Census Profile, 2016 Census
Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec and Cochrane, Town [Census subdivision], Alberta

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Characteristic Ottawa - Gatineau
Ontario/Quebec
[Census metropolitan area]
Cochrane, T
Alberta
[Census subdivision]
Data quality , Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec  Map : Ottawa - Gatineau [Census metropolitan area], Ontario/Quebec
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Change geography 2
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 1,323,783 ... ... 25,853 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 1,254,919 r ... ... 17,580 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 5.5 ... ... 47.1 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 571,146 ... ... 10,225 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 535,499 ... ... 9,757 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 195.6 ... ... 866.7 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 6,767.41 ... ... 29.83 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 1,323,785 645,050 678,735 25,855 12,725 13,135
0 to 14 years 227,195 115,770 111,420 5,500 2,780 2,715
0 to 4 years 72,410 36,785 35,625 1,975 980 990
5 to 9 years 79,030 40,310 38,720 1,890 970 920
10 to 14 years 75,755 38,675 37,080 1,630 825 805
15 to 64 years 897,825 440,075 457,750 17,380 8,545 8,835
15 to 19 years 79,545 40,335 39,210 1,405 735 675
20 to 24 years 92,650 46,710 45,940 1,255 615 640
25 to 29 years 87,310 43,315 43,995 1,765 825 945
30 to 34 years 87,090 42,410 44,680 2,135 1,055 1,080
35 to 39 years 86,455 41,375 45,085 2,130 1,045 1,085
40 to 44 years 89,255 42,990 46,270 1,970 970 1,000
45 to 49 years 93,305 45,425 47,885 1,695 870 830
50 to 54 years 105,150 51,770 53,380 1,805 850 955
55 to 59 years 97,315 47,210 50,105 1,710 820 885
60 to 64 years 79,740 38,540 41,205 1,500 750 750
65 years and over 198,770 89,205 109,565 2,975 1,395 1,575
65 to 69 years 68,100 32,640 35,455 1,220 585 635
70 to 74 years 47,805 22,520 25,285 765 375 390
75 to 79 years 33,630 15,265 18,360 460 200 255
80 to 84 years 24,025 10,295 13,730 300 150 150
85 years and over 25,210 8,480 16,730 230 85 150
85 to 89 years 15,385 5,725 9,660 150 60 85
90 to 94 years 7,540 2,270 5,265 55 20 35
95 to 99 years 2,015 450 1,560 30 5 25
100 years and over 275 35 245 5 0 0
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 21.3 21.8 20.7
15 to 64 years 67.8 68.2 67.4 67.2 67.2 67.3
65 years and over 15.0 13.8 16.1 11.5 11.0 12.0
85 years and over 1.9 1.3 2.5 0.9 0.7 1.1
Average age of the population 39.9 39.1 40.8 37.1 36.7 37.6
Median age of the population 40.1 39.1 41.0 36.9 36.6 37.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 535,495 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Single-detached house 240,120 ... ... 6,140 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 75,230 ... ... 0 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 218,955 ... ... 3,615 ... ...
Semi-detached house 38,905 ... ... 1,345 ... ...
Row house 88,160 ... ... 1,160 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 15,630 ... ... 90 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 75,475 ... ... 1,010 ... ...
Other single-attached house 790 ... ... 10 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,185 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 535,495 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
1 person 152,680 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
2 persons 180,485 ... ... 3,705 ... ...
3 persons 83,390 ... ... 1,690 ... ...
4 persons 77,495 ... ... 1,685 ... ...
5 or more persons 41,450 ... ... 870 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 1,300,730 ... ... 25,640 ... ...
Average household size 2.4 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
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 20,355 9,940 10,415
Married or living common law 622,065 310,820 311,240 14,030 7,000 7,030
Married 490,740 244,860 245,880 11,825 5,900 5,920
Living common law 131,320 65,960 65,360 2,210 1,100 1,110
Not married and not living common law 474,530 218,460 256,065 6,325 2,935 3,390
Never married 326,610 171,115 155,500 4,050 2,175 1,875
Separated 27,555 11,385 16,170 480 210 270
Divorced 67,685 25,115 42,575 1,145 415 730
Widowed 52,670 10,850 41,825 650 135 515
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 365,730 ... ... 7,755 ... ...
2 persons 180,250 ... ... 3,790 ... ...
3 persons 79,000 ... ... 1,605 ... ...
4 persons 74,770 ... ... 1,645 ... ...
5 or more persons 31,720 ... ... 710 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.9 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 365,735 ... ... 7,760 ... ...
Total couple families 304,265 ... ... 6,925 ... ...
Married couples 238,630 ... ... 5,820 ... ...
Common-law couples 65,635 ... ... 1,105 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 61,465 ... ... 835 ... ...
Female parent 47,845 ... ... 625 ... ...
Male parent 13,625 ... ... 210 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 304,265 ... ... 6,925 ... ...
Couples without children 143,685 ... ... 3,310 ... ...
Couples with children 160,575 ... ... 3,615 ... ...
1 child 60,875 ... ... 1,345 ... ...
2 children 69,835 ... ... 1,580 ... ...
3 or more children 29,870 ... ... 690 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 61,465 ... ... 830 ... ...
1 child 36,560 ... ... 475 ... ...
2 children 18,120 ... ... 260 ... ...
3 or more children 6,785 ... ... 95 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 234,190 109,975 124,210 2,910 1,390 1,520
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
One-census-family households 350,590 ... ... 7,545 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 137,470 ... ... 3,215 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 213,125 ... ... 4,325 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 7,450 ... ... 110 ... ...
Non-census-family households 177,455 ... ... 2,105 ... ...
One-person households 152,680 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 24,775 ... ... 300 ... ...
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 25,850 12,725 13,135
English only 598,535 304,995 293,545 23,315 11,595 11,715
French only 108,830 48,425 60,405 15 5 10
English and French 586,205 279,415 306,790 2,480 1,100 1,375
Neither English nor French 15,635 6,295 9,345 45 15 30
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 25,855 12,725 13,130
English 836,570 414,390 422,185 25,185 12,400 12,780
French 426,165 203,625 222,540 580 280 295
English and French 31,260 15,040 16,225 50 20 25
Neither English nor French 15,215 6,080 9,135 40 15 25
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 441,795 211,140 230,655 605 295 310
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 33.7 33.0 34.4 2.3 2.3 2.4
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 25,855 12,720 13,135
Single responses 1,265,260 618,070 647,195 25,575 12,595 12,975
Official languages 1,032,340 507,760 524,580 23,710 11,715 11,995
English 635,215 317,355 317,860 23,095 11,415 11,675
French 397,125 190,405 206,720 615 300 320
Non-official languages 232,925 110,310 122,615 1,860 880 985
Aboriginal languages 1,015 405 605 10 5 10
Algonquian languages 595 265 330 10 0 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 445 205 235 5 5 5
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 0 0 5
Southern East Cree 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 30 15 20 0 0 0
Woods Cree 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 300 140 155 5 0 0
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 0 0 0
Algonquin 45 15 30 0 0 0
Ojibway 70 25 50 0 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 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 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 5 5 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 5 5 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 1,850 875 975
Afro-Asiatic languages 52,310 26,380 25,930 55 30 25
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 5 0 0
Bilen 50 25 25 0 0 0
Oromo 225 130 100 5 5 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 50 25 25
Amharic 1,515 710 805 0 0 0
Arabic 41,270 21,320 19,945 45 20 20
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 90 40 50 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 10 5 5 0 0 5
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 0 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 20 10 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,315 590 725 0 0 0
Vietnamese 6,340 2,935 3,405 20 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 10 0 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 8,170 2,935 5,235 250 90 160
Bikol 35 15 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 390 130 260 15 5 5
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 115 40 75 5 0 5
Ilocano 585 230 355 5 0 5
Malagasy 110 55 55 0 0 0
Malay 430 165 260 5 5 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 25 10 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,275 2,220 4,055 215 75 140
Waray-Waray 45 20 25 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 130 50 85 0 0 5
Creole languages 5,450 2,320 3,125 15 10 0
Haitian Creole 410 180 230 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 4,835 2,045 2,790 15 10 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 205 95 105 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 3,875 2,005 1,870 15 5 5
Kannada 220 115 105 0 0 0
Malayalam 665 345 320 10 10 5
Tamil 2,460 1,260 1,205 5 0 0
Telugu 495 270 225 0 0 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 1,245 605 640
Albanian 715 345 370 5 5 0
Armenian 525 270 260 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 23,565 10,630 12,930 260 120 150
Baltic languages 495 215 280 10 5 5
Latvian 270 120 145 5 0 0
Lithuanian 220 90 130 5 0 5
Slavic languages 23,070 10,420 12,655 255 115 140
Belarusan 50 30 25 0 0 0
Bosnian 765 360 405 0 5 0
Bulgarian 1,075 500 570 5 0 0
Croatian 1,195 565 630 15 10 5
Czech 1,020 450 565 35 15 20
Macedonian 70 35 40 0 0 0
Polish 6,065 2,720 3,345 65 25 35
Russian 6,910 3,005 3,895 50 20 30
