0 0
Bangladesh 540 270 270 10 0 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,855 1,220 1,635 0 0 10
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 85 45 35 0 0 0
India 1,950 1,070 875 20 10 15
IranCensus data footnote 61 880 415 465 0 0 0
Iraq 1,155 600 555 0 0 0
Israel 205 110 90 0 0 0
Japan 115 25 85 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 255 90 165 0 10 0
Lebanon 1,115 585 530 0 0 0
Nepal 290 160 125 0 0 0
Pakistan 695 380 310 0 0 0
Philippines 2,740 1,105 1,640 165 80 85
Saudi Arabia 375 220 155 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 220 95 130 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 2,130 1,145 990 10 0 0
Taiwan 50 25 30 0 0 0
Turkey 195 100 95 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 355 220 135 0 0 0
Viet Nam 210 80 130 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 1,685 795 890 0 0 0
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 150 80 70 0 0 0
Australia 135 85 55 10 0 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 20 0 15 0 0 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 1,300,730 635,600 665,130 22,790 11,490 11,295
First generationCensus data footnote 69 284,330 135,415 148,915 1,260 625 635
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 225,575 113,220 112,355 2,655 1,240 1,410
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 790,830 386,960 403,865 18,875 9,620 9,250
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 72 198,425 93,110 105,315 810 395 415
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 91,590 46,095 45,500 565 310 255
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 38,645 23,835 14,810 190 130 55
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 52,945 22,260 30,685 375 180 200
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 56,905 22,645 34,260 200 65 135
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 47,655 23,400 24,250 45 20 25
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 2,280 960 1,315 0 0 0
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 1,300,730 635,600 665,130 22,790 11,490 11,295
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 38,120 18,150 19,965 3,710 1,855 1,855
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 36,225 17,310 18,915 3,675 1,830 1,840
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 17,790 8,400 9,385 2,595 1,280 1,315
Métis 17,155 8,325 8,825 1,075 555 520
Inuk (Inuit) 1,280 580 700 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 765 335 440 30 15 10
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 1,125 505 615 10 10 10
Non-Aboriginal identity 1,262,615 617,450 645,165 19,080 9,640 9,440
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 1,300,735 635,600 665,130 22,785 11,490 11,300
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 9,395 4,360 5,040 2,505 1,225 1,280
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 1,291,335 631,240 660,095 20,280 10,260 10,020
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 1,300,735 635,600 665,135 22,785 11,490 11,300
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 10,670 4,970 5,700 1,950 990 960
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 10,400 4,855 5,540 1,910 970 945
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 7,515 3,515 3,995 1,750 880 865
Métis single ancestry 2,295 1,080 1,215 160 80 80
Inuit single ancestry 595 260 330 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 275 110 160 40 20 15
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 250 110 145 40 20 15
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 0 0 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 10 10 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 63,450 29,520 33,925 1,965 975 990
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 61,885 28,870 33,010 1,835 910 925
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 44,780 20,705 24,075 960 465 490
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 16,020 7,670 8,345 880 445 435
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,080 490 595 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 1,565 650 915 130 65 70
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,415 585 825 130 65 70
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 105 50 55 0 0 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 45 10 35 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 1,226,610 601,110 625,505 18,875 9,530 9,345
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 1,300,730 635,600 665,130 22,785 11,490 11,300
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 280,985 135,945 145,040 680 355 330
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 39,980 20,320 19,655 70 40 30
Chinese 43,775 20,665 23,105 65 25 40
Black 77,995 37,060 40,935 130 85 40
Filipino 12,715 5,085 7,630 280 135 145
Latin American 15,630 7,180 8,460 65 20 45
Arab 49,520 25,960 23,565 10 0 0
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,725 6,495 7,230 0 0 0
