Census Profile, 2016 Census
Surrey, City [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Vernon [Census agglomeration], British Columbia

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Characteristic Surrey, CY
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Vernon
British Columbia
[Census agglomeration]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 517,887 ... ... 61,334 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 468,251 ... ... 58,584 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 10.6 ... ... 4.7 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 181,159 ... ... 29,311 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 169,964 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 1,636.8 ... ... 58.9 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 316.41 ... ... 1,042.12 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 517,885 256,400 261,485 61,330 29,515 31,815
0 to 14 years 92,550 47,860 44,680 8,665 4,410 4,255
0 to 4 years 29,090 15,010 14,085 2,640 1,370 1,270
5 to 9 years 32,055 16,675 15,380 2,970 1,500 1,470
10 to 14 years 31,400 16,180 15,220 3,060 1,540 1,515
15 to 64 years 352,350 174,490 177,860 37,320 18,005 19,315
15 to 19 years 34,330 17,880 16,455 3,260 1,685 1,575
20 to 24 years 35,075 18,445 16,630 2,960 1,495 1,465
25 to 29 years 33,770 16,820 16,950 2,855 1,505 1,350
30 to 34 years 36,540 17,715 18,825 3,175 1,515 1,660
35 to 39 years 36,040 17,265 18,775 3,165 1,530 1,640
40 to 44 years 36,325 17,350 18,975 3,350 1,645 1,705
45 to 49 years 37,195 18,135 19,060 3,620 1,715 1,900
50 to 54 years 38,020 18,960 19,060 4,670 2,170 2,500
55 to 59 years 34,785 17,180 17,605 5,265 2,490 2,770
60 to 64 years 30,265 14,735 15,530 5,010 2,255 2,755
65 years and over 72,990 34,045 38,940 15,345 7,100 8,245
65 to 69 years 25,545 12,325 13,220 4,740 2,270 2,470
70 to 74 years 17,970 8,610 9,350 3,680 1,765 1,915
75 to 79 years 12,560 5,945 6,620 2,745 1,300 1,445
80 to 84 years 8,470 3,920 4,550 2,100 975 1,125
85 years and over 8,445 3,240 5,200 2,080 800 1,285
85 to 89 years 5,275 2,230 3,040 1,350 580 775
90 to 94 years 2,360 785 1,575 555 185 370
95 to 99 years 680 175 500 150 25 125
100 years and over 130 45 85 20 10 15
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 17.9 18.7 17.1 14.1 14.9 13.4
15 to 64 years 68.0 68.1 68.0 60.9 61.0 60.7
65 years and over 14.1 13.3 14.9 25.0 24.1 25.9
85 years and over 1.6 1.3 2.0 3.4 2.7 4.0
Average age of the population 39.0 38.2 39.8 46.1 45.0 47.1
Median age of the population 38.7 37.7 39.6 49.5 47.8 50.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Single-detached house 60,195 ... ... 15,435 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 6,055 ... ... 305 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 102,375 ... ... 9,560 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,495 ... ... 1,520 ... ...
Row house 26,630 ... ... 1,755 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 37,535 ... ... 2,000 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 34,560 ... ... 4,180 ... ...
Other single-attached house 160 ... ... 100 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,345 ... ... 880 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
1 person 34,515 ... ... 7,470 ... ...
2 persons 47,115 ... ... 10,875 ... ...
3 persons 28,225 ... ... 3,410 ... ...
4 persons 30,595 ... ... 2,775 ... ...
5 or more persons 29,510 ... ... 1,650 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 511,540 ... ... 59,720 ... ...
Average household size 3.0 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 425,340 208,540 216,800 52,665 25,105 27,560
Married or living common law 255,680 127,605 128,075 31,430 15,675 15,750
Married 232,650 116,095 116,550 26,110 13,025 13,085
Living common law 23,030 11,510 11,525 5,325 2,650 2,670
Not married and not living common law 169,660 80,930 88,725 21,235 9,435 11,805
Never married 116,675 63,800 52,870 11,660 6,405 5,255
Separated 10,195 4,215 5,985 1,640 660 980
Divorced 21,845 8,650 13,200 4,185 1,590 2,590
Widowed 20,945 4,265 16,680 3,755 775 2,975
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 144,495 ... ... 18,085 ... ...
2 persons 61,060 ... ... 11,245 ... ...
3 persons 32,880 ... ... 3,120 ... ...
4 persons 35,880 ... ... 2,590 ... ...
5 or more persons 14,680 ... ... 1,130 ... ...
Average size of census families 3.1 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 144,500 ... ... 18,085 ... ...
Total couple families 122,895 ... ... 15,400 ... ...
Married couples 111,380 ... ... 12,740 ... ...
Common-law couples 11,515 ... ... 2,660 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 21,605 ... ... 2,685 ... ...
Female parent 17,335 ... ... 2,105 ... ...
Male parent 4,270 ... ... 580 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 122,895 ... ... 15,400 ... ...
Couples without children 48,180 ... ... 9,560 ... ...
Couples with children 74,715 ... ... 5,840 ... ...
1 child 26,570 ... ... 2,370 ... ...
2 children 34,060 ... ... 2,405 ... ...
3 or more children 14,090 ... ... 1,070 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 21,600 ... ... 2,685 ... ...
1 child 12,880 ... ... 1,685 ... ...
2 children 6,315 ... ... 755 ... ...
3 or more children 2,405 ... ... 250 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 69,550 33,260 36,290 11,380 4,985 6,395
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
One-census-family households 115,660 ... ... 17,225 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 36,060 ... ... 9,155 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 79,605 ... ... 8,070 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 13,545 ... ... 425 ... ...
Non-census-family households 40,755 ... ... 8,530 ... ...
One-person households 34,515 ... ... 7,465 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 6,240 ... ... 1,060 ... ...
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 60,495 29,170 31,320
English only 456,620 229,945 226,665 56,330 27,390 28,935
French only 245 130 115 10 5 10
English and French 23,055 10,345 12,710 3,890 1,660 2,225
Neither English nor French 33,480 13,725 19,750 260 110 150
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 60,490 29,170 31,325
English 473,985 237,530 236,455 59,480 28,730 30,755
French 3,640 1,815 1,825 670 300 365
English and French 2,690 1,270 1,420 90 30 55
Neither English nor French 33,080 13,535 19,545 250 105 150
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 4,990 2,455 2,535 715 320 395
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.3
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 513,400 254,155 259,245 60,495 29,170 31,325
Single responses 491,865 243,460 248,410 59,905 28,910 30,995
Official languages 251,165 126,945 124,220 54,085 26,230 27,855
English 247,685 125,210 122,475 53,305 25,880 27,420
French 3,475 1,735 1,745 780 345 435
Non-official languages 240,700 116,510 124,190 5,820 2,685 3,140
Aboriginal languages 105 30 75 80 35 50
Algonquian languages 50 15 40 25 10 15
Blackfoot 5 0 5 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 30 10 20 25 10 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 5 0 10 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 5 5
Cree, n.o.s. 20 10 10 20 5 10
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 15 5 10 5 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 5 5 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 5 0 5 5 0 5
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 5 5 5 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0 5
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 5
Haida 0 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 0 5 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 5 0 5 0 0 0
Salish languages 5 0 5 40 20 25
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 35 20 20
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 5 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Siouan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 5 5 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 5 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 240,600 116,480 124,120 5,740 2,650 3,090
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,190 3,690 3,500 55 40 20
Berber languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Kabyle 5 0 5 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 780 370 405 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 20 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 755 365 395 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 6,385 3,305 3,080 50 35 15
Amharic 305 150 160 5 5 5
Arabic 4,940 2,560 2,380 40 25 15
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 435 215 220 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 390 215 175 0 0 0
Harari 5 0 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 55 30 25 5 5 0
Maltese 10 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 155 80 75 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 45 50 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 5 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 7,010 3,260 3,750 100 45 55
Khmer (Cambodian) 650 290 360 20 5 10
Vietnamese 6,365 2,965 3,395 80 35 40
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 20,825 9,065 11,760 275 80 195
Bikol 65 30 35 0 0 0
Cebuano 860 350 505 20 10 10
Fijian 210 105 105 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 260 115 145 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,045 435 610 10 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 430 190 240 15 5 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 110 50 60 0 5 0
Pangasinan 85 35 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,540 7,660 9,885 220 65 160
Waray-Waray 35 20 15 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 185 80 110 5 0 5
Creole languages 260 130 125 5 0 0
Haitian Creole 10 10 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 155 80 80 5 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 90 50 45 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,735 880 850 10 10 5
Kannada 55 30 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 695 350 345 5 5 5
Tamil 790 405 385 5 0 0
Telugu 170 95 80 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 35 20 15 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 157,060 77,565 79,500 4,630 2,190 2,435
Albanian 315 160 155 40 15 15
Armenian 95 50 45 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 7,515 3,615 3,905 1,210 515 695
Baltic languages 50 20 30 15 10 5
Latvian 25 15 10 5 5 0
Lithuanian 25 5 15 15 5 5
Slavic languages 7,465 3,590 3,875 1,195 510 690
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 150 75 75 0 0 0
Bulgarian 110 55 55 5 5 0
Croatian 670 335 335 55 30 25
Czech 450 210 240 80 50 30
Macedonian 10 5 5 5 0 5
Polish 2,515 1,245 1,270 130 40 90
Russian 1,795 830 965 500 210 290
Serbian 470 250 220 5 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 85 50 40 0 0 0
Slovak 290 135 155 40 15 25
Slovene (Slovenian) 90 45 45 15 5 15
Ukrainian 800 345 455 350 145 200
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 20 10 10 5 5
Celtic languages 40 20 25 5 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 20 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 20 5 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,660 3,115 3,545 2,315 1,125 1,195
Afrikaans 220 100 120 70 35 35
Danish 415 215 200 60 25 30
Dutch 1,545 720 825 455 220 235
Frisian 30 10 20 10 5 5
German 4,070 1,885 2,185 1,670 795 870
Icelandic 30 10 15 0 0 0
Norwegian 150 70 80 25 15 5
Swedish 135 60 75 25 15 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 35 25 15 5 0 5