Serbian 2,295 1,125 1,170 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 890 440 450 0 0 0
Slovak 635 285 350 25 15 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 220 100 130 5 0 0
Ukrainian 1,830 780 1,045 45 25 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages 115 55 60 5 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 45 25 15 0 0 0
Welsh 55 20 35 0 0 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 10,250 4,685 5,560 530 245 280
Afrikaans 175 85 85 20 10 10
Danish 345 160 185 25 15 5
Dutch 2,660 1,280 1,385 130 65 65
Frisian 50 25 25 0 0 0
German 6,240 2,760 3,480 335 145 190
Icelandic 20 10 10 5 0 0
Norwegian 150 65 85 5 5 5
Swedish 305 150 155 5 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 20 10 5
Indo-Iranian languages 28,125 14,205 13,920 130 70 55
Indo-Aryan languages 18,785 9,490 9,295 105 65 45
Bengali 3,345 1,660 1,680 5 0 0
Gujarati 1,495 775 725 30 15 15
Hindi 2,940 1,505 1,435 10 5 5
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 5
Oriya (Odia) 40 20 20 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 3,960 2,040 1,925 30 20 15
Sindhi 265 120 145 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 830 400 430 0 0 0
Urdu 4,555 2,305 2,255 30 20 10
Iranian languages 9,240 4,650 4,585 25 15 10
Kurdish 735 390 340 0 0 0
Pashto 1,050 530 520 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 7,455 3,730 3,720 20 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 105 65 40 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 37,325 17,675 19,645 305 160 145
Catalan 35 20 15 0 0 0
Italian 9,575 4,780 4,795 50 20 25
Portuguese 7,020 3,360 3,665 45 20 20
Romanian 3,635 1,680 1,955 20 15 10
Spanish 17,025 7,820 9,200 190 100 90
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 30 20 15 0 0 0
Japanese 1,115 340 780 30 5 25
Kartvelian languages 40 15 20 0 0 0
Georgian 40 15 25 0 0 0
Korean 2,205 930 1,275 65 30 35
Mongolic languages 35 20 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 35 20 15 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 8,550 3,930 4,620 25 15 10
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 0 0 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 5 0 0
Swahili 1,590 735 860 5 0 5
Wolof 275 135 140 0 0 0
Yoruba 265 135 130 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,715 850 870 10 10 5
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 0 5 0
American Sign Language 90 35 55 0 0 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 75 30 40
Chinese languages 33,030 15,310 17,720 75 30 40
Cantonese 10,475 4,920 5,555 35 20 15
Hakka 160 65 90 0 0 0
Mandarin 19,995 9,225 10,775 30 10 20
Min Dong 50 20 25 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 780 335 440 5 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 455 205 250 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,100 525 580 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 825 400 425 0 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 0 0 5
Lao 470 215 250 5 0 5
Thai 400 100 300 5 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 1,785 910 875 10 5 5
Azerbaijani 125 75 60 0 0 0
Turkish 1,490 765 725 5 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 40 20 20
Estonian 160 80 85 5 0 0
Finnish 335 135 195 5 0 0
Hungarian 1,770 880 890 35 15 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 195 110 90 0 5 0
Multiple responses 43,950 21,060 22,890 280 130 155
English and French 18,795 9,010 9,790 100 45 55
English and non-official language 16,045 7,790 8,255 170 75 95
French and non-official language 6,055 2,835 3,225 5 5 0
English, French and non-official language 3,050 1,430 1,620 5 0 5
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 25,855 12,720 13,135
Single responses 1,237,185 605,060 632,125 25,460 12,535 12,915
Official languages 1,121,640 550,390 571,255 24,830 12,230 12,600
English 768,215 381,070 387,150 24,595 12,110 12,485
French 353,425 169,320 184,105 235 120 110
Non-official languages 115,545 54,675 60,875 630 305 320
Aboriginal languages 405 185 220 10 5 5
Algonquian languages 265 130 140 5 0 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 250 120 135 0 5 0
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 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
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 10 5 5
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 10 5 5
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 60,655 615 305 310
Afro-Asiatic languages 28,965 14,010 14,950 20 10 10
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 5 0 0
Bilen 30 15 15 0 0 0
Oromo 130 70 65 5 0 0
Somali 3,785 1,540 2,245 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 55 20 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages 24,470 12,110 12,365 15 5 5
Amharic 870 405 460 0 0 0
Arabic 22,950 11,380 11,565 15 5 10
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 10 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 590 265 325 0 0 0
Vietnamese 3,935 1,825 2,115 10 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 3,395 1,420 1,975 120 50 65
Bikol 0 0 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 125 55 70 5 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 45 20 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 230 110 120 0 0 0
Malagasy 25 10 15 0 0 0
Malay 120 55 70 5 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 1,635 110 45 60
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 5 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 10 0 5
Kannada 80 40 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 285 145 140 5 5 5
Tamil 1,310 635 680 0 0 0
Telugu 200 105 90 0 0 0
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 23,825 360 180 180
Albanian 320 150 165 0 0 0
Armenian 250 115 135 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 10,880 5,130 5,745 75 35 40
Baltic languages 110 45 65 0 0 5
Latvian 55 25 35 5 0 0
Lithuanian 50 20 30 0 0 0
Slavic languages 10,765 5,085 5,685 70 30 40
Belarusan 30 15 10 0 0 0
Bosnian 425 210 215 0 5 0
Bulgarian 560 265 300 0 0 0
Croatian 430 190 235 5 5 0
Czech 235 115 125 15 5 5
Macedonian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,165 990 1,180 20 5 10
Russian 4,125 1,915 2,210 15 5 5
Serbian 1,490 755 735 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 465 235 230 0 0 0
Slovak 210 95 115 10 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 25 15 10 0 0 0
Ukrainian 575 265 310 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
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 95 40 55
Afrikaans 40 20 20 10 5 5
Danish 25 10 20 0 0 0
Dutch 195 90 105 25 10 10
Frisian 0 5 5 0 0 0
German 780 350 425 55 25 30
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 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,305 7,475 7,825 50 30 25
Indo-Aryan languages 9,795 4,845 4,950 45 25 20
Bengali 1,985 960 1,030 5 0 0
Gujarati 620 315 305 15 5 5
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 15 10 5
Sindhi 65 25 40 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 400 195 205 0 0 0
Urdu 2,285 1,130 1,160 10 5 5
Iranian languages 5,480 2,615 2,865 10 5 5
Kurdish 435 230 205 0 0 0
Pashto 655 315 340 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 4,385 2,065 2,315 10 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 16,850 7,870 8,980 135 70 60
Catalan 20 5 10 0 0 0
Italian 2,580 1,155 1,425 10 0 5
Portuguese 3,020 1,435 1,590 20 10 15
Romanian 1,865 875 985 5 0 5
Spanish 9,365 4,390 4,970 100 55 40
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 440 155 285 15 10 10
Kartvelian languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 1,215 565 655 35 20 15
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 5
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 5
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 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 22,425 10,630 11,800 35 20 20
Chinese languages 21,840 10,355 11,490 35 20 15
Cantonese 5,985 2,755 3,230 15 10 5
Hakka 50 20 30 0 0 0
Mandarin 14,600 7,005 7,595 15 5 10
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 5 0 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 10 5 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 37,955 395 180 215
English and French 19,975 9,300 10,675 55 30 25
English and non-official language 38,645 18,670 19,975 335 150 190
French and non-official language 7,085 3,170 3,910 5 0 0
English, French and non-official language 6,315 2,930 3,385 5 5 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 25,850 12,720 13,130
None 1,002,240 493,925 508,315 24,230 11,980 12,250
English 131,290 62,940 68,350 430 210 215
French 84,100 39,365 44,740 465 195 270
Non-official language 79,140 37,120 42,020 695 315 380
Aboriginal 565 220 350 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 78,575 36,905 41,675 690 315 380
English and French 3,965 1,895 2,070 5 0 5
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 15 10 10
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 20,145 9,870 10,275
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,028,710 498,065 530,635 19,410 9,540 9,875
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 41,241 46,738 36,869 50,896 70,400 35,927
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,029,070 498,110 530,960 19,420 9,540 9,880
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,258 40,420 32,858 44,199 58,702 32,352
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 936,155 460,000 476,155 18,630 9,345 9,285
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,490 46,637 35,216 48,702 69,063 33,001
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 718,885 320,095 398,790 10,320 3,655 6,670
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 4,183 2,517 5,345 4,228 6,104 3,852
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 773,290 390,165 383,125 15,950 8,220 7,735
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,109 44,501 36,367 48,350 69,685 32,744
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 20,150 9,865 10,275
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,028,635 497,800 530,830 19,425 9,505 9,920
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 52,455 59,537 45,813 68,927 91,345 47,443
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,029,005 497,825 531,180 19,435 9,505 9,925
