Census Profile, 2016 Census
Surrey, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Edmonton Strathcona [Federal electoral district], Alberta

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Characteristic Surrey, CY
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Edmonton Strathcona
Alberta
[Federal electoral district]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 517,887 ... ... 106,066 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 468,251 ... ... 103,183 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 10.6 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 181,159 ... ... 53,363 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 169,964 ... ... 47,968 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,636.8 ... ... 1,296.3 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 316.41 ... ... 81.82 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 517,885 256,400 261,485 106,065 53,400 52,665
0 to 14 years 92,550 47,860 44,680 12,885 6,655 6,240
0 to 4 years 29,090 15,010 14,085 5,005 2,615 2,390
5 to 9 years 32,055 16,675 15,380 4,185 2,110 2,075
10 to 14 years 31,400 16,180 15,220 3,700 1,930 1,770
15 to 64 years 352,350 174,490 177,860 77,850 40,210 37,635
15 to 19 years 34,330 17,880 16,455 4,865 2,425 2,440
20 to 24 years 35,075 18,445 16,630 10,860 5,435 5,425
25 to 29 years 33,770 16,820 16,950 12,985 6,835 6,150
30 to 34 years 36,540 17,715 18,825 10,155 5,455 4,700
35 to 39 years 36,040 17,265 18,775 7,535 4,010 3,530
40 to 44 years 36,325 17,350 18,975 5,960 3,125 2,840
45 to 49 years 37,195 18,135 19,060 5,855 3,005 2,850
50 to 54 years 38,020 18,960 19,060 6,845 3,450 3,395
55 to 59 years 34,785 17,180 17,605 6,875 3,440 3,435
60 to 64 years 30,265 14,735 15,530 5,910 3,030 2,880
65 years and over 72,990 34,045 38,940 15,330 6,535 8,790
65 to 69 years 25,545 12,325 13,220 4,425 2,155 2,270
70 to 74 years 17,970 8,610 9,350 2,980 1,315 1,665
75 to 79 years 12,560 5,945 6,620 2,730 1,135 1,595
80 to 84 years 8,470 3,920 4,550 2,415 975 1,445
85 years and over 8,445 3,240 5,200 2,775 955 1,820
85 to 89 years 5,275 2,230 3,040 1,725 670 1,055
90 to 94 years 2,360 785 1,575 800 245 555
95 to 99 years 680 175 500 220 40 180
100 years and over 130 45 85 35 5 30
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 12.1 12.5 11.8
15 to 64 years 68.0 68.1 68.0 73.4 75.3 71.5
65 years and over 14.1 13.3 14.9 14.5 12.2 16.7
85 years and over 1.6 1.3 2.0 2.6 1.8 3.5
Average age of the population 39.0 38.2 39.8 39.7 38.6 40.9
Median age of the population 38.7 37.7 39.6 35.8 34.9 36.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 169,965 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
Single-detached house 60,195 ... ... 20,935 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 6,055 ... ... 5,765 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 102,375 ... ... 20,395 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,495 ... ... 1,240 ... ...
Row house 26,630 ... ... 2,120 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 37,535 ... ... 4,645 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 34,560 ... ... 12,360 ... ...
Other single-attached house 160 ... ... 30 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,345 ... ... 875 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 169,965 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
1 person 34,515 ... ... 17,170 ... ...
2 persons 47,115 ... ... 17,145 ... ...
3 persons 28,225 ... ... 6,635 ... ...
4 persons 30,595 ... ... 4,760 ... ...
5 or more persons 29,510 ... ... 2,260 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 511,540 ... ... 102,715 ... ...
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 93,180 46,750 46,425
Married or living common law 255,680 127,605 128,075 45,325 22,755 22,570
Married 232,650 116,095 116,550 34,380 17,285 17,095
Living common law 23,030 11,510 11,525 10,940 5,470 5,475
Not married and not living common law 169,660 80,930 88,725 47,855 23,995 23,860
Never married 116,675 63,800 52,870 34,320 19,190 15,135
Separated 10,195 4,215 5,985 2,060 955 1,100
Divorced 21,845 8,650 13,200 6,790 2,890 3,905
Widowed 20,945 4,265 16,680 4,680 965 3,720
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 144,495 ... ... 25,910 ... ...
2 persons 61,060 ... ... 15,370 ... ...
3 persons 32,880 ... ... 5,125 ... ...
4 persons 35,880 ... ... 3,965 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,680 ... ... 1,445 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.1 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 144,500 ... ... 25,910 ... ...
Total couple families 122,895 ... ... 21,870 ... ...
Married couples 111,380 ... ... 16,395 ... ...
Common-law couples 11,515 ... ... 5,470 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 21,605 ... ... 4,040 ... ...
Female parent 17,335 ... ... 3,045 ... ...
Male parent 4,270 ... ... 995 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 122,895 ... ... 21,870 ... ...
Couples without children 48,180 ... ... 12,555 ... ...
Couples with children 74,715 ... ... 9,310 ... ...
1 child 26,570 ... ... 4,210 ... ...
2 children 34,060 ... ... 3,740 ... ...
3 or more children 14,090 ... ... 1,365 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 21,600 ... ... 4,035 ... ...
1 child 12,880 ... ... 2,815 ... ...
2 children 6,315 ... ... 920 ... ...
3 or more children 2,405 ... ... 305 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 69,550 33,260 36,290 33,070 17,435 15,630
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 169,965 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
One-census-family households 115,660 ... ... 24,920 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 36,060 ... ... 12,080 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 79,605 ... ... 12,840 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 13,545 ... ... 485 ... ...
Non-census-family households 40,755 ... ... 22,565 ... ...
One-person households 34,515 ... ... 17,175 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 6,240 ... ... 5,390 ... ...
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 15 513,405 254,160 259,245 104,900 52,935 51,970
English only 456,620 229,945 226,665 91,775 46,860 44,915
French only 245 130 115 230 100 130
English and French 23,055 10,345 12,710 12,065 5,635 6,435
Neither English nor French 33,480 13,725 19,750 835 340 490
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 16 513,400 254,160 259,245 104,900 52,935 51,970
English 473,985 237,530 236,455 100,040 50,555 49,485
French 3,640 1,815 1,825 3,460 1,765 1,695
English and French 2,690 1,270 1,420 605 295 305
Neither English nor French 33,080 13,535 19,545 800 325 475
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 4,990 2,455 2,535 3,760 1,910 1,850
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.6 3.6 3.6
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 18 513,400 254,155 259,245 104,900 52,935 51,965
Single responses 491,865 243,460 248,410 102,525 51,775 50,750
Official languages 251,165 126,945 124,220 80,165 40,865 39,300
English 247,685 125,210 122,475 76,800 39,150 37,650
French 3,475 1,735 1,745 3,365 1,715 1,650
Non-official languages 240,700 116,510 124,190 22,360 10,910 11,450
Aboriginal languages 105 30 75 155 50 100
Algonquian languages 50 15 40 115 40 75
Blackfoot 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 95 35 65
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 10 35 15 25
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 5 5 0 5
Woods Cree 0 0 0 15 5 15
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 10 40 15 25
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Malecite 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 15 5 10 5 0 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 5 10 0 5
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 20 5 15
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 20 5 10
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 10 5 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 5
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 5
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 5 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 10 10 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 5 0 5
Inuktitut 10 0 5 5 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 5
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 5 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 5
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 116,480 124,120 22,210 10,865 11,345
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 3,690 3,500 1,295 705 585
Berber languages 5 0 5 5 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 5 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 5
Cushitic languages 780 370 405 105 50 50
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 15 5 5
Somali 755 365 395 90 45 45
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 3,305 3,080 1,190 655 535
Amharic 305 150 160 65 40 25
Arabic 4,940 2,560 2,380 1,050 580 470
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 215 220 5 0 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 215 175 0 5 0
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 30 25 30 10 15
Maltese 10 5 5 0 0 5
Tigrigna 155 80 75 35 20 15
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 3,750 305 130 175
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 290 360 25 15 10
Vietnamese 6,365 2,965 3,395 285 120 160
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 9,065 11,760 2,010 850 1,160
Bikol 65 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 350 505 115 40 75
Fijian 210 105 105 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 115 145 30 15 15
Ilocano 1,045 435 610 70 30 40
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 430 190 240 70 35 35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 5 5 5
Pangasinan 85 35 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,540 7,660 9,885 1,705 725 985
Waray-Waray 35 20 15 5 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 80 110 10 5 5
Creole languages 260 130 125 35 20 15
Haitian Creole 10 10 5 5 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 80 80 25 10 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 15 10 5
Dravidian languages 1,735 880 850 400 215 185
Kannada 55 30 30 15 5 5
Malayalam 695 350 345 150 70 80
Tamil 790 405 385 155 85 70
Telugu 170 95 80 75 40 35
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 11,290 5,610 5,685
Albanian 315 160 155 30 15 10
Armenian 95 50 45 15 5 5
Balto-Slavic languages 7,515 3,615 3,905 3,155 1,395 1,760
Baltic languages 50 20 30 55 20 30
Latvian 25 15 10 25 10 15
Lithuanian 25 5 15 30 10 20
Slavic languages 7,465 3,590 3,875 3,100 1,375 1,730
Belarusan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bosnian 150 75 75 25 15 10
Bulgarian 110 55 55 50 25 25
Croatian 670 335 335 195 100 95
Czech 450 210 240 110 60 45
Macedonian 10 5 5 10 5 5
Polish 2,515 1,245 1,270 845 370 470
Russian 1,795 830 965 430 205 225
Serbian 470 250 220 120 65 55
Serbo-Croatian 85 50 40 25 15 10
Slovak 290 135 155 65 30 35
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 45 45 25 10 10
Ukrainian 800 345 455 1,195 465 730
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 10 5 0
Celtic languages 40 20 25 20 10 10
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 10 5 5
Welsh 20 5 10 5 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 5 5 0
Germanic languages 6,660 3,115 3,545 2,675 1,260 1,420
Afrikaans 220 100 120 50 30 25
Danish 415 215 200 60 25 30
Dutch 1,545 720 825 365 175 195
Frisian 30 10 20 15 10 10
German 4,070 1,885 2,185 2,075 970 1,105
Icelandic 30 10 15 10 5 5
Norwegian 150 70 80 35 20 20