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 9,925 5,075 4,855 0 0 0
Korean 3,260 1,470 1,800 60 35 25
Japanese 2,625 1,085 1,540 10 0 0
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 3,095 1,400 1,690 10 10 0
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 8,720 4,140 4,580 0 0 0
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 1,019,750 499,655 520,090 22,110 11,135 10,970
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 1,300,735 635,605 665,135 22,785 11,490 11,300
North American Aboriginal origins 74,120 34,495 39,630 3,915 1,965 1,955
First Nations (North American Indian) 54,090 24,980 29,110 2,880 1,435 1,440
Inuit 1,850 820 1,030 0 0 0
Métis 20,035 9,465 10,565 1,210 610 600
Other North American origins 501,820 245,715 256,100 5,760 2,915 2,850
Acadian 5,515 2,735 2,780 10 0 10
American 14,165 6,970 7,200 310 165 145
Canadian 484,255 236,715 247,540 5,565 2,820 2,745
New Brunswicker 80 50 30 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 780 485 295 10 0 0
Nova Scotian 120 70 45 0 0 0
Ontarian 650 300 350 10 10 0
Québécois 6,590 3,420 3,170 0 0 0
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 30 20 15 0 0 0
European origins 772,545 377,715 394,830 17,470 8,750 8,720
British Isles origins 468,015 228,955 239,060 10,605 5,245 5,360
Channel Islander 115 35 75 0 0 0
Cornish 85 50 35 0 0 0
English 224,680 111,250 113,430 6,470 3,205 3,265
Irish 244,575 116,050 128,530 3,855 1,880 1,975
Manx 185 110 80 0 0 0
Scottish 197,645 96,760 100,885 4,730 2,385 2,340
Welsh 18,780 9,045 9,735 390 155 235
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 37,045 17,455 19,590 220 80 140
French origins 300,550 145,090 155,470 2,920 1,495 1,425
Alsatian 100 40 60 0 0 0
Breton 485 260 225 0 0 0
Corsican 95 70 25 0 0 0
French 300,290 144,935 155,350 2,920 1,500 1,425
Western European origins (except French origins) 136,795 66,595 70,200 7,810 3,915 3,895
Austrian 6,485 3,190 3,295 245 140 105
Bavarian 70 20 50 0 0 0
Belgian 6,555 3,035 3,515 135 70 65
Dutch 33,515 16,725 16,795 985 480 510
Flemish 545 285 260 20 10 15
Frisian 75 50 25 0 0 0
German 94,385 45,625 48,760 6,985 3,515 3,470
Luxembourger 170 95 75 0 0 0
Swiss 5,640 2,745 2,895 140 75 65
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 150 70 75 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 26,295 13,160 13,140 2,600 1,405 1,195
Danish 5,950 3,105 2,845 220 90 130
Finnish 4,265 2,110 2,155 280 145 135
Icelandic 1,600 755 845 115 40 75
Norwegian 7,180 3,545 3,630 1,525 845 685
Swedish 7,640 3,665 3,975 695 390 305
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 1,660 960 705 35 15 20
Eastern European origins 98,045 47,125 50,915 4,635 2,325 2,315
Bulgarian 1,795 840 955 0 0 0
Byelorussian 985 475 515 0 0 0
Czech 3,930 1,770 2,160 220 125 100
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 810 345 465 75 45 30
Estonian 985 440 545 0 0 0
Hungarian 9,650 4,695 4,950 325 145 175
Latvian 1,180 505 680 0 0 0
Lithuanian 2,600 1,305 1,295 10 10 10
Moldovan 520 235 285 0 0 0
Polish 36,975 17,690 19,285 900 425 470
Romanian 7,895 3,830 4,070 160 70 95
Russian 17,230 8,030 9,205 860 435 420
Slovak 2,810 1,310 1,500 40 25 15
Ukrainian 28,150 13,675 14,475 2,740 1,400 1,335
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 1,055 570 490 0 0 0
Southern European origins 100,355 48,975 51,380 395 205 195
Albanian 1,190 580 605 0 0 0
Bosnian 1,665 785 875 20 0 15
Catalan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Croatian 4,130 2,010 2,125 55 30 25
Cypriot 165 65 100 0 0 0
Greek 8,005 4,025 3,980 60 35 30
Italian 53,825 26,685 27,140 115 65 45
Kosovar 60 25 30 0 0 0
Macedonian 625 240 385 0 0 0
Maltese 705 340 370 0 0 0
Montenegrin 195 105 90 0 0 0
Portuguese 14,625 7,105 7,525 30 10 15
Serbian 3,635 1,850 1,785 20 10 10
Sicilian 310 140 170 0 0 0
Slovenian 1,350 645 710 10 0 10
Spanish 15,605 7,115 8,485 85 30 55
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 1,190 585 610 20 20 10
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 85 35 50 0 0 0
Other European origins 9,230 4,780 4,450 60 25 35
Basque 395 210 185 0 0 0
Jewish 6,220 3,240 2,980 25 10 20
Roma (Gypsy) 95 40 55 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 250 125 125 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 2,340 1,195 1,140 40 20 20
Caribbean origins 31,680 14,600 17,075 30 30 0
Antiguan 275 155 120 0 0 0
Bahamian 175 115 65 0 0 0
Barbadian 1,390 600 795 0 0 0
Bermudan 105 55 50 0 0 0
Carib 135 50 90 0 0 0
Cuban 1,560 765 795 0 0 0
Dominican 960 435 530 0 0 0
Grenadian 320 165 155 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 20 0 15 0 0 0
Haitian 13,790 6,305 7,480 0 0 0
Jamaican 8,640 4,035 4,610 20 20 10
Kittitian/Nevisian 65 40 25 0 0 0
Martinican 50 20 30 0 0 0
Montserratan 45 25 20 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 140 65 75 0 0 0
St. Lucian 815 330 480 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 2,245 1,015 1,225 0 0 0