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 42,688 47,611 38,075 55,187 71,275 39,781
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 936,350 459,750 476,600 18,755 9,365 9,390
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 52,122 59,985 44,536 67,513 89,738 45,360
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 718,435 319,760 398,675 10,390 3,595 6,795
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 7,172 6,441 7,759 7,010 7,860 6,560
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 773,285 389,505 383,775 15,955 8,160 7,790
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 50,766 57,094 44,344 65,387 86,449 43,329
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 20,150 9,870 10,280
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 7,720 4,650 3,070
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 62,792 67,303 58,965 76,163 88,403 58,099
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 71,298 77,591 64,031 91,810 108,090 67,167
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 94.6 96.8 90.5
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 72.7 74.9 70.0 77.4 80.3 72.2
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 9.6 6.9 12.8 5.4 3.2 9.5
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 20,145 9,870 10,280
Without total income 45,130 21,910 23,220 735 330 410
With total income 1,028,705 498,070 530,640 19,410 9,540 9,870
Percentage with total income 95.8 95.8 95.8 96.4 96.7 96.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 133,245 61,265 71,975 2,310 740 1,560
$10,000 to $19,999 152,825 63,680 89,150 2,030 640 1,390
$20,000 to $29,999 115,060 49,245 65,815 1,955 620 1,330
$30,000 to $39,999 100,450 44,925 55,525 1,685 615 1,065
$40,000 to $49,999 96,125 43,635 52,490 1,600 660 935
$50,000 to $59,999 87,185 40,980 46,205 1,565 755 810
$60,000 to $69,999 75,865 37,625 38,235 1,345 700 640
$70,000 to $79,999 60,350 31,435 28,915 1,205 690 515
$80,000 to $89,999 50,770 27,330 23,440 1,050 650 400
$90,000 to $99,999 42,380 22,805 19,575 830 495 335
$100,000 and over 114,450 75,140 39,310 3,850 2,965 880
$100,000 to $149,999 82,750 52,275 30,480 2,315 1,670 645
$150,000 and over 31,695 22,865 8,830 1,535 1,295 240
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 20,150 9,870 10,275
Without after-tax income 44,765 21,865 22,895 730 330 400
With after-tax income 1,029,070 498,110 530,955 19,420 9,540 9,880
Percentage with after-tax income 95.8 95.8 95.9 96.4 96.7 96.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 139,335 62,495 76,840 2,420 770 1,650
$10,000 to $19,999 159,560 67,185 92,375 2,115 665 1,450
$20,000 to $29,999 135,590 59,190 76,405 2,285 755 1,535
$30,000 to $39,999 127,425 57,705 69,720 2,085 815 1,265
$40,000 to $49,999 119,660 55,865 63,795 2,030 940 1,090
$50,000 to $59,999 99,760 49,345 50,410 1,830 955 875
$60,000 to $69,999 76,185 40,485 35,700 1,495 900 595
$70,000 to $79,999 59,640 32,550 27,090 1,285 780 505
$80,000 and over 111,910 73,290 38,625 3,880 2,965 915
$80,000 to $89,999 40,360 24,115 16,250 970 640 335
$90,000 to $99,999 23,175 15,035 8,140 705 525 180
$100,000 and over 48,375 34,140 14,235 2,205 1,805 400
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 20,150 9,870 10,280
Without employment income 300,545 129,810 170,735 4,195 1,650 2,550
With employment income 773,285 390,165 383,125 15,950 8,225 7,730
Percentage with employment income 72.0 75.0 69.2 79.2 83.3 75.2
Under $5,000 (including loss) 92,380 45,375 47,005 1,900 795 1,105
$5,000 to $9,999 56,710 25,510 31,200 965 370 590
$10,000 to $19,999 94,460 43,165 51,295 1,670 565 1,105
$20,000 to $29,999 74,780 35,085 39,695 1,325 480 845
$30,000 to $39,999 67,455 32,260 35,200 1,185 465 715
$40,000 to $49,999 64,295 30,020 34,280 1,100 460 640
$50,000 to $59,999 61,835 28,885 32,945 1,125 495 630
$60,000 to $69,999 54,350 26,755 27,595 930 490 445
$70,000 to $79,999 43,635 22,800 20,840 945 565 375
$80,000 and over 163,385 100,315 63,075 4,805 3,535 1,275
$80,000 to $89,999 40,835 21,765 19,065 855 525 330
$90,000 to $99,999 34,545 18,900 15,650 760 465 290
$100,000 and over 88,005 59,645 28,360 3,190 2,540 650
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 82,053 ... ... 113,500 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 69,904 ... ... 95,116 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 152,680 ... ... 1,815 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 44,189 ... ... 58,736 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,211 ... ... 48,870 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 382,815 ... ... 7,945 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 102,423 ... ... 126,848 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 86,781 ... ... 105,393 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 100,760 ... ... 137,234 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 82,029 ... ... 109,921 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 152,680 ... ... 1,820 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 53,108 ... ... 74,274 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 43,283 ... ... 59,493 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 382,820 ... ... 7,940 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 119,766 ... ... 151,653 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 97,482 ... ... 121,470 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 535,495 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Under $5,000 8,045 ... ... 85 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 6,965 ... ... 55 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 13,275 ... ... 65 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 17,185 ... ... 110 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 16,425 ... ... 195 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 16,305 ... ... 155 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 17,340 ... ... 190 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 18,210 ... ... 200 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 18,735 ... ... 200 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 18,715 ... ... 210 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 37,900 ... ... 490 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 37,130 ... ... 520 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 34,455 ... ... 525 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 33,010 ... ... 550 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 30,555 ... ... 565 ... ...
$100,000 and over 211,255 ... ... 5,645 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 62,625 ... ... 1,375 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 45,925 ... ... 1,085 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 56,635 ... ... 1,565 ... ...
$200,000 and over 46,070 ... ... 1,615 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
Under $5,000 8,510 ... ... 100 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 7,090 ... ... 65 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 13,465 ... ... 65 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 17,980 ... ... 115 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 18,500 ... ... 195 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 18,995 ... ... 195 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 21,435 ... ... 225 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 22,975 ... ... 230 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 23,815 ... ... 250 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 24,180 ... ... 295 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 47,325 ... ... 625 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 43,920 ... ... 705 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 41,150 ... ... 705 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 36,895 ... ... 735 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 32,040 ... ... 755 ... ...
$100,000 and over 157,220 ... ... 4,500 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 61,155 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 40,210 ... ... 1,125 ... ...
$150,000 and over 55,855 ... ... 1,895 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 364,260 ... ... 7,710 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 103,954 ... ... 125,726 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 87,807 ... ... 104,763 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.0 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 134,365 ... ... 3,190 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 96,455 ... ... 112,475 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 81,260 ... ... 94,876 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 161,365 ... ... 3,620 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 132,633 ... ... 150,132 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 110,386 ... ... 122,776 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.0 ... ... 3.9 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 58,185 ... ... 795 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 61,624 ... ... 76,800 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 54,863 ... ... 66,944 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 364,270 ... ... 7,720 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 121,444 ... ... 150,737 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 98,577 ... ... 120,696 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 134,470 ... ... 3,200 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 113,491 ... ... 139,805 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 91,361 ... ... 112,119 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 161,420 ... ... 3,595 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 148,182 ... ... 174,487 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,540 ... ... 138,677 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 58,035 ... ... 835 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 70,115 ... ... 93,885 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 60,044 ... ... 78,040 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 207,010 98,805 108,205 2,635 1,275 1,355