Yiddish 15 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 600 310 285 30 15 10
Indo-Iranian languages 131,600 65,300 66,300 595 295 300
Indo-Aryan languages 128,070 63,475 64,595 570 285 285
Bengali 685 350 335 5 5 0
Gujarati 1,485 740 745 5 5 0
Hindi 13,260 6,345 6,915 30 20 10
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0
Konkani 65 30 40 0 0 0
Marathi 80 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 410 215 200 5 0 5
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 5 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 106,100 52,785 53,315 490 235 250
Sindhi 210 105 100 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 680 335 340 5 0 5
Urdu 5,075 2,520 2,555 30 20 15
Iranian languages 3,410 1,760 1,650 25 10 15
Kurdish 170 95 70 0 0 0
Pashto 525 280 245 5 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,710 1,385 1,335 20 5 10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 60 50 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 10,235 5,005 5,230 440 215 220
Catalan 10 10 5 0 0 0
Italian 1,335 715 620 140 85 50
Portuguese 1,435 660 770 65 25 35
Romanian 715 365 350 20 5 10
Spanish 6,730 3,250 3,485 215 100 115
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 5 0 0
Japanese 1,075 385 690 95 35 60
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0
Korean 8,065 3,770 4,300 110 40 65
Mongolic languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 20 15 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,030 535 495 5 5 0
Akan (Twi) 185 115 75 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 50 30 20 0 0 0
Ewe 30 20 15 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 15 5 10 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 5 0 0 0
Igbo 65 35 30 5 0 0
Lingala 20 10 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 25 30 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 10 25 0 0 0
Shona 45 15 25 0 0 0
Swahili 215 110 105 0 0 0
Wolof 0 5 5 0 0 0
Yoruba 85 55 35 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 95 120 5 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 95 40 55 0 0 0
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 90 40 50 0 0 0
Sign languages 185 100 85 20 10 5
American Sign Language 70 35 35 10 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 115 65 45 10 10 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 33,570 15,880 17,690 270 115 150
Chinese languages 32,780 15,480 17,305 265 115 150
Cantonese 7,095 3,350 3,740 140 65 75
Hakka 215 100 115 0 0 0
Mandarin 22,885 10,790 12,095 85 35 55
Min Dong 25 15 10 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,320 630 690 5 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 335 165 175 10 10 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 865 415 450 25 10 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 790 400 390 5 0 0
Burmese 335 185 150 5 0 0
Karenic languages 335 160 175 0 0 0
Tibetan 60 25 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 60 30 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 780 340 435 25 10 15
Lao 525 270 255 5 0 0
Thai 250 65 190 25 5 15
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 5 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 205 185 5 0 0
Azerbaijani 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkish 260 145 115 0 0 0
Uyghur 60 30 35 0 0 0
Uzbek 20 10 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 15 20 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,170 545 625 135 60 75
Estonian 60 30 30 5 0 0
Finnish 240 105 135 30 10 20
Hungarian 870 410 455 95 45 50
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 100 50 45 5 5 5
Multiple responses 21,540 10,695 10,840 585 260 330
English and French 775 380 395 115 60 55
English and non-official language 20,190 10,050 10,145 445 190 255
French and non-official language 270 135 135 10 5 5
English, French and non-official language 295 135 160 15 5 10
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 60,495 29,170 31,320
Single responses 459,485 227,590 231,885 59,540 28,745 30,795
Official languages 305,320 152,610 152,710 57,820 27,950 29,865
English 304,195 152,030 152,170 57,675 27,885 29,790
French 1,125 585 540 140 65 80
Non-official languages 154,160 74,980 79,175 1,720 795 925
Aboriginal languages 15 5 5 25 10 15
Algonquian languages 5 5 5 0 0 5
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 5 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 5 0 5
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 5 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 5
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 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 5
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 15 5 10
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 15 5 10
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 154,145 74,980 79,170 1,700 795 910
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,770 2,375 2,400 25 15 10
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 455 200 255 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 5 5 5 0 0 0
Somali 445 190 255 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 4,315 2,175 2,140 20 15 10
Amharic 135 60 75 5 0 0
Arabic 3,450 1,740 1,710 20 10 5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 300 150 150 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 280 150 125 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 5 5 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 75 35 35 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 30 30 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,560 2,130 2,430 80 35 40
Khmer (Cambodian) 395 190 210 10 5 5
Vietnamese 4,165 1,940 2,220 65 30 40
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 9,225 4,235 4,985 75 30 45
Bikol 15 5 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 305 130 170 0 5 0
Fijian 60 40 30 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 60 30 30 0 0 0
Ilocano 345 155 185 5 5 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 110 50 60 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 20 5 15 0 0 0
Pangasinan 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,240 3,785 4,455 60 20 40
Waray-Waray 5 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 20 25 0 0 0
Creole languages 150 70 80 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 5 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 105 50 60 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 45 25 25 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 885 440 445 5 0 0
Kannada 25 10 10 0 0 0
Malayalam 365 180 180 0 0 0
Tamil 410 200 210 0 0 0
Telugu 80 45 40 5 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 10 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 100,595 49,680 50,920 1,235 580 655
Albanian 200 90 100 30 15 15
Armenian 35 15 20 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 290 130 160
Baltic languages 5 5 0 5 5 5
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 5 0 0 5 5 5
Slavic languages 3,090 1,510 1,580 285 125 160
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 70 35 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 50 30 20 0 0 0
Croatian 190 90 100 20 10 10
Czech 135 65 65 25 10 15
Macedonian 5 5 5 0 0 0
Polish 1,030 505 525 25 10 20
Russian 1,035 505 530 175 75 100
Serbian 205 110 95 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 15 0 0 0
Slovak 85 40 40 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 0 5 5
Ukrainian 250 110 140 25 10 15
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 665 300 365 405 195 215
Afrikaans 100 45 60 30 15 15
Danish 25 10 10 5 0 0
Dutch 105 45 65 55 30 25
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 390 180 210 310 145 165
Icelandic 10 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 5 10 5 0 0
Swedish 10 5 5 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 5 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 190 100 90 5 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages 91,725 45,365 46,360 385 185 195
Indo-Aryan languages 89,565 44,275 45,295 380 185 195
Bengali 410 210 200 0 0 0
Gujarati 735 340 395 5 0 0
Hindi 6,885 3,280 3,605 25 15 5
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 10 5 5 5 0 0
Marathi 30 15 15 0 0 0
Nepali 245 120 120 5 5 0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 77,615 38,520 39,090 330 160 175
Sindhi 80 40 45 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 140 150 5 0 0
Urdu 3,260 1,600 1,655 20 10 10
Iranian languages 2,065 1,045 1,025 5 0 5
Kurdish 110 60 45 0 0 0
Pashto 315 160 155 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,640 820 820 5 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 50 45 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 4,695 2,300 2,395 115 55 60
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0 0
Italian 240 110 125 15 5 5
Portuguese 510 240 270 20 10 10
Romanian 310 155 155 0 0 0
Spanish 3,630 1,790 1,835 80 40 40
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 450 190 260 25 10 20
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 6,435 3,015 3,420 80 35 45
Mongolic languages 5 0 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 340 155 185 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 70 40 30 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 15 10 5 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 10 0 0 0
Lingala 10 5 10 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 20 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 30 10 20 0 0 0
Shona 10 5 5 0 0 0
Swahili 85 35 55 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 20 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 25 30 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 15 25 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 40 10 25 0 0 0
Sign languages 230 120 105 20 10 10
American Sign Language 85 40 45 5 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 150 80 65 20 10 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 25,545 12,120 13,430 125 55 70
Chinese languages 24,905 11,790 13,115 120 55 65
Cantonese 4,620 2,180 2,440 60 30 30
Hakka 60 25 35 0 0 0
Mandarin 18,820 8,910 9,910 40 20 25
Min Dong 0 0 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 625 300 330 5 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 195 90 100 10 10 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 555 265 285 5 0 5
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 25 15 10 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 640 325 310 0 0 0
Burmese 285 155 130 5 0 0
Karenic languages 310 155 160 0 0 0
Tibetan 25 15 15 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 375 175 200 10 10 10
Lao 270 135 135 0 0 0
Thai 105 40 65 10 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 180 95 85 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 5 0 5 0 0 0
Turkish 125 65 55 0 0 0
Uyghur 30 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 10 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 300 135 165 15 5 10
Estonian 20 5 10 0 0 0
Finnish 45 20 25 5 0 5
Hungarian 240 115 130 10 5 5
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 40 15 25 5 5 0
Multiple responses 53,920 26,565 27,355 955 425 530
English and French 525 245 285 55 20 30
English and non-official language 52,775 26,050 26,725 890 400 490
French and non-official language 120 45 70 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 500 225 280 10 0 5
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 60,490 29,170 31,325
None 395,270 196,135 199,135 57,320 27,775 29,550
English 57,240 28,705 28,530 750 355 395
French 2,525 1,150 1,375 530 210 320
Non-official language 56,675 27,335 29,340 1,825 805 1,020
Aboriginal 95 40 55 80 35 40
