Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
Profile table
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British Columbia [Census metropolitan area] |
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Counts | |
Total | |
Population and dwellings | |
Population, 20211 | 2,642,825 |
Population, 20161 | 2,463,431 |
Population percentage change, 2016 to 2021 | 7.3 |
Total private dwellings2 | 1,104,532 |
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 1,043,319 |
Population density per square kilometre | 918.0 |
Land area in square kilometres | 2,878.93 |
Age characteristics | |
Total - Age groups of the population - 100% data | 2,642,825 |
0 to 14 years | 372,050 |
0 to 4 years | 114,775 |
5 to 9 years | 125,290 |
10 to 14 years | 131,975 |
15 to 64 years | 1,809,985 |
15 to 19 years | 137,415 |
20 to 24 years | 174,255 |
25 to 29 years | 201,270 |
30 to 34 years | 210,035 |
35 to 39 years | 199,405 |
40 to 44 years | 178,110 |
45 to 49 years | 172,885 |
50 to 54 years | 183,290 |
55 to 59 years | 184,880 |
60 to 64 years | 168,455 |
65 years and over | 460,790 |
65 to 69 years | 144,285 |
70 to 74 years | 121,230 |
75 to 79 years | 80,025 |
80 to 84 years | 56,105 |
85 years and over | 59,145 |
85 to 89 years | 35,605 |
90 to 94 years | 17,875 |
95 to 99 years | 4,850 |
100 years and over | 820 |
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data | 100.0 |
0 to 14 years | 14.1 |
15 to 64 years | 68.5 |
65 years and over | 17.4 |
85 years and over | 2.2 |
Average age of the population | 41.7 |
Median age of the population | 40.8 |
Household and dwelling characteristics | |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% data | 1,043,315 |
Single-detached house | 288,775 |
Semi-detached house | 22,030 |
Row house | 105,965 |
Apartment or flat in a duplex | 167,855 |
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys | 255,555 |
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys | 197,280 |
Other single-attached house | 1,340 |
Movable dwelling4 | 4,525 |
Total - Private households by household size - 100% data | 1,043,320 |
1 person | 303,030 |
2 persons | 332,130 |
3 persons | 164,100 |
4 persons | 146,150 |
5 or more persons | 97,910 |
Number of persons in private households | 2,607,015 |
Average household size | 2.5 |
Marital status | |
Total - Marital status for the total population aged 15 years and over - 100% data | 2,270,780 |
Married or living common-law | 1,283,005 |
Married | 1,100,315 |
Living common-law | 182,695 |
Living common law - Never married | 142,340 |
Living common law - Separated | 5,995 |
Living common law - Divorced | 31,570 |
Living common law - Widowed | 2,790 |
Not married and not living common-law | 987,775 |
Not married and not living common law - Never married | 694,885 |
Not married and not living common law - Separated | 53,410 |
Not married and not living common law - Divorced | 134,670 |
Not married and not living common law - Widowed | 104,810 |
Family characteristics | |
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% data5 | 724,930 |
2 persons | 359,330 |
3 persons | 167,280 |
4 persons | 150,890 |
5 or more persons | 47,440 |
Average size of census families | 2.9 |
Average number of children in census families with children6 | 1.7 |
Total number of census families in private households - 100% data | 724,930 |
Total couple families | 615,345 |
Married couples | 524,010 |
With children6 | 303,525 |
Without children | 220,485 |
Common-law couples | 91,335 |
With children6 | 23,510 |
Without children | 67,825 |
Total one-parent families | 109,590 |
in which the parent is a woman+ | 87,695 |
in which the parent is a man+ | 21,895 |
Total - Persons in private households - 100% data | 2,607,015 |
Total - Persons in census families | 2,073,700 |
Married spouses or common-law partners | 1,230,685 |
Parents in one-parent families | 109,590 |
Children6 | 733,425 |
In a two-parent family | 574,915 |
In a one-parent family | 158,505 |
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data | 533,310 |
Living alone | 303,030 |
Living with other relatives7 | 83,900 |
Living with non-relatives only | 146,385 |
Household type | |
Total - Household type - 100% data | 1,043,315 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 580,980 |
Couple-family households | 499,615 |
With children6 | 263,600 |
Without children | 236,015 |
One-parent-family households | 81,360 |
Multigenerational households8 | 49,135 |
Multiple-census-family households9 | 11,915 |
One-census-family households with additional persons9 | 39,725 |
Two-or-more-person non-census-family households | 58,530 |
One-person households | 303,030 |
Income of individuals in 2020 | |
Total - Income statistics in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data10 | 2,235,455 |
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 2,160,680 |
Median total income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 40,800 |
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 2,161,860 |
Median after-tax income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 37,200 |
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 1,936,905 |
Median market income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 36,400 |
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 1,569,015 |
Median employment income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 39,600 |
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 1,770,635 |
Median government transfers in 2020 among recipients ($) | 8,600 |
Number of employment insurance benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 185,775 |
Median employment insurance benefits in 2020 among recipients ($) | 5,480 |
Number of COVID-19 emergency and recovery benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 100% data | 632,110 |
Median COVID-19 emergency and recovery benefits in 2020 among recipients ($) | 8,500 |
Total - Income statistics in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data11 | 2,235,450 |
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 2,159,815 |
Average total income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 56,650 |
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 2,160,985 |
Average after-tax income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 46,720 |
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 1,935,565 |