Vincentian/Grenadinian 255 90 160 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 1,730 755 975 10 10 0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 1,190 560 630 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 24,005 11,285 12,720 75 25 50
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 1,130 535 600 0 0 0
Arawak 75 35 40 0 0 0
Argentinian 800 435 365 0 0 0
Belizean 95 45 55 0 0 0
Bolivian 220 105 115 0 0 0
Brazilian 1,445 735 710 30 10 20
Chilean 1,395 695 695 0 0 0
Colombian 3,755 1,735 2,020 15 0 15
Costa Rican 205 85 115 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 280 160 120 0 0 0
Guatemalan 580 205 375 0 0 0
Guyanese 2,090 1,005 1,085 0 0 0
Hispanic 420 225 195 0 0 0
Honduran 350 115 230 0 0 0
Maya 435 225 210 0 0 0
Mexican 4,000 1,825 2,175 20 15 0
Nicaraguan 1,260 640 615 0 0 0
Panamanian 130 65 65 0 0 0
Paraguayan 45 15 25 0 0 0
Peruvian 1,760 860 905 0 0 0
Salvadorean 2,700 1,305 1,395 0 0 0
Uruguayan 140 60 85 0 0 0
Venezuelan 1,190 490 700 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 1,450 620 825 0 0 0
African origins 74,715 36,465 38,255 210 115 95
Central and West African origins 18,910 9,315 9,590 50 35 20
Akan 130 75 60 0 0 0
Angolan 250 115 130 0 0 0
Ashanti 20 15 0 0 0 0
Beninese 615 330 285 0 0 0
Burkinabe 505 240 270 0 0 0
Cameroonian 2,275 1,165 1,110 0 0 0
Chadian 225 125 105 0 0 0
Congolese 6,005 2,785 3,215 20 10 10
Edo 50 20 30 25 15 10
Ewe 70 50 25 0 0 0
Gabonese 250 125 125 0 0 0
Gambian 45 35 10 0 0 0
Ghanaian 1,550 830 720 0 0 0
Guinean 625 285 335 0 0 0
Ibo 115 55 60 0 0 0
Ivorian 1,160 530 625 0 0 0
Liberian 95 55 40 0 0 0
Malian 585 265 325 0 0 0
Malinké 125 65 65 0 0 0
Nigerian 2,305 1,175 1,135 0 0 0
Peulh 200 95 105 0 0 0
Senegalese 890 390 500 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 95 45 55 0 0 0
Togolese 805 430 375 0 0 0
Wolof 65 40 25 0 0 0
Yoruba 440 245 195 25 20 10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 1,540 770 770 0 0 10
North African origins 18,520 9,625 8,890 10 0 0
Algerian 2,590 1,290 1,300 0 0 0
Berber 1,825 975 850 0 0 0
Coptic 120 60 60 0 0 0
Dinka 50 20 25 0 0 0
Egyptian 6,555 3,465 3,090 0 0 0
Libyan 1,300 670 630 0 0 0
Maure 100 60 45 0 0 0
Moroccan 4,385 2,220 2,165 0 0 0
Sudanese 865 435 430 0 0 0
Tunisian 1,170 660 510 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 650 325 330 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 26,945 12,710 14,235 40 15 25
Afrikaner 50 30 25 15 10 10
Amhara 95 55 35 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 590 280 315 0 0 0
Burundian 3,180 1,485 1,695 0 0 0
Djiboutian 880 370 515 0 0 0
Eritrean 1,390 640 755 0 0 0
Ethiopian 3,025 1,380 1,650 0 0 0
Harari 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 665 335 325 0 0 0
Malagasy 405 185 220 0 0 0
Mauritian 385 175 210 0 0 0
Oromo 285 145 135 0 0 0
Rwandan 2,445 1,095 1,345 0 0 0
Seychellois 30 10 20 0 0 0
Somali 10,700 5,055 5,640 10 10 0
South African 1,285 635 650 20 10 10
Tanzanian 360 155 205 0 0 0
Tigrian 200 100 100 0 0 0
Ugandan 430 205 220 0 0 0
Zambian 150 70 85 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 335 160 175 0 0 0
Zulu 55 45 20 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 1,485 755 730 0 0 0
Other African origins 12,325 5,835 6,490 110 60 50
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 1,450 590 855 10 10 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 11,115 5,365 5,755 95 55 40
Asian origins 197,900 96,975 100,925 520 270 255
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 74,700 38,535 36,165 40 25 10
Afghan 4,115 2,090 2,030 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 8,620 4,475 4,145 0 0 0
Armenian 1,735 880 860 10 10 0
Assyrian 135 60 80 15 15 0
Azerbaijani 245 100 145 0 0 0
Georgian 190 115 75 0 0 0
Hazara 65 40 25 0 0 0
Iranian 7,620 3,830 3,790 0 0 0
Iraqi 5,070 2,705 2,360 0 0 0
Israeli 765 410 355 0 0 0
Jordanian 1,660 870 785 0 0 0
Kazakh 165 80 85 0 0 0
Kurd 890 495 395 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 980 500 480 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 40 30 10 0 0 0
Lebanese 31,785 16,255 15,525 10 10 0
Palestinian 4,265 2,355 1,915 0 0 0
Pashtun 230 115 110 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 590 290 300 0 0 0
Syrian 5,230 2,710 2,525 0 0 0
Tajik 125 65 60 0 0 0
Tatar 160 55 110 0 0 0
Turk 3,250 1,745 1,510 0 0 0
Turkmen 130 70 60 0 0 0
Uighur 75 45 30 0 0 0
Uzbek 205 100 110 0 0 0
Yemeni 1,015 525 495 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 2,220 1,140 1,075 0 10 10
South Asian origins 42,310 21,385 20,925 70 40 30
Bangladeshi 2,305 1,200 1,110 0 0 0
Bengali 1,055 530 525 20 10 10
Bhutanese 315 165 145 0 0 0
East Indian 28,940 14,635 14,310 60 35 25
Goan 125 65 60 0 0 0
Gujarati 180 110 70 10 10 0
Kashmiri 55 20 30 0 0 0
Nepali 910 450 460 0 10 0
Pakistani 4,660 2,330 2,335 0 0 0
Punjabi 1,130 590 545 0 0 0
Sinhalese 290 150 140 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 2,750 1,370 1,380 0 0 0