Swedish 135 60 75 40 15 20
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 15 10 5 0
Yiddish 15 5 5 5 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 600 310 285 130 75 55
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 65,300 66,300 2,925 1,650 1,275
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 63,475 64,595 2,140 1,225 920
Bengali 685 350 335 420 240 180
Gujarati 1,485 740 745 190 105 80
Hindi 13,260 6,345 6,915 445 260 180
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 30 40 10 5 0
Marathi 80 35 40 45 25 20
Nepali 410 215 200 155 90 60
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 15 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 52,785 53,315 360 205 155
Sindhi 210 105 100 25 10 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 335 340 115 65 50
Urdu 5,075 2,520 2,555 365 205 155
Iranian languages 3,410 1,760 1,650 765 415 350
Kurdish 170 95 70 20 15 5
Pashto 525 280 245 15 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,710 1,385 1,335 730 385 345
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 60 50 20 15 10
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 5,005 5,230 2,340 1,195 1,145
Catalan 10 10 5 15 10 5
Italian 1,335 715 620 345 170 175
Portuguese 1,435 660 770 220 115 105
Romanian 715 365 350 190 85 105
Spanish 6,730 3,250 3,485 1,570 810 755
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 1,075 385 690 225 80 145
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0 5 0 0
Korean 8,065 3,770 4,300 740 330 405
Mongolic languages 25 10 10 5 5 5
Mongolian 20 15 10 5 5 5
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 535 495 415 220 190
Akan (Twi) 185 115 75 25 15 15
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 30 20 5 0 5
Ewe 30 20 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 10 5 10
Ga 15 5 10 5 0 5
Ganda 15 10 5 20 10 5
Igbo 65 35 30 20 10 5
Lingala 20 10 10 15 10 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 25 30 10 10 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 25 10 5 5
Shona 45 15 25 25 10 15
Swahili 215 110 105 80 40 40
Wolof 0 5 5 25 15 10
Yoruba 85 55 35 50 25 20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 95 120 115 60 55
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 40 55 20 15 10
Dinka 5 5 0 10 10 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 40 50 10 5 0
Sign languages 185 100 85 30 15 20
American Sign Language 70 35 35 20 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 65 45 10 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 15,880 17,690 4,950 2,435 2,515
Chinese languages 32,780 15,480 17,305 4,920 2,420 2,505
Cantonese 7,095 3,350 3,740 1,295 610 685
Hakka 215 100 115 20 10 10
Mandarin 22,885 10,790 12,095 3,095 1,535 1,555
Min Dong 25 15 10 5 5 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 630 690 65 30 35
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 165 175 30 20 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 415 450 400 210 190
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 5 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 400 390 30 15 10
Burmese 335 185 150 5 0 5
Karenic languages 335 160 175 5 5 0
Tibetan 60 25 35 10 10 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 10 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages 780 340 435 155 65 90
Lao 525 270 255 25 10 10
Thai 250 65 190 130 50 80
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 185 155 90 60
Azerbaijani 20 10 5 30 25 5
Turkish 260 145 115 105 60 45
Uyghur 60 30 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 5 15 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 10 5 5
Uralic languages 1,170 545 625 155 70 85
Estonian 60 30 30 0 0 0
Finnish 240 105 135 35 5 25
Hungarian 870 410 455 120 55 60
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 50 45 20 10 10
Multiple responses 21,540 10,695 10,840 2,375 1,155 1,220
English and French 775 380 395 485 240 250
English and non-official language 20,190 10,050 10,145 1,740 840 900
French and non-official language 270 135 135 110 65 45
English, French and non-official language 295 135 160 45 25 20
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 19 513,400 254,155 259,245 104,900 52,935 51,965
Single responses 459,485 227,590 231,885 100,690 50,860 49,830
Official languages 305,320 152,610 152,710 90,185 45,635 44,550
English 304,195 152,030 152,170 88,360 44,720 43,645
French 1,125 585 540 1,825 915 905
Non-official languages 154,160 74,980 79,175 10,510 5,225 5,280
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 20 10 15
Algonquian languages 5 5 5 20 10 15
Blackfoot 0 0 0 5 5 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 15 10 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 15 5 10
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 5 5 0 5
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 5
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 10,485 5,220 5,270
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 2,375 2,400 770 395 375
Berber languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0 0
Cushitic languages 455 200 255 50 25 30
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 10 5 5
Somali 445 190 255 40 15 25
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,175 2,140 710 370 340
Amharic 135 60 75 20 15 10
Arabic 3,450 1,740 1,710 655 340 315
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 150 150 5 0 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 150 125 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 15 10 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 75 35 35 15 10 10
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 2,430 155 75 80
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 190 210 15 5 5
Vietnamese 4,165 1,940 2,220 145 65 75
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,225 4,235 4,985 1,010 475 535
Bikol 15 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 305 130 170 45 15 25
Fijian 60 40 30 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 60 30 30 5 0 5
Ilocano 345 155 185 20 10 10
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 50 60 20 5 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 5 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 3,785 4,455 925 435 490
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 0 0 5
Creole languages 150 70 80 10 5 5
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 60 10 5 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 885 440 445 260 135 125
Kannada 25 10 10 15 5 10
Malayalam 365 180 180 100 50 45
Tamil 410 200 210 105 55 50
Telugu 80 45 40 40 20 20
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 100,595 49,680 50,920 4,270 2,190 2,085
Albanian 200 90 100 15 10 5
Armenian 35 15 20 5 5 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 980 460 520
Baltic languages 5 5 0 10 5 10
Latvian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 10 5 5
Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 970 455 515
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 35 40 10 5 10
Bulgarian 50 30 20 35 20 15
Croatian 190 90 100 90 45 45
Czech 135 65 65 30 20 10
Macedonian 5 5 5 5 0 0
Polish 1,030 505 525 285 120 170
Russian 1,035 505 530 185 85 100
Serbian 205 110 95 65 35 35
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15 5 0 5
Slovak 85 40 40 10 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ukrainian 250 110 140 240 110 125
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 5 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 665 300 365 445 215 230
Afrikaans 100 45 60 20 10 10
Danish 25 10 10 5 0 0
Dutch 105 45 65 35 15 15
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 180 210 380 180 195
Icelandic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 5 10 0 0 0
Swedish 10 5 5 5 5 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 40 20 20
Indo-Iranian languages 91,725 45,365 46,360 1,645 910 730
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 44,275 45,295 1,130 640 490
Bengali 410 210 200 235 135 100
Gujarati 735 340 395 95 50 45
Hindi 6,885 3,280 3,605 235 150 85
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 20 15 5
Nepali 245 120 120 110 65 45
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 10 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 38,520 39,090 170 95 75
Sindhi 80 40 45 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 140 150 70 40 30
Urdu 3,260 1,600 1,655 180 90 90
Iranian languages 2,065 1,045 1,025 505 260 240
Kurdish 110 60 45 10 5 0
Pashto 315 160 155 10 10 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 820 820 485 250 230
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 15 5 5
Italic (Romance) languages 4,695 2,300 2,395 1,145 580 565
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0 5
Italian 240 110 125 95 45 50
Portuguese 510 240 270 115 65 50
Romanian 310 155 155 85 35 45
Spanish 3,630 1,790 1,835 845 430 410
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 450 190 260 95 40 55
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 6,435 3,015 3,420 485 220 255
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 10 5 5
Mongolian 10 5 5 5 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 155 185 140 75 60
Akan (Twi) 70 40 30 25 10 15
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 10 5 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ga 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ganda 0 0 0 5 0 0
Igbo 10 0 10 5 0 0
Lingala 10 5 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 20 5 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 10 20 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 5 5 5 5
Swahili 85 35 55 25 15 15
Wolof 0 0 0 20 15 5
Yoruba 20 10 10 15 5 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 25 30 25 10 10
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 15 25 10 5 5
Dinka 0 0 0 10 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 10 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 230 120 105 40 25 20
American Sign Language 85 40 45 20 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 80 65 25 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,545 12,120 13,430 3,060 1,490 1,565
Chinese languages 24,905 11,790 13,115 3,045 1,480 1,560
Cantonese 4,620 2,180 2,440 565 260 305
Hakka 60 25 35 0 0 0
Mandarin 18,820 8,910 9,910 2,240 1,085 1,150
Min Dong 0 0 5 0 5 5
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 300 330 20 10 10
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 90 100 10 10 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 265 285 200 115 90
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 325 310 15 10 5
Burmese 285 155 130 5 5 0
Karenic languages 310 155 160 0 0 0
Tibetan 25 15 15 5 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 5 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 175 200 90 40 40
Lao 270 135 135 5 5 0
Thai 105 40 65 85 40 40
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 5 0 0
Turkic languages 180 95 85 55 30 30
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 15 10 5
Turkish 125 65 55 35 15 20
Uyghur 30 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 10 0 10 5 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 300 135 165 25 10 20
Estonian 20 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 240 115 130 25 5 15
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 4,210 2,070 2,135
English and French 525 245 285 355 165 185
English and non-official language 52,775 26,050 26,725 3,725 1,840 1,880
French and non-official language 120 45 70 50 25 30
English, French and non-official language 500 225 280 80 40 40
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 20 513,400 254,160 259,245 104,900 52,935 51,965