Average market income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 53,800 |
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 1,569,015 |
Average employment income in 2020 among recipients ($) | 53,650 |
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 1,768,405 |
Average government transfers in 2020 among recipients ($) | 10,310 |
Number of employment insurance benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 185,340 |
Average employment insurance benefits in 2020 among recipients ($) | 6,490 |
Number of COVID-19 emergency and recovery benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2020 - 25% sample data | 630,145 |
Average COVID-19 emergency and recovery benefits in 2020 among recipients ($) | 9,390 |
Total - Employment income statistics in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data12 | 2,235,445 |
Number of employment income recipients in 2020 who worked full-year full-time in 2020 - 25% sample data13 | 728,635 |
Median employment income in 2020 for full-year full-time workers in 2020 ($)14 | 66,500 |
Average employment income in 2020 for full-year full-time workers in 2020 ($)15 | 82,600 |
Number of employment income recipients in 2020 who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 - 25% sample data16 | 636,030 |
Median employment income in 2020 of those who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 ($) | 19,000 |
Average employment income in 2020 of those who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 ($) | 30,520 |
Composition of total income in 2020 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 25% sample data17 | 100.0 |
Market income (%)18 | 85.0 |
Employment income (%)19 | 68.8 |
Government transfers (%)20 | 14.9 |
Employment insurance benefits (%) | 1.0 |
COVID-19 - Government income support and benefits (%) | 5.9 |
COVID-19 - Emergency and recovery benefits (%) | 4.8 |
Total - Total income groups in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data21 | 2,235,460 |
Without total income | 74,780 |
With total income | 2,160,675 |
Under $10,000 (including loss) | 229,760 |
$10,000 to $19,999 | 248,480 |
$20,000 to $29,999 | 325,665 |
$30,000 to $39,999 | 260,250 |
$40,000 to $49,999 | 222,385 |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 184,935 |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 146,880 |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 115,620 |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 91,245 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 72,940 |
$100,000 and over | 262,520 |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 164,230 |
$150,000 and over | 98,290 |
Total - After-tax income groups in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data22 | 2,235,460 |
Without after-tax income | 73,600 |
With after-tax income | 2,161,860 |
Under $10,000 (including loss) | 238,430 |
$10,000 to $19,999 | 256,780 |
$20,000 to $29,999 | 365,930 |
$30,000 to $39,999 | 299,665 |
$40,000 to $49,999 | 255,155 |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 200,175 |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 147,710 |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 109,585 |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 80,250 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 54,010 |
$100,000 and over | 154,165 |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 72,800 |
$125,000 and over | 81,370 |
Total - Employment income groups in 2020 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data19 | 2,235,460 |
Without employment income | 666,445 |
With employment income | 1,569,010 |
Under $5,000 (including loss) | 203,790 |
$5,000 to $9,999 | 130,600 |
$10,000 to $19,999 | 182,310 |
$20,000 to $29,999 | 137,610 |
$30,000 to $39,999 | 135,255 |
$40,000 to $49,999 | 134,010 |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 126,735 |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 105,025 |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 85,095 |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 70,465 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 58,530 |
$100,000 and over | 199,585 |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 86,360 |
$125,000 and over | 113,225 |
Income of individuals in 2019 | |
Total - Income statistics in 2019 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data23 | 2,235,455 |
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 100% data | 2,087,955 |
Median total income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 38,400 |
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 100% data | 2,092,110 |
Median after-tax income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 34,400 |
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 100% data | 1,907,325 |
Median market income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 37,600 |
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 100% data | 1,592,300 |
Median employment income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 38,800 |
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 100% data | 1,393,380 |
Median government transfers in 2019 among recipients ($) | 3,040 |
Number of employment insurance benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 -100% data | 110,515 |
Median employment insurance benefits in 2019 among recipients ($) | 5,480 |
Total - Income statistics in 2019 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data24 | 2,235,450 |
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 2,086,875 |
Average total income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 54,250 |
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 2,090,930 |
Average after-tax income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 44,440 |
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 1,905,655 |
Average market income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 54,250 |
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 1,592,505 |
Average employment income in 2019 among recipients ($) | 52,300 |
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 1,391,425 |
Average government transfers in 2019 among recipients ($) | 7,120 |
Number of employment insurance benefits recipients aged 15 years and over in private households in 2019 - 25% sample data | 110,385 |
