Census Profile, 2016 Census
Surrey, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Terrace [Population centre], British Columbia

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Characteristic Surrey, CY
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Terrace
British Columbia
[Population centre]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 517,887 ... ... 13,663 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 468,251 ... ... 13,395r ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 10.6 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 181,159 ... ... 5,825 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 169,964 ... ... 5,492 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,636.8 ... ... 701.6 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 316.41 ... ... 19.47 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 517,885 256,400 261,485 13,665 6,870 6,790
0 to 14 years 92,550 47,860 44,680 2,540 1,310 1,225
0 to 4 years 29,090 15,010 14,085 845 430 415
5 to 9 years 32,055 16,675 15,380 845 440 405
10 to 14 years 31,400 16,180 15,220 845 440 410
15 to 64 years 352,350 174,490 177,860 9,160 4,640 4,515
15 to 19 years 34,330 17,880 16,455 860 450 405
20 to 24 years 35,075 18,445 16,630 900 485 415
25 to 29 years 33,770 16,820 16,950 980 500 480
30 to 34 years 36,540 17,715 18,825 935 485 450
35 to 39 years 36,040 17,265 18,775 830 425 405
40 to 44 years 36,325 17,350 18,975 855 415 445
45 to 49 years 37,195 18,135 19,060 1,010 485 525
50 to 54 years 38,020 18,960 19,060 995 480 510
55 to 59 years 34,785 17,180 17,605 955 470 485
60 to 64 years 30,265 14,735 15,530 830 435 395
65 years and over 72,990 34,045 38,940 1,965 920 1,045
65 to 69 years 25,545 12,325 13,220 695 340 360
70 to 74 years 17,970 8,610 9,350 495 235 265
75 to 79 years 12,560 5,945 6,620 330 170 160
80 to 84 years 8,470 3,920 4,550 225 100 130
85 years and over 8,445 3,240 5,200 220 80 135
85 to 89 years 5,275 2,230 3,040 135 55 85
90 to 94 years 2,360 785 1,575 70 25 40
95 to 99 years 680 175 500 15 0 10
100 years and over 130 45 85 5 0 5
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 17.9 18.7 17.1 18.6 19.1 18.0
15 to 64 years 68.0 68.1 68.0 67.0 67.5 66.5
65 years and over 14.1 13.3 14.9 14.4 13.4 15.4
85 years and over 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.6 1.2 2.0
Average age of the population 39.0 38.2 39.8 39.0 38.2 39.8
Median age of the population 38.7 37.7 39.6 38.6 37.2 40.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Single-detached house 60,195 ... ... 3,470 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 6,055 ... ... 0 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 102,375 ... ... 1,685 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,495 ... ... 290 ... ...
Row house 26,630 ... ... 435 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 37,535 ... ... 330 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 34,560 ... ... 570 ... ...
Other single-attached house 160 ... ... 60 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,345 ... ... 330 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 169,965 ... ... 5,490 ... ...
1 person 34,515 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
2 persons 47,115 ... ... 1,915 ... ...
3 persons 28,225 ... ... 820 ... ...
4 persons 30,595 ... ... 750 ... ...
5 or more persons 29,510 ... ... 465 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 511,540 ... ... 13,410 ... ...
Average household size 3.0 ... ... 2.4 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 425,340 208,540 216,800 11,125 5,560 5,565
Married or living common law 255,680 127,605 128,075 6,310 3,155 3,150
Married 232,650 116,095 116,550 4,705 2,360 2,345
Living common law 23,030 11,510 11,525 1,605 795 810
Not married and not living common law 169,660 80,930 88,725 4,820 2,405 2,410
Never married 116,675 63,800 52,870 3,140 1,800 1,350
Separated 10,195 4,215 5,985 375 175 210
Divorced 21,845 8,650 13,200 675 295 380
Widowed 20,945 4,265 16,680 620 140 480
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 144,495 ... ... 3,790 ... ...
2 persons 61,060 ... ... 2,005 ... ...
3 persons 32,880 ... ... 765 ... ...
4 persons 35,880 ... ... 705 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,680 ... ... 315 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.1 ... ... 2.9 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 144,500 ... ... 3,790 ... ...
Total couple families 122,895 ... ... 3,100 ... ...
Married couples 111,380 ... ... 2,295 ... ...
Common-law couples 11,515 ... ... 800 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 21,605 ... ... 695 ... ...
Female parent 17,335 ... ... 510 ... ...
Male parent 4,270 ... ... 180 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 122,895 ... ... 3,100 ... ...
Couples without children 48,180 ... ... 1,595 ... ...
Couples with children 74,715 ... ... 1,505 ... ...
1 child 26,570 ... ... 565 ... ...
2 children 34,060 ... ... 640 ... ...
3 or more children 14,090 ... ... 300 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 21,600 ... ... 690 ... ...
1 child 12,880 ... ... 410 ... ...
2 children 6,315 ... ... 195 ... ...
3 or more children 2,405 ... ... 90 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 69,550 33,260 36,290 2,585 1,365 1,215
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 169,965 ... ... 5,490 ... ...
One-census-family households 115,660 ... ... 3,560 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 36,060 ... ... 1,515 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 79,605 ... ... 2,045 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 13,545 ... ... 115 ... ...
Non-census-family households 40,755 ... ... 1,820 ... ...
One-person households 34,515 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 6,240 ... ... 270 ... ...
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 15 513,405 254,160 259,245 13,455 6,775 6,680
English only 456,620 229,945 226,665 12,555 6,350 6,210
French only 245 130 115 10 5 10
English and French 23,055 10,345 12,710 810 395 420
Neither English nor French 33,480 13,725 19,750 75 30 45
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 16 513,400 254,160 259,245 13,450 6,770 6,675
English 473,985 237,530 236,455 13,130 6,625 6,510
French 3,640 1,815 1,825 245 120 125
English and French 2,690 1,270 1,420 10 5 0
Neither English nor French 33,080 13,535 19,545 70 30 40
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 4,990 2,455 2,535 245 120 125
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.9
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 513,400 254,155 259,245 13,450 6,775 6,680
Single responses 491,865 243,460 248,410 13,270 6,685 6,580
Official languages 251,165 126,945 124,220 11,905 6,045 5,860
English 247,685 125,210 122,475 11,645 5,920 5,730
French 3,475 1,735 1,745 255 125 130
Non-official languages 240,700 116,510 124,190 1,365 640 725
Aboriginal languages 105 30 75 90 50 45
Algonquian languages 50 15 40 5 5 0
Blackfoot 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 5 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 10 0 5 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 15 5 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 5 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 5 0 5 10 5 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 10 5 5
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 5 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 0 0 5 0 5
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 10 0 5
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 5 0 5 0 5
Inuit languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 0 5 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 5 0 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 5 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 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 5 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 10 0 10 70 40 30
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 0 30 20 15
Nisga'a 5 5 0 35 20 15
Tsimshian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 5 0 5
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0 5 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 116,480 124,120 1,270 595 680
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 3,690 3,500 10 0 5
Berber languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Kabyle 5 0 5 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 780 370 405 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 755 365 395 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 3,305 3,080 5 5 5
Amharic 305 150 160 0 0 0
Arabic 4,940 2,560 2,380 10 5 5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 215 220 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 215 175 0 0 0
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 30 25 0 0 0
Maltese 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 155 80 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 45 50 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,010 3,260 3,750 20 5 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 290 360 0 0 0
Vietnamese 6,365 2,965 3,395 15 5 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 9,065 11,760 115 45 70
Bikol 65 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 350 505 5 0 5
Fijian 210 105 105 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 115 145 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,045 435 610 5 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 430 190 240 5 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 0 0 0
Pangasinan 85 35 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,540 7,660 9,885 100 45 60
Waray-Waray 35 20 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 80 110 0 0 0
Creole languages 260 130 125 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 10 10 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 80 80 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,735 880 850 25 10 10
Kannada 55 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 695 350 345 15 5 5
Tamil 790 405 385 0 0 0
Telugu 170 95 80 5 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 20 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 77,565 79,500 985 460 525
Albanian 315 160 155 0 0 0
Armenian 95 50 45 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 7,515 3,615 3,905 65 20 40
Baltic languages 50 20 30 0 5 0
Latvian 25 15 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 5 15 5 0 0
Slavic languages 7,465 3,590 3,875 65 25 40
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 75 75 0 0 0
Bulgarian 110 55 55 5 5 0
Croatian 670 335 335 5 0 0
Czech 450 210 240 5 0 5
Macedonian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 2,515 1,245 1,270 20 5 15
Russian 1,795 830 965 10 5 5
Serbian 470 250 220 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 85 50 40 0 0 0
Slovak 290 135 155 5 0 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 45 45 5 0 5
Ukrainian 800 345 455 15 5 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 5 0 0
Celtic languages 40 20 25 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 20 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,660 3,115 3,545 280 125 155
Afrikaans 220 100 120 25 15 15
Danish 415 215 200 15 5 10
Dutch 1,545 720 825 40 15 30
Frisian 30 10 20 0 0 0