None 395,270 196,135 199,135 89,620 45,440 44,185
English 57,240 28,705 28,530 5,740 2,885 2,855
French 2,525 1,150 1,375 1,745 825 920
Non-official language 56,675 27,335 29,340 7,480 3,625 3,855
Aboriginal 95 40 55 130 55 80
Non-Aboriginal 56,580 27,295 29,285 7,350 3,575 3,775
English and French 200 100 100 60 30 30
English and non-official language 1,100 540 560 120 60 60
French and non-official language 375 180 195 125 65 60
English, French and non-official language 10 10 10 0 0 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 419,060 205,495 213,570 89,865 45,325 44,545
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 397,735 195,290 202,440 86,100 43,440 42,665
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,822 36,533 24,663 41,799 48,933 35,165
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 398,230 195,735 202,495 86,120 43,440 42,675
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,200 32,228 23,441 37,404 42,695 32,189
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 349,505 176,850 172,655 81,110 41,410 39,700
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,979 37,122 23,748 40,772 48,020 33,553
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 285,365 122,180 163,185 52,940 23,385 29,555
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,266 1,478 4,330 2,311 1,266 2,969
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 301,705 156,635 145,070 69,370 36,445 32,925
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,804 37,394 25,015 41,624 48,036 34,903
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 419,065 205,530 213,540 89,910 45,315 44,595
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 397,880 195,320 202,560 86,160 43,450 42,710
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,978 47,640 32,589 59,090 69,516 48,481
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 398,370 195,760 202,605 86,195 43,460 42,740
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,815 39,183 28,628 48,413 55,917 40,783
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 350,080 176,880 173,200 81,190 41,385 39,805
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,195 48,434 31,782 58,462 69,440 47,050
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 285,325 122,325 163,000 53,230 23,545 29,680
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,430 6,033 6,728 6,479 6,250 6,661
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 301,705 156,380 145,325 69,380 36,400 32,985
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,014 47,626 31,823 55,464 63,800 46,263
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 89,910 45,315 44,595
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 31,520 17,890 13,625
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,026 55,725 44,357 64,000 69,615 58,928
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 59,318 66,016 49,850 76,678 83,671 67,495
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 88.5 92.1 83.4 93.4 95.3 90.4
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.6 79.6 69.8 74.6 76.0 72.4
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 11.5 7.9 16.6 6.6 4.7 9.6
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 89,865 45,325 44,545
Without total income 21,330 10,205 11,125 3,765 1,885 1,885
With total income 397,735 195,295 202,445 86,105 43,440 42,660
Percentage with total income 94.9 95.0 94.8 95.8 95.8 95.8
Under $10,000 (including loss) 69,415 28,885 40,535 10,305 4,465 5,840
$10,000 to $19,999 76,230 31,215 45,015 10,960 4,515 6,440
$20,000 to $29,999 54,095 23,260 30,840 11,190 4,695 6,490
$30,000 to $39,999 46,405 21,720 24,690 9,080 4,345 4,740
$40,000 to $49,999 39,630 19,750 19,880 8,155 4,125 4,025
$50,000 to $59,999 30,080 16,185 13,890 7,075 3,700 3,380
$60,000 to $69,999 22,130 13,355 8,775 5,870 3,180 2,690
$70,000 to $79,999 15,900 10,105 5,790 4,830 2,745 2,090
$80,000 to $89,999 12,205 7,815 4,400 3,850 2,200 1,645
$90,000 to $99,999 8,375 5,565 2,815 3,330 1,920 1,410
$100,000 and over 23,265 17,445 5,820 11,455 7,550 3,910
$100,000 to $149,999 16,225 11,865 4,360 7,470 4,745 2,720
$150,000 and over 7,040 5,580 1,460 3,995 2,800 1,190
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 89,865 45,325 44,540
Without after-tax income 20,830 9,760 11,070 3,750 1,880 1,865
With after-tax income 398,230 195,735 202,495 86,120 43,445 42,675
Percentage with after-tax income 95.0 95.3 94.8 95.8 95.9 95.8
Under $10,000 (including loss) 71,655 30,315 41,335 10,570 4,540 6,035
$10,000 to $19,999 79,805 33,255 46,555 11,400 4,715 6,690
$20,000 to $29,999 64,300 28,495 35,805 12,715 5,475 7,235
$30,000 to $39,999 54,050 26,070 27,975 11,210 5,550 5,660
$40,000 to $49,999 42,865 22,185 20,685 9,935 5,130 4,805
$50,000 to $59,999 29,110 17,155 11,955 7,900 4,325 3,570
$60,000 to $69,999 19,245 12,240 7,005 6,055 3,460 2,590
$70,000 to $79,999 13,140 8,310 4,835 4,595 2,620 1,980
$80,000 and over 24,065 17,720 6,345 11,745 7,630 4,115
$80,000 to $89,999 7,915 5,410 2,510 3,505 2,090 1,415
$90,000 to $99,999 4,725 3,505 1,220 2,240 1,445 795
$100,000 and over 11,420 8,805 2,615 6,005 4,095 1,905
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 89,870 45,325 44,545
Without employment income 117,355 48,860 68,500 20,500 8,880 11,625
With employment income 301,710 156,635 145,070 69,370 36,445 32,920
Percentage with employment income 72.0 76.2 67.9 77.2 80.4 73.9
Under $5,000 (including loss) 41,110 18,615 22,490 7,290 3,355 3,935
$5,000 to $9,999 24,800 10,380 14,425 4,880 2,125 2,750
$10,000 to $19,999 44,505 19,570 24,935 8,630 3,935 4,690
$20,000 to $29,999 37,220 17,150 20,065 6,630 3,060 3,570
$30,000 to $39,999 34,510 16,805 17,705 6,280 3,140 3,140
$40,000 to $49,999 30,535 15,565 14,970 6,135 3,180 2,955
$50,000 to $59,999 23,420 13,180 10,240 5,500 2,895 2,610
$60,000 to $69,999 17,575 11,210 6,365 4,695 2,580 2,120
$70,000 to $79,999 12,945 8,490 4,455 3,940 2,255 1,685
$80,000 and over 35,085 25,660 9,425 15,385 9,920 5,470
$80,000 to $89,999 10,220 6,655 3,565 3,180 1,870 1,305
$90,000 to $99,999 6,800 4,735 2,065 2,930 1,685 1,245
$100,000 and over 18,065 14,270 3,795 9,280 6,365 2,920
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 169,965 ... ... 47,965 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,494 ... ... 77,272 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 68,060 ... ... 66,880 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 34,515 ... ... 17,170 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,675 ... ... 44,176 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,381 ... ... 39,118 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 135,445 ... ... 30,795 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 90,657 ... ... 102,299 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 79,548 ... ... 88,270 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 93,586 ... ... 106,165 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 79,256 ... ... 87,020 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 34,500 ... ... 17,135 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 45,234 ... ... 59,665 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,166 ... ... 49,083 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 135,465 ... ... 30,825 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 105,900 ... ... 132,008 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,720 ... ... 108,103 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 169,965 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,065 ... ... 1,305 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,950 ... ... 745 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,975 ... ... 945 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,235 ... ... 1,410 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,585 ... ... 2,160 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,820 ... ... 1,695 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,990 ... ... 1,640 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,400 ... ... 1,770 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,490 ... ... 1,730 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,550 ... ... 1,695 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,000 ... ... 3,365 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,310 ... ... 3,280 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,340 ... ... 3,020 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,095 ... ... 2,760 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,675 ... ... 2,460 ... ...
$100,000 and over 61,475 ... ... 17,985 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 20,385 ... ... 5,025 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 14,075 ... ... 3,710 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,450 ... ... 4,510 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,570 ... ... 4,735 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 169,965 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,255 ... ... 1,360 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,985 ... ... 760 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,030 ... ... 970 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,435 ... ... 1,460 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,340 ... ... 2,325 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,915 ... ... 1,905 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,340 ... ... 2,015 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,650 ... ... 2,095 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,985 ... ... 2,135 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,785 ... ... 2,070 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 14,970 ... ... 4,155 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 13,950 ... ... 3,830 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,175 ... ... 3,425 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,775 ... ... 2,995 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 10,275 ... ... 2,480 ... ...
$100,000 and over 47,105 ... ... 13,970 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 19,380 ... ... 4,975 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,780 ... ... 3,220 ... ...
$150,000 and over 15,950 ... ... 5,775 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 132,070 ... ... 26,470 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,793 ... ... 104,276 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 78,901 ... ... 89,404 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.5 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 35,330 ... ... 11,975 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,991 ... ... 99,017 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,731 ... ... 84,762 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 73,685 ... ... 9,355 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,953 ... ... 135,393 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,865 ... ... 114,160 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,180 ... ... 3,855 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,135 ... ... 68,173 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,352 ... ... 60,882 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.5 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 131,980 ... ... 26,430 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,987 ... ... 136,716 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,838 ... ... 111,117 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 35,250 ... ... 11,920 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,517 ... ... 133,336 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,370 ... ... 107,929 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 73,805 ... ... 9,395 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,698 ... ... 168,656 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,378 ... ... 135,748 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,050 ... ... 3,805 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,818 ... ... 81,324 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,188 ... ... 69,277 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 52,060 26,955 25,105 30,130 15,955 14,175
