Census Profile, 2016 Census
Okanagan-Similkameen E, Regional district electoral area [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Alberta [Province]

Select a table view
The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic Okanagan-Similkameen E, RDA
British Columbia
[Census subdivision]
Alberta

[Province]
Data quality , Okanagan-Similkameen E, Regional district electoral area [Census subdivision], British Columbia  Map : Okanagan-Similkameen E, Regional district electoral area [Census subdivision], British Columbia
Change geography 1
Data quality : Alberta [Province]  Map : geography 2
Change geography 2
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 1,903 ... ... 4,067,175 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 1,844 ... ... 3,645,257 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 3.2 ... ... 11.6 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 1,002 ... ... 1,654,129 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 827 ... ... 1,527,678 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 3.9 ... ... 6.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 492.05 ... ... 640,330.46 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 1,905 945 955 4,067,175 2,039,410 2,027,765
0 to 14 years 215 110 110 779,155 399,570 379,580
0 to 4 years 60 30 30 266,515 136,520 129,995
5 to 9 years 90 45 45 270,715 138,990 131,725
10 to 14 years 70 35 35 241,920 124,060 117,860
15 to 64 years 1,185 575 615 2,787,805 1,408,150 1,379,655
15 to 19 years 100 45 60 240,035 123,625 116,410
20 to 24 years 70 30 35 261,830 133,990 127,840
25 to 29 years 65 35 25 310,940 156,715 154,225
30 to 34 years 80 40 40 333,175 167,555 165,620
35 to 39 years 75 35 40 305,505 153,655 151,850
40 to 44 years 100 50 50 281,205 142,545 138,660
45 to 49 years 115 50 65 269,030 135,855 133,180
50 to 54 years 155 70 85 284,310 142,205 142,100
55 to 59 years 220 100 120 275,540 138,565 136,970
60 to 64 years 210 110 100 226,230 113,440 112,790
65 years and over 500 265 235 500,215 231,690 268,530
65 to 69 years 200 105 100 173,680 85,500 88,180
70 to 74 years 125 75 50 117,035 56,430 60,610
75 to 79 years 90 45 45 83,955 39,105 44,845
80 to 84 years 50 25 25 62,165 27,590 34,575
85 years and over 35 25 15 63,385 23,065 40,320
85 to 89 years 25 15 5 39,965 16,050 23,915
90 to 94 years 5 0 0 18,025 5,755 12,275
95 to 99 years 10 5 5 4,735 1,145 3,595
100 years and over 0 0 0 650 115 535
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 11.3 11.6 11.5 19.2 19.6 18.7
15 to 64 years 62.2 60.8 64.4 68.5 69.0 68.0
65 years and over 26.2 28.0 24.6 12.3 11.4 13.2
85 years and over 1.8 2.6 1.6 1.6 1.1 2.0
Average age of the population 48.7 49.1 48.2 37.8 37.2 38.4
Median age of the population 54.6 55.1 54.0 36.7 36.2 37.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 825 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
Single-detached house 775 ... ... 946,225 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 0 ... ... 62,395 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 45 ... ... 471,090 ... ...
Semi-detached house 5 ... ... 86,765 ... ...
Row house 35 ... ... 116,625 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 0 ... ... 43,090 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 5 ... ... 223,360 ... ...
Other single-attached house 0 ... ... 1,245 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 5 ... ... 47,970 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 830 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
1 person 175 ... ... 366,080 ... ...
2 persons 420 ... ... 524,415 ... ...
3 persons 110 ... ... 245,075 ... ...
4 persons 85 ... ... 233,770 ... ...
5 or more persons 40 ... ... 158,335 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 1,890 ... ... 3,978,145 ... ...
Average household size 2.3 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 1,685 835 850 3,288,020 1,639,835 1,648,185
Married or living common law 1,140 560 580 1,969,300 988,410 980,895
Married 935 465 470 1,648,945 828,155 820,790
Living common law 205 100 105 320,350 160,250 160,100
Not married and not living common law 550 275 275 1,318,720 651,430 667,290
Never married 320 180 145 905,700 505,310 400,390
Separated 40 20 20 76,150 34,000 42,150
Divorced 110 50 60 195,850 82,040 113,815
Widowed 85 30 50 141,020 30,080 110,940
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 640 ... ... 1,114,585 ... ...
2 persons 450 ... ... 540,850 ... ...
3 persons 95 ... ... 235,245 ... ...
4 persons 70 ... ... 227,165 ... ...
5 or more persons 25 ... ... 111,330 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.5 ... ... 3.0 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 640 ... ... 1,114,585 ... ...
Total couple families 560 ... ... 953,325 ... ...
Married couples 460 ... ... 793,195 ... ...
Common-law couples 105 ... ... 160,130 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 80 ... ... 161,260 ... ...
Female parent 50 ... ... 123,490 ... ...
Male parent 30 ... ... 37,770 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 565 ... ... 953,325 ... ...
Couples without children 405 ... ... 443,665 ... ...
Couples with children 155 ... ... 509,655 ... ...
1 child 65 ... ... 190,010 ... ...
2 children 65 ... ... 213,910 ... ...
3 or more children 20 ... ... 105,735 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 80 ... ... 161,260 ... ...
1 child 45 ... ... 97,180 ... ...
2 children 30 ... ... 45,235 ... ...
3 or more children 5 ... ... 18,845 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 275 145 130 678,535 356,875 321,655
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 825 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
One-census-family households 615 ... ... 1,039,985 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 390 ... ... 414,570 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 225 ... ... 625,415 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 15 ... ... 36,120 ... ...
Non-census-family households 200 ... ... 451,570 ... ...
One-person households 180 ... ... 366,080 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 20 ... ... 85,490 ... ...
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 1,905 945 960 4,026,650 2,020,510 2,006,140
English only 1,675 845 830 3,698,765 1,869,670 1,829,095
French only 0 0 0 3,895 1,725 2,165
English and French 215 95 120 264,720 124,400 140,315
Neither English nor French 10 5 5 59,280 24,715 34,565
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 1,905 945 960 4,026,650 2,020,510 2,006,140
English 1,835 905 925 3,880,685 1,950,980 1,929,705
French 55 30 30 71,535 37,205 34,330
English and French 5 5 0 16,605 8,350 8,255
Neither English nor French 5 5 0 57,830 23,970 33,860
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 60 30 30 79,840 41,380 38,455
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.0 2.0 1.9
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 1,905 950 955 4,026,650 2,020,510 2,006,140
Single responses 1,890 935 950 3,934,580 1,975,615 1,958,970
Official languages 1,650 825 825 3,063,640 1,552,475 1,511,165
English 1,590 795 795 2,991,485 1,515,025 1,476,460
French 65 30 30 72,150 37,450 34,705
Non-official languages 240 110 130 870,940 423,140 447,805
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 23,835 11,290 12,550
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 18,295 8,665 9,630
Blackfoot 0 0 0 2,750 1,305 1,445
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 14,960 7,105 7,850
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 5 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 10 0 5
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 50 15 35
Plains Cree 0 0 0 720 280 435
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 50 20 35
Woods Cree 0 0 0 910 430 480
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 13,220 6,355 6,865
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 30 15 15
Malecite 0 0 0 0 5 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 35 20 15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 550 235 315
Algonquin 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ojibway 0 0 0 525 230 300
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 15 5 15
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 5
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 1,865 865 1,000
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 1,855 860 990
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 35 15 15
Carrier 0 0 0 15 0 15
Chilcotin 0 0 0 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 1,470 710 760
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 40 10 30
Gwich'in 0 0 0 15 5 10
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 70 20 45
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 200 90 115
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 10 5 10
South Slavey 0 0 0 155 70 80
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 35 15 25
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 5 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 10 0 10
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 120 35 85
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 25 5 10
Inuktitut 0 0 0 60 20 45
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 10 30
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 10 10 5
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 5 5 5
Oneida 0 0 0 0 5 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kutenai 0 0 0 5 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 80 45 35
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 0 5 5
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 5 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 5 0 5
Siouan languages 0 0 0 3,370 1,630 1,745
Dakota 0 0 0 350 165 185
Stoney 0 0 0 3,020 1,460 1,555
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 15 5 5
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 10 5 5
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 5 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 55 30 25
Non-Aboriginal languages 240 110 130 847,105 411,850 435,255
Afro-Asiatic languages 5 5 0 68,415 36,215 32,200
Berber languages 0 0 0 340 190 145
Kabyle 0 0 0 165 90 75
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 175 100 75
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 12,525 6,495 6,030
Bilen 0 0 0 315 185 130
Oromo 0 0 0 2,650 1,375 1,275
Somali 0 0 0 9,520 4,915 4,605
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 20 20
Semitic languages 10 5 0 55,425 29,450 25,980
Amharic 0 0 0 7,320 3,605 3,720
Arabic 5 5 0 40,540 21,840 18,705
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 400 210 190
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 145 80 65
Harari 0 0 0 260 135 120
Hebrew 0 0 0 960 505 460
Maltese 0 0 0 75 30 40
Tigrigna 0 0 0 5,415 2,880 2,535
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 305 155 145
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 130 80 50
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 25,295 11,760 13,535
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 1,925 910 1,010
Vietnamese 0 0 0 23,350 10,840 12,505
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 25 10 15
Austronesian languages 5 0 5 115,405 50,190 65,210
Bikol 0 0 0 425 205 225
Cebuano 0 0 0 5,135 2,155 2,980
Fijian 0 0 0 125 75 50
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 1,500 640 855
Ilocano 0 0 0 5,350 2,310 3,040
Malagasy 0 0 0 35 10 25
Malay 0 0 0 1,460 615 845
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 765 370 390
Pangasinan 0 0 0 290 115 175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5 0 5 99,035 43,120 55,920
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 305 145 160
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 980 430 550
Creole languages 0 0 0 1,895 990 910
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 95 45 50
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 1,175 640 540
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 625 305 325
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 13,490 7,075 6,415
Kannada 0 0 0 535 270 265
Malayalam 0 0 0 6,345 3,285 3,060
Tamil 0 0 0 4,430 2,360 2,070
Telugu 0 0 0 2,130 1,135 995
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 50 25 25
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 105 55 45
Indo-European languages 215 100 120 442,685 220,330 222,355
Albanian 0 0 0 2,345 1,270 1,075
Armenian 0 0 0 500 250 245