Average employment insurance benefits in 2019 among recipients ($) | 7,320 |
Total - Employment income statistics in 2019 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data25 | 2,235,445 |
Number of employment income recipients in 2019 who worked full-year full-time in 2020 - 25% sample data13 | 719,975 |
Median employment income in 2019 for full-year full-time workers in 2020 ($)14 | 61,600 |
Average employment income in 2019 for full-year full-time workers in 2020 ($)15 | 76,800 |
Number of employment income recipients in 2019 who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 - 25% sample data16 | 596,215 |
Median employment income in 2019 of those who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 ($) | 25,400 |
Average employment income in 2019 of those who worked part-year or part-time in 2020 ($) | 36,600 |
Composition of total income in 2019 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 25% sample data | 100.0 |
Market income (%) | 91.2 |
Employment income (%) | 73.6 |
Government transfers (%) | 8.7 |
Employment insurance benefits (%) | 0.7 |
Income of households in 2020 | |
Total - Income statistics for private households - 100% data26 | 1,043,320 |
Median total income of household in 2020 ($) | 90,000 |
Median after-tax income of household in 2020 ($) | 79,500 |
Total - Income statistics for one-person private households - 100% data | 303,030 |
Median total income of one-person households in 2020 ($) | 45,600 |
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2020 ($) | 41,200 |
Total - Income statistics for two-or-more-persons private households - 100% data | 740,285 |
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2020 ($) | 114,000 |
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2020 ($) | 100,000 |
Total - Income statistics for private households - 25% sample data27 | 1,043,320 |
Average total income of household in 2020 ($) | 117,300 |
Average after-tax income of household in 2020 ($) | 96,800 |
Total - Income statistics for one-person private households - 25% sample data | 302,895 |
Average total income of one-person households in 2020 ($) | 59,550 |
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2020 ($) | 49,160 |
Total - Income statistics for two-or-more-persons private households - 25% sample data | 740,425 |
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2020 ($) | 140,800 |
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2020 ($) | 116,300 |
Total - Household total income groups in 2020 for private households - 100% data21 | 1,043,320 |
Under $5,000 | 20,105 |
$5,000 to $9,999 | 8,225 |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 10,585 |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 20,590 |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 39,230 |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 30,285 |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 30,830 |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 35,445 |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 33,750 |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 33,710 |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 68,050 |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 66,550 |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 64,050 |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 60,070 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 55,585 |
$100,000 and over | 466,250 |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 118,385 |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 92,470 |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 120,095 |
$200,000 and over | 135,305 |
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2020 for private households - 100% data22 | 1,043,320 |
Under $5,000 | 22,790 |
$5,000 to $9,999 | 8,405 |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 10,875 |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 21,425 |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 41,415 |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 34,225 |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 35,420 |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 40,580 |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 39,605 |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 40,015 |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 80,010 |
$60,000 to $69,999 | 77,200 |
$70,000 to $79,999 | 72,480 |
$80,000 to $89,999 | 66,915 |
$90,000 to $99,999 | 60,370 |
$100,000 and over | 391,580 |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 124,245 |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 89,890 |
$150,000 and over | 177,450 |
Income of economic families in 2020 | |
Total - Income statistics for economic families in private households - 100% data28 | 700,885 |
Median total income of economic family in 2020 ($) | 113,000 |
Median after-tax income of economic family in 2020 ($) | 100,000 |
Average family size of economic families | 3.1 |
Total - Income statistics for couple-only economic families in private households - 100% data | 247,460 |
Median total income of couple-only economic families in 2020 ($) | 99,000 |
Median after-tax income of couple-only economic families in 2020 ($) | 87,000 |
Average family size of couple-only economic families | 2.0 |
Total - Income statistics for couple-with-children economic families in private households - 100% data | 326,565 |
Median total income of couple-with-children economic families in 2020 ($) | 141,000 |
Median after-tax income of couple-with-children economic families in 2020 ($) | 123,000 |
Average family size of couple-with-children economic families | 4.1 |
Total - Income statistics for one-parent economic families in private households - 100% data | 97,675 |
Median total income of one-parent economic families in 2020 ($) | 73,500 |
Median after-tax income of one-parent economic families in 2020 ($) | 67,500 |
Average family size of one-parent economic families | 2.6 |
Total - Income statistics for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% data29 | 449,415 |
Median total income in 2020 ($)30 | 40,000 |
Median after-tax income in 2020 ($)30 | 36,800 |
Total - Income statistics for economic families in private households - 25% sample data31 | 700,360 |
Average total income of economic family in 2020 ($) | 141,000 |