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 37,610 36,830 38,252 52,128 58,859 45,952
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 33,367 32,607 33,951 44,992 49,690 40,247
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 206,575 98,480 108,100 2,635 1,280 1,355
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 47,046 47,219 46,889 66,585 77,992 55,841
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 53,451 60,909 46,426
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 1,300,730 635,585 665,145 25,640 12,645 12,990
In the bottom half of the distribution 529,735 253,600 276,140 6,745 3,150 3,590
In the bottom decile 117,085 57,600 59,485 1,150 540 610
In the second decile 100,310 46,635 53,675 1,065 460 605
In the third decile 97,770 46,490 51,280 1,190 540 650
In the fourth decile 102,665 48,925 53,740 1,510 705 805
In the fifth decile 111,915 53,955 57,965 1,830 900 930
In the top half of the distribution 770,995 381,985 389,010 18,895 9,495 9,400
In the sixth decile 124,020 59,975 64,040 2,350 1,160 1,195
In the seventh decile 137,795 67,360 70,430 2,910 1,440 1,470
In the eighth decile 156,470 77,515 78,955 3,465 1,710 1,750
In the ninth decile 180,230 89,855 90,380 4,300 2,145 2,150
In the top decile 172,485 87,285 85,200 5,870 3,045 2,825
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 25,640 12,650 12,990
0 to 17 years 272,405 138,765 133,640 6,395 3,235 3,155
0 to 5 years 87,655 44,630 43,025 2,360 1,185 1,170
18 to 64 years 845,815 412,545 433,270 16,450 8,070 8,380
65 years and over 182,515 84,280 98,235 2,795 1,340 1,455
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 159,040 75,425 83,615 1,450 645 805
0 to 17 years 40,600 21,030 19,570 490 240 250
0 to 5 years 13,940 7,290 6,655 180 90 90
18 to 64 years 99,465 47,110 52,360 820 360 460
65 years and over 18,965 7,280 11,685 140 45 95
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 12.2 11.9 12.6 5.7 5.1 6.2
0 to 17 years (%) 14.9 15.2 14.6 7.7 7.4 7.9
0 to 5 years (%) 15.9 16.3 15.5 7.6 7.6 7.7
18 to 64 years (%) 11.8 11.4 12.1 5.0 4.5 5.5
65 years and over (%) 10.4 8.6 11.9 5.0 3.4 6.5
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 129,610 63,115 66,495 830 395 430
0 to 17 years 29,355 15,145 14,205 250 120 125
0 to 5 years 10,245 5,360 4,890 85 40 45
18 to 64 years 88,910 43,765 45,150 535 255 285
65 years and over 11,345 4,200 7,145 40 15 25
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 10.0 9.9 10.0 3.2 3.1 3.3
0 to 17 years (%) 10.8 10.9 10.6 3.9 3.7 4.0
0 to 5 years (%) 11.7 12.0 11.4 3.6 3.4 3.8
18 to 64 years (%) 10.5 10.6 10.4 3.3 3.2 3.4
65 years and over (%) 6.2 5.0 7.3 1.4 1.1 1.7
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 25,640 12,650 12,990
Official languages 1,285,210 629,390 655,820 25,610 12,645 12,965
English 1,177,535 581,350 596,185 25,590 12,635 12,960
French 691,235 325,890 365,345 2,480 1,165 1,315
Non-official languages 331,375 156,060 175,305 2,740 1,240 1,500
Aboriginal languages 1,615 610 1,005 15 0 10
Algonquian languages 935 365 570 10 0 10
Blackfoot 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 570 210 360 10 0 10
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 0 10 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 60 15 40 0 0 0
Woods Cree 20 10 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 360 125 235 0 0 10
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 0 0 0
Algonquin 80 35 50 0 0 0
Ojibway 215 80 135 0 0 0
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 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 15 0 10 0 0 0
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 0 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 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 10 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 10
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 2,725 1,235 1,490
Afro-Asiatic languages 72,850 36,795 36,055 75 45 30
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 75 40 30
Amharic 2,135 1,010 1,125 0 0 0
Arabic 58,430 30,115 28,315 70 40 30
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 10 10 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 40 10 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,790 820 970 10 0 0
Vietnamese 7,835 3,745 4,095 30 0 20
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 10,815 3,990 6,820 365 135 230
Bikol 30 10 20 0 0 0
Cebuano 600 215 385 30 10 20
Fijian 10 0 10 0 0 10
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 10 10 10
Pangasinan 60 25 40 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 9,530 3,420 6,110 345 130 215
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 25 20 10
Haitian Creole 700 295 400 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 11,035 4,760 6,280 25 15 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 700 310 390 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 5,135 2,595 2,540 10 0 0
Kannada 465 235 235 0 0 0
Malayalam 845 380 465 0 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 1,880 865 1,020
Albanian 870 425 440 10 0 0
Armenian 745 395 350 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 28,735 13,310 15,425 360 135 225
Baltic languages 570 245 320 15 10 10
Latvian 285 120 170 10 10 0
Lithuanian 285 125 160 10 0 10
Slavic languages 28,275 13,110 15,170 345 135 215
Belarusan 165 75 90 0 0 0
Bosnian 1,265 600 665 0 0 0
Bulgarian 1,290 605 690 0 0 0
Croatian 2,115 1,045 1,070 35 10 20
Czech 1,435 615 820 50 10 40
Macedonian 120 50 75 0 0 0
Polish 7,070 3,240 3,835 80 30 55
Russian 10,705 4,995 5,710 90 30 65
Serbian 2,785 1,380 1,410 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 995 540 460 10 0 0
Slovak 1,035 430 610 50 25 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 295 135 155 10 0 0
Ukrainian 2,660 1,130 1,540 75 40 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 15 45 0 0 0
Celtic languages 430 205 225 15 0 10
Scottish Gaelic 175 85 90 0 0 0
Welsh 100 35 60 15 10 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 165 90 80 0 0 0
Germanic languages 19,985 9,610 10,370 700 360 335
Afrikaans 455 225 225 50 20 30
Danish 495 235 260 30 15 15
Dutch 3,440 1,635 1,805 160 90 75
Frisian 70 30 40 0 0 0
German 14,705 7,120 7,585 480 250 230
Icelandic 55 25 30 0 0 0
Norwegian 380 160 220 0 10 0
Swedish 645 320 330 10 15 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 130 50 80 10 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 30 20 10
Indo-Iranian languages 36,835 18,640 18,200 70 35 35
Indo-Aryan languages 26,495 13,405 13,090 60 30 30
Bengali 4,320 2,210 2,105 0 0 0
Gujarati 2,290 1,235 1,060 10 0 0
Hindi 10,595 5,465 5,130 15 10 10
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 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 75 40 30 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 6,440 3,315 3,125 20 10 15
Sindhi 505 220 280 10 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,080 495 590 0 0 0
Urdu 7,490 3,720 3,770 30 20 10
Iranian languages 10,910 5,535 5,370 15 10 10
Kurdish 890 495 395 0 0 0
Pashto 1,425 770 655 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 9,435 4,735 4,700 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 205 120 90 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 76,665 34,570 42,095 770 335 430
Catalan 95 40 55 10 10 0
Italian 17,420 8,395 9,030 90 40 60
Portuguese 9,915 4,820 5,100 40 15 20
Romanian 4,210 2,010 2,200 25 15 10
Spanish 49,510 21,430 28,080 640 285 360
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 130 85 50 0 0 0
Japanese 2,800 1,350 1,450 65 40 25
Kartvelian languages 45 25 25 0 0 0
Georgian 50 25 20 0 0 0
Korean 2,795 1,185 1,610 90 50 45
Mongolic languages 60 30 30 0 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 25 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 16,450 7,595 8,850 25 15 15
Akan (Twi) 700 360 345 0 0 0
Bamanankan 390 175 210 0 0 0
Edo 115 50 65 0 0 0
Ewe 375 185 185 10 0 10
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 10 0
Lingala 2,525 1,105 1,420 0 0 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 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 3,925 1,895 2,035 10 0 10
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 45 20 20
American Sign Language 1,040 350 685 35 15 20
Quebec Sign Language 240 85 160 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 940 460 480 0 10 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 38,820 18,405 20,415 80 30 50
Chinese languages 37,925 17,980 19,945 80 30 45
Cantonese 13,125 6,240 6,880 40 15 30
Hakka 265 125 140 0 0 0
Mandarin 26,420 12,260 14,160 25 0 20
Min Dong 40 20 25 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,120 510 605 10 10 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 0 0 0
Burmese 315 145 165 0 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 10 0 10
Lao 590 265 325 0 0 0
Thai 730 285 445 15 10 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 2,750 1,390 1,360 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 160 95 70 0 0 0
Turkish 2,335 1,195 1,145 0 0 10
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 50 30 20
Estonian 245 120 130 0 0 0
Finnish 520 235 280 10 0 0
Hungarian 2,075 1,030 1,045 50 30 15
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 560 330 230 0 0 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 1,300,735 635,600 665,130 25,640 12,650 12,990
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 1,225,865 599,815 626,050 24,035 11,920 12,110
Canadian citizens aged under 18 260,450 132,740 127,705 6,180 3,130 3,050
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 965,415 467,070 498,345 17,850 8,790 9,065
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 74,865 35,785 39,080 1,610 730 880
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 25,640 12,650 12,990
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 1,027,730 506,010 521,720 22,085 10,935 11,155
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 255,800 120,725 135,075 3,255 1,595 1,660
Before 1981 60,785 29,340 31,445 850 425 430
1981 to 1990 33,985 16,505 17,480 255 120 135
1991 to 2000 57,145 26,170 30,975 455 200 255
2001 to 2010 66,000 30,565 35,435 985 525 460
2001 to 2005 30,955 14,270 16,680 205 110 95
