Census Profile, 2016 Census
Surrey, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Trois-Rivières [Census metropolitan area], Quebec

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Characteristic Surrey, CY
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Trois-Rivières
Quebec
[Census metropolitan area]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 517,887 ... ... 156,042 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 468,251 ... ... 151,773 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 10.6 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 181,159 ... ... 77,734 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 169,964 ... ... 72,502 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,636.8 ... ... 150.0 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 316.41 ... ... 1,040.52 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 517,885 256,400 261,485 156,040 75,690 80,355
0 to 14 years 92,550 47,860 44,680 22,310 11,585 10,725
0 to 4 years 29,090 15,010 14,085 7,385 3,840 3,545
5 to 9 years 32,055 16,675 15,380 7,820 4,070 3,755
10 to 14 years 31,400 16,180 15,220 7,100 3,670 3,430
15 to 64 years 352,350 174,490 177,860 98,950 48,885 50,065
15 to 19 years 34,330 17,880 16,455 7,670 3,860 3,805
20 to 24 years 35,075 18,445 16,630 9,990 4,920 5,075
25 to 29 years 33,770 16,820 16,950 9,030 4,550 4,480
30 to 34 years 36,540 17,715 18,825 8,995 4,525 4,475
35 to 39 years 36,040 17,265 18,775 9,320 4,740 4,585
40 to 44 years 36,325 17,350 18,975 8,050 4,020 4,035
45 to 49 years 37,195 18,135 19,060 8,755 4,320 4,440
50 to 54 years 38,020 18,960 19,060 11,855 5,745 6,105
55 to 59 years 34,785 17,180 17,605 13,080 6,320 6,760
60 to 64 years 30,265 14,735 15,530 12,195 5,885 6,310
65 years and over 72,990 34,045 38,940 34,785 15,220 19,560
65 to 69 years 25,545 12,325 13,220 10,805 5,270 5,540
70 to 74 years 17,970 8,610 9,350 8,680 4,060 4,620
75 to 79 years 12,560 5,945 6,620 5,960 2,595 3,360
80 to 84 years 8,470 3,920 4,550 4,530 1,810 2,720
85 years and over 8,445 3,240 5,200 4,805 1,485 3,320
85 to 89 years 5,275 2,230 3,040 3,095 1,080 2,020
90 to 94 years 2,360 785 1,575 1,345 335 1,010
95 to 99 years 680 175 500 310 60 250
100 years and over 130 45 85 50 5 45
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 14.3 15.3 13.3
15 to 64 years 68.0 68.1 68.0 63.4 64.6 62.3
65 years and over 14.1 13.3 14.9 22.3 20.1 24.3
85 years and over 1.6 1.3 2.0 3.1 2.0 4.1
Average age of the population 39.0 38.2 39.8 44.4 43.0 45.8
Median age of the population 38.7 37.7 39.6 46.6 44.5 48.5
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 169,965 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Single-detached house 60,195 ... ... 33,720 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 6,055 ... ... 1,070 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 102,375 ... ... 37,440 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,495 ... ... 4,785 ... ...
Row house 26,630 ... ... 1,845 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 37,535 ... ... 5,310 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 34,560 ... ... 25,135 ... ...
Other single-attached house 160 ... ... 360 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,345 ... ... 270 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
1 person 34,515 ... ... 27,270 ... ...
2 persons 47,115 ... ... 26,730 ... ...
3 persons 28,225 ... ... 8,680 ... ...
4 persons 30,595 ... ... 6,905 ... ...
5 or more persons 29,510 ... ... 2,920 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 511,540 ... ... 150,165 ... ...
Average household size 3.0 ... ... 2.1 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 425,340 208,540 216,800 133,735 64,110 69,625
Married or living common law 255,680 127,605 128,075 72,850 36,415 36,435
Married 232,650 116,095 116,550 38,795 19,415 19,375
Living common law 23,030 11,510 11,525 34,055 16,995 17,060
Not married and not living common law 169,660 80,930 88,725 60,885 27,695 33,190
Never married 116,675 63,800 52,870 39,510 20,735 18,770
Separated 10,195 4,215 5,985 1,790 830 955
Divorced 21,845 8,650 13,200 10,615 4,190 6,430
Widowed 20,945 4,265 16,680 8,970 1,940 7,030
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 144,495 ... ... 42,930 ... ...
2 persons 61,060 ... ... 25,670 ... ...
3 persons 32,880 ... ... 8,125 ... ...
4 persons 35,880 ... ... 6,660 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,680 ... ... 2,480 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.1 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 144,500 ... ... 42,930 ... ...
Total couple families 122,895 ... ... 35,555 ... ...
Married couples 111,380 ... ... 18,595 ... ...
Common-law couples 11,515 ... ... 16,955 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 21,605 ... ... 7,380 ... ...
Female parent 17,335 ... ... 5,540 ... ...
Male parent 4,270 ... ... 1,840 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 122,895 ... ... 35,550 ... ...
Couples without children 48,180 ... ... 20,970 ... ...
Couples with children 74,715 ... ... 14,580 ... ...
1 child 26,570 ... ... 6,035 ... ...
2 children 34,060 ... ... 6,195 ... ...
3 or more children 14,090 ... ... 2,350 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 21,600 ... ... 7,380 ... ...
1 child 12,880 ... ... 4,695 ... ...
2 children 6,315 ... ... 2,095 ... ...
3 or more children 2,405 ... ... 590 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 69,550 33,260 36,290 34,645 16,635 18,010
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 169,965 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
One-census-family households 115,660 ... ... 42,385 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 36,060 ... ... 20,750 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 79,605 ... ... 21,630 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 13,545 ... ... 275 ... ...
Non-census-family households 40,755 ... ... 29,845 ... ...
One-person households 34,515 ... ... 27,270 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 6,240 ... ... 2,575 ... ...
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 15 513,405 254,160 259,245 153,965 74,890 79,075
English only 456,620 229,945 226,665 210 110 100
French only 245 130 115 107,165 48,910 58,255
English and French 23,055 10,345 12,710 46,335 25,755 20,585
Neither English nor French 33,480 13,725 19,750 260 120 140
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 16 513,400 254,160 259,245 153,965 74,885 79,075
English 473,985 237,530 236,455 1,785 880 910
French 3,640 1,815 1,825 151,285 73,540 77,740
English and French 2,690 1,270 1,420 650 360 285
Neither English nor French 33,080 13,535 19,545 250 115 140
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 4,990 2,455 2,535 2,105 1,055 1,050
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.3
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 18 513,400 254,155 259,245 153,965 74,885 79,080
Single responses 491,865 243,460 248,410 152,900 74,330 78,570
Official languages 251,165 126,945 124,220 149,445 72,600 76,850
English 247,685 125,210 122,475 1,645 795 845
French 3,475 1,735 1,745 147,805 71,800 76,000
Non-official languages 240,700 116,510 124,190 3,455 1,735 1,720
Aboriginal languages 105 30 75 155 70 85
Algonquian languages 50 15 40 155 65 85
Blackfoot 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 155 65 85
Atikamekw 0 0 0 140 60 85
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 5 5 5
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 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 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 3,300 1,665 1,635
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 3,690 3,500 720 410 310
Berber languages 5 0 5 55 30 20
Kabyle 5 0 5 30 15 10
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 15 10
Cushitic languages 780 370 405 5 0 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 755 365 395 5 0 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 3,305 3,080 660 375 285
Amharic 305 150 160 0 0 0
Arabic 4,940 2,560 2,380 660 380 285
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 215 220 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 215 175 0 0 0
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 30 25 0 0 0
Maltese 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 155 80 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 45 50 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,010 3,260 3,750 100 50 55
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 290 360 30 10 15
Vietnamese 6,365 2,965 3,395 75 35 40
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 9,065 11,760 55 25 30
Bikol 65 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 350 505 0 0 0
Fijian 210 105 105 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 115 145 0 0 5
Ilocano 1,045 435 610 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 15 10 10
Malay 430 190 240 5 5 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 0 0 0
Pangasinan 85 35 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,540 7,660 9,885 25 15 15
Waray-Waray 35 20 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 80 110 0 0 0
Creole languages 260 130 125 95 40 50
Haitian Creole 10 10 5 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 80 80 80 35 50
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 10 5 0
Dravidian languages 1,735 880 850 5 5 0
Kannada 55 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 695 350 345 5 5 0
Tamil 790 405 385 5 0 0
Telugu 170 95 80 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 20 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 77,565 79,500 1,675 805 865
Albanian 315 160 155 0 0 0
Armenian 95 50 45 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 7,515 3,615 3,905 135 55 75
Baltic languages 50 20 30 0 0 0
Latvian 25 15 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 5 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages 7,465 3,590 3,875 135 55 75
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 75 75 15 10 5
Bulgarian 110 55 55 10 5 5
Croatian 670 335 335 10 5 5
Czech 450 210 240 5 0 5
Macedonian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 2,515 1,245 1,270 20 10 10
Russian 1,795 830 965 40 15 25
Serbian 470 250 220 15 10 10
Serbo-Croatian 85 50 40 10 5 0
Slovak 290 135 155 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 45 45 0 0 0
Ukrainian 800 345 455 10 0 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages 40 20 25 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 20 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,660 3,115 3,545 150 80 70
Afrikaans 220 100 120 0 0 0
Danish 415 215 200 0 0 0
Dutch 1,545 720 825 30 10 20
Frisian 30 10 20 0 0 0
German 4,070 1,885 2,185 105 60 45
Icelandic 30 10 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 150 70 80 0 5 0
Swedish 135 60 75 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 15 10 5 5
Yiddish 15 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 600 310 285 75 55 25
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 65,300 66,300 45 30 15
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 63,475 64,595 15 5 5
Bengali 685 350 335 0 5 0
Gujarati 1,485 740 745 0 0 0
Hindi 13,260 6,345 6,915 0 0 0
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 30 40 5 0 0