Balto-Slavic languages 35 10 25 80,330 37,750 42,580
Baltic languages 0 0 0 1,010 475 535
Latvian 0 0 0 415 195 220
Lithuanian 0 0 0 600 285 315
Slavic languages 35 10 25 79,325 37,275 42,050
Belarusan 0 0 0 65 30 30
Bosnian 0 0 0 1,835 915 920
Bulgarian 0 0 0 1,545 790 755
Croatian 0 0 0 4,655 2,340 2,320
Czech 10 5 5 3,000 1,430 1,575
Macedonian 0 0 0 360 185 175
Polish 5 0 5 20,130 9,425 10,705
Russian 0 0 0 17,810 8,150 9,665
Serbian 0 0 0 4,020 2,035 1,985
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 970 480 485
Slovak 5 0 5 2,185 1,070 1,115
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 695 320 370
Ukrainian 10 0 5 21,835 9,985 11,850
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 215 120 100
Celtic languages 5 5 5 370 200 170
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 135 70 65
Welsh 0 0 0 175 85 80
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 65 40 25
Germanic languages 145 65 75 104,260 51,525 52,735
Afrikaans 10 5 5 3,010 1,475 1,535
Danish 10 5 5 2,380 1,245 1,135
Dutch 20 5 10 16,135 8,095 8,045
Frisian 5 0 0 360 200 160
German 95 45 50 80,050 39,435 40,615
Icelandic 0 0 0 115 55 60
Norwegian 5 5 0 815 370 445
Swedish 5 0 5 875 405 470
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 320 150 170
Yiddish 0 0 0 140 70 70
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 30 25
Greek 0 0 0 3,130 1,655 1,475
Indo-Iranian languages 5 0 5 166,805 85,250 81,560
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 145,900 74,320 71,580
Bengali 0 0 0 7,000 3,630 3,370
Gujarati 0 0 0 13,140 6,785 6,355
Hindi 0 0 0 17,055 8,675 8,385
Kashmiri 0 0 0 105 60 50
Konkani 0 0 0 370 190 185
Marathi 0 0 0 1,510 775 730
Nepali 0 0 0 5,175 2,690 2,490
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 190 100 90
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 5 0 68,695 34,935 33,760
Sindhi 0 0 0 2,770 1,300 1,475
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 2,590 1,320 1,265
Urdu 0 0 0 27,295 13,865 13,430
Iranian languages 0 5 0 19,600 10,235 9,365
Kurdish 0 0 0 1,550 845 705
Pashto 0 0 0 2,560 1,320 1,235
Persian (Farsi) 5 0 0 15,490 8,070 7,425
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,310 695 615
Italic (Romance) languages 30 15 15 84,940 42,425 42,515
Catalan 0 0 0 75 30 45
Italian 5 5 0 11,375 5,760 5,615
Portuguese 15 5 10 9,050 4,380 4,670
Romanian 5 0 0 8,035 4,080 3,955
Spanish 5 5 5 56,370 28,160 28,205
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 20 15
Japanese 0 0 5 4,875 1,715 3,160
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 230 130 105
Georgian 0 0 0 230 130 100
Korean 5 0 0 17,920 8,485 9,435
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 545 255 290
Mongolian 0 0 0 540 255 290
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 15,360 7,870 7,495
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 1,755 915 835
Bamanankan 0 0 0 35 20 15
Edo 0 0 0 275 155 120
Ewe 0 0 0 245 145 100
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 230 120 100
Ga 0 0 0 145 80 65
Ganda 0 0 0 280 145 135
Igbo 0 0 0 1,165 625 540
Lingala 0 0 0 270 130 140
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 605 305 295
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 805 405 400
Shona 0 0 0 1,100 545 555
Swahili 0 0 0 2,380 1,160 1,215
Wolof 0 0 0 280 165 110
Yoruba 0 0 0 2,435 1,305 1,125
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 3,370 1,640 1,735
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 2,720 1,395 1,330
Dinka 0 0 0 1,345 705 640
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,375 685 690
Sign languages 0 0 0 830 440 390
American Sign Language 0 0 0 335 165 165
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 495 275 225
Sino-Tibetan languages 5 0 5 122,450 57,740 64,705
Chinese languages 0 0 0 120,375 56,675 63,700
Cantonese 0 0 0 59,145 27,755 31,385
Hakka 0 0 0 990 465 530
Mandarin 0 0 0 50,660 23,940 26,720
Min Dong 0 0 0 115 50 65
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 3,060 1,375 1,695
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 630 305 330
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 5 5,725 2,770 2,955
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 15 25
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 2,075 1,065 1,005
Burmese 0 0 0 430 230 200
Karenic languages 0 0 0 795 415 380
Tibetan 0 0 0 575 295 275
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 275 130 140
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 2,670 955 1,710
Lao 0 0 0 1,020 485 535
Thai 0 0 0 1,630 465 1,165
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 20 10 15
Turkic languages 0 0 0 4,050 2,250 1,800
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 365 215 155
Turkish 0 0 0 3,140 1,760 1,375
Uyghur 0 0 0 130 70 60
Uzbek 0 0 0 205 115 90
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 215 95 120
Uralic languages 5 5 5 7,470 3,600 3,870
Estonian 0 0 0 190 90 105
Finnish 0 5 5 810 330 480
Hungarian 5 5 0 6,470 3,185 3,285
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 690 415 280
Multiple responses 15 10 5 92,070 44,900 47,175
English and French 5 0 5 10,230 4,950 5,280
English and non-official language 5 10 0 77,520 37,815 39,705
French and non-official language 0 0 0 2,685 1,375 1,305
English, French and non-official language 5 0 5 1,640 760 880
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 1,900 945 955 4,026,655 2,020,510 2,006,145
Single responses 1,870 925 945 3,837,615 1,928,230 1,909,385
Official languages 1,810 900 910 3,354,885 1,690,490 1,664,395
English 1,795 890 905 3,327,255 1,676,360 1,650,895
French 15 10 5 27,630 14,130 13,500
Non-official languages 60 30 35 482,725 237,740 244,990
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 9,970 4,940 5,020
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 7,175 3,575 3,605
Blackfoot 0 0 0 1,110 555 555
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 5,875 2,925 2,945
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 20 10 10
Plains Cree 0 0 0 125 60 60
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 0 5
Woods Cree 0 0 0 600 300 295
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5,120 2,540 2,575
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 190 95 95
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 185 90 95
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 0 620 320 300
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 620 325 300
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 10 5 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 540 280 260
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 5 0 5
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 5 5 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 60 35 30
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 55 30 25
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 5 5
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 10 0 10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 5 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
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 5 0 5
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 10 5 5
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 2,125 1,025 1,095
Dakota 0 0 0 175 85 85
Stoney 0 0 0 1,945 935 1,010
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 25 15 10
Non-Aboriginal languages 60 30 35 472,760 232,800 239,965
Afro-Asiatic languages 5 5 0 43,770 22,535 21,235
Berber languages 0 0 0 200 105 95
Kabyle 0 0 0 90 45 40
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 105 60 45
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 9,220 4,750 4,470
Bilen 0 0 0 280 160 115
Oromo 0 0 0 2,075 1,060 1,015
Somali 0 0 0 6,850 3,520 3,325
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Semitic languages 5 0 5 34,310 17,660 16,655
Amharic 0 0 0 4,915 2,390 2,530
Arabic 5 5 0 24,230 12,555 11,675
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 260 130 130
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 95 50 40
Harari 0 0 0 165 80 85
Hebrew 0 0 0 460 235 225
Maltese 0 0 0 15 10 10
Tigrigna 0 0 0 3,955 2,095 1,860
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 210 110 100
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 45 20 20
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 16,355 7,635 8,715
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 960 460 500
Vietnamese 0 0 0 15,380 7,175 8,205
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 15 0 10
Austronesian languages 0 0 0 60,860 28,765 32,100
Bikol 0 0 0 70 40 35
Cebuano 0 0 0 2,110 1,015 1,090
Fijian 0 0 0 45 25 20
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 470 215 255
Ilocano 0 0 0 1,975 935 1,035
Malagasy 0 0 0 20 10 10
Malay 0 0 0 405 205 195
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 220 110 110
Pangasinan 0 0 0 45 20 30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 55,105 26,005 29,100
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 125 60 60
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 280 120 155
Creole languages 0 0 0 970 495 475
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 50 25 25
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 655 345 310
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 270 125 140
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 8,460 4,335 4,125
Kannada 0 0 0 210 105 105
Malayalam 0 0 0 4,060 2,070 1,990
Tamil 0 0 0 2,915 1,515 1,395
Telugu 0 0 0 1,245 635 615
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 30 10 15
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 70 35 35
Indo-European languages 55 25 30 230,270 115,280 114,995
Albanian 0 0 0 1,060 570 485
Armenian 0 0 0 215 115 105
Balto-Slavic languages 10 5 5 30,220 14,820 15,400
Baltic languages 0 0 0 410 210 200
Latvian 0 0 0 165 85 80
Lithuanian 0 0 0 250 125 120
Slavic languages 5 5 5 29,815 14,610 15,205
Belarusan 0 0 0 15 10 5
Bosnian 0 0 0 785 400 385
Bulgarian 0 0 0 825 415 405
Croatian 0 0 0 1,800 905 895
Czech 5 0 0 875 440 430
Macedonian 5 0 0 175 90 85
Polish 0 0 0 7,705 3,675 4,030
Russian 0 0 0 10,145 4,965 5,175
Serbian 0 0 0 2,100 1,045 1,055
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 315 160 155
Slovak 0 0 0 710 345 365
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 150 70 75
Ukrainian 0 0 0 4,180 2,060 2,110
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 30 25
Celtic languages 0 0 0 40 25 15
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 15 15 5
Welsh 0 0 0 15 5 5
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 0
Germanic languages 45 20 25 40,915 20,280 20,625
Afrikaans 15 5 5 1,705 835 875
Danish 5 0 0 150 75 75
Dutch 0 0 0 1,980 985 1,000
Frisian 0 0 0 60 30 30
German 20 15 10 36,295 18,010 18,290
Icelandic 0 0 0 30 15 15
Norwegian 0 0 0 60 20 35
Swedish 5 5 5 145 65 80
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 60 30 25
Yiddish 0 0 0 15 5 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 425 215 210
Greek 0 0 0 1,015 490 525
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 0 111,975 56,535 55,445
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 98,610 49,790 48,815
Bengali 0 0 0 4,530 2,300 2,225
Gujarati 0 0 0 8,025 4,085 3,935
Hindi 0 0 0 9,945 5,115 4,825
Kashmiri 0 0 0 50 20 25
Konkani 0 0 0 75 40 40
Marathi 0 0 0 845 440 405
Nepali 0 0 0 3,710 1,905 1,805
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 95 50 45
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 51,010 25,720 25,295
Sindhi 0 0 0 1,240 575 665
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 1,480 750 730
Urdu 0 0 0 17,600 8,795 8,810
Iranian languages 0 0 0 12,720 6,415 6,305
Kurdish 0 0 0 850 440 410
Pashto 0 0 0 1,640 845 795
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 10,230 5,135 5,100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 650 325 325
Italic (Romance) languages 5 0 5 44,830 22,445 22,385
Catalan 0 0 0 35 10 20
Italian 5 0 0 2,840 1,275 1,560
Portuguese 0 0 5 3,905 1,875 2,030
Romanian 0 0 0 4,135 2,115 2,020
Spanish 0 0 0 33,910 17,160 16,755
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Japanese 0 0 0 2,245 945 1,300
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 160 85 70
Georgian 0 0 0 160 85 70
Korean 0 5 0 12,775 6,205 6,570
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 335 160 175
Mongolian 0 0 0 335 155 175
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 5,600 2,725 2,875
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 845 415 430