Tamil 965 480 485 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 2,235 1,115 1,115 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 82,815 37,970 44,850 420 200 220
Burmese 630 310 320 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 2,685 1,265 1,430 0 0 0
Chinese 49,925 23,400 26,535 65 25 35
Filipino 14,100 5,720 8,385 280 135 145
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 700 300 395 0 0 0
Japanese 3,370 1,400 1,975 10 10 0
Karen 280 150 130 0 0 0
Korean 3,550 1,610 1,935 65 35 25
Laotian 885 415 470 0 0 0
Malaysian 520 195 325 0 0 0
Mongolian 355 190 160 0 0 0
Singaporean 45 20 25 0 0 0
Taiwanese 785 350 430 0 0 0
Thai 780 280 505 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 40 45 0 0 0
Vietnamese 9,650 4,705 4,940 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 285 150 135 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 385 175 205 0 0 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 380 180 205 0 0 0
Oceania origins 2,215 1,070 1,145 35 20 15
Australian 1,490 680 810 30 20 10
New Zealander 490 275 220 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins 275 125 150 0 0 0
Fijian 55 20 35 0 0 0
Hawaiian 20 10 15 0 0 0
Maori 25 25 10 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 95 30 65 0 0 0
Samoan 40 30 15 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 55 35 20 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Owner 356,700 ... ... 7,505 ... ...
Renter 178,800 ... ... 1,360 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 365 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Condominium 74,830 ... ... 285 ... ...
Not condominium 460,670 ... ... 8,940 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 535,500 ... ... 9,230 ... ...
No bedrooms 3,105 ... ... 10 ... ...
1 bedroom 69,835 ... ... 555 ... ...
2 bedrooms 121,810 ... ... 1,650 ... ...
3 bedrooms 206,900 ... ... 3,365 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 133,845 ... ... 3,650 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 535,500 ... ... 9,230 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 139,565 ... ... 1,165 ... ...
5 rooms 74,420 ... ... 1,455 ... ...
6 rooms 78,675 ... ... 1,360 ... ...
7 rooms 77,040 ... ... 1,325 ... ...
8 or more rooms 165,800 ... ... 3,915 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.4 ... ... 7.3 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 528,580 ... ... 9,135 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 6,915 ... ... 95 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
Suitable 513,430 ... ... 8,925 ... ...
Not suitable 22,070 ... ... 300 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
1960 or before 88,815 ... ... 2,465 ... ...
1961 to 1980 157,720 ... ... 3,295 ... ...
1981 to 1990 89,185 ... ... 1,350 ... ...
1991 to 2000 68,695 ... ... 665 ... ...
2001 to 2005 43,290 ... ... 285 ... ...
2006 to 2010 46,525 ... ... 505 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 41,265 ... ... 670 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 535,495 ... ... 9,230 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 505,590 ... ... 8,205 ... ...
Major repairs needed 29,910 ... ... 1,015 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
1 household maintainer 303,695 ... ... 5,625 ... ...
2 household maintainers 220,105 ... ... 3,520 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 11,695 ... ... 85 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 535,500 ... ... 9,225 ... ...
15 to 24 years 20,815 ... ... 215 ... ...
25 to 34 years 80,235 ... ... 1,190 ... ...
35 to 44 years 96,220 ... ... 1,460 ... ...
45 to 54 years 116,535 ... ... 1,640 ... ...
55 to 64 years 104,870 ... ... 2,160 ... ...
65 to 74 years 70,370 ... ... 1,400 ... ...
75 to 84 years 34,840 ... ... 835 ... ...
85 years and over 11,615 ... ... 320 ... ...
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 141 533,580 ... ... 7,735 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 413,450 ... ... 6,610 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 120,130 ... ... 1,125 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 102,825 ... ... 995 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 355,260 ... ... 6,450 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 63.2 ... ... 54.7 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 13.4 ... ... 11.1 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,335 ... ... 835 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,424 ... ... 1,038 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 349,818 ... ... 250,185 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 397,495 ... ... 276,907 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 178,745 ... ... 1,325 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 14.3 ... ... 25.7 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 40.6 ... ... 31.7 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,018 ... ... 749 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,066 ... ... 822 ... ...