Average after-tax income of economic family in 2020 ($) | 116,000 |
Total - Income statistics for couple-only economic families in private households - 25% sample data | 246,715 |
Average total income of couple-only economic families in 2020 ($) | 125,700 |
Average after-tax income of couple-only economic families in 2020 ($) | 102,600 |
Total - Income statistics for couple-with-children economic families in private households - 25% sample data | 326,830 |
Average total income of couple-with-children economic families in 2020 ($) | 169,600 |
Average after-tax income of couple-with-children economic families in 2020 ($) | 138,600 |
Total - Income statistics for one-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data | 96,940 |
Average total income of one-parent economic families in 2020 ($) | 88,400 |
Average after-tax income of one-parent economic families in 2020 ($) | 76,300 |
Total - Income statistics for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample data32 | 448,025 |
Average total income in 2020 ($)30 | 52,650 |
Average after-tax income in 2020 ($)30 | 44,160 |
Low income and income inequality in 2020 | |
Total - LIM low-income status in 2020 for the population in private households - 100% data33 | 2,607,010 |
0 to 17 years | 451,730 |
0 to 5 years | 139,005 |
18 to 64 years | 1,716,485 |
65 years and over | 438,795 |
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) | 289,615 |
0 to 17 years | 52,575 |
0 to 5 years | 15,240 |
18 to 64 years | 174,150 |
65 years and over | 62,895 |
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) | 11.1 |
0 to 17 years (%) | 11.6 |
0 to 5 years (%) | 11.0 |
18 to 64 years (%) | 10.2 |
65 years and over (%) | 14.3 |
Total - LICO low-income status in 2020 for the population in private households to whom the low-income concept is applicable - 100% data33 | 2,596,300 |
0 to 17 years | 449,990 |
0 to 5 years | 138,435 |
18 to 64 years | 1,709,765 |
65 years and over | 436,545 |
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) | 200,160 |
0 to 17 years | 31,010 |
0 to 5 years | 8,255 |
18 to 64 years | 143,600 |
65 years and over | 25,555 |
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) | 7.7 |
0 to 17 years (%) | 6.9 |
0 to 5 years (%) | 6.0 |
18 to 64 years (%) | 8.4 |
65 years and over (%) | 5.9 |
Total - Adjusted after-tax economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% data34![]() |
2,607,010 |
In bottom half of the distribution | 1,160,745 |
In bottom decile | 286,250 |
In second decile | 218,965 |
In third decile | 211,650 |
In fourth decile | 215,485 |
In fifth decile | 228,400 |
In top half of the distribution | 1,446,270 |
In sixth decile | 240,740 |
In seventh decile | 257,800 |
In eighth decile | 279,315 |
In ninth decile | 309,635 |
In top decile | 358,770 |
Total - Inequality measures for the population in private households - 100% data35 | 2,607,015 |
Gini index on adjusted household total income | 0.366 |
Gini index on adjusted household market income | 0.459 |
Gini index on adjusted household after-tax income | 0.321 |
P90/P10 ratio on adjusted household after-tax income | 4.3 |
Knowledge of official languages | |
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data36 | 2,619,420 |
English only | 2,307,135 |
French only | 1,095 |
English and French | 170,965 |
Neither English nor French | 140,240 |
First official language spoken | |
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data37 | 2,619,420 |
English | 2,441,160 |
French | 25,925 |
English and French | 14,255 |
Neither English nor French | 138,090 |
Mother tongue | |
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data38 | 2,619,420 |
Single responses | 2,476,420 |
Official languages | 1,365,700 |
English | 1,340,995 |
French | 24,710 |
Non-official languages | 1,110,720 |
Indigenous languages39 | 555 |
Algonquian languages | 260 |
Blackfoot | 15 |
Cree-Innu languages | 175 |
Atikamekw | 0 |
Cree languages | 175 |
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) | 0 |
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) | 0 |
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) | 0 |
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) | 15 |
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) | 50 |
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) | 15 |
Cree, n.o.s. | 100 |
Innu (Montagnais) | 0 |
Naskapi | 0 |
Eastern Algonquian languages | 5 |
Mi'kmaq | 5 |
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) | 0 |
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages | 60 |
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) | 5 |
Oji-Cree | 5 |
Ojibway languages | 55 |
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) | 5 |
Daawaamwin (Odawa) | 0 |
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) | 15 |
Ojibway, n.o.s. | 30 |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Athabaskan languages | 70 |
Northern Athabaskan languages | 70 |
Dakelh (Carrier) | 35 |
Dane-zaa (Beaver) | 0 |
Dene, n.o.s. | 10 |
Gwich'in | 0 |
Slavey-Hare languages | 0 |
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) | 0 |
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) | 0 |
Slavey, n.o.s. | 0 |
Tahltan languages | 5 |
Kaska (Nahani) | 5 |
Tahltan | 0 |
Tlicho (Dogrib) | 10 |
Tse'khene (Sekani) | 0 |
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) | 10 |
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) | 0 |
Tutchone languages | 0 |
Northern Tutchone | 0 |
Southern Tutchone | 0 |
Tutchone, n.o.s. | 0 |
Wetsuwet'en-Babine | 0 |
Tlingit | 0 |
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Haida | 15 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages | 15 |
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun | 0 |
Inuvialuktun | 0 |
Inuktitut | 10 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Iroquoian languages | 10 |
Cayuga | 0 |
Mohawk | 5 |
Oneida | 0 |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) | 5 |
Michif | 10 |
Salish languages | 55 |
Halkomelem | 15 |
Lillooet | 0 |
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) | 0 |
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) | 10 |
Squamish | 25 |
Straits | 0 |
Syilx (Okanagan) | 0 |
Salish languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
Siouan languages | 5 |
Assiniboine | 0 |
Dakota | 0 |
Stoney | 0 |