German 4,070 1,885 2,185 180 80 95
Icelandic 30 10 15 5 0 0
Norwegian 150 70 80 10 10 5
Swedish 135 60 75 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 15 0 0 0
Yiddish 15 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 600 310 285 15 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 65,300 66,300 270 130 135
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 63,475 64,595 265 130 135
Bengali 685 350 335 0 0 0
Gujarati 1,485 740 745 5 5 0
Hindi 13,260 6,345 6,915 10 5 5
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 30 40 0 0 0
Marathi 80 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 410 215 200 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 52,785 53,315 235 115 120
Sindhi 210 105 100 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 335 340 0 5 0
Urdu 5,075 2,520 2,555 10 10 5
Iranian languages 3,410 1,760 1,650 5 0 0
Kurdish 170 95 70 0 0 0
Pashto 525 280 245 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,710 1,385 1,335 10 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 60 50 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 5,005 5,230 350 170 190
Catalan 10 10 5 0 0 0
Italian 1,335 715 620 40 20 20
Portuguese 1,435 660 770 265 125 140
Romanian 715 365 350 5 5 0
Spanish 6,730 3,250 3,485 40 15 25
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 1,075 385 690 5 5 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,065 3,770 4,300 25 10 15
Mongolic languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 535 495 10 5 5
Akan (Twi) 185 115 75 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 15 5 10 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 65 35 30 0 0 0
Lingala 20 10 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 25 30 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 25 0 0 0
Shona 45 15 25 0 0 0
Swahili 215 110 105 0 0 5
Wolof 0 5 5 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 55 35 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 95 120 5 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 40 55 0 5 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 40 50 0 0 0
Sign languages 185 100 85 5 0 5
American Sign Language 70 35 35 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 65 45 5 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 15,880 17,690 65 30 35
Chinese languages 32,780 15,480 17,305 65 30 35
Cantonese 7,095 3,350 3,740 35 20 15
Hakka 215 100 115 5 0 0
Mandarin 22,885 10,790 12,095 20 10 10
Min Dong 25 15 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 630 690 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 165 175 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 415 450 10 0 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 400 390 0 0 0
Burmese 335 185 150 0 0 0
Karenic languages 335 160 175 0 0 0
Tibetan 60 25 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 780 340 435 0 0 0
Lao 525 270 255 0 0 0
Thai 250 65 190 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 185 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 260 145 115 0 0 0
Uyghur 60 30 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,170 545 625 20 15 5
Estonian 60 30 30 0 0 0
Finnish 240 105 135 10 10 0
Hungarian 870 410 455 10 5 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 50 45 0 0 0
Multiple responses 21,540 10,695 10,840 180 90 95
English and French 775 380 395 45 25 20
English and non-official language 20,190 10,050 10,145 125 60 70
French and non-official language 270 135 135 5 5 5
English, French and non-official language 295 135 160 5 5 0
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 513,400 254,155 259,245 13,450 6,770 6,675
Single responses 459,485 227,590 231,885 13,190 6,645 6,545
Official languages 305,320 152,610 152,710 12,725 6,430 6,300
English 304,195 152,030 152,170 12,645 6,390 6,250
French 1,125 585 540 85 35 50
Non-official languages 154,160 74,980 79,175 465 220 245
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 5 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 5 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 5 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 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
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 154,145 74,980 79,170 460 220 245
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 2,375 2,400 0 5 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 455 200 255 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 445 190 255 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,175 2,140 5 0 0
Amharic 135 60 75 0 0 0
Arabic 3,450 1,740 1,710 5 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 150 150 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 150 125 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 75 35 35 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 30 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,560 2,130 2,430 10 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 190 210 0 0 0
Vietnamese 4,165 1,940 2,220 5 5 5
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,225 4,235 4,985 40 20 20
Bikol 15 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 305 130 170 0 0 0
Fijian 60 40 30 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 345 155 185 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 50 60 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 5 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 3,785 4,455 40 20 20
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 0 0 0
Creole languages 150 70 80 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 60 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 885 440 445 10 5 0
Kannada 25 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 365 180 180 5 5 0
Tamil 410 200 210 0 0 0
Telugu 80 45 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 100,595 49,680 50,920 320 145 175
Albanian 200 90 100 0 0 0
Armenian 35 15 20 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 10 5 5
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 5 5 5
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 35 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 50 30 20 0 0 0
Croatian 190 90 100 0 0 0
Czech 135 65 65 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 1,030 505 525 5 5 5
Russian 1,035 505 530 0 0 5
Serbian 205 110 95 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15 0 0 0
Slovak 85 40 40 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Ukrainian 250 110 140 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 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 665 300 365 30 15 15
Afrikaans 100 45 60 20 10 5
Danish 25 10 10 0 0 0
Dutch 105 45 65 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 180 210 15 5 5
Icelandic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 5 10 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 5 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 5 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 190 100 90 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 91,725 45,365 46,360 160 75 85
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 44,275 45,295 160 70 80
Bengali 410 210 200 0 0 0
Gujarati 735 340 395 0 0 0
Hindi 6,885 3,280 3,605 5 5 5
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Nepali 245 120 120 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 38,520 39,090 145 70 80
Sindhi 80 40 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 140 150 0 0 0
Urdu 3,260 1,600 1,655 5 0 0
Iranian languages 2,065 1,045 1,025 0 5 0
Kurdish 110 60 45 0 0 0
Pashto 315 160 155 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 820 820 0 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,695 2,300 2,395 120 50 70
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 240 110 125 5 5 10
Portuguese 510 240 270 90 35 55
Romanian 310 155 155 0 0 0
Spanish 3,630 1,790 1,835 20 10 5
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 450 190 260 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 6,435 3,015 3,420 20 10 10
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 155 185 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 70 40 30 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 10 5 0 0 0
Ewe 5 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 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lingala 10 5 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 20 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 10 20 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 85 35 55 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 20 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 25 30 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 15 25 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 10 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 230 120 105 15 10 5
American Sign Language 85 40 45 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 80 65 10 10 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,545 12,120 13,430 35 15 20
Chinese languages 24,905 11,790 13,115 40 15 20
Cantonese 4,620 2,180 2,440 20 15 10
Hakka 60 25 35 0 0 0
Mandarin 18,820 8,910 9,910 10 10 5
Min Dong 0 0 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 300 330 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 90 100 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 265 285 5 0 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 325 310 0 0 0
Burmese 285 155 130 0 0 0
Karenic languages 310 155 160 0 0 0
Tibetan 25 15 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 175 200 0 0 0
Lao 270 135 135 0 0 0
Thai 105 40 65 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 95 85 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 125 65 55 0 0 0
Uyghur 30 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 300 135 165 5 0 0
Estonian 20 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 240 115 130 5 5 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 40 15 25 0 0 0
Multiple responses 53,920 26,565 27,355 260 125 135
English and French 525 245 285 15 10 5
English and non-official language 52,775 26,050 26,725 240 110 125
French and non-official language 120 45 70 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 500 225 280 0 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 20 513,400 254,160 259,245 13,450 6,770 6,680
None 395,270 196,135 199,135 12,460 6,295 6,170
English 57,240 28,705 28,530 275 130 145
French 2,525 1,150 1,375 145 65 75
Non-official language 56,675 27,335 29,340 560 275 285
Aboriginal 95 40 55 115 60 55
Non-Aboriginal 56,580 27,295 29,285 445 215 230
English and French 200 100 100 0 0 5
English and non-official language 1,100 540 560 0 0 0
French and non-official language 375 180 195 10 5 5
English, French and non-official language 10 10 10 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 21 419,060 205,495 213,570 10,880 5,440 5,440
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 397,735 195,290 202,440 10,500 5,260 5,240
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,822 36,533 24,663 36,617 47,061 30,213
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 398,230 195,735 202,495 10,510 5,270 5,240
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,200 32,228 23,441 32,890 40,613 27,765
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 349,505 176,850 172,655 9,480 4,845 4,630