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,548 32,897 30,263 35,769 38,817 32,704
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,501 29,419 27,643 32,736 34,851 30,571
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 51,935 26,555 25,385 30,180 15,925 14,255
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,475 40,766 38,124 48,964 53,722 43,649
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 40,960 44,163 37,384
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 511,540 253,320 258,220 102,715 51,955 50,755
In the bottom half of the distribution 263,500 128,320 135,180 43,605 21,540 22,070
In the bottom decile 53,940 26,540 27,400 11,370 5,695 5,670
In the second decile 49,270 23,365 25,905 8,110 3,785 4,325
In the third decile 51,145 24,800 26,350 7,790 3,785 4,005
In the fourth decile 54,560 26,650 27,905 8,135 4,120 4,015
In the fifth decile 54,580 26,960 27,615 8,210 4,155 4,055
In the top half of the distribution 248,040 125,000 123,035 59,105 30,420 28,690
In the sixth decile 54,190 26,860 27,335 8,800 4,430 4,365
In the seventh decile 53,400 26,775 26,620 9,315 4,775 4,540
In the eighth decile 52,060 26,370 25,685 10,425 5,350 5,075
In the ninth decile 48,155 24,395 23,760 12,740 6,580 6,165
In the top decile 40,240 20,600 19,640 17,830 9,280 8,545
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 43 511,540 253,325 258,215 102,715 51,960 50,755
0 to 17 years 112,320 58,195 54,120 15,175 7,810 7,360
0 to 5 years 35,185 18,145 17,040 5,870 3,045 2,825
18 to 64 years 330,060 162,380 167,680 74,090 38,210 35,880
65 years and over 69,165 32,745 36,420 13,455 5,940 7,515
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 75,640 36,500 39,145 12,435 5,990 6,440
0 to 17 years 21,985 11,355 10,625 2,045 1,040 1,000
0 to 5 years 6,795 3,440 3,350 860 450 410
18 to 64 years 44,940 21,345 23,600 9,045 4,490 4,555
65 years and over 8,715 3,795 4,915 1,345 460 890
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.4 15.2 12.1 11.5 12.7
0 to 17 years (%) 19.6 19.5 19.6 13.5 13.3 13.6
0 to 5 years (%) 19.3 19.0 19.7 14.7 14.8 14.5
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.1 14.1 12.2 11.8 12.7
65 years and over (%) 12.6 11.6 13.5 10.0 7.7 11.8
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 60,260 29,565 30,695 13,240 6,635 6,610
0 to 17 years 16,925 8,705 8,225 1,725 855 865
0 to 5 years 5,170 2,595 2,575 710 360 355
18 to 64 years 38,355 18,710 19,645 10,785 5,505 5,285
65 years and over 4,980 2,150 2,825 730 270 460
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.9 12.8 13.0
0 to 17 years (%) 15.1 15.0 15.2 11.4 10.9 11.8
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.3 15.1 12.1 11.8 12.6
18 to 64 years (%) 11.6 11.5 11.7 14.6 14.4 14.7
65 years and over (%) 7.2 6.6 7.8 5.4 4.5 6.1
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 44 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,930 50,760
Official languages 478,215 239,765 238,450 101,955 51,625 50,325
English 478,010 239,640 238,370 101,775 51,550 50,225
French 22,960 10,450 12,510 11,965 5,460 6,500
Non-official languages 287,750 139,540 148,210 28,770 13,885 14,880
Aboriginal languages 225 80 140 365 135 235
Algonquian languages 95 30 65 270 90 180
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 20 25 260 90 170
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 20 10 10 135 45 90
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 25 10 15
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 10 95 35 60
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 15 0 15
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 10 30 15 10 10
Oji-Cree 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 30 15 20
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 30 15 15
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 10 10 0
Dene 0 0 0 15 10 10
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 10 10 10
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 20 10 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Inuktitut 20 0 10 10 10 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 15 10 10
Salish languages 45 10 30 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 0 10 0 0 0
Okanagan 35 15 20 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 10 0 10 0 0 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Dakota 0 0 0 15 10 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 10 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 10 0 0 10
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 28,420 13,765 14,655
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,070 4,570 4,500 1,510 820 695
Berber languages 30 10 20 10 0 0
Kabyle 25 10 15 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 10 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,055 460 600 100 40 60
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 1,045 455 590 90 40 50
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,065 4,130 3,935 1,415 780 635
Amharic 505 240 265 50 40 15
Arabic 6,835 3,510 3,320 1,255 695 555
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 480 245 235 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 475 240 235 10 0 0
Harari 10 0 0 10 10 0
Hebrew 220 135 80 75 25 50
Maltese 55 15 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 220 135 85 40 25 20
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 4,545 435 180 255
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 350 425 35 10 20
Vietnamese 8,025 3,880 4,145 400 170 235
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 10
Austronesian languages 26,440 11,550 14,885 2,555 1,105 1,450
Bikol 115 50 60 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,180 445 730 120 40 80
Fijian 540 320 225 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 335 175 160 10 10 10
Ilocano 1,285 495 785 140 75 60
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,010 425 590 85 50 30
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 140 70 70 10 0 0
Pangasinan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,320 10,560 13,760 2,395 1,025 1,375
Waray-Waray 65 35 30 15 10 10
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 230 105 125 0 0 0
Creole languages 735 385 355 90 60 30
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 10 10 10
Creole, n.o.s. 460 235 225 55 40 20
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 140 135 30 20 10
Dravidian languages 2,575 1,375 1,205 535 270 270
Kannada 105 35 65 20 20 0
Malayalam 1,020 555 470 160 85 75
Tamil 1,315 705 610 320 145 175
Telugu 290 170 120 80 45 40
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 15,985 7,845 8,145
Albanian 445 205 240 10 10 0
Armenian 160 95 65 25 0 25
Balto-Slavic languages 8,790 4,340 4,450 3,685 1,670 2,015
Baltic languages 35 20 20 95 40 55
Latvian 20 15 0 40 15 25
Lithuanian 15 0 15 60 25 35
Slavic languages 8,760 4,330 4,430 3,630 1,650 1,975
Belarusan 0 10 0 15 10 10
Bosnian 270 135 135 15 15 0
Bulgarian 185 80 105 80 45 35
Croatian 870 445 425 255 155 95
Czech 540 255 290 125 50 75
Macedonian 25 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,830 1,420 1,415 1,055 480 575
Russian 2,490 1,225 1,265 765 345 425
Serbian 650 340 305 160 80 75
Serbo-Croatian 90 45 40 55 35 20
Slovak 390 185 205 55 35 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 120 70 50 30 15 15
Ukrainian 1,060 450 605 1,375 565 815
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 40 50 100 70 30
Scottish Gaelic 50 30 15 25 10 15
Welsh 25 10 25 10 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 65 55 10
Germanic languages 8,745 4,080 4,665 3,860 1,895 1,965
Afrikaans 585 260 320 120 50 60
Danish 390 165 225 60 40 20
Dutch 1,815 840 980 355 170 190
Frisian 35 20 20 10 10 0
German 5,675 2,705 2,965 3,195 1,575 1,620
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 190 90 100 75 20 60
Swedish 300 135 170 95 55 40
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 15 15 0 0 10
Yiddish 25 15 10 0 10 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 900 475 430 160 75 85
Indo-Iranian languages 157,915 78,645 79,265 3,845 2,135 1,705
Indo-Aryan languages 154,075 76,740 77,340 3,035 1,705 1,335
Bengali 980 485 495 530 310 225
Gujarati 2,060 995 1,065 225 135 90
Hindi 39,080 18,940 20,140 1,500 810 695
Kashmiri 15 10 10 10 0 0
Konkani 70 35 35 0 0 0
Marathi 165 80 90 30 15 15
Nepali 465 225 240 180 115 65
Oriya (Odia) 25 15 10 25 15 10
Punjabi (Panjabi) 128,515 64,430 64,090 785 445 335
Sindhi 380 195 185 50 25 25
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 950 510 445 170 100 70
Urdu 7,950 4,050 3,900 540 310 230
Iranian languages 4,295 2,150 2,145 810 435 380
Kurdish 315 175 140 10 10 10
Pashto 795 430 365 15 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 3,485 1,735 1,750 785 420 365
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 140 140 60 25 30
Italic (Romance) languages 15,840 7,670 8,170 5,060 2,385 2,670
Catalan 0 10 0 25 15 10
Italian 2,170 1,180 995 720 335 380
Portuguese 1,930 875 1,060 335 175 165
Romanian 840 450 390 195 100 90
Spanish 11,310 5,340 5,965 4,020 1,875 2,150
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 15 10 10
Japanese 2,035 910 1,125 470 185 285
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 10 0 10
Georgian 10 10 10 10 0 10
Korean 8,915 4,165 4,745 840 400 435
Mongolic languages 55 35 20 25 20 10
Mongolian 55 30 20 25 20 10
Niger-Congo languages 1,870 960 910 735 445 290
Akan (Twi) 240 140 95 130 85 45
Bamanankan 0 0 0 15 10 10
Edo 75 40 30 0 10 0
Ewe 45 30 10 0 0 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 10 10 10
Ga 65 40 25 0 0 0
Ganda 30 15 10 30 20 15
Igbo 90 45 35 95 65 35
Lingala 90 45 50 45 35 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 20 35 10 10 10
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 85 35 50 20 10 10
Shona 60 30 25 15 0 10
Swahili 620 350 270 145 85 60
Wolof 10 0 10 30 20 10
Yoruba 255 125 125 95 45 55
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 450 180 270 205 115 90
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 40 30 60 40 20
Dinka 10 15 0 25 15 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 20 35 35 20 10
Sign languages 645 195 445 290 95 195
American Sign Language 315 75 240 190 60 135
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 130 215 105 40 60
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,450 17,735 19,715 5,215 2,495 2,720
Chinese languages 36,485 17,235 19,250 5,200 2,485 2,710
Cantonese 9,360 4,395 4,960 1,665 785 880
Hakka 275 130 150 25 15 10
Mandarin 28,980 13,620 15,360 3,655 1,740 1,915
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,865 885 980 145 70 75
Wu (Shanghainese) 385 170 215 45 20 25
Chinese, n.o.s. 840 385 460 175 90 85
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 15 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,020 525 495 25 10 10
Burmese 475 255 220 0 0 0
Karenic languages 495 235 265 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 55 35 15 10 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 15 10 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,015 450 565 160 80 80
Lao 690 335 350 25 20 10