Non-Aboriginal 56,580 27,295 29,285 1,750 770 975
English and French 200 100 100 5 5 5
English and non-official language 1,100 540 560 15 5 5
French and non-official language 375 180 195 40 15 25
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 51,065 24,420 26,640
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 397,735 195,290 202,440 49,650 23,755 25,895
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,822 36,533 24,663 32,615 41,086 27,009
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 398,230 195,735 202,495 49,685 23,780 25,905
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 27,200 32,228 23,441 29,495 36,016 25,197
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 349,505 176,850 172,655 45,010 21,870 23,140
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,979 37,122 23,748 28,822 37,579 22,492
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 285,365 122,180 163,185 36,610 15,950 20,665
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 3,266 1,478 4,330 8,631 9,879 8,079
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 301,705 156,635 145,070 34,795 17,530 17,260
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,804 37,394 25,015 28,002 36,057 22,558
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 419,065 205,530 213,540 51,065 24,435 26,630
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 397,880 195,320 202,560 49,665 23,755 25,905
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,978 47,640 32,589 43,364 52,938 34,584
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 398,370 195,760 202,605 49,705 23,785 25,915
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 33,815 39,183 28,628 36,698 43,679 30,293
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 350,080 176,880 173,200 45,070 21,895 23,175
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,195 48,434 31,782 40,452 50,494 30,964
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 285,325 122,325 163,000 36,590 15,970 20,615
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 6,430 6,033 6,728 9,032 9,522 8,653
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 301,705 156,380 145,325 34,800 17,370 17,425
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 40,014 47,626 31,823 39,009 48,622 29,425
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 51,065 24,440 26,630
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 13,160 7,385 5,775
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 50,026 55,725 44,357 50,954 60,071 43,505
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 59,318 66,016 49,850 60,789 69,689 49,404
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 84.8 88.1 80.1
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 75.6 79.6 69.8 62.4 66.6 56.6
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 11.5 7.9 16.6 15.2 11.9 19.9
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 51,065 24,425 26,645
Without total income 21,330 10,205 11,125 1,415 670 745
With total income 397,735 195,295 202,445 49,650 23,750 25,895
Percentage with total income 94.9 95.0 94.8 97.2 97.2 97.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 69,415 28,885 40,535 6,080 2,330 3,750
$10,000 to $19,999 76,230 31,215 45,015 9,175 3,435 5,740
$20,000 to $29,999 54,095 23,260 30,840 7,855 3,165 4,690
$30,000 to $39,999 46,405 21,720 24,690 6,270 2,685 3,585
$40,000 to $49,999 39,630 19,750 19,880 5,270 2,545 2,725
$50,000 to $59,999 30,080 16,185 13,890 3,765 2,040 1,725
$60,000 to $69,999 22,130 13,355 8,775 2,845 1,745 1,100
$70,000 to $79,999 15,900 10,105 5,790 2,205 1,410 795
$80,000 to $89,999 12,205 7,815 4,400 1,680 1,065 615
$90,000 to $99,999 8,375 5,565 2,815 1,160 800 365
$100,000 and over 23,265 17,445 5,820 3,330 2,525 805
$100,000 to $149,999 16,225 11,865 4,360 2,220 1,660 565
$150,000 and over 7,040 5,580 1,460 1,110 870 245
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 51,065 24,420 26,645
Without after-tax income 20,830 9,760 11,070 1,380 645 740
With after-tax income 398,230 195,735 202,495 49,685 23,780 25,905
Percentage with after-tax income 95.0 95.3 94.8 97.3 97.4 97.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 71,655 30,315 41,335 6,410 2,465 3,945
$10,000 to $19,999 79,805 33,255 46,555 9,695 3,720 5,975
$20,000 to $29,999 64,300 28,495 35,805 9,125 3,750 5,375
$30,000 to $39,999 54,050 26,070 27,975 7,235 3,245 3,990
$40,000 to $49,999 42,865 22,185 20,685 5,465 2,825 2,640
$50,000 to $59,999 29,110 17,155 11,955 3,820 2,315 1,500
$60,000 to $69,999 19,245 12,240 7,005 2,610 1,670 940
$70,000 to $79,999 13,140 8,310 4,835 1,880 1,230 650
$80,000 and over 24,065 17,720 6,345 3,445 2,555 885
$80,000 to $89,999 7,915 5,410 2,510 1,090 775 315
$90,000 to $99,999 4,725 3,505 1,220 675 480 195
$100,000 and over 11,420 8,805 2,615 1,675 1,300 375
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 51,065 24,425 26,645
Without employment income 117,355 48,860 68,500 16,270 6,890 9,380
With employment income 301,710 156,635 145,070 34,800 17,535 17,265
Percentage with employment income 72.0 76.2 67.9 68.1 71.8 64.8
Under $5,000 (including loss) 41,110 18,615 22,490 6,780 3,140 3,640
$5,000 to $9,999 24,800 10,380 14,425 2,775 1,150 1,625
$10,000 to $19,999 44,505 19,570 24,935 4,610 1,865 2,750
$20,000 to $29,999 37,220 17,150 20,065 3,970 1,665 2,305
$30,000 to $39,999 34,510 16,805 17,705 3,565 1,535 2,030
$40,000 to $49,999 30,535 15,565 14,970 3,120 1,495 1,620
$50,000 to $59,999 23,420 13,180 10,240 2,305 1,275 1,030
$60,000 to $69,999 17,575 11,210 6,365 1,835 1,140 695
$70,000 to $79,999 12,945 8,490 4,455 1,505 1,000 500
$80,000 and over 35,085 25,660 9,425 4,335 3,275 1,055
$80,000 to $89,999 10,220 6,655 3,565 1,210 800 415
$90,000 to $99,999 6,800 4,735 2,065 805 580 225
$100,000 and over 18,065 14,270 3,795 2,315 1,900 420
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 77,494 ... ... 64,780 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 68,060 ... ... 57,565 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 34,515 ... ... 7,465 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 37,675 ... ... 30,812 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,381 ... ... 28,115 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 135,445 ... ... 18,710 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 90,657 ... ... 83,274 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 79,548 ... ... 72,930 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 93,586 ... ... 82,261 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 79,256 ... ... 69,670 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 34,500 ... ... 7,480 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 45,234 ... ... 40,327 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 38,166 ... ... 34,742 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 135,465 ... ... 18,700 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 105,900 ... ... 99,035 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,720 ... ... 83,642 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,065 ... ... 325 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,950 ... ... 235 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 3,975 ... ... 770 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,235 ... ... 1,190 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 5,585 ... ... 1,380 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 5,820 ... ... 1,125 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 5,990 ... ... 1,295 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 6,400 ... ... 1,285 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 6,490 ... ... 1,180 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 6,550 ... ... 1,220 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 13,000 ... ... 2,145 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 12,310 ... ... 1,890 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 11,340 ... ... 1,680 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,095 ... ... 1,610 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 9,675 ... ... 1,390 ... ...
$100,000 and over 61,475 ... ... 7,465 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 20,385 ... ... 2,670 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 14,075 ... ... 1,705 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 15,450 ... ... 1,770 ... ...
$200,000 and over 11,570 ... ... 1,320 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Under $5,000 3,255 ... ... 355 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,985 ... ... 235 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 4,030 ... ... 800 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 5,435 ... ... 1,225 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 6,340 ... ... 1,555 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 6,915 ... ... 1,355 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 7,340 ... ... 1,550 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 7,650 ... ... 1,430 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 7,985 ... ... 1,480 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 7,785 ... ... 1,290 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 14,970 ... ... 2,405 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 13,950 ... ... 2,065 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 13,175 ... ... 2,025 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 11,775 ... ... 1,610 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 10,275 ... ... 1,420 ... ...
$100,000 and over 47,105 ... ... 5,370 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 19,380 ... ... 2,355 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 11,780 ... ... 1,325 ... ...
$150,000 and over 15,950 ... ... 1,695 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 132,070 ... ... 17,900 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 89,793 ... ... 82,840 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 78,901 ... ... 72,373 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 3.5 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 35,330 ... ... 9,045 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,991 ... ... 75,684 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,731 ... ... 66,733 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 73,685 ... ... 5,895 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 104,953 ... ... 111,979 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 91,865 ... ... 96,591 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 4.4 ... ... 4.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 18,180 ... ... 2,515 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 53,135 ... ... 47,347 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 48,352 ... ... 43,738 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 131,980 ... ... 17,915 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 104,987 ... ... 98,694 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,838 ... ... 83,224 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 35,250 ... ... 9,020 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 95,517 ... ... 90,866 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 79,370 ... ... 76,822 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 73,805 ... ... 5,870 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 119,698 ... ... 129,385 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 101,378 ... ... 107,551 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 18,050 ... ... 2,525 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 62,818 ... ... 56,843 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 55,188 ... ... 50,298 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 52,060 26,955 25,105 10,280 4,555 5,730