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,979 37,122 23,748 34,863 45,638 27,888
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 285,365 122,180 163,185 7,210 3,210 3,995
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,266 1,478 4,330 6,688 7,192 6,379
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 301,705 156,635 145,070 8,255 4,295 3,960
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,804 37,394 25,015 35,637 47,893 28,160
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 419,065 205,530 213,540 10,870 5,410 5,460
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 397,880 195,320 202,560 10,455 5,210 5,245
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,978 47,640 32,589 46,057 55,342 36,841
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 398,370 195,760 202,605 10,465 5,215 5,250
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,815 39,183 28,628 38,886 45,455 32,361
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 350,080 176,880 173,200 9,445 4,825 4,620
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,195 48,434 31,782 44,423 53,921 34,507
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 285,325 122,325 163,000 7,185 3,185 4,005
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,430 6,033 6,728 8,621 8,828 8,456
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 301,705 156,380 145,325 8,275 4,290 3,985
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,014 47,626 31,823 43,908 53,940 33,109
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 419,065 205,525 213,540 10,870 5,410 5,460
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 24 124,605 72,975 51,630 3,310 1,810 1,500
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,026 55,725 44,357 56,159 67,438 46,054
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 59,318 66,016 49,850 62,420 71,979 50,924
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 88.5 92.1 83.4 87.4 90.5 82.7
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.6 79.6 69.8 76.1 80.2 69.8
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 11.5 7.9 16.6 12.6 9.5 17.3
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 419,065 205,495 213,570 10,880 5,440 5,440
Without total income 21,330 10,205 11,125 375 180 200
With total income 397,735 195,295 202,445 10,500 5,260 5,240
Percentage with total income 94.9 95.0 94.8 96.5 96.7 96.3
Under $10,000 (including loss) 69,415 28,885 40,535 1,300 540 755
$10,000 to $19,999 76,230 31,215 45,015 1,590 645 950
$20,000 to $29,999 54,095 23,260 30,840 1,485 585 895
$30,000 to $39,999 46,405 21,720 24,690 1,300 535 765
$40,000 to $49,999 39,630 19,750 19,880 1,085 470 620
$50,000 to $59,999 30,080 16,185 13,890 890 470 425
$60,000 to $69,999 22,130 13,355 8,775 700 425 285
$70,000 to $79,999 15,900 10,105 5,790 530 345 185
$80,000 to $89,999 12,205 7,815 4,400 420 280 140
$90,000 to $99,999 8,375 5,565 2,815 325 245 85
$100,000 and over 23,265 17,445 5,820 870 725 145
$100,000 to $149,999 16,225 11,865 4,360 690 575 115
$150,000 and over 7,040 5,580 1,460 180 150 25
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 419,065 205,495 213,570 10,875 5,440 5,435
Without after-tax income 20,830 9,760 11,070 370 175 195
With after-tax income 398,230 195,735 202,495 10,510 5,265 5,240
Percentage with after-tax income 95.0 95.3 94.8 96.6 96.8 96.4
Under $10,000 (including loss) 71,655 30,315 41,335 1,340 565 775
$10,000 to $19,999 79,805 33,255 46,555 1,670 690 980
$20,000 to $29,999 64,300 28,495 35,805 1,775 710 1,060
$30,000 to $39,999 54,050 26,070 27,975 1,495 630 865
$40,000 to $49,999 42,865 22,185 20,685 1,280 630 650
$50,000 to $59,999 29,110 17,155 11,955 915 535 380
$60,000 to $69,999 19,245 12,240 7,005 675 440 235
$70,000 to $79,999 13,140 8,310 4,835 505 370 140
$80,000 and over 24,065 17,720 6,345 855 700 160
$80,000 to $89,999 7,915 5,410 2,510 340 270 70
$90,000 to $99,999 4,725 3,505 1,220 185 150 35
$100,000 and over 11,420 8,805 2,615 330 280 50
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 419,065 205,495 213,570 10,875 5,440 5,435
Without employment income 117,355 48,860 68,500 2,625 1,150 1,480
With employment income 301,710 156,635 145,070 8,255 4,295 3,960
Percentage with employment income 72.0 76.2 67.9 75.9 79.0 72.9
Under $5,000 (including loss) 41,110 18,615 22,490 1,055 460 595
$5,000 to $9,999 24,800 10,380 14,425 585 255 330
$10,000 to $19,999 44,505 19,570 24,935 970 415 550
$20,000 to $29,999 37,220 17,150 20,065 990 390 600
$30,000 to $39,999 34,510 16,805 17,705 910 360 550
$40,000 to $49,999 30,535 15,565 14,970 750 320 425
$50,000 to $59,999 23,420 13,180 10,240 655 355 300
$60,000 to $69,999 17,575 11,210 6,365 515 335 180
$70,000 to $79,999 12,945 8,490 4,455 450 300 145
$80,000 and over 35,085 25,660 9,425 1,365 1,090 280
$80,000 to $89,999 10,220 6,655 3,565 400 270 125
$90,000 to $99,999 6,800 4,735 2,065 265 205 55
$100,000 and over 18,065 14,270 3,795 705 615 90
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,494 ... ... 74,069 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 68,060 ... ... 64,695 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 34,515 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,675 ... ... 36,352 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,381 ... ... 32,597 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 135,445 ... ... 3,945 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 90,657 ... ... 93,355 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 79,548 ... ... 80,668 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 93,586 ... ... 87,627 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 79,256 ... ... 74,089 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 34,500 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 45,234 ... ... 48,788 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,166 ... ... 41,493 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 135,465 ... ... 3,945 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 105,900 ... ... 102,905 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,720 ... ... 86,911 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,065 ... ... 45 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,950 ... ... 35 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,975 ... ... 150 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,235 ... ... 205 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,585 ... ... 240 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,820 ... ... 215 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,990 ... ... 230 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,400 ... ... 225 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,490 ... ... 240 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,550 ... ... 205 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,000 ... ... 390 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,310 ... ... 385 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,340 ... ... 385 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,095 ... ... 350 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,675 ... ... 310 ... ...
$100,000 and over 61,475 ... ... 1,880 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 20,385 ... ... 605 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 14,075 ... ... 525 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,450 ... ... 490 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,570 ... ... 255 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,255 ... ... 45 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,985 ... ... 35 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,030 ... ... 155 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,435 ... ... 205 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,340 ... ... 280 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,915 ... ... 245 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,340 ... ... 300 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,650 ... ... 255 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,985 ... ... 265 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,785 ... ... 245 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 14,970 ... ... 485 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 13,950 ... ... 455 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,175 ... ... 420 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,775 ... ... 375 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 10,275 ... ... 320 ... ...
$100,000 and over 47,105 ... ... 1,395 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 19,380 ... ... 675 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,780 ... ... 370 ... ...
$150,000 and over 15,950 ... ... 360 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 132,070 ... ... 3,750 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,793 ... ... 92,373 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 78,901 ... ... 79,799 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.5 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 35,330 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,991 ... ... 86,630 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,731 ... ... 74,659 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 73,685 ... ... 1,505 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,953 ... ... 117,312 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,865 ... ... 99,648 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 4.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,180 ... ... 640 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,135 ... ... 50,784 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,352 ... ... 45,920 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 131,980 ... ... 3,775 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,987 ... ... 102,437 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,838 ... ... 86,283 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 35,250 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,517 ... ... 93,331 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,370 ... ... 78,525 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 73,805 ... ... 1,505 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,698 ... ... 128,886 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,378 ... ... 107,574 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,050 ... ... 650 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,818 ... ... 62,537 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,188 ... ... 54,703 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 52,060 26,955 25,105 2,245 1,190 1,050
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,548 32,897 30,263 33,958 36,224 31,637
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,501 29,419 27,643 30,748 32,304 28,941
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 51,935 26,555 25,385 2,150 1,155 995
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,475 40,766 38,124 43,911 47,528 39,706
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 33,616 34,316 32,884 37,701 40,084 34,931
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 511,540 253,320 258,220 13,405 6,745 6,660
In the bottom half of the distribution 263,500 128,320 135,180 6,470 3,135 3,340