Thai 415 145 265 140 70 75
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 250 215 230 105 125
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 50 25 20
Turkish 395 220 175 140 60 80
Uyghur 35 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 10 0 30 15 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 20 0 10
Uralic languages 1,510 700 810 255 105 160
Estonian 80 35 45 0 0 0
Finnish 295 125 175 45 0 35
Hungarian 1,140 540 595 215 90 120
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 95 90 50 25 20
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,930 50,760
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 439,690 218,815 220,870 89,820 45,365 44,450
Canadian citizens aged under 18 102,480 53,305 49,175 13,745 7,075 6,675
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 337,215 165,515 171,700 76,070 38,295 37,775
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 71,850 34,445 37,405 12,880 6,560 6,310
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,935 50,760
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 281,190 142,415 138,775 78,510 39,765 38,745
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 220,155 105,615 114,540 18,165 9,020 9,145
Before 1981 37,055 18,325 18,725 4,990 2,395 2,595
1981 to 1990 25,490 12,275 13,220 1,680 835 850
1991 to 2000 52,570 25,120 27,455 2,200 1,135 1,065
2001 to 2010 68,700 32,460 36,235 4,020 2,020 2,010
2001 to 2005 32,005 14,965 17,040 1,555 800 755
2006 to 2010 36,695 17,500 19,200 2,465 1,215 1,255
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 36,340 17,435 18,905 5,270 2,635 2,635
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 10,195 5,235 4,960 6,020 3,155 2,870
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 18,160 9,015 9,145
Under 5 years 16,360 8,585 7,780 1,800 910 890
5 to 14 years 31,945 16,425 15,520 3,290 1,760 1,535
15 to 24 years 55,145 24,875 30,280 3,550 1,710 1,840
25 to 44 years 83,940 40,600 43,340 8,345 4,085 4,255
45 years and over 32,755 15,135 17,625 1,185 555 630
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 18,165 9,015 9,150
Americas 11,340 5,300 6,045 2,450 1,200 1,250
Brazil 330 125 210 65 25 40
Colombia 650 290 360 225 130 95
El Salvador 1,385 745 645 115 65 45
Guyana 205 90 115 60 25 40
Haiti 85 30 55 30 10 15
Jamaica 615 335 280 95 45 50
Mexico 890 355 540 240 125 115
Peru 320 160 155 55 15 35
Trinidad and Tobago 385 185 200 110 60 50
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,915 1,780 2,135 935 445 495
Other places of birth in Americas 2,560 1,205 1,360 520 255 265
Europe 25,910 12,925 12,990 5,760 2,875 2,880
Bosnia and Herzegovina 450 230 220 100 45 50
Croatia 500 255 250 135 90 45
France 245 100 145 120 65 55
Germany 2,450 1,195 1,255 810 355 450
Greece 420 220 200 85 50 35
Hungary 715 370 340 90 45 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 340 180 155 170 115 55
Italy 940 510 430 180 95 85
Netherlands 1,355 690 660 250 135 115
Poland 2,235 1,110 1,125 790 340 450
Portugal 810 400 410 30 25 10
Romania 700 360 340 195 90 100
Russian Federation 780 310 460 160 60 95
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 310 155 150 45 20 20
Ukraine 710 365 345 235 105 125
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 9,655 4,875 4,775 1,645 890 755
Other places of birth in Europe 3,300 1,585 1,715 725 340 380
Africa 7,000 3,545 3,450 1,710 1,010 700
Algeria 85 60 30 20 10 0
Egypt 355 175 180 235 150 90
Ethiopia 455 220 240 60 55 10
Kenya 705 370 340 105 60 45
Morocco 180 90 95 40 25 20
Nigeria 585 310 275 175 95 80
Somalia 600 270 330 45 20 20
South Africa, Republic of 1,010 495 515 220 110 110
Other places of birth in Africa 3,010 1,555 1,455 810 485 325
Asia 166,110 79,380 86,730 8,045 3,840 4,205
Afghanistan 1,660 800 860 15 0 0
Bangladesh 615 310 305 245 130 115
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,490 8,650 9,840 1,165 520 640
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,370 1,095 1,275 485 240 245
India 81,730 39,960 41,775 1,125 600 525
IranCensus data footnote 61 965 545 420 390 210 180
Iraq 2,580 1,305 1,270 40 35 10
Japan 755 240 520 115 30 85
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 6,455 3,070 3,385 490 230 265
Lebanon 510 250 260 115 65 50
Pakistan 4,985 2,490 2,495 285 165 120
Philippines 24,120 10,630 13,485 2,015 830 1,185
Sri Lanka 1,365 735 620 155 70 85
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 895 435 465 70 30 40
Taiwan 5,335 2,460 2,870 190 100 90
Viet Nam 5,355 2,515 2,840 305 130 170
Other places of birth in Asia 7,945 3,885 4,060 850 445 405
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 9,790 4,465 5,325 200 85 110
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 5,270 2,640 2,635
Americas 1,430 740 690 455 220 235
Brazil 105 40 70 25 10 15
Colombia 80 45 35 55 20 30
Cuba 0 10 0 30 15 15
Haiti 0 0 0 10 10 0
Jamaica 60 35 20 25 10 10
Mexico 245 125 125 115 60 50
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 420 240 175 95 35 60
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 15 10 10 25 0 15
Other places of birth in Americas 490 240 255 90 55 35
Europe 1,295 665 630 775 430 340
France 15 10 10 35 20 15
Germany 65 40 30 85 35 45
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 45 35 10 80 70 15
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 0 10 15 10 10
Romania 65 25 35 40 10 30
Russian Federation 55 20 40 30 15 15
Ukraine 140 55 90 45 20 25
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 480 280 195 160 100 55
Other places of birth in Europe 425 200 225 280 155 125
Africa 1,505 765 745 700 385 310
Algeria 15 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 15 0 10 45 25 15
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 50 25 50 20 30
Côte d'Ivoire 10 0 10 20 10 20
Egypt 55 45 20 120 70 50
Eritrea 80 35 50 10 10 10
Ethiopia 45 30 20 10 10 0
Morocco 45 25 25 15 10 0
Nigeria 215 100 115 70 35 35
Somalia 250 100 150 10 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 120 80 45 40 20 25
Tunisia 15 10 0 15 15 10
Other places of birth in Africa 560 280 280 295 185 110
Asia 31,595 15,020 16,570 3,320 1,580 1,745
Afghanistan 265 130 135 0 0 0
Bangladesh 95 45 50 155 75 80
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,645 2,150 2,495 265 105 160
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 125 35 90 30 0 25
India 15,020 7,510 7,505 535 280 255
IranCensus data footnote 61 180 85 95 220 120 100
Iraq 1,090 530 560 10 0 0
Israel 15 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 80 10 75 45 20 25
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,080 510 570 145 75 70
Lebanon 75 35 40 35 20 10
Nepal 80 30 45 95 65 35
Pakistan 885 400 485 105 60 50
Philippines 5,255 2,400 2,860 1,290 560 730
Saudi Arabia 60 10 50 10 0 0
Sri Lanka 170 90 80 85 40 45
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 385 410 40 15 20
Taiwan 420 140 285 35 10 25
Turkey 20 10 10 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 110 75 35 25 20 10
Viet Nam 365 105 255 20 10 10
Other places of birth in Asia 760 340 425 185 100 80
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 515 245 270 25 20 0
Australia 95 60 40 15 15 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 420 190 235 10 10 0
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 511,545 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,935 50,760
First generationCensus data footnote 69 233,045 112,175 120,865 24,985 12,580 12,410
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 139,000 70,930 68,075 20,160 9,970 10,185
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 139,495 70,165 69,330 57,555 29,385 28,170
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 13,390 6,710 6,680
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 78,855 39,035 39,825 9,100 4,780 4,320
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 29,945 17,740 12,205 4,000 2,500 1,500
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 48,910 21,300 27,615 5,095 2,280 2,820
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 85,795 38,395 47,395 2,850 1,095 1,755
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 20,490 10,940 9,550 1,360 800 560
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 1,150 560 595 70 35 40
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 511,540 253,270 258,275 102,695 51,935 50,760
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,460 6,375 7,085 5,405 2,610 2,795
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,140 6,210 6,930 5,255 2,545 2,710
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,335 3,395 3,940 2,175 1,065 1,110
Métis 5,685 2,765 2,920 2,930 1,410 1,520
Inuk (Inuit) 115 55 60 145 75 75
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 200 110 90 80 40 40
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 120 55 65 75 20 50
Non-Aboriginal identity 498,080 246,890 251,190 97,290 49,325 47,965
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,930 50,760
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 4,205 1,805 2,400 1,860 905 950
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 507,335 251,460 255,875 100,840 51,025 49,810
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,935 50,760
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,760 1,345 1,415 1,345 645 700
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,710 1,330 1,385 1,265 610 650
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,940 930 1,005 840 420 420
Métis single ancestry 730 385 345 390 185 210
Inuit single ancestry 45 10 35 30 0 25
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 15 35 80 35 45
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 10 25 80 30 45
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 5,450 2,640 2,810
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 12,465 5,905 6,555 5,115 2,465 2,655
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,815 3,655 4,160 2,905 1,375 1,530
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,560 2,205 2,355 2,110 1,040 1,070
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 85 45 40 105 50 50
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 420 195 225 335 175 160
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 400 195 210 310 165 140
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 10 0 10
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 10 15 10 10
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 95,900 48,655 47,250
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,935 50,765
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 299,245 147,125 152,120 21,450 10,710 10,740
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 168,040 84,330 83,705 4,150 2,250 1,895
Chinese 39,890 18,865 21,030 5,880 2,830 3,050
Black 9,455 4,845 4,610 2,335 1,280 1,060
Filipino 31,865 14,575 17,285 2,960 1,295 1,665
Latin American 7,065 3,395 3,670 1,385 710 670
Arab 5,765 2,955 2,820 1,190 665 525
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,010 6,445 6,560 695 330 365
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,720 1,910 1,805 765 405 360
Korean 9,285 4,355 4,930 845 420 425
Japanese 2,850 1,320 1,530 515 190 325
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 1,995 1,005 990 180 105 70
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 6,320 3,130 3,190 555 225 330
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 212,295 106,140 106,155 81,240 41,230 40,015
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 103 511,540 253,265 258,275 102,695 51,930 50,760
North American Aboriginal origins 15,645 7,450 8,200 6,790 3,280 3,510
First Nations (North American Indian) 10,210 4,800 5,410 4,145 1,995 2,150
Inuit 165 60 105 160 65 95