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,548 32,897 30,263 29,009 30,571 28,043
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 28,501 29,419 27,643 26,656 27,685 26,112
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 51,935 26,555 25,385 10,215 4,520 5,695
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 39,475 40,766 38,124 37,714 40,657 35,377
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 32,581 34,564 31,007
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 511,540 253,320 258,220 59,720 28,825 30,890
In the bottom half of the distribution 263,500 128,320 135,180 31,150 14,345 16,795
In the bottom decile 53,940 26,540 27,400 5,955 2,835 3,120
In the second decile 49,270 23,365 25,905 6,575 2,795 3,775
In the third decile 51,145 24,800 26,350 6,410 2,920 3,490
In the fourth decile 54,560 26,650 27,905 5,890 2,815 3,075
In the fifth decile 54,580 26,960 27,615 6,325 2,985 3,335
In the top half of the distribution 248,040 125,000 123,035 28,570 14,480 14,095
In the sixth decile 54,190 26,860 27,335 5,915 2,935 2,975
In the seventh decile 53,400 26,775 26,620 5,980 3,040 2,945
In the eighth decile 52,060 26,370 25,685 5,940 3,010 2,930
In the ninth decile 48,155 24,395 23,760 5,590 2,845 2,745
In the top decile 40,240 20,600 19,640 5,140 2,645 2,500
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 56,315 27,195 29,120
0 to 17 years 112,320 58,195 54,120 10,300 5,240 5,060
0 to 5 years 35,185 18,145 17,040 3,065 1,610 1,450
18 to 64 years 330,060 162,380 167,680 33,370 16,040 17,330
65 years and over 69,165 32,745 36,420 12,645 5,910 6,735
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 75,640 36,500 39,145 7,920 3,535 4,385
0 to 17 years 21,985 11,355 10,625 1,765 920 840
0 to 5 years 6,795 3,440 3,350 540 305 235
18 to 64 years 44,940 21,345 23,600 4,415 1,985 2,430
65 years and over 8,715 3,795 4,915 1,745 630 1,115
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 14.8 14.4 15.2 14.1 13.0 15.1
0 to 17 years (%) 19.6 19.5 19.6 17.1 17.6 16.6
0 to 5 years (%) 19.3 19.0 19.7 17.6 18.9 16.2
18 to 64 years (%) 13.6 13.1 14.1 13.2 12.4 14.0
65 years and over (%) 12.6 11.6 13.5 13.8 10.7 16.6
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 60,260 29,565 30,695 4,235 2,040 2,190
0 to 17 years 16,925 8,705 8,225 915 490 425
0 to 5 years 5,170 2,595 2,575 260 155 110
18 to 64 years 38,355 18,710 19,645 3,035 1,435 1,600
65 years and over 4,980 2,150 2,825 280 115 170
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 11.8 11.7 11.9 7.5 7.5 7.5
0 to 17 years (%) 15.1 15.0 15.2 8.9 9.4 8.4
0 to 5 years (%) 14.7 14.3 15.1 8.5 9.6 7.6
18 to 64 years (%) 11.6 11.5 11.7 9.1 8.9 9.2
65 years and over (%) 7.2 6.6 7.8 2.2 1.9 2.5
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 59,715 28,825 30,890
Official languages 478,215 239,765 238,450 59,425 28,700 30,725
English 478,010 239,640 238,370 59,425 28,700 30,725
French 22,960 10,450 12,510 3,845 1,575 2,270
Non-official languages 287,750 139,540 148,210 7,360 3,415 3,945
Aboriginal languages 225 80 140 190 60 130
Algonquian languages 95 30 65 15 0 20
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 45 20 25 20 0 15
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 10 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 20 10 10 10 0 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. 20 10 10 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 10 0 10 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 45 10 35 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 45 10 30 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 0 0 10
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 10 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 20 20 10 0 0 0
Inuit languages 20 10 10 15 0 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 0 10 15 0 15
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 10 0
Michif 10 0 0 0 0 10
Salish languages 45 10 30 145 60 85
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 10 0 10 10 0 0
Okanagan 35 15 20 125 50 80
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 10 10 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 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 10 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 15 0 10 0 0 0
Haisla 10 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 287,525 139,460 148,070 7,170 3,360 3,815
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,070 4,570 4,500 95 45 45
Berber languages 30 10 20 0 0 0
Kabyle 25 10 15 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 1,055 460 600 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 15 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 1,045 455 590 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0 0 0
Semitic languages 8,065 4,130 3,935 70 35 30
Amharic 505 240 265 0 0 0
Arabic 6,835 3,510 3,320 65 35 25
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 480 245 235 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 475 240 235 0 0 0
Harari 10 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 220 135 80 10 0 0
Maltese 55 15 40 0 0 0
Tigrigna 220 135 85 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 230 115 110 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 25 10 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 8,750 4,205 4,545 125 55 70
Khmer (Cambodian) 770 350 425 10 0 0
Vietnamese 8,025 3,880 4,145 120 55 65
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 26,440 11,550 14,885 335 85 250
Bikol 115 50 60 0 0 0
Cebuano 1,180 445 730 20 0 25
Fijian 540 320 225 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 335 175 160 0 0 0
Ilocano 1,285 495 785 25 10 15
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 1,010 425 590 30 10 20
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 140 70 70 0 0 0
Pangasinan 95 45 50 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 24,320 10,560 13,760 285 75 215
Waray-Waray 65 35 30 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 230 105 125 20 0 15
Creole languages 735 385 355 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 20 10 10 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 460 235 225 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 270 140 135 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 2,575 1,375 1,205 0 10 0
Kannada 105 35 65 0 0 0
Malayalam 1,020 555 470 0 0 0
Tamil 1,315 705 610 10 0 0
Telugu 290 170 120 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 20 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 191,080 94,570 96,515 5,860 2,825 3,030
Albanian 445 205 240 60 30 40
Armenian 160 95 65 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 8,790 4,340 4,450 1,400 640 760
Baltic languages 35 20 20 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 0 15 0 0 0
Slavic languages 8,760 4,330 4,430 1,400 635 760
Belarusan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 270 135 135 0 0 0
Bulgarian 185 80 105 0 10 0
Croatian 870 445 425 40 30 15
Czech 540 255 290 100 55 45
Macedonian 25 10 10 0 0 0
Polish 2,830 1,420 1,415 150 65 85
Russian 2,490 1,225 1,265 780 355 430
Serbian 650 340 305 25 10 0
Serbo-Croatian 90 45 40 0 0 0
Slovak 390 185 205 45 20 30
Slovene (Slovenian) 120 70 50 15 10 10
Ukrainian 1,060 450 605 305 130 180
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 30 20 0 0 0
Celtic languages 85 40 50 20 10 10
Scottish Gaelic 50 30 15 15 10 0
Welsh 25 10 25 10 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages 8,745 4,080 4,665 2,690 1,355 1,335
Afrikaans 585 260 320 80 45 35
Danish 390 165 225 85 35 55
Dutch 1,815 840 980 415 225 185
Frisian 35 20 20 15 15 0
German 5,675 2,705 2,965 2,070 1,025 1,040
Icelandic 15 10 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 190 90 100 45 15 25
Swedish 300 135 170 55 35 25
Vlaams (Flemish) 30 15 15 15 0 15
Yiddish 25 15 10 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0
Greek 900 475 430 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 157,915 78,645 79,265 820 390 425
Indo-Aryan languages 154,075 76,740 77,340 750 365 385
Bengali 980 485 495 0 0 0
Gujarati 2,060 995 1,065 15 10 10
Hindi 39,080 18,940 20,140 140 75 65
Kashmiri 15 10 10 0 0 0
Konkani 70 35 35 10 10 0
Marathi 165 80 90 0 10 0
Nepali 465 225 240 10 0 10
Oriya (Odia) 25 15 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 128,515 64,430 64,090 645 300 345
Sindhi 380 195 185 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 950 510 445 10 0 0
Urdu 7,950 4,050 3,900 60 35 25
Iranian languages 4,295 2,150 2,145 80 35 45
Kurdish 315 175 140 0 0 0
Pashto 795 430 365 15 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 3,485 1,735 1,750 70 35 40
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 280 140 140 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 15,840 7,670 8,170 1,195 555 640
Catalan 0 10 0 0 0 0
Italian 2,170 1,180 995 175 90 85
Portuguese 1,930 875 1,060 70 20 50
Romanian 840 450 390 35 20 20
Spanish 11,310 5,340 5,965 945 435 510
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 10 0 0
Japanese 2,035 910 1,125 145 55 85
Kartvelian languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 10 10 0 0 0
Korean 8,915 4,165 4,745 105 25 75
Mongolic languages 55 35 20 0 0 0
Mongolian 55 30 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,870 960 910 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 240 140 95 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 75 40 30 0 0 0
Ewe 45 30 10 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 65 40 25 0 0 0
Ganda 30 15 10 0 0 0
Igbo 90 45 35 0 0 0
Lingala 90 45 50 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 20 35 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 85 35 50 0 0 0
Shona 60 30 25 0 0 0
Swahili 620 350 270 0 0 0
Wolof 10 0 10 0 0 0
Yoruba 255 125 125 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 450 180 270 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 70 40 30 0 0 0
Dinka 10 15 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 20 35 0 0 0
Sign languages 645 195 445 110 45 70
American Sign Language 315 75 240 65 15 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 355 130 215 45 30 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 37,450 17,735 19,715 280 135 145
Chinese languages 36,485 17,235 19,250 275 130 145
Cantonese 9,360 4,395 4,960 140 60 80
Hakka 275 130 150 0 0 0
Mandarin 28,980 13,620 15,360 105 55 55
Min Dong 10 10 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 1,865 885 980 10 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 385 170 215 25 20 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 840 385 460 35 10 20
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 40 20 20 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 1,020 525 495 0 0 0
Burmese 475 255 220 0 0 0
Karenic languages 495 235 265 0 0 0
Tibetan 90 55 35 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 50 15 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 1,015 450 565 45 25 20
Lao 690 335 350 0 0 0
Thai 415 145 265 45 30 20
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 465 250 215 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 20 10 10 10 10 0
Turkish 395 220 175 10 0 0
Uyghur 35 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 25 10 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0 0 0
Uralic languages 1,510 700 810 130 65 70
Estonian 80 35 45 10 10 0
Finnish 295 125 175 30 15 10
Hungarian 1,140 540 595 100 40 55
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 185 95 90 15 10 0
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 511,540 253,265 258,275 59,720 28,825 30,890