Bamanankan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Edo 0 0 0 70 35 35
Ewe 0 0 0 80 45 35
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 105 55 45
Ga 0 0 0 40 20 20
Ganda 0 0 0 95 50 50
Igbo 0 0 0 265 125 145
Lingala 0 0 0 85 35 45
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 280 135 145
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 350 175 170
Shona 0 0 0 410 190 225
Swahili 0 0 0 1,090 530 565
Wolof 0 0 0 170 95 75
Yoruba 0 0 0 690 340 350
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,015 485 535
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 1,525 765 755
Dinka 0 0 0 800 420 380
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 725 350 375
Sign languages 0 0 5 1,095 630 465
American Sign Language 0 0 0 325 170 155
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 765 455 310
Sino-Tibetan languages 0 0 0 82,380 39,230 43,155
Chinese languages 0 0 0 80,880 38,455 42,420
Cantonese 0 0 0 38,275 17,810 20,460
Hakka 0 0 0 315 135 185
Mandarin 0 0 0 37,125 18,030 19,095
Min Dong 0 0 0 20 5 10
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 1,245 540 705
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 340 175 165
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 3,550 1,760 1,785
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 1,500 770 730
Burmese 0 0 0 280 145 130
Karenic languages 0 0 0 665 340 320
Tibetan 0 0 0 420 220 200
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 140 65 75
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 1,130 505 625
Lao 0 0 0 465 215 245
Thai 0 0 0 655 285 370
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 10 5 10
Turkic languages 0 0 0 2,390 1,270 1,120
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 155 90 75
Turkish 0 0 0 1,945 1,030 915
Uyghur 0 0 0 80 45 40
Uzbek 0 0 0 135 70 65
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 70 35 25
Uralic languages 0 0 0 2,130 1,040 1,085
Estonian 0 0 0 25 10 15
Finnish 0 0 0 105 50 50
Hungarian 0 0 0 1,995 980 1,015
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 240 140 95
Multiple responses 30 15 15 189,040 92,280 96,760
English and French 0 0 0 6,885 3,410 3,475
English and non-official language 25 15 10 178,070 86,895 91,170
French and non-official language 0 0 0 1,125 540 580
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 2,965 1,430 1,530
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 1,900 945 960 4,026,650 2,020,510 2,006,140
None 1,735 870 865 3,492,295 1,760,240 1,732,055
English 40 20 20 221,305 110,655 110,650
French 40 10 25 41,840 19,470 22,375
Non-official language 90 40 50 262,255 125,640 136,615
Aboriginal 0 0 0 17,430 8,325 9,105
Non-Aboriginal 90 40 50 244,825 117,315 127,510
English and French 0 0 0 1,535 775 760
English and non-official language 0 0 0 4,545 2,345 2,195
French and non-official language 5 5 0 2,795 1,340 1,455
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 85 50 40
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 1,675 835 845 3,206,050 1,602,690 1,603,360
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,640 810 830 3,053,470 1,528,275 1,525,190
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,176 42,880 27,968 42,717 54,891 33,213
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,645 815 830 3,054,135 1,528,420 1,525,715
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 30,592 38,034 25,771 38,067 47,131 30,478
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,545 775 775 2,839,590 1,458,560 1,381,030
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 28,531 37,274 22,208 42,330 54,528 32,099
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,130 540 595 1,785,065 711,210 1,073,855
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 8,235 9,536 7,072 4,093 3,834 4,185
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 1,205 615 590 2,473,665 1,301,630 1,172,030
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 20,523 24,256 18,112 42,679 54,361 32,982
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 1,680 835 845 3,206,045 1,602,810 1,603,235
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,625 800 825 3,054,555 1,528,100 1,526,455
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 46,944 55,069 39,018 62,778 80,001 45,535
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,625 800 825 3,055,230 1,528,240 1,526,995
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,046 44,933 33,302 50,683 62,938 38,417
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,510 740 765 2,840,675 1,458,210 1,382,465
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 43,901 52,946 35,170 62,997 80,282 44,766
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,075 515 565 1,784,345 710,105 1,074,240
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 9,391 9,718 9,092 7,175 7,298 7,093
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 1,205 615 590 2,473,665 1,299,805 1,173,855
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 39,166 47,114 30,934 59,343 74,073 43,031
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 1,675 835 845 3,206,050 1,602,810 1,603,240
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 24 385 235 155 1,152,385 669,770 482,615
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 55,881 59,752 48,155 64,090 73,781 53,836
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 63,674 70,297 53,794 81,586 94,822 63,218
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 87.2 89.9 84.8 93.3 95.8 89.1
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 55.7 56.7 54.4 76.5 78.9 72.3
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 12.7 10.8 15.5 6.7 4.2 10.9
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 1,675 830 845 3,206,050 1,602,690 1,603,360
Without total income 40 20 20 152,585 74,410 78,170
With total income 1,640 815 825 3,053,470 1,528,280 1,525,190
Percentage with total income 97.9 98.2 97.6 95.2 95.4 95.1
Under $10,000 (including loss) 230 90 135 389,580 146,450 243,130
$10,000 to $19,999 275 115 165 385,235 147,125 238,110
$20,000 to $29,999 230 85 140 364,915 142,810 222,105
$30,000 to $39,999 205 90 115 305,680 131,185 174,490
$40,000 to $49,999 175 95 80 286,615 133,715 152,900
$50,000 to $59,999 135 70 65 247,830 124,720 123,115
$60,000 to $69,999 95 60 35 205,840 114,405 91,430
$70,000 to $79,999 70 50 20 165,640 99,645 65,995
$80,000 to $89,999 65 45 20 132,720 82,700 50,020
$90,000 to $99,999 35 25 15 114,010 70,655 43,350
$100,000 and over 130 90 40 455,410 334,865 120,550
$100,000 to $149,999 85 55 25 274,185 191,710 82,475
$150,000 and over 45 35 10 181,225 143,150 38,075
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 1,675 835 845 3,206,050 1,602,690 1,603,365
Without after-tax income 30 15 15 151,915 74,270 77,645
With after-tax income 1,645 815 825 3,054,135 1,528,420 1,525,715
Percentage with after-tax income 98.2 97.6 97.6 95.3 95.4 95.2
Under $10,000 (including loss) 245 100 150 399,005 149,280 249,725
$10,000 to $19,999 285 120 170 402,780 154,330 248,450
$20,000 to $29,999 265 100 170 420,955 166,650 254,300
$30,000 to $39,999 230 120 110 377,590 169,665 207,925
$40,000 to $49,999 185 100 85 347,960 172,595 175,365
$50,000 to $59,999 130 85 45 276,970 153,985 122,985
$60,000 to $69,999 85 55 30 208,265 127,045 81,220
$70,000 to $79,999 70 45 20 160,580 100,970 59,610
$80,000 and over 135 90 45 460,030 333,895 126,140
$80,000 to $89,999 40 25 15 121,015 78,400 42,620
$90,000 to $99,999 20 15 5 82,020 57,375 24,645
$100,000 and over 70 50 20 257,000 198,120 58,875
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 1,675 830 845 3,206,050 1,602,690 1,603,360
Without employment income 470 215 255 732,385 301,060 431,330
With employment income 1,205 615 590 2,473,665 1,301,630 1,172,035
Percentage with employment income 71.9 74.1 69.8 77.2 81.2 73.1
Under $5,000 (including loss) 330 170 160 273,835 122,830 151,005
$5,000 to $9,999 115 45 65 164,095 68,100 95,990
$10,000 to $19,999 145 65 80 274,105 113,680 160,430
$20,000 to $29,999 130 50 85 235,620 96,855 138,760
$30,000 to $39,999 90 40 45 227,450 100,650 126,805
$40,000 to $49,999 90 45 45 219,155 103,680 115,475
$50,000 to $59,999 65 30 35 195,145 99,285 95,860
$60,000 to $69,999 50 35 15 163,465 92,950 70,515
$70,000 to $79,999 40 25 20 135,150 83,240 51,910
$80,000 and over 150 100 55 585,640 420,365 165,280
$80,000 to $89,999 35 20 15 111,045 71,210 39,835
$90,000 to $99,999 25 15 10 99,785 62,305 37,480
$100,000 and over 90 65 25 374,815 286,855 87,960
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 72,448 ... ... 93,835 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 63,770 ... ... 80,300 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 175 ... ... 366,080 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 32,346 ... ... 47,948 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 28,832 ... ... 41,502 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 650 ... ... 1,161,600 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 85,675 ... ... 111,435 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 75,093 ... ... 94,830 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 830 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 92,298 ... ... 125,522 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 76,768 ... ... 101,361 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 195 ... ... 365,000 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 41,995 ... ... 64,341 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 35,652 ... ... 52,116 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 635 ... ... 1,162,675 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 107,757 ... ... 144,729 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 89,404 ... ... 116,821 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
Under $5,000 10 ... ... 21,660 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 15 ... ... 13,555 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 20 ... ... 18,070 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 20 ... ... 33,045 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 40 ... ... 51,505 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 25 ... ... 38,615 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 45 ... ... 42,580 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 40 ... ... 46,630 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 30 ... ... 46,520 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 35 ... ... 46,825 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 70 ... ... 95,425 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 60 ... ... 95,340 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 55 ... ... 92,345 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 50 ... ... 88,775 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 50 ... ... 84,570 ... ...
$100,000 and over 270 ... ... 712,215 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 90 ... ... 184,595 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 70 ... ... 142,910 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 60 ... ... 181,960 ... ...
$200,000 and over 50 ... ... 202,745 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
Under $5,000 10 ... ... 23,395 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 10 ... ... 13,860 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 15 ... ... 18,600 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 25 ... ... 34,540 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 50 ... ... 55,010 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 25 ... ... 44,170 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 55 ... ... 50,280 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 35 ... ... 55,645 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 35 ... ... 57,695 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 40 ... ... 59,195 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 80 ... ... 119,200 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 70 ... ... 116,250 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 70 ... ... 112,675 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 45 ... ... 106,235 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 60 ... ... 95,600 ... ...
$100,000 and over 195 ... ... 565,335 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 85 ... ... 192,795 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 45 ... ... 132,240 ... ...
