Census Profile, 2016 Census
Surrey, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill [Federal electoral district], Ontario

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Characteristic Surrey, CY
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill
Ontario
[Federal electoral district]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 517,887 ... ... 115,227 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 468,251 ... ... 106,064 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 10.6 ... ... 8.6 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 181,159 ... ... 36,164 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 169,964 ... ... 35,222 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,636.8 ... ... 1,217.7 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 316.41 ... ... 94.63 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 517,885 256,400 261,485 115,230 56,280 58,945
0 to 14 years 92,550 47,860 44,680 21,820 11,215 10,610
0 to 4 years 29,090 15,010 14,085 5,550 2,805 2,745
5 to 9 years 32,055 16,675 15,380 7,500 3,810 3,685
10 to 14 years 31,400 16,180 15,220 8,775 4,595 4,180
15 to 64 years 352,350 174,490 177,860 80,000 38,980 41,025
15 to 19 years 34,330 17,880 16,455 8,975 4,720 4,265
20 to 24 years 35,075 18,445 16,630 7,650 3,960 3,690
25 to 29 years 33,770 16,820 16,950 5,665 2,850 2,810
30 to 34 years 36,540 17,715 18,825 5,260 2,475 2,780
35 to 39 years 36,040 17,265 18,775 6,700 2,865 3,835
40 to 44 years 36,325 17,350 18,975 9,565 4,280 5,280
45 to 49 years 37,195 18,135 19,060 11,265 5,360 5,905
50 to 54 years 38,020 18,960 19,060 10,695 5,380 5,315
55 to 59 years 34,785 17,180 17,605 8,540 4,270 4,265
60 to 64 years 30,265 14,735 15,530 5,690 2,810 2,880
65 years and over 72,990 34,045 38,940 13,400 6,090 7,310
65 to 69 years 25,545 12,325 13,220 4,525 2,185 2,340
70 to 74 years 17,970 8,610 9,350 3,115 1,460 1,650
75 to 79 years 12,560 5,945 6,620 2,345 1,135 1,210
80 to 84 years 8,470 3,920 4,550 1,600 705 895
85 years and over 8,445 3,240 5,200 1,810 600 1,210
85 to 89 years 5,275 2,230 3,040 1,090 410 680
90 to 94 years 2,360 785 1,575 550 160 390
95 to 99 years 680 175 500 150 25 120
100 years and over 130 45 85 25 5 20
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 18.9 19.9 18.0
15 to 64 years 68.0 68.1 68.0 69.4 69.3 69.6
65 years and over 14.1 13.3 14.9 11.6 10.8 12.4
85 years and over 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.6 1.1 2.1
Average age of the population 39.0 38.2 39.8 38.6 37.7 39.3
Median age of the population 38.7 37.7 39.6 40.9 40.1 41.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 169,965 ... ... 35,225 ... ...
Single-detached house 60,195 ... ... 24,315 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 6,055 ... ... 850 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 102,375 ... ... 10,060 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,495 ... ... 1,750 ... ...
Row house 26,630 ... ... 6,540 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 37,535 ... ... 735 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 34,560 ... ... 1,040 ... ...
Other single-attached house 160 ... ... 0 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,345 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 169,965 ... ... 35,220 ... ...
1 person 34,515 ... ... 3,740 ... ...
2 persons 47,115 ... ... 8,050 ... ...
3 persons 28,225 ... ... 8,090 ... ...
4 persons 30,595 ... ... 9,710 ... ...
5 or more persons 29,510 ... ... 5,630 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 511,540 ... ... 114,055 ... ...
Average household size 3.0 ... ... 3.2 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 425,340 208,540 216,800 93,405 45,070 48,335
Married or living common law 255,680 127,605 128,075 59,390 29,515 29,875
Married 232,650 116,095 116,550 56,265 27,975 28,290
Living common law 23,030 11,510 11,525 3,125 1,540 1,585
Not married and not living common law 169,660 80,930 88,725 34,015 15,550 18,460
Never married 116,675 63,800 52,870 25,015 13,220 11,795
Separated 10,195 4,215 5,985 1,700 580 1,120
Divorced 21,845 8,650 13,200 3,620 1,125 2,500
Widowed 20,945 4,265 16,680 3,675 635 3,045
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 144,495 ... ... 33,015 ... ...
2 persons 61,060 ... ... 10,520 ... ...
3 persons 32,880 ... ... 9,015 ... ...
4 persons 35,880 ... ... 10,280 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,680 ... ... 3,195 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.1 ... ... 3.2 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 144,500 ... ... 33,010 ... ...
Total couple families 122,895 ... ... 29,005 ... ...
Married couples 111,380 ... ... 27,445 ... ...
Common-law couples 11,515 ... ... 1,560 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 21,605 ... ... 4,005 ... ...
Female parent 17,335 ... ... 3,300 ... ...
Male parent 4,270 ... ... 705 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 122,895 ... ... 29,005 ... ...
Couples without children 48,180 ... ... 8,350 ... ...
Couples with children 74,715 ... ... 20,655 ... ...
1 child 26,570 ... ... 7,595 ... ...
2 children 34,060 ... ... 9,960 ... ...
3 or more children 14,090 ... ... 3,100 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 21,600 ... ... 4,005 ... ...
1 child 12,880 ... ... 2,170 ... ...
2 children 6,315 ... ... 1,420 ... ...
3 or more children 2,405 ... ... 415 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 69,550 33,260 36,290 8,145 3,185 4,960
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 169,965 ... ... 35,220 ... ...
One-census-family households 115,660 ... ... 29,000 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 36,060 ... ... 6,545 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 79,605 ... ... 22,450 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 13,545 ... ... 1,950 ... ...
Non-census-family households 40,755 ... ... 4,275 ... ...
One-person households 34,515 ... ... 3,745 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 6,240 ... ... 535 ... ...
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 15 513,405 254,160 259,245 114,280 56,010 58,270
English only 456,620 229,945 226,665 98,885 49,605 49,280
French only 245 130 115 60 25 30
English and French 23,055 10,345 12,710 9,955 4,240 5,715
Neither English nor French 33,480 13,725 19,750 5,380 2,140 3,240
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 16 513,400 254,160 259,245 114,280 56,010 58,270
English 473,985 237,530 236,455 106,400 52,780 53,625
French 3,640 1,815 1,825 1,040 450 585
English and French 2,690 1,270 1,420 1,535 675 855
Neither English nor French 33,080 13,535 19,545 5,305 2,105 3,200
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 4,990 2,455 2,535 1,805 790 1,015
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.7
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 18 513,400 254,155 259,245 114,280 56,015 58,270
Single responses 491,865 243,460 248,410 110,085 53,975 56,115
Official languages 251,165 126,945 124,220 51,495 26,050 25,445
English 247,685 125,210 122,475 50,570 25,645 24,925
French 3,475 1,735 1,745 925 405 520
Non-official languages 240,700 116,510 124,190 58,595 27,925 30,670
Aboriginal languages 105 30 75 5 0 0
Algonquian languages 50 15 40 0 5 0
Blackfoot 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 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 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 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 15 5 10 0 5 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 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 116,480 124,120 58,595 27,920 30,670
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 3,690 3,500 2,215 1,130 1,090
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 40 20 25
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 755 365 395 40 20 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 3,305 3,080 2,175 1,105 1,065
Amharic 305 150 160 10 5 10
Arabic 4,940 2,560 2,380 1,730 870 855
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 215 220 30 10 10
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 215 175 10 0 10
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 30 25 360 200 160
Maltese 10 5 5 25 10 10
Tigrigna 155 80 75 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 45 50 5 5 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,010 3,260 3,750 405 175 230
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 290 360 40 20 20
Vietnamese 6,365 2,965 3,395 365 155 210
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 9,065 11,760 1,085 380 705
Bikol 65 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 350 505 15 5 5
Fijian 210 105 105 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 115 145 10 5 5
Ilocano 1,045 435 610 70 20 45
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 430 190 240 100 45 55
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 5 0 5
Pangasinan 85 35 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,540 7,660 9,885 885 305 580
Waray-Waray 35 20 15 5 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 80 110 5 0 5
Creole languages 260 130 125 75 40 35
Haitian Creole 10 10 5 5 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 80 80 60 40 30
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 5 0 5
Dravidian languages 1,735 880 850 1,085 520 565
Kannada 55 30 30 15 15 5
Malayalam 695 350 345 170 85 85
Tamil 790 405 385 800 380 420
Telugu 170 95 80 95 45 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 5
Hmong-Mien languages 35 20 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 77,565 79,500 27,680 13,355 14,325
Albanian 315 160 155 130 65 65
Armenian 95 50 45 405 195 215
Balto-Slavic languages 7,515 3,615 3,905 6,960 3,300 3,655
Baltic languages 50 20 30 85 30 55
Latvian 25 15 10 45 15 30
Lithuanian 25 5 15 40 15 30
Slavic languages 7,465 3,590 3,875 6,880 3,270 3,605
Belarusan 0 0 0 15 5 10
Bosnian 150 75 75 5 5 5
Bulgarian 110 55 55 120 60 60
Croatian 670 335 335 115 50 65
Czech 450 210 240 50 20 30
Macedonian 10 5 5 245 120 125
Polish 2,515 1,245 1,270 480 225 250
Russian 1,795 830 965 5,330 2,555 2,775
Serbian 470 250 220 150 70 80
Serbo-Croatian 85 50 40 15 10 5
Slovak 290 135 155 45 15 30
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 45 45 45 30 20
Ukrainian 800 345 455 260 110 155
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 5 5 0
Celtic languages 40 20 25 5 5 5
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 5 0 0
Welsh 20 5 10 5 0 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,660 3,115 3,545 745 330 420
Afrikaans 220 100 120 30 15 15
Danish 415 215 200 35 15 15
Dutch 1,545 720 825 160 75 90
Frisian 30 10 20 0 0 0
German 4,070 1,885 2,185 460 205 260