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 439,690 218,815 220,870 57,575 27,785 29,790
Canadian citizens aged under 18 102,480 53,305 49,175 10,375 5,300 5,075
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 337,215 165,515 171,700 47,205 22,490 24,720
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 71,850 34,445 37,405 2,140 1,040 1,100
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 59,715 28,825 30,890
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 281,190 142,415 138,775 52,615 25,455 27,160
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 220,155 105,615 114,540 6,785 3,195 3,585
Before 1981 37,055 18,325 18,725 3,635 1,790 1,850
1981 to 1990 25,490 12,275 13,220 695 265 425
1991 to 2000 52,570 25,120 27,455 715 330 390
2001 to 2010 68,700 32,460 36,235 1,135 540 595
2001 to 2005 32,005 14,965 17,040 400 205 200
2006 to 2010 36,695 17,500 19,200 735 340 395
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 36,340 17,435 18,905 600 275 320
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 10,195 5,235 4,960 320 170 145
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 6,785 3,195 3,585
Under 5 years 16,360 8,585 7,780 880 410 470
5 to 14 years 31,945 16,425 15,520 1,260 610 650
15 to 24 years 55,145 24,875 30,280 1,740 800 940
25 to 44 years 83,940 40,600 43,340 2,480 1,190 1,290
45 years and over 32,755 15,135 17,625 415 185 230
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 6,785 3,195 3,580
Americas 11,340 5,300 6,045 910 390 515
Brazil 330 125 210 10 10 0
Colombia 650 290 360 20 15 10
El Salvador 1,385 745 645 20 10 10
Guyana 205 90 115 20 10 0
Haiti 85 30 55 0 0 0
Jamaica 615 335 280 10 0 0
Mexico 890 355 540 40 15 30
Peru 320 160 155 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 385 185 200 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 3,915 1,780 2,135 700 295 405
Other places of birth in Americas 2,560 1,205 1,360 75 40 40
Europe 25,910 12,925 12,990 4,065 2,015 2,055
Bosnia and Herzegovina 450 230 220 10 10 0
Croatia 500 255 250 15 10 10
France 245 100 145 50 25 25
Germany 2,450 1,195 1,255 780 385 400
Greece 420 220 200 0 0 0
Hungary 715 370 340 75 35 40
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 340 180 155 40 20 20
Italy 940 510 430 105 70 35
Netherlands 1,355 690 660 395 245 155
Poland 2,235 1,110 1,125 195 90 110
Portugal 810 400 410 25 10 20
Romania 700 360 340 30 15 15
Russian Federation 780 310 460 95 30 65
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 310 155 150 15 10 0
Ukraine 710 365 345 90 45 40
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 9,655 4,875 4,775 1,535 715 820
Other places of birth in Europe 3,300 1,585 1,715 605 300 305
Africa 7,000 3,545 3,450 225 120 110
Algeria 85 60 30 0 0 0
Egypt 355 175 180 20 10 15
Ethiopia 455 220 240 0 0 10
Kenya 705 370 340 10 0 0
Morocco 180 90 95 0 10 0
Nigeria 585 310 275 15 15 0
Somalia 600 270 330 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 1,010 495 515 105 60 45
Other places of birth in Africa 3,010 1,555 1,455 60 30 30
Asia 166,110 79,380 86,730 1,335 545 790
Afghanistan 1,660 800 860 0 0 0
Bangladesh 615 310 305 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 18,490 8,650 9,840 180 65 120
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 2,370 1,095 1,275 25 10 10
India 81,730 39,960 41,775 360 180 175
IranCensus data footnote 61 965 545 420 45 15 30
Iraq 2,580 1,305 1,270 10 0 0
Japan 755 240 520 55 15 40
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 6,455 3,070 3,385 75 20 55
Lebanon 510 250 260 10 10 0
Pakistan 4,985 2,490 2,495 95 40 50
Philippines 24,120 10,630 13,485 255 60 200
Sri Lanka 1,365 735 620 10 0 10
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 895 435 465 0 0 0
Taiwan 5,335 2,460 2,870 10 0 0
Viet Nam 5,355 2,515 2,840 80 35 45
Other places of birth in Asia 7,945 3,885 4,060 120 75 55
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 9,790 4,465 5,325 250 135 115
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 18,900 595 275 320
Americas 1,430 740 690 55 20 35
Brazil 105 40 70 0 0 0
Colombia 80 45 35 0 0 0
Cuba 0 10 0 0 0 0
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 60 35 20 0 10 10
Mexico 245 125 125 0 0 0
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 420 240 175 45 15 25
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 15 10 10 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Americas 490 240 255 0 0 0
Europe 1,295 665 630 205 120 85
France 15 10 10 0 0 0
Germany 65 40 30 20 10 10
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 45 35 10 0 0 0
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 15 0 10 0 0 0
Romania 65 25 35 0 0 0
Russian Federation 55 20 40 10 10 10
Ukraine 140 55 90 0 0 0
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 480 280 195 80 50 35
Other places of birth in Europe 425 200 225 95 55 40
Africa 1,505 765 745 25 10 15
Algeria 15 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 15 0 10 0 0 0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70 50 25 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 10 0 10 0 0 0
Egypt 55 45 20 15 0 10
Eritrea 80 35 50 0 0 0
Ethiopia 45 30 20 0 0 0
Morocco 45 25 25 0 0 0
Nigeria 215 100 115 0 0 0
Somalia 250 100 150 0 0 0
South Africa, Republic of 120 80 45 10 10 0
Tunisia 15 10 0 0 0 0
Other places of birth in Africa 560 280 280 0 0 10
Asia 31,595 15,020 16,570 270 95 175
Afghanistan 265 130 135 0 0 0
Bangladesh 95 45 50 0 0 0
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 4,645 2,150 2,495 10 0 10
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 125 35 90 0 0 10
India 15,020 7,510 7,505 55 30 20
IranCensus data footnote 61 180 85 95 0 0 0
Iraq 1,090 530 560 0 0 0
Israel 15 10 10 0 0 0
Japan 80 10 75 30 10 15
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 1,080 510 570 25 0 25
Lebanon 75 35 40 10 10 0
Nepal 80 30 45 0 0 0
Pakistan 885 400 485 15 10 0
Philippines 5,255 2,400 2,860 100 20 80
Saudi Arabia 60 10 50 10 10 0
Sri Lanka 170 90 80 0 0 0
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 790 385 410 0 0 0
Taiwan 420 140 285 0 0 0
Turkey 20 10 10 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 110 75 35 0 0 0
Viet Nam 365 105 255 20 10 15
Other places of birth in Asia 760 340 425 10 10 0
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 515 245 270 40 30 10
Australia 95 60 40 25 20 10
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 420 190 235 10 10 10
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 511,545 253,265 258,275 59,715 28,825 30,890
First generationCensus data footnote 69 233,045 112,175 120,865 7,560 3,560 3,995
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 139,000 70,930 68,075 12,860 6,205 6,655
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 139,495 70,165 69,330 39,300 19,060 20,240
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 3,255 1,455 1,800
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 78,855 39,035 39,825 1,735 800 935
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 29,945 17,740 12,205 680 440 240
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 48,910 21,300 27,615 1,055 360 690
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 85,795 38,395 47,395 1,290 525 765
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 20,490 10,940 9,550 195 110 85
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 1,150 560 595 35 20 15
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 511,540 253,270 258,275 59,720 28,825 30,890
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,460 6,375 7,085 4,365 1,890 2,480
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,140 6,210 6,930 4,260 1,850 2,415
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 7,335 3,395 3,940 2,360 1,010 1,355
Métis 5,685 2,765 2,920 1,855 835 1,020
Inuk (Inuit) 115 55 60 45 10 30
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 200 110 90 60 15 45
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 120 55 65 50 25 25
Non-Aboriginal identity 498,080 246,890 251,190 55,350 26,935 28,415
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 59,715 28,825 30,895
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 4,205 1,805 2,400 1,910 820 1,085
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 507,335 251,460 255,875 57,805 28,000 29,810
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 511,540 253,265 258,275 59,720 28,825 30,890
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 2,760 1,345 1,415 1,115 525 590
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 2,710 1,330 1,385 1,105 515 585
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 1,940 930 1,005 855 415 445
Métis single ancestry 730 385 345 220 105 120
Inuit single ancestry 45 10 35 25 0 25
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 15 35 15 10 0
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 10 25 10 0 10
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Métis and Inuit ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 12,885 6,105 6,780 3,665 1,605 2,060
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 12,465 5,905 6,555 3,505 1,535 1,970
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 7,815 3,655 4,160 2,115 895 1,220
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,560 2,205 2,355 1,365 625 745
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 85 45 40 25 15 10
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 420 195 225 155 70 90
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 400 195 210 150 70 80
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 0 0 0
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 10 0 0 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 54,940 26,695 28,240
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 511,540 253,265 258,275 59,715 28,825 30,890
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 299,245 147,125 152,120 3,005 1,345 1,660
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 168,040 84,330 83,705 880 420 460
Chinese 39,890 18,865 21,030 500 245 255
Black 9,455 4,845 4,610 160 95 70
Filipino 31,865 14,575 17,285 375 110 265
Latin American 7,065 3,395 3,670 175 70 110
Arab 5,765 2,955 2,820 70 40 30
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 13,010 6,445 6,560 215 105 115
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 3,720 1,910 1,805 50 20 30
Korean 9,285 4,355 4,930 120 40 85
Japanese 2,850 1,320 1,530 390 175 220
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 1,995 1,005 990 15 15 0
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 6,320 3,130 3,190 50 20 30
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 212,295 106,140 106,155 56,715 27,480 29,235
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 59,715 28,825 30,895
North American Aboriginal origins 15,645 7,450 8,200 4,780 2,130 2,650
First Nations (North American Indian) 10,210 4,800 5,410 3,135 1,385 1,750
Inuit 165 60 105 55 20 40
Métis 5,750 2,800 2,945 1,760 800 955
Other North American origins 71,305 36,115 35,195 15,340 7,440 7,900
Acadian 140 70 70 35 20 20
American 5,290 2,700 2,595 1,305 655 650
Canadian 67,735 34,330 33,415 14,430 7,025 7,405
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newfoundlander 90 65 20 30 15 15
Nova Scotian 0 0 10 10 0 10
Ontarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Québécois 110 50 65 20 0 15
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 25 10 15 0 0 0
European origins 200,365 99,410 100,950 49,840 24,085 25,760
British Isles origins 127,825 63,495 64,335 32,910 15,780 17,125
Channel Islander 0 0 0 25 15 10
Cornish 35 20 20 0 0 0
English 78,895 38,620 40,280 20,480 9,830 10,650