Siouan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tsimshian languages | 60 |
Gitxsan (Gitksan) | 30 |
Nisga'a | 20 |
Tsimshian | 10 |
Wakashan languages | 45 |
Haisla | 5 |
Heiltsuk | 15 |
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) | 15 |
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | 5 |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. | 10 |
Non-Indigenous languages | 1,110,165 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 26,995 |
Berber languages | 90 |
Kabyle | 65 |
Tamazight | 15 |
Berber languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Chadic languages | 40 |
Hausa | 25 |
Mina | 10 |
Coptic | 10 |
Cushitic languages | 1,715 |
Bilen | 25 |
Oromo | 240 |
Somali | 1,400 |
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
Semitic languages | 25,150 |
Amharic | 1,320 |
Arabic | 18,130 |
Aramaic languages | 1,440 |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 540 |
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | 780 |
Aramaic, n.o.s. | 120 |
Harari | 15 |
Hebrew | 1,925 |
Maltese | 60 |
Tigrigna | 2,240 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
Austro-Asiatic languages | 28,110 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 1,210 |
Vietnamese | 26,850 |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e | 45 |
Austronesian languages | 85,375 |
Bikol | 345 |
Bisaya, n.o.s. | 1,025 |
Cebuano | 2,615 |
Fijian | 265 |
Hiligaynon | 1,595 |
Ilocano | 5,425 |
Indonesian | 3,665 |
Kankanaey | 170 |
Kinaray-a | 105 |
Malagasy languages | 20 |
Merina | 0 |
Malagasy, n.o.s. | 20 |
Malay | 280 |
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) | 725 |
Pangasinan | 345 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 67,790 |
Waray-Waray | 260 |
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. | 730 |
Creole languages | 640 |
Haitian Creole | 60 |
Jamaican English Creole | 20 |
Krio | 20 |
Morisyen | 315 |
Sango | 0 |
Creole, n.o.s. | 105 |
Creole languages, n.i.e. | 115 |
Dravidian languages | 10,510 |
Kannada | 480 |
Malayalam | 3,115 |
Tamil | 4,500 |
Telugu | 2,335 |
Tulu | 65 |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
Georgian | 140 |
Hmong-Mien languages | 70 |
Indo-European languages | 474,005 |
Albanian | 1,150 |
Armenian | 1,185 |
Balto-Slavic languages | 56,960 |
Baltic languages | 625 |
Latvian | 295 |
Lithuanian | 330 |
Slavic languages | 56,340 |
Belarusian | 45 |
Bulgarian | 1,680 |
Czech | 3,365 |
Macedonian | 245 |
Polish | 10,645 |
Russian | 20,685 |
Rusyn | 10 |
Serbo-Croatian | 13,295 |
Bosnian | 1,345 |
Croatian | 4,990 |
Serbian | 6,715 |
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. | 245 |
Slovak | 2,215 |
Slovene (Slovenian) | 475 |
Ukrainian | 3,650 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
Celtic languages | 200 |
Irish | 80 |
Scottish Gaelic | 40 |
Welsh | 70 |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Germanic languages | 30,225 |
Frisian | 55 |
High German languages | 18,910 |
German | 18,090 |
Pennsylvania German | 0 |
Swiss German | 665 |
Yiddish | 155 |
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages | 7,840 |
Afrikaans | 1,500 |
Dutch | 6,005 |
Low German, n.o.s. | 25 |
Low Saxon | 20 |
Plautdietsch | 165 |
Vlaams (Flemish) | 120 |
Scandinavian languages | 3,380 |
Danish | 1,525 |
Icelandic | 115 |
Norwegian | 635 |
Swedish | 1,110 |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 30 |
Greek | 4,295 |
Indo-Iranian languages | 294,870 |
Indo-Aryan languages | 236,465 |
Assamese | 70 |
Bengali | 3,870 |
Gujarati | 7,075 |
Hindi | 27,990 |
Kacchi | 1,125 |
Kashmiri | 60 |
Konkani | 245 |
Marathi | 1,370 |
Nepali | 1,270 |
Oriya languages | 95 |
Odia | 60 |
Oriya, n.o.s. | 40 |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 180,355 |
Rohingya | 65 |
Sindhi | 210 |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 1,605 |
Urdu | 10,495 |
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. | 555 |
Iranian languages | 58,375 |
Baluchi | 45 |
Kurdish | 2,550 |
Parsi | 135 |
Pashto | 1,225 |
Persian languages | 54,350 |
Dari | 5,705 |
Iranian Persian | 43,720 |
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. | 4,925 |
Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 65 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Italic (Romance) languages | 85,100 |
Catalan | 140 |
Italian | 13,285 |
Portuguese | 18,185 |
Romanian | 6,780 |
Spanish | 46,645 |
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. | 65 |
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
Japanese | 17,340 |
Korean | 52,525 |
Mongolian | 410 |
Niger-Congo languages | 3,435 |
Akan (Twi) | 420 |
Bamanankan | 5 |
Edo | 55 |
Éwé | 85 |
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) | 15 |
Ga | 35 |
Ganda | 125 |
Gikuyu | 40 |
Igbo | 205 |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 215 |
Lingala | 55 |
Luba-Kasai | 10 |
Mòoré | 0 |
Mwani | 20 |
Ndebele | 35 |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 190 |
Shona | 210 |
Soninke | 0 |
Sotho-Tswana languages | 40 |
Swahili | 810 |
Wojenaka | 10 |
Wolof | 30 |
Yoruba | 335 |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 495 |
Nilo-Saharan languages | 315 |
Dinka | 75 |
Nuer | 35 |
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. | 175 |
African, n.o.s. | 30 |
Sign languages | 580 |
American Sign Language | 515 |
Quebec Sign Language | 0 |
Sign languages, n.i.e. | 60 |
Sino-Tibetan languages | 395,250 |
Chinese languages | 393,030 |
Hakka | 1,945 |
Mandarin | 191,475 |
Min Dong | 180 |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 11,195 |
Wu (Shanghainese) | 3,085 |
Yue (Cantonese) | 182,910 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 2,125 |
Chinese languages, n.i.e. | 120 |
Tibeto-Burman languages | 2,150 |
Burmese | 930 |
Kuki-Chin languages | 205 |
Karenic languages | 580 |
S'gaw Karen | 525 |
Karenic languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
Tibetan | 320 |
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. | 115 |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 70 |
Tai-Kadai languages | 2,960 |
Lao | 810 |
Thai | 2,045 |
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. | 100 |
Turkic languages | 5,260 |
Azerbaijani | 565 |
Kazakh | 100 |
Turkish | 4,095 |
Uyghur | 225 |
Uzbek | 130 |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 145 |