Icelandic 30 10 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 150 70 80 10 5 5
Swedish 135 60 75 15 5 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 15 5 0 0
Yiddish 15 5 5 30 20 10
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 600 310 285 910 435 470
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 65,300 66,300 12,035 5,910 6,125
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 63,475 64,595 3,315 1,590 1,730
Bengali 685 350 335 180 95 80
Gujarati 1,485 740 745 810 370 435
Hindi 13,260 6,345 6,915 400 195 205
Kashmiri 5 5 0 15 5 5
Konkani 65 30 40 10 5 5
Marathi 80 35 40 20 10 5
Nepali 410 215 200 25 10 15
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 5 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 52,785 53,315 300 155 155
Sindhi 210 105 100 265 125 145
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 335 340 150 75 75
Urdu 5,075 2,520 2,555 1,145 540 605
Iranian languages 3,410 1,760 1,650 8,675 4,300 4,375
Kurdish 170 95 70 110 60 50
Pashto 525 280 245 65 35 30
Persian (Farsi) 2,710 1,385 1,335 8,495 4,205 4,295
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 60 50 45 25 15
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 5,005 5,230 6,480 3,110 3,370
Catalan 10 10 5 5 0 0
Italian 1,335 715 620 3,600 1,780 1,825
Portuguese 1,435 660 770 540 235 310
Romanian 715 365 350 1,090 515 575
Spanish 6,730 3,250 3,485 1,235 575 660
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 5 0
Japanese 1,075 385 690 140 45 95
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 10 5 5
Korean 8,065 3,770 4,300 2,100 985 1,110
Mongolic languages 25 10 10 0 5 0
Mongolian 20 15 10 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 535 495 200 95 110
Akan (Twi) 185 115 75 30 15 25
Bamanankan 0 0 0 5 5 0
Edo 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 15 5 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 5 5 5
Ga 15 5 10 5 0 5
Ganda 15 10 5 10 5 5
Igbo 65 35 30 5 5 0
Lingala 20 10 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 25 30 5 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 25 0 0 0
Shona 45 15 25 0 0 0
Swahili 215 110 105 75 30 40
Wolof 0 5 5 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 55 35 20 15 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 95 120 35 15 15
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 40 55 5 5 5
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 40 50 5 5 5
Sign languages 185 100 85 10 5 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 10 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 15,880 17,690 22,600 10,710 11,890
Chinese languages 32,780 15,480 17,305 22,575 10,700 11,880
Cantonese 7,095 3,350 3,740 10,150 4,875 5,275
Hakka 215 100 115 145 65 85
Mandarin 22,885 10,790 12,095 11,550 5,430 6,125
Min Dong 25 15 10 20 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 630 690 255 115 140
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 165 175 275 125 155
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 415 450 165 75 90
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 15 5 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 400 390 20 10 15
Burmese 335 185 150 10 5 10
Karenic languages 335 160 175 0 0 0
Tibetan 60 25 35 5 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 5 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages 780 340 435 75 30 45
Lao 525 270 255 55 20 30
Thai 250 65 190 20 5 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 185 395 210 185
Azerbaijani 20 10 5 130 75 60
Turkish 260 145 115 225 120 105
Uyghur 60 30 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 5 20 10 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 20 10 15
Uralic languages 1,170 545 625 505 240 270
Estonian 60 30 30 45 15 30
Finnish 240 105 135 60 30 25
Hungarian 870 410 455 400 190 210
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 50 45 5 0 5
Multiple responses 21,540 10,695 10,840 4,190 2,035 2,155
English and French 775 380 395 310 160 155
English and non-official language 20,190 10,050 10,145 3,605 1,760 1,840
French and non-official language 270 135 135 100 40 55
English, French and non-official language 295 135 160 175 75 100
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 19 513,400 254,155 259,245 114,280 56,010 58,270
Single responses 459,485 227,590 231,885 103,870 50,980 52,890
Official languages 305,320 152,610 152,710 68,560 34,150 34,410
English 304,195 152,030 152,170 68,185 33,970 34,210
French 1,125 585 540 380 175 205
Non-official languages 154,160 74,980 79,175 35,310 16,830 18,475
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 0 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 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 154,145 74,980 79,170 35,305 16,830 18,475
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 2,375 2,400 1,065 515 545
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 455 200 255 25 10 10
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 445 190 255 25 15 10
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,175 2,140 1,040 505 535
Amharic 135 60 75 0 0 0
Arabic 3,450 1,740 1,710 830 395 430
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 150 150 15 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 150 125 10 5 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 175 90 80
Maltese 0 0 0 5 5 0
Tigrigna 75 35 35 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 30 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,560 2,130 2,430 200 85 115
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 190 210 20 5 10
Vietnamese 4,165 1,940 2,220 180 80 105
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 5 0
Austronesian languages 9,225 4,235 4,985 325 140 185
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 30 10 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 50 60 35 20 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 5 15 0 0 5
Pangasinan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 3,785 4,455 255 105 145
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 5 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 0 0 0
Creole languages 150 70 80 30 15 20
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 60 30 15 15
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 885 440 445 610 290 325
Kannada 25 10 10 5 0 0
Malayalam 365 180 180 70 35 35
Tamil 410 200 210 490 225 270
Telugu 80 45 40 40 20 20
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 13,890 6,670 7,215
Albanian 200 90 100 65 30 30
Armenian 35 15 20 215 95 115
Balto-Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 4,085 1,975 2,110
Baltic languages 5 5 0 25 15 15
Latvian 0 0 0 5 0 5
Lithuanian 5 0 0 20 10 10
Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 4,055 1,960 2,090
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 35 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 50 30 20 60 30 30
Croatian 190 90 100 20 10 10
Czech 135 65 65 5 0 0
Macedonian 5 5 5 65 30 35
Polish 1,030 505 525 160 80 80
Russian 1,035 505 530 3,565 1,725 1,840
Serbian 205 110 95 50 20 30
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15 5 0 5
Slovak 85 40 40 10 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 15 5 10
Ukrainian 250 110 140 95 40 55
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 5 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 80 30 50
Afrikaans 100 45 60 5 0 0
Danish 25 10 10 0 0 0
Dutch 105 45 65 10 5 10
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 180 210 60 20 30
Icelandic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 5 10 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 5 5 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 90 210 105 110
Indo-Iranian languages 91,725 45,365 46,360 7,350 3,570 3,785
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 44,275 45,295 1,460 675 785
Bengali 410 210 200 95 45 45
Gujarati 735 340 395 340 145 190
Hindi 6,885 3,280 3,605 160 75 90
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 5
Nepali 245 120 120 15 5 10
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 5 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 38,520 39,090 120 60 60
Sindhi 80 40 45 95 40 55
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 140 150 65 30 35
Urdu 3,260 1,600 1,655 570 270 300
Iranian languages 2,065 1,045 1,025 5,865 2,880 2,985
Kurdish 110 60 45 70 35 30
Pashto 315 160 155 35 20 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 820 820 5,760 2,820 2,940
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 25 15 10
Italic (Romance) languages 4,695 2,300 2,395 1,885 865 1,020
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 240 110 125 630 280 355
Portuguese 510 240 270 110 50 65
Romanian 310 155 155 545 245 295
Spanish 3,630 1,790 1,835 595 285 305
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 450 190 260 45 20 30
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Georgian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Korean 6,435 3,015 3,420 1,445 695 750
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 155 185 55 20 30
Akan (Twi) 70 40 30 20 5 10
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 5 5 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 5 5 0
Igbo 10 0 10 5 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 15 5 5
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 20 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 25 30 10 5 5
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 5
Sign languages 230 120 105 15 10 5
American Sign Language 85 40 45 5 5 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 80 65 15 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,545 12,120 13,430 17,255 8,200 9,055
Chinese languages 24,905 11,790 13,115 17,250 8,200 9,055
Cantonese 4,620 2,180 2,440 7,615 3,590 4,025
Hakka 60 25 35 50 25 30
Mandarin 18,820 8,910 9,910 9,230 4,420 4,810
Min Dong 0 0 5 5 5 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 300 330 55 20 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 90 100 180 85 100
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 265 285 110 50 60
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 5 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 325 310 5 0 5
Burmese 285 155 130 0 0 0
Karenic languages 310 155 160 0 0 0
Tibetan 25 15 15 5 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 175 200 30 10 15
Lao 270 135 135 20 10 15
Thai 105 40 65 0 5 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 95 85 165 80 80
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 70 40 35
Turkish 125 65 55 85 40 45
Uyghur 30 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 10 0 5 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0
Uralic languages 300 135 165 160 70 90
Estonian 20 5 10 5 5 5