Métis 5,750 2,800 2,945 2,900 1,430 1,475
Other North American origins 71,305 36,115 35,195 21,540 11,120 10,425
Acadian 140 70 70 125 60 60
American 5,290 2,700 2,595 2,010 975 1,030
Canadian 67,735 34,330 33,415 20,115 10,405 9,710
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 10 10 0
Newfoundlander 90 65 20 30 15 15
Nova Scotian 0 0 10 25 20 0
Ontarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Québécois 110 50 65 105 60 40
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 25 10 15 10 0 10
European origins 200,365 99,410 100,950 73,875 37,190 36,680
British Isles origins 127,825 63,495 64,335 45,050 23,045 22,005
Channel Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cornish 35 20 20 0 10 0
English 78,895 38,620 40,280 24,530 12,550 11,980
Irish 43,735 20,930 22,800 17,895 8,745 9,150
Manx 80 40 35 10 10 0
Scottish 56,210 27,975 28,235 20,890 10,475 10,420
Welsh 6,885 3,355 3,530 2,825 1,435 1,390
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 8,555 4,355 4,195 3,175 1,605 1,570
French origins 24,825 11,845 12,970 12,970 6,415 6,560
Alsatian 30 10 25 15 15 0
Breton 0 0 0 10 0 10
Corsican 15 10 0 0 0 0
French 24,780 11,830 12,950 12,970 6,405 6,560
Western European origins (except French origins) 57,295 28,265 29,025 25,285 12,565 12,715
Austrian 3,240 1,560 1,680 1,595 730 865
Bavarian 0 10 0 10 0 10
Belgian 1,210 640 565 485 250 240
Dutch 14,815 7,270 7,540 4,985 2,520 2,465
Flemish 125 45 80 85 55 35
Frisian 70 15 55 15 15 0
German 41,390 20,330 21,060 19,650 9,695 9,955
Luxembourger 45 25 20 25 10 15
Swiss 1,485 815 665 820 435 385
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 50 55 15 0 15
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 22,910 11,005 11,905 9,580 4,770 4,810
Danish 4,080 1,970 2,115 1,690 795 890
Finnish 2,255 1,060 1,200 525 220 295
Icelandic 1,790 910 880 600 310 290
Norwegian 9,530 4,650 4,880 4,470 2,220 2,255
Swedish 6,770 3,150 3,620 3,065 1,505 1,560
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 790 380 410 410 220 190
Eastern European origins 43,235 21,305 21,925 21,860 10,330 11,530
Bulgarian 290 125 170 85 40 40
Byelorussian 160 85 75 105 65 45
Czech 1,670 785 890 760 365 400
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 520 270 250 230 100 130
Estonian 295 155 145 100 45 50
Hungarian 4,575 2,275 2,300 1,230 505 730
Latvian 250 140 110 155 75 85
Lithuanian 335 130 205 280 125 150
Moldovan 80 50 35 75 15 55
Polish 12,100 5,860 6,240 6,260 3,070 3,190
Romanian 2,540 1,300 1,240 890 415 480
Russian 8,585 3,990 4,595 2,480 1,160 1,320
Slovak 915 410 505 335 140 190
Ukrainian 17,850 8,985 8,860 13,390 6,385 7,005
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 190 100 90 45 30 15
Southern European origins 29,580 14,525 15,060 6,070 3,110 2,970
Albanian 465 200 260 20 15 0
Bosnian 390 180 210 55 30 20
Catalan 10 10 0 15 10 10
Croatian 1,805 960 845 640 365 275
Cypriot 45 25 15 0 0 0
Greek 2,245 1,160 1,085 510 250 265
Italian 11,460 5,710 5,750 2,870 1,440 1,430
Kosovar 40 15 25 0 0 0
Macedonian 75 30 40 10 0 10
Maltese 160 80 70 65 35 30
Montenegrin 60 40 20 20 15 10
Portuguese 4,390 2,115 2,270 445 240 200
Serbian 970 510 465 280 150 130
Sicilian 35 20 10 0 0 0
Slovenian 440 220 225 100 45 55
Spanish 8,285 3,905 4,380 1,345 645 700
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 475 220 255 105 35 70
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 20 10 0 10 0 0
Other European origins 2,135 1,045 1,085 770 375 395
Basque 60 40 15 40 10 35
Jewish 910 425 485 425 215 205
Roma (Gypsy) 35 10 20 15 10 10
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 65 30 30 35 20 15
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,085 555 530 270 140 135
Caribbean origins 3,655 1,855 1,800 845 455 395
Antiguan 10 0 15 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 10 0 0 0 10
Barbadian 225 130 100 80 55 20
Bermudan 30 15 15 0 0 10
Carib 10 10 0 10 10 0
Cuban 210 85 120 75 45 30
Dominican 100 55 50 30 25 0
Grenadian 65 35 30 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 155 60 95 45 15 30
Jamaican 1,690 930 765 255 130 125
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 40 10 30 10 0 10
St. Lucian 40 10 30 30 15 10
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 605 320 285 210 105 105
Vincentian/Grenadinian 100 45 55 0 10 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 365 170 195 85 45 45
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 255 115 145 65 35 25
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,650 4,175 4,475 1,965 930 1,040
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 335 195 135 50 15 35
Arawak 10 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 110 40 70 55 35 25
Belizean 10 0 10 10 0 0
Bolivian 15 0 15 20 0 15
Brazilian 460 185 275 125 55 70
Chilean 510 275 240 330 130 200
Colombian 785 390 395 300 155 145
Costa Rican 75 25 45 10 10 0
Ecuadorian 40 25 10 30 20 10
Guatemalan 650 310 340 50 20 30
Guyanese 245 105 135 70 40 35
Hispanic 300 150 160 75 40 30
Honduran 445 255 185 15 0 15
Maya 175 75 100 45 30 10
Mexican 2,130 990 1,140 575 275 300
Nicaraguan 285 120 160 25 10 15
Panamanian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Paraguayan 65 25 40 0 0 0
Peruvian 395 205 185 90 35 55
Salvadorean 1,600 845 755 115 70 45
Uruguayan 25 15 10 10 0 10
Venezuelan 115 55 60 40 25 15
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 630 275 350 85 45 40
African origins 10,310 5,190 5,120 2,895 1,620 1,280
Central and West African origins 1,905 1,025 880 810 460 355
Akan 20 10 10 0 0 10
Angolan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 65 20 40 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Burkinabe 20 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0 85 40 45
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 325 165 160 125 85 40
Edo 30 20 10 0 0 0
Ewe 30 15 20 0 0 10
Gabonese 10 0 0 10 0 0
Gambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ghanaian 485 275 210 155 105 50
Guinean 25 10 15 35 15 20
Ibo 65 30 35 110 65 40
Ivorian 20 10 10 40 15 25
Liberian 115 50 65 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Malinké 0 0 0 25 15 10
Nigerian 685 360 320 140 65 70
Peulh 0 0 0 10 10 10
Senegalese 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sierra Leonean 35 10 25 0 0 10
Togolese 25 20 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 30 20 10 40 25 20
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 125 60 60 30 20 10
North African origins 1,370 715 655 760 425 340
Algerian 70 40 35 10 10 0
Berber 35 25 10 35 15 15
Coptic 10 0 0 20 10 10
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 620 315 300 465 240 220
Libyan 50 35 10 75 40 35
Maure 0 0 0 10 0 0
Moroccan 270 140 130 90 55 40
Sudanese 290 135 150 50 45 0
Tunisian 35 20 15 10 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 10 10 0 15 10 0
Southern and East African origins 4,190 1,990 2,200 835 450 390
Afrikaner 35 25 15 0 0 0
Amhara 45 25 25 10 0 10
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 60 40 20 10 10 10
Burundian 140 55 85 20 10 10
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 240 140 100 55 25 25
Ethiopian 555 265 295 65 45 20
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 270 140 130 70 45 30
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 210 120 90 10 10 0
Oromo 0 0 10 10 0 0
Rwandan 60 20 35 30 15 10
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 1,185 540 645 105 50 55
South African 960 455 505 220 105 115
Tanzanian 60 20 40 15 0 10
Tigrian 45 30 15 0 0 0
Ugandan 75 30 40 40 20 15
Zambian 10 0 10 10 10 0
Zimbabwean 120 65 55 25 10 10
Zulu 20 15 10 10 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 270 90 175 195 110 90
Other African origins 3,040 1,555 1,480 520 320 200
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 300 145 150 40 25 15
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 2,775 1,430 1,345 480 295 185
Asian origins 277,695 136,410 141,285 18,195 8,960 9,240
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,815 6,585 6,230 2,500 1,330 1,170
Afghan 2,620 1,240 1,385 50 35 20
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,390 775 615 360 190 170
Armenian 290 155 140 65 30 30
Assyrian 205 115 95 20 10 10
Azerbaijani 45 35 10 20 15 10
Georgian 55 10 40 15 10 10
Hazara 15 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,660 905 760 805 420 385
Iraqi 2,505 1,235 1,265 25 20 10
Israeli 105 60 45 55 30 25
Jordanian 170 100 70 50 25 20
Kazakh 15 15 0 10 0 0
Kurd 285 165 120 25 25 0
Kuwaiti 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 55 45 15 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,185 570 615 430 230 200
Palestinian 720 365 355 115 75 40
Pashtun 170 110 60 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 20 15 0 45 15 25
Syrian 935 440 495 170 65 100
Tajik 85 40 40 0 0 0
Tatar 90 50 40 15 10 10
Turk 670 405 265 170 75 90
Turkmen 15 10 10 10 10 0
Uighur 40 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 40 20 25
Yemeni 45 30 10 25 10 10
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 555 280 270 75 45 30
South Asian origins 164,005 82,310 81,695 4,305 2,325 1,980
Bangladeshi 515 265 250 280 155 120
Bengali 220 95 120 90 65 25
Bhutanese 0 0 10 0 0 0
East Indian 138,210 69,235 68,975 2,990 1,600 1,390
Goan 25 15 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 120 55 70 25 15 10
Kashmiri 70 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 465 215 245 175 110 60
Pakistani 5,650 2,925 2,725 365 200 160
Punjabi 22,195 11,225 10,970 160 85 75
Sinhalese 305 170 135 15 10 10
Sri Lankan 1,480 805 675 180 85 90
Tamil 300 185 115 35 15 15
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 3,635 1,805 1,830 185 100 90
East and Southeast Asian origins 102,065 48,140 53,925 11,495 5,365 6,130
Burmese 610 335 275 25 10 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,160 550 610 50 15 30
Chinese 45,085 21,435 23,645 6,400 3,000 3,400
Filipino 33,920 15,610 18,315 3,070 1,385 1,690
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 945 460 485 50 35 15
Japanese 3,695 1,755 1,940 615 255 360
Karen 525 255 270 0 0 0
Korean 9,450 4,430 5,015 920 450 470
Laotian 1,055 540 515 25 15 10
Malaysian 655 350 310 75 40 30
Mongolian 100 60 40 35 25 15
Singaporean 100 45 50 10 10 0
Taiwanese 2,540 1,170 1,375 185 95 95
Thai 520 215 310 115 40 70
Tibetan 125 75 50 10 10 10
Vietnamese 9,200 4,575 4,625 495 205 295
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 145 65 85 10 10 10
Other Asian origins 505 260 245 45 25 25
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 500 255 245 45 20 20
Oceania origins 9,155 4,485 4,670 315 200 115
Australian 995 495 500 165 110 55
New Zealander 420 200 215 85 60 25
Pacific Islands origins 7,805 3,830 3,975 65 35 35
Fijian 7,320 3,625 3,690 40 25 15
Hawaiian 155 50 105 15 0 10
Maori 100 45 50 0 0 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 85 40 45 10 0 10
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 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
Owner 120,940 ... ... 24,670 ... ...
Renter 49,025 ... ... 23,285 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 0 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
Condominium 38,195 ... ... 7,620 ... ...
Not condominium 131,770 ... ... 40,335 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
No bedrooms 845 ... ... 415 ... ...
1 bedroom 18,985 ... ... 9,820 ... ...
2 bedrooms 42,665 ... ... 14,080 ... ...
3 bedrooms 48,100 ... ... 11,885 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 59,370 ... ... 11,745 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 53,205 ... ... 19,170 ... ...
5 rooms 24,475 ... ... 6,705 ... ...
6 rooms 21,675 ... ... 5,485 ... ...
7 rooms 17,450 ... ... 4,795 ... ...