In the bottom decile 53,940 26,540 27,400 1,320 655 665
In the second decile 49,270 23,365 25,905 1,420 655 770
In the third decile 51,145 24,800 26,350 1,190 580 610
In the fourth decile 54,560 26,650 27,905 1,255 615 640
In the fifth decile 54,580 26,960 27,615 1,295 635 655
In the top half of the distribution 248,040 125,000 123,035 6,935 3,610 3,320
In the sixth decile 54,190 26,860 27,335 1,380 705 675
In the seventh decile 53,400 26,775 26,620 1,400 730 675
In the eighth decile 52,060 26,370 25,685 1,505 785 720
In the ninth decile 48,155 24,395 23,760 1,525 790 730
In the top decile 40,240 20,600 19,640 1,125 600 525
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 43 511,540 253,325 258,215 13,410 6,750 6,660
0 to 17 years 112,320 58,195 54,120 3,055 1,580 1,475
0 to 5 years 35,185 18,145 17,040 1,010 515 495
18 to 64 years 330,060 162,380 167,680 8,500 4,280 4,220
65 years and over 69,165 32,745 36,420 1,850 885 965
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 75,640 36,500 39,145 1,840 865 975
0 to 17 years 21,985 11,355 10,625 600 300 300
0 to 5 years 6,795 3,440 3,350 220 105 115
18 to 64 years 44,940 21,345 23,600 990 470 515
65 years and over 8,715 3,795 4,915 250 95 155
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.4 15.2 13.7 12.8 14.6
0 to 17 years (%) 19.6 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.0 20.3
0 to 5 years (%) 19.3 19.0 19.7 21.8 20.4 23.2
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.1 14.1 11.6 11.0 12.2
65 years and over (%) 12.6 11.6 13.5 13.5 10.7 16.1
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 60,260 29,565 30,695 840 440 395
0 to 17 years 16,925 8,705 8,225 235 120 110
0 to 5 years 5,170 2,595 2,575 80 40 35
18 to 64 years 38,355 18,710 19,645 580 310 270
65 years and over 4,980 2,150 2,825 25 15 10
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.8 11.7 11.9 6.3 6.5 5.9
0 to 17 years (%) 15.1 15.0 15.2 7.7 7.6 7.5
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.3 15.1 7.9 7.8 7.1
18 to 64 years (%) 11.6 11.5 11.7 6.8 7.2 6.4
65 years and over (%) 7.2 6.6 7.8 1.4 1.7 1.0
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,405 6,720 6,690
Official languages 478,215 239,765 238,450 13,345 6,700 6,650
English 478,010 239,640 238,370 13,330 6,695 6,640
French 22,960 10,450 12,510 815 415 395
Non-official languages 287,750 139,540 148,210 1,785 810 975
Aboriginal languages 225 80 140 200 100 100
Algonquian languages 95 30 65 15 10 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 20 25 0 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 20 10 10 10 10 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. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 0 10 10 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 45 10 35 10 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 10 30 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 25 10 20
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 25 0 20
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 10 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 25 0 20
Kaska (Nahani) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 25 0 20
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 20 20 10 10 0 0
Inuit languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 0 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 45 10 30 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 0 10 0 0 0
Okanagan 35 15 20 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) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 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 10 155 80 75
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 10 40 15 25
Nisga'a 0 0 0 120 65 50
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 15 0 10 0 0 0
Haisla 10 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 287,525 139,460 148,070 1,590 710 880
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,070 4,570 4,500 20 10 10
Berber languages 30 10 20 0 0 0
Kabyle 25 10 15 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,055 460 600 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 1,045 455 590 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,065 4,130 3,935 25 10 15
Amharic 505 240 265 0 0 0
Arabic 6,835 3,510 3,320 25 10 10
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 480 245 235 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 475 240 235 0 0 0
Harari 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 220 135 80 0 0 0
Maltese 55 15 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 220 135 85 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 230 115 110 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,750 4,205 4,545 10 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 350 425 0 0 0
Vietnamese 8,025 3,880 4,145 10 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 26,440 11,550 14,885 110 55 55
Bikol 115 50 60 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,180 445 730 10 10 0
Fijian 540 320 225 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 335 175 160 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,285 495 785 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,010 425 590 10 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 140 70 70 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,320 10,560 13,760 100 50 55
Waray-Waray 65 35 30 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 230 105 125 0 0 0
Creole languages 735 385 355 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 460 235 225 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 140 135 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 2,575 1,375 1,205 45 25 20
Kannada 105 35 65 0 0 10
Malayalam 1,020 555 470 30 30 10
Tamil 1,315 705 610 15 10 0
Telugu 290 170 120 0 0 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 191,080 94,570 96,515 1,240 550 690
Albanian 445 205 240 0 0 0
Armenian 160 95 65 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 8,790 4,340 4,450 60 20 45
Baltic languages 35 20 20 0 10 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 0 15 10 0 0
Slavic languages 8,760 4,330 4,430 60 15 40
Belarusan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 270 135 135 0 0 0
Bulgarian 185 80 105 0 0 0
Croatian 870 445 425 10 0 0
Czech 540 255 290 10 0 10
Macedonian 25 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,830 1,420 1,415 10 0 0
Russian 2,490 1,225 1,265 10 0 10
Serbian 650 340 305 0 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 90 45 40 0 0 0
Slovak 390 185 205 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 120 70 50 10 0 10
Ukrainian 1,060 450 605 10 10 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 40 50 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 50 30 15 0 0 0
Welsh 25 10 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,745 4,080 4,665 355 145 205
Afrikaans 585 260 320 40 10 25
Danish 390 165 225 15 0 10
Dutch 1,815 840 980 45 25 20
Frisian 35 20 20 0 0 0
German 5,675 2,705 2,965 250 110 135
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 190 90 100 10 0 15
Swedish 300 135 170 0 0 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 15 15 10 10 0
Yiddish 25 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 900 475 430 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 157,915 78,645 79,265 290 150 145
Indo-Aryan languages 154,075 76,740 77,340 280 145 135
Bengali 980 485 495 0 0 0
Gujarati 2,060 995 1,065 25 15 10
Hindi 39,080 18,940 20,140 65 25 45
Kashmiri 15 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 70 35 35 0 0 0
Marathi 165 80 90 0 0 0
Nepali 465 225 240 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 25 15 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 128,515 64,430 64,090 215 120 95
Sindhi 380 195 185 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 950 510 445 0 0 0
Urdu 7,950 4,050 3,900 10 10 0
Iranian languages 4,295 2,150 2,145 10 0 10
Kurdish 315 175 140 0 0 0
Pashto 795 430 365 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,485 1,735 1,750 15 0 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 140 140 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 15,840 7,670 8,170 525 230 295
Catalan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Italian 2,170 1,180 995 55 30 25
Portuguese 1,930 875 1,060 335 140 190
Romanian 840 450 390 10 10 10
Spanish 11,310 5,340 5,965 145 60 85
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Japanese 2,035 910 1,125 0 10 0
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 8,915 4,165 4,745 45 20 25
Mongolic languages 55 35 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,870 960 910 25 10 20
Akan (Twi) 240 140 95 10 0 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 75 40 30 0 0 0
Ewe 45 30 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 65 40 25 0 0 0
Ganda 30 15 10 0 0 0
Igbo 90 45 35 0 0 0
Lingala 90 45 50 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 20 35 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 85 35 50 0 0 0
Shona 60 30 25 0 0 0
Swahili 620 350 270 10 0 10
Wolof 10 0 10 0 0 0
Yoruba 255 125 125 15 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 450 180 270 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 40 30 0 0 0
Dinka 10 15 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 20 35 0 0 0
Sign languages 645 195 445 50 20 35
American Sign Language 315 75 240 15 0 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 130 215 40 15 20
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,450 17,735 19,715 40 20 20
Chinese languages 36,485 17,235 19,250 40 20 20
Cantonese 9,360 4,395 4,960 40 15 25
Hakka 275 130 150 0 0 0
Mandarin 28,980 13,620 15,360 0 10 0
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,865 885 980 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 385 170 215 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 840 385 460 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,020 525 495 0 0 0
Burmese 475 255 220 0 0 0
Karenic languages 495 235 265 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 55 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,015 450 565 0 0 0
Lao 690 335 350 0 0 0
Thai 415 145 265 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 250 215 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 395 220 175 10 0 10
Uyghur 35 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,510 700 810 30 10 20
Estonian 80 35 45 0 0 0
Finnish 295 125 175 15 10 10
Hungarian 1,140 540 595 10 0 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 95 90 0 0 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,405 6,720 6,685
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 439,690 218,815 220,870 12,945 6,460 6,485
Canadian citizens aged under 18 102,480 53,305 49,175 3,000 1,560 1,445
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 337,215 165,515 171,700 9,945 4,900 5,045
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 71,850 34,445 37,405 460 260 205
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,410 6,715 6,685
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 281,190 142,415 138,775 11,965 6,045 5,920
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 220,155 105,615 114,540 1,355 620 735
Before 1981 37,055 18,325 18,725 795 355 445
1981 to 1990 25,490 12,275 13,220 160 75 90
1991 to 2000 52,570 25,120 27,455 85 25 60