Irish 43,735 20,930 22,800 10,905 5,105 5,805
Manx 80 40 35 0 10 0
Scottish 56,210 27,975 28,235 13,895 6,740 7,155
Welsh 6,885 3,355 3,530 1,930 875 1,055
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 8,555 4,355 4,195 1,655 755 905
French origins 24,825 11,845 12,970 7,195 3,240 3,955
Alsatian 30 10 25 10 0 10
Breton 0 0 0 10 10 0
Corsican 15 10 0 0 0 0
French 24,780 11,830 12,950 7,175 3,235 3,940
Western European origins (except French origins) 57,295 28,265 29,025 17,885 8,670 9,220
Austrian 3,240 1,560 1,680 1,135 535 605
Bavarian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Belgian 1,210 640 565 370 180 190
Dutch 14,815 7,270 7,540 4,055 1,975 2,080
Flemish 125 45 80 35 25 15
Frisian 70 15 55 10 10 0
German 41,390 20,330 21,060 13,405 6,425 6,980
Luxembourger 45 25 20 10 10 0
Swiss 1,485 815 665 615 315 295
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 105 50 55 0 0 0
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 22,910 11,005 11,905 6,300 2,935 3,365
Danish 4,080 1,970 2,115 975 475 495
Finnish 2,255 1,060 1,200 430 185 240
Icelandic 1,790 910 880 480 235 245
Norwegian 9,530 4,650 4,880 2,785 1,335 1,450
Swedish 6,770 3,150 3,620 1,875 830 1,040
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 790 380 410 375 170 200
Eastern European origins 43,235 21,305 21,925 11,620 5,410 6,210
Bulgarian 290 125 170 0 10 0
Byelorussian 160 85 75 60 30 30
Czech 1,670 785 890 365 155 215
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 520 270 250 165 80 85
Estonian 295 155 145 50 15 35
Hungarian 4,575 2,275 2,300 825 365 455
Latvian 250 140 110 35 10 15
Lithuanian 335 130 205 55 25 30
Moldovan 80 50 35 55 20 35
Polish 12,100 5,860 6,240 2,745 1,315 1,430
Romanian 2,540 1,300 1,240 490 235 250
Russian 8,585 3,990 4,595 2,760 1,275 1,485
Slovak 915 410 505 150 65 80
Ukrainian 17,850 8,985 8,860 5,835 2,710 3,120
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 190 100 90 35 20 15
Southern European origins 29,580 14,525 15,060 2,970 1,545 1,425
Albanian 465 200 260 20 10 15
Bosnian 390 180 210 15 10 0
Catalan 10 10 0 0 0 0
Croatian 1,805 960 845 175 100 80
Cypriot 45 25 15 0 0 0
Greek 2,245 1,160 1,085 140 85 55
Italian 11,460 5,710 5,750 1,920 1,050 870
Kosovar 40 15 25 40 20 25
Macedonian 75 30 40 0 0 0
Maltese 160 80 70 0 10 0
Montenegrin 60 40 20 0 0 0
Portuguese 4,390 2,115 2,270 185 80 115
Serbian 970 510 465 50 20 25
Sicilian 35 20 10 0 0 0
Slovenian 440 220 225 35 0 30
Spanish 8,285 3,905 4,380 365 160 205
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 475 220 255 85 50 35
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 20 10 0 10 0 0
Other European origins 2,135 1,045 1,085 395 210 180
Basque 60 40 15 10 0 0
Jewish 910 425 485 125 70 55
Roma (Gypsy) 35 10 20 0 0 0
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 65 30 30 10 0 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 1,085 555 530 245 130 120
Caribbean origins 3,655 1,855 1,800 85 30 55
Antiguan 10 0 15 0 0 0
Bahamian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Barbadian 225 130 100 0 0 0
Bermudan 30 15 15 0 0 0
Carib 10 10 0 0 0 0
Cuban 210 85 120 10 10 10
Dominican 100 55 50 10 0 10
Grenadian 65 35 30 0 0 0
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 155 60 95 0 0 0
Jamaican 1,690 930 765 50 20 25
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 10 0 0 0 0
Martinican 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserratan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Puerto Rican 40 10 30 0 0 0
St. Lucian 40 10 30 0 0 0
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 605 320 285 0 0 0
Vincentian/Grenadinian 100 45 55 0 0 0
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 365 170 195 0 0 0
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 255 115 145 10 0 0
Latin, Central and South American origins 8,650 4,175 4,475 455 245 210
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 335 195 135 15 0 15
Arawak 10 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 110 40 70 15 10 10
Belizean 10 0 10 0 0 10
Bolivian 15 0 15 15 0 10
Brazilian 460 185 275 0 0 0
Chilean 510 275 240 40 25 10
Colombian 785 390 395 50 35 20
Costa Rican 75 25 45 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 40 25 10 0 0 0
Guatemalan 650 310 340 0 10 10
Guyanese 245 105 135 25 15 10
Hispanic 300 150 160 0 0 0
Honduran 445 255 185 0 10 0
Maya 175 75 100 10 10 10
Mexican 2,130 990 1,140 200 115 80
Nicaraguan 285 120 160 0 0 0
Panamanian 15 10 10 0 0 0
Paraguayan 65 25 40 35 10 20
Peruvian 395 205 185 0 10 0
Salvadorean 1,600 845 755 25 10 10
Uruguayan 25 15 10 10 10 0
Venezuelan 115 55 60 10 10 10
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 630 275 350 20 0 15
African origins 10,310 5,190 5,120 330 170 165
Central and West African origins 1,905 1,025 880 65 35 35
Akan 20 10 10 0 0 0
Angolan 10 10 10 0 0 0
Ashanti 65 20 40 0 0 0
Beninese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkinabe 20 15 0 0 0 0
Cameroonian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 325 165 160 0 0 0
Edo 30 20 10 0 0 0
Ewe 30 15 20 0 0 0
Gabonese 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Ghanaian 485 275 210 40 15 25
Guinean 25 10 15 0 0 0
Ibo 65 30 35 0 0 0
Ivorian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Liberian 115 50 65 0 0 0
Malian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malinké 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigerian 685 360 320 10 10 10
Peulh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 10 0 10
Sierra Leonean 35 10 25 0 0 0
Togolese 25 20 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 30 20 10 0 0 0
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 125 60 60 10 0 10
North African origins 1,370 715 655 35 20 15
Algerian 70 40 35 0 0 0
Berber 35 25 10 0 0 0
Coptic 10 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 620 315 300 30 15 15
Libyan 50 35 10 0 0 0
Maure 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moroccan 270 140 130 0 0 0
Sudanese 290 135 150 0 0 0
Tunisian 35 20 15 0 0 0
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 10 10 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins 4,190 1,990 2,200 95 35 55
Afrikaner 35 25 15 0 0 0
Amhara 45 25 25 0 0 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 60 40 20 0 0 0
Burundian 140 55 85 0 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 240 140 100 0 0 0
Ethiopian 555 265 295 0 0 10
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 270 140 130 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritian 210 120 90 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 10 0 0 0
Rwandan 60 20 35 0 0 0
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 1,185 540 645 0 0 0
South African 960 455 505 75 35 40
Tanzanian 60 20 40 0 0 0
Tigrian 45 30 15 0 0 0
Ugandan 75 30 40 0 0 0
Zambian 10 0 10 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 120 65 55 0 0 10
Zulu 20 15 10 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 270 90 175 0 0 0
Other African origins 3,040 1,555 1,480 145 85 60
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 300 145 150 65 35 30
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 2,775 1,430 1,345 80 50 30
Asian origins 277,695 136,410 141,285 2,965 1,325 1,635
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 12,815 6,585 6,230 325 145 180
Afghan 2,620 1,240 1,385 0 0 0
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 1,390 775 615 10 0 0
Armenian 290 155 140 15 0 10
Assyrian 205 115 95 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 45 35 10 20 15 10
Georgian 55 10 40 15 10 10
Hazara 15 10 0 0 0 0
Iranian 1,660 905 760 115 45 70
Iraqi 2,505 1,235 1,265 25 10 10
Israeli 105 60 45 10 10 0
Jordanian 170 100 70 0 0 0
Kazakh 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kurd 285 165 120 0 0 0
Kuwaiti 15 15 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyz 55 45 15 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,185 570 615 55 35 20
Palestinian 720 365 355 35 15 20
Pashtun 170 110 60 0 0 0
Saudi Arabian 20 15 0 0 0 0
Syrian 935 440 495 20 10 10
Tajik 85 40 40 0 0 0
Tatar 90 50 40 0 0 0
Turk 670 405 265 35 20 15
Turkmen 15 10 10 0 0 0
Uighur 40 15 25 0 0 0
Uzbek 45 20 25 0 0 0
Yemeni 45 30 10 0 0 0
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 555 280 270 10 0 10
South Asian origins 164,005 82,310 81,695 880 425 450
Bangladeshi 515 265 250 0 0 0
Bengali 220 95 120 0 0 0
Bhutanese 0 0 10 0 0 0
East Indian 138,210 69,235 68,975 700 355 350
Goan 25 15 10 0 0 0
Gujarati 120 55 70 0 0 0
Kashmiri 70 35 40 0 0 0
Nepali 465 215 245 10 10 10
Pakistani 5,650 2,925 2,725 115 50 70
Punjabi 22,195 11,225 10,970 80 35 40
Sinhalese 305 170 135 0 0 0
Sri Lankan 1,480 805 675 15 10 10
Tamil 300 185 115 0 0 0
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 3,635 1,805 1,830 0 0 0
East and Southeast Asian origins 102,065 48,140 53,925 1,770 760 1,010
Burmese 610 335 275 0 0 0
Cambodian (Khmer) 1,160 550 610 20 10 10
Chinese 45,085 21,435 23,645 570 310 260
Filipino 33,920 15,610 18,315 385 120 265
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 945 460 485 20 10 10
Japanese 3,695 1,755 1,940 455 200 255
Karen 525 255 270 0 0 0
Korean 9,450 4,430 5,015 125 40 85
Laotian 1,055 540 515 0 10 0
Malaysian 655 350 310 10 0 10
Mongolian 100 60 40 10 0 10
Singaporean 100 45 50 10 0 10
Taiwanese 2,540 1,170 1,375 20 10 10
Thai 520 215 310 50 30 25
Tibetan 125 75 50 0 0 0
Vietnamese 9,200 4,575 4,625 150 75 80
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 145 65 85 0 0 0
Other Asian origins 505 260 245 0 0 0
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 500 255 245 0 0 0
Oceania origins 9,155 4,485 4,670 435 215 220
Australian 995 495 500 275 150 120
New Zealander 420 200 215 100 40 55
Pacific Islands origins 7,805 3,830 3,975 70 30 40
Fijian 7,320 3,625 3,690 10 0 0
Hawaiian 155 50 105 35 15 25
Maori 100 45 50 15 15 0
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 85 40 45 10 0 0
Samoan 80 45 30 0 0 0
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 140 60 80 0 0 0
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Owner 120,940 ... ... 19,560 ... ...
Renter 49,025 ... ... 6,605 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 15 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Condominium 38,195 ... ... 4,280 ... ...
Not condominium 131,770 ... ... 21,900 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
No bedrooms 845 ... ... 130 ... ...
1 bedroom 18,985 ... ... 2,295 ... ...
2 bedrooms 42,665 ... ... 7,330 ... ...
3 bedrooms 48,100 ... ... 7,900 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 59,370 ... ... 8,525 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 53,205 ... ... 5,785 ... ...
5 rooms 24,475 ... ... 3,730 ... ...
6 rooms 21,675 ... ... 3,705 ... ...
7 rooms 17,450 ... ... 3,505 ... ...
8 or more rooms 53,150 ... ... 9,460 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.3 ... ... 6.7 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 159,915 ... ... 26,040 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 10,050 ... ... 140 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 169,960 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Suitable 154,380 ... ... 25,575 ... ...
Not suitable 15,590 ... ... 605 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
1960 or before 8,335 ... ... 3,090 ... ...
1961 to 1980 31,085 ... ... 9,095 ... ...
1981 to 1990 32,345 ... ... 3,530 ... ...
1991 to 2000 36,140 ... ... 5,090 ... ...
2001 to 2005 18,495 ... ... 1,820 ... ...
2006 to 2010 24,015 ... ... 2,340 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 19,550 ... ... 1,205 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 162,920 ... ... 24,715 ... ...