$150,000 and over 60 ... ... 240,305 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 635 ... ... 1,099,900 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 85,163 ... ... 109,997 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 74,368 ... ... 93,588 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.6 ... ... 3.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 385 ... ... 407,300 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 78,976 ... ... 101,283 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 69,120 ... ... 86,043 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 160 ... ... 511,375 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 118,528 ... ... 133,186 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 99,584 ... ... 111,951 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 4.1 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 80 ... ... 146,045 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 44,928 ... ... 62,909 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 43,136 ... ... 57,079 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.6 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 625 ... ... 1,101,485 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 107,193 ... ... 144,493 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 88,790 ... ... 116,343 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 395 ... ... 408,625 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 97,132 ... ... 137,805 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 80,303 ... ... 110,236 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 150 ... ... 512,615 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 160,541 ... ... 169,354 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 131,056 ... ... 135,623 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 75 ... ... 145,115 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 52,571 ... ... 80,406 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 47,545 ... ... 68,470 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 245 130 115 577,475 308,835 268,640
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 31,296 36,480 27,968 42,598 47,903 37,344
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 27,232 31,168 24,128 37,648 41,340 33,785
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 240 100 135 573,385 306,195 267,190
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 38,122 38,720 37,681 56,856 63,468 49,280
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 32,672 32,388 32,881 46,559 50,990 41,481
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 1,890 940 950 3,978,150 1,998,500 1,979,650
In the bottom half of the distribution 920 435 485 1,527,695 739,210 788,485
In the bottom decile 185 85 105 293,490 143,880 149,605
In the second decile 190 85 100 278,635 128,055 150,575
In the third decile 180 85 90 297,695 142,090 155,605
In the fourth decile 175 95 90 315,570 154,815 160,760
In the fifth decile 180 85 95 342,305 170,375 171,935
In the top half of the distribution 975 505 470 2,450,450 1,259,285 1,191,160
In the sixth decile 175 90 85 366,250 183,860 182,390
In the seventh decile 200 105 95 397,275 201,465 195,810
In the eighth decile 190 100 90 443,585 227,385 216,200
In the ninth decile 210 105 105 522,545 268,995 253,555
In the top decile 200 110 90 720,795 377,585 343,215
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 1,890 940 950 3,925,220 1,971,735 1,953,485
0 to 17 years 275 135 135 893,255 458,330 434,925
0 to 5 years 85 35 45 310,080 158,825 151,260
18 to 64 years 1,120 540 580 2,580,730 1,298,440 1,282,295
65 years and over 495 260 235 451,235 214,965 236,265
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 250 110 140 363,890 171,945 191,940
0 to 17 years 55 20 30 114,215 58,665 55,555
0 to 5 years 20 5 10 41,755 21,350 20,400
18 to 64 years 150 60 85 210,870 98,415 112,455
65 years and over 50 30 20 38,800 14,875 23,925
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 13.2 11.7 14.7 9.3 8.7 9.8
0 to 17 years (%) 20.0 14.8 22.2 12.8 12.8 12.8
0 to 5 years (%) 23.5 14.3 22.2 13.5 13.4 13.5
18 to 64 years (%) 13.4 11.1 14.7 8.2 7.6 8.8
65 years and over (%) 10.1 11.5 8.5 8.6 6.9 10.1
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 135 55 80 273,515 134,180 139,335
0 to 17 years 35 15 20 76,930 39,385 37,550
0 to 5 years 10 0 5 28,190 14,420 13,770
18 to 64 years 90 35 55 181,805 88,715 93,095
65 years and over 5 5 5 14,780 6,085 8,695
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 7.1 5.9 8.4 7.0 6.8 7.1
0 to 17 years (%) 12.7 11.1 14.8 8.6 8.6 8.6
0 to 5 years (%) 11.8 0.0 11.1 9.1 9.1 9.1
18 to 64 years (%) 8.0 6.5 9.5 7.0 6.8 7.3
65 years and over (%) 1.0 1.9 2.1 3.3 2.8 3.7
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 1,890 940 950 3,978,145 1,998,500 1,979,645
Official languages 1,885 940 950 3,920,530 1,974,435 1,946,095
English 1,885 935 945 3,916,805 1,972,800 1,944,005
French 210 100 110 264,600 123,940 140,660
Non-official languages 295 115 185 1,082,425 527,770 554,655
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 36,465 17,415 19,045
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 29,675 14,120 15,555
Blackfoot 0 0 0 5,575 2,665 2,905
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 23,465 11,155 12,310
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 25 0 15
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 90 20 70
Plains Cree 0 0 0 1,580 620 965
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 10 10 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 45 25 25
Woods Cree 0 0 0 1,135 525 610
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 20,665 9,990 10,675
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 35 15 15
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 35 15 15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 955 425 530
Algonquin 0 0 0 10 10 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 925 415 505
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 20 10 15
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 10
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 2,640 1,255 1,385
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 2,630 1,250 1,380
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Beaver 0 0 0 85 50 35
Carrier 0 0 0 45 10 35
Chilcotin 0 0 0 20 15 10
Dene 0 0 0 2,010 975 1,035
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 75 30 45
Gwich'in 0 0 0 10 0 10
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 150 65 85
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 285 140 145
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 25 15 10
South Slavey 0 0 0 190 90 100
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 75 35 45
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 10
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 10 0 10
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Haida 0 0 0 10 0 10
Inuit languages 0 0 0 135 50 80
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 35 10 25
Inuktitut 0 0 0 60 20 35
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 25 20
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 40 25 10
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 35 25 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 10
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 145 75 70
Salish languages 0 0 0 50 25 25
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 10 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 15 10 10
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 10 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 4,050 2,005 2,045
Dakota 0 0 0 530 285 245
Stoney 0 0 0 3,650 1,790 1,855
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Tlingit 0 0 0 10 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 35 15 15
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 20 10 10
Nisga'a 0 0 0 15 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 10 10 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 30 15 15
Non-Aboriginal languages 295 115 185 1,046,245 510,495 535,750
Afro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 96,210 50,675 45,535
Berber languages 0 0 0 540 335 205
Kabyle 0 0 0 225 125 90
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 315 210 110
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 15,445 8,055 7,385
Bilen 0 0 0 370 235 135
Oromo 0 0 0 3,125 1,625 1,500
Somali 0 0 0 12,030 6,240 5,795
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 20 40
Semitic languages 0 0 0 82,200 43,405 38,800
Amharic 0 0 0 10,870 5,595 5,275
Arabic 0 0 0 62,730 33,365 29,370
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 430 225 210
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 150 70 75
Harari 0 0 0 340 150 185
Hebrew 0 0 0 3,250 1,650 1,600
Maltese 0 0 0 145 85 55
Tigrigna 0 0 0 7,315 3,915 3,400
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 450 250 205
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 375 225 145
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 32,730 15,440 17,290
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 2,700 1,375 1,330
Vietnamese 0 0 0 30,150 14,130 16,015
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 0 10
Austronesian languages 10 0 10 145,745 63,615 82,130
Bikol 0 0 0 330 150 180
Cebuano 0 0 0 6,690 2,940 3,750
Fijian 0 0 0 340 195 145
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 1,760 745 1,020
Ilocano 0 0 0 7,370 3,160 4,215
Malagasy 0 0 0 80 40 40
Malay 0 0 0 3,040 1,435 1,610
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 1,185 565 625
Pangasinan 0 0 0 445 190 250
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 138,440 60,115 78,325
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 420 170 245
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,160 505 650
Creole languages 0 0 0 4,585 2,390 2,195
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 255 140 115
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 2,675 1,425 1,250
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,680 840 850
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 18,190 9,660 8,525
Kannada 0 0 0 1,035 520 515
Malayalam 0 0 0 8,150 4,255 3,900
Tamil 0 0 0 7,195 3,900 3,295
Telugu 0 0 0 2,910 1,560 1,345
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 150 80 70
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 115 55 55
Indo-European languages 265 100 160 550,490 274,510 275,980
Albanian 0 10 0 2,880 1,550 1,325
Armenian 0 0 0 530 255 275
Balto-Slavic languages 15 0 20 93,150 44,750 48,395
Baltic languages 0 0 0 1,360 660 705
Latvian 0 0 0 590 300 290
Lithuanian 0 0 0 775 360 415
Slavic languages 15 0 15 92,300 44,340 47,960
Belarusan 0 0 0 200 95 105
Bosnian 0 0 0 2,880 1,450 1,435
Bulgarian 0 0 0 1,795 945 850
Croatian 0 0 0 6,280 3,260 3,025
Czech 0 0 0 3,590 1,650 1,940
Macedonian 0 0 0 535 270 265
Polish 0 0 0 23,650 11,455 12,195
Russian 0 0 0 27,375 13,195 14,175
Serbian 0 0 0 5,355 2,630 2,730
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 1,095 550 540
Slovak 0 0 10 2,780 1,495 1,285
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 735 360 375
Ukrainian 10 0 10 26,600 11,980 14,620
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 250 120 130
Celtic languages 0 0 0 1,180 615 560
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 440 215 225
Welsh 0 0 0 315 180 130
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 450 220 225
Germanic languages 180 70 105 112,670 56,325 56,345
Afrikaans 0 0 0 5,165 2,655 2,515
Danish 10 10 0 2,800 1,360 1,440
Dutch 30 10 30 19,480 9,595 9,890
Frisian 0 0 10 475 275 205
German 145 65 80 83,010 41,905 41,105
Icelandic 0 0 0 160 70 95
Norwegian 0 0 0 1,450 635 810
Swedish 10 0 10 1,635 800 835
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 380 170 215
Yiddish 0 0 0 250 130 115
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 2,115 1,095 1,015
Greek 0 0 0 4,935 2,535 2,400
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 10 206,725 106,045 100,675
Indo-Aryan languages 10 0 10 186,005 95,045 90,960
Bengali 0 0 0 8,530 4,385 4,140
Gujarati 0 0 0 18,005 8,945 9,055
Hindi 10 0 10 61,290 31,900 29,385
Kashmiri 0 0 0 125 80 45
Konkani 0 0 0 625 300 320
Marathi 10 0 10 2,575 1,385 1,195
Nepali 0 0 0 5,510 3,000 2,510
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 255 135 120
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 90,485 46,350 44,135
Sindhi 0 0 0 4,595 2,065 2,530
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 3,800 1,925 1,875
Urdu 0 0 0 41,235 21,245 20,000
Iranian languages 0 0 0 22,140 11,665 10,475
Kurdish 0 0 0 1,930 1,100 825
Pashto 0 0 0 3,330 1,795 1,530
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 17,600 9,220 8,375
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,760 960 805