2001 to 2010 68,700 32,460 36,235 165 75 90
2001 to 2005 32,005 14,965 17,040 45 10 35
2006 to 2010 36,695 17,500 19,200 120 65 50
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 36,340 17,435 18,905 145 90 55
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 10,195 5,235 4,960 90 55 40
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 220,155 105,615 114,535 1,355 620 735
Under 5 years 16,360 8,585 7,780 165 75 85
5 to 14 years 31,945 16,425 15,520 260 135 125
15 to 24 years 55,145 24,875 30,280 395 170 220
25 to 44 years 83,940 40,600 43,340 460 200 265
45 years and over 32,755 15,135 17,625 70 30 35
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 54 220,155 105,615 114,540 1,350 620 735
Americas 11,340 5,300 6,045 140 55 85
Brazil 330 125 210 0 0 0
Colombia 650 290 360 0 0 10
El Salvador 1,385 745 645 0 0 0
Guyana 205 90 115 0 0 0
Haiti 85 30 55 0 0 0
Jamaica 615 335 280 0 10 0
Mexico 890 355 540 10 0 10
Peru 320 160 155 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 385 185 200 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,915 1,780 2,135 110 45 65
Other places of birth in Americas 2,560 1,205 1,360 10 10 10
Europe 25,910 12,925 12,990 755 340 415
Bosnia and Herzegovina 450 230 220 0 0 0
Croatia 500 255 250 10 0 10
France 245 100 145 10 10 0
Germany 2,450 1,195 1,255 105 40 60
Greece 420 220 200 0 10 0
Hungary 715 370 340 10 0 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 340 180 155 10 10 10
Italy 940 510 430 30 20 15
Netherlands 1,355 690 660 40 25 20
Poland 2,235 1,110 1,125 15 0 15
Portugal 810 400 410 215 95 120
Romania 700 360 340 0 0 0
Russian Federation 780 310 460 10 0 0
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 310 155 150 0 0 0
Ukraine 710 365 345 10 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 9,655 4,875 4,775 210 110 105
Other places of birth in Europe 3,300 1,585 1,715 75 30 45
Africa 7,000 3,545 3,450 75 30 45
Algeria 85 60 30 0 0 0
Egypt 355 175 180 0 0 0
Ethiopia 455 220 240 0 0 0
Kenya 705 370 340 15 0 15
Morocco 180 90 95 0 0 0
Nigeria 585 310 275 20 15 10
Somalia 600 270 330 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 1,010 495 515 25 10 20
Other places of birth in Africa 3,010 1,555 1,455 15 0 10
Asia 166,110 79,380 86,730 355 175 185
Afghanistan 1,660 800 860 0 0 0
Bangladesh 615 310 305 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,490 8,650 9,840 15 10 10
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,370 1,095 1,275 10 0 10
India 81,730 39,960 41,775 190 95 95
IranCensus data footnote 61 965 545 420 10 0 0
Iraq 2,580 1,305 1,270 0 0 0
Japan 755 240 520 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 6,455 3,070 3,385 20 10 15
Lebanon 510 250 260 0 0 0
Pakistan 4,985 2,490 2,495 15 0 0
Philippines 24,120 10,630 13,485 75 45 35
Sri Lanka 1,365 735 620 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 895 435 465 0 0 0
Taiwan 5,335 2,460 2,870 0 0 0
Viet Nam 5,355 2,515 2,840 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Asia 7,945 3,885 4,060 15 10 10
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 9,790 4,465 5,325 25 20 10
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 36,335 17,435 18,900 140 85 55
Americas 1,430 740 690 25 20 0
Brazil 105 40 70 0 0 0
Colombia 80 45 35 0 0 0
Cuba 0 10 0 0 0 0
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 60 35 20 0 0 0
Mexico 245 125 125 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 420 240 175 20 20 0
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 15 10 10 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 490 240 255 0 0 0
Europe 1,295 665 630 0 0 0
France 15 10 10 0 0 0
Germany 65 40 30 0 0 0
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 45 35 10 0 0 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 0 10 0 0 0
Romania 65 25 35 0 0 0
Russian Federation 55 20 40 0 0 0
Ukraine 140 55 90 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 480 280 195 10 10 0
Other places of birth in Europe 425 200 225 0 0 0
Africa 1,505 765 745 30 20 15
Algeria 15 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 15 0 10 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 50 25 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 10 0 10 0 0 0
Egypt 55 45 20 0 0 0
Eritrea 80 35 50 0 0 0
Ethiopia 45 30 20 0 0 0
Morocco 45 25 25 0 0 0
Nigeria 215 100 115 20 10 0
Somalia 250 100 150 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 120 80 45 10 0 0
Tunisia 15 10 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 560 280 280 0 0 0
Asia 31,595 15,020 16,570 80 40 35
Afghanistan 265 130 135 0 0 0
Bangladesh 95 45 50 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,645 2,150 2,495 0 0 0
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 125 35 90 0 0 0
India 15,020 7,510 7,505 35 20 20
IranCensus data footnote 61 180 85 95 10 0 10
Iraq 1,090 530 560 0 0 0
Israel 15 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 80 10 75 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,080 510 570 0 0 0
Lebanon 75 35 40 0 0 0
Nepal 80 30 45 0 0 0
Pakistan 885 400 485 0 0 0
Philippines 5,255 2,400 2,860 30 20 10
Saudi Arabia 60 10 50 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 170 90 80 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 385 410 0 0 0
Taiwan 420 140 285 0 0 0
Turkey 20 10 10 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 110 75 35 0 0 0
Viet Nam 365 105 255 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 760 340 425 0 0 0
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 515 245 270 10 10 0
Australia 95 60 40 0 0 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 420 190 235 0 0 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 511,545 253,265 258,275 13,410 6,720 6,690
First generationCensus data footnote 69 233,045 112,175 120,865 1,505 700 810
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 139,000 70,930 68,075 2,410 1,180 1,230
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 139,495 70,165 69,330 9,490 4,835 4,655
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 72 186,290 88,930 97,360 575 270 305
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 78,855 39,035 39,825 320 180 135
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 29,945 17,740 12,205 135 75 55
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 48,910 21,300 27,615 190 105 80
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 85,795 38,395 47,395 230 80 155
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 20,490 10,940 9,550 25 10 10
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 1,150 560 595 0 0 0
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 511,540 253,270 258,275 13,410 6,715 6,690
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,460 6,375 7,085 3,255 1,570 1,680
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,140 6,210 6,930 3,225 1,555 1,665
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,335 3,395 3,940 2,630 1,260 1,370
Métis 5,685 2,765 2,920 565 285 285
Inuk (Inuit) 115 55 60 20 10 15
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 200 110 90 15 10 10
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 120 55 65 15 0 10
Non-Aboriginal identity 498,080 246,890 251,190 10,155 5,150 5,005
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,405 6,720 6,690
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 4,205 1,805 2,400 2,210 1,060 1,145
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 507,335 251,460 255,875 11,200 5,660 5,540
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,410 6,715 6,685
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,760 1,345 1,415 1,210 575 630
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,710 1,330 1,385 1,185 565 620
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,940 930 1,005 1,100 515 585
Métis single ancestry 730 385 345 75 45 30
Inuit single ancestry 45 10 35 15 10 10
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 15 35 15 10 0
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 10 25 20 10 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 12,885 6,105 6,780 1,840 925 910
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 12,465 5,905 6,555 1,805 925 880
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,815 3,655 4,160 1,365 685 680
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,560 2,205 2,355 425 225 195
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 85 45 40 15 10 10
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 420 195 225 35 0 35
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 400 195 210 35 0 30
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 10 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 495,895 245,820 250,075 10,365 5,215 5,145
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,405 6,720 6,685
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 299,245 147,125 152,120 860 445 415
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 168,040 84,330 83,705 390 215 175
Chinese 39,890 18,865 21,030 75 35 40
Black 9,455 4,845 4,610 105 55 50
Filipino 31,865 14,575 17,285 165 85 85
Latin American 7,065 3,395 3,670 30 10 15
Arab 5,765 2,955 2,820 0 0 0
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,010 6,445 6,560 15 10 15
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,720 1,910 1,805 15 0 10
Korean 9,285 4,355 4,930 40 15 25
Japanese 2,850 1,320 1,530 10 0 10
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 1,995 1,005 990 0 0 0
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 6,320 3,130 3,190 10 10 10
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 212,295 106,140 106,155 12,545 6,270 6,275
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 103 511,540 253,265 258,275 13,410 6,715 6,690
North American Aboriginal origins 15,645 7,450 8,200 3,045 1,505 1,545
First Nations (North American Indian) 10,210 4,800 5,410 2,520 1,215 1,300
Inuit 165 60 105 25 15 15
Métis 5,750 2,800 2,945 550 285 265
Other North American origins 71,305 36,115 35,195 4,130 2,070 2,065
Acadian 140 70 70 35 25 0
American 5,290 2,700 2,595 275 135 140
Canadian 67,735 34,330 33,415 3,875 1,940 1,935
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 90 65 20 20 10 10
Nova Scotian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Ontarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Québécois 110 50 65 15 10 10
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 25 10 15 0 0 0
European origins 200,365 99,410 100,950 9,595 4,830 4,760
British Isles origins 127,825 63,495 64,335 5,910 3,025 2,890
Channel Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cornish 35 20 20 0 0 0
English 78,895 38,620 40,280 3,315 1,710 1,610
Irish 43,735 20,930 22,800 2,200 1,090 1,120
Manx 80 40 35 10 0 0
Scottish 56,210 27,975 28,235 2,775 1,355 1,415
Welsh 6,885 3,355 3,530 285 145 140
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 8,555 4,355 4,195 430 230 200
French origins 24,825 11,845 12,970 1,840 920 925
Alsatian 30 10 25 0 0 0
Breton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corsican 15 10 0 0 0 0
French 24,780 11,830 12,950 1,840 915 925
Western European origins (except French origins) 57,295 28,265 29,025 3,130 1,560 1,570
Austrian 3,240 1,560 1,680 100 25 70
Bavarian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Belgian 1,210 640 565 25 15 10
Dutch 14,815 7,270 7,540 780 420 360
Flemish 125 45 80 0 0 0