8 or more rooms 53,150 ... ... 11,800 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.3 ... ... 5.7 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 169,965 ... ... 47,960 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 159,915 ... ... 47,180 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 10,050 ... ... 775 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 169,960 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
Suitable 154,380 ... ... 45,535 ... ...
Not suitable 15,590 ... ... 2,420 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
1960 or before 8,335 ... ... 17,475 ... ...
1961 to 1980 31,085 ... ... 17,565 ... ...
1981 to 1990 32,345 ... ... 3,710 ... ...
1991 to 2000 36,140 ... ... 3,385 ... ...
2001 to 2005 18,495 ... ... 1,940 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,015 ... ... 1,930 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,550 ... ... 1,955 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 162,920 ... ... 44,435 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,045 ... ... 3,525 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 169,965 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
1 household maintainer 90,450 ... ... 28,655 ... ...
2 household maintainers 69,480 ... ... 17,010 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 10,035 ... ... 2,295 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 169,960 ... ... 47,955 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,805 ... ... 3,815 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,995 ... ... 11,615 ... ...
35 to 44 years 34,310 ... ... 7,470 ... ...
45 to 54 years 39,945 ... ... 7,615 ... ...
55 to 64 years 34,670 ... ... 8,030 ... ...
65 to 74 years 21,630 ... ... 4,595 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,070 ... ... 3,285 ... ...
85 years and over 3,535 ... ... 1,525 ... ...
Total - Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero, in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings by shelter-cost-to-income ratio - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 141 169,530 ... ... 47,620 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 121,735 ... ... 34,865 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 47,795 ... ... 12,755 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 40,600 ... ... 10,500 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 120,685 ... ... 24,670 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.1 ... ... 53.5 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 24.5 ... ... 14.3 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,498 ... ... 1,145 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,608 ... ... 1,408 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 698,205 ... ... 404,245 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 757,863 ... ... 468,595 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,990 ... ... 23,285 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.2 ... ... 7.5 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 37.4 ... ... 40.1 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 908 ... ... 1,201 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,049 ... ... 1,250 ... ...
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 89,905 45,315 44,590
No certificate, diploma or degree 78,070 37,955 40,115 9,455 4,830 4,625
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 135,910 68,470 67,440 22,295 11,410 10,885
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 205,080 99,100 105,985 58,155 29,070 29,080
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 28,805 20,930 7,880 7,050 5,660 1,395
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 13,110 7,705 5,405 2,005 1,225 775
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 15,695 13,225 2,470 5,050 4,435 615
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,095 28,140 40,955 14,435 6,400 8,035
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,490 7,305 9,190 2,490 915 1,570
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 90,690 42,725 47,960 34,180 16,095 18,085
Bachelor's degree 61,130 28,275 32,860 20,665 9,325 11,340
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 6,620 2,820 3,795 1,615 665 950
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,550 1,395 1,160 1,260 635 625
Master's degree 18,405 8,860 9,545 7,965 3,850 4,115
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,980 1,375 605 2,670 1,625 1,050
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 61,460 31,900 29,560
No certificate, diploma or degree 35,180 17,805 17,375 3,800 2,285 1,510
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 82,810 42,025 40,780 11,770 6,485 5,285
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 162,915 76,560 86,350 45,895 23,130 22,760
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,550 14,840 5,705 5,165 4,235 930
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,580 5,605 3,975 1,375 895 475
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 10,965 9,235 1,730 3,790 3,335 455
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 54,145 21,675 32,470 11,245 5,220 6,020
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,305 5,345 6,960 1,885 735 1,155
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 75,915 34,705 41,215 27,595 12,940 14,655
Bachelor's degree 50,675 22,865 27,810 16,215 7,385 8,830
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,340 2,190 3,150 1,230 520 710
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,150 1,110 1,040 1,115 535 580
Master's degree 16,205 7,515 8,690 6,895 3,270 3,630
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,545 1,020 525 2,135 1,230 905
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 89,905 45,315 44,595
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 213,985 106,425 107,555 31,755 16,240 15,510
Education 12,685 2,720 9,965 4,600 1,310 3,290
13. Education 12,690 2,720 9,970 4,600 1,310 3,290
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,635 2,960 3,675 2,870 1,210 1,665
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,330 1,025 310 340 220 120
50. Visual and performing arts 5,300 1,935 3,370 2,535 990 1,545
Humanities 15,085 6,005 9,085 3,255 1,495 1,765
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,795 450 1,345 455 175 280
23. English language and literature/letters 2,945 880 2,065 940 345 590
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,925 2,750 4,170 635 225 405
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 30 15 10 10 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 470 290 180 280 180 100
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,230 775 450 355 200 155
54. History 1,505 785 720 510 325 185
55. French language and literature/letters 165 35 135 75 35 45
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,680 7,315 14,365 6,980 2,650 4,325
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 180 35 145 190 25 165
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,670 600 1,070 780 340 440
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,715 210 3,505 775 90 690
22. Legal professions and studies 3,200 990 2,210 1,170 485 685
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 275 60 210 170 60 115
42. Psychology 3,540 935 2,600 1,535 505 1,030
45. Social sciences 9,095 4,475 4,625 2,355 1,155 1,200
Business, management and public administration 43,715 18,845 24,870 9,110 3,750 5,355
30.16 Accounting and computer science 75 15 60 10 10 0
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,705 440 1,270 720 150 565
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 41,930 18,395 23,540 8,380 3,595 4,785
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,185 4,220 3,960 4,280 2,260 2,020
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,795 1,215 1,585 2,060 955 1,100
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,770 1,395 1,375 690 295 395
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 15 0 15
40. Physical sciences 2,210 1,485 725 1,340 925 415
41. Science technologies/technicians 345 115 230 175 80 90
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,495 6,050 3,450 2,260 1,400 865
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,915 5,305 2,605 1,540 1,095 440
25. Library science 300 30 270 320 50 265
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,225 685 540 390 240 145
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 60 30 30 15 10 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 41,590 37,775 3,805 12,685 11,155 1,535
04. Architecture and related services 1,130 770 360 435 265 170
14. Engineering 11,810 9,820 1,995 4,250 3,415 835
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,965 6,190 775 2,175 1,880 290
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 8,830 8,540 290 2,565 2,445 125
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,440 8,200 240 1,715 1,680 40
48. Precision production 4,400 4,255 150 1,535 1,465 70
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,630 1,690 940 1,325 750 580
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,870 1,145 725 765 410 355
03. Natural resources and conservation 755 545 215 565 340 225
Health and related fields 32,695 6,505 26,195 8,790 2,090 6,695
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,740 880 860 770 355 420
51. Health professions and related programs 30,415 5,305 25,110 7,460 1,455 6,000
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 540 315 225 555 285 270
Personal, protective and transportation services 10,670 5,010 5,660 1,980 990 990
12. Personal and culinary services 6,920 1,915 5,005 1,215 410 805
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 25 25 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 55 50 0 25 20 0
43. Security and protective services 1,515 1,090 430 375 240 140
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,155 1,930 230 370 325 45
Other 10 10 0 20 10 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 15 10 10 15 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 61,460 31,905 29,555
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 117,990 59,825 58,160 15,565 8,770 6,800
Education 9,000 1,710 7,295 3,260 900 2,355
13. Education 9,005 1,705 7,295 3,260 900 2,355
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,190 2,260 2,930 2,320 970 1,350
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 960 745 215 260 160 95
50. Visual and performing arts 4,230 1,510 2,715 2,065 805 1,250
Humanities 12,220 4,540 7,680 2,525 1,160 1,370
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,445 325 1,125 390 155 230
23. English language and literature/letters 2,270 595 1,680 745 265 470
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 5,840 2,190 3,650 520 200 325
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 0 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 375 230 155 225 140 80
39. Theology and religious vocations 900 540 365 235 145 90
54. History 1,215 605 615 375 235 140
55. French language and literature/letters 125 40 90 45 10 35
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,595 5,695 11,905 5,715 2,170 3,550
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 160 30 125 155 25 135
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,405 510 890 720 315 410
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,085 180 2,905 620 75 550
22. Legal professions and studies 2,615 760 1,855 965 370 600
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 220 40 180 140 50 95
42. Psychology 2,805 700 2,105 1,160 355 805
45. Social sciences 7,310 3,470 3,840 1,950 990 960
Business, management and public administration 35,995 15,310 20,685 7,215 3,080 4,135
30.16 Accounting and computer science 60 20 40 0 0 10
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,385 350 1,035 575 110 460
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 34,550 14,945 19,605 6,635 2,970 3,665
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,035 2,950 3,080 3,335 1,720 1,620
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 920 1,255 1,610 735 875
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,925 890 1,040 535 225 305
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 0 45 15 0 15
40. Physical sciences 1,650 1,075 575 1,060 710 350
41. Science technologies/technicians 230 60 170 115 45 70
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,480 5,380 3,100 1,900 1,200 700
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,205 4,815 2,385 1,360 965 395
25. Library science 240 30 205 230 40 190
27. Mathematics and statistics 985 510 480 295 185 110
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 55 20 30 15 15 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 31,650 28,295 3,350 10,095 8,810 1,285
04. Architecture and related services 930 615 315 360 215 145
14. Engineering 9,670 7,850 1,820 3,540 2,810 725
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 5,070 4,410 660 1,780 1,550 235
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 0 0
46. Construction trades 6,545 6,295 250 1,980 1,880 100
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,335 6,155 175 1,235 1,220 15
48. Precision production 3,100 2,975 125 1,200 1,140 60
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,010 1,275 735 1,065 580 485
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,440 885 555 595 300 290