Marathi 80 35 40 0 5 0
Nepali 410 215 200 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 52,785 53,315 0 0 0
Sindhi 210 105 100 5 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 335 340 0 0 0
Urdu 5,075 2,520 2,555 0 0 0
Iranian languages 3,410 1,760 1,650 30 25 10
Kurdish 170 95 70 5 5 0
Pashto 525 280 245 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,710 1,385 1,335 25 15 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 60 50 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 5,005 5,230 1,270 590 680
Catalan 10 10 5 0 5 0
Italian 1,335 715 620 50 30 15
Portuguese 1,435 660 770 100 50 55
Romanian 715 365 350 50 15 35
Spanish 6,730 3,250 3,485 1,065 490 575
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 5
Japanese 1,075 385 690 15 5 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,065 3,770 4,300 0 0 5
Mongolic languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 535 495 370 200 165
Akan (Twi) 185 115 75 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 10 5 5
Edo 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 15 10 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 10 5 0
Ga 15 5 10 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 65 35 30 0 0 0
Lingala 20 10 10 25 10 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 25 30 50 25 25
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 25 15 10 10
Shona 45 15 25 0 0 0
Swahili 215 110 105 125 60 65
Wolof 0 5 5 30 20 10
Yoruba 85 55 35 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 95 120 95 55 45
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 40 55 10 0 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 25 15 10
American Sign Language 70 35 35 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 15 10 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 65 45 10 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 15,880 17,690 160 70 90
Chinese languages 32,780 15,480 17,305 160 65 95
Cantonese 7,095 3,350 3,740 30 10 20
Hakka 215 100 115 5 5 5
Mandarin 22,885 10,790 12,095 110 45 65
Min Dong 25 15 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 630 690 5 5 5
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 165 175 5 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 415 450 10 5 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 400 390 0 0 0
Burmese 335 185 150 0 0 0
Karenic languages 335 160 175 0 0 0
Tibetan 60 25 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 780 340 435 30 15 10
Lao 525 270 255 20 15 10
Thai 250 65 190 10 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 185 10 5 5
Azerbaijani 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 260 145 115 5 5 5
Uyghur 60 30 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,170 545 625 10 5 5
Estonian 60 30 30 5 0 5
Finnish 240 105 135 0 0 0
Hungarian 870 410 455 10 5 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 50 45 15 5 5
Multiple responses 21,540 10,695 10,840 1,065 560 505
English and French 775 380 395 650 340 310
English and non-official language 20,190 10,050 10,145 25 15 10
French and non-official language 270 135 135 365 190 175
English, French and non-official language 295 135 160 30 15 15
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 19 513,400 254,155 259,245 153,965 74,885 79,075
Single responses 459,485 227,590 231,885 152,545 74,145 78,395
Official languages 305,320 152,610 152,710 150,865 73,335 77,530
English 304,195 152,030 152,170 1,035 500 530
French 1,125 585 540 149,830 72,830 77,000
Non-official languages 154,160 74,980 79,175 1,680 810 865
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 95 50 45
Algonquian languages 5 5 5 95 45 50
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 95 45 45
Atikamekw 0 0 0 90 45 45
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 5 5 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 1,585 765 820
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 2,375 2,400 245 125 125
Berber languages 0 0 0 15 10 5
Kabyle 5 0 0 15 5 5
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 5
Cushitic languages 455 200 255 5 5 5
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 445 190 255 5 0 5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,175 2,140 225 115 110
Amharic 135 60 75 0 0 0
Arabic 3,450 1,740 1,710 225 115 110
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 150 150 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 150 125 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 75 35 35 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 30 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,560 2,130 2,430 60 20 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 190 210 15 5 10
Vietnamese 4,165 1,940 2,220 40 20 25
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,225 4,235 4,985 25 20 10
Bikol 15 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 305 130 170 5 0 0
Fijian 60 40 30 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 345 155 185 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0 5
Malay 110 50 60 5 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 5 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 3,785 4,455 20 15 5
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 0 0 0
Creole languages 150 70 80 10 0 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 60 10 0 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 885 440 445 0 5 5
Kannada 25 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 365 180 180 0 0 0
Tamil 410 200 210 5 0 0
Telugu 80 45 40 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 100,595 49,680 50,920 970 465 505
Albanian 200 90 100 0 0 0
Armenian 35 15 20 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 60 30 35
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 65 30 35
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 35 40 10 5 10
Bulgarian 50 30 20 10 0 5
Croatian 190 90 100 5 0 0
Czech 135 65 65 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 1,030 505 525 10 5 5
Russian 1,035 505 530 20 5 10
Serbian 205 110 95 10 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15 0 5 0
Slovak 85 40 40 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 0 0 0
Ukrainian 250 110 140 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 665 300 365 30 10 15
Afrikaans 100 45 60 0 0 0
Danish 25 10 10 0 0 0
Dutch 105 45 65 5 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 180 210 25 10 15
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 35 20 15
Indo-Iranian languages 91,725 45,365 46,360 25 15 10
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 44,275 45,295 0 5 0
Bengali 410 210 200 0 0 0
Gujarati 735 340 395 0 0 0
Hindi 6,885 3,280 3,605 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Nepali 245 120 120 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 38,520 39,090 0 0 0
Sindhi 80 40 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 140 150 0 0 0
Urdu 3,260 1,600 1,655 0 0 0
Iranian languages 2,065 1,045 1,025 20 10 10
Kurdish 110 60 45 5 0 5
Pashto 315 160 155 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 820 820 15 5 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,695 2,300 2,395 815 390 430
Catalan 5 5 0 5 5 0
Italian 240 110 125 10 10 0
Portuguese 510 240 270 65 30 35
Romanian 310 155 155 10 10 5
Spanish 3,630 1,790 1,835 730 345 390
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 450 190 260 10 5 5
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 6,435 3,015 3,420 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 155 185 105 45 55
Akan (Twi) 70 40 30 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 10 5 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lingala 10 5 10 5 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 20 35 10 20
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 10 20 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 85 35 55 50 20 25
Wolof 0 0 0 5 5 5
Yoruba 20 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 25 30 10 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 15 25 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 10 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 230 120 105 25 20 10
American Sign Language 85 40 45 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 15 5 5
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 80 65 15 10 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,545 12,120 13,430 120 60 65
Chinese languages 24,905 11,790 13,115 120 60 65
Cantonese 4,620 2,180 2,440 20 10 10
Hakka 60 25 35 0 0 0
Mandarin 18,820 8,910 9,910 95 50 45
Min Dong 0 0 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 300 330 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 90 100 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 265 285 5 5 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 325 310 0 0 0
Burmese 285 155 130 0 0 0
Karenic languages 310 155 160 0 0 0
Tibetan 25 15 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 175 200 5 5 5
Lao 270 135 135 5 5 5
Thai 105 40 65 5 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 95 85 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 125 65 55 0 0 0
Uyghur 30 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 300 135 165 5 5 0
Estonian 20 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 240 115 130 5 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 40 15 25 5 0 0
Multiple responses 53,920 26,565 27,355 1,425 745 680
English and French 525 245 285 555 295 255
English and non-official language 52,775 26,050 26,725 40 20 20
French and non-official language 120 45 70 750 380 365
English, French and non-official language 500 225 280 80 45 35
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 20 513,400 254,160 259,245 153,965 74,885 79,075
None 395,270 196,135 199,135 145,585 70,435 75,155
English 57,240 28,705 28,530 5,370 2,945 2,430
French 2,525 1,150 1,375 1,440 685 755
Non-official language 56,675 27,335 29,340 1,330 695 635
Aboriginal 95 40 55 50 20 35
Non-Aboriginal 56,580 27,295 29,285 1,275 675 600
English and French 200 100 100 55 30 30
English and non-official language 1,100 540 560 155 90 65
French and non-official language 375 180 195 25 10 15
English, French and non-official language 10 10 10 5 5 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 419,060 205,495 213,570 127,880 62,130 65,755
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 397,735 195,290 202,440 124,335 60,575 63,765
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,822 36,533 24,663 30,920 36,629 25,724
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 398,230 195,735 202,495 124,395 60,575 63,815
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,200 32,228 23,441 27,873 32,331 23,902
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 349,505 176,850 172,655 108,505 54,475 54,030
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,979 37,122 23,748 27,962 33,556 22,602
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 285,365 122,180 163,185 99,290 45,870 53,415
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,266 1,478 4,330 8,304 7,838 8,652
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 301,705 156,635 145,070 84,105 43,605 40,500
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,804 37,394 25,015 28,984 33,040 25,166