Frisian 70 15 55 10 0 0
German 41,390 20,330 21,060 2,345 1,150 1,195
Luxembourger 45 25 20 0 0 0
Swiss 1,485 815 665 175 105 65
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 50 55 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 22,910 11,005 11,905 1,445 695 745
Danish 4,080 1,970 2,115 215 120 90
Finnish 2,255 1,060 1,200 155 80 70
Icelandic 1,790 910 880 70 40 35
Norwegian 9,530 4,650 4,880 695 335 360
Swedish 6,770 3,150 3,620 415 200 215
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 790 380 410 50 15 35
Eastern European origins 43,235 21,305 21,925 1,625 815 815
Bulgarian 290 125 170 10 10 0
Byelorussian 160 85 75 0 0 0
Czech 1,670 785 890 35 0 30
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 520 270 250 40 25 20
Estonian 295 155 145 0 0 0
Hungarian 4,575 2,275 2,300 210 95 115
Latvian 250 140 110 10 10 0
Lithuanian 335 130 205 15 10 10
Moldovan 80 50 35 0 0 0
Polish 12,100 5,860 6,240 425 200 220
Romanian 2,540 1,300 1,240 85 50 35
Russian 8,585 3,990 4,595 205 115 90
Slovak 915 410 505 40 20 20
Ukrainian 17,850 8,985 8,860 745 380 360
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 190 100 90 15 10 10
Southern European origins 29,580 14,525 15,060 1,295 685 610
Albanian 465 200 260 0 0 0
Bosnian 390 180 210 0 0 0
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,805 960 845 20 0 10
Cypriot 45 25 15 0 0 0
Greek 2,245 1,160 1,085 65 20 50
Italian 11,460 5,710 5,750 435 270 165
Kosovar 40 15 25 0 0 0
Macedonian 75 30 40 0 0 0
Maltese 160 80 70 0 0 0
Montenegrin 60 40 20 0 10 0
Portuguese 4,390 2,115 2,270 665 335 330
Serbian 970 510 465 10 10 10
Sicilian 35 20 10 0 0 0
Slovenian 440 220 225 15 0 15
Spanish 8,285 3,905 4,380 90 50 40
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 475 220 255 25 10 15
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 20 10 0 0 0 0
Other European origins 2,135 1,045 1,085 130 60 65
Basque 60 40 15 0 0 0
Jewish 910 425 485 70 45 25
Roma (Gypsy) 35 10 20 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 65 30 30 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,085 555 530 60 15 45
Caribbean origins 3,655 1,855 1,800 20 15 10
Antiguan 10 0 15 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Barbadian 225 130 100 0 10 0
Bermudan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Carib 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cuban 210 85 120 0 0 0
Dominican 100 55 50 0 0 0
Grenadian 65 35 30 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 155 60 95 0 0 0
Jamaican 1,690 930 765 10 10 0
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 40 10 30 0 0 0
St. Lucian 40 10 30 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 605 320 285 0 0 0
Vincentian/Grenadinian 100 45 55 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 365 170 195 0 0 0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 255 115 145 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,650 4,175 4,475 65 20 40
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 335 195 135 0 0 0
Arawak 10 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 110 40 70 10 0 10
Belizean 10 0 10 0 0 0
Bolivian 15 0 15 0 0 0
Brazilian 460 185 275 0 10 0
Chilean 510 275 240 0 0 10
Colombian 785 390 395 10 10 10
Costa Rican 75 25 45 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 40 25 10 0 0 0
Guatemalan 650 310 340 0 0 0
Guyanese 245 105 135 0 0 0
Hispanic 300 150 160 0 0 0
Honduran 445 255 185 0 0 0
Maya 175 75 100 0 0 10
Mexican 2,130 990 1,140 15 10 10
Nicaraguan 285 120 160 0 0 0
Panamanian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Paraguayan 65 25 40 0 0 0
Peruvian 395 205 185 0 0 0
Salvadorean 1,600 845 755 0 0 0
Uruguayan 25 15 10 0 0 10
Venezuelan 115 55 60 0 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 630 275 350 15 0 10
African origins 10,310 5,190 5,120 145 75 75
Central and West African origins 1,905 1,025 880 10 0 0
Akan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Angolan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 65 20 40 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkinabe 20 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 325 165 160 0 0 0
Edo 30 20 10 0 0 0
Ewe 30 15 20 0 0 0
Gabonese 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ghanaian 485 275 210 0 0 0
Guinean 25 10 15 0 0 0
Ibo 65 30 35 0 0 0
Ivorian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Liberian 115 50 65 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malinké 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 685 360 320 0 0 0
Peulh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leonean 35 10 25 0 0 0
Togolese 25 20 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 30 20 10 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 125 60 60 0 0 0
North African origins 1,370 715 655 0 0 0
Algerian 70 40 35 0 0 0
Berber 35 25 10 0 0 0
Coptic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 620 315 300 0 0 0
Libyan 50 35 10 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 270 140 130 0 0 0
Sudanese 290 135 150 0 0 0
Tunisian 35 20 15 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 10 10 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 4,190 1,990 2,200 40 0 35
Afrikaner 35 25 15 0 0 0
Amhara 45 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 60 40 20 0 0 0
Burundian 140 55 85 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 240 140 100 0 0 0
Ethiopian 555 265 295 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 270 140 130 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 210 120 90 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 10 0 0 0
Rwandan 60 20 35 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 1,185 540 645 0 0 0
South African 960 455 505 40 10 35
Tanzanian 60 20 40 0 0 0
Tigrian 45 30 15 0 0 0
Ugandan 75 30 40 0 0 0
Zambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 120 65 55 0 0 0
Zulu 20 15 10 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 270 90 175 0 0 0
Other African origins 3,040 1,555 1,480 105 65 40
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 300 145 150 10 10 0
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 2,775 1,430 1,345 100 60 40
Asian origins 277,695 136,410 141,285 830 420 405
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,815 6,585 6,230 75 30 40
Afghan 2,620 1,240 1,385 20 0 15
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,390 775 615 0 0 0
Armenian 290 155 140 15 10 10
Assyrian 205 115 95 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 45 35 10 0 0 0
Georgian 55 10 40 0 0 0
Hazara 15 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,660 905 760 0 0 0
Iraqi 2,505 1,235 1,265 0 0 0
Israeli 105 60 45 0 0 0
Jordanian 170 100 70 0 0 0
Kazakh 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kurd 285 165 120 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 55 45 15 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,185 570 615 20 20 10
Palestinian 720 365 355 0 0 0
Pashtun 170 110 60 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Syrian 935 440 495 0 10 0
Tajik 85 40 40 0 0 0
Tatar 90 50 40 0 0 0
Turk 670 405 265 0 0 0
Turkmen 15 10 10 0 0 0
Uighur 40 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 0 0 0
Yemeni 45 30 10 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 555 280 270 15 0 10
South Asian origins 164,005 82,310 81,695 405 215 190
Bangladeshi 515 265 250 0 0 0
Bengali 220 95 120 0 0 0
Bhutanese 0 0 10 0 0 0
East Indian 138,210 69,235 68,975 390 215 180
Goan 25 15 10 10 0 10
Gujarati 120 55 70 0 0 0
Kashmiri 70 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 465 215 245 0 0 0
Pakistani 5,650 2,925 2,725 0 0 0
Punjabi 22,195 11,225 10,970 0 0 10
Sinhalese 305 170 135 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 1,480 805 675 0 0 0
Tamil 300 185 115 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 3,635 1,805 1,830 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 102,065 48,140 53,925 370 175 195
Burmese 610 335 275 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,160 550 610 0 0 0
Chinese 45,085 21,435 23,645 95 45 55
Filipino 33,920 15,610 18,315 175 85 90
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 945 460 485 20 15 10
Japanese 3,695 1,755 1,940 20 15 0
Karen 525 255 270 0 0 0
Korean 9,450 4,430 5,015 45 15 25
Laotian 1,055 540 515 10 0 0
Malaysian 655 350 310 10 0 10
Mongolian 100 60 40 0 0 0
Singaporean 100 45 50 0 0 0
Taiwanese 2,540 1,170 1,375 0 0 0
Thai 520 215 310 10 0 0
Tibetan 125 75 50 0 0 0
Vietnamese 9,200 4,575 4,625 10 10 0
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 145 65 85 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 505 260 245 0 0 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 500 255 245 0 0 0
Oceania origins 9,155 4,485 4,670 40 30 15
Australian 995 495 500 25 20 10
New Zealander 420 200 215 10 0 10
Pacific Islands origins 7,805 3,830 3,975 10 0 0
Fijian 7,320 3,625 3,690 0 0 0
Hawaiian 155 50 105 0 10 0
Maori 100 45 50 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 85 40 45 0 0 0
Samoan 80 45 30 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 140 60 80 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Owner 120,940 ... ... 3,825 ... ...
Renter 49,025 ... ... 1,670 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Condominium 38,195 ... ... 380 ... ...
Not condominium 131,770 ... ... 5,120 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
No bedrooms 845 ... ... 45 ... ...
1 bedroom 18,985 ... ... 460 ... ...
2 bedrooms 42,665 ... ... 1,350 ... ...
3 bedrooms 48,100 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 59,370 ... ... 1,830 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 53,205 ... ... 1,285 ... ...
5 rooms 24,475 ... ... 850 ... ...
6 rooms 21,675 ... ... 795 ... ...
7 rooms 17,450 ... ... 605 ... ...
8 or more rooms 53,150 ... ... 1,955 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.3 ... ... 6.6 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 159,915 ... ... 5,425 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 10,050 ... ... 65 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 169,960 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Suitable 154,380 ... ... 5,270 ... ...
Not suitable 15,590 ... ... 220 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
1960 or before 8,335 ... ... 725 ... ...
1961 to 1980 31,085 ... ... 2,625 ... ...
1981 to 1990 32,345 ... ... 830 ... ...
1991 to 2000 36,140 ... ... 810 ... ...
2001 to 2005 18,495 ... ... 100 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,015 ... ... 145 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,550 ... ... 260 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 162,920 ... ... 5,020 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,045 ... ... 470 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 169,965 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
1 household maintainer 90,450 ... ... 3,215 ... ...
2 household maintainers 69,480 ... ... 2,075 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 10,035 ... ... 205 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 169,960 ... ... 5,495 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,805 ... ... 280 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,995 ... ... 875 ... ...
35 to 44 years 34,310 ... ... 860 ... ...
45 to 54 years 39,945 ... ... 1,195 ... ...