Italic (Romance) languages 95 45 50 142,340 69,885 72,450
Catalan 0 0 0 170 95 80
Italian 20 15 10 19,900 9,875 10,020
Portuguese 15 0 10 12,670 6,255 6,415
Romanian 0 0 0 9,915 5,185 4,735
Spanish 60 30 30 104,445 50,960 53,490
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 250 130 125
Japanese 10 0 10 9,215 4,115 5,100
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 225 130 100
Georgian 0 0 0 230 130 100
Korean 0 0 0 19,950 9,405 10,545
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 800 375 430
Mongolian 0 0 0 800 370 430
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 29,430 14,980 14,450
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 2,925 1,505 1,420
Bamanankan 0 0 0 60 30 30
Edo 0 0 0 620 325 290
Ewe 0 0 0 335 170 165
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 300 165 135
Ga 0 0 0 345 190 155
Ganda 0 0 0 610 305 305
Igbo 0 0 0 2,550 1,345 1,210
Lingala 0 0 0 1,240 640 605
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 830 420 410
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 1,155 605 550
Shona 0 0 0 1,810 850 960
Swahili 0 0 0 6,700 3,470 3,235
Wolof 0 0 0 600 365 235
Yoruba 0 0 0 5,930 3,035 2,890
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 6,585 3,265 3,320
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 3,070 1,495 1,575
Dinka 0 0 0 1,655 825 825
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,425 675 750
Sign languages 10 0 10 5,910 2,350 3,555
American Sign Language 0 0 0 3,085 1,130 1,955
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 10
Sign languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 2,855 1,230 1,625
Sino-Tibetan languages 10 10 0 141,860 67,945 73,915
Chinese languages 0 10 0 139,385 66,700 72,685
Cantonese 0 10 0 74,770 35,490 39,280
Hakka 0 0 0 1,180 515 660
Mandarin 0 0 0 70,510 33,310 37,195
Min Dong 0 0 0 85 50 40
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 4,140 1,765 2,380
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 855 380 470
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 6,335 3,160 3,175
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 25 35
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 2,590 1,290 1,300
Burmese 0 0 0 605 305 295
Karenic languages 0 0 0 805 415 390
Tibetan 0 0 0 860 430 430
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 445 215 235
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 3,705 1,510 2,195
Lao 0 0 0 1,520 730 795
Thai 0 0 0 2,400 850 1,545
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 45 25 25
Turkic languages 0 0 0 5,795 3,180 2,625
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 630 325 300
Turkish 0 0 0 4,255 2,420 1,835
Uyghur 0 0 0 290 135 155
Uzbek 0 0 0 425 200 225
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 355 170 180
Uralic languages 20 15 10 8,895 4,315 4,575
Estonian 0 0 0 185 85 105
Finnish 0 0 0 1,045 455 590
Hungarian 20 10 10 7,660 3,770 3,890
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 1,820 1,025 790
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 1,890 940 955 3,978,145 1,998,495 1,979,645
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 1,820 920 895 3,622,740 1,825,135 1,797,600
Canadian citizens aged under 18 280 145 130 854,815 439,065 415,755
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 1,540 770 765 2,767,920 1,386,070 1,381,850
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 70 20 55 355,410 173,365 182,045
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 1,890 940 950 3,978,145 1,998,495 1,979,650
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 1,525 790 735 3,062,775 1,550,445 1,512,335
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 360 145 215 845,220 412,320 432,895
Before 1981 225 95 130 163,460 81,620 81,840
1981 to 1990 55 15 35 86,350 41,690 44,660
1991 to 2000 50 20 30 131,560 62,930 68,630
2001 to 2010 30 10 20 256,055 125,235 130,820
2001 to 2005 10 0 0 109,145 53,425 55,720
2006 to 2010 25 10 10 146,910 71,810 75,100
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 0 10 0 207,790 100,845 106,945
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 0 0 10 70,155 35,735 34,420
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 360 145 215 845,220 412,320 432,895
Under 5 years 45 20 25 82,175 42,200 39,975
5 to 14 years 45 25 20 149,815 77,820 71,995
15 to 24 years 95 40 60 168,965 78,215 90,755
25 to 44 years 150 60 95 372,805 180,265 192,535
45 years and over 30 10 20 71,450 33,820 37,630
Immigrants by selected place of birthThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 360 145 210 845,215 412,325 432,895
Americas 55 15 35 103,540 49,345 54,190
Brazil 10 0 10 2,545 1,100 1,440
Colombia 0 0 0 9,535 4,570 4,960
El Salvador 0 0 0 7,255 3,725 3,530
Guyana 0 0 0 2,555 1,200 1,355
Haiti 0 0 0 1,270 675 600
Jamaica 0 0 0 6,845 3,170 3,680
Mexico 0 0 0 15,665 7,860 7,805
Peru 0 0 0 1,920 780 1,140
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 3,415 1,670 1,750
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 35 15 20 30,460 13,675 16,785
Other places of birth in Americas 0 0 0 22,075 10,925 11,150
Europe 260 115 140 189,770 95,355 94,415
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 4,555 2,325 2,230
Croatia 0 0 0 3,080 1,615 1,465
France 0 0 0 2,535 1,215 1,320
Germany 90 35 50 19,205 9,485 9,715
Greece 0 0 0 2,005 1,115 890
Hungary 15 0 10 3,665 1,880 1,785
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 0 0 0 3,935 2,100 1,835
Italy 10 10 0 8,110 4,370 3,745
Netherlands 35 15 20 14,035 7,420 6,610
Poland 0 0 0 16,925 8,045 8,880
Portugal 0 0 0 4,050 1,985 2,070
Romania 0 10 10 7,725 3,930 3,795
Russian Federation 0 0 0 7,260 3,135 4,125
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 0 0 0 2,255 1,080 1,170
Ukraine 0 0 0 8,150 3,700 4,455
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 70 40 30 59,215 30,280 28,935
Other places of birth in Europe 35 20 20 23,060 11,670 11,390
Africa 35 10 25 89,740 46,705 43,030
Algeria 0 0 0 1,340 715 625
Egypt 0 0 0 5,320 2,940 2,375
Ethiopia 0 0 0 10,570 5,355 5,215
Kenya 0 0 0 5,120 2,555 2,565
Morocco 0 0 0 1,695 1,005 695
Nigeria 0 0 0 12,405 6,520 5,880
Somalia 0 0 0 7,060 3,665 3,395
South Africa, Republic of 30 0 25 7,355 3,670 3,685
Other places of birth in Africa 10 10 0 38,865 20,275 18,590
Asia 15 0 10 452,225 215,955 236,265
Afghanistan 10 0 0 5,190 2,765 2,430
Bangladesh 0 0 0 5,085 2,590 2,500
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 0 0 0 57,690 26,510 31,185
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 10 10 0 19,110 9,265 9,850
India 0 0 0 91,660 46,625 45,035
IranCensus data footnote 61 0 0 0 8,910 4,655 4,250
Iraq 0 0 0 5,935 3,205 2,730
Japan 0 0 0 3,065 905 2,160
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 0 0 0 13,850 6,530 7,320
Lebanon 0 0 0 10,395 5,640 4,750
Pakistan 0 0 0 28,075 14,630 13,445
Philippines 0 0 10 123,830 54,075 69,755
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 4,835 2,475 2,365
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 0 0 0 4,800 2,515 2,280
Taiwan 0 0 0 3,455 1,460 2,000
Viet Nam 0 0 0 27,080 12,645 14,435
Other places of birth in Asia 0 0 0 39,250 19,485 19,765
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 0 0 0 9,940 4,950 4,990
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 0 10 0 207,790 100,845 106,945
Americas 0 0 0 20,060 9,660 10,400
Brazil 0 0 0 860 370 490
Colombia 0 0 0 2,295 1,020 1,275
Cuba 0 0 0 465 215 255
Haiti 0 0 0 385 240 150
Jamaica 0 0 0 1,660 765 895
Mexico 0 0 0 4,405 2,250 2,150
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 0 10 0 4,645 2,130 2,515
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 0 0 0 1,570 745 820
Other places of birth in Americas 0 0 0 3,785 1,930 1,855
Europe 0 0 0 20,870 10,830 10,045
France 0 0 0 425 240 180
Germany 0 0 0 1,370 710 655
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 0 0 0 1,355 835 520
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 715 365 350
Romania 0 0 0 1,100 545 555
Russian Federation 0 0 0 1,235 430 805
Ukraine 0 0 0 2,340 1,060 1,280
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 0 0 0 6,225 3,570 2,650
Other places of birth in Europe 0 0 0 6,100 3,065 3,040
Africa 0 0 0 27,770 14,165 13,610
Algeria 0 0 0 255 115 135
Cameroon 0 0 0 1,055 515 545
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 0 0 805 365 440
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 420 210 210
Egypt 0 0 0 1,940 1,045 895
Eritrea 0 0 0 2,390 1,335 1,055
Ethiopia 0 0 0 3,445 1,670 1,780
Morocco 0 0 0 515 265 250
Nigeria 0 0 0 6,110 3,200 2,910
Somalia 0 0 0 2,120 1,110 1,010
South Africa, Republic of 0 0 0 1,590 800 785
Tunisia 0 0 0 255 135 125
Other places of birth in Africa 0 0 0 6,870 3,400 3,470
Asia 0 0 0 137,110 65,055 72,050
Afghanistan 0 0 0 810 435 375
Bangladesh 0 0 0 1,355 635 715
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 0 0 0 10,525 4,700 5,825
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 750 305 450
India 0 0 0 28,820 14,915 13,900
IranCensus data footnote 61 0 0 0 3,265 1,665 1,600
Iraq 0 0 0 2,010 1,045 960
Israel 0 0 0 480 250 230
Japan 0 0 0 665 195 475
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 0 0 0 3,840 1,710 2,125
Lebanon 0 0 0 1,470 755 710
Nepal 0 0 0 2,615 1,380 1,240
Pakistan 0 0 0 6,910 3,420 3,490
Philippines 0 0 0 59,390 26,960 32,435
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 820 435 385
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 1,345 650 695
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 0 0 0 3,340 1,705 1,630
Taiwan 0 0 0 505 165 340
Turkey 0 0 0 390 215 180
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 810 430 375
Viet Nam 0 0 0 2,040 795 1,240
Other places of birth in Asia 0 0 0 4,965 2,285 2,680
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 0 0 0 1,980 1,135 845
Australia 0 0 0 1,065 600 465
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 0 0 0 915 535 375
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 1,890 940 950 3,978,145 1,998,500 1,979,650
First generationCensus data footnote 69 390 160 220 938,500 460,015 478,480
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 390 210 180 742,455 374,065 368,390
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 1,115 565 550 2,297,195 1,164,420 1,132,775
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 72 155 60 95 694,945 337,380 357,565
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 80 40 40 387,275 195,845 191,430
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 35 25 10 154,700 96,855 57,850
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 50 20 30 232,570 98,990 133,575
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 60 10 50 198,575 81,650 116,920
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 10 10 0 103,785 57,130 46,650
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 0 0 0 5,320 2,745 2,570
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 1,890 935 955 3,978,145 1,998,495 1,979,650
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 105 25 80 258,640 125,445 133,195
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 110 25 80 253,460 123,115 130,340
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 20 0 25 136,585 65,755 70,835
Métis 85 30 55 114,370 56,170 58,200
Inuk (Inuit) 0 0 0 2,500 1,195 1,305
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 0 0 0 2,905 1,350 1,555
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 0 0 0 2,280 975 1,300
Non-Aboriginal identity 1,785 905 875 3,719,505 1,873,055 1,846,450
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 1,890 940 950 3,978,145 1,998,500 1,979,645
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 25 0 20 123,235 59,065 64,170
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 1,865 935 930 3,854,915 1,939,430 1,915,475
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 1,890 935 955 3,978,145 1,998,500 1,979,645
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 0 0 0 103,600 50,680 52,915
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 0 0 0 99,940 48,860 51,070
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 0 0 0 81,685 39,815 41,870
Métis single ancestry 0 0 0 17,515 8,690 8,820
Inuit single ancestry 0 0 0 735 355 380
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 0 0 0 3,665 1,820 1,845
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 0 0 0 3,490 1,725 1,765
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 105 55 50
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 50 35 15
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 20 0 15
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 85 20 65 200,215 97,055 103,160
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 80 15 65 189,830 92,295 97,530
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 25 0 25 104,875 50,595 54,280
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 55 15 40 82,585 40,530 42,060