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 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,170 9,075
No certificate, diploma or degree 152,445 77,680 74,765 4,350 2,625 1,730
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 256,775 125,700 131,075 5,325 2,720 2,610
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 664,600 316,585 348,015 8,565 3,825 4,735
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 69,890 42,260 27,630 2,355 1,695 655
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 43,010 22,325 20,685 1,075 635 440
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 26,880 19,935 6,950 1,280 1,060 215
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 212,850 94,825 118,025 3,460 1,040 2,425
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 23,635 9,565 14,070 725 305 425
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 358,220 169,935 188,285 2,025 785 1,235
Bachelor's degree 222,025 100,370 121,655 1,535 550 985
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 20,895 9,060 11,840 130 55 75
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 7,880 3,900 3,980 70 35 35
Master's degree 89,220 44,635 44,585 255 135 120
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 18,200 11,975 6,230 35 15 20
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 720,165 348,790 371,375 11,940 6,015 5,925
No certificate, diploma or degree 58,790 32,800 25,995 1,785 1,240 545
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 141,945 71,920 70,030 3,525 1,845 1,685
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 519,430 244,070 275,355 6,630 2,930 3,700
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 51,690 30,650 21,035 1,770 1,285 485
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 32,180 16,215 15,960 825 485 335
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 19,510 14,435 5,070 945 795 145
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 164,090 74,245 89,845 2,785 835 1,945
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,285 6,805 9,480 465 215 245
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 287,355 132,370 154,985 1,610 585 1,020
Bachelor's degree 176,800 78,870 97,930 1,245 420 830
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 16,215 6,530 9,680 85 40 45
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 6,350 2,840 3,505 60 25 35
Master's degree 74,535 35,970 38,565 195 100 100
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 13,460 8,160 5,310 20 10 20
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 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,165 9,080
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 409,225 203,375 205,845 9,680 5,345 4,340
Education 39,200 9,095 30,110 890 225 670
13. Education 39,200 9,095 30,110 895 225 665
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 22,800 10,100 12,700 140 60 80
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 4,695 3,340 1,350 55 30 20
50. Visual and performing arts 18,110 6,760 11,345 85 30 55
Humanities 44,075 16,945 27,130 165 70 95
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 7,500 1,660 5,850 20 0 15
23. English language and literature/letters 9,725 2,950 6,780 35 20 20
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 9,980 3,770 6,205 35 15 20
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 415 135 280 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 2,955 1,730 1,225 10 10 0
39. Theology and religious vocations 2,305 1,400 905 45 25 25
54. History 7,775 4,480 3,300 10 0 10
55. French language and literature/letters 3,410 830 2,580 10 0 0
Social and behavioural sciences and law 111,790 42,535 69,255 490 145 340
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,685 445 1,240 0 0 0
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 12,130 4,335 7,795 20 0 15
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 12,210 1,030 11,185 150 0 145
22. Legal professions and studies 17,565 6,585 10,980 95 45 50
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 2,355 615 1,735 25 15 10
42. Psychology 16,665 4,165 12,500 90 15 75
45. Social sciences 49,170 25,355 23,820 110 65 40
Business, management and public administration 136,845 55,860 80,985 1,625 360 1,265
30.16 Accounting and computer science 220 105 115 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 13,560 3,960 9,605 195 40 150
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 123,065 51,795 71,265 1,430 320 1,115
Physical and life sciences and technologies 32,150 16,580 15,570 125 55 70
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 15,235 6,285 8,950 75 30 40
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 4,825 2,500 2,325 0 0 10
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 940 410 535 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 10,045 6,930 3,115 20 15 10
41. Science technologies/technicians 1,095 455 645 15 10 0
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 44,125 28,720 15,400 95 45 50
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 33,705 23,910 9,785 75 35 40
25. Library science 3,550 725 2,825 10 0 10
27. Mathematics and statistics 5,740 3,340 2,400 10 0 0
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,130 745 380 0 10 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 108,935 95,975 12,960 2,015 1,885 135
04. Architecture and related services 5,725 3,690 2,035 10 10 10
14. Engineering 40,470 33,015 7,450 125 115 15
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 23,020 20,755 2,270 240 215 30
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 40 0 30 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 17,255 16,860 395 605 570 30
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 15,890 15,420 470 675 640 40
48. Precision production 6,545 6,225 320 355 340 15
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 10,215 5,820 4,400 570 450 120
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 5,600 3,215 2,380 510 405 105
03. Natural resources and conservation 4,620 2,605 2,015 60 45 15
Health and related fields 80,465 17,010 63,455 1,805 180 1,630
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 7,595 3,685 3,905 80 30 55
51. Health professions and related programs 70,415 12,010 58,400 1,720 145 1,570
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 2,455 1,305 1,155 10 10 0
Personal, protective and transportation services 33,900 17,910 15,990 650 350 300