Uralic languages | 6,145 |
Estonian | 340 |
Finnish | 1,395 |
Hungarian | 4,410 |
Other languages, n.i.e. | 100 |
Multiple responses | 143,005 |
English and French | 8,240 |
English and non-official language(s) | 117,335 |
French and non-official language(s) | 1,775 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 2,190 |
Multiple non-official languages | 13,465 |
All languages spoken at home | |
Total - All languages spoken at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data40 | 2,619,420 |
English | 1,433,630 |
French | 5,350 |
Non-official language | 396,810 |
Indigenous39 | 75 |
Non-Indigenous | 396,730 |
English and French | 20,960 |
English and non-official language(s) | 710,270 |
French and non-official language(s) | 800 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 16,000 |
Multiple non-official languages | 35,600 |
Language spoken most often at home | |
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data41 | 2,619,420 |
Single responses | 2,457,520 |
Official languages | 1,734,900 |
English | 1,726,210 |
French | 8,690 |
Non-official languages | 722,625 |
Indigenous languages39 | 110 |
Algonquian languages | 40 |
Blackfoot | 5 |
Cree-Innu languages | 30 |
Atikamekw | 0 |
Cree languages | 30 |
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) | 0 |
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) | 0 |
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) | 0 |
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) | 0 |
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) | 10 |
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) | 0 |
Cree, n.o.s. | 15 |
Innu (Montagnais) | 0 |
Naskapi | 0 |
Eastern Algonquian languages | 0 |
Mi'kmaq | 0 |
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) | 0 |
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages | 5 |
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) | 0 |
Oji-Cree | 0 |
Ojibway languages | 5 |
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) | 5 |
Daawaamwin (Odawa) | 0 |
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) | 0 |
Ojibway, n.o.s. | 0 |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Athabaskan languages | 15 |
Northern Athabaskan languages | 10 |
Dakelh (Carrier) | 5 |
Dane-zaa (Beaver) | 0 |
Dene, n.o.s. | 0 |
Gwich'in | 0 |
Slavey-Hare languages | 0 |
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) | 0 |
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) | 0 |
Slavey, n.o.s. | 0 |
Tahltan languages | 0 |
Kaska (Nahani) | 0 |
Tahltan | 0 |
Tlicho (Dogrib) | 0 |
Tse'khene (Sekani) | 0 |
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) | 0 |
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) | 0 |
Tutchone languages | 0 |
Northern Tutchone | 0 |
Southern Tutchone | 0 |
Tutchone, n.o.s. | 0 |
Wetsuwet'en-Babine | 5 |
Tlingit | 5 |
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Haida | 0 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun | 0 |
Inuvialuktun | 0 |
Inuktitut | 0 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Iroquoian languages | 15 |
Cayuga | 0 |
Mohawk | 10 |
Oneida | 0 |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) | 0 |
Michif | 0 |
Salish languages | 15 |
Halkomelem | 5 |
Lillooet | 0 |
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) | 0 |
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) | 0 |
Squamish | 5 |
Straits | 0 |
Syilx (Okanagan) | 0 |
Salish languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Siouan languages | 0 |
Assiniboine | 0 |
Dakota | 0 |
Stoney | 0 |
Siouan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tsimshian languages | 15 |
Gitxsan (Gitksan) | 5 |
Nisga'a | 10 |
Tsimshian | 0 |
Wakashan languages | 5 |
Haisla | 0 |
Heiltsuk | 0 |
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) | 0 |
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | 0 |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. | 0 |
Non-Indigenous languages | 722,515 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 16,370 |
Berber languages | 25 |
Kabyle | 15 |
Tamazight | 5 |
Berber languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
Chadic languages | 5 |
Hausa | 0 |
Mina | 5 |
Coptic | 0 |
Cushitic languages | 1,015 |
Bilen | 20 |
Oromo | 120 |
Somali | 855 |
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
Semitic languages | 15,325 |
Amharic | 625 |
Arabic | 10,980 |
Aramaic languages | 1,075 |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 380 |
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | 585 |
Aramaic, n.o.s. | 110 |
Harari | 20 |
Hebrew | 915 |
Maltese | 5 |
Tigrigna | 1,685 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Austro-Asiatic languages | 17,825 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 630 |
Vietnamese | 17,160 |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e | 35 |
Austronesian languages | 45,860 |
Bikol | 100 |
Bisaya, n.o.s. | 445 |
Cebuano | 1,345 |
Fijian | 80 |
Hiligaynon | 750 |
Ilocano | 2,865 |
Indonesian | 1,300 |
Kankanaey | 95 |
Kinaray-a | 50 |
Malagasy languages | 10 |
Merina | 0 |
Malagasy, n.o.s. | 10 |
Malay | 45 |
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) | 365 |
Pangasinan | 115 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 37,890 |
Waray-Waray | 110 |
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. | 300 |
Creole languages | 330 |
Haitian Creole | 20 |
Jamaican English Creole | 5 |
Krio | 15 |
Morisyen | 205 |
Sango | 0 |
Creole, n.o.s. | 40 |
Creole languages, n.i.e. | 45 |
Dravidian languages | 6,395 |
Kannada | 200 |
Malayalam | 1,840 |
Tamil | 2,915 |
Telugu | 1,405 |
Tulu | 25 |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Georgian | 90 |
Hmong-Mien languages | 35 |
Indo-European languages | 283,360 |
Albanian | 430 |
Armenian | 605 |
Balto-Slavic languages | 26,885 |
Baltic languages | 155 |
Latvian | 65 |
Lithuanian | 90 |
Slavic languages | 26,735 |
Belarusian | 10 |
Bulgarian | 760 |
Czech | 1,105 |
Macedonian | 100 |
Polish | 3,935 |
Russian | 12,840 |
Rusyn | 5 |
Serbo-Croatian | 5,975 |
Bosnian | 630 |
Croatian | 1,595 |
Serbian | 3,685 |
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. | 65 |
Slovak | 780 |
Slovene (Slovenian) | 45 |
Ukrainian | 1,185 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
Celtic languages | 25 |
Irish | 10 |
Scottish Gaelic | 5 |