Finnish 45 20 25 15 5 10
Hungarian 240 115 130 140 60 80
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 10,410 5,035 5,375
English and French 525 245 285 260 115 140
English and non-official language 52,775 26,050 26,725 9,875 4,790 5,080
French and non-official language 120 45 70 30 15 20
English, French and non-official language 500 225 280 250 115 135
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 20 513,400 254,160 259,245 114,280 56,010 58,265
None 395,270 196,135 199,135 81,525 40,235 41,290
English 57,240 28,705 28,530 15,415 7,635 7,785
French 2,525 1,150 1,375 1,025 410 620
Non-official language 56,675 27,335 29,340 15,715 7,460 8,250
Aboriginal 95 40 55 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 56,580 27,295 29,285 15,715 7,465 8,250
English and French 200 100 100 110 40 65
English and non-official language 1,100 540 560 285 145 140
French and non-official language 375 180 195 200 85 110
English, French and non-official language 10 10 10 5 0 5
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 419,060 205,495 213,570 92,260 44,750 47,510
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 397,735 195,290 202,440 86,705 41,940 44,765
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,822 36,533 24,663 33,834 41,521 28,709
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 398,230 195,735 202,495 86,730 41,945 44,780
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,200 32,228 23,441 30,989 37,104 26,716
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 349,505 176,850 172,655 79,055 39,060 40,000
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,979 37,122 23,748 35,424 43,467 29,083
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 285,365 122,180 163,185 59,535 25,700 33,840
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,266 1,478 4,330 1,460 645 2,338
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 301,705 156,635 145,070 67,250 34,160 33,095
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,804 37,394 25,015 38,729 45,868 33,219
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 419,065 205,530 213,540 92,415 44,840 47,580
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 397,880 195,320 202,560 86,820 42,060 44,765
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,978 47,640 32,589 55,658 67,651 44,390
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 398,370 195,760 202,605 86,835 42,070 44,765
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,815 39,183 28,628 44,062 51,955 36,645
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 350,080 176,880 173,200 79,280 39,150 40,130
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,195 48,434 31,782 57,178 69,863 44,804
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 285,325 122,325 163,000 59,625 25,905 33,720
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,430 6,033 6,728 5,016 4,255 5,600
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 301,705 156,380 145,325 67,345 34,135 33,210
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,014 47,626 31,823 57,899 68,976 46,514
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 92,415 44,835 47,580
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 33,545 18,790 14,755
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,026 55,725 44,357 66,017 72,736 59,972
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 59,318 66,016 49,850 83,551 93,464 70,928
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 93.7 96.1 90.2
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.6 79.6 69.8 81.2 83.7 77.6
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 11.5 7.9 16.6 6.3 3.9 9.8
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 92,265 44,750 47,510
Without total income 21,330 10,205 11,125 5,555 2,805 2,750
With total income 397,735 195,295 202,445 86,705 41,945 44,760
Percentage with total income 94.9 95.0 94.8 94.0 93.7 94.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 69,415 28,885 40,535 17,045 7,335 9,710
$10,000 to $19,999 76,230 31,215 45,015 14,260 6,130 8,130
$20,000 to $29,999 54,095 23,260 30,840 9,145 4,030 5,115
$30,000 to $39,999 46,405 21,720 24,690 6,970 3,030 3,940
$40,000 to $49,999 39,630 19,750 19,880 6,460 2,810 3,645
$50,000 to $59,999 30,080 16,185 13,890 5,530 2,510 3,020
$60,000 to $69,999 22,130 13,355 8,775 4,505 2,215 2,285
$70,000 to $79,999 15,900 10,105 5,790 3,920 2,065 1,855
$80,000 to $89,999 12,205 7,815 4,400 3,635 1,975 1,655
$90,000 to $99,999 8,375 5,565 2,815 3,585 1,915 1,665
$100,000 and over 23,265 17,445 5,820 11,650 7,910 3,735
$100,000 to $149,999 16,225 11,865 4,360 7,330 4,720 2,610
$150,000 and over 7,040 5,580 1,460 4,320 3,200 1,125
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 92,260 44,750 47,510
Without after-tax income 20,830 9,760 11,070 5,535 2,800 2,730
With after-tax income 398,230 195,735 202,495 86,730 41,950 44,780
Percentage with after-tax income 95.0 95.3 94.8 94.0 93.7 94.3
Under $10,000 (including loss) 71,655 30,315 41,335 17,340 7,430 9,910
$10,000 to $19,999 79,805 33,255 46,555 14,790 6,370 8,420
$20,000 to $29,999 64,300 28,495 35,805 10,405 4,620 5,785
$30,000 to $39,999 54,050 26,070 27,975 8,380 3,640 4,740
$40,000 to $49,999 42,865 22,185 20,685 7,630 3,465 4,170
$50,000 to $59,999 29,110 17,155 11,955 6,225 3,005 3,220
$60,000 to $69,999 19,245 12,240 7,005 5,325 2,885 2,435
$70,000 to $79,999 13,140 8,310 4,835 4,875 2,670 2,205
$80,000 and over 24,065 17,720 6,345 11,750 7,855 3,895
$80,000 to $89,999 7,915 5,410 2,510 3,565 2,100 1,460
$90,000 to $99,999 4,725 3,505 1,220 2,150 1,390 765
$100,000 and over 11,420 8,805 2,615 6,035 4,360 1,670
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 92,260 44,750 47,510
Without employment income 117,355 48,860 68,500 25,010 10,595 14,420
With employment income 301,710 156,635 145,070 67,250 34,155 33,095
Percentage with employment income 72.0 76.2 67.9 72.9 76.3 69.7
Under $5,000 (including loss) 41,110 18,615 22,490 8,165 3,705 4,460
$5,000 to $9,999 24,800 10,380 14,425 5,695 2,555 3,140
$10,000 to $19,999 44,505 19,570 24,935 8,815 4,175 4,640
$20,000 to $29,999 37,220 17,150 20,065 6,260 2,915 3,340
$30,000 to $39,999 34,510 16,805 17,705 5,320 2,340 2,985
$40,000 to $49,999 30,535 15,565 14,970 5,080 2,240 2,845
$50,000 to $59,999 23,420 13,180 10,240 4,390 2,035 2,355
$60,000 to $69,999 17,575 11,210 6,365 3,745 1,850 1,895
$70,000 to $79,999 12,945 8,490 4,455 3,370 1,805 1,570
$80,000 and over 35,085 25,660 9,425 16,400 10,535 5,870
$80,000 to $89,999 10,220 6,655 3,565 3,165 1,760 1,405
$90,000 to $99,999 6,800 4,735 2,065 3,375 1,800 1,580
$100,000 and over 18,065 14,270 3,795 9,860 6,975 2,885
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 169,965 ... ... 35,220 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,494 ... ... 106,395 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 68,060 ... ... 91,021 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 34,515 ... ... 3,745 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,675 ... ... 44,719 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,381 ... ... 39,080 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 135,445 ... ... 31,480 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 90,657 ... ... 115,185 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 79,548 ... ... 98,147 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 93,586 ... ... 137,070 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 79,256 ... ... 108,528 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 34,500 ... ... 3,740 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 45,234 ... ... 72,613 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,166 ... ... 54,366 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 135,465 ... ... 31,515 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 105,900 ... ... 144,727 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,720 ... ... 114,962 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 169,965 ... ... 35,220 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,065 ... ... 535 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,950 ... ... 335 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,975 ... ... 465 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,235 ... ... 620 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,585 ... ... 750 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,820 ... ... 940 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,990 ... ... 940 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,400 ... ... 980 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,490 ... ... 940 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,550 ... ... 895 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,000 ... ... 1,910 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,310 ... ... 1,725 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,340 ... ... 1,780 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,095 ... ... 1,780 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,675 ... ... 1,850 ... ...
$100,000 and over 61,475 ... ... 18,765 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 20,385 ... ... 4,230 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 14,075 ... ... 3,565 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,450 ... ... 5,035 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,570 ... ... 5,940 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 169,965 ... ... 35,220 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,255 ... ... 590 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,985 ... ... 345 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,030 ... ... 470 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,435 ... ... 670 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,340 ... ... 800 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,915 ... ... 995 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,340 ... ... 1,085 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,650 ... ... 1,055 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,985 ... ... 1,105 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,785 ... ... 1,135 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 14,970 ... ... 2,200 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 13,950 ... ... 2,230 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,175 ... ... 2,320 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,775 ... ... 2,375 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 10,275 ... ... 2,180 ... ...
$100,000 and over 47,105 ... ... 15,655 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 19,380 ... ... 4,865 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,780 ... ... 3,690 ... ...