55 to 64 years 34,670 ... ... 1,035 ... ...
65 to 74 years 21,630 ... ... 720 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,070 ... ... 445 ... ...
85 years and over 3,535 ... ... 90 ... ...
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 141 169,530 ... ... 5,475 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 121,735 ... ... 4,540 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 47,795 ... ... 930 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 40,600 ... ... 860 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 120,685 ... ... 3,810 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.1 ... ... 60.1 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 24.5 ... ... 8.7 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,498 ... ... 968 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,608 ... ... 1,063 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 698,205 ... ... 299,510 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 757,863 ... ... 300,811 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,990 ... ... 1,665 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.2 ... ... 16.8 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 37.4 ... ... 35.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 908 ... ... 899 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,049 ... ... 934 ... ...
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 146 419,065 205,530 213,535 10,870 5,410 5,460
No certificate, diploma or degree 78,070 37,955 40,115 2,445 1,255 1,190
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 135,910 68,470 67,440 3,050 1,470 1,580
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 205,080 99,100 105,985 5,370 2,690 2,685
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 28,805 20,930 7,880 1,280 985 290
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 13,110 7,705 5,405 505 315 190
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 15,695 13,225 2,470 775 675 105
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,095 28,140 40,955 2,210 935 1,275
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,490 7,305 9,190 245 65 180
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 90,690 42,725 47,960 1,630 705 930
Bachelor's degree 61,130 28,275 32,860 1,130 475 650
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 6,620 2,820 3,795 105 40 70
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,550 1,395 1,160 60 35 25
Master's degree 18,405 8,860 9,545 320 140 175
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,980 1,375 605 20 10 10
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 280,900 136,390 144,510 7,280 3,615 3,660
No certificate, diploma or degree 35,180 17,805 17,375 1,120 580 535
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 82,810 42,025 40,780 1,930 915 1,010
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 162,915 76,560 86,350 4,230 2,115 2,120
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,550 14,840 5,705 885 700 180
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,580 5,605 3,975 330 200 130
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 10,965 9,235 1,730 550 500 50
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 54,145 21,675 32,470 1,740 760 980
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,305 5,345 6,960 190 55 140
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 75,915 34,705 41,215 1,415 600 815
Bachelor's degree 50,675 22,865 27,810 985 410 570
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,340 2,190 3,150 90 30 60
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,150 1,110 1,040 45 25 20
Master's degree 16,205 7,515 8,690 275 115 160
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,545 1,020 525 15 10 10
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 151 419,065 205,530 213,540 10,870 5,410 5,460
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 213,985 106,425 107,555 5,500 2,720 2,780
Education 12,685 2,720 9,965 470 105 365
13. Education 12,690 2,720 9,970 470 105 370
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,635 2,960 3,675 90 45 50
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,330 1,025 310 20 20 0
50. Visual and performing arts 5,300 1,935 3,370 75 30 45
Humanities 15,085 6,005 9,085 240 115 130
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,795 450 1,345 0 0 0
23. English language and literature/letters 2,945 880 2,065 55 20 35
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,925 2,750 4,170 55 20 35
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 30 15 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 470 290 180 0 10 0
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,230 775 450 70 45 25
54. History 1,505 785 720 50 30 25
55. French language and literature/letters 165 35 135 0 0 0
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,680 7,315 14,365 515 195 315
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 180 35 145 10 0 10
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,670 600 1,070 35 10 20
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,715 210 3,505 140 15 130
22. Legal professions and studies 3,200 990 2,210 35 20 15
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 275 60 210 10 0 0
42. Psychology 3,540 935 2,600 105 45 65
45. Social sciences 9,095 4,475 4,625 185 110 75
Business, management and public administration 43,715 18,845 24,870 915 290 630
30.16 Accounting and computer science 75 15 60 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,705 440 1,270 200 30 170
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 41,930 18,395 23,540 720 255 460
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,185 4,220 3,960 110 60 55
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,795 1,215 1,585 45 20 20
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,770 1,395 1,375 30 25 0
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 2,210 1,485 725 20 15 10
41. Science technologies/technicians 345 115 230 15 10 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,495 6,050 3,450 85 50 35
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,915 5,305 2,605 75 50 30
25. Library science 300 30 270 0 0 0
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,225 685 540 0 0 0
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 60 30 30 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 41,590 37,775 3,805 1,315 1,225 95
04. Architecture and related services 1,130 770 360 10 10 0
14. Engineering 11,810 9,820 1,995 65 50 15
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,965 6,190 775 200 175 25
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 8,830 8,540 290 420 395 25
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,440 8,200 240 430 400 30
48. Precision production 4,400 4,255 150 205 200 0
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,630 1,690 940 265 185 80
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,870 1,145 725 40 10 30
03. Natural resources and conservation 755 545 215 225 175 50
Health and related fields 32,695 6,505 26,195 920 195 725
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,740 880 860 45 25 25
51. Health professions and related programs 30,415 5,305 25,110 860 170 695
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 540 315 225 10 0 0
Personal, protective and transportation services 10,670 5,010 5,660 435 225 210
12. Personal and culinary services 6,920 1,915 5,005 295 100 200
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 25 25 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 55 50 0 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,515 1,090 430 35 35 0
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,155 1,930 230 100 90 0
Other 10 10 0 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 15 10 10 0 0 0
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 280,900 136,390 144,510 7,275 3,615 3,660
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 117,990 59,825 58,160 3,045 1,495 1,545
Education 9,000 1,710 7,295 385 90 295
13. Education 9,005 1,705 7,295 390 95 295
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,190 2,260 2,930 85 40 40
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 960 745 215 20 15 0
50. Visual and performing arts 4,230 1,510 2,715 65 25 35
Humanities 12,220 4,540 7,680 190 80 115
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,445 325 1,125 10 0 0
23. English language and literature/letters 2,270 595 1,680 50 15 35
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 5,840 2,190 3,650 45 10 35
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 375 230 155 0 10 0
39. Theology and religious vocations 900 540 365 50 30 15
54. History 1,215 605 615 40 15 25
55. French language and literature/letters 125 40 90 0 0 0
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,595 5,695 11,905 425 165 255
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 160 30 125 0 0 0
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,405 510 890 35 15 20
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,085 180 2,905 110 10 100
22. Legal professions and studies 2,615 760 1,855 25 15 10
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 220 40 180 10 0 10
42. Psychology 2,805 700 2,105 90 35 50
45. Social sciences 7,310 3,470 3,840 160 95 60
Business, management and public administration 35,995 15,310 20,685 750 245 500
30.16 Accounting and computer science 60 20 40 0 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,385 350 1,035 175 30 150
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 34,550 14,945 19,605 570 220 350
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,035 2,950 3,080 105 50 55
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 920 1,255 45 20 20
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,925 890 1,040 20 10 10
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 0 45 10 0 0
40. Physical sciences 1,650 1,075 575 25 10 10
41. Science technologies/technicians 230 60 170 10 0 10
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,480 5,380 3,100 75 50 30
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,205 4,815 2,385 75 45 30
25. Library science 240 30 205 0 0 0
27. Mathematics and statistics 985 510 480 0 0 0
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 55 20 30 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 31,650 28,295 3,350 970 880 85
04. Architecture and related services 930 615 315 0 0 0
14. Engineering 9,670 7,850 1,820 60 50 10
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 5,070 4,410 660 160 145 20
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 6,545 6,295 250 315 295 25
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,335 6,155 175 305 275 30
48. Precision production 3,100 2,975 125 125 120 0
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,010 1,275 735 235 160 75
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,440 885 555 30 0 25
03. Natural resources and conservation 575 390 180 195 150 45
Health and related fields 26,520 5,315 21,205 700 170 530
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,360 670 685 45 25 20
51. Health professions and related programs 24,680 4,380 20,300 655 140 515
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 480 265 220 0 0 0
Personal, protective and transportation services 8,210 3,820 4,395 320 190 135
12. Personal and culinary services 5,255 1,410 3,840 220 90 130
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 15 20 0 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,215 855 360 30 30 0
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,705 1,515 190 65 65 0
Other 15 10 0 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 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 157 419,060 205,525 213,535 10,870 5,410 5,460
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 213,980 106,425 107,555 5,500 2,725 2,775
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 205,080 99,105 105,980 5,365 2,685 2,680
Location of study inside Canada 133,615 64,270 69,350 4,905 2,450 2,455
Same as province or territory of residence 113,430 53,830 59,600 3,935 1,945 1,995
Different than province or territory of residence 20,180 10,435 9,750 965 505 460
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 71,465 34,835 36,630 465 235 230