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 419,065 205,530 213,540 127,885 62,140 65,745
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 397,880 195,320 202,560 124,200 60,585 63,620
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,978 47,640 32,589 39,270 46,017 32,845
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 398,370 195,760 202,605 124,245 60,590 63,655
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,815 39,183 28,628 32,861 37,711 28,244
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 350,080 176,880 173,200 108,440 54,445 53,990
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,195 48,434 31,782 36,774 44,009 29,477
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 285,325 122,325 163,000 99,390 46,100 53,285
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,430 6,033 6,728 8,952 8,494 9,348
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 301,705 156,380 145,325 84,105 43,635 40,470
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,014 47,626 31,823 36,615 41,582 31,259
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 419,065 205,525 213,540 127,880 62,140 65,750
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 36,245 19,710 16,535
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,026 55,725 44,357 44,721 50,390 40,124
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 59,318 66,016 49,850 52,456 58,561 45,179
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 81.7 85.9 76.2
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.6 79.6 69.8 63.3 65.4 60.5
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 11.5 7.9 16.6 18.3 14.1 23.8
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 419,065 205,495 213,570 127,885 62,125 65,755
Without total income 21,330 10,205 11,125 3,545 1,555 1,990
With total income 397,735 195,295 202,445 124,335 60,570 63,765
Percentage with total income 94.9 95.0 94.8 97.2 97.5 97.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 69,415 28,885 40,535 14,510 5,990 8,515
$10,000 to $19,999 76,230 31,215 45,015 25,875 9,770 16,105
$20,000 to $29,999 54,095 23,260 30,840 20,200 8,860 11,335
$30,000 to $39,999 46,405 21,720 24,690 16,985 8,415 8,565
$40,000 to $49,999 39,630 19,750 19,880 14,600 7,450 7,145
$50,000 to $59,999 30,080 16,185 13,890 9,950 5,585 4,360
$60,000 to $69,999 22,130 13,355 8,775 6,455 3,805 2,645
$70,000 to $79,999 15,900 10,105 5,790 5,020 3,020 2,005
$80,000 to $89,999 12,205 7,815 4,400 3,090 1,885 1,205
$90,000 to $99,999 8,375 5,565 2,815 2,065 1,460 605
$100,000 and over 23,265 17,445 5,820 5,600 4,325 1,270
$100,000 to $149,999 16,225 11,865 4,360 4,015 3,070 950
$150,000 and over 7,040 5,580 1,460 1,585 1,255 330
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 419,065 205,495 213,570 127,880 62,125 65,755
Without after-tax income 20,830 9,760 11,070 3,490 1,550 1,940
With after-tax income 398,230 195,735 202,495 124,395 60,575 63,815
Percentage with after-tax income 95.0 95.3 94.8 97.3 97.5 97.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 71,655 30,315 41,335 15,315 6,110 9,205
$10,000 to $19,999 79,805 33,255 46,555 27,010 10,335 16,675
$20,000 to $29,999 64,300 28,495 35,805 24,575 11,210 13,365
$30,000 to $39,999 54,050 26,070 27,975 21,315 10,875 10,440
$40,000 to $49,999 42,865 22,185 20,685 14,630 8,090 6,540
$50,000 to $59,999 29,110 17,155 11,955 8,580 5,065 3,515
$60,000 to $69,999 19,245 12,240 7,005 5,350 3,225 2,125
$70,000 to $79,999 13,140 8,310 4,835 2,880 2,050 830
$80,000 and over 24,065 17,720 6,345 4,730 3,620 1,110
$80,000 to $89,999 7,915 5,410 2,510 1,660 1,230 425
$90,000 to $99,999 4,725 3,505 1,220 975 750 230
$100,000 and over 11,420 8,805 2,615 2,095 1,640 460
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 419,065 205,495 213,570 127,885 62,125 65,755
Without employment income 117,355 48,860 68,500 43,775 18,525 25,255
With employment income 301,710 156,635 145,070 84,105 43,605 40,495
Percentage with employment income 72.0 76.2 67.9 65.8 70.2 61.6
Under $5,000 (including loss) 41,110 18,615 22,490 11,670 6,190 5,485
$5,000 to $9,999 24,800 10,380 14,425 6,810 2,910 3,900
$10,000 to $19,999 44,505 19,570 24,935 13,245 5,775 7,470
$20,000 to $29,999 37,220 17,150 20,065 11,420 5,225 6,200
$30,000 to $39,999 34,510 16,805 17,705 10,760 5,285 5,475
$40,000 to $49,999 30,535 15,565 14,970 8,370 4,285 4,075
$50,000 to $59,999 23,420 13,180 10,240 6,150 3,525 2,625
$60,000 to $69,999 17,575 11,210 6,365 4,220 2,455 1,765
$70,000 to $79,999 12,945 8,490 4,455 3,855 2,260 1,590
$80,000 and over 35,085 25,660 9,425 7,615 5,695 1,920
$80,000 to $89,999 10,220 6,655 3,565 2,070 1,350 720
$90,000 to $99,999 6,800 4,735 2,065 1,545 1,135 410
$100,000 and over 18,065 14,270 3,795 4,000 3,210 790
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,494 ... ... 51,850 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 68,060 ... ... 45,927 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 34,515 ... ... 27,270 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,675 ... ... 26,999 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,381 ... ... 25,186 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 135,445 ... ... 45,230 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 90,657 ... ... 72,523 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 79,548 ... ... 62,906 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 169,965 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 93,586 ... ... 67,274 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 79,256 ... ... 56,312 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 34,500 ... ... 27,265 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 45,234 ... ... 34,745 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,166 ... ... 29,675 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 135,465 ... ... 45,240 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 105,900 ... ... 86,878 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,720 ... ... 72,366 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 169,965 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,065 ... ... 770 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,950 ... ... 1,540 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,975 ... ... 3,405 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,235 ... ... 4,865 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,585 ... ... 4,395 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,820 ... ... 3,645 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,990 ... ... 4,475 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,400 ... ... 4,110 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,490 ... ... 4,030 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,550 ... ... 3,745 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,000 ... ... 6,510 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,310 ... ... 5,205 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,340 ... ... 4,575 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,095 ... ... 3,765 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,675 ... ... 3,200 ... ...
$100,000 and over 61,475 ... ... 14,270 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 20,385 ... ... 5,690 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 14,075 ... ... 3,475 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,450 ... ... 3,200 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,570 ... ... 1,910 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,255 ... ... 810 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,985 ... ... 1,555 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,030 ... ... 3,440 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,435 ... ... 5,135 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,340 ... ... 4,945 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,915 ... ... 4,435 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,340 ... ... 5,280 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,650 ... ... 5,145 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,985 ... ... 4,680 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,785 ... ... 4,210 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 14,970 ... ... 7,115 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 13,950 ... ... 5,735 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,175 ... ... 4,760 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,775 ... ... 3,630 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 10,275 ... ... 2,850 ... ...
$100,000 and over 47,105 ... ... 8,795 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 19,380 ... ... 4,560 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,780 ... ... 2,105 ... ...
$150,000 and over 15,950 ... ... 2,125 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 132,070 ... ... 43,260 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,793 ... ... 73,575 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 78,901 ... ... 63,576 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.5 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 35,330 ... ... 20,490 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,991 ... ... 65,834 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,731 ... ... 57,110 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 73,685 ... ... 14,640 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,953 ... ... 106,020 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,865 ... ... 89,449 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,180 ... ... 7,240 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,135 ... ... 47,740 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,352 ... ... 44,236 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 131,980 ... ... 43,240 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,987 ... ... 87,890 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,838 ... ... 73,084 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 35,250 ... ... 20,475 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,517 ... ... 78,627 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,370 ... ... 65,595 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 73,805 ... ... 14,615 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,698 ... ... 119,255 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,378 ... ... 97,216 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,050 ... ... 7,245 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,818 ... ... 54,019 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,188 ... ... 47,783 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 52,060 26,955 25,105 32,330 15,615 16,715
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,548 32,897 30,263 25,220 28,135 23,301
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,501 29,419 27,643 23,894 25,706 22,528
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 51,935 26,555 25,385 32,370 15,595 16,770
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,475 40,766 38,124 33,279 36,279 30,490
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 28,505 30,372 26,770
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 511,540 253,320 258,220 150,165 73,700 76,470