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 2,365 1,170 1,195
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 0 0 0 10,385 4,760 5,625
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 9,760 4,465 5,295
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 310 155 155
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 270 110 160
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 40 25 20
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 1,805 920 885 3,674,330 1,850,760 1,823,570
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 1,890 940 955 3,978,145 1,998,495 1,979,645
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 90 45 50 933,165 461,460 471,705
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 35 10 30 230,930 118,535 112,390
Chinese 10 10 0 158,200 77,035 81,165
Black 10 0 0 129,390 66,960 62,440
Filipino 0 0 0 166,195 74,770 91,425
Latin American 15 0 10 55,090 27,560 27,525
Arab 0 0 0 56,700 30,245 26,450
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 10 0 0 43,985 21,025 22,960
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 0 0 0 20,980 11,010 9,965
Korean 0 0 0 21,275 10,130 11,145
Japanese 25 15 10 12,165 5,495 6,670
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 0 0 0 9,900 4,700 5,205
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 0 0 0 28,360 13,985 14,375
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 1,800 900 900 3,044,980 1,537,040 1,507,940
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 1,890 940 955 3,978,150 1,998,500 1,979,645
North American Aboriginal origins 85 15 65 303,815 147,735 156,075
First Nations (North American Indian) 25 0 25 200,290 96,845 103,445
Inuit 0 0 0 3,900 1,915 1,985
Métis 55 20 45 113,735 55,590 58,150
Other North American origins 465 260 205 955,040 486,735 468,305
Acadian 15 10 10 5,545 2,970 2,570
American 25 10 20 72,355 35,480 36,875
Canadian 445 240 205 902,315 460,335 441,975
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 50 35 15
Newfoundlander 0 0 0 1,985 1,135 850
Nova Scotian 0 0 0 190 115 70
Ontarian 0 0 0 110 65 45
Québécois 0 0 0 1,380 750 630
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 0 415 210 205
European origins 1,645 785 855 2,580,720 1,292,280 1,288,440
British Isles origins 1,090 505 580 1,581,265 787,205 794,060
Channel Islander 0 0 0 225 115 115
Cornish 0 0 0 210 90 115
English 710 315 390 899,440 444,010 455,440
Irish 345 165 180 596,750 288,710 308,040
Manx 0 0 0 945 450 495
Scottish 490 245 245 704,205 347,740 356,460
Welsh 55 20 35 80,455 38,715 41,740
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 60 30 30 90,865 44,055 46,815
French origins 215 100 115 411,560 201,160 210,395
Alsatian 0 0 0 200 120 80
Breton 0 0 0 60 25 35
Corsican 0 0 0 125 65 70
French 220 100 120 411,315 201,030 210,290
Western European origins (except French origins) 610 300 310 915,185 455,115 460,065
Austrian 20 15 0 39,530 19,225 20,305
Bavarian 0 0 0 110 60 55
Belgian 30 10 15 21,210 10,320 10,890
Dutch 70 30 40 195,720 97,735 97,990
Flemish 0 0 0 2,005 870 1,140
Frisian 0 0 0 685 380 305
German 470 235 240 712,955 353,755 359,195
Luxembourger 0 0 0 680 355 320
Swiss 50 30 20 24,310 11,905 12,410
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 0 0 0 830 390 440
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 210 90 115 329,990 159,695 170,295
Danish 55 45 15 60,380 29,240 31,135
Finnish 10 0 0 17,755 8,780 8,975
Icelandic 15 0 10 20,225 10,050 10,175
Norwegian 65 20 45 156,595 75,160 81,430
Swedish 70 20 50 97,840 46,445 51,385
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 15 10 10 13,515 7,005 6,505
Eastern European origins 275 130 145 685,270 336,430 348,845
Bulgarian 0 0 0 2,935 1,510 1,425
Byelorussian 0 0 0 2,200 1,165 1,035
Czech 0 0 0 20,865 10,405 10,460
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 0 0 0 10,055 4,800 5,255
Estonian 0 0 0 2,715 1,240 1,470
Hungarian 55 15 35 56,270 27,385 28,885
Latvian 10 10 10 3,245 1,585 1,660
Lithuanian 20 10 10 6,090 2,915 3,175
Moldovan 0 0 0 1,585 790 790
Polish 55 15 40 186,510 91,115 95,395
Romanian 0 0 0 34,230 16,520 17,710
Russian 55 30 30 107,800 51,840 55,960
Slovak 10 0 10 11,010 5,495 5,515
Ukrainian 120 65 55 369,090 181,600 187,490
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 0 0 0 1,910 1,015 895
Southern European origins 110 45 65 215,725 107,495 108,230
Albanian 0 0 0 2,935 1,555 1,385
Bosnian 0 0 0 3,870 1,985 1,890
Catalan 0 0 0 85 55 25
Croatian 0 0 0 14,220 7,535 6,690
Cypriot 0 0 0 160 90 70
Greek 0 0 0 15,025 7,790 7,235
Italian 85 35 50 101,265 50,975 50,285
Kosovar 0 0 0 420 210 210
Macedonian 0 0 0 1,015 485 535
Maltese 0 0 0 1,560 845 715
Montenegrin 0 0 0 290 185 105
Portuguese 25 10 15 22,385 11,395 10,985
Serbian 0 0 0 7,755 3,875 3,875
Sicilian 0 0 0 330 160 170
Slovenian 0 0 0 3,885 2,010 1,875
Spanish 15 0 20 48,055 22,225 25,835
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 0 0 10 5,120 2,495 2,625
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 0 0 0 245 120 125
Other European origins 15 15 0 22,805 11,700 11,105
Basque 0 0 0 425 210 215
Jewish 0 0 0 9,780 4,890 4,885
Roma (Gypsy) 10 10 0 465 220 245
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 0 0 0 995 505 490
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 0 0 0 11,255 5,940 5,310
Caribbean origins 0 0 0 36,120 18,050 18,070
Antiguan 0 0 0 455 265 190
Bahamian 0 0 0 310 180 130
Barbadian 0 0 0 2,065 980 1,080
Bermudan 0 0 0 210 120 90
Carib 0 0 0 135 45 85
Cuban 0 0 0 2,175 1,110 1,060
Dominican 0 0 0 930 530 395
Grenadian 0 0 0 595 300 295
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 0 0 0 2,235 1,210 1,025
Jamaican 0 0 0 17,325 8,540 8,785
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0 95 65 30
Martinican 0 0 0 10 0 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 30 10 25
Puerto Rican 0 0 0 460 225 240
St. Lucian 0 0 0 595 295 300
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 0 0 0 5,180 2,685 2,490
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0 535 215 325
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 0 0 0 2,670 1,275 1,395
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 0 0 0 2,305 1,110 1,200
Latin, Central and South American origins 45 15 25 78,405 39,030 39,375
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 0 0 0 1,980 965 1,015
Arawak 0 0 0 105 30 70
Argentinian 0 0 0 1,385 705 680
Belizean 0 0 0 445 250 190
Bolivian 0 0 0 590 305 285
Brazilian 20 10 15 3,030 1,330 1,700
Chilean 0 0 0 8,105 4,115 3,990
Colombian 0 0 0 12,585 6,060 6,525
Costa Rican 0 0 0 575 270 305
Ecuadorian 0 0 0 890 405 485
Guatemalan 0 0 0 2,395 1,270 1,120
Guyanese 0 0 0 3,095 1,545 1,555
Hispanic 0 0 0 1,785 905 885
Honduran 0 0 0 760 405 355
Maya 0 0 0 580 310 275
Mexican 10 0 0 22,475 11,430 11,045
Nicaraguan 0 0 0 1,675 825 855
Panamanian 0 0 0 320 150 170
Paraguayan 0 0 0 340 155 190
Peruvian 0 0 0 2,740 1,245 1,495
Salvadorean 15 10 10 8,810 4,545 4,270
Uruguayan 0 0 0 315 180 135
Venezuelan 0 0 0 4,690 2,295 2,390
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 0 0 0 3,430 1,735 1,695
African origins 0 10 0 136,510 70,620 65,885
Central and West African origins 0 0 0 33,170 17,430 15,735
Akan 0 0 0 130 80 50
Angolan 0 0 0 295 155 140
Ashanti 0 0 0 130 70 55
Beninese 0 0 0 200 90 105
Burkinabe 0 0 0 100 50 50
Cameroonian 0 0 0 2,040 1,010 1,035
Chadian 0 0 0 75 55 20
Congolese 0 0 0 4,095 2,100 1,990
Edo 0 0 0 555 320 235
Ewe 0 0 0 125 70 55
Gabonese 0 0 0 25 10 20
Gambian 0 0 0 110 60 50
Ghanaian 0 0 0 4,470 2,365 2,100
Guinean 0 0 0 455 235 215
Ibo 0 0 0 1,760 935 825
Ivorian 0 0 0 655 355 295
Liberian 0 0 0 1,040 495 540
Malian 0 0 0 70 45 25
Malinké 0 0 0 95 55 45
Nigerian 0 0 0 13,010 6,815 6,200
Peulh 0 0 0 105 70 35
Senegalese 0 0 0 575 370 205
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0 740 395 345
Togolese 0 0 0 150 70 80
Wolof 0 0 0 70 45 25
Yoruba 0 0 0 2,990 1,600 1,385
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 0 0 0 1,865 985 875
North African origins 0 0 0 23,235 12,305 10,935
Algerian 0 0 0 1,620 805 815
Berber 0 0 0 685 415 270
Coptic 0 0 0 225 115 110
Dinka 0 0 0 565 320 250
Egyptian 0 0 0 8,525 4,515 4,010
Libyan 0 0 0 1,300 665 635
Maure 0 0 0 95 70 25
Moroccan 0 0 0 2,510 1,380 1,130
Sudanese 0 0 0 7,070 3,695 3,375
Tunisian 0 0 0 940 480 455
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 0 0 0 575 315 260
Southern and East African origins 0 0 10 56,560 29,285 27,275
Afrikaner 0 0 0 315 155 160
Amhara 0 0 0 450 240 215
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 0 0 700 395 310
Burundian 0 0 0 975 555 420
Djiboutian 0 0 0 170 90 75
Eritrean 0 0 0 7,960 4,250 3,715
Ethiopian 0 0 0 13,225 6,710 6,510
Harari 0 0 0 165 85 80
Kenyan 0 0 0 2,175 1,035 1,140
Malagasy 0 0 0 125 55 70
Mauritian 0 0 0 550 310 235
Oromo 0 0 0 1,355 765 595
Rwandan 0 0 0 1,420 745 675
Seychellois 0 0 0 35 25 10
Somali 0 0 0 14,100 7,315 6,790
South African 0 0 0 6,635 3,310 3,320
Tanzanian 0 0 0 1,030 525 505
Tigrian 0 0 0 700 380 320
Ugandan 0 0 0 1,155 645 510
Zambian 0 0 0 265 155 110
Zimbabwean 0 0 0 2,590 1,300 1,285
Zulu 0 0 0 295 135 160
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 0 0 0 3,875 2,010 1,870
Other African origins 0 0 0 26,150 12,995 13,155
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 0 0 0 2,525 1,220 1,305
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 0 0 0 23,960 11,950 12,010
Asian origins 70 30 40 756,335 370,390 385,945
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 0 0 0 97,355 51,035 46,315
Afghan 0 0 0 8,540 4,545 3,995
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 0 0 0 10,470 5,690 4,780
Armenian 0 0 0 1,780 865 910
Assyrian 0 0 0 560 300 255
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 615 280 335
Georgian 0 0 0 400 230 165
Hazara 0 0 0 365 190 170
Iranian 0 0 0 13,925 7,220 6,705
Iraqi 0 0 0 6,165 3,250 2,915
Israeli 0 0 0 1,565 830 740
Jordanian 0 0 0 1,325 670 655
Kazakh 0 0 0 565 260 310
Kurd 0 0 0 2,040 1,160 880
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 185 110 80
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 200 110 90
Lebanese 0 0 0 32,365 16,835 15,525
Palestinian 0 0 0 4,880 2,675 2,210
Pashtun 0 0 0 645 305 345
Saudi Arabian 0 0 0 390 205 180
Syrian 0 0 0 7,215 3,605 3,610
Tajik 0 0 0 265 160 105
Tatar 0 0 0 530 215 315
Turk 0 0 0 5,745 3,155 2,595
Turkmen 0 0 0 105 55 50
Uighur 0 0 0 270 125 140
Uzbek 0 0 0 485 225 260
Yemeni 0 0 0 930 440 485
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 0 0 0 2,445 1,305 1,140
South Asian origins 30 10 25 231,550 118,855 112,695
Bangladeshi 0 0 0 4,155 2,085 2,070
Bengali 0 0 0 1,660 870 790
Bhutanese 0 0 0 815 410 400
East Indian 25 0 20 174,510 89,140 85,370
Goan 0 0 0 495 265 225
Gujarati 0 0 0 855 445 410
Kashmiri 0 0 0 720 355 365
Nepali 0 0 0 4,600 2,490 2,110
Pakistani 10 0 15 29,265 15,075 14,190
Punjabi 0 0 0 15,645 8,230 7,420
Sinhalese 0 0 0 750 400 355
Sri Lankan 0 0 0 5,585 2,885 2,695
Tamil 0 0 0 1,050 565 485
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 0 0 0 4,845 2,500 2,335
East and Southeast Asian origins 45 20 20 431,135 202,400 228,735
Burmese 0 0 0 1,270 650 615
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0 4,260 2,245 2,015
Chinese 10 0 0 188,280 90,735 97,545
Filipino 0 0 0 175,130 79,150 95,975
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0 3,005 1,425 1,575
Japanese 25 15 10 16,595 7,510 9,085
Karen 0 0 0 740 390 345
Korean 0 0 0 22,410 10,655 11,755
Laotian 0 0 0 2,050 1,020 1,030
Malaysian 10 10 0 2,970 1,340 1,630
Mongolian 0 0 0 1,565 725 835
Singaporean 0 0 0 370 180 190
Taiwanese 0 0 0 1,995 855 1,140
Thai 0 0 0 2,735 980 1,750
Tibetan 0 0 0 965 500 465
Vietnamese 0 0 0 36,780 17,720 19,060
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 0 0 0 735 385 345
Other Asian origins 0 0 0 3,115 1,580 1,530
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 0 0 0 3,115 1,585 1,530
Oceania origins 15 10 0 15,500 7,825 7,680
Australian 0 10 0 7,785 3,975 3,810
New Zealander 0 0 10 2,905 1,535 1,370
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0 5,150 2,510 2,635
Fijian 0 0 0 3,325 1,580 1,745
Hawaiian 0 0 0 425 190 235
Maori 0 0 0 640 325 320
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 205 105 95
Samoan 0 0 0 280 180 100
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 0 0 0 375 195 180
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
Owner 675 ... ... 1,105,795 ... ...
Renter 155 ... ... 412,150 ... ...
Band housing 0 ... ... 9,730 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 825 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
Condominium 40 ... ... 256,015 ... ...
Not condominium 785 ... ... 1,271,660 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 830 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
No bedrooms 0 ... ... 5,440 ... ...