2006 to 2010 35,045 16,290 18,750 775 410 365
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 37,890 18,150 19,740 715 330 380
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 17,200 8,865 8,335 295 120 175
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 3,260 1,595 1,665
Under 5 years 28,605 14,045 14,555 370 160 205
5 to 14 years 45,360 23,135 22,225 645 345 300
15 to 24 years 53,075 24,075 29,000 520 260 260
25 to 44 years 107,900 50,140 57,760 1,505 710 795
45 years and over 20,865 9,330 11,535 220 120 100
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 3,255 1,595 1,665
Americas 41,155 18,270 22,885 515 250 265
Brazil 1,290 600 695 0 10 0
Colombia 2,745 1,125 1,620 10 0 0
El Salvador 2,165 1,030 1,135 10 0 0
Guyana 1,420 665 755 0 0 0
Haiti 8,515 3,650 4,865 10 0 0
Jamaica 3,175 1,385 1,790 45 20 20
Mexico 1,825 725 1,100 35 10 25
Peru 1,165 550 615 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 1,360 525 830 0 10 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 9,530 4,375 5,160 330 165 165
Other places of birth in Americas 7,960 3,645 4,315 80 30 45
Europe 66,815 32,050 34,760 2,050 1,025 1,020
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,345 1,150 1,195 0 0 0
Croatia 1,020 500 520 15 10 10
France 4,470 2,105 2,370 25 0 10
Germany 4,560 1,965 2,595 200 90 110
Greece 990 530 460 15 10 10
Hungary 885 465 430 15 10 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 920 435 475 20 15 10
Italy 5,675 2,960 2,715 20 0 15
Netherlands 2,280 1,165 1,115 130 65 65
Poland 4,530 2,025 2,500 50 15 30
Portugal 3,435 1,675 1,760 15 10 10
Romania 3,370 1,610 1,760 35 15 15
Russian Federation 3,195 1,335 1,850 40 10 30
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 1,070 520 550 10 10 0
Ukraine 2,005 940 1,065 15 0 15
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 17,230 8,660 8,565 1,280 675 610
Other places of birth in Europe 8,840 4,010 4,825 175 95 80
Africa 41,490 19,790 21,700 125 55 70
Algeria 2,245 1,150 1,090 0 0 0
Egypt 3,745 1,990 1,755 25 15 0
Ethiopia 2,320 1,085 1,245 0 0 0
Kenya 1,160 580 580 10 10 10
Morocco 2,775 1,370 1,405 10 0 10
Nigeria 1,385 655 735 10 0 0
Somalia 3,985 1,530 2,455 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 965 515 450 35 15 25
Other places of birth in Africa 22,900 10,925 11,980 30 15 25
Asia 105,415 50,115 55,300 510 220 290
Afghanistan 2,510 1,265 1,240 0 0 0
Bangladesh 2,700 1,405 1,300 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,900 8,150 10,755 20 0 10
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 3,095 1,545 1,550 25 15 10
India 10,685 5,350 5,330 20 10 10
IranCensus data footnote 61 4,900 2,465 2,430 0 0 10
Iraq 3,870 2,070 1,800 0 0 0
Japan 775 190 585 10 0 10
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,855 805 1,050 70 30 35
Lebanon 13,560 7,115 6,440 25 15 10
Pakistan 3,980 1,980 1,995 25 15 10
Philippines 9,305 3,465 5,835 230 90 140
Sri Lanka 2,400 1,145 1,245 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 3,615 1,840 1,775 10 10 0
Taiwan 880 370 515 0 0 0
Viet Nam 5,980 2,745 3,235 15 10 10
Other places of birth in Asia 16,410 8,195 8,215 70 25 45
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 930 495 430 55 40 20
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 19,740 710 330 385
Americas 5,595 2,615 2,975 85 40 50
Brazil 200 115 80 0 0 0
Colombia 515 235 280 0 0 0
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 15 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 1,360 715 645 55 25 25
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 170 60 110 10 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 885 385 495 15 10 15
Europe 3,695 1,780 1,920 335 185 150
France 655 335 315 0 0 0
Germany 175 75 100 10 10 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 95 65 30 10 10 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 75 35 45 0 0 0
Romania 240 110 130 10 10 0
Russian Federation 420 160 260 10 10 10
Ukraine 275 135 140 10 0 10
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 665 340 320 255 145 110
Other places of birth in Europe 1,095 530 570 40 25 15
Africa 9,800 4,635 5,170 25 10 10
Algeria 390 170 220 0 0 0
Cameroon 755 410 350 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,085 470 615 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 425 180 240 0 0 0
Egypt 850 460 385 15 10 10
Eritrea 245 115 130 0 0 0
Ethiopia 335 125 215 0 0 0
Morocco 485 230 250 0 0 10
Nigeria 440 200 235 0 0 0
Somalia 370 155 215 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 110 55 55 10 0 0
Tunisia 215 105 105 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 4,095 1,955 2,135 0 0 0
Asia 18,645 9,035 9,610 240 80 165
Afghanistan 550 280 270 0 0 0
Bangladesh 540 270 270 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 2,855 1,220 1,635 10 10 10
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 85 45 35 0 0 0
India 1,950 1,070 875 0 0 0
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 25 10 20
Lebanon 1,115 585 530 10 0 0
Nepal 290 160 125 0 0 0
Pakistan 695 380 310 10 0 10
Philippines 2,740 1,105 1,640 160 50 105
Saudi Arabia 375 220 155 10 0 10
Sri Lanka 220 95 130 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 2,130 1,145 990 0 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 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Asia 1,685 795 890 10 0 15
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 150 80 70 25 15 10
Australia 135 85 55 25 15 10
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 25,640 12,645 12,990
First generationCensus data footnote 69 284,330 135,415 148,915 3,785 1,860 1,925
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 225,575 113,220 112,355 4,375 2,205 2,170
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 790,830 386,960 403,865 17,480 8,585 8,895
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 2,450 1,195 1,255
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 91,590 46,095 45,500 1,735 860 870
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 38,645 23,835 14,810 640 445 195
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 52,945 22,260 30,685 1,090 415 675
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 56,905 22,645 34,260 625 275 345
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 47,655 23,400 24,250 100 55 35
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 25,640 12,650 12,995
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 38,120 18,150 19,965 1,075 550 520
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 36,225 17,310 18,915 1,050 545 505
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 17,790 8,400 9,385 390 205 180
Métis 17,155 8,325 8,825 660 340 320
Inuk (Inuit) 1,280 580 700 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 765 335 440 10 10 10
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 1,125 505 615 10 0 15
Non-Aboriginal identity 1,262,615 617,450 645,165 24,565 12,100 12,465
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 25,640 12,650 12,990
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 9,395 4,360 5,040 305 165 140
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 1,291,335 631,240 660,095 25,335 12,480 12,850
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 1,300,735 635,600 665,135 25,640 12,645 12,990
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 10,670 4,970 5,700 170 85 80
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 10,400 4,855 5,540 160 85 80
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 7,515 3,515 3,995 110 60 50
Métis single ancestry 2,295 1,080 1,215 45 20 30
Inuit single ancestry 595 260 330 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 275 110 160 10 10 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 250 110 145 10 10 0
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 1,235 620 620
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 61,885 28,870 33,010 1,185 595 590
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 44,780 20,705 24,075 520 260 265
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 16,020 7,670 8,345 655 340 320
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,080 490 595 10 0 10
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 1,565 650 915 50 15 35
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,415 585 825 35 15 25
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 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 1,226,610 601,110 625,505 24,235 11,950 12,285
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 25,640 12,650 12,990
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 280,985 135,945 145,040 1,550 730 820
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 39,980 20,320 19,655 220 110 110
Chinese 43,775 20,665 23,105 145 80 60
Black 77,995 37,060 40,935 180 75 105
Filipino 12,715 5,085 7,630 465 185 275
Latin American 15,630 7,180 8,460 140 75 65
Arab 49,520 25,960 23,565 80 50 35
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,725 6,495 7,230 75 25 55
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 9,925 5,075 4,855 10 10 0
Korean 3,260 1,470 1,800 90 50 40
Japanese 2,625 1,085 1,540 70 40 30
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 3,095 1,400 1,690 20 15 0
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 8,720 4,140 4,580 60 30 35
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 1,019,750 499,655 520,090 24,090 11,920 12,170
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 25,640 12,645 12,990
North American Aboriginal origins 74,120 34,495 39,630 1,405 700 705
First Nations (North American Indian) 54,090 24,980 29,110 690 350 345
Inuit 1,850 820 1,030 15 10 15
Métis 20,035 9,465 10,565 765 380 385
Other North American origins 501,820 245,715 256,100 7,720 3,875 3,845
Acadian 5,515 2,735 2,780 60 30 30
American 14,165 6,970 7,200 685 335 345
Canadian 484,255 236,715 247,540 7,235 3,640 3,595
New Brunswicker 80 50 30 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 780 485 295 0 0 0
Nova Scotian 120 70 45 0 0 0
Ontarian 650 300 350 0 0 0
Québécois 6,590 3,420 3,170 95 30 55
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 21,555 10,555 11,000
British Isles origins 468,015 228,955 239,060 15,085 7,355 7,730
Channel Islander 115 35 75 0 0 0