12. Personal and culinary services 18,305 5,375 12,930 330 65 260
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 860 715 150 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 610 555 55 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 10,185 7,640 2,545 105 85 25
49. Transportation and materials moving 3,935 3,620 310 210 200 10
Other 100 35 65 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 100 35 65 0 0 0
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 720,165 348,790 371,375 11,940 6,010 5,930
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 200,740 104,720 96,020 5,310 3,085 2,225
Education 27,415 6,040 21,375 560 135 425
13. Education 27,410 6,040 21,370 555 135 425
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 17,635 7,765 9,870 130 55 75
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 3,560 2,430 1,130 50 25 20
50. Visual and performing arts 14,075 5,340 8,740 85 25 55
Humanities 31,020 11,780 19,245 125 50 80
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 5,960 1,265 4,695 20 0 15
23. English language and literature/letters 6,980 2,125 4,850 25 0 20
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,265 2,410 3,850 35 15 15
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 320 100 225 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 2,085 1,230 855 10 10 0
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,515 950 565 35 15 20
54. History 5,695 3,245 2,450 10 10 10
55. French language and literature/letters 2,195 450 1,745 0 0 10
Social and behavioural sciences and law 89,800 33,005 56,800 415 110 305
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,400 360 1,045 10 0 0
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 9,780 3,465 6,310 15 0 15
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,825 820 9,000 125 0 125
22. Legal professions and studies 14,730 5,050 9,680 75 25 45
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 1,875 505 1,370 25 15 10
42. Psychology 12,925 3,055 9,865 75 0 65
45. Social sciences 39,260 19,740 19,525 95 55 45
Business, management and public administration 110,570 44,005 66,560 1,305 275 1,035
30.16 Accounting and computer science 190 85 105 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 11,000 3,120 7,875 160 30 130
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 99,380 40,800 58,580 1,145 245 900
Physical and life sciences and technologies 23,275 11,255 12,020 110 50 60
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 11,800 4,635 7,160 60 25 35
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 3,255 1,635 1,620 0 0 0
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 345 120 225 10 0 10
40. Physical sciences 7,115 4,565 2,550 20 15 10
41. Science technologies/technicians 760 295 465 20 10 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 38,635 25,320 13,310 75 40 40
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 30,710 21,735 8,980 65 35 30
25. Library science 2,585 535 2,055 0 0 0
27. Mathematics and statistics 4,330 2,420 1,910 0 0 0
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,015 635 370 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 84,450 73,415 11,035 1,485 1,405 85
04. Architecture and related services 4,630 2,865 1,760 10 0 10
14. Engineering 32,495 25,965 6,530 105 95 15
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 17,730 15,960 1,775 205 185 20
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 30 0 25 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 12,855 12,535 320 425 405 20
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 11,925 11,540 380 470 450 20
48. Precision production 4,790 4,545 240 275 270 10
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 8,105 4,420 3,685 480 370 110
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 4,170 2,230 1,940 425 330 95
03. Natural resources and conservation 3,930 2,185 1,745 50 35 10
Health and related fields 62,125 13,400 48,715 1,430 160 1,270
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 6,065 2,895 3,170 65 25 40
51. Health professions and related programs 54,110 9,580 44,530 1,350 130 1,225
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 1,950 930 1,015 10 10 0
Personal, protective and transportation services 26,310 13,630 12,675 510 290 225
12. Personal and culinary services 14,200 4,115 10,085 260 60 200
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 720 585 140 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 370 330 45 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 7,985 5,830 2,160 80 70 15
49. Transportation and materials moving 3,030 2,775 255 170 160 10
Other 95 40 60 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 100 35 60 0 0 0
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,165 9,075
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 409,225 203,375 205,840 9,680 5,340 4,335
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 664,595 316,585 348,015 8,565 3,830 4,740
Location of study inside Canada 573,905 272,765 301,140 8,105 3,615 4,490
Same as province or territory of residence 445,950 210,800 235,150 6,745 3,030 3,710
Different than province or territory of residence 127,950 61,960 65,990 1,365 585 780
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 90,695 43,820 46,875 455 215 245
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 13,150 7,345 5,810 85 30 55
Philippines 4,620 1,400 3,225 90 35 55
India 5,610 2,700 2,910 20 10 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 10,405 5,850 4,550 20 0 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 6,730 3,055 3,675 10 0 0
France 3,775 2,005 1,765 0 0 0
Other 46,405 21,465 24,935 245 135 110
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 157 720,170 348,790 371,375 11,940 6,015 5,930
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 200,740 104,720 96,020 5,310 3,085 2,230
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 519,425 244,070 275,355 6,630 2,930 3,700
Location of study inside Canada 450,640 212,195 238,440 6,245 2,740 3,510
Same as province or territory of residence 351,215 164,240 186,970 5,135 2,265 2,870
Different than province or territory of residence 99,425 47,955 51,475 1,110 475 640
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 68,785 31,875 36,915 380 190 190
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 9,485 5,020 4,460 45 15 25
Philippines 4,005 1,190 2,815 90 35 50
India 4,005 1,870 2,135 15 10 10
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 6,065 3,305 2,755 15 0 10