$150,000 and over 15,950 ... ... 7,105 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 132,070 ... ... 31,250 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,793 ... ... 114,424 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 78,901 ... ... 97,413 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.5 ... ... 3.5 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 35,330 ... ... 6,300 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,991 ... ... 95,752 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,731 ... ... 81,770 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 73,685 ... ... 20,685 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,953 ... ... 130,865 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,865 ... ... 110,494 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 4.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,180 ... ... 3,495 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,135 ... ... 65,344 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,352 ... ... 58,837 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 131,980 ... ... 31,350 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,987 ... ... 143,449 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,838 ... ... 113,955 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 35,250 ... ... 6,390 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,517 ... ... 135,116 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,370 ... ... 104,295 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 73,805 ... ... 20,735 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,698 ... ... 157,210 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,378 ... ... 125,018 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,050 ... ... 3,500 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,818 ... ... 81,503 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,188 ... ... 68,353 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 52,060 26,955 25,105 5,365 2,405 2,955
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,548 32,897 30,263 36,690 41,451 33,728
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,501 29,419 27,643 33,048 36,339 30,713
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 51,935 26,555 25,385 5,285 2,260 3,020
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,475 40,766 38,124 63,445 68,293 59,815
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 48,002 51,644 45,276
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 511,540 253,320 258,220 114,060 55,945 58,110
In the bottom half of the distribution 263,500 128,320 135,180 42,985 20,680 22,310
In the bottom decile 53,940 26,540 27,400 9,650 4,695 4,960
In the second decile 49,270 23,365 25,905 8,260 3,885 4,375
In the third decile 51,145 24,800 26,350 7,860 3,720 4,135
In the fourth decile 54,560 26,650 27,905 8,175 3,945 4,230
In the fifth decile 54,580 26,960 27,615 9,040 4,435 4,610
In the top half of the distribution 248,040 125,000 123,035 71,070 35,270 35,800
In the sixth decile 54,190 26,860 27,335 9,660 4,755 4,915
In the seventh decile 53,400 26,775 26,620 11,205 5,565 5,640
In the eighth decile 52,060 26,370 25,685 13,290 6,605 6,685
In the ninth decile 48,155 24,395 23,760 16,470 8,145 8,325
In the top decile 40,240 20,600 19,640 20,445 10,205 10,240
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 43 511,540 253,325 258,215 114,055 55,950 58,110
0 to 17 years 112,320 58,195 54,120 27,375 14,135 13,240
0 to 5 years 35,185 18,145 17,040 6,870 3,490 3,380
18 to 64 years 330,060 162,380 167,680 74,255 35,965 38,285
65 years and over 69,165 32,745 36,420 12,420 5,845 6,575
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 75,640 36,500 39,145 13,910 6,705 7,205
0 to 17 years 21,985 11,355 10,625 3,900 2,055 1,840
0 to 5 years 6,795 3,440 3,350 1,010 530 485
18 to 64 years 44,940 21,345 23,600 8,665 4,025 4,640
65 years and over 8,715 3,795 4,915 1,345 625 720
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.4 15.2 12.2 12.0 12.4
0 to 17 years (%) 19.6 19.5 19.6 14.2 14.5 13.9
0 to 5 years (%) 19.3 19.0 19.7 14.7 15.2 14.3
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.1 14.1 11.7 11.2 12.1
65 years and over (%) 12.6 11.6 13.5 10.8 10.7 11.0
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 60,260 29,565 30,695 10,875 5,255 5,625
0 to 17 years 16,925 8,705 8,225 3,050 1,620 1,435
0 to 5 years 5,170 2,595 2,575 785 415 370
18 to 64 years 38,355 18,710 19,645 7,005 3,270 3,735
65 years and over 4,980 2,150 2,825 820 365 460
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.8 11.7 11.9 9.5 9.4 9.7
0 to 17 years (%) 15.1 15.0 15.2 11.1 11.5 10.8
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.3 15.1 11.4 11.9 10.9
18 to 64 years (%) 11.6 11.5 11.7 9.4 9.1 9.8
65 years and over (%) 7.2 6.6 7.8 6.6 6.2 7.0
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 44 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,100 58,210
Official languages 478,215 239,765 238,450 108,990 53,945 55,050
English 478,010 239,640 238,370 108,915 53,900 55,015
French 22,960 10,450 12,510 10,120 4,290 5,830
Non-official languages 287,750 139,540 148,210 69,500 33,295 36,205
Aboriginal languages 225 80 140 0 0 10
Algonquian languages 95 30 65 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 20 25 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 20 10 10 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. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 45 10 35 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 10 30 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 10 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 20 20 10 0 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 10
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 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 10 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 69,500 33,295 36,200
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,070 4,570 4,500 3,920 2,115 1,800
Berber languages 30 10 20 0 0 0
Kabyle 25 10 15 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 10 0
Cushitic languages 1,055 460 600 105 50 55
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 10 10 0 0
Somali 1,045 455 590 95 50 45
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,065 4,130 3,935 3,820 2,070 1,755
Amharic 505 240 265 15 0 15
Arabic 6,835 3,510 3,320 2,320 1,260 1,060
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 480 245 235 80 25 55
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 475 240 235 0 0 0
Harari 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 220 135 80 1,420 775 640
Maltese 55 15 40 30 10 20
Tigrigna 220 135 85 10 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 4,545 660 265 395
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 350 425 55 20 30
Vietnamese 8,025 3,880 4,145 600 240 365
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 26,440 11,550 14,885 1,275 445 830
Bikol 115 50 60 15 10 10
Cebuano 1,180 445 730 25 10 20
Fijian 540 320 225 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 335 175 160 30 20 10
Ilocano 1,285 495 785 85 20 60
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,010 425 590 155 70 90
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 140 70 70 10 0 10
Pangasinan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,320 10,560 13,760 1,050 360 685
Waray-Waray 65 35 30 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 230 105 125 20 0 15
Creole languages 735 385 355 155 80 75
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 460 235 225 110 60 55
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 140 135 40 25 20
Dravidian languages 2,575 1,375 1,205 1,475 705 760
Kannada 105 35 65 40 15 20
Malayalam 1,020 555 470 230 105 125
Tamil 1,315 705 610 1,175 565 615
Telugu 290 170 120 120 70 55
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 34,515 16,715 17,810
Albanian 445 205 240 175 110 65
Armenian 160 95 65 425 205 220
Balto-Slavic languages 8,790 4,340 4,450 7,800 3,710 4,085
Baltic languages 35 20 20 130 55 75
Latvian 20 15 0 35 20 15
Lithuanian 15 0 15 95 40 60
Slavic languages 8,760 4,330 4,430 7,750 3,690 4,065
Belarusan 0 10 0 45 25 20
Bosnian 270 135 135 0 0 0
Bulgarian 185 80 105 90 40 55
Croatian 870 445 425 185 80 100
Czech 540 255 290 30 10 20
Macedonian 25 10 10 285 150 135
Polish 2,830 1,420 1,415 535 260 275
Russian 2,490 1,225 1,265 6,315 3,005 3,310
Serbian 650 340 305 220 110 115
Serbo-Croatian 90 45 40 20 10 10
Slovak 390 185 205 60 15 45
Slovene (Slovenian) 120 70 50 60 40 25
Ukrainian 1,060 450 605 600 300 300
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 20 15 15 0
Celtic languages 85 40 50 20 10 10
Scottish Gaelic 50 30 15 0 10 0
Welsh 25 10 25 10 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,745 4,080 4,665 1,420 650 770
Afrikaans 585 260 320 95 55 40
Danish 390 165 225 30 15 20
Dutch 1,815 840 980 240 120 115
Frisian 35 20 20 0 0 0
German 5,675 2,705 2,965 935 415 515
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 190 90 100 50 15 35
Swedish 300 135 170 65 30 40
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 15 15 0 0 0
Yiddish 25 15 10 40 25 20
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 900 475 430 1,420 675 745
Indo-Iranian languages 157,915 78,645 79,265 15,220 7,470 7,750
Indo-Aryan languages 154,075 76,740 77,340 5,205 2,555 2,650
Bengali 980 485 495 205 105 105
Gujarati 2,060 995 1,065 1,540 725 820
Hindi 39,080 18,940 20,140 1,645 810 835
Kashmiri 15 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 70 35 35 35 20 15
Marathi 165 80 90 35 15 20
Nepali 465 225 240 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 25 15 10 15 10 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 128,515 64,430 64,090 845 415 435
Sindhi 380 195 185 430 170 260
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 950 510 445 190 90 100
Urdu 7,950 4,050 3,900 2,070 1,060 1,010
Iranian languages 4,295 2,150 2,145 10,045 4,945 5,100
Kurdish 315 175 140 145 70 75
Pashto 795 430 365 105 55 50
Persian (Farsi) 3,485 1,735 1,750 9,965 4,905 5,060
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 140 140 100 50 55
Italic (Romance) languages 15,840 7,670 8,170 9,025 4,355 4,670
Catalan 0 10 0 0 10 0
Italian 2,170 1,180 995 5,365 2,650 2,710
Portuguese 1,930 875 1,060 675 305 365
Romanian 840 450 390 1,165 555 610
Spanish 11,310 5,340 5,965 2,110 975 1,135
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Japanese 2,035 910 1,125 280 135 150
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 8,915 4,165 4,745 2,495 1,180 1,310
Mongolic languages 55 35 20 10 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 20 10 10 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,870 960 910 525 255 265
Akan (Twi) 240 140 95 35 15 25
Bamanankan 0 0 0 30 25 10
Edo 75 40 30 30 10 15
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 25 10 10
Igbo 90 45 35 10 10 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 620 350 270 245 105 135
Wolof 10 0 10 0 0 0
Yoruba 255 125 125 40 15 25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 450 180 270 120 70 50
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 40 30 15 0 10
Dinka 10 15 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 20 35 10 10 10
Sign languages 645 195 445 60 25 35
American Sign Language 315 75 240 40 10 25
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 130 215 25 15 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,450 17,735 19,715 25,310 11,985 13,330
Chinese languages 36,485 17,235 19,250 25,310 11,975 13,330
Cantonese 9,360 4,395 4,960 12,690 5,915 6,780
Hakka 275 130 150 145 55 90
Mandarin 28,980 13,620 15,360 15,375 7,215 8,155
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 10 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,865 885 980 305 155 155