In the bottom half of the distribution 263,500 128,320 135,180 92,150 43,995 48,155
In the bottom decile 53,940 26,540 27,400 16,315 7,835 8,480
In the second decile 49,270 23,365 25,905 19,245 8,430 10,815
In the third decile 51,145 24,800 26,350 19,675 9,460 10,215
In the fourth decile 54,560 26,650 27,905 19,025 9,370 9,655
In the fifth decile 54,580 26,960 27,615 17,900 8,905 8,995
In the top half of the distribution 248,040 125,000 123,035 58,015 29,705 28,315
In the sixth decile 54,190 26,860 27,335 16,015 8,135 7,885
In the seventh decile 53,400 26,775 26,620 14,210 7,240 6,970
In the eighth decile 52,060 26,370 25,685 12,055 6,115 5,940
In the ninth decile 48,155 24,395 23,760 8,960 4,665 4,295
In the top decile 40,240 20,600 19,640 6,780 3,550 3,225
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 43 511,540 253,325 258,215 149,965 73,605 76,360
0 to 17 years 112,320 58,195 54,120 26,525 13,755 12,770
0 to 5 years 35,185 18,145 17,040 8,880 4,640 4,245
18 to 64 years 330,060 162,380 167,680 93,725 46,105 47,620
65 years and over 69,165 32,745 36,420 29,715 13,745 15,970
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 75,640 36,500 39,145 25,880 11,735 14,150
0 to 17 years 21,985 11,355 10,625 4,405 2,340 2,065
0 to 5 years 6,795 3,440 3,350 1,475 820 660
18 to 64 years 44,940 21,345 23,600 15,220 7,175 8,045
65 years and over 8,715 3,795 4,915 6,255 2,220 4,035
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.4 15.2 17.3 15.9 18.5
0 to 17 years (%) 19.6 19.5 19.6 16.6 17.0 16.2
0 to 5 years (%) 19.3 19.0 19.7 16.6 17.7 15.5
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.1 14.1 16.2 15.6 16.9
65 years and over (%) 12.6 11.6 13.5 21.0 16.2 25.3
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 60,260 29,565 30,695 12,860 6,385 6,475
0 to 17 years 16,925 8,705 8,225 2,075 1,120 955
0 to 5 years 5,170 2,595 2,575 700 410 285
18 to 64 years 38,355 18,710 19,645 10,060 4,980 5,085
65 years and over 4,980 2,150 2,825 725 290 440
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.8 11.7 11.9 8.6 8.7 8.5
0 to 17 years (%) 15.1 15.0 15.2 7.8 8.1 7.5
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.3 15.1 7.9 8.8 6.7
18 to 64 years (%) 11.6 11.5 11.7 10.7 10.8 10.7
65 years and over (%) 7.2 6.6 7.8 2.4 2.1 2.8
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 44 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,170 73,695 76,470
Official languages 478,215 239,765 238,450 149,970 73,620 76,345
English 478,010 239,640 238,370 46,005 25,705 20,300
French 22,960 10,450 12,510 149,805 73,520 76,280
Non-official languages 287,750 139,540 148,210 8,045 3,780 4,265
Aboriginal languages 225 80 140 240 100 140
Algonquian languages 95 30 65 240 100 140
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 20 25 235 90 140
Atikamekw 0 0 0 230 90 140
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 10 10 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 10 10 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 0
Salish languages 45 10 30 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 0 10 0 0 0
Okanagan 35 15 20 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 10 0 10 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 10 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 7,805 3,680 4,125
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,070 4,570 4,500 1,010 605 410
Berber languages 30 10 20 90 60 30
Kabyle 25 10 15 55 30 20
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 40 30 10
Cushitic languages 1,055 460 600 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 1,045 455 590 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,065 4,130 3,935 970 570 400
Amharic 505 240 265 0 0 0
Arabic 6,835 3,510 3,320 955 565 395
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 480 245 235 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 475 240 235 0 0 0
Harari 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 220 135 80 10 0 0
Maltese 55 15 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 220 135 85 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 230 115 110 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,750 4,205 4,545 110 55 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 350 425 30 15 20
Vietnamese 8,025 3,880 4,145 75 45 35
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 26,440 11,550 14,885 45 25 15
Bikol 115 50 60 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,180 445 730 10 10 0
Fijian 540 320 225 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 335 175 160 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,285 495 785 10 15 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 0 10
Malay 1,010 425 590 10 10 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 140 70 70 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,320 10,560 13,760 25 15 0
Waray-Waray 65 35 30 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 230 105 125 0 0 0
Creole languages 735 385 355 185 105 75
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 460 235 225 160 95 65
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 140 135 20 10 10
Dravidian languages 2,575 1,375 1,205 15 10 0
Kannada 105 35 65 0 0 0
Malayalam 1,020 555 470 15 10 10
Tamil 1,315 705 610 0 0 0
Telugu 290 170 120 0 0 0
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 5,480 2,420 3,060
Albanian 445 205 240 0 0 0
Armenian 160 95 65 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 8,790 4,340 4,450 245 105 140
Baltic languages 35 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 0 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages 8,760 4,330 4,430 250 110 140
Belarusan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 270 135 135 30 15 20
Bulgarian 185 80 105 10 10 0
Croatian 870 445 425 0 0 0
Czech 540 255 290 25 10 10
Macedonian 25 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,830 1,420 1,415 0 0 0
Russian 2,490 1,225 1,265 140 65 70
Serbian 650 340 305 10 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 90 45 40 25 10 15
Slovak 390 185 205 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 120 70 50 0 0 0
Ukrainian 1,060 450 605 45 15 35
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 40 50 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 50 30 15 0 0 0
Welsh 25 10 25 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,745 4,080 4,665 405 225 185
Afrikaans 585 260 320 0 0 0
Danish 390 165 225 15 10 15
Dutch 1,815 840 980 35 10 25
Frisian 35 20 20 0 0 0
German 5,675 2,705 2,965 340 195 145
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 190 90 100 0 10 0
Swedish 300 135 170 10 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 15 15 0 0 0
Yiddish 25 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 900 475 430 110 70 40
Indo-Iranian languages 157,915 78,645 79,265 80 35 45
Indo-Aryan languages 154,075 76,740 77,340 25 10 20
Bengali 980 485 495 15 10 10
Gujarati 2,060 995 1,065 0 0 0
Hindi 39,080 18,940 20,140 10 0 10
Kashmiri 15 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 70 35 35 0 0 10
Marathi 165 80 90 0 0 0
Nepali 465 225 240 10 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 25 15 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 128,515 64,430 64,090 0 0 0
Sindhi 380 195 185 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 950 510 445 0 0 0
Urdu 7,950 4,050 3,900 0 0 0
Iranian languages 4,295 2,150 2,145 50 25 25
Kurdish 315 175 140 0 0 0
Pashto 795 430 365 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,485 1,735 1,750 50 20 25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 140 140 10 10 0
Italic (Romance) languages 15,840 7,670 8,170 4,795 2,060 2,735
Catalan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Italian 2,170 1,180 995 360 170 190
Portuguese 1,930 875 1,060 220 110 110
Romanian 840 450 390 50 25 20
Spanish 11,310 5,340 5,965 4,355 1,840 2,510
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 10 10 0
Japanese 2,035 910 1,125 95 50 40
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 8,915 4,165 4,745 10 0 10
Mongolic languages 55 35 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,870 960 910 515 300 220
Akan (Twi) 240 140 95 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 25 10 15
Edo 75 40 30 0 0 0
Ewe 45 30 10 35 30 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 15 10 0
Ga 65 40 25 0 0 0
Ganda 30 15 10 0 0 0
Igbo 90 45 35 0 0 0
Lingala 90 45 50 80 40 35
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 20 35 40 25 15
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 85 35 50 10 0 0
Shona 60 30 25 0 0 0
Swahili 620 350 270 125 50 70
Wolof 10 0 10 60 50 10
Yoruba 255 125 125 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 450 180 270 210 115 95
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 40 30 10 10 10
Dinka 10 15 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 20 35 10 0 0
Sign languages 645 195 445 205 55 150
American Sign Language 315 75 240 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 165 50 115
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 130 215 45 0 40
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,450 17,735 19,715 245 115 135
Chinese languages 36,485 17,235 19,250 245 115 135
Cantonese 9,360 4,395 4,960 30 20 15
Hakka 275 130 150 10 0 0
Mandarin 28,980 13,620 15,360 205 85 120
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,865 885 980 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 385 170 215 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 840 385 460 10 10 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,020 525 495 0 0 0
Burmese 475 255 220 0 0 0
Karenic languages 495 235 265 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 55 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,015 450 565 25 10 15
Lao 690 335 350 20 15 10
Thai 415 145 265 25 0 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 250 215 20 15 10
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 395 220 175 20 15 0
Uyghur 35 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,510 700 810 10 10 10
Estonian 80 35 45 0 0 0
Finnish 295 125 175 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,140 540 595 10 10 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 95 90 20 10 15
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,170 73,700 76,470
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 439,690 218,815 220,870 147,545 72,260 75,285
Canadian citizens aged under 18 102,480 53,305 49,175 26,100 13,480 12,620
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 337,215 165,515 171,700 121,440 58,775 62,660
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 71,850 34,445 37,405 2,620 1,435 1,185
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,165 73,700 76,465
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 281,190 142,415 138,775 144,630 70,855 73,775
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 220,155 105,615 114,540 4,820 2,410 2,410
Before 1981 37,055 18,325 18,725 665 355 315
1981 to 1990 25,490 12,275 13,220 330 170 165
1991 to 2000 52,570 25,120 27,455 585 295 290
2001 to 2010 68,700 32,460 36,235 1,890 875 1,015
2001 to 2005 32,005 14,965 17,040 685 260 420
2006 to 2010 36,695 17,500 19,200 1,210 615 595
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 36,340 17,435 18,905 1,340 715 620