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 5,035 2,210 2,825 10 0 10
France 3,040 1,610 1,435 0 0 0
Other 37,160 16,675 20,490 215 120 100
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,170 9,075
In the labour force 727,050 370,620 356,425 12,400 6,600 5,800
Employed 676,480 343,175 333,300 11,635 6,095 5,535
Unemployed 50,570 27,445 23,125 770 505 265
Not in the labour force 346,770 149,340 197,430 5,845 2,570 3,275
Participation rate 67.7 71.3 64.4 68.0 72.0 63.9
Employment rate 63.0 66.0 60.2 63.8 66.5 61.0
Unemployment rate 7.0 7.4 6.5 6.2 7.7 4.6
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 18,245 9,170 9,080
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 329,075 141,720 187,355 5,020 2,105 2,915
Worked 744,745 378,240 366,505 13,225 7,065 6,165
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 402,695 217,110 185,585 6,940 4,075 2,865
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 342,045 161,130 180,920 6,290 2,995 3,295
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.3 43.7 42.9 42.9 43.1 42.8
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 727,050 370,620 356,425 12,400 6,600 5,800
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,220 8,680 8,540 150 90 60
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,885 12,250 6,505 5,745
Employee 636,730 317,865 318,860 9,575 4,745 4,825
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 73,095 44,070 29,025 2,675 1,760 915
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 172 727,045 370,620 356,430 12,400 6,600 5,800
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,225 8,685 8,540 150 90 55
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,890 12,250 6,505 5,740
0 Management occupations 82,180 49,355 32,825 2,425 1,665 760
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 132,805 43,485 89,320 1,645 295 1,350
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 76,840 58,225 18,615 360 300 60
3 Health occupations 45,155 10,070 35,085 835 65 770
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 113,425 40,340 73,090 1,135 245 895
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 25,625 11,240 14,380 145 40 110
6 Sales and service occupations 154,565 76,175 78,385 2,160 770 1,390
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 64,375 61,140 3,235 2,345 2,195 155
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 6,800 5,655 1,155 900 690 205
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 8,055 6,255 1,795 295 240 50
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 173 727,045 370,620 356,430 12,400 6,595 5,800
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,225 8,680 8,540 150 95 55
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,885 12,250 6,505 5,740
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,075 2,715 1,355 2,265 1,590 675
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 825 720 110 450 420 30
22 Utilities 2,290 1,745 545 60 50 10
23 Construction 40,695 36,055 4,635 975 845 135
31-33 Manufacturing 22,430 16,480 5,950 480 350 135
41 Wholesale trade 15,735 11,570 4,165 450 320 125
44-45 Retail trade 75,510 38,780 36,730 1,285 590 690
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 21,215 15,960 5,250 615 470 145
51 Information and cultural industries 17,840 11,035 6,805 90 50 35
52 Finance and insurance 21,760 9,925 11,835 390 75 315
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 11,870 6,650 5,225 85 40 45
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 62,320 37,660 24,660 360 160 195
55 Management of companies and enterprises 465 185 280 15 10 10
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 32,130 19,995 12,135 285 170 120
61 Educational services 57,685 19,070 38,615 885 190 695
62 Health care and social assistance 78,410 16,175 62,230 1,515 135 1,380
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 14,790 7,380 7,410 265 120 145
72 Accommodation and food services 47,215 23,080 24,130 510 205 300
81 Other services (except public administration) 29,765 12,200 17,565 555 340 215
91 Public administration 152,810 74,555 78,260 730 380 345
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 174 676,480 343,175 333,300 11,635 6,095 5,535
Worked at home 46,415 23,140 23,280 2,145 1,280 865
Worked outside Canada 2,490 1,680 810 15 10 0
No fixed workplace address 59,925 44,240 15,680 1,475 1,210 265
Worked at usual place 567,645 274,120 293,525 7,990 3,595 4,395
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 567,645 274,115 293,525 7,990 3,595 4,400
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 449,910 214,200 235,705 2,375 1,040 1,335
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 2,350 1,170 1,175 1,320 645 675
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 40,615 20,390 20,225 4,265 1,880 2,380
Commute to a different province or territory 74,770 38,350 36,420 35 30 10
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 175 627,570 318,360 309,215 9,475 4,805 4,665
Car, truck, van - as a driver 415,370 224,415 190,960 8,410 4,315 4,090
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 36,845 11,580 25,260 350 180 170
Public transit 115,005 50,935 64,070 50 35 10
Walked 39,465 18,585 20,875 520 200 325
Bicycle 14,895 9,855 5,040 40 25 20
Other method 5,995 2,990 3,010 100 60 45
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 176 627,570 318,360 309,210 9,470 4,805 4,665
Less than 15 minutes 124,945 59,125 65,820 4,275 2,020 2,255
15 to 29 minutes 226,235 116,285 109,945 2,235 1,060 1,175
30 to 44 minutes 160,070 84,175 75,900 1,650 930 720
45 to 59 minutes 69,085 34,790 34,300 640 330 305
60 minutes and over 47,235 23,990 23,245 680 470 210
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 177 627,570 318,360 309,210 9,470 4,805 4,665
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 34,610 23,630 10,980 610 425 190
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 122,735 68,180 54,560 1,905 1,190 715
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 185,570 87,235 98,335 3,195 1,675 1,520
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 140,045 65,545 74,500 2,130 785 1,350
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 64,600 30,595 34,005 590 210 380
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 80,010 43,180 36,830 1,035 520 515
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 178 765,590 388,485 377,110 13,625 7,220 6,405