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,330 2,910 2,420 80 30 55
Philippines 11,500 4,640 6,865 50 35 15
India 21,295 10,540 10,750 100 50 50
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,180 2,525 1,655 70 40 25
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 8,290 3,785 4,495 0 0 0
France 155 85 65 0 0 0
Other 20,720 10,350 10,375 165 80 85
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 157 280,900 136,390 144,505 7,275 3,615 3,660
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 117,985 59,830 58,155 3,045 1,500 1,545
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 162,915 76,565 86,350 4,235 2,115 2,115
Location of study inside Canada 104,120 48,935 55,185 3,895 1,960 1,935
Same as province or territory of residence 89,810 41,745 48,065 3,100 1,525 1,580
Different than province or territory of residence 14,305 7,190 7,115 795 440 360
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 58,800 27,630 31,170 335 155 180
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,945 2,110 1,835 60 20 45
Philippines 10,100 4,065 6,040 55 35 20
India 18,255 8,640 9,620 70 35 35
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,590 1,585 1,005 30 15 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 7,460 3,365 4,095 0 0 0
France 105 50 55 0 0 0
Other 16,340 7,810 8,525 120 50 70
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 419,065 205,525 213,535 10,870 5,405 5,460
In the labour force 274,690 145,365 129,320 7,500 3,940 3,555
Employed 256,875 136,945 119,930 6,720 3,500 3,220
Unemployed 17,815 8,420 9,390 780 445 335
Not in the labour force 144,380 60,165 84,220 3,375 1,470 1,905
Participation rate 65.5 70.7 60.6 69.0 72.9 65.1
Employment rate 61.3 66.6 56.2 61.8 64.8 59.0
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.8 7.3 10.4 11.3 9.4
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 164 419,065 205,530 213,540 10,865 5,410 5,460
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 138,395 57,610 80,785 2,995 1,290 1,710
Worked 280,670 147,920 132,750 7,875 4,125 3,755
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 127,975 75,260 52,710 3,400 1,865 1,530
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 152,700 72,655 80,045 4,475 2,255 2,220
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.8 42.9 40.6 41.0 41.6 40.4
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 274,685 145,365 129,320 7,495 3,940 3,555
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 145 45 95
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,845 126,075 7,355 3,895 3,460
Employee 237,120 121,515 115,605 6,740 3,475 3,270
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 31,800 21,330 10,475 615 420 190
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 172 274,685 145,365 129,325 7,495 3,940 3,560
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 145 45 95
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,840 126,075 7,350 3,890 3,460
0 Management occupations 26,110 16,695 9,410 660 375 280
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 39,845 12,055 27,795 915 235 680
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,255 11,485 2,770 460 360 100
3 Health occupations 17,700 3,505 14,195 520 105 410
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,670 7,375 17,295 1,010 295 715
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,110 2,980 3,135 180 80 95
6 Sales and service occupations 70,405 29,370 41,040 1,925 845 1,080
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 51,130 47,980 3,155 1,340 1,270 65
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 5,310 3,075 2,230 160 150 10
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 13,375 8,320 5,060 185 170 15
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 173 274,685 145,370 129,320 7,495 3,940 3,555
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 145 50 95
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 268,925 142,845 126,075 7,355 3,890 3,455
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,715 2,025 2,690 195 155 35
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 630 485 145 50 45 10
22 Utilities 1,330 870 460 95 60 30
23 Construction 25,775 22,735 3,040 650 580 65
31-33 Manufacturing 23,375 15,895 7,485 335 290 45
41 Wholesale trade 12,190 8,000 4,190 200 165 40
44-45 Retail trade 31,115 14,265 16,855 1,120 515 610
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 24,310 19,785 4,525 385 285 100
51 Information and cultural industries 5,575 3,550 2,020 105 65 40
52 Finance and insurance 10,680 4,360 6,325 135 25 110
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,235 3,065 2,165 95 60 35
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 16,685 8,930 7,750 400 240 165
55 Management of companies and enterprises 475 210 265 10 0 0
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15,020 8,755 6,260 275 190 85
61 Educational services 15,025 4,435 10,590 680 190 490
62 Health care and social assistance 28,675 4,910 23,770 955 185 770
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,515 2,215 2,300 105 65 45
72 Accommodation and food services 20,425 7,360 13,065 810 375 435
81 Other services (except public administration) 12,350 5,545 6,800 290 165 125
91 Public administration 10,835 5,465 5,370 460 235 230
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 174 256,875 136,945 119,930 6,720 3,495 3,220
Worked at home 16,085 7,920 8,165 215 105 115
Worked outside Canada 1,845 1,300 545 0 0 10
No fixed workplace address 45,075 34,270 10,805 965 740 225
Worked at usual place 193,870 93,455 100,410 5,530 2,650 2,875
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 193,865 93,450 100,415 5,530 2,650 2,880
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 85,015 36,240 48,780 4,045 1,855 2,190
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 104,565 54,650 49,915 1,385 725 660
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 3,550 2,105 1,445 75 55 15
Commute to a different province or territory 740 460 275 25 15 10
Main mode of commuting
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 175 238,945 127,725 111,215 6,495 3,390 3,100
Car, truck, van - as a driver 176,815 100,280 76,540 5,095 2,655 2,445
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 16,435 7,620 8,815 510 260 250
Public transit 35,560 15,285 20,275 65 35 30
Walked 6,615 2,475 4,140 540 255 290
Bicycle 915 680 235 180 115 65
Other method 2,605 1,385 1,220 105 80 25
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 176 238,940 127,725 111,220 6,495 3,395 3,100
Less than 15 minutes 39,955 17,195 22,765 4,755 2,250 2,505
15 to 29 minutes 70,385 35,540 34,845 1,025 585 440
30 to 44 minutes 60,040 35,720 24,320 160 85 75
45 to 59 minutes 30,910 18,145 12,765 255 205 50
60 minutes and over 37,655 21,130 16,525 305 265 40
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 177 238,945 127,725 111,220 6,495 3,390 3,105
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 23,215 15,850 7,360 385 260 125
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 45,875 27,435 18,435 800 535 265
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 53,400 27,475 25,925 1,735 980 755
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,315 19,655 21,660 1,855 745 1,110
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 31,815 13,770 18,040 735 295 440
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 43,330 23,540 19,790 980 575 405
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 178 292,675 153,680 138,995 8,070 4,220 3,850
Single responses 281,240 147,485 133,760 8,060 4,215 3,845
Official languages 264,180 137,980 126,205 8,055 4,215 3,840
English 263,810 137,865 125,945 8,040 4,205 3,835
French 370 110 260 15 10 10
Non-official languages 17,065 9,510 7,550 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 17,060 9,510 7,550 10 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 70 25 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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 90 70 20 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 85 65 20 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 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 525 190 340 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 505 175 335 0 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 190 95 100 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 10 0 10 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 165 80 80 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 15 10 10 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 11,350 6,575 4,780 0 0 0
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 70 30 40 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 75 35 45 0 0 0
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 15 0 10 0 0 0
Russian 30 10 25 0 0 0
Serbian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15 0 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 10 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,060 6,425 4,635 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 11,035 6,410 4,625 0 0 0
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 25 0 20 0 0 0
Hindi 180 95 85 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 10 10 10 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10,775 6,270 4,500 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 30 20 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 20 15 10 0 0 0
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 10 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 185 115 70 0 0 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 25 15 10 0 0 0
Romanian 15 10 0 0 0 0
Spanish 155 90 65 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 20 15 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,010 540 465 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 35 10 25 0 0 0
American Sign Language 25 0 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,775 1,995 1,780 0 0 0
Chinese languages 3,755 1,985 1,770 0 0 0
Cantonese 745 385 355 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,840 1,495 1,345 0 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 65 40 30 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 105 60 40 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 10 0 10 0 0 0
Karenic languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 10 0 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 11,435 6,195 5,240 0 0 10
English and French 445 195 250 0 0 0
English and non-official language 10,940 5,990 4,950 0 0 0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 50 10 40 0 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 179 292,675 153,680 138,995 8,070 4,220 3,855
None 262,465 137,020 125,435 7,870 4,130 3,740
English 6,685 3,950 2,735 10 0 10
French 1,315 570 740 75 25 50
Non-official language 21,985 12,035 9,945 115 60 55
Aboriginal 10 10 10 40 25 15
Non-Aboriginal 21,975 12,035 9,935 75 30 45
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 100 30 65 0 0 0
French and non-official language 130 60 65 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 505,835 250,410 255,430 13,240 6,645 6,595
Non-movers 427,380 211,355 216,025 11,085 5,560 5,515
Movers 78,455 39,055 39,405 2,160 1,085 1,075
Non-migrants 47,880 23,715 24,165 1,425 680 740
Migrants 30,580 15,340 15,240 735 400 330
Internal migrants 20,835 10,455 10,380 710 385 330
Intraprovincial migrants 16,930 8,410 8,520 580 310 270
Interprovincial migrants 3,910 2,040 1,865 135 75 60
External migrants 9,735 4,885 4,855 20 20 10
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 482,610 238,500 244,110 12,585 6,305 6,280
Non-movers 268,040 132,485 135,555 6,770 3,350 3,425
Movers 214,570 106,015 108,555 5,815 2,960 2,855
Non-migrants 122,410 60,335 62,070 3,310 1,690 1,620
Migrants 92,165 45,680 46,480 2,500 1,270 1,230
Internal migrants 54,305 26,980 27,325 2,310 1,165 1,145
Intraprovincial migrants 44,835 22,155 22,675 1,785 880 905
Interprovincial migrants 9,470 4,820 4,650 525 285 240
External migrants 37,860 18,700 19,155 190 105 85

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Surrey, CY [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Terrace [Population centre], British Columbia (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 27, 2024).

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