Wu (Shanghainese) 385 170 215 500 215 280
Chinese, n.o.s. 840 385 460 210 110 100
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,020 525 495 10 0 10
Burmese 475 255 220 0 0 0
Karenic languages 495 235 265 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 55 35 0 10 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages 1,015 450 565 75 35 40
Lao 690 335 350 55 30 25
Thai 415 145 265 15 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 250 215 830 410 415
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 290 155 135
Turkish 395 220 175 540 250 285
Uyghur 35 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 10 0 10 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 40 15 20
Uralic languages 1,510 700 810 720 350 370
Estonian 80 35 45 80 20 50
Finnish 295 125 175 105 45 60
Hungarian 1,140 540 595 540 285 265
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 95 90 10 0 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,095 58,205
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 439,690 218,815 220,870 101,915 50,460 51,450
Canadian citizens aged under 18 102,480 53,305 49,175 25,650 13,230 12,420
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 337,215 165,515 171,700 76,265 37,230 39,035
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 71,850 34,445 37,405 12,390 5,640 6,755
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,095 58,210
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 281,190 142,415 138,775 56,830 28,705 28,125
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 220,155 105,615 114,540 56,115 26,780 29,335
Before 1981 37,055 18,325 18,725 9,035 4,440 4,595
1981 to 1990 25,490 12,275 13,220 7,455 3,660 3,800
1991 to 2000 52,570 25,120 27,455 16,060 7,685 8,375
2001 to 2010 68,700 32,460 36,235 16,990 8,005 8,985
2001 to 2005 32,005 14,965 17,040 9,690 4,620 5,075
2006 to 2010 36,695 17,500 19,200 7,295 3,385 3,915
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 36,340 17,435 18,905 6,570 2,995 3,575
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 10,195 5,235 4,960 1,360 610 750
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 56,115 26,785 29,330
Under 5 years 16,360 8,585 7,780 5,010 2,570 2,435
5 to 14 years 31,945 16,425 15,520 9,410 4,740 4,670
15 to 24 years 55,145 24,875 30,280 9,750 4,555 5,200
25 to 44 years 83,940 40,600 43,340 25,625 11,980 13,645
45 years and over 32,755 15,135 17,625 6,315 2,935 3,380
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 56,115 26,780 29,335
Americas 11,340 5,300 6,045 3,205 1,530 1,680
Brazil 330 125 210 75 35 45
Colombia 650 290 360 200 100 100
El Salvador 1,385 745 645 40 10 30
Guyana 205 90 115 355 165 195
Haiti 85 30 55 15 0 10
Jamaica 615 335 280 540 240 300
Mexico 890 355 540 70 30 40
Peru 320 160 155 95 35 55
Trinidad and Tobago 385 185 200 330 160 170
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,915 1,780 2,135 810 375 430
Other places of birth in Americas 2,560 1,205 1,360 680 365 315
Europe 25,910 12,925 12,990 11,405 5,480 5,920
Bosnia and Herzegovina 450 230 220 80 40 45
Croatia 500 255 250 65 15 50
France 245 100 145 65 15 45
Germany 2,450 1,195 1,255 385 195 190
Greece 420 220 200 485 245 240
Hungary 715 370 340 200 110 90
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 340 180 155 95 60 30
Italy 940 510 430 1,740 905 835
Netherlands 1,355 690 660 130 75 50
Poland 2,235 1,110 1,125 385 180 205
Portugal 810 400 410 300 130 170
Romania 700 360 340 965 450 515
Russian Federation 780 310 460 1,960 830 1,130
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 310 155 150 80 35 45
Ukraine 710 365 345 1,275 650 625
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 9,655 4,875 4,775 1,570 755 815
Other places of birth in Europe 3,300 1,585 1,715 1,620 785 835
Africa 7,000 3,545 3,450 3,005 1,440 1,565
Algeria 85 60 30 10 10 0
Egypt 355 175 180 890 440 450
Ethiopia 455 220 240 25 10 15
Kenya 705 370 340 310 130 180
Morocco 180 90 95 40 20 15
Nigeria 585 310 275 145 80 60
Somalia 600 270 330 65 30 35
South Africa, Republic of 1,010 495 515 295 150 145
Other places of birth in Africa 3,010 1,555 1,455 1,235 575 655
Asia 166,110 79,380 86,730 38,410 18,280 20,130
Afghanistan 1,660 800 860 820 415 410
Bangladesh 615 310 305 105 60 45
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,490 8,650 9,840 12,365 5,700 6,660
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,370 1,095 1,275 5,595 2,705 2,895
India 81,730 39,960 41,775 1,845 910 930
IranCensus data footnote 61 965 545 420 7,240 3,550 3,685
Iraq 2,580 1,305 1,270 505 260 250
Japan 755 240 520 85 25 65
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 6,455 3,070 3,385 1,870 875 990
Lebanon 510 250 260 260 150 115
Pakistan 4,985 2,490 2,495 1,235 610 630
Philippines 24,120 10,630 13,485 1,125 425 700
Sri Lanka 1,365 735 620 835 380 450
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 895 435 465 50 25 25
Taiwan 5,335 2,460 2,870 430 205 230
Viet Nam 5,355 2,515 2,840 860 350 510
Other places of birth in Asia 7,945 3,885 4,060 3,185 1,640 1,545
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 9,790 4,465 5,325 90 55 35
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 6,570 2,995 3,570
Americas 1,430 740 690 330 155 175
Brazil 105 40 70 35 10 25
Colombia 80 45 35 20 10 10
Cuba 0 10 0 10 0 0
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 60 35 20 10 0 10
Mexico 245 125 125 15 0 15
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 420 240 175 140 75 65
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 15 10 10 15 0 10
Other places of birth in Americas 490 240 255 90 45 45
Europe 1,295 665 630 645 305 340
France 15 10 10 0 0 0
Germany 65 40 30 25 15 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 45 35 10 20 10 10
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 0 10 20 0 15
Romania 65 25 35 50 20 35
Russian Federation 55 20 40 210 80 130
Ukraine 140 55 90 110 60 40
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 480 280 195 60 35 25
Other places of birth in Europe 425 200 225 155 75 75
Africa 1,505 765 745 395 175 215
Algeria 15 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 15 0 10 20 0 15
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 50 25 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 10 0 10 0 0 0
Egypt 55 45 20 230 105 130
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 30 20 10
Somalia 250 100 150 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 120 80 45 15 0 10
Tunisia 15 10 0 10 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 560 280 280 90 40 55
Asia 31,595 15,020 16,570 5,200 2,360 2,840
Afghanistan 265 130 135 105 50 55
Bangladesh 95 45 50 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,645 2,150 2,495 2,605 1,230 1,375
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 125 35 90 120 50 75
India 15,020 7,510 7,505 130 40 85
IranCensus data footnote 61 180 85 95 1,285 605 680
Iraq 1,090 530 560 25 10 15
Israel 15 10 10 95 60 35
Japan 80 10 75 15 10 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,080 510 570 145 55 95
Lebanon 75 35 40 0 0 10
Nepal 80 30 45 0 0 0
Pakistan 885 400 485 230 100 135
Philippines 5,255 2,400 2,860 215 55 155
Saudi Arabia 60 10 50 15 10 10
Sri Lanka 170 90 80 25 10 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 385 410 10 0 0
Taiwan 420 140 285 25 20 10
Turkey 20 10 10 10 10 0
United Arab Emirates 110 75 35 20 10 15
Viet Nam 365 105 255 10 0 10
Other places of birth in Asia 760 340 425 115 45 70
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 515 245 270 0 0 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 68 511,545 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,095 58,205
First generationCensus data footnote 69 233,045 112,175 120,865 58,105 27,715 30,390
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 139,000 70,930 68,075 32,815 16,500 16,310
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 139,495 70,165 69,330 23,385 11,880 11,505
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 47,715 22,660 25,055
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 78,855 39,035 39,825 31,210 15,565 15,650
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 29,945 17,740 12,205 11,815 8,005 3,810
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 48,910 21,300 27,615 19,400 7,560 11,840
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 85,795 38,395 47,395 10,745 4,170 6,570
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 20,490 10,940 9,550 5,060 2,590 2,465
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 1,150 560 595 705 335 365
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 511,540 253,270 258,275 114,305 56,095 58,210
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,460 6,375 7,085 445 210 230
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,140 6,210 6,930 400 180 220
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,335 3,395 3,940 220 105 120
Métis 5,685 2,765 2,920 175 75 100
Inuk (Inuit) 115 55 60 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 200 110 90 15 10 0
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 120 55 65 25 15 15
Non-Aboriginal identity 498,080 246,890 251,190 113,865 55,890 57,975
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,300 56,095 58,210
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 4,205 1,805 2,400 175 75 105
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 507,335 251,460 255,875 114,130 56,025 58,100
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,095 58,210
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,760 1,345 1,415 60 30 35
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,710 1,330 1,385 55 25 30
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,940 930 1,005 40 25 15
Métis single ancestry 730 385 345 15 0 15
Inuit single ancestry 45 10 35 0 0 0
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 15 35 10 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 10 25 10 10 0
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 6,780 775 370 400
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 12,465 5,905 6,555 755 365 390
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,815 3,655 4,160 565 295 265
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,560 2,205 2,355 180 60 115
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 85 45 40 15 10 10
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 420 195 225 15 0 10
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 400 195 210 10 0 10
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 94 495,895 245,820 250,075 113,470 55,695 57,770
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,100 58,210
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 299,245 147,125 152,120 59,075 28,575 30,495
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 168,040 84,330 83,705 9,065 4,495 4,570
Chinese 39,890 18,865 21,030 27,545 13,105 14,435
Black 9,455 4,845 4,610 2,330 1,205 1,120
Filipino 31,865 14,575 17,285 1,625 610 1,020
Latin American 7,065 3,395 3,670 905 425 475
Arab 5,765 2,955 2,820 2,145 1,100 1,045
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,010 6,445 6,560 895 405 490
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,720 1,910 1,805 9,290 4,610 4,680
Korean 9,285 4,355 4,930 2,810 1,340 1,470
Japanese 2,850 1,320 1,530 360 195 165
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 1,995 1,005 990 450 265 190
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 6,320 3,130 3,190 1,665 820 845
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 212,295 106,140 106,155 55,230 27,520 27,715
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 103 511,540 253,265 258,275 114,305 56,100 58,210