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 10,195 5,235 4,960 720 435 285
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 4,820 2,410 2,405
Under 5 years 16,360 8,585 7,780 725 285 440
5 to 14 years 31,945 16,425 15,520 865 415 445
15 to 24 years 55,145 24,875 30,280 805 395 415
25 to 44 years 83,940 40,600 43,340 2,175 1,180 995
45 years and over 32,755 15,135 17,625 250 135 110
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 4,820 2,410 2,410
Americas 11,340 5,300 6,045 1,420 645 775
Brazil 330 125 210 65 30 35
Colombia 650 290 360 585 235 350
El Salvador 1,385 745 645 10 0 10
Guyana 205 90 115 0 0 0
Haiti 85 30 55 135 40 95
Jamaica 615 335 280 10 0 0
Mexico 890 355 540 85 40 45
Peru 320 160 155 25 10 15
Trinidad and Tobago 385 185 200 10 0 10
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,915 1,780 2,135 205 115 90
Other places of birth in Americas 2,560 1,205 1,360 315 170 140
Europe 25,910 12,925 12,990 1,400 705 690
Bosnia and Herzegovina 450 230 220 40 25 15
Croatia 500 255 250 10 0 10
France 245 100 145 725 370 350
Germany 2,450 1,195 1,255 50 30 25
Greece 420 220 200 50 45 0
Hungary 715 370 340 10 0 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 340 180 155 0 0 0
Italy 940 510 430 40 25 15
Netherlands 1,355 690 660 0 0 10
Poland 2,235 1,110 1,125 0 10 0
Portugal 810 400 410 25 0 15
Romania 700 360 340 35 20 15
Russian Federation 780 310 460 10 10 0
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 310 155 150 0 0 0
Ukraine 710 365 345 75 20 55
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 9,655 4,875 4,775 25 0 15
Other places of birth in Europe 3,300 1,585 1,715 305 150 150
Africa 7,000 3,545 3,450 1,345 795 555
Algeria 85 60 30 165 105 60
Egypt 355 175 180 10 15 0
Ethiopia 455 220 240 0 0 0
Kenya 705 370 340 0 0 0
Morocco 180 90 95 305 170 130
Nigeria 585 310 275 0 0 0
Somalia 600 270 330 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 1,010 495 515 10 10 0
Other places of birth in Africa 3,010 1,555 1,455 855 500 355
Asia 166,110 79,380 86,730 650 265 385
Afghanistan 1,660 800 860 0 0 0
Bangladesh 615 310 305 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,490 8,650 9,840 225 60 165
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,370 1,095 1,275 0 0 0
India 81,730 39,960 41,775 20 0 20
IranCensus data footnote 61 965 545 420 20 10 10
Iraq 2,580 1,305 1,270 55 35 20
Japan 755 240 520 15 0 10
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 6,455 3,070 3,385 0 0 0
Lebanon 510 250 260 55 15 35
Pakistan 4,985 2,490 2,495 0 0 0
Philippines 24,120 10,630 13,485 10 0 10
Sri Lanka 1,365 735 620 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 895 435 465 55 15 40
Taiwan 5,335 2,460 2,870 10 0 0
Viet Nam 5,355 2,515 2,840 60 40 20
Other places of birth in Asia 7,945 3,885 4,060 120 80 40
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 9,790 4,465 5,325 10 0 0
Recent immigrants by selected places of birth
Total - Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 36,335 17,435 18,900 1,340 715 625
Americas 1,430 740 690 300 130 165
Brazil 105 40 70 25 10 15
Colombia 80 45 35 140 50 90
Cuba 0 10 0 50 25 25
Haiti 0 0 0 10 10 10
Jamaica 60 35 20 0 0 0
Mexico 245 125 125 15 0 10
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 420 240 175 10 10 0
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 15 10 10 15 10 10
Other places of birth in Americas 490 240 255 35 20 15
Europe 1,295 665 630 260 140 120
France 15 10 10 185 110 80
Germany 65 40 30 10 10 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 45 35 10 0 0 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 0 10 0 10 10
Romania 65 25 35 0 0 0
Russian Federation 55 20 40 0 0 0
Ukraine 140 55 90 35 10 25
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 480 280 195 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Europe 425 200 225 25 15 10
Africa 1,505 765 745 575 350 220
Algeria 15 15 0 50 35 15
Cameroon 15 0 10 95 60 35
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 50 25 45 20 25
Côte d'Ivoire 10 0 10 55 40 20
Egypt 55 45 20 0 0 0
Eritrea 80 35 50 0 0 0
Ethiopia 45 30 20 0 0 0
Morocco 45 25 25 135 70 60
Nigeria 215 100 115 0 0 0
Somalia 250 100 150 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 120 80 45 0 10 0
Tunisia 15 10 0 25 10 10
Other places of birth in Africa 560 280 280 165 110 60
Asia 31,595 15,020 16,570 205 95 110
Afghanistan 265 130 135 0 0 0
Bangladesh 95 45 50 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,645 2,150 2,495 45 25 20
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 125 35 90 0 0 0
India 15,020 7,510 7,505 0 0 0
IranCensus data footnote 61 180 85 95 0 0 0
Iraq 1,090 530 560 50 35 20
Israel 15 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 80 10 75 0 0 0
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,080 510 570 0 0 0
Lebanon 75 35 40 20 10 15
Nepal 80 30 45 0 0 0
Pakistan 885 400 485 0 0 0
Philippines 5,255 2,400 2,860 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 60 10 50 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 170 90 80 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 385 410 55 15 35
Taiwan 420 140 285 0 0 0
Turkey 20 10 10 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 110 75 35 0 0 0
Viet Nam 365 105 255 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Asia 760 340 425 25 15 10
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 68 511,545 253,265 258,275 150,165 73,700 76,465
First generationCensus data footnote 69 233,045 112,175 120,865 5,825 2,990 2,835
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 139,000 70,930 68,075 4,280 2,075 2,205
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 139,495 70,165 69,330 140,060 68,630 71,430
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 4,225 2,100 2,130
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 78,855 39,035 39,825 1,935 1,065 870
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 29,945 17,740 12,205 900 605 295
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 48,910 21,300 27,615 1,035 455 575
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 85,795 38,395 47,395 1,170 490 685
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 20,490 10,940 9,550 1,080 530 550
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 1,150 560 595 35 20 20
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 511,540 253,270 258,275 150,165 73,700 76,470
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,460 6,375 7,085 2,280 1,095 1,190
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,140 6,210 6,930 2,170 1,040 1,130
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,335 3,395 3,940 1,315 605 715
Métis 5,685 2,765 2,920 830 420 415
Inuk (Inuit) 115 55 60 20 15 10
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 200 110 90 10 0 10
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 120 55 65 100 50 55
Non-Aboriginal identity 498,080 246,890 251,190 147,890 72,605 75,280
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,165 73,695 76,470
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 4,205 1,805 2,400 940 410 525
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 507,335 251,460 255,875 149,225 73,285 75,940
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,165 73,700 76,470
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,760 1,345 1,415 1,400 665 735
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,710 1,330 1,385 1,390 670 720
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,940 930 1,005 1,250 610 645
Métis single ancestry 730 385 345 140 60 80
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 0 0 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 12,885 6,105 6,780 4,150 1,955 2,190
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 12,465 5,905 6,555 4,055 1,915 2,140
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,815 3,655 4,160 3,565 1,685 1,880
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,560 2,205 2,355 455 220 235
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 85 45 40 35 10 25
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 420 195 225 90 40 50
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 400 195 210 80 35 40
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 10 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 94 495,895 245,820 250,075 144,620 71,075 73,545
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,165 73,700 76,470
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 299,245 147,125 152,120 4,660 2,380 2,285
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 168,040 84,330 83,705 155 80 70
Chinese 39,890 18,865 21,030 310 95 215
Black 9,455 4,845 4,610 1,865 1,000 865
Filipino 31,865 14,575 17,285 50 25 20
Latin American 7,065 3,395 3,670 1,105 515 585
Arab 5,765 2,955 2,820 775 455 320
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,010 6,445 6,560 220 115 100
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,720 1,910 1,805 30 15 15
Korean 9,285 4,355 4,930 10 0 0
Japanese 2,850 1,320 1,530 30 20 15
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 1,995 1,005 990 55 25 35
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 6,320 3,130 3,190 50 30 25
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 212,295 106,140 106,155 145,505 71,320 74,190
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 103 511,540 253,265 258,275 150,170 73,700 76,470
North American Aboriginal origins 15,645 7,450 8,200 5,545 2,625 2,925
First Nations (North American Indian) 10,210 4,800 5,410 4,920 2,335 2,585
Inuit 165 60 105 50 15 35
Métis 5,750 2,800 2,945 675 320 365
Other North American origins 71,305 36,115 35,195 118,265 57,610 60,660
Acadian 140 70 70 940 460 475
American 5,290 2,700 2,595 605 280 325
Canadian 67,735 34,330 33,415 114,700 55,805 58,900
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 20 10 10
Newfoundlander 90 65 20 0 0 0
Nova Scotian 0 0 10 0 0 0
Ontarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Québécois 110 50 65 3,605 1,815 1,785
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 46,865 23,300 23,565
British Isles origins 127,825 63,495 64,335 9,325 4,500 4,820
Channel Islander 0 0 0 25 20 10
Cornish 35 20 20 0 0 0
English 78,895 38,620 40,280 2,115 1,080 1,040
Irish 43,735 20,930 22,800 5,860 2,830 3,035
Manx 80 40 35 0 0 0
Scottish 56,210 27,975 28,235 2,175 1,060 1,115
Welsh 6,885 3,355 3,530 35 15 20
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 8,555 4,355 4,195 140 60 75
French origins 24,825 11,845 12,970 37,880 18,810 19,070
Alsatian 30 10 25 25 15 15
Breton 0 0 0 285 130 160
Corsican 15 10 0 0 0 0
French 24,780 11,830 12,950 37,655 18,700 18,955
Western European origins (except French origins) 57,295 28,265 29,025 3,000 1,435 1,560
Austrian 3,240 1,560 1,680 95 55 40
Bavarian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Belgian 1,210 640 565 595 270 320
Dutch 14,815 7,270 7,540 230 145 85
Flemish 125 45 80 15 0 10
Frisian 70 15 55 0 0 0
German 41,390 20,330 21,060 1,775 845 930
Luxembourger 45 25 20 0 0 0
Swiss 1,485 815 665 360 170 190
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 50 55 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 22,910 11,005 11,905 255 130 120
Danish 4,080 1,970 2,115 20 15 0
Finnish 2,255 1,060 1,200 20 0 20
Icelandic 1,790 910 880 0 0 0