Major repairs needed 7,045 ... ... 1,465 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 169,965 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
1 household maintainer 90,450 ... ... 14,960 ... ...
2 household maintainers 69,480 ... ... 10,670 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 10,035 ... ... 550 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 169,960 ... ... 26,180 ... ...
15 to 24 years 3,805 ... ... 470 ... ...
25 to 34 years 21,995 ... ... 2,485 ... ...
35 to 44 years 34,310 ... ... 3,590 ... ...
45 to 54 years 39,945 ... ... 4,665 ... ...
55 to 64 years 34,670 ... ... 5,800 ... ...
65 to 74 years 21,630 ... ... 4,975 ... ...
75 to 84 years 10,070 ... ... 3,175 ... ...
85 years and over 3,535 ... ... 1,015 ... ...
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 ... ... 24,215 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 121,735 ... ... 18,330 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 47,795 ... ... 5,890 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 40,600 ... ... 5,250 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 120,685 ... ... 17,845 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 68.1 ... ... 56.1 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 24.5 ... ... 15.9 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,498 ... ... 935 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,608 ... ... 1,142 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 698,205 ... ... 399,896 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 757,863 ... ... 449,744 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 48,990 ... ... 6,400 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 11.2 ... ... 9.7 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 37.4 ... ... 47.8 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 908 ... ... 926 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,049 ... ... 1,006 ... ...
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 51,065 24,435 26,630
No certificate, diploma or degree 78,070 37,955 40,115 8,955 4,465 4,495
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 135,910 68,470 67,440 15,710 7,415 8,290
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 205,080 99,100 105,985 26,400 12,560 13,840
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 28,805 20,930 7,880 6,110 4,485 1,620
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 13,110 7,705 5,405 2,435 1,345 1,095
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 15,695 13,225 2,470 3,670 3,140 530
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 69,095 28,140 40,955 11,020 3,920 7,100
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 16,490 7,305 9,190 1,460 555 910
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 90,690 42,725 47,960 7,810 3,600 4,215
Bachelor's degree 61,130 28,275 32,860 5,170 2,280 2,890
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 6,620 2,820 3,795 620 275 335
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,550 1,395 1,160 330 235 95
Master's degree 18,405 8,860 9,545 1,535 695 840
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,980 1,375 605 160 110 45
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 30,760 14,625 16,135
No certificate, diploma or degree 35,180 17,805 17,375 3,150 1,725 1,425
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 82,810 42,025 40,780 9,150 4,485 4,670
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 162,915 76,560 86,350 18,460 8,420 10,040
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 20,550 14,840 5,705 3,870 2,875 995
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,580 5,605 3,975 1,485 805 675
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 10,965 9,235 1,730 2,385 2,065 320
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 54,145 21,675 32,470 7,900 2,735 5,165
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 12,305 5,345 6,960 985 355 630
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 75,915 34,705 41,215 5,700 2,455 3,250
Bachelor's degree 50,675 22,865 27,810 3,755 1,565 2,200
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 5,340 2,190 3,150 440 200 235
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 2,150 1,110 1,040 255 170 90
Master's degree 16,205 7,515 8,690 1,145 455 695
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 1,545 1,020 525 105 70 35
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 419,065 205,530 213,540 51,065 24,435 26,630
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 213,985 106,425 107,555 24,670 11,880 12,790
Education 12,685 2,720 9,965 2,340 715 1,625
13. Education 12,690 2,720 9,970 2,340 715 1,620
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 6,635 2,960 3,675 885 405 485
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 1,330 1,025 310 195 150 45
50. Visual and performing arts 5,300 1,935 3,370 695 250 445
Humanities 15,085 6,005 9,085 925 365 565
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,795 450 1,345 55 10 40
23. English language and literature/letters 2,945 880 2,065 220 60 160
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 6,925 2,750 4,170 225 55 170
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 45 30 15 10 0 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 470 290 180 35 20 15
39. Theology and religious vocations 1,230 775 450 255 140 115
54. History 1,505 785 720 110 75 35
55. French language and literature/letters 165 35 135 20 0 25
Social and behavioural sciences and law 21,680 7,315 14,365 2,045 630 1,415
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 180 35 145 45 10 35
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,670 600 1,070 125 40 85
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,715 210 3,505 530 50 485
22. Legal professions and studies 3,200 990 2,210 350 90 265
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 275 60 210 20 0 15
42. Psychology 3,540 935 2,600 395 120 270
45. Social sciences 9,095 4,475 4,625 575 325 250
Business, management and public administration 43,715 18,845 24,870 4,865 1,625 3,240
30.16 Accounting and computer science 75 15 60 0 0 10
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,705 440 1,270 390 100 290
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 41,930 18,395 23,540 4,470 1,525 2,945
Physical and life sciences and technologies 8,185 4,220 3,960 710 390 320
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,795 1,215 1,585 290 140 150
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 2,770 1,395 1,375 185 95 95
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 60 10 50 0 0 0
40. Physical sciences 2,210 1,485 725 180 145 35
41. Science technologies/technicians 345 115 230 45 10 35
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 9,495 6,050 3,450 565 315 255
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,915 5,305 2,605 465 290 180
25. Library science 300 30 270 60 10 55
27. Mathematics and statistics 1,225 685 540 35 15 20
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 60 30 30 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 41,590 37,775 3,805 6,055 5,735 320
04. Architecture and related services 1,130 770 360 110 85 25
14. Engineering 11,810 9,820 1,995 515 465 50
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 6,965 6,190 775 1,035 905 125
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 8,830 8,540 290 1,905 1,850 55
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 8,440 8,200 240 1,750 1,705 45
48. Precision production 4,400 4,255 150 740 720 20
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,630 1,690 940 900 615 285
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,870 1,145 725 485 270 205
03. Natural resources and conservation 755 545 215 420 345 75
Health and related fields 32,695 6,505 26,195 5,275 935 4,335
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,740 880 860 305 145 160
51. Health professions and related programs 30,415 5,305 25,110 4,885 735 4,155
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 540 315 225 85 55 25
Personal, protective and transportation services 10,670 5,010 5,660 1,835 825 1,005
12. Personal and culinary services 6,920 1,915 5,005 1,260 325 935
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 25 25 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 55 50 0 10 10 0
43. Security and protective services 1,515 1,090 430 150 120 35
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,155 1,930 230 415 380 40
Other 10 10 0 10 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 15 10 10 0 0 10
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 280,900 136,390 144,510 30,760 14,625 16,135
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 117,990 59,825 58,160 12,300 6,210 6,095
Education 9,000 1,710 7,295 1,420 355 1,070
13. Education 9,005 1,705 7,295 1,420 355 1,070
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,190 2,260 2,930 635 255 385
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 960 745 215 140 105 35
50. Visual and performing arts 4,230 1,510 2,715 495 150 350
Humanities 12,220 4,540 7,680 600 235 370
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 1,445 325 1,125 40 10 30
23. English language and literature/letters 2,270 595 1,680 130 25 95
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 5,840 2,190 3,650 160 45 115
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 40 30 10 10 10 0
38. Philosophy and religious studies 375 230 155 20 15 10
39. Theology and religious vocations 900 540 365 165 90 70
54. History 1,215 605 615 70 40 30
55. French language and literature/letters 125 40 90 20 0 15
Social and behavioural sciences and law 17,595 5,695 11,905 1,575 465 1,105
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 160 30 125 35 10 35
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 1,405 510 890 110 30 80
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 3,085 180 2,905 360 30 330
22. Legal professions and studies 2,615 760 1,855 290 60 230
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 220 40 180 15 0 20
42. Psychology 2,805 700 2,105 320 115 205
45. Social sciences 7,310 3,470 3,840 440 235 210
Business, management and public administration 35,995 15,310 20,685 3,495 1,120 2,375
30.16 Accounting and computer science 60 20 40 0 0 10
44. Public administration and social service professions 1,385 350 1,035 355 90 260
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 34,550 14,945 19,605 3,140 1,030 2,110
Physical and life sciences and technologies 6,035 2,950 3,080 490 275 220
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 2,180 920 1,255 210 100 115
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 1,925 890 1,040 135 75 65
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 45 0 45 0 0 10
40. Physical sciences 1,650 1,075 575 120 100 15
41. Science technologies/technicians 230 60 170 25 10 20
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 8,480 5,380 3,100 470 275 195
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 7,205 4,815 2,385 415 260 150
25. Library science 240 30 205 30 10 30
27. Mathematics and statistics 985 510 480 30 0 25
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 55 20 30 0 0 0
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 31,650 28,295 3,350 3,910 3,655 260
04. Architecture and related services 930 615 315 80 55 25
14. Engineering 9,670 7,850 1,820 315 275 40
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 5,070 4,410 660 670 570 95
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
46. Construction trades 6,545 6,295 250 1,245 1,200 45
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 6,335 6,155 175 1,125 1,090 35
48. Precision production 3,100 2,975 125 480 460 20
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 2,010 1,275 735 700 470 230
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 1,440 885 555 360 195 165
03. Natural resources and conservation 575 390 180 345 270 70
Health and related fields 26,520 5,315 21,205 3,800 720 3,080
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,360 670 685 240 115 125
51. Health professions and related programs 24,680 4,380 20,300 3,500 575 2,925
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 480 265 220 55 30 25
Personal, protective and transportation services 8,210 3,820 4,395 1,355 600 750
12. Personal and culinary services 5,255 1,410 3,840 940 245 700
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 0 0 0
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 15 20 0 0 0 0
43. Security and protective services 1,215 855 360 115 90 25
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,705 1,515 190 295 270 20
Other 15 10 0 0 0 0
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 10 0 0 0 0
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 419,060 205,525 213,535 51,065 24,440 26,630
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 213,980 106,425 107,555 24,670 11,875 12,790
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 205,080 99,105 105,980 26,395 12,560 13,840
Location of study inside Canada 133,615 64,270 69,350 23,410 11,030 12,380
Same as province or territory of residence 113,430 53,830 59,600 16,325 7,670 8,650
Different than province or territory of residence 20,180 10,435 9,750 7,085 3,360 3,730