Cornish 85 50 35 0 0 0
English 224,680 111,250 113,430 9,110 4,480 4,635
Irish 244,575 116,050 128,530 5,500 2,605 2,890
Manx 185 110 80 25 10 15
Scottish 197,645 96,760 100,885 6,810 3,295 3,510
Welsh 18,780 9,045 9,735 1,030 475 550
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 37,045 17,455 19,590 840 370 470
French origins 300,550 145,090 155,470 3,035 1,455 1,580
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 3,035 1,455 1,580
Western European origins (except French origins) 136,795 66,595 70,200 7,265 3,505 3,760
Austrian 6,485 3,190 3,295 370 170 195
Bavarian 70 20 50 0 10 0
Belgian 6,555 3,035 3,515 260 140 120
Dutch 33,515 16,725 16,795 1,660 785 870
Flemish 545 285 260 30 10 20
Frisian 75 50 25 10 10 10
German 94,385 45,625 48,760 5,570 2,680 2,895
Luxembourger 170 95 75 0 10 0
Swiss 5,640 2,745 2,895 165 95 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 2,780 1,350 1,430
Danish 5,950 3,105 2,845 535 225 315
Finnish 4,265 2,110 2,155 240 140 95
Icelandic 1,600 755 845 145 65 80
Norwegian 7,180 3,545 3,630 1,340 655 685
Swedish 7,640 3,665 3,975 765 360 405
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 1,660 960 705 100 40 60
Eastern European origins 98,045 47,125 50,915 5,155 2,535 2,620
Bulgarian 1,795 840 955 0 0 0
Byelorussian 985 475 515 10 0 15
Czech 3,930 1,770 2,160 210 110 100
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 810 345 465 50 25 25
Estonian 985 440 545 20 20 0
Hungarian 9,650 4,695 4,950 410 210 200
Latvian 1,180 505 680 55 35 20
Lithuanian 2,600 1,305 1,295 25 0 20
Moldovan 520 235 285 10 0 10
Polish 36,975 17,690 19,285 1,380 615 765
Romanian 7,895 3,830 4,070 175 100 85
Russian 17,230 8,030 9,205 945 390 555
Slovak 2,810 1,310 1,500 155 95 55
Ukrainian 28,150 13,675 14,475 2,695 1,345 1,350
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 1,055 570 490 10 0 10
Southern European origins 100,355 48,975 51,380 1,605 755 850
Albanian 1,190 580 605 15 15 0
Bosnian 1,665 785 875 15 10 0
Catalan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Croatian 4,130 2,010 2,125 105 40 60
Cypriot 165 65 100 0 0 0
Greek 8,005 4,025 3,980 140 65 75
Italian 53,825 26,685 27,140 845 415 430
Kosovar 60 25 30 0 0 0
Macedonian 625 240 385 10 0 10
Maltese 705 340 370 0 0 0
Montenegrin 195 105 90 0 0 0
Portuguese 14,625 7,105 7,525 140 75 65
Serbian 3,635 1,850 1,785 20 10 15
Sicilian 310 140 170 10 0 0
Slovenian 1,350 645 710 30 10 20
Spanish 15,605 7,115 8,485 310 130 180
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 1,190 585 610 50 20 35
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 85 35 50 10 10 0
Other European origins 9,230 4,780 4,450 140 65 80
Basque 395 210 185 10 0 10
Jewish 6,220 3,240 2,980 55 30 25
Roma (Gypsy) 95 40 55 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 250 125 125 15 10 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 2,340 1,195 1,140 65 25 45
Caribbean origins 31,680 14,600 17,075 235 125 115
Antiguan 275 155 120 0 0 0
Bahamian 175 115 65 0 0 0
Barbadian 1,390 600 795 25 10 20
Bermudan 105 55 50 0 0 0
Carib 135 50 90 0 0 0
Cuban 1,560 765 795 15 10 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 25 20 10
Jamaican 8,640 4,035 4,610 90 45 45
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 70 45 20
Vincentian/Grenadinian 255 90 160 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 1,730 755 975 25 10 15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 1,190 560 630 10 0 10
Latin, Central and South American origins 24,005 11,285 12,720 345 185 160
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 1,130 535 600 0 0 10
Arawak 75 35 40 10 0 0
Argentinian 800 435 365 25 15 10
Belizean 95 45 55 0 0 0
Bolivian 220 105 115 20 15 0
Brazilian 1,445 735 710 0 0 0
Chilean 1,395 695 695 35 10 25
Colombian 3,755 1,735 2,020 30 0 25
Costa Rican 205 85 115 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 280 160 120 0 0 0
Guatemalan 580 205 375 20 10 10
Guyanese 2,090 1,005 1,085 10 10 0
Hispanic 420 225 195 15 15 0
Honduran 350 115 230 0 0 0
Maya 435 225 210 0 0 10
Mexican 4,000 1,825 2,175 135 65 70
Nicaraguan 1,260 640 615 0 10 0
Panamanian 130 65 65 10 0 10
Paraguayan 45 15 25 0 0 0
Peruvian 1,760 860 905 10 0 0
Salvadorean 2,700 1,305 1,395 15 10 0
Uruguayan 140 60 85 0 0 0
Venezuelan 1,190 490 700 25 10 10
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 38,255 200 80 120
Central and West African origins 18,910 9,315 9,590 30 15 10
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 0 0 0
Edo 50 20 30 0 0 0
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 15 0 10
Guinean 625 285 335 0 0 10
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 15 0 10
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 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 1,540 770 770 0 0 0
North African origins 18,520 9,625 8,890 55 20 30
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 40 20 20
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 10
Southern and East African origins 26,945 12,710 14,235 65 30 35
Afrikaner 50 30 25 0 0 0
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 25 15 10
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 10 0 0
Somali 10,700 5,055 5,640 0 0 0
South African 1,285 635 650 30 15 20
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 60 15 40
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 1,450 590 855 0 0 0
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 11,115 5,365 5,755 60 15 45
Asian origins 197,900 96,975 100,925 1,395 645 745
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 74,700 38,535 36,165 205 100 100
Afghan 4,115 2,090 2,030 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 8,620 4,475 4,145 10 0 0
Armenian 1,735 880 860 0 0 0
Assyrian 135 60 80 0 0 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 15 10 10
Iraqi 5,070 2,705 2,360 10 0 10
Israeli 765 410 355 10 10 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 15,525 115 60 50
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 15 10 15
Tajik 125 65 60 0 0 0
Tatar 160 55 110 10 10 0
Turk 3,250 1,745 1,510 25 10 15
Turkmen 130 70 60 0 0 0
Uighur 75 45 30 0 0 0
Uzbek 205 100 110 15 0 10
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 0 0
South Asian origins 42,310 21,385 20,925 265 130 135
Bangladeshi 2,305 1,200 1,110 0 0 0
Bengali 1,055 530 525 0 0 0
Bhutanese 315 165 145 0 0 0
East Indian 28,940 14,635 14,310 210 110 105
Goan 125 65 60 10 0 0
Gujarati 180 110 70 0 0 0
Kashmiri 55 20 30 0 0 0
Nepali 910 450 460 0 0 0
Pakistani 4,660 2,330 2,335 20 10 15
Punjabi 1,130 590 545 0 0 0
Sinhalese 290 150 140 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 2,750 1,370 1,380 10 0 10
Tamil 965 480 485 0 10 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 2,235 1,115 1,115 15 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 82,815 37,970 44,850 935 420 520
Burmese 630 310 320 0 10 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 2,685 1,265 1,430 10 10 0
Chinese 49,925 23,400 26,535 210 105 105
Filipino 14,100 5,720 8,385 455 175 275
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 700 300 395 30 15 10
Japanese 3,370 1,400 1,975 105 50 55
Karen 280 150 130 0 0 0
Korean 3,550 1,610 1,935 100 55 45
Laotian 885 415 470 0 0 0
Malaysian 520 195 325 10 0 10
Mongolian 355 190 160 0 0 0
Singaporean 45 20 25 0 0 0
Taiwanese 785 350 430 10 10 0
Thai 780 280 505 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 40 45 0 0 0
Vietnamese 9,650 4,705 4,940 35 0 30
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 285 150 135 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 385 175 205 10 10 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 380 180 205 10 0 10
Oceania origins 2,215 1,070 1,145 195 105 95
Australian 1,490 680 810 130 65 70
New Zealander 490 275 220 45 30 20
Pacific Islands origins 275 125 150 20 10 15
Fijian 55 20 35 20 10 10
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 20 15 10
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Owner 356,700 ... ... 8,375 ... ...
Renter 178,800 ... ... 1,380 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Condominium 74,830 ... ... 2,210 ... ...
Not condominium 460,670 ... ... 7,545 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
No bedrooms 3,105 ... ... 10 ... ...
1 bedroom 69,835 ... ... 285 ... ...
2 bedrooms 121,810 ... ... 1,560 ... ...
3 bedrooms 206,900 ... ... 4,835 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 133,845 ... ... 3,070 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 139,565 ... ... 1,250 ... ...
5 rooms 74,420 ... ... 1,595 ... ...
6 rooms 78,675 ... ... 1,510 ... ...
7 rooms 77,040 ... ... 1,620 ... ...
8 or more rooms 165,800 ... ... 3,780 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.4 ... ... 7.0 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 528,580 ... ... 9,690 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 6,915 ... ... 70 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Suitable 513,430 ... ... 9,610 ... ...
Not suitable 22,070 ... ... 145 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 535,500 ... ... 9,760 ... ...
1960 or before 88,815 ... ... 75 ... ...
1961 to 1980 157,720 ... ... 1,005 ... ...
1981 to 1990 89,185 ... ... 520 ... ...
1991 to 2000 68,695 ... ... 2,365 ... ...
2001 to 2005 43,290 ... ... 760 ... ...
2006 to 2010 46,525 ... ... 1,780 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 41,265 ... ... 3,260 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 535,495 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 505,590 ... ... 9,555 ... ...
Major repairs needed 29,910 ... ... 205 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
1 household maintainer 303,695 ... ... 4,895 ... ...
2 household maintainers 220,105 ... ... 4,695 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 11,695 ... ... 165 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 535,500 ... ... 9,755 ... ...
15 to 24 years 20,815 ... ... 210 ... ...
25 to 34 years 80,235 ... ... 1,820 ... ...
35 to 44 years 96,220 ... ... 2,135 ... ...
45 to 54 years 116,535 ... ... 2,100 ... ...
55 to 64 years 104,870 ... ... 1,760 ... ...
65 to 74 years 70,370 ... ... 1,175 ... ...
75 to 84 years 34,840 ... ... 490 ... ...
85 years and over 11,615 ... ... 70 ... ...