Norwegian 9,530 4,650 4,880 140 70 75
Swedish 6,770 3,150 3,620 50 30 10
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 790 380 410 45 30 15
Eastern European origins 43,235 21,305 21,925 740 335 400
Bulgarian 290 125 170 50 10 40
Byelorussian 160 85 75 0 0 0
Czech 1,670 785 890 65 30 40
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 520 270 250 10 10 0
Estonian 295 155 145 0 0 0
Hungarian 4,575 2,275 2,300 35 15 15
Latvian 250 140 110 0 0 0
Lithuanian 335 130 205 20 10 0
Moldovan 80 50 35 10 10 0
Polish 12,100 5,860 6,240 270 145 130
Romanian 2,540 1,300 1,240 70 35 30
Russian 8,585 3,990 4,595 105 45 55
Slovak 915 410 505 0 0 0
Ukrainian 17,850 8,985 8,860 180 65 115
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 190 100 90 0 0 0
Southern European origins 29,580 14,525 15,060 2,420 1,245 1,175
Albanian 465 200 260 0 0 0
Bosnian 390 180 210 40 20 25
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,805 960 845 25 20 0
Cypriot 45 25 15 10 0 0
Greek 2,245 1,160 1,085 285 150 135
Italian 11,460 5,710 5,750 1,340 675 665
Kosovar 40 15 25 15 10 10
Macedonian 75 30 40 0 0 0
Maltese 160 80 70 10 0 0
Montenegrin 60 40 20 0 0 10
Portuguese 4,390 2,115 2,270 225 125 100
Serbian 970 510 465 35 25 10
Sicilian 35 20 10 10 10 0
Slovenian 440 220 225 0 0 0
Spanish 8,285 3,905 4,380 585 295 290
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 475 220 255 10 10 0
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 20 10 0 0 0 10
Other European origins 2,135 1,045 1,085 140 80 60
Basque 60 40 15 25 20 0
Jewish 910 425 485 30 20 15
Roma (Gypsy) 35 10 20 15 15 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 65 30 30 0 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,085 555 530 65 25 40
Caribbean origins 3,655 1,855 1,800 585 235 350
Antiguan 10 0 15 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Barbadian 225 130 100 0 0 0
Bermudan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Carib 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cuban 210 85 120 85 45 45
Dominican 100 55 50 65 30 35
Grenadian 65 35 30 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 10 0 10
Haitian 155 60 95 345 130 210
Jamaican 1,690 930 765 10 10 0
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 10 0 10
Montserratan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 40 10 30 0 0 0
St. Lucian 40 10 30 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 605 320 285 15 0 10
Vincentian/Grenadinian 100 45 55 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 365 170 195 30 15 15
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 255 115 145 55 20 30
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,650 4,175 4,475 1,380 690 695
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 335 195 135 55 35 20
Arawak 10 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 110 40 70 0 0 10
Belizean 10 0 10 0 0 0
Bolivian 15 0 15 35 25 0
Brazilian 460 185 275 105 55 45
Chilean 510 275 240 60 40 15
Colombian 785 390 395 755 330 430
Costa Rican 75 25 45 10 0 0
Ecuadorian 40 25 10 65 30 35
Guatemalan 650 310 340 10 0 10
Guyanese 245 105 135 15 10 15
Hispanic 300 150 160 45 30 10
Honduran 445 255 185 10 0 0
Maya 175 75 100 20 20 0
Mexican 2,130 990 1,140 150 90 60
Nicaraguan 285 120 160 0 0 0
Panamanian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Paraguayan 65 25 40 0 0 0
Peruvian 395 205 185 40 15 30
Salvadorean 1,600 845 755 15 0 10
Uruguayan 25 15 10 10 10 10
Venezuelan 115 55 60 20 10 0
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 630 275 350 35 30 10
African origins 10,310 5,190 5,120 2,485 1,425 1,060
Central and West African origins 1,905 1,025 880 1,025 590 440
Akan 20 10 10 10 10 0
Angolan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 65 20 40 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 40 20 20
Burkinabe 20 15 0 20 0 15
Cameroonian 0 0 0 195 105 90
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 325 165 160 275 155 115
Edo 30 20 10 0 0 0
Ewe 30 15 20 0 0 0
Gabonese 10 0 0 70 30 45
Gambian 10 0 10 0 0 10
Ghanaian 485 275 210 0 0 0
Guinean 25 10 15 70 35 35
Ibo 65 30 35 0 0 0
Ivorian 20 10 10 105 65 40
Liberian 115 50 65 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 40 25 15
Malinké 0 0 0 10 0 10
Nigerian 685 360 320 10 0 0
Peulh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 85 60 25
Sierra Leonean 35 10 25 0 0 0
Togolese 25 20 0 70 50 20
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 30 20 10 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 125 60 60 140 65 75
North African origins 1,370 715 655 945 565 380
Algerian 70 40 35 210 120 90
Berber 35 25 10 125 80 45
Coptic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 620 315 300 25 20 10
Libyan 50 35 10 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 270 140 130 450 245 205
Sudanese 290 135 150 10 0 0
Tunisian 35 20 15 160 105 60
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 10 10 0 15 15 0
Southern and East African origins 4,190 1,990 2,200 195 110 90
Afrikaner 35 25 15 0 0 0
Amhara 45 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 60 40 20 15 0 0
Burundian 140 55 85 50 30 20
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 240 140 100 0 0 0
Ethiopian 555 265 295 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 270 140 130 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 30 10 25
Mauritian 210 120 90 35 25 15
Oromo 0 0 10 0 0 0
Rwandan 60 20 35 10 0 10
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 1,185 540 645 0 0 0
South African 960 455 505 0 0 0
Tanzanian 60 20 40 10 0 0
Tigrian 45 30 15 0 0 0
Ugandan 75 30 40 10 0 0
Zambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 120 65 55 0 0 0
Zulu 20 15 10 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 270 90 175 50 30 20
Other African origins 3,040 1,555 1,480 345 180 165
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 300 145 150 30 20 10
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 2,775 1,430 1,345 335 180 160
Asian origins 277,695 136,410 141,285 1,395 680 715
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,815 6,585 6,230 615 360 250
Afghan 2,620 1,240 1,385 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,390 775 615 200 110 90
Armenian 290 155 140 20 15 0
Assyrian 205 115 95 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 45 35 10 0 0 0
Georgian 55 10 40 0 0 0
Hazara 15 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,660 905 760 70 40 30
Iraqi 2,505 1,235 1,265 65 40 25
Israeli 105 60 45 0 0 0
Jordanian 170 100 70 10 0 0
Kazakh 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kurd 285 165 120 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 55 45 15 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,185 570 615 170 95 70
Palestinian 720 365 355 0 0 0
Pashtun 170 110 60 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Syrian 935 440 495 90 40 45
Tajik 85 40 40 0 0 0
Tatar 90 50 40 10 0 0
Turk 670 405 265 50 40 15
Turkmen 15 10 10 0 0 0
Uighur 40 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 0 0 0
Yemeni 45 30 10 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 555 280 270 0 0 0
South Asian origins 164,005 82,310 81,695 100 20 80
Bangladeshi 515 265 250 10 0 10
Bengali 220 95 120 0 0 0
Bhutanese 0 0 10 0 0 0
East Indian 138,210 69,235 68,975 90 20 70
Goan 25 15 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 120 55 70 0 0 0
Kashmiri 70 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 465 215 245 10 0 0
Pakistani 5,650 2,925 2,725 0 0 0
Punjabi 22,195 11,225 10,970 0 0 0
Sinhalese 305 170 135 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 1,480 805 675 0 0 0
Tamil 300 185 115 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 3,635 1,805 1,830 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 102,065 48,140 53,925 690 305 390
Burmese 610 335 275 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,160 550 610 60 35 30
Chinese 45,085 21,435 23,645 380 125 260
Filipino 33,920 15,610 18,315 30 20 15
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 945 460 485 15 20 0
Japanese 3,695 1,755 1,940 45 25 15
Karen 525 255 270 0 0 0
Korean 9,450 4,430 5,015 0 0 0
Laotian 1,055 540 515 20 10 0
Malaysian 655 350 310 10 10 0
Mongolian 100 60 40 10 10 10
Singaporean 100 45 50 0 0 0
Taiwanese 2,540 1,170 1,375 10 0 10
Thai 520 215 310 15 0 0
Tibetan 125 75 50 0 0 0
Vietnamese 9,200 4,575 4,625 130 70 60
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 145 65 85 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 505 260 245 0 0 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 500 255 245 0 0 0
Oceania origins 9,155 4,485 4,670 0 0 0
Australian 995 495 500 0 0 0
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 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Owner 120,940 ... ... 42,325 ... ...
Renter 49,025 ... ... 30,160 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 15 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 169,965 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Condominium 38,195 ... ... 5,830 ... ...
Not condominium 131,770 ... ... 66,675 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
No bedrooms 845 ... ... 280 ... ...
1 bedroom 18,985 ... ... 10,835 ... ...
2 bedrooms 42,665 ... ... 22,985 ... ...
3 bedrooms 48,100 ... ... 24,155 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 59,370 ... ... 14,240 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 53,205 ... ... 24,905 ... ...
5 rooms 24,475 ... ... 13,840 ... ...
6 rooms 21,675 ... ... 8,170 ... ...
7 rooms 17,450 ... ... 8,165 ... ...
8 or more rooms 53,150 ... ... 17,410 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.3 ... ... 5.9 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 159,915 ... ... 72,385 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 10,050 ... ... 115 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 169,960 ... ... 72,500 ... ...
Suitable 154,380 ... ... 71,415 ... ...
Not suitable 15,590 ... ... 1,085 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
1960 or before 8,335 ... ... 17,600 ... ...
1961 to 1980 31,085 ... ... 23,445 ... ...
1981 to 1990 32,345 ... ... 10,545 ... ...
1991 to 2000 36,140 ... ... 8,055 ... ...
2001 to 2005 18,495 ... ... 3,270 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,015 ... ... 5,055 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,550 ... ... 4,530 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 162,920 ... ... 68,270 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,045 ... ... 4,230 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 169,965 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
1 household maintainer 90,450 ... ... 48,490 ... ...
2 household maintainers 69,480 ... ... 23,485 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 10,035 ... ... 530 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 169,960 ... ... 72,505 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,805 ... ... 3,400 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,995 ... ... 9,945 ... ...
35 to 44 years 34,310 ... ... 10,370 ... ...
45 to 54 years 39,945 ... ... 12,620 ... ...
55 to 64 years 34,670 ... ... 15,720 ... ...
65 to 74 years 21,630 ... ... 12,645 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,070 ... ... 5,990 ... ...
85 years and over 3,535 ... ... 1,820 ... ...