North American Aboriginal origins 15,645 7,450 8,200 835 400 440
First Nations (North American Indian) 10,210 4,800 5,410 620 325 295
Inuit 165 60 105 20 10 10
Métis 5,750 2,800 2,945 215 70 145
Other North American origins 71,305 36,115 35,195 12,460 6,285 6,170
Acadian 140 70 70 55 25 30
American 5,290 2,700 2,595 680 315 360
Canadian 67,735 34,330 33,415 11,945 6,050 5,895
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 90 65 20 35 20 20
Nova Scotian 0 0 10 0 10 0
Ontarian 0 0 0 20 10 10
Québécois 110 50 65 25 10 20
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 51,465 25,555 25,910
British Isles origins 127,825 63,495 64,335 19,605 9,760 9,845
Channel Islander 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cornish 35 20 20 0 0 0
English 78,895 38,620 40,280 11,205 5,535 5,670
Irish 43,735 20,930 22,800 8,075 3,935 4,140
Manx 80 40 35 15 10 0
Scottish 56,210 27,975 28,235 8,245 4,195 4,055
Welsh 6,885 3,355 3,530 920 455 465
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 8,555 4,355 4,195 1,870 875 995
French origins 24,825 11,845 12,970 3,370 1,670 1,695
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 3,365 1,670 1,695
Western European origins (except French origins) 57,295 28,265 29,025 6,690 3,305 3,385
Austrian 3,240 1,560 1,680 625 320 305
Bavarian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Belgian 1,210 640 565 120 50 65
Dutch 14,815 7,270 7,540 1,625 785 835
Flemish 125 45 80 40 10 30
Frisian 70 15 55 0 0 0
German 41,390 20,330 21,060 4,670 2,315 2,350
Luxembourger 45 25 20 0 0 0
Swiss 1,485 815 665 255 120 130
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 50 55 10 0 15
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 22,910 11,005 11,905 1,200 535 670
Danish 4,080 1,970 2,115 220 95 125
Finnish 2,255 1,060 1,200 335 140 195
Icelandic 1,790 910 880 65 45 25
Norwegian 9,530 4,650 4,880 310 135 175
Swedish 6,770 3,150 3,620 245 95 150
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 790 380 410 90 50 40
Eastern European origins 43,235 21,305 21,925 13,665 6,775 6,885
Bulgarian 290 125 170 145 70 80
Byelorussian 160 85 75 470 235 240
Czech 1,670 785 890 170 105 75
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 520 270 250 105 55 45
Estonian 295 155 145 170 75 95
Hungarian 4,575 2,275 2,300 1,260 615 645
Latvian 250 140 110 180 65 105
Lithuanian 335 130 205 340 185 165
Moldovan 80 50 35 215 140 80
Polish 12,100 5,860 6,240 3,600 1,875 1,720
Romanian 2,540 1,300 1,240 1,625 815 815
Russian 8,585 3,990 4,595 5,910 2,850 3,060
Slovak 915 410 505 205 90 115
Ukrainian 17,850 8,985 8,860 2,955 1,485 1,470
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 190 100 90 125 60 60
Southern European origins 29,580 14,525 15,060 20,195 10,275 9,925
Albanian 465 200 260 250 155 95
Bosnian 390 180 210 15 0 15
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,805 960 845 410 170 245
Cypriot 45 25 15 75 40 40
Greek 2,245 1,160 1,085 2,660 1,335 1,320
Italian 11,460 5,710 5,750 14,160 7,265 6,900
Kosovar 40 15 25 0 0 0
Macedonian 75 30 40 770 400 365
Maltese 160 80 70 270 125 145
Montenegrin 60 40 20 15 0 10
Portuguese 4,390 2,115 2,270 1,785 885 900
Serbian 970 510 465 340 185 155
Sicilian 35 20 10 40 15 30
Slovenian 440 220 225 240 140 100
Spanish 8,285 3,905 4,380 1,015 425 585
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 475 220 255 100 45 55
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 20 10 0 0 0 10
Other European origins 2,135 1,045 1,085 2,090 1,085 1,005
Basque 60 40 15 25 20 10
Jewish 910 425 485 1,915 975 940
Roma (Gypsy) 35 10 20 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 65 30 30 10 10 10
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,085 555 530 140 85 55
Caribbean origins 3,655 1,855 1,800 2,195 1,125 1,070
Antiguan 10 0 15 20 10 10
Bahamian 0 10 0 20 0 20
Barbadian 225 130 100 165 80 80
Bermudan 30 15 15 20 10 10
Carib 10 10 0 45 25 20
Cuban 210 85 120 45 30 10
Dominican 100 55 50 25 10 20
Grenadian 65 35 30 70 50 15
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 155 60 95 40 15 20
Jamaican 1,690 930 765 1,085 535 550
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 10 0 15 10 10
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 10 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 605 320 285 395 210 180
Vincentian/Grenadinian 100 45 55 50 20 30
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 365 170 195 365 205 165
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 255 115 145 20 10 10
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,650 4,175 4,475 1,990 945 1,040
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 335 195 135 30 10 20
Arawak 10 0 0 10 0 0
Argentinian 110 40 70 110 60 50
Belizean 10 0 10 15 10 10
Bolivian 15 0 15 0 0 0
Brazilian 460 185 275 80 40 45
Chilean 510 275 240 110 40 75
Colombian 785 390 395 345 165 185
Costa Rican 75 25 45 0 10 0
Ecuadorian 40 25 10 270 135 135
Guatemalan 650 310 340 25 15 15
Guyanese 245 105 135 400 200 200
Hispanic 300 150 160 30 10 15
Honduran 445 255 185 0 0 0
Maya 175 75 100 0 0 0
Mexican 2,130 990 1,140 135 70 65
Nicaraguan 285 120 160 55 35 20
Panamanian 15 10 10 20 0 10
Paraguayan 65 25 40 0 0 0
Peruvian 395 205 185 185 65 120
Salvadorean 1,600 845 755 90 40 55
Uruguayan 25 15 10 30 20 10
Venezuelan 115 55 60 80 30 50
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 630 275 350 100 55 50
African origins 10,310 5,190 5,120 3,305 1,690 1,610
Central and West African origins 1,905 1,025 880 380 210 170
Akan 20 10 10 10 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 35 25 15
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 325 165 160 0 0 0
Edo 30 20 10 35 20 10
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 45 20 25
Guinean 25 10 15 0 0 0
Ibo 65 30 35 0 0 0
Ivorian 20 10 10 10 10 0
Liberian 115 50 65 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 35 30 0
Malinké 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 685 360 320 200 95 105
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 15 10 10
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 125 60 60 25 20 0
North African origins 1,370 715 655 1,450 760 695
Algerian 70 40 35 40 25 15
Berber 35 25 10 0 10 0
Coptic 10 0 0 90 40 45
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 620 315 300 1,160 580 570
Libyan 50 35 10 10 0 10
Maure 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 270 140 130 160 105 50
Sudanese 290 135 150 30 15 15
Tunisian 35 20 15 10 10 10
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 10 10 0 0 10 0
Southern and East African origins 4,190 1,990 2,200 875 430 450
Afrikaner 35 25 15 10 10 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 20 20 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 240 140 100 15 10 15
Ethiopian 555 265 295 20 0 20
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 270 140 130 130 60 70
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 210 120 90 75 40 35
Oromo 0 0 10 20 10 10
Rwandan 60 20 35 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 1,185 540 645 115 55 60
South African 960 455 505 280 140 140
Tanzanian 60 20 40 70 45 25
Tigrian 45 30 15 0 0 0
Ugandan 75 30 40 45 25 25
Zambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 120 65 55 10 0 10
Zulu 20 15 10 0 0 10
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 270 90 175 115 55 60
Other African origins 3,040 1,555 1,480 620 315 305
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 300 145 150 55 25 30
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 2,775 1,430 1,345 585 305 280
Asian origins 277,695 136,410 141,285 57,935 27,895 30,040
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,815 6,585 6,230 14,695 7,300 7,395
Afghan 2,620 1,240 1,385 1,285 635 655
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,390 775 615 445 250 200
Armenian 290 155 140 730 370 360
Assyrian 205 115 95 40 15 25
Azerbaijani 45 35 10 305 170 135
Georgian 55 10 40 10 0 10
Hazara 15 10 0 10 0 0
Iranian 1,660 905 760 9,415 4,655 4,760
Iraqi 2,505 1,235 1,265 525 290 235
Israeli 105 60 45 495 265 230
Jordanian 170 100 70 115 75 40
Kazakh 15 15 0 80 30 50
Kurd 285 165 120 115 55 65
Kuwaiti 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 55 45 15 25 10 15
Lebanese 1,185 570 615 635 305 330
Palestinian 720 365 355 240 110 125
Pashtun 170 110 60 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Syrian 935 440 495 165 110 55
Tajik 85 40 40 40 25 15
Tatar 90 50 40 60 10 50
Turk 670 405 265 415 170 245
Turkmen 15 10 10 30 15 15
Uighur 40 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 50 25 30
Yemeni 45 30 10 50 15 35
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 555 280 270 290 155 135
South Asian origins 164,005 82,310 81,695 9,195 4,595 4,595
Bangladeshi 515 265 250 90 55 40
Bengali 220 95 120 45 20 25
Bhutanese 0 0 10 0 0 0
East Indian 138,210 69,235 68,975 6,565 3,260 3,305
Goan 25 15 10 110 50 60
Gujarati 120 55 70 55 20 25
Kashmiri 70 35 40 10 0 10
Nepali 465 215 245 0 0 0
Pakistani 5,650 2,925 2,725 1,285 665 625
Punjabi 22,195 11,225 10,970 25 15 15
Sinhalese 305 170 135 60 35 25
Sri Lankan 1,480 805 675 970 470 500
Tamil 300 185 115 355 175 185
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 3,635 1,805 1,830 370 195 180
East and Southeast Asian origins 102,065 48,140 53,925 34,455 16,190 18,265
Burmese 610 335 275 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,160 550 610 130 60 75
Chinese 45,085 21,435 23,645 28,570 13,545 15,025
Filipino 33,920 15,610 18,315 1,935 760 1,175
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 945 460 485 75 35 35
Japanese 3,695 1,755 1,940 455 240 220
Karen 525 255 270 0 0 0
Korean 9,450 4,430 5,015 3,010 1,450 1,560
Laotian 1,055 540 515 85 40 45
Malaysian 655 350 310 85 25 55
Mongolian 100 60 40 135 75 60
Singaporean 100 45 50 0 0 0
Taiwanese 2,540 1,170 1,375 145 75 65
Thai 520 215 310 45 30 20
Tibetan 125 75 50 10 10 0
Vietnamese 9,200 4,575 4,625 695 305 395
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 145 65 85 75 40 30
Other Asian origins 505 260 245 45 30 20
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 500 255 245 45 30 20
Oceania origins 9,155 4,485 4,670 75 55 20
Australian 995 495 500 75 55 20
New Zealander 420 200 215 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins 7,805 3,830 3,975 0 0 0
Fijian 7,320 3,625 3,690 0 0 0
Hawaiian 155 50 105 0 0 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 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
Owner 120,940 ... ... 31,030 ... ...
Renter 49,025 ... ... 4,225 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
Condominium 38,195 ... ... 2,180 ... ...
Not condominium 131,770 ... ... 33,075 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
No bedrooms 845 ... ... 30 ... ...
1 bedroom 18,985 ... ... 1,200 ... ...
2 bedrooms 42,665 ... ... 2,010 ... ...
3 bedrooms 48,100 ... ... 11,075 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 59,370 ... ... 20,940 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 53,205 ... ... 3,910 ... ...
5 rooms 24,475 ... ... 4,405 ... ...
6 rooms 21,675 ... ... 5,415 ... ...
7 rooms 17,450 ... ... 5,875 ... ...
8 or more rooms 53,150 ... ... 15,650 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.3 ... ... 7.3 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 159,915 ... ... 34,700 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 10,050 ... ... 550 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 169,960 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
Suitable 154,380 ... ... 34,130 ... ...
Not suitable 15,590 ... ... 1,125 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
1960 or before 8,335 ... ... 1,810 ... ...
1961 to 1980 31,085 ... ... 2,305 ... ...
1981 to 1990 32,345 ... ... 3,875 ... ...
1991 to 2000 36,140 ... ... 8,495 ... ...