Welsh | 5 |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Germanic languages | 3,695 |
Frisian | 10 |
High German languages | 2,215 |
German | 2,130 |
Pennsylvania German | 0 |
Swiss German | 80 |
Yiddish | 0 |
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages | 1,100 |
Afrikaans | 590 |
Dutch | 495 |
Low German, n.o.s. | 0 |
Low Saxon | 0 |
Plautdietsch | 10 |
Vlaams (Flemish) | 5 |
Scandinavian languages | 365 |
Danish | 130 |
Icelandic | 25 |
Norwegian | 40 |
Swedish | 175 |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Greek | 1,550 |
Indo-Iranian languages | 208,160 |
Indo-Aryan languages | 167,845 |
Assamese | 20 |
Bengali | 2,260 |
Gujarati | 3,555 |
Hindi | 15,285 |
Kacchi | 450 |
Kashmiri | 20 |
Konkani | 45 |
Marathi | 690 |
Nepali | 845 |
Oriya languages | 35 |
Odia | 25 |
Oriya, n.o.s. | 5 |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 136,300 |
Rohingya | 55 |
Sindhi | 100 |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 795 |
Urdu | 7,165 |
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. | 230 |
Iranian languages | 40,315 |
Baluchi | 25 |
Kurdish | 1,630 |
Parsi | 65 |
Pashto | 810 |
Persian languages | 37,760 |
Dari | 3,555 |
Iranian Persian | 30,985 |
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. | 3,220 |
Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
Italic (Romance) languages | 42,000 |
Catalan | 50 |
Italian | 3,330 |
Portuguese | 10,615 |
Romanian | 2,935 |
Spanish | 25,050 |
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. | 30 |
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Japanese | 8,485 |
Korean | 40,050 |
Mongolian | 210 |
Niger-Congo languages | 1,150 |
Akan (Twi) | 135 |
Bamanankan | 0 |
Edo | 10 |
Éwé | 40 |
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) | 0 |
Ga | 10 |
Ganda | 25 |
Gikuyu | 10 |
Igbo | 60 |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 75 |
Lingala | 15 |
Luba-Kasai | 0 |
Mòoré | 0 |
Mwani | 0 |
Ndebele | 5 |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 120 |
Shona | 40 |
Soninke | 0 |
Sotho-Tswana languages | 0 |
Swahili | 310 |
Wojenaka | 0 |
Wolof | 10 |
Yoruba | 115 |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 165 |
Nilo-Saharan languages | 120 |
Dinka | 25 |
Nuer | 10 |
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. | 75 |
African, n.o.s. | 15 |
Sign languages | 950 |
American Sign Language | 805 |
Quebec Sign Language | 5 |
Sign languages, n.i.e. | 140 |
Sino-Tibetan languages | 295,940 |
Chinese languages | 294,455 |
Hakka | 580 |
Mandarin | 152,805 |
Min Dong | 90 |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 6,040 |
Wu (Shanghainese) | 1,950 |
Yue (Cantonese) | 131,660 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 1,275 |
Chinese languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
Tibeto-Burman languages | 1,455 |
Burmese | 615 |
Kuki-Chin languages | 170 |
Karenic languages | 415 |
S'gaw Karen | 385 |
Karenic languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Tibetan | 205 |
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Tai-Kadai languages | 1,135 |
Lao | 370 |
Thai | 715 |
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
Turkic languages | 2,695 |
Azerbaijani | 275 |
Kazakh | 15 |
Turkish | 2,195 |
Uyghur | 115 |
Uzbek | 50 |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 40 |
Uralic languages | 1,495 |
Estonian | 50 |
Finnish | 270 |
Hungarian | 1,180 |
Other languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
Multiple responses | 161,905 |
English and French | 3,935 |
English and non-official language(s) | 151,220 |
French and non-official language(s) | 425 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 1,145 |
Multiple non-official languages | 5,180 |
Other language spoken regularly at home | |
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data42 | 2,619,425 |
None | 1,968,775 |
English | 255,090 |
French | 17,840 |
Non-official language | 293,690 |
Indigenous39 | 560 |
Non-Indigenous | 293,125 |
English and French | 2,230 |
English and non-official language(s) | 40,505 |
French and non-official language(s) | 8,320 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 530 |
Multiple non-official languages | 32,445 |
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Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data43 | 2,607,010 |
Official languages | 2,466,835 |
English | 2,465,850 |
French | 171,635 |
Non-official languages | 1,398,170 |
Indigenous languages39 | 1,800 |
Algonquian languages | 505 |
Blackfoot | 20 |
Cree-Innu languages | 335 |
Atikamekw | 0 |
Cree languages | 335 |
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) | 0 |
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) | 0 |
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) | 0 |
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) | 45 |
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) | 140 |
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) | 30 |
Cree, n.o.s. | 145 |
Innu (Montagnais) | 0 |
Naskapi | 0 |
Eastern Algonquian languages | 20 |
Mi'kmaq | 20 |
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) | 0 |
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages | 140 |
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) | 15 |
Oji-Cree | 0 |
Ojibway languages | 125 |
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) | 35 |
Daawaamwin (Odawa) | 0 |
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) | 25 |
Ojibway, n.o.s. | 65 |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Athabaskan languages | 165 |
Northern Athabaskan languages | 150 |
Dakelh (Carrier) | 45 |
Dane-zaa (Beaver) | 0 |
Dene, n.o.s. | 35 |
Gwich'in | 0 |
Slavey-Hare languages | 15 |
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) | 0 |
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) | 10 |
Slavey, n.o.s. | 0 |
Tahltan languages | 10 |
Kaska (Nahani) | 0 |
Tahltan | 10 |
Tlicho (Dogrib) | 0 |
Tse'khene (Sekani) | 0 |
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) | 10 |
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) | 0 |
Tutchone languages | 0 |
Northern Tutchone | 0 |
Southern Tutchone | 0 |
Tutchone, n.o.s. | 0 |
Wetsuwet'en-Babine | 30 |
Tlingit | 10 |
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Haida | 45 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages | 55 |