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 ... ... 9,710 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 413,450 ... ... 8,020 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 120,130 ... ... 1,690 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 102,825 ... ... 1,500 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 355,260 ... ... 8,350 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 63.2 ... ... 73.5 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 13.4 ... ... 14.2 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,335 ... ... 1,762 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,424 ... ... 1,705 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 349,818 ... ... 448,984 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 397,495 ... ... 465,460 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 178,745 ... ... 1,380 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 14.3 ... ... 6.2 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 40.6 ... ... 36.4 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,018 ... ... 1,512 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,066 ... ... 1,498 ... ...
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 20,150 9,870 10,280
No certificate, diploma or degree 152,445 77,680 74,765 2,260 1,200 1,065
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 256,775 125,700 131,075 5,045 2,400 2,645
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 664,600 316,585 348,015 12,840 6,270 6,570
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 69,890 42,260 27,630 2,010 1,565 440
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 43,010 22,325 20,685 630 380 240
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 26,880 19,935 6,950 1,385 1,180 200
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 212,850 94,825 118,025 5,050 2,080 2,975
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 23,635 9,565 14,070 570 215 360
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 358,220 169,935 188,285 5,205 2,405 2,800
Bachelor's degree 222,025 100,370 121,655 3,775 1,675 2,095
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 20,895 9,060 11,840 285 135 150
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 7,880 3,900 3,980 85 45 40
Master's degree 89,220 44,635 44,585 930 465 465
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 18,200 11,975 6,230 130 90 45
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 14,620 7,160 7,460
No certificate, diploma or degree 58,790 32,800 25,995 830 455 375
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 141,945 71,920 70,030 3,220 1,570 1,650
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 519,430 244,070 275,355 10,560 5,130 5,430
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 51,690 30,650 21,035 1,620 1,280 340
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 32,180 16,215 15,960 495 310 190
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 19,510 14,435 5,070 1,125 970 155
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 164,090 74,245 89,845 4,120 1,715 2,400
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,285 6,805 9,480 480 190 295
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 287,355 132,370 154,985 4,345 1,950 2,395
Bachelor's degree 176,800 78,870 97,930 3,170 1,360 1,800
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 16,215 6,530 9,680 210 90 120
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 6,350 2,840 3,505 70 35 40
Master's degree 74,535 35,970 38,565 790 390 395
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 13,460 8,160 5,310 105 70 35
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 20,150 9,870 10,280
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 409,225 203,375 205,845 7,305 3,600 3,710
Education 39,200 9,095 30,110 965 205 760
13. Education 39,200 9,095 30,110 965 205 755
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 22,800 10,100 12,700 425 140 290
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 4,695 3,340 1,350 75 50 20
50. Visual and performing arts 18,110 6,760 11,345 355 90 265
Humanities 44,075 16,945 27,130 535 245 285
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 7,500 1,660 5,850 35 10 25
23. English language and literature/letters 9,725 2,950 6,780 105 25 80
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 9,980 3,770 6,205 70 30 40
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 415 135 280 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 2,955 1,730 1,225 45 35 15
39. Theology and religious vocations 2,305 1,400 905 185 115 70
54. History 7,775 4,480 3,300 85 40 50
55. French language and literature/letters 3,410 830 2,580 10 0 10
Social and behavioural sciences and law 111,790 42,535 69,255 1,215 390 820
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,685 445 1,240 25 10 20
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 12,130 4,335 7,795 140 35 100
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 12,210 1,030 11,185 225 10 210
22. Legal professions and studies 17,565 6,585 10,980 230 70 160
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 2,355 615 1,735 25 0 20
42. Psychology 16,665 4,165 12,500 215 30 185
45. Social sciences 49,170 25,355 23,820 350 230 120
Business, management and public administration 136,845 55,860 80,985 2,545 995 1,545
30.16 Accounting and computer science 220 105 115 10 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 13,560 3,960 9,605 135 25 110
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 123,065 51,795 71,265 2,405 965 1,430
Physical and life sciences and technologies 32,150 16,580 15,570 525 290 230
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 15,235 6,285 8,950 170 85 85
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 4,825 2,500 2,325 100 45 55
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 940 410 535 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 10,045 6,930 3,115 220 150 70
41. Science technologies/technicians 1,095 455 645 30 15 15
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 44,125 28,720 15,400 310 190 120
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 33,705 23,910 9,785 240 160 80
25. Library science 3,550 725 2,825 30 0 30
27. Mathematics and statistics 5,740 3,340 2,400 40 30 10
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,130 745 380 10 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 108,935 95,975 12,960 3,040 2,745 295
04. Architecture and related services 5,725 3,690 2,035 105 65 40
14. Engineering 40,470 33,015 7,450 540 470 75
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 23,020 20,755 2,270 700 580 125
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 40 0 30 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 17,255 16,860 395 790 765 20
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 15,890 15,420 470 700 670 25
48. Precision production 6,545 6,225 320 205 195 10
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 10,215 5,820 4,400 370 250 130
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 5,600 3,215 2,380 160 120 45
03. Natural resources and conservation 4,620 2,605 2,015 210 130 85
Health and related fields 80,465 17,010 63,455 2,150 430 1,725
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 7,595 3,685 3,905 235 125 105
51. Health professions and related programs 70,415 12,010 58,400 1,885 285 1,600
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 2,455 1,305 1,155 30 20 15
Personal, protective and transportation services 33,900 17,910 15,990 760 390 370
12. Personal and culinary services 18,305 5,375 12,930 405 90 315
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 860 715 150 10 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 610 555 55 10 0 0
43. Security and protective services 10,185 7,640 2,545 210 160 45
49. Transportation and materials moving 3,935 3,620 310 135 130 0
Other 100 35 65 10 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 100 35 65 10 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 14,615 7,160 7,460
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 200,740 104,720 96,020 4,055 2,030 2,025
Education 27,415 6,040 21,375 710 125 585
13. Education 27,410 6,040 21,370 710 125 585
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 17,635 7,765 9,870 360 110 245
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 3,560 2,430 1,130 65 50 15
50. Visual and performing arts 14,075 5,340 8,740 295 65 230
Humanities 31,020 11,780 19,245 420 210 215
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 5,960 1,265 4,695 30 10 25
23. English language and literature/letters 6,980 2,125 4,850 70 20 50
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,265 2,410 3,850 55 30 20
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 320 100 225 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 2,085 1,230 855 30 25 10
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,515 950 565 150 95 55
54. History 5,695 3,245 2,450 80 35 45
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 1,045 325 715
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 1,400 360 1,045 20 0 15
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 9,780 3,465 6,310 125 30 90
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 9,825 820 9,000 180 10 175
22. Legal professions and studies 14,730 5,050 9,680 200 55 140
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 1,875 505 1,370 15 0 10
42. Psychology 12,925 3,055 9,865 195 30 170
45. Social sciences 39,260 19,740 19,525 305 195 110
Business, management and public administration 110,570 44,005 66,560 2,090 810 1,280
30.16 Accounting and computer science 190 85 105 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 11,000 3,120 7,875 125 20 100
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 99,380 40,800 58,580 1,970 790 1,180
Physical and life sciences and technologies 23,275 11,255 12,020 405 210 195
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 11,800 4,635 7,160 155 75 80
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 3,255 1,635 1,620 80 40 45
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 345 120 225 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 7,115 4,565 2,550 150 90 65
41. Science technologies/technicians 760 295 465 20 10 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 38,635 25,320 13,310 285 175 110
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 30,710 21,735 8,980 225 150 80
25. Library science 2,585 535 2,055 15 0 15
27. Mathematics and statistics 4,330 2,420 1,910 35 25 10
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 1,015 635 370 10 10 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 84,450 73,415 11,035 2,525 2,250 275
04. Architecture and related services 4,630 2,865 1,760 95 60 35
14. Engineering 32,495 25,965 6,530 445 380 75
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 17,730 15,960 1,775 585 475 115
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 30 0 25 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 12,855 12,535 320 665 645 20
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 11,925 11,540 380 570 545 30
48. Precision production 4,790 4,545 240 165 155 10
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 8,105 4,420 3,685 310 195 110
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 4,170 2,230 1,940 125 90 40
03. Natural resources and conservation 3,930 2,185 1,745 185 110 75
Health and related fields 62,125 13,400 48,715 1,775 380 1,390
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 6,065 2,895 3,170 210 110 100
51. Health professions and related programs 54,110 9,580 44,530 1,530 255 1,275
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 1,950 930 1,015 30 15 10