1 bedroom 50 ... ... 139,820 ... ...
2 bedrooms 180 ... ... 322,370 ... ...
3 bedrooms 280 ... ... 540,505 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 315 ... ... 519,545 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 125 ... ... 358,650 ... ...
5 rooms 105 ... ... 238,870 ... ...
6 rooms 130 ... ... 224,335 ... ...
7 rooms 110 ... ... 201,560 ... ...
8 or more rooms 355 ... ... 504,270 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 7.3 ... ... 6.5 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 825 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 825 ... ... 1,494,875 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 0 ... ... 32,805 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 830 ... ... 1,527,675 ... ...
Suitable 810 ... ... 1,458,550 ... ...
Not suitable 15 ... ... 69,125 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 830 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
1960 or before 110 ... ... 177,780 ... ...
1961 to 1980 250 ... ... 439,505 ... ...
1981 to 1990 115 ... ... 193,360 ... ...
1991 to 2000 160 ... ... 216,410 ... ...
2001 to 2005 80 ... ... 157,420 ... ...
2006 to 2010 55 ... ... 180,645 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 60 ... ... 162,560 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 825 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 770 ... ... 1,440,440 ... ...
Major repairs needed 55 ... ... 87,240 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 830 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
1 household maintainer 440 ... ... 873,125 ... ...
2 household maintainers 370 ... ... 605,830 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 15 ... ... 48,725 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 830 ... ... 1,527,680 ... ...
15 to 24 years 0 ... ... 53,955 ... ...
25 to 34 years 65 ... ... 281,820 ... ...
35 to 44 years 80 ... ... 307,930 ... ...
45 to 54 years 140 ... ... 310,435 ... ...
55 to 64 years 225 ... ... 288,480 ... ...
65 to 74 years 220 ... ... 169,505 ... ...
75 to 84 years 85 ... ... 86,970 ... ...
85 years and over 15 ... ... 28,585 ... ...
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 141 735 ... ... 1,479,270 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 555 ... ... 1,170,780 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 180 ... ... 308,485 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 145 ... ... 268,795 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 580 ... ... 1,075,465 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 44.8 ... ... 65.2 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 19.0 ... ... 15.1 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 770 ... ... 1,481 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,179 ... ... 1,531 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 501,203 ... ... 400,104 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 604,978 ... ... 449,790 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 150 ... ... 410,225 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 0.0 ... ... 10.4 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 45.2 ... ... 36.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,134 ... ... 1,243 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 1,077 ... ... 1,279 ... ...
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 1,675 835 840 3,206,050 1,602,810 1,603,235
No certificate, diploma or degree 170 75 100 540,665 284,020 256,640
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 435 230 210 895,885 440,665 455,220
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 1,065 530 535 1,769,500 878,130 891,375
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 195 140 55 309,465 242,160 67,305
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 65 30 40 94,735 56,255 38,480
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 125 110 20 214,730 185,905 28,825
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 385 175 210 615,480 250,590 364,895
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 65 25 45 94,620 36,875 57,750
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 415 195 225 749,930 348,510 401,425
Bachelor's degree 285 135 150 530,085 235,610 294,470
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 35 10 25 39,955 18,075 21,880
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 20 15 10 21,850 11,810 10,045
Master's degree 60 30 35 133,265 67,215 66,055
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 10 10 10 24,770 15,805 8,965
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 1,010 500 510 2,257,820 1,131,030 1,126,795
No certificate, diploma or degree 45 20 25 244,755 136,085 108,675
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 270 155 110 569,435 283,290 286,145
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 695 325 370 1,443,635 711,655 731,975
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 125 90 35 238,220 189,180 49,035
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 50 15 30 69,415 42,445 26,970
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 75 70 10 168,805 146,740 22,065
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 260 120 140 496,375 203,350 293,020
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 45 20 25 73,315 29,315 44,005
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 265 95 170 635,730 289,810 345,920
Bachelor's degree 195 75 115 448,235 197,045 251,195
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 25 0 20 32,095 14,155 17,940
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 15 10 0 18,855 9,505 9,350
Master's degree 30 10 25 116,975 57,230 59,740
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 0 0 0 19,570 11,875 7,695
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 1,680 835 845 3,206,045 1,602,810 1,603,235
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 610 305 305 1,436,545 724,680 711,865
Education 90 25 60 121,930 29,000 92,930
13. Education 90 25 65 121,930 29,000 92,930
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 45 15 35 49,660 20,960 28,705
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 0 0 0 9,130 6,305 2,820
50. Visual and performing arts 45 10 35 40,535 14,650 25,885
Humanities 40 15 25 69,305 27,480 41,830
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 0 0 10 6,790 1,620 5,170
23. English language and literature/letters 15 0 10 15,110 4,270 10,840
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 0 0 0 20,660 7,275 13,390
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 225 105 125
38. Philosophy and religious studies 0 0 0 4,890 2,750 2,140
39. Theology and religious vocations 10 0 10 11,435 6,560 4,865
54. History 15 10 0 8,600 4,560 4,045
55. French language and literature/letters 0 0 0 1,595 345 1,250
Social and behavioural sciences and law 100 20 80 159,735 51,705 108,030
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 0 0 0 2,345 470 1,875
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 10 0 15 17,180 6,320 10,865
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 20 0 20 28,750 2,185 26,570
22. Legal professions and studies 15 10 10 29,000 9,355 19,645
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 0 0 0 2,190 605 1,580
42. Psychology 30 0 20 27,275 6,765 20,515
45. Social sciences 25 10 20 52,985 26,000 26,985
Business, management and public administration 210 85 125 361,530 133,045 228,485
30.16 Accounting and computer science 0 0 0 670 155 520
44. Public administration and social service professions 10 10 10 21,565 4,015 17,555
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 200 80 115 339,295 128,885 210,410
Physical and life sciences and technologies 50 40 10 72,850 38,330 34,525
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 20 15 10 25,850 10,955 14,895
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 10 10 0 15,410 7,270 8,145
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 0 0 0 555 170 385
40. Physical sciences 15 15 0 26,130 17,875 8,255
41. Science technologies/technicians 0 0 0 4,900 2,055 2,845
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 25 10 10 60,830 37,710 23,120
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 20 10 10 48,975 32,855 16,125
25. Library science 0 0 0 4,295 515 3,780
27. Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 7,050 4,020 3,035
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 0 0 0 515 330 185
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 215 215 0 463,185 415,665 47,520
04. Architecture and related services 10 10 0 11,325 7,140 4,190
14. Engineering 35 35 0 110,345 89,275 21,070
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 25 25 0 84,800 72,145 12,655
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 60 10 50
46. Construction trades 55 55 0 100,370 96,810 3,560
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 60 60 0 103,880 100,100 3,785
48. Precision production 30 35 0 52,400 50,195 2,205
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 35 15 15 44,270 27,245 17,025
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 25 0 20 28,440 17,860 10,580
03. Natural resources and conservation 10 10 0 15,830 9,390 6,445
Health and related fields 180 35 145 270,920 51,220 219,700
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 10 0 10 19,300 9,110 10,195
51. Health professions and related programs 170 35 135 245,265 38,460 206,810
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 0 0 10 6,350 3,650 2,695
Personal, protective and transportation services 70 45 30 95,140 45,720 49,415
12. Personal and culinary services 40 15 25 57,285 14,985 42,305
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 0 0 0 250 230 20
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 0 0 0 740 655 85
43. Security and protective services 10 10 0 16,985 11,590 5,400
49. Transportation and materials moving 20 20 0 19,880 18,270 1,610
Other 0 0 0 150 60 95
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 0 0 0 145 60 95
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 1,010 495 510 2,257,820 1,131,025 1,126,795
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 315 175 140 814,190 419,370 394,820
Education 50 15 40 91,020 19,920 71,105
13. Education 50 15 40 91,025 19,920 71,100
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 35 10 25 40,255 16,670 23,585
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 0 0 0 7,095 4,810 2,285
50. Visual and performing arts 30 10 30 33,155 11,860 21,300
Humanities 35 15 25 55,985 21,840 34,145
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 10 0 10 5,690 1,310 4,380
23. English language and literature/letters 15 10 10 12,345 3,425 8,920
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 0 0 0 17,320 6,020 11,300
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 200 95 100
38. Philosophy and religious studies 0 0 0 3,930 2,205 1,725
39. Theology and religious vocations 0 0 10 8,500 4,960 3,545
54. History 15 10 10 6,855 3,565 3,285
55. French language and literature/letters 0 0 0 1,140 245 895
Social and behavioural sciences and law 70 10 55 135,545 42,855 92,685
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 0 0 0 2,025 425 1,600
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 0 0 10 14,880 5,360 9,520
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 15 0 15 23,730 1,770 21,960
22. Legal professions and studies 15 0 10 25,095 7,395 17,705
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 0 0 0 1,790 530 1,255
42. Psychology 15 0 0 22,460 5,290 17,170
45. Social sciences 20 10 15 45,565 22,095 23,465
Business, management and public administration 140 55 85 301,995 110,825 191,170
30.16 Accounting and computer science 0 0 0 560 135 420
44. Public administration and social service professions 10 0 10 18,035 3,130 14,910
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 130 50 80 283,400 107,560 175,840
Physical and life sciences and technologies 35 25 10 58,120 29,655 28,465
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 15 0 10 20,925 8,620 12,310
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 0 0 0 12,175 5,740 6,435
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 0 0 0 460 155 305
40. Physical sciences 15 15 0 20,785 13,645 7,140
41. Science technologies/technicians 0 0 0 3,775 1,500 2,270
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 15 10 10 53,975 33,590 20,385
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 15 0 10 44,735 29,980 14,750
25. Library science 0 0 0 3,400 440 2,965
27. Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 5,420 2,915 2,500
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 0 0 0 420 255 165
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 140 140 0 376,875 335,210 41,670
04. Architecture and related services 0 0 0 9,335 5,630 3,710
14. Engineering 10 10 0 95,005 75,840 19,170
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 25 25 0 69,300 58,610 10,690
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 55 10 50
46. Construction trades 40 40 0 80,455 77,430 3,020
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 55 55 0 81,470 78,290 3,180
48. Precision production 10 10 0 41,255 39,405 1,850
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 20 0 15 35,820 21,060 14,760
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 15 0 15 21,990 12,970 9,025
03. Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 13,825 8,090 5,740
Health and related fields 110 20 85 217,640 42,225 175,410
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 0 0 10 15,955 7,530 8,425
51. Health professions and related programs 100 15 80 196,250 31,775 164,475
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 10 0 0 5,435 2,925 2,505
Personal, protective and transportation services 55 30 20 76,300 37,755 38,540
12. Personal and culinary services 35 15 20 44,755 12,085 32,670
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 0 0 0 190 170 20
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 0 0 0 460 410 50
43. Security and protective services 10 10 0 14,100 9,595 4,505
49. Transportation and materials moving 10 10 0 16,795 15,490 1,305
Other 0 0 0 115 55 60
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 0 0 0 110 55 60
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 1,675 835 840 3,206,045 1,602,810 1,603,235
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 610 305 305 1,436,545 724,685 711,865
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 1,065 530 540 1,769,505 878,130 891,370
Location of study inside Canada 825 415 410 1,424,855 709,950 714,905
Same as province or territory of residence 550 285 270 1,064,560 530,135 534,430
Different than province or territory of residence 275 130 145 360,290 179,815 180,475
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 235 110 125 344,645 168,180 176,465
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 60 35 25 45,690 25,545 20,145
Philippines 0 0 10 68,760 26,480 42,280
India 0 0 0 41,560 21,025 20,535
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 35 20 15 28,630 16,255 12,370
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 0 0 0 18,850 8,805 10,050
France 0 0 0 2,150 1,275 875