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) | 20 |
Inuinnaqtun | 20 |
Inuvialuktun | 0 |
Inuktitut | 55 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Iroquoian languages | 55 |
Cayuga | 0 |
Mohawk | 50 |
Oneida | 0 |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) | 0 |
Michif | 50 |
Salish languages | 655 |
Halkomelem | 245 |
Lillooet | 20 |
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) | 0 |
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) | 35 |
Squamish | 285 |
Straits | 25 |
Syilx (Okanagan) | 40 |
Salish languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
Siouan languages | 25 |
Assiniboine | 0 |
Dakota | 10 |
Stoney | 0 |
Siouan languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
Tsimshian languages | 125 |
Gitxsan (Gitksan) | 30 |
Nisga'a | 65 |
Tsimshian | 35 |
Wakashan languages | 95 |
Haisla | 0 |
Heiltsuk | 25 |
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) | 45 |
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | 15 |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. | 60 |
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. | 40 |
Non-Indigenous languages | 1,396,545 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 41,165 |
Berber languages | 130 |
Kabyle | 90 |
Tamazight | 30 |
Berber languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
Chadic languages | 195 |
Hausa | 175 |
Mina | 25 |
Coptic | 55 |
Cushitic languages | 2,340 |
Bilen | 0 |
Oromo | 360 |
Somali | 1,970 |
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Semitic languages | 39,075 |
Amharic | 2,590 |
Arabic | 28,450 |
Aramaic languages | 2,130 |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 820 |
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | 1,015 |
Aramaic, n.o.s. | 340 |
Harari | 20 |
Hebrew | 5,650 |
Maltese | 115 |
Tigrigna | 3,090 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 50 |
Austro-Asiatic languages | 36,210 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 1,690 |
Vietnamese | 34,650 |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e | 55 |
Austronesian languages | 122,120 |
Bikol | 620 |
Bisaya, n.o.s. | 1,145 |
Cebuano | 4,315 |
Fijian | 835 |
Hiligaynon | 2,655 |
Ilocano | 9,645 |
Indonesian | 5,895 |
Kankanaey | 280 |
Kinaray-a | 180 |
Malagasy languages | 40 |
Merina | 15 |
Malagasy, n.o.s. | 25 |
Malay | 2,960 |
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) | 1,310 |
Pangasinan | 840 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 109,930 |
Waray-Waray | 645 |
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. | 2,595 |
Creole languages | 2,090 |
Haitian Creole | 240 |
Jamaican English Creole | 130 |
Krio | 105 |
Morisyen | 860 |
Sango | 15 |
Creole, n.o.s. | 465 |
Creole languages, n.i.e. | 355 |
Dravidian languages | 16,585 |
Kannada | 1,425 |
Malayalam | 4,615 |
Tamil | 8,440 |
Telugu | 3,940 |
Tulu | 180 |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Georgian | 195 |
Hmong-Mien languages | 125 |
Indo-European languages | 643,875 |
Albanian | 1,585 |
Armenian | 1,390 |
Balto-Slavic languages | 70,160 |
Baltic languages | 805 |
Latvian | 365 |
Lithuanian | 440 |
Slavic languages | 69,615 |
Belarusian | 235 |
Bulgarian | 1,965 |
Czech | 4,785 |
Macedonian | 380 |
Polish | 13,165 |
Russian | 29,885 |
Rusyn | 15 |
Serbo-Croatian | 17,080 |
Bosnian | 2,605 |
Croatian | 8,235 |
Serbian | 9,430 |
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. | 385 |
Slovak | 2,835 |
Slovene (Slovenian) | 675 |
Ukrainian | 7,515 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
Celtic languages | 1,855 |
Irish | 1,365 |
Scottish Gaelic | 95 |
Welsh | 330 |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 70 |
Germanic languages | 53,220 |
Frisian | 90 |
High German languages | 35,890 |
German | 35,110 |
Pennsylvania German | 0 |
Swiss German | 915 |
Yiddish | 355 |
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages | 13,230 |
Afrikaans | 4,765 |
Dutch | 8,290 |
Low German, n.o.s. | 35 |
Low Saxon | 10 |
Plautdietsch | 255 |
Vlaams (Flemish) | 190 |
Scandinavian languages | 6,065 |
Danish | 2,250 |
Icelandic | 145 |
Norwegian | 1,440 |
Swedish | 2,540 |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 75 |
Greek | 7,005 |
Indo-Iranian languages | 384,455 |
Indo-Aryan languages | 317,790 |
Assamese | 95 |
Bengali | 5,325 |
Gujarati | 12,615 |
Hindi | 110,485 |
Kacchi | 2,745 |
Kashmiri | 140 |
Konkani | 655 |
Marathi | 2,930 |
Nepali | 1,645 |
Oriya languages | 140 |
Odia | 60 |
Oriya, n.o.s. | 80 |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 239,205 |
Rohingya | 55 |
Sindhi | 505 |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 3,045 |
Urdu | 21,965 |
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. | 1,395 |
Iranian languages | 69,060 |
Baluchi | 105 |
Kurdish | 3,720 |
Parsi | 255 |
Pashto | 2,440 |
Persian languages | 64,655 |
Dari | 7,840 |
Iranian Persian | 52,285 |
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. | 5,290 |
Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 145 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 150 |
Italic (Romance) languages | 142,265 |
Catalan | 460 |
Italian | 24,325 |
Portuguese | 23,835 |
Romanian | 8,735 |
Spanish | 94,560 |
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. | 330 |
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. | 230 |
Japanese | 31,770 |
Korean | 61,165 |
Mongolian | 525 |
Niger-Congo languages | 9,095 |
Akan (Twi) | 1,010 |
Bamanankan | 40 |
Edo | 155 |
Éwé | 240 |
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) | 35 |
Ga | 150 |
Ganda | 310 |
Gikuyu | 80 |
Igbo | 485 |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 430 |
Lingala | 270 |
Luba-Kasai | 55 |
Mòoré | 0 |
Mwani | 10 |
Ndebele | 130 |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 285 |
Shona | 435 |
Soninke | 0 |
Sotho-Tswana languages | 55 |
Swahili | 3,925 |
Wojenaka | 10 |
Wolof | 105 |
Yoruba | 1,130 |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 1,495 |
Nilo-Saharan languages | 480 |
Dinka | 95 |
Nuer | 35 |
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. | 355 |
African, n.o.s. | 90 |
Sign languages | 3,615 |
American Sign Language | 3,315 |
Quebec Sign Language | 10 |
Sign languages, n.i.e. | 380 |
Sino-Tibetan languages | 461,875 |
Chinese languages | 459,215 |
Hakka | 3,385 |
Mandarin | 292,720 |
Min Dong | 215