Single responses 718,360 365,860 352,505 13,585 7,195 6,390
Official languages 714,285 363,795 350,490 13,540 7,175 6,365
English 570,925 298,020 272,905 13,515 7,170 6,350
French 143,360 65,775 77,585 20 0 15
Non-official languages 4,080 2,065 2,015 40 20 20
Aboriginal languages 90 30 50 20 10 10
Algonquian languages 55 25 30 20 10 10
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 55 25 30 20 10 10
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 20 10 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 10 0 10
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. 40 15 25 15 10 10
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 25 10 25 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 0 20 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 3,995 2,030 1,960 25 15 10
Afro-Asiatic languages 670 405 270 0 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 20 0 20 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 20 0 20 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 655 400 250 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 630 390 235 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 20 10 10 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 175 60 105 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 165 60 110 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 50 20 25 0 0 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 15 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 10 20 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 30 15 15 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 10 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 1,210 565 650 10 0 10
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 295 110 185 10 0 0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 295 110 185 0 0 10
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 15 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0 0 0
Croatian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 10 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 45 10 35 0 0 0
Russian 155 45 110 0 0 10
Serbian 25 10 15 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 30 10 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 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 165 70 90 10 10 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 0 0 0
Dutch 20 10 10 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 120 50 70 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 10 0 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 10 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 0 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 130 70 65 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 55 35 20 0 0 0
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 10 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 20 15 10 0 0 0
Iranian languages 75 35 40 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 10 10 10 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 60 30 30 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 605 305 300 0 0 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 40 30 10 0 0 0
Portuguese 130 80 45 0 0 0
Romanian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Spanish 420 190 235 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 60 25 35 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 90 50 40 15 10 10
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 35 15 20 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 15 0 15 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 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 65 25 45 0 0 0
American Sign Language 35 15 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 20 0 15 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,495 790 710 0 10 0
Chinese languages 1,490 785 705 0 0 0
Cantonese 560 315 245 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 885 435 455 0 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 40 35 10 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 10 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 55 30 25 0 0 0
Lao 15 10 10 0 0 0
Thai 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 30 20 10 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0
Turkish 20 0 10 0 0 0
Uyghur 10 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 10 10 10 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 47,225 22,625 24,600 45 25 20
English and French 42,540 20,330 22,205 15 10 0
English and non-official language 3,520 1,710 1,805 25 10 10
French and non-official language 175 80 95 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 1,000 505 495 10 0 0
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 765,590 388,480 377,110 13,625 7,220 6,405
None 523,350 272,620 250,735 13,335 7,100 6,235
English 82,440 38,360 44,080 55 20 35
French 147,035 71,190 75,845 45 15 25
Non-official language 10,575 5,325 5,250 190 80 110
Aboriginal 185 55 125 115 55 60
Non-Aboriginal 10,395 5,270 5,120 75 30 45
English and French 160 60 100 0 0 0
English and non-official language 440 200 245 0 0 10
French and non-official language 1,570 715 850 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 15 10 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 1,287,080 628,740 658,340 22,465 11,325 11,140
Non-movers 1,116,265 545,040 571,220 19,990 10,095 9,895
Movers 170,825 83,695 87,125 2,470 1,230 1,240
Non-migrants 116,225 56,810 59,415 840 420 415
Migrants 54,595 26,885 27,710 1,635 805 825
Internal migrants 39,610 19,390 20,220 1,520 750 770
Intraprovincial migrants 24,210 11,575 12,630 1,315 670 645
Interprovincial migrants 15,400 7,815 7,590 205 80 125
External migrants 14,980 7,500 7,490 110 55 60
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 1,228,450 599,130 629,320 21,290 10,745 10,550
Non-movers 748,410 364,850 383,560 14,440 7,350 7,090
Movers 480,040 234,275 245,760 6,850 3,400 3,460
Non-migrants 310,975 151,435 159,545 2,305 1,155 1,150
Migrants 169,060 82,845 86,220 4,550 2,245 2,310
Internal migrants 119,125 57,835 61,290 4,155 2,045 2,110
Intraprovincial migrants 73,840 35,405 38,440 3,165 1,535 1,630
Interprovincial migrants 45,280 22,435 22,850 985 510 480
External migrants 49,935 25,005 24,930 390 195 195

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec and Division No. 12, CDR [Census division], Saskatchewan (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 23, 2024).

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