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 ... ... 72,065 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 121,735 ... ... 58,470 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 47,795 ... ... 13,600 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 40,600 ... ... 12,405 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 120,685 ... ... 42,020 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.1 ... ... 59.4 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 24.5 ... ... 9.5 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,498 ... ... 830 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,608 ... ... 910 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 698,205 ... ... 170,463 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 757,863 ... ... 189,168 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,990 ... ... 30,130 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.2 ... ... 9.1 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 37.4 ... ... 31.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 908 ... ... 582 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,049 ... ... 619 ... ...
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 146 419,065 205,530 213,535 127,880 62,135 65,745
No certificate, diploma or degree 78,070 37,955 40,115 23,770 11,385 12,385
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 135,910 68,470 67,440 27,215 12,270 14,935
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 205,080 99,100 105,985 76,900 38,480 38,425
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 28,805 20,930 7,880 24,765 15,585 9,180
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 13,110 7,705 5,405 17,735 9,960 7,780
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 15,695 13,225 2,470 7,030 5,625 1,400
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,095 28,140 40,955 25,130 10,860 14,270
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,490 7,305 9,190 4,590 1,760 2,835
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 90,690 42,725 47,960 22,410 10,270 12,140
Bachelor's degree 61,130 28,275 32,860 15,360 6,745 8,610
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 6,620 2,820 3,795 1,475 685 790
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,550 1,395 1,160 855 480 375
Master's degree 18,405 8,860 9,545 3,895 1,855 2,035
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,980 1,375 605 835 510 325
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 80,655 39,780 40,880
No certificate, diploma or degree 35,180 17,805 17,375 9,825 5,200 4,625
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 82,810 42,025 40,780 14,170 6,840 7,330
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 162,915 76,560 86,350 56,670 27,735 28,930
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,550 14,840 5,705 18,605 11,370 7,240
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,580 5,605 3,975 13,445 7,265 6,185
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 10,965 9,235 1,730 5,155 4,100 1,055
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 54,145 21,675 32,470 17,520 7,545 9,975
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,305 5,345 6,960 2,925 1,195 1,730
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 75,915 34,705 41,215 17,615 7,625 9,990
Bachelor's degree 50,675 22,865 27,810 12,030 5,140 6,890
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,340 2,190 3,150 1,100 440 665
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,150 1,110 1,040 710 350 355
Master's degree 16,205 7,515 8,690 3,130 1,335 1,800
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,545 1,020 525 640 360 280
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 151 419,065 205,530 213,540 127,885 62,135 65,745
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 213,985 106,425 107,555 50,985 23,660 27,325
Education 12,685 2,720 9,965 6,595 1,715 4,885
13. Education 12,690 2,720 9,970 6,600 1,715 4,885
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,635 2,960 3,675 2,080 895 1,185
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,330 1,025 310 385 265 120
50. Visual and performing arts 5,300 1,935 3,370 1,695 625 1,070
Humanities 15,085 6,005 9,085 3,600 1,600 2,005
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,795 450 1,345 410 105 305
23. English language and literature/letters 2,945 880 2,065 65 30 35
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,925 2,750 4,170 1,835 800 1,035
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 30 15 10 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 470 290 180 230 150 75
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,230 775 450 250 155 95
54. History 1,505 785 720 250 175 75
55. French language and literature/letters 165 35 135 565 190 380
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,680 7,315 14,365 6,090 1,840 4,250
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 180 35 145 120 35 85
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,670 600 1,070 765 315 450
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,715 210 3,505 1,365 80 1,290
22. Legal professions and studies 3,200 990 2,210 645 280 365
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 275 60 210 270 60 210
42. Psychology 3,540 935 2,600 1,985 515 1,470
45. Social sciences 9,095 4,475 4,625 940 565 375
Business, management and public administration 43,715 18,845 24,870 17,095 5,710 11,385
30.16 Accounting and computer science 75 15 60 15 0 10
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,705 440 1,270 995 230 770
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 41,930 18,395 23,540 16,085 5,475 10,610
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,185 4,220 3,960 2,600 1,505 1,095
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,795 1,215 1,585 855 375 480
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,770 1,395 1,375 180 145 40
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 700 330 365
40. Physical sciences 2,210 1,485 725 710 570 140
41. Science technologies/technicians 345 115 230 160 85 70
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,495 6,050 3,450 2,055 1,335 720
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,915 5,305 2,605 1,585 1,140 445
25. Library science 300 30 270 260 45 215
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,225 685 540 160 105 60
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 60 30 30 60 50 10
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 41,590 37,775 3,805 18,430 17,205 1,230
04. Architecture and related services 1,130 770 360 380 235 145
14. Engineering 11,810 9,820 1,995 2,080 1,780 300
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,965 6,190 775 3,915 3,565 355
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 10 0
46. Construction trades 8,830 8,540 290 3,970 3,880 100
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,440 8,200 240 4,355 4,215 140
48. Precision production 4,400 4,255 150 3,720 3,520 195
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,630 1,690 940 1,945 1,315 625
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,870 1,145 725 1,015 605 405
03. Natural resources and conservation 755 545 215 935 710 220
Health and related fields 32,695 6,505 26,195 10,555 2,235 8,320
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,740 880 860 825 445 385
51. Health professions and related programs 30,415 5,305 25,110 9,470 1,640 7,830
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 540 315 225 265 160 110
Personal, protective and transportation services 10,670 5,010 5,660 5,845 3,130 2,720
12. Personal and culinary services 6,920 1,915 5,005 3,215 805 2,410
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 25 25 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 55 50 0 20 15 0
43. Security and protective services 1,515 1,090 430 1,035 865 170
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,155 1,930 230 1,570 1,445 125
Other 10 10 0 10 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 15 10 10 0 10 10
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 280,900 136,390 144,510 80,655 39,780 40,880
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 117,990 59,825 58,160 23,990 12,040 11,955
Education 9,000 1,710 7,295 4,060 1,000 3,065
13. Education 9,005 1,705 7,295 4,060 995 3,065
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,190 2,260 2,930 1,560 690 865
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 960 745 215 295 205 90
50. Visual and performing arts 4,230 1,510 2,715 1,265 490 780
Humanities 12,220 4,540 7,680 2,085 890 1,195
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,445 325 1,125 290 60 230
23. English language and literature/letters 2,270 595 1,680 45 20 25
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 5,840 2,190 3,650 960 455 505
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 0 0 10
38. Philosophy and religious studies 375 230 155 140 90 50
39. Theology and religious vocations 900 540 365 105 75 30
54. History 1,215 605 615 160 110 55
55. French language and literature/letters 125 40 90 370 75 295
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,595 5,695 11,905 4,790 1,415 3,370
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 160 30 125 95 35 65
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,405 510 890 660 250 405
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,085 180 2,905 1,040 45 995
22. Legal professions and studies 2,615 760 1,855 505 210 295
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 220 40 180 175 40 140
42. Psychology 2,805 700 2,105 1,585 415 1,170
45. Social sciences 7,310 3,470 3,840 730 425 305
Business, management and public administration 35,995 15,310 20,685 13,260 4,140 9,110
30.16 Accounting and computer science 60 20 40 10 0 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,385 350 1,035 725 150 580
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 34,550 14,945 19,605 12,530 4,000 8,530
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,035 2,950 3,080 1,560 915 645
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 920 1,255 675 275 395
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,925 890 1,040 100 80 20
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 0 45 120 60 55
40. Physical sciences 1,650 1,075 575 555 440 110
41. Science technologies/technicians 230 60 170 110 50 65
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,480 5,380 3,100 1,730 1,120 615
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,205 4,815 2,385 1,410 1,005 405
25. Library science 240 30 205 195 25 170
27. Mathematics and statistics 985 510 480 85 50 30
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 55 20 30 45 40 10
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 31,650 28,295 3,350 13,415 12,340 1,075
04. Architecture and related services 930 615 315 310 175 140
14. Engineering 9,670 7,850 1,820 1,720 1,445 280
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 5,070 4,410 660 2,915 2,605 305
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 0 0
46. Construction trades 6,545 6,295 250 2,905 2,830 75
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,335 6,155 175 3,020 2,900 115
48. Precision production 3,100 2,975 125 2,545 2,380 165
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,010 1,275 735 1,620 1,060 560
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,440 885 555 830 490 345
03. Natural resources and conservation 575 390 180 785 565 215
Health and related fields 26,520 5,315 21,205 7,975 1,740 6,235
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,360 670 685 635 325 310
51. Health professions and related programs 24,680 4,380 20,300 7,135 1,315 5,815
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 480 265 220 205 100 100
Personal, protective and transportation services 8,210 3,820 4,395 4,615 2,430 2,185
12. Personal and culinary services 5,255 1,410 3,840 2,475 560 1,920
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 15 20 0 10 10 0
43. Security and protective services 1,215 855 360 840 680 160
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,705 1,515 190 1,290 1,180 110
Other 15 10 0 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 0 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 157 419,060 205,525 213,535 127,885 62,135 65,745
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 213,980 106,425 107,555 50,985 23,660 27,325
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 205,080 99,105 105,980 76,900 38,480 38,425
Location of study inside Canada 133,615 64,270 69,350 75,025 37,395 37,625
Same as province or territory of residence 113,430 53,830 59,600 74,070 36,840 37,230
Different than province or territory of residence 20,180 10,435 9,750 960 560 395