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 71,465 34,835 36,630 2,990 1,525 1,460
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 5,330 2,910 2,420 835 435 405
Philippines 11,500 4,640 6,865 175 40 130
India 21,295 10,540 10,750 70 40 30
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 4,180 2,525 1,655 570 300 265
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 8,290 3,785 4,495 20 10 0
France 155 85 65 20 0 20
Other 20,720 10,350 10,375 1,305 700 610
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 30,760 14,630 16,135
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 117,985 59,830 58,155 12,300 6,210 6,095
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 162,915 76,565 86,350 18,460 8,415 10,040
Location of study inside Canada 104,120 48,935 55,185 16,610 7,555 9,055
Same as province or territory of residence 89,810 41,745 48,065 12,035 5,440 6,600
Different than province or territory of residence 14,305 7,190 7,115 4,575 2,115 2,455
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 58,800 27,630 31,170 1,855 865 985
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 3,945 2,110 1,835 520 240 280
Philippines 10,100 4,065 6,040 170 35 130
India 18,255 8,640 9,620 40 20 20
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 2,590 1,585 1,005 305 170 140
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 7,460 3,365 4,095 15 15 0
France 105 50 55 15 0 15
Other 16,340 7,810 8,525 780 390 390
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 51,070 24,435 26,630
In the labour force 274,690 145,365 129,320 29,490 15,130 14,355
Employed 256,875 136,945 119,930 27,260 13,765 13,490
Unemployed 17,815 8,420 9,390 2,230 1,365 865
Not in the labour force 144,380 60,165 84,220 21,575 9,300 12,275
Participation rate 65.5 70.7 60.6 57.7 61.9 53.9
Employment rate 61.3 66.6 56.2 53.4 56.3 50.7
Unemployment rate 6.5 5.8 7.3 7.6 9.0 6.0
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 51,070 24,435 26,630
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 138,395 57,610 80,785 19,565 8,440 11,125
Worked 280,670 147,920 132,750 31,500 15,995 15,505
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 127,975 75,260 52,710 13,610 7,745 5,865
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 152,700 72,655 80,045 17,895 8,245 9,645
Average weeks worked in reference year 41.8 42.9 40.6 40.8 41.1 40.4
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 274,685 145,365 129,320 29,485 15,135 14,355
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 410 225 180
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,845 126,075 29,075 14,905 14,175
Employee 237,120 121,515 115,605 24,600 12,325 12,270
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 31,800 21,330 10,475 4,485 2,575 1,910
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 29,485 15,135 14,360
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 410 225 180
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 268,920 142,840 126,075 29,080 14,900 14,175
0 Management occupations 26,110 16,695 9,410 2,820 1,720 1,100
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 39,845 12,055 27,795 3,985 1,035 2,955
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 14,255 11,485 2,770 1,605 1,290 320
3 Health occupations 17,700 3,505 14,195 2,625 545 2,075
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 24,670 7,375 17,295 2,940 900 2,045
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 6,110 2,980 3,135 635 265 370
6 Sales and service occupations 70,405 29,370 41,040 7,270 2,720 4,545
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 51,130 47,980 3,155 4,870 4,560 310
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 5,310 3,075 2,230 1,115 845 270
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 13,375 8,320 5,060 1,210 1,030 175
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 29,485 15,130 14,355
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 5,765 2,520 3,245 410 230 180
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 268,925 142,845 126,075 29,080 14,905 14,175
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,715 2,025 2,690 910 585 330
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 630 485 145 440 385 60
22 Utilities 1,330 870 460 260 210 50
23 Construction 25,775 22,735 3,040 2,770 2,400 370
31-33 Manufacturing 23,375 15,895 7,485 2,275 1,825 455
41 Wholesale trade 12,190 8,000 4,190 735 545 195
44-45 Retail trade 31,115 14,265 16,855 4,100 1,860 2,240
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 24,310 19,785 4,525 1,035 805 230
51 Information and cultural industries 5,575 3,550 2,020 355 190 165
52 Finance and insurance 10,680 4,360 6,325 790 260 525
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 5,235 3,065 2,165 545 260 290
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 16,685 8,930 7,750 1,835 970 865
55 Management of companies and enterprises 475 210 265 70 40 35
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 15,020 8,755 6,260 1,305 705 600
61 Educational services 15,025 4,435 10,590 1,785 585 1,200
62 Health care and social assistance 28,675 4,910 23,770 4,160 780 3,380
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 4,515 2,215 2,300 815 410 400
72 Accommodation and food services 20,425 7,360 13,065 2,520 985 1,535
81 Other services (except public administration) 12,350 5,545 6,800 1,415 620 795
91 Public administration 10,835 5,465 5,370 950 505 445
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 27,255 13,765 13,495
Worked at home 16,085 7,920 8,165 2,435 1,100 1,345
Worked outside Canada 1,845 1,300 545 100 75 30
No fixed workplace address 45,075 34,270 10,805 3,800 2,830 965
Worked at usual place 193,870 93,455 100,410 20,920 9,770 11,150
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 20,920 9,765 11,150
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 85,015 36,240 48,780 11,025 4,450 6,570
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 104,565 54,650 49,915 7,475 3,765 3,715
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 3,550 2,105 1,445 2,075 1,285 790
Commute to a different province or territory 740 460 275 340 265 80
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 24,715 12,600 12,120
Car, truck, van - as a driver 176,815 100,280 76,540 20,500 10,370 10,125
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 16,435 7,620 8,815 1,435 750 680
Public transit 35,560 15,285 20,275 340 190 155
Walked 6,615 2,475 4,140 1,450 620 830
Bicycle 915 680 235 315 220 85
Other method 2,605 1,385 1,220 670 445 235
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 24,715 12,595 12,120
Less than 15 minutes 39,955 17,195 22,765 12,165 5,310 6,855
15 to 29 minutes 70,385 35,540 34,845 8,030 4,295 3,740
30 to 44 minutes 60,040 35,720 24,320 2,465 1,570 895
45 to 59 minutes 30,910 18,145 12,765 1,075 695 380
60 minutes and over 37,655 21,130 16,525 975 725 250
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 24,715 12,595 12,120
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 23,215 15,850 7,360 1,630 1,240 390
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 45,875 27,435 18,435 4,340 2,825 1,515
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 53,400 27,475 25,925 6,840 3,450 3,390
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 41,315 19,655 21,660 5,485 2,195 3,295
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 31,815 13,770 18,040 2,610 905 1,705
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 43,330 23,540 19,790 3,810 1,980 1,830
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 32,575 16,555 16,020
Single responses 281,240 147,485 133,760 32,485 16,520 15,965
Official languages 264,180 137,980 126,205 32,345 16,445 15,895
English 263,810 137,865 125,945 32,265 16,435 15,830
French 370 110 260 80 10 70
Non-official languages 17,065 9,510 7,550 140 70 65
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 20 0 20
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 10 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 10 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 15 0 15
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 10 0 10
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 7,550 125 70 55
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 70 25 0 0 0
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 10 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 90 70 20 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 85 65 20 0 0 0
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 10 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 525 190 340 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 10 0 0 0
Vietnamese 505 175 335 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 190 95 100 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 10 0 10 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 10 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 165 80 80 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 15 10 10 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 11,350 6,575 4,780 90 60 30
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 70 30 40 30 25 10
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 25 10
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 10 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 15 0 10 0 0 0
Russian 30 10 25 15 15 0
Serbian 20 10 10 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 15 0 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 10 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 10 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 10 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 15 10 10 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 11,060 6,425 4,635 45 25 30
Indo-Aryan languages 11,035 6,410 4,625 50 20 25
Bengali 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 25 0 20 0 0 0
Hindi 180 95 85 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 10 10 10 0 0 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 10,775 6,270 4,500 50 25 30
Sindhi 0 0 10 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 30 20 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 20 15 10 0 0 0
Kurdish 20 15 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 10 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 185 115 70 15 15 0
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 25 15 10 0 0 0
Romanian 15 10 0 0 0 0
Spanish 155 90 65 15 15 0
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 40 20 15 10 0 10
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,010 540 465 0 0 0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 35 10 25 0 0 0
American Sign Language 25 0 25 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 10 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,775 1,995 1,780 10 0 15
Chinese languages 3,755 1,985 1,770 10 0 10
Cantonese 745 385 355 10 0 10
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,840 1,495 1,345 0 0 0
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 65 40 30 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 105 60 40 0 0 10
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 25 10 10 0 0 0
Burmese 10 0 10 0 0 0
Karenic languages 15 10 10 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 10 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 10 0 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 95 40 55
English and French 445 195 250 15 0 15
English and non-official language 10,940 5,990 4,950 75 35 40
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 50 10 40 0 0 0
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 292,675 153,680 138,995 32,575 16,555 16,020
None 262,465 137,020 125,435 31,895 16,255 15,640
English 6,685 3,950 2,735 135 40 90
French 1,315 570 740 195 80 115
Non-official language 21,985 12,035 9,945 340 175 170
Aboriginal 10 10 10 15 0 15
Non-Aboriginal 21,975 12,035 9,935 330 175 160
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 100 30 65 0 0 0
French and non-official language 130 60 65 15 10 10
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 59,150 28,565 30,590
Non-movers 427,380 211,355 216,025 50,240 24,250 25,995
Movers 78,455 39,055 39,405 8,910 4,315 4,600
Non-migrants 47,880 23,715 24,165 4,725 2,205 2,520
Migrants 30,580 15,340 15,240 4,185 2,110 2,080
Internal migrants 20,835 10,455 10,380 3,860 1,945 1,915
Intraprovincial migrants 16,930 8,410 8,520 2,530 1,305 1,230
Interprovincial migrants 3,910 2,040 1,865 1,330 645 685
External migrants 9,735 4,885 4,855 325 165 165
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 57,135 27,455 29,680
Non-movers 268,040 132,485 135,555 33,875 16,230 17,645
Movers 214,570 106,015 108,555 23,255 11,225 12,035
Non-migrants 122,410 60,335 62,070 11,635 5,555 6,080
Migrants 92,165 45,680 46,480 11,625 5,670 5,950
Internal migrants 54,305 26,980 27,325 10,700 5,210 5,490
Intraprovincial migrants 44,835 22,155 22,675 6,725 3,330 3,395
Interprovincial migrants 9,470 4,820 4,650 3,975 1,885 2,095
External migrants 37,860 18,700 19,155 925 460 465

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Surrey, CY [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Vernon [Census agglomeration], British Columbia (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 23, 2024).

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