2001 to 2005 18,495 ... ... 8,495 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,015 ... ... 5,965 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,550 ... ... 4,305 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 169,965 ... ... 35,250 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 162,920 ... ... 34,285 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,045 ... ... 970 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 169,965 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
1 household maintainer 90,450 ... ... 16,105 ... ...
2 household maintainers 69,480 ... ... 17,795 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 10,035 ... ... 1,355 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 169,960 ... ... 35,255 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,805 ... ... 165 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,995 ... ... 2,495 ... ...
35 to 44 years 34,310 ... ... 7,545 ... ...
45 to 54 years 39,945 ... ... 11,655 ... ...
55 to 64 years 34,670 ... ... 7,635 ... ...
65 to 74 years 21,630 ... ... 3,600 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,070 ... ... 1,635 ... ...
85 years and over 3,535 ... ... 525 ... ...
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 ... ... 35,210 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 121,735 ... ... 23,755 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 47,795 ... ... 11,455 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 40,600 ... ... 9,075 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 120,685 ... ... 31,030 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.1 ... ... 69.1 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 24.5 ... ... 29.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,498 ... ... 2,008 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,608 ... ... 2,034 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 698,205 ... ... 898,981 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 757,863 ... ... 968,601 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,990 ... ... 4,220 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.2 ... ... 11.2 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 37.4 ... ... 51.8 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 908 ... ... 1,516 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,049 ... ... 1,628 ... ...
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 92,415 44,835 47,575
No certificate, diploma or degree 78,070 37,955 40,115 11,875 5,675 6,195
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 135,910 68,470 67,440 21,380 10,470 10,920
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 205,080 99,100 105,985 59,160 28,695 30,465
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 28,805 20,930 7,880 3,520 2,310 1,210
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 13,110 7,705 5,405 1,945 1,120 825
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 15,695 13,225 2,470 1,580 1,185 390
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,095 28,140 40,955 15,395 6,860 8,535
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,490 7,305 9,190 3,005 1,355 1,650
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 90,690 42,725 47,960 37,235 18,175 19,060
Bachelor's degree 61,130 28,275 32,860 25,490 11,910 13,575
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 6,620 2,820 3,795 2,405 1,065 1,335
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,550 1,395 1,160 970 395 575
Master's degree 18,405 8,860 9,545 7,350 4,135 3,215
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,980 1,375 605 1,020 660 360
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 63,290 30,215 33,075
No certificate, diploma or degree 35,180 17,805 17,375 3,070 1,550 1,520
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 82,810 42,025 40,780 11,110 5,300 5,810
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 162,915 76,560 86,350 49,105 23,365 25,745
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,550 14,840 5,705 2,490 1,610 880
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,580 5,605 3,975 1,360 760 605
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 10,965 9,235 1,730 1,120 850 275
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 54,145 21,675 32,470 12,575 5,515 7,060
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,305 5,345 6,960 2,305 995 1,310
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 75,915 34,705 41,215 31,745 15,245 16,495
Bachelor's degree 50,675 22,865 27,810 21,360 9,845 11,515
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,340 2,190 3,150 2,010 865 1,145
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,150 1,110 1,040 825 335 495
Master's degree 16,205 7,515 8,690 6,655 3,650 3,010
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,545 1,020 525 895 555 335
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 92,415 44,835 47,580
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 213,985 106,425 107,555 33,255 16,140 17,115
Education 12,685 2,720 9,965 2,985 585 2,400
13. Education 12,690 2,720 9,970 2,985 585 2,400
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,635 2,960 3,675 2,185 830 1,355
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,330 1,025 310 165 120 40
50. Visual and performing arts 5,300 1,935 3,370 2,015 710 1,305
Humanities 15,085 6,005 9,085 3,180 1,030 2,150
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,795 450 1,345 500 95 400
23. English language and literature/letters 2,945 880 2,065 870 210 665
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,925 2,750 4,170 895 310 580
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 30 15 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 470 290 180 155 90 65
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,230 775 450 220 130 85
54. History 1,505 785 720 380 160 220
55. French language and literature/letters 165 35 135 155 25 135
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,680 7,315 14,365 7,925 2,685 5,240
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 180 35 145 105 35 75
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,670 600 1,070 620 280 340
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,715 210 3,505 1,065 80 980
22. Legal professions and studies 3,200 990 2,210 1,380 445 930
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 275 60 210 120 15 100
42. Psychology 3,540 935 2,600 1,125 215 910
45. Social sciences 9,095 4,475 4,625 3,515 1,610 1,900
Business, management and public administration 43,715 18,845 24,870 14,505 6,430 8,070
30.16 Accounting and computer science 75 15 60 30 10 25
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,705 440 1,270 545 70 475
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 41,930 18,395 23,540 13,935 6,360 7,575
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,185 4,220 3,960 3,110 1,485 1,625
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,795 1,215 1,585 1,190 470 720
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,770 1,395 1,375 715 340 375
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 65 35 40
40. Physical sciences 2,210 1,485 725 1,050 625 425
41. Science technologies/technicians 345 115 230 85 15 65
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,495 6,050 3,450 4,635 2,965 1,670
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,915 5,305 2,605 3,585 2,425 1,165
25. Library science 300 30 270 90 20 65
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,225 685 540 865 455 410
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 60 30 30 95 60 35
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 41,590 37,775 3,805 12,045 9,945 2,100
04. Architecture and related services 1,130 770 360 585 375 205
14. Engineering 11,810 9,820 1,995 6,805 5,215 1,585
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,965 6,190 775 1,760 1,545 225
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 8,830 8,540 290 1,125 1,125 0
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,440 8,200 240 1,310 1,275 40
48. Precision production 4,400 4,255 150 460 415 45
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,630 1,690 940 590 330 260
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,870 1,145 725 380 240 140
03. Natural resources and conservation 755 545 215 210 90 120
Health and related fields 32,695 6,505 26,195 6,220 1,635 4,580
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,740 880 860 650 325 320
51. Health professions and related programs 30,415 5,305 25,110 5,300 1,170 4,130
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 540 315 225 270 135 130
Personal, protective and transportation services 10,670 5,010 5,660 1,785 780 1,000
12. Personal and culinary services 6,920 1,915 5,005 1,110 260 850
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 25 25 0 15 15 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 55 50 0 15 10 0
43. Security and protective services 1,515 1,090 430 400 280 120
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,155 1,930 230 240 205 35
Other 10 10 0 10 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 15 10 10 10 0 10
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 280,900 136,390 144,510 63,290 30,215 33,080
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 117,990 59,825 58,160 14,180 6,850 7,330
Education 9,000 1,710 7,295 2,385 485 1,905
13. Education 9,005 1,705 7,295 2,385 485 1,900
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,190 2,260 2,930 1,810 670 1,135
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 960 745 215 140 95 35
50. Visual and performing arts 4,230 1,510 2,715 1,675 575 1,100
Humanities 12,220 4,540 7,680 2,500 740 1,765
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,445 325 1,125 430 65 360
23. English language and literature/letters 2,270 595 1,680 710 150 565
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 5,840 2,190 3,650 635 195 445
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 375 230 155 125 75 55
39. Theology and religious vocations 900 540 365 150 100 50
54. History 1,215 605 615 300 135 165
55. French language and literature/letters 125 40 90 145 20 125
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,595 5,695 11,905 6,610 2,095 4,515
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 160 30 125 95 30 60
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,405 510 890 470 210 260
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,085 180 2,905 870 45 820
22. Legal professions and studies 2,615 760 1,855 1,200 315 885
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 220 40 180 75 15 60
42. Psychology 2,805 700 2,105 970 180 790
45. Social sciences 7,310 3,470 3,840 2,930 1,300 1,635
Business, management and public administration 35,995 15,310 20,685 12,380 5,300 7,075
30.16 Accounting and computer science 60 20 40 30 10 25
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,385 350 1,035 445 35 410
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 34,550 14,945 19,605 11,900 5,260 6,640
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,035 2,950 3,080 2,380 1,140 1,240
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 920 1,255 895 340 550
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,925 890 1,040 525 270 260
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 0 45 65 30 35
40. Physical sciences 1,650 1,075 575 840 490 345
41. Science technologies/technicians 230 60 170 55 10 50
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,480 5,380 3,100 4,300 2,770 1,530
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,205 4,815 2,385 3,400 2,285 1,115
25. Library science 240 30 205 70 15 55
27. Mathematics and statistics 985 510 480 740 410 335
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 55 20 30 90 65 30
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 31,650 28,295 3,350 9,895 8,045 1,845
04. Architecture and related services 930 615 315 520 350 165
14. Engineering 9,670 7,850 1,820 5,880 4,440 1,440
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 5,070 4,410 660 1,370 1,195 175
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 6,545 6,295 250 845 850 0
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,335 6,155 175 990 950 40
48. Precision production 3,100 2,975 125 290 260 25
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,010 1,275 735 470 250 210
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,440 885 555 290 180 110
03. Natural resources and conservation 575 390 180 180 75 105
Health and related fields 26,520 5,315 21,205 4,990 1,260 3,730
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,360 670 685 495 245 250
51. Health professions and related programs 24,680 4,380 20,300 4,270 900 3,370
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 480 265 220 225 115 110
Personal, protective and transportation services 8,210 3,820 4,395 1,385 600 785
12. Personal and culinary services 5,255 1,410 3,840 880 210 670
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 10 10 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 15 20 0 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,215 855 360 300 215 85