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 71,465 34,835 36,630 1,880 1,080 795
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,330 2,910 2,420 205 145 60
Philippines 11,500 4,640 6,865 20 20 0
India 21,295 10,540 10,750 10 10 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,180 2,525 1,655 50 40 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 8,290 3,785 4,495 60 25 35
France 155 85 65 505 280 220
Other 20,720 10,350 10,375 1,030 570 460
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 80,655 39,775 40,880
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 117,985 59,830 58,155 23,990 12,035 11,950
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 162,915 76,565 86,350 56,665 27,735 28,925
Location of study inside Canada 104,120 48,935 55,185 55,160 26,900 28,260
Same as province or territory of residence 89,810 41,745 48,065 54,460 26,505 27,955
Different than province or territory of residence 14,305 7,190 7,115 700 395 305
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 58,800 27,630 31,170 1,505 840 665
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,945 2,110 1,835 125 90 35
Philippines 10,100 4,065 6,040 20 20 0
India 18,255 8,640 9,620 10 0 10
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,590 1,585 1,005 40 30 15
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 7,460 3,365 4,095 60 30 35
France 105 50 55 375 215 165
Other 16,340 7,810 8,525 875 465 410
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 419,065 205,525 213,535 127,885 62,135 65,750
In the labour force 274,690 145,365 129,320 76,030 39,085 36,950
Employed 256,875 136,945 119,930 70,510 35,685 34,830
Unemployed 17,815 8,420 9,390 5,520 3,400 2,115
Not in the labour force 144,380 60,165 84,220 51,850 23,055 28,800
Participation rate 65.5 70.7 60.6 59.5 62.9 56.2
Employment rate 61.3 66.6 56.2 55.1 57.4 53.0
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.8 7.3 7.3 8.7 5.7
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 419,065 205,530 213,540 127,880 62,135 65,745
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 138,395 57,610 80,785 48,820 21,505 27,315
Worked 280,670 147,920 132,750 79,060 40,635 38,430
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 127,975 75,260 52,710 36,875 20,065 16,810
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 152,700 72,655 80,045 42,190 20,565 21,620
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.8 42.9 40.6 42.7 42.5 42.9
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 76,035 39,085 36,950
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,980 975 1,005
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,845 126,075 74,055 38,110 35,950
Employee 237,120 121,515 115,605 66,590 33,775 32,820
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 31,800 21,330 10,475 7,465 4,330 3,130
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 76,035 39,085 36,950
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,980 975 1,005
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,840 126,075 74,055 38,110 35,945
0 Management occupations 26,110 16,695 9,410 6,340 4,050 2,290
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 39,845 12,055 27,795 11,120 3,355 7,765
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,255 11,485 2,770 4,115 3,230 885
3 Health occupations 17,700 3,505 14,195 6,600 1,295 5,305
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,670 7,375 17,295 9,370 2,880 6,490
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,110 2,980 3,135 1,730 805 925
6 Sales and service occupations 70,405 29,370 41,040 18,760 7,915 10,840
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 51,130 47,980 3,155 11,070 10,510 560
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 5,310 3,075 2,230 900 735 160
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 13,375 8,320 5,060 4,060 3,330 730
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 76,030 39,080 36,950
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,975 975 1,000
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 268,925 142,845 126,075 74,055 38,110 35,945
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,715 2,025 2,690 1,190 855 330
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 630 485 145 145 140 10
22 Utilities 1,330 870 460 1,105 890 220
23 Construction 25,775 22,735 3,040 4,305 3,855 450
31-33 Manufacturing 23,375 15,895 7,485 8,905 7,065 1,835
41 Wholesale trade 12,190 8,000 4,190 1,990 1,530 460
44-45 Retail trade 31,115 14,265 16,855 9,805 4,480 5,330
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 24,310 19,785 4,525 2,985 2,445 545
51 Information and cultural industries 5,575 3,550 2,020 1,555 830 725
52 Finance and insurance 10,680 4,360 6,325 2,285 835 1,450
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,235 3,065 2,165 800 470 335
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 16,685 8,930 7,750 3,615 2,090 1,520
55 Management of companies and enterprises 475 210 265 40 15 25
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15,020 8,755 6,260 2,950 1,735 1,220
61 Educational services 15,025 4,435 10,590 6,155 2,055 4,100
62 Health care and social assistance 28,675 4,910 23,770 11,605 2,285 9,315
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,515 2,215 2,300 1,260 645 620
72 Accommodation and food services 20,425 7,360 13,065 5,480 2,205 3,275
81 Other services (except public administration) 12,350 5,545 6,800 3,600 1,590 2,005
91 Public administration 10,835 5,465 5,370 4,265 2,085 2,180
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 70,510 35,685 34,830
Worked at home 16,085 7,920 8,165 3,865 1,845 2,020
Worked outside Canada 1,845 1,300 545 155 105 50
No fixed workplace address 45,075 34,270 10,805 5,730 4,290 1,435
Worked at usual place 193,870 93,455 100,410 60,760 29,435 31,325
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 60,760 29,435 31,325
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 85,015 36,240 48,780 43,315 19,800 23,515
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 104,565 54,650 49,915 2,420 1,125 1,295
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 3,550 2,105 1,445 14,920 8,420 6,495
Commute to a different province or territory 740 460 275 105 90 20
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 66,490 33,725 32,765
Car, truck, van - as a driver 176,815 100,280 76,540 58,665 30,035 28,630
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 16,435 7,620 8,815 2,225 910 1,315
Public transit 35,560 15,285 20,275 1,505 570 930
Walked 6,615 2,475 4,140 2,965 1,450 1,515
Bicycle 915 680 235 555 425 130
Other method 2,605 1,385 1,220 585 335 250
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 66,490 33,725 32,765
Less than 15 minutes 39,955 17,195 22,765 27,965 13,260 14,705
15 to 29 minutes 70,385 35,540 34,845 26,175 12,985 13,190
30 to 44 minutes 60,040 35,720 24,320 7,805 4,355 3,450
45 to 59 minutes 30,910 18,145 12,765 1,765 1,100 660
60 minutes and over 37,655 21,130 16,525 2,780 2,020 760
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 66,490 33,725 32,765
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 23,215 15,850 7,360 2,550 1,910 640
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 45,875 27,435 18,435 10,170 6,960 3,210
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 53,400 27,475 25,925 24,755 12,100 12,655
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,315 19,655 21,660 13,845 5,350 8,495
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 31,815 13,770 18,040 5,255 1,985 3,275
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 43,330 23,540 19,790 9,915 5,420 4,490
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 81,130 41,685 39,440
Single responses 281,240 147,485 133,760 79,785 40,930 38,850
Official languages 264,180 137,980 126,205 79,715 40,895 38,820
English 263,810 137,865 125,945 1,105 675 425
French 370 110 260 78,615 40,225 38,390
Non-official languages 17,065 9,510 7,550 65 35 30
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 15 15 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 55 25 30
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 70 25 10 10 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 90 70 20 10 10 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 85 65 20 10 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 190 340 0 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 10 10 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 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 10 0 10 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 165 80 80 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 15 10 10 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 11,350 6,575 4,780 20 10 10
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 70 30 40 0 0 0
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 75 35 45 0 0 0
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 15 0 10 0 0 0
Russian 30 10 25 0 0 0
Serbian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15 0 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 10 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 10 10 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,060 6,425 4,635 0 0 0
Indo-Aryan languages 11,035 6,410 4,625 0 0 0
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 25 0 20 0 0 0
Hindi 180 95 85 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 10 10 10 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10,775 6,270 4,500 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 30 20 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 20 15 10 0 0 0
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 10 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 185 115 70 15 10 10
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 25 15 10 0 0 0
Romanian 15 10 0 0 0 0
Spanish 155 90 65 10 10 10
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 20 15 0 0 0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,010 540 465 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 35 10 25 10 0 10
American Sign Language 25 0 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 10 10 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,775 1,995 1,780 15 0 10
Chinese languages 3,755 1,985 1,770 15 0 10
Cantonese 745 385 355 10 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,840 1,495 1,345 10 10 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 65 40 30 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 105 60 40 0 0 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 10 0 10 0 0 0
Karenic languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 10 0 0 0 0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 11,435 6,195 5,240 1,350 755 595
English and French 445 195 250 1,270 715 555
English and non-official language 10,940 5,990 4,950 0 0 0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 40 25 20
English, French and non-official language 50 10 40 30 15 25
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 81,125 41,685 39,445
None 262,465 137,020 125,435 70,280 35,055 35,225
English 6,685 3,950 2,735 9,795 6,060 3,740
French 1,315 570 740 785 445 340
Non-official language 21,985 12,035 9,945 190 80 110
Aboriginal 10 10 10 10 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 21,975 12,035 9,935 180 80 100
English and French 0 0 0 10 0 0
English and non-official language 100 30 65 70 40 25
French and non-official language 130 60 65 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 505,835 250,410 255,430 148,850 73,000 75,845
Non-movers 427,380 211,355 216,025 129,880 63,815 66,065
Movers 78,455 39,055 39,405 18,975 9,190 9,780
Non-migrants 47,880 23,715 24,165 12,915 6,280 6,635
Migrants 30,580 15,340 15,240 6,055 2,910 3,145
Internal migrants 20,835 10,455 10,380 5,635 2,670 2,965
Intraprovincial migrants 16,930 8,410 8,520 5,510 2,600 2,915
Interprovincial migrants 3,910 2,040 1,865 120 75 45
External migrants 9,735 4,885 4,855 425 240 185
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 482,610 238,500 244,110 142,980 69,875 73,105
Non-movers 268,040 132,485 135,555 90,335 44,390 45,950
Movers 214,570 106,015 108,555 52,645 25,490 27,160
Non-migrants 122,410 60,335 62,070 34,015 16,595 17,425
Migrants 92,165 45,680 46,480 18,635 8,900 9,735
Internal migrants 54,305 26,980 27,325 16,780 7,960 8,820
Intraprovincial migrants 44,835 22,155 22,675 16,450 7,800 8,655
Interprovincial migrants 9,470 4,820 4,650 330 165 165
External migrants 37,860 18,700 19,155 1,850 935 915

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Surrey, CY [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Trois-Rivières [Census metropolitan area], Quebec (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 25, 2024).

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