Personal, protective and transportation services 26,310 13,630 12,675 640 335 305
12. Personal and culinary services 14,200 4,115 10,085 310 60 245
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 720 585 140 0 10 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 370 330 45 10 0 0
43. Security and protective services 7,985 5,830 2,160 195 150 45
49. Transportation and materials moving 3,030 2,775 255 125 115 10
Other 95 40 60 10 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 20,150 9,870 10,280
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 409,225 203,375 205,840 7,310 3,600 3,705
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 664,595 316,585 348,015 12,840 6,265 6,570
Location of study inside Canada 573,905 272,765 301,140 10,940 5,300 5,645
Same as province or territory of residence 445,950 210,800 235,150 7,230 3,545 3,685
Different than province or territory of residence 127,950 61,960 65,990 3,715 1,760 1,960
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 90,695 43,820 46,875 1,900 970 930
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 13,150 7,345 5,810 495 310 185
Philippines 4,620 1,400 3,225 185 50 135
India 5,610 2,700 2,910 10 10 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 10,405 5,850 4,550 610 330 275
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 6,730 3,055 3,675 15 0 0
France 3,775 2,005 1,765 10 0 0
Other 46,405 21,465 24,935 580 255 325
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 14,620 7,160 7,455
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 200,740 104,720 96,020 4,055 2,030 2,025
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 519,425 244,070 275,355 10,565 5,130 5,430
Location of study inside Canada 450,640 212,195 238,440 8,970 4,365 4,610
Same as province or territory of residence 351,215 164,240 186,970 6,010 2,995 3,015
Different than province or territory of residence 99,425 47,955 51,475 2,960 1,370 1,595
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 68,785 31,875 36,915 1,590 765 825
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 9,485 5,020 4,460 380 220 160
Philippines 4,005 1,190 2,815 175 50 130
India 4,005 1,870 2,135 10 10 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 6,065 3,305 2,755 515 275 240
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 5,035 2,210 2,825 15 10 10
France 3,040 1,610 1,435 0 0 0
Other 37,160 16,675 20,490 495 210 285
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 20,150 9,870 10,275
In the labour force 727,050 370,620 356,425 14,975 7,910 7,070
Employed 676,480 343,175 333,300 13,925 7,325 6,605
Unemployed 50,570 27,445 23,125 1,050 585 470
Not in the labour force 346,770 149,340 197,430 5,170 1,960 3,210
Participation rate 67.7 71.3 64.4 74.3 80.1 68.8
Employment rate 63.0 66.0 60.2 69.1 74.2 64.3
Unemployment rate 7.0 7.4 6.5 7.0 7.4 6.6
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 1,073,820 519,960 553,860 20,145 9,870 10,280
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 329,075 141,720 187,355 4,405 1,620 2,790
Worked 744,745 378,240 366,505 15,740 8,250 7,490
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 402,695 217,110 185,585 8,015 4,870 3,155
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 342,045 161,130 180,920 7,725 3,380 4,345
Average weeks worked in reference year 43.3 43.7 42.9 42.8 43.9 41.5
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 14,975 7,910 7,065
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,220 8,680 8,540 195 80 115
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,885 14,785 7,830 6,950
Employee 636,730 317,865 318,860 12,890 6,730 6,160
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 73,095 44,070 29,025 1,890 1,100 795
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 14,975 7,910 7,065
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,225 8,685 8,540 195 80 115
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,890 14,785 7,830 6,950
0 Management occupations 82,180 49,355 32,825 1,930 1,275 650
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 132,805 43,485 89,320 2,150 605 1,545
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 76,840 58,225 18,615 1,230 980 255
3 Health occupations 45,155 10,070 35,085 1,145 225 925
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 113,425 40,340 73,090 1,925 720 1,205
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 25,625 11,240 14,380 405 120 285
6 Sales and service occupations 154,565 76,175 78,385 3,020 1,185 1,830
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 64,375 61,140 3,235 2,235 2,060 175
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 6,800 5,655 1,155 455 390 60
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 8,055 6,255 1,795 295 270 30
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 14,980 7,910 7,070
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 17,225 8,680 8,540 195 80 120
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 709,825 361,940 347,885 14,785 7,830 6,955
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,075 2,715 1,355 130 85 45
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 825 720 110 960 760 200
22 Utilities 2,290 1,745 545 185 150 35
23 Construction 40,695 36,055 4,635 1,550 1,375 175
31-33 Manufacturing 22,430 16,480 5,950 680 580 105
41 Wholesale trade 15,735 11,570 4,165 370 270 105
44-45 Retail trade 75,510 38,780 36,730 1,440 690 750
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 21,215 15,960 5,250 840 520 320
51 Information and cultural industries 17,840 11,035 6,805 245 145 105
52 Finance and insurance 21,760 9,925 11,835 410 150 260
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 11,870 6,650 5,225 235 115 120
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 62,320 37,660 24,660 1,225 685 535
55 Management of companies and enterprises 465 185 280 35 25 15
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 32,130 19,995 12,135 515 255 260
61 Educational services 57,685 19,070 38,615 990 195 790
62 Health care and social assistance 78,410 16,175 62,230 1,715 230 1,485
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 14,790 7,380 7,410 355 205 150
72 Accommodation and food services 47,215 23,080 24,130 1,130 470 655
81 Other services (except public administration) 29,765 12,200 17,565 715 255 455
91 Public administration 152,810 74,555 78,260 1,060 660 400
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 13,925 7,325 6,605
Worked at home 46,415 23,140 23,280 1,090 495 590
Worked outside Canada 2,490 1,680 810 60 50 10
No fixed workplace address 59,925 44,240 15,680 2,110 1,595 520
Worked at usual place 567,645 274,120 293,525 10,665 5,185 5,480
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 10,665 5,180 5,480
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 449,910 214,200 235,705 3,990 1,565 2,420
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 2,350 1,170 1,175 5,915 3,085 2,830
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 40,615 20,390 20,225 640 445 195
Commute to a different province or territory 74,770 38,350 36,420 120 85 35
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 12,775 6,775 6,000
Car, truck, van - as a driver 415,370 224,415 190,960 11,030 5,890 5,145
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 36,845 11,580 25,260 545 215 330
Public transit 115,005 50,935 64,070 360 205 155
Walked 39,465 18,585 20,875 395 150 240
Bicycle 14,895 9,855 5,040 125 80 45
Other method 5,995 2,990 3,010 325 235 90
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 12,775 6,775 6,000
Less than 15 minutes 124,945 59,125 65,820 3,815 1,580 2,235
15 to 29 minutes 226,235 116,285 109,945 1,840 860 975
30 to 44 minutes 160,070 84,175 75,900 3,360 1,870 1,495
45 to 59 minutes 69,085 34,790 34,300 2,530 1,605 925
60 minutes and over 47,235 23,990 23,245 1,230 855 375
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 12,775 6,775 6,000
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 34,610 23,630 10,980 1,175 905 270
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 122,735 68,180 54,560 3,395 2,170 1,230
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 185,570 87,235 98,335 3,250 1,680 1,565
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 140,045 65,545 74,500 2,030 705 1,325
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 64,600 30,595 34,005 1,190 460 730
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 80,010 43,180 36,830 1,735 850 885
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 16,115 8,410 7,710
Single responses 718,360 365,860 352,505 16,055 8,410 7,645
Official languages 714,285 363,795 350,490 16,025 8,400 7,625
English 570,925 298,020 272,905 15,955 8,390 7,570
French 143,360 65,775 77,585 70 10 65
Non-official languages 4,080 2,065 2,015 25 10 20
Aboriginal languages 90 30 50 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 55 25 30 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 55 25 30 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 20 10 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 15 25 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 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 30 10 20
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 10 0
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 295 110 185 0 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 0
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 0
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 0 0 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 10 10 10
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 10 10 10
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 0 0 0
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 0 0
Chinese languages 1,490 785 705 10 0 10
Cantonese 560 315 245 10 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 10 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 10 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 47,225 22,625 24,600 60 0 65
English and French 42,540 20,330 22,205 35 0 35
English and non-official language 3,520 1,710 1,805 20 0 15
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 16,115 8,405 7,710
None 523,350 272,620 250,735 15,660 8,235 7,430
English 82,440 38,360 44,080 70 10 60
French 147,035 71,190 75,845 265 125 140
Non-official language 10,575 5,325 5,250 115 40 75
Aboriginal 185 55 125 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 10,395 5,270 5,120 115 45 75
English and French 160 60 100 0 0 0
English and non-official language 440 200 245 0 0 0
French and non-official language 1,570 715 850 0 10 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 25,240 12,440 12,800
Non-movers 1,116,265 545,040 571,220 20,835 10,290 10,540
Movers 170,825 83,695 87,125 4,410 2,150 2,255
Non-migrants 116,225 56,810 59,415 1,645 780 870
Migrants 54,595 26,885 27,710 2,760 1,375 1,385
Internal migrants 39,610 19,390 20,220 2,600 1,275 1,330
Intraprovincial migrants 24,210 11,575 12,630 2,095 1,040 1,050
Interprovincial migrants 15,400 7,815 7,590 500 230 270
External migrants 14,980 7,500 7,490 165 105 65
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 23,670 11,650 12,015
Non-movers 748,410 364,850 383,560 10,370 5,115 5,255
Movers 480,040 234,275 245,760 13,300 6,535 6,760
Non-migrants 310,975 151,435 159,545 3,825 1,815 2,010
Migrants 169,060 82,845 86,220 9,475 4,715 4,755
Internal migrants 119,125 57,835 61,290 8,455 4,215 4,240
Intraprovincial migrants 73,840 35,405 38,440 6,375 3,195 3,180
Interprovincial migrants 45,280 22,435 22,850 2,080 1,015 1,055
External migrants 49,935 25,005 24,930 1,020 505 515

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 Cochrane, T [Census subdivision], Alberta (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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