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,705 1,515 190 205 170 30
Other 15 10 0 0 10 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 10 0 10
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 419,060 205,525 213,535 92,410 44,835 47,575
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 213,980 106,425 107,555 33,255 16,140 17,115
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 205,080 99,105 105,980 59,155 28,695 30,465
Location of study inside Canada 133,615 64,270 69,350 37,235 17,865 19,375
Same as province or territory of residence 113,430 53,830 59,600 34,825 16,670 18,150
Different than province or territory of residence 20,180 10,435 9,750 2,415 1,195 1,225
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 71,465 34,835 36,630 21,925 10,835 11,090
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,330 2,910 2,420 1,640 940 705
Philippines 11,500 4,640 6,865 630 190 435
India 21,295 10,540 10,750 995 480 510
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,180 2,525 1,655 1,145 665 485
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 8,290 3,785 4,495 5,115 2,495 2,620
France 155 85 65 70 40 30
Other 20,720 10,350 10,375 12,325 6,030 6,295
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 63,290 30,215 33,075
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 117,985 59,830 58,155 14,185 6,850 7,330
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 162,915 76,565 86,350 49,110 23,365 25,740
Location of study inside Canada 104,120 48,935 55,185 30,930 14,625 16,305
Same as province or territory of residence 89,810 41,745 48,065 28,920 13,680 15,240
Different than province or territory of residence 14,305 7,190 7,115 2,010 945 1,065
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 58,800 27,630 31,170 18,175 8,740 9,440
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,945 2,110 1,835 1,345 725 615
Philippines 10,100 4,065 6,040 540 145 395
India 18,255 8,640 9,620 775 365 415
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,590 1,585 1,005 815 435 380
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 7,460 3,365 4,095 4,430 2,145 2,280
France 105 50 55 60 35 25
Other 16,340 7,810 8,525 10,220 4,890 5,330
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 92,415 44,835 47,580
In the labour force 274,690 145,365 129,320 63,830 33,025 30,805
Employed 256,875 136,945 119,930 59,705 30,885 28,825
Unemployed 17,815 8,420 9,390 4,120 2,145 1,980
Not in the labour force 144,380 60,165 84,220 28,585 11,815 16,775
Participation rate 65.5 70.7 60.6 69.1 73.7 64.7
Employment rate 61.3 66.6 56.2 64.6 68.9 60.6
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.8 7.3 6.5 6.5 6.4
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 92,410 44,835 47,580
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 138,395 57,610 80,785 26,720 10,975 15,740
Worked 280,670 147,920 132,750 65,690 33,860 31,835
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 127,975 75,260 52,710 34,680 19,520 15,160
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 152,700 72,655 80,045 31,015 14,340 16,680
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.8 42.9 40.6 42.6 43.3 41.7
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 63,830 33,025 30,800
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,425 715 705
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,845 126,075 62,405 32,310 30,095
Employee 237,120 121,515 115,605 52,515 26,010 26,505
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 31,800 21,330 10,475 9,890 6,305 3,590
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 63,830 33,025 30,805
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,425 715 710
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,840 126,075 62,405 32,315 30,095
0 Management occupations 26,110 16,695 9,410 9,535 6,255 3,280
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 39,845 12,055 27,795 11,960 3,595 8,365
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,255 11,485 2,770 7,675 5,880 1,800
3 Health occupations 17,700 3,505 14,195 3,360 810 2,545
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,670 7,375 17,295 6,840 1,980 4,855
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,110 2,980 3,135 2,165 890 1,270
6 Sales and service occupations 70,405 29,370 41,040 13,300 6,265 7,035
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 51,130 47,980 3,155 5,325 5,055 270
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 5,310 3,075 2,230 660 550 105
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 13,375 8,320 5,060 1,605 1,040 570
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 63,830 33,025 30,805
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,425 715 710
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 268,925 142,845 126,075 62,410 32,315 30,095
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,715 2,025 2,690 120 70 50
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 630 485 145 100 75 25
22 Utilities 1,330 870 460 345 225 120
23 Construction 25,775 22,735 3,040 4,105 3,320 790
31-33 Manufacturing 23,375 15,895 7,485 5,235 3,445 1,790
41 Wholesale trade 12,190 8,000 4,190 3,460 2,210 1,255
44-45 Retail trade 31,115 14,265 16,855 7,035 3,520 3,505
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 24,310 19,785 4,525 2,050 1,460 590
51 Information and cultural industries 5,575 3,550 2,020 1,820 1,065 755
52 Finance and insurance 10,680 4,360 6,325 5,790 2,795 2,995
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,235 3,065 2,165 2,235 1,145 1,090
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 16,685 8,930 7,750 8,040 4,660 3,385
55 Management of companies and enterprises 475 210 265 135 45 95
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15,020 8,755 6,260 2,370 1,360 1,010
61 Educational services 15,025 4,435 10,590 5,040 1,410 3,630
62 Health care and social assistance 28,675 4,910 23,770 5,195 1,045 4,150
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,515 2,215 2,300 1,220 655 570
72 Accommodation and food services 20,425 7,360 13,065 2,945 1,340 1,600
81 Other services (except public administration) 12,350 5,545 6,800 2,550 1,115 1,430
91 Public administration 10,835 5,465 5,370 2,620 1,345 1,275
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 59,705 30,880 28,825
Worked at home 16,085 7,920 8,165 6,150 3,010 3,140
Worked outside Canada 1,845 1,300 545 495 380 115
No fixed workplace address 45,075 34,270 10,805 6,505 4,540 1,965
Worked at usual place 193,870 93,455 100,410 46,555 22,960 23,600
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 46,560 22,960 23,595
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 85,015 36,240 48,780 10,220 3,970 6,250
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 104,565 54,650 49,915 15,705 7,685 8,020
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 3,550 2,105 1,445 20,540 11,245 9,295
Commute to a different province or territory 740 460 275 95 60 35
Main mode of commuting
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 175 238,945 127,725 111,215 53,060 27,500 25,565
Car, truck, van - as a driver 176,815 100,280 76,540 41,395 22,355 19,035
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 16,435 7,620 8,815 3,290 1,185 2,105
Public transit 35,560 15,285 20,275 6,775 3,265 3,510
Walked 6,615 2,475 4,140 1,035 400 635
Bicycle 915 680 235 90 60 30
Other method 2,605 1,385 1,220 480 230 250
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 53,065 27,500 25,565
Less than 15 minutes 39,955 17,195 22,765 6,930 2,850 4,080
15 to 29 minutes 70,385 35,540 34,845 12,080 5,695 6,385
30 to 44 minutes 60,040 35,720 24,320 13,690 7,360 6,330
45 to 59 minutes 30,910 18,145 12,765 8,020 4,495 3,530
60 minutes and over 37,655 21,130 16,525 12,340 7,100 5,240
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 53,065 27,495 25,570
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 23,215 15,850 7,360 2,295 1,755 540
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 45,875 27,435 18,435 8,490 5,260 3,230
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 53,400 27,475 25,925 15,925 8,060 7,865
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,315 19,655 21,660 12,335 5,715 6,625
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 31,815 13,770 18,040 8,055 3,675 4,385
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 43,330 23,540 19,790 5,955 3,030 2,925
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 67,650 34,735 32,915
Single responses 281,240 147,485 133,760 65,455 33,735 31,725
Official languages 264,180 137,980 126,205 63,085 32,595 30,490
English 263,810 137,865 125,945 62,825 32,550 30,275
French 370 110 260 265 45 220
Non-official languages 17,065 9,510 7,550 2,375 1,140 1,230
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 2,375 1,140 1,235
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 70 25 30 10 25
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 30 10 25
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 85 65 20 15 10 10
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 15 0 10
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 190 340 10 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 505 175 335 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 190 95 100 10 10 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 10 10 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 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 10 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 15 10 10 10 10 0
Telugu 0 0 0 10 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 4,780 385 175 215
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 70 30 40 165 55 115
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 45 170 55 115
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 10 0
Russian 30 10 25 165 50 115
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 10 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 4,635 175 100 75
Indo-Aryan languages 11,035 6,410 4,625 0 0 0
Bengali 10 10 0 10 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 10 170 100 70
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 10 10 0 170 100 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 185 115 70 40 15 20
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 25 15 10 10 10 0
Romanian 15 10 0 20 10 15
Spanish 155 90 65 10 0 10
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 20 15 10 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,010 540 465 130 60 70
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 1,790 875 915
Chinese languages 3,755 1,985 1,770 1,790 880 915
Cantonese 745 385 355 840 380 460
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,840 1,495 1,345 920 475 445
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 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 105 60 40 25 15 10
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 10 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 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 2,190 995 1,190
English and French 445 195 250 305 120 185
English and non-official language 10,940 5,990 4,950 1,855 855 990
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 50 10 40 30 20 10
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 67,650 34,735 32,915
None 262,465 137,020 125,435 61,125 31,440 29,685
English 6,685 3,950 2,735 1,155 535 625
French 1,315 570 740 635 300 340
Non-official language 21,985 12,035 9,945 4,600 2,405 2,190
Aboriginal 10 10 10 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 21,975 12,035 9,935 4,600 2,410 2,190
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 100 30 65 60 20 40
French and non-official language 130 60 65 75 40 40
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 180 505,835 250,410 255,430 113,310 55,630 57,675
Non-movers 427,380 211,355 216,025 101,270 49,745 51,525
Movers 78,455 39,055 39,405 12,040 5,890 6,145
Non-migrants 47,880 23,715 24,165 5,850 2,905 2,945
Migrants 30,580 15,340 15,240 6,190 2,985 3,205
Internal migrants 20,835 10,455 10,380 4,560 2,200 2,360
Intraprovincial migrants 16,930 8,410 8,520 4,240 2,050 2,190
Interprovincial migrants 3,910 2,040 1,865 315 145 170
External migrants 9,735 4,885 4,855 1,630 790 845
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 482,610 238,500 244,110 108,705 53,300 55,405
Non-movers 268,040 132,485 135,555 68,975 34,060 34,915
Movers 214,570 106,015 108,555 39,735 19,240 20,490
Non-migrants 122,410 60,335 62,070 18,400 8,950 9,450
Migrants 92,165 45,680 46,480 21,330 10,290 11,040
Internal migrants 54,305 26,980 27,325 14,690 7,255 7,430
Intraprovincial migrants 44,835 22,155 22,675 13,955 6,900 7,050
Interprovincial migrants 9,470 4,820 4,650 735 350 380
External migrants 37,860 18,700 19,155 6,645 3,040 3,605

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Surrey, CY [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Aurora--Oak Ridges--Richmond Hill [Federal electoral district], Ontario (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 25, 2024).

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