03. Natural resources and conservation 575 390 180 470 280 190
Health and related fields 26,520 5,315 21,205 6,910 1,760 5,150
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,360 670 685 615 270 345
51. Health professions and related programs 24,680 4,380 20,300 5,805 1,240 4,565
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 480 265 220 490 250 240
Personal, protective and transportation services 8,210 3,820 4,395 1,530 780 755
12. Personal and culinary services 5,255 1,410 3,840 920 325 595
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 15 20 0 10 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,215 855 360 300 185 120
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,705 1,515 190 305 265 40
Other 15 10 0 15 10 10
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 15 10 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 89,905 45,315 44,595
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 213,980 106,425 107,555 31,750 16,240 15,510
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 205,080 99,105 105,980 58,160 29,075 29,080
Location of study inside Canada 133,615 64,270 69,350 47,685 23,825 23,860
Same as province or territory of residence 113,430 53,830 59,600 37,665 18,845 18,820
Different than province or territory of residence 20,180 10,435 9,750 10,015 4,975 5,040
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 71,465 34,835 36,630 10,475 5,255 5,220
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,330 2,910 2,420 1,635 930 715
Philippines 11,500 4,640 6,865 1,255 430 820
India 21,295 10,540 10,750 830 430 400
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,180 2,525 1,655 1,075 610 470
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 8,290 3,785 4,495 710 355 350
France 155 85 65 155 90 60
Other 20,720 10,350 10,375 4,820 2,410 2,415
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 61,460 31,900 29,560
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 117,985 59,830 58,155 15,570 8,770 6,800
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 162,915 76,565 86,350 45,895 23,135 22,760
Location of study inside Canada 104,120 48,935 55,185 37,255 18,885 18,365
Same as province or territory of residence 89,810 41,745 48,065 29,170 14,810 14,360
Different than province or territory of residence 14,305 7,190 7,115 8,085 4,075 4,005
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 58,800 27,630 31,170 8,640 4,250 4,390
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,945 2,110 1,835 1,145 600 545
Philippines 10,100 4,065 6,040 1,190 405 780
India 18,255 8,640 9,620 735 365 365
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,590 1,585 1,005 745 425 320
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 7,460 3,365 4,095 590 310 285
France 105 50 55 110 70 40
Other 16,340 7,810 8,525 4,125 2,070 2,060
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 89,910 45,310 44,595
In the labour force 274,690 145,365 129,320 64,290 34,195 30,090
Employed 256,875 136,945 119,930 58,850 30,970 27,885
Unemployed 17,815 8,420 9,390 5,435 3,225 2,210
Not in the labour force 144,380 60,165 84,220 25,620 11,120 14,500
Participation rate 65.5 70.7 60.6 71.5 75.5 67.5
Employment rate 61.3 66.6 56.2 65.5 68.4 62.5
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.8 7.3 8.5 9.4 7.3
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 89,905 45,310 44,590
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 138,395 57,610 80,785 22,770 9,655 13,110
Worked 280,670 147,920 132,750 67,140 35,660 31,485
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 127,975 75,260 52,710 32,410 18,540 13,865
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 152,700 72,655 80,045 34,730 17,115 17,615
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.8 42.9 40.6 42.1 42.7 41.5
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 64,285 34,195 30,090
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,065 470 595
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,845 126,075 63,225 33,725 29,495
Employee 237,120 121,515 115,605 57,130 29,920 27,205
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 31,800 21,330 10,475 6,095 3,805 2,290
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 64,285 34,195 30,095
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,065 470 595
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,840 126,075 63,220 33,725 29,495
0 Management occupations 26,110 16,695 9,410 5,940 3,400 2,540
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 39,845 12,055 27,795 9,020 2,845 6,175
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,255 11,485 2,770 5,585 4,325 1,260
3 Health occupations 17,700 3,505 14,195 5,300 1,295 4,005
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,670 7,375 17,295 10,155 4,220 5,935
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,110 2,980 3,135 2,865 1,275 1,590
6 Sales and service occupations 70,405 29,370 41,040 12,695 5,830 6,865
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 51,130 47,980 3,155 9,315 8,585 735
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 5,310 3,075 2,230 990 845 145
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 13,375 8,320 5,060 1,350 1,100 250
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 64,285 34,195 30,095
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 1,065 470 595
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 268,925 142,845 126,075 63,220 33,725 29,495
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,715 2,025 2,690 220 110 105
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 630 485 145 1,380 1,175 200
22 Utilities 1,330 870 460 575 390 185
23 Construction 25,775 22,735 3,040 5,845 5,040 805
31-33 Manufacturing 23,375 15,895 7,485 3,250 2,555 700
41 Wholesale trade 12,190 8,000 4,190 2,220 1,560 660
44-45 Retail trade 31,115 14,265 16,855 6,025 2,865 3,160
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 24,310 19,785 4,525 2,055 1,465 590
51 Information and cultural industries 5,575 3,550 2,020 1,325 650 670
52 Finance and insurance 10,680 4,360 6,325 1,750 750 1,005
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,235 3,065 2,165 1,210 750 465
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 16,685 8,930 7,750 5,305 3,175 2,135
55 Management of companies and enterprises 475 210 265 75 35 40
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15,020 8,755 6,260 2,190 1,395 795
61 Educational services 15,025 4,435 10,590 8,445 3,635 4,810
62 Health care and social assistance 28,675 4,910 23,770 7,360 1,635 5,725
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,515 2,215 2,300 1,645 825 825
72 Accommodation and food services 20,425 7,360 13,065 4,635 2,100 2,540
81 Other services (except public administration) 12,350 5,545 6,800 2,790 1,270 1,525
91 Public administration 10,835 5,465 5,370 4,910 2,355 2,560
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 58,850 30,970 27,880
Worked at home 16,085 7,920 8,165 3,385 1,710 1,675
Worked outside Canada 1,845 1,300 545 150 90 55
No fixed workplace address 45,075 34,270 10,805 7,830 5,815 2,010
Worked at usual place 193,870 93,455 100,410 47,490 23,350 24,135
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 47,490 23,350 24,140
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 85,015 36,240 48,780 42,235 19,895 22,340
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 104,565 54,650 49,915 4,235 2,765 1,475
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 3,550 2,105 1,445 845 590 260
Commute to a different province or territory 740 460 275 175 105 70
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 55,320 29,165 26,155
Car, truck, van - as a driver 176,815 100,280 76,540 35,770 20,290 15,485
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 16,435 7,620 8,815 2,535 1,005 1,530
Public transit 35,560 15,285 20,275 9,515 4,070 5,445
Walked 6,615 2,475 4,140 4,735 2,165 2,570
Bicycle 915 680 235 2,090 1,210 875
Other method 2,605 1,385 1,220 675 425 250
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 55,320 29,170 26,155
Less than 15 minutes 39,955 17,195 22,765 13,180 6,530 6,645
15 to 29 minutes 70,385 35,540 34,845 25,575 12,980 12,590
30 to 44 minutes 60,040 35,720 24,320 11,365 6,480 4,890
45 to 59 minutes 30,910 18,145 12,765 2,765 1,645 1,115
60 minutes and over 37,655 21,130 16,525 2,440 1,530 905
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 55,320 29,165 26,155
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 23,215 15,850 7,360 2,980 2,215 765
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 45,875 27,435 18,435 8,995 5,675 3,320
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 53,400 27,475 25,925 16,595 8,545 8,055
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,315 19,655 21,660 12,225 5,770 6,450
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 31,815 13,770 18,040 7,195 3,240 3,955
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 43,330 23,540 19,790 7,335 3,720 3,610
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 68,990 36,565 32,430
Single responses 281,240 147,485 133,760 68,410 36,330 32,075
Official languages 264,180 137,980 126,205 68,060 36,170 31,895
English 263,810 137,865 125,945 67,585 36,030 31,555
French 370 110 260 475 140 340
Non-official languages 17,065 9,510 7,550 345 165 180
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 17,060 9,510 7,550 350 170 180
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 70 25 10 0 10
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 90 70 20 0 0 10
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 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 505 175 335 10 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 190 95 100 10 10 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 10 0 10 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 165 80 80 10 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 4,780 160 75 85
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 70 30 40 30 15 15
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 30 20 15
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 25 20 10
Russian 30 10 25 10 0 10
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 15 10 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 15 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,060 6,425 4,635 35 20 15
Indo-Aryan languages 11,035 6,410 4,625 20 10 10
Bengali 10 10 0 10 0 0
Gujarati 25 0 20 0 10 0
Hindi 180 95 85 10 10 10
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 10 0 0
Iranian languages 20 15 10 15 10 10
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 10 10 0 15 10 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 185 115 70 80 25 50
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 25 15 10 15 10 10
Romanian 15 10 0 0 0 0
Spanish 155 90 65 65 20 45
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 20 15 15 0 15
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,010 540 465 50 35 20
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 15 10 0
American Sign Language 25 0 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 10 10 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,775 1,995 1,780 95 50 50
Chinese languages 3,755 1,985 1,770 90 45 50
Cantonese 745 385 355 30 15 15
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,840 1,495 1,345 65 25 30
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 5,240 580 230 355
English and French 445 195 250 245 100 145
English and non-official language 10,940 5,990 4,950 330 125 205
French and non-official language 0 0 0 10 10 0
English, French and non-official language 50 10 40 0 0 0
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 292,675 153,680 138,995 68,990 36,560 32,425
None 262,465 137,020 125,435 65,670 35,080 30,595
English 6,685 3,950 2,735 530 175 350
French 1,315 570 740 1,175 550 625
Non-official language 21,985 12,035 9,945 1,510 695 820
Aboriginal 10 10 10 25 0 20
Non-Aboriginal 21,975 12,035 9,935 1,485 685 795
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 100 30 65 20 10 15
French and non-official language 130 60 65 80 55 25
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 180 505,835 250,410 255,430 101,515 51,345 50,170
Non-movers 427,380 211,355 216,025 80,870 40,830 40,035
Movers 78,455 39,055 39,405 20,650 10,515 10,135
Non-migrants 47,880 23,715 24,165 14,680 7,580 7,100
Migrants 30,580 15,340 15,240 5,975 2,935 3,035
Internal migrants 20,835 10,455 10,380 3,730 1,820 1,915
Intraprovincial migrants 16,930 8,410 8,520 2,390 1,230 1,165
Interprovincial migrants 3,910 2,040 1,865 1,345 590 755
External migrants 9,735 4,885 4,855 2,235 1,120 1,120
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 97,760 49,370 48,390
Non-movers 268,040 132,485 135,555 47,670 23,635 24,040
Movers 214,570 106,015 108,555 50,085 25,735 24,355
Non-migrants 122,410 60,335 62,070 28,210 14,705 13,505
Migrants 92,165 45,680 46,480 21,875 11,030 10,845
Internal migrants 54,305 26,980 27,325 13,235 6,600 6,635
Intraprovincial migrants 44,835 22,155 22,675 6,690 3,380 3,310
Interprovincial migrants 9,470 4,820 4,650 6,540 3,220 3,325
External migrants 37,860 18,700 19,155 8,640 4,430 4,210

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

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

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