Other 145 60 85 139,010 68,800 70,210
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 1,010 500 510 2,257,820 1,131,030 1,126,795
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 310 170 140 814,190 419,375 394,820
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 695 330 370 1,443,630 711,655 731,980
Location of study inside Canada 585 280 305 1,150,780 572,180 578,595
Same as province or territory of residence 400 195 205 857,370 426,365 431,010
Different than province or territory of residence 190 90 100 293,410 145,820 147,590
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 110 40 70 292,850 139,470 153,380
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 30 20 10 34,655 18,640 16,015
Philippines 0 0 0 64,000 24,435 39,565
India 0 0 0 37,240 18,505 18,740
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 20 10 10 20,065 11,390 8,675
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 0 0 0 16,600 7,630 8,965
France 0 0 0 1,870 1,105 765
Other 60 15 50 118,425 57,770 60,655
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 1,675 830 845 3,206,050 1,602,810 1,603,235
In the labour force 1,020 535 480 2,302,945 1,238,280 1,064,655
Employed 950 485 465 2,096,105 1,114,360 981,745
Unemployed 65 50 20 206,835 123,925 82,910
Not in the labour force 660 295 360 903,105 364,525 538,580
Participation rate 60.9 64.5 56.8 71.8 77.3 66.4
Employment rate 56.7 58.4 55.0 65.4 69.5 61.2
Unemployment rate 6.4 9.3 4.2 9.0 10.0 7.8
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 1,675 835 845 3,206,050 1,602,810 1,603,235
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 570 275 300 806,150 318,845 487,310
Worked 1,105 565 545 2,399,895 1,283,965 1,115,930
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 415 250 160 1,193,860 698,530 495,330
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 695 305 390 1,206,035 585,430 620,595
Average weeks worked in reference year 39.9 40.4 39.4 42.5 43.1 41.7
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 1,015 535 480 2,302,940 1,238,285 1,064,660
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 20 10 0 40,005 18,650 21,360
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 1,000 525 475 2,262,935 1,219,635 1,043,300
Employee 710 375 340 1,984,225 1,042,630 941,595
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 290 155 140 278,710 177,010 101,705
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 1,015 535 480 2,302,940 1,238,280 1,064,660
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 20 15 0 40,010 18,645 21,360
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 1,000 525 475 2,262,935 1,219,635 1,043,300
0 Management occupations 215 135 75 261,505 167,260 94,245
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 120 25 95 353,965 95,685 258,280
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 40 40 0 175,025 136,240 38,795
3 Health occupations 75 15 55 150,415 28,130 122,290
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 100 40 60 228,325 74,105 154,220
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 40 0 35 50,170 19,960 30,210
6 Sales and service occupations 180 60 120 491,495 204,245 287,255
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 140 135 10 406,495 376,375 30,120
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 55 35 20 72,465 59,465 13,000
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 30 30 0 73,070 58,170 14,895
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 1,020 535 485 2,302,940 1,238,280 1,064,660
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 20 15 10 40,005 18,650 21,360
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 1,000 525 475 2,262,935 1,219,630 1,043,305
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 115 80 30 64,035 43,045 20,990
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 20 15 0 142,490 109,105 33,390
22 Utilities 10 0 0 21,940 15,345 6,595
23 Construction 95 85 10 236,370 201,640 34,730
31-33 Manufacturing 80 40 35 127,535 96,045 31,490
41 Wholesale trade 30 25 10 80,610 56,840 23,775
44-45 Retail trade 65 25 40 249,880 115,065 134,810
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 50 45 10 115,295 83,675 31,620
51 Information and cultural industries 20 10 10 33,045 18,625 14,420
52 Finance and insurance 35 15 20 69,225 25,230 43,995
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 40 15 25 41,520 23,075 18,450
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 65 25 45 167,800 94,565 73,240
55 Management of companies and enterprises 0 0 0 5,560 2,760 2,795
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 40 15 25 87,350 49,595 37,760
61 Educational services 70 30 45 147,270 44,160 103,110
62 Health care and social assistance 110 15 90 245,875 41,235 204,645
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 20 0 15 44,880 21,550 23,335
72 Accommodation and food services 105 45 60 153,790 62,220 91,570
81 Other services (except public administration) 15 10 10 105,865 50,455 55,405
91 Public administration 25 25 10 122,595 65,420 57,175
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 174 950 485 465 2,096,110 1,114,360 981,745
Worked at home 250 125 125 162,465 77,935 84,530
Worked outside Canada 10 0 0 6,270 4,715 1,555
No fixed workplace address 105 70 35 307,065 236,995 70,070
Worked at usual place 595 290 305 1,620,310 794,720 825,595
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 600 290 305 1,620,310 794,720 825,595
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 110 50 65 1,186,170 554,850 631,330
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 445 205 240 358,010 190,730 167,280
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 30 30 10 64,360 41,925 22,435
Commute to a different province or territory 0 0 0 11,770 7,210 4,560
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 175 700 360 340 1,927,375 1,031,710 895,665
Car, truck, van - as a driver 595 315 275 1,497,440 832,890 664,545
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 30 15 20 99,635 40,215 59,420
Public transit 10 0 10 194,560 88,325 106,235
Walked 50 15 35 85,805 38,030 47,775
Bicycle 10 0 0 21,925 14,685 7,240
Other method 10 0 0 28,015 17,560 10,455
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 176 700 360 340 1,927,375 1,031,710 895,665
Less than 15 minutes 165 75 95 519,085 237,105 281,980
15 to 29 minutes 405 205 200 706,940 377,165 329,780
30 to 44 minutes 80 35 40 422,070 243,905 178,165
45 to 59 minutes 40 30 10 148,620 86,485 62,135
60 minutes and over 10 10 0 130,665 87,060 43,605
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 177 700 360 340 1,927,375 1,031,710 895,665
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 55 50 10 145,660 107,460 38,200
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 105 80 25 395,425 254,225 141,200
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 145 70 80 567,530 297,825 269,705
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 225 85 140 347,270 147,425 199,845
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 70 20 50 188,660 77,175 111,490
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 95 55 40 282,820 147,600 135,225
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 1,155 595 560 2,467,410 1,314,320 1,153,090
Single responses 1,155 595 555 2,446,600 1,304,240 1,142,360
Official languages 1,150 590 555 2,425,545 1,292,940 1,132,610
English 1,150 595 555 2,418,990 1,290,870 1,128,120
French 0 0 0 6,560 2,070 4,490
Non-official languages 10 0 0 21,055 11,305 9,750
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 1,000 550 450
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 670 355 315
Blackfoot 0 0 0 75 50 30
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 565 295 270
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 10 10 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 30 10 20
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 535 280 255
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 20 15 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 25 15 10
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 75 45 30
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 75 40 35
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 60 35 25
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 15 10 10
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 10 10 10
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 255 155 105
Dakota 0 0 0 15 10 10
Stoney 0 0 0 240 140 95
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 0 0 10 20,050 10,755 9,300
Afro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 940 575 360
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 0 0 0 100 45 55
Bilen 0 0 0 10 0 10
Oromo 0 0 0 25 15 15
Somali 0 0 0 60 25 35
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 0 0 0 840 530 305
Amharic 0 0 0 85 50 35
Arabic 0 0 0 610 415 195
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 10 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 50 15 35
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 40 15 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 50 25 25
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 1,305 515 790
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 15 10 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 1,290 505 780
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 0 0 0 850 420 430
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 15 0 10
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ilocano 0 0 0 30 10 20
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 10 10 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 785 405 380
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
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 0 0 0 55 25 35
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 15 10 0
Tamil 0 0 0 35 15 15
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 10 0 10 8,280 4,855 3,425
Albanian 0 0 0 30 20 10
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 0 0 0 690 335 355
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 0 0 0 695 335 360
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 15 15 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Croatian 0 0 0 15 10 15
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Polish 0 0 0 220 135 85
Russian 0 0 0 275 120 160
Serbian 0 0 0 25 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 25 0 20
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 100 40 55
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 0 0 0 2,535 1,700 840
Afrikaans 0 0 0 30 10 20
Danish 0 0 0 10 0 10
Dutch 0 0 0 145 80 65
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 10 0 0 2,160 1,455 700
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Swedish 0 0 0 15 10 10
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 165 135 30
Greek 0 0 0 20 15 0
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 0 3,215 1,870 1,350
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 3,010 1,735 1,275
Bengali 0 0 0 25 10 15
Gujarati 0 0 0 75 15 60
Hindi 0 0 0 210 110 100
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 40 20 15
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 2,480 1,510 970
Sindhi 0 0 0 10 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Urdu 0 0 0 155 50 100
Iranian languages 0 0 0 200 130 70
Kurdish 0 0 0 15 10 0
Pashto 0 0 0 15 15 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 175 105 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 0 0 0 1,780 920 860
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 30 10 15
Portuguese 0 0 0 140 70 70
Romanian 0 0 0 50 30 20
Spanish 0 0 0 1,560 800 760
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 195 75 125
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 785 350 435
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 35 10 30
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 30 10 25
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 0 0 0 230 120 115
American Sign Language 0 0 0 125 40 85
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 105 80 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 0 0 0 7,080 3,665 3,420
Chinese languages 0 0 0 7,035 3,635 3,400
Cantonese 0 0 0 4,545 2,340 2,205
Hakka 0 0 0 15 0 10
Mandarin 0 0 0 2,170 1,125 1,045
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 30 10 15
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 275 155 125
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 45 30 20
Burmese 0 0 0 10 10 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 25 15 10
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 10
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 125 60 65
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 130 60 65
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 80 35 45
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 65 30 30
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 10 0 10
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Uralic languages 0 0 0 70 45 25
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 10 10 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 65 40 25
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Multiple responses 0 0 0 20,810 10,080 10,735
English and French 0 0 0 4,525 2,050 2,475
English and non-official language 0 0 0 15,935 7,860 8,075
French and non-official language 0 0 0 55 25 30
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 295 140 155
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 1,160 595 560 2,467,410 1,314,320 1,153,095
None 1,085 545 535 2,370,575 1,264,955 1,105,620
English 0 0 0 13,805 6,540 7,270
French 40 35 10 23,920 11,380 12,545
Non-official language 25 10 10 57,640 30,700 26,935
Aboriginal 0 0 10 5,045 2,370 2,680
Non-Aboriginal 15 15 10 52,590 28,335 24,260
English and French 0 0 0 30 15 15
English and non-official language 0 0 0 215 105 110
French and non-official language 0 0 0 1,220 625 595
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 1,885 940 945 3,925,440 1,971,515 1,953,920
Non-movers 1,630 810 815 3,318,340 1,667,060 1,651,280
Movers 255 130 130 607,095 304,450 302,640
Non-migrants 85 50 35 394,230 199,640 194,590
Migrants 175 80 95 212,865 104,815 108,050
Internal migrants 170 80 95 166,390 82,335 84,055
Intraprovincial migrants 125 55 70 120,105 59,845 60,260
Interprovincial migrants 40 20 25 46,280 22,490 23,795
External migrants 0 0 0 46,475 22,480 23,995
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 1,835 925 910 3,714,635 1,863,450 1,851,190
Non-movers 1,180 575 600 2,052,580 1,028,510 1,024,070
Movers 655 345 305 1,662,055 834,935 827,120
Non-migrants 225 135 85 899,165 454,700 444,465
Migrants 430 205 225 762,890 380,235 382,655
Internal migrants 430 210 220 559,860 280,255 279,610
Intraprovincial migrants 315 155 165 333,775 165,900 167,875
Interprovincial migrants 115 55 55 226,090 114,355 111,730
External migrants 0 0 0 203,025 99,980 103,045

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Okanagan-Similkameen E, RDA [Census subdivision], British Columbia and Alberta [Province] (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 March 29, 2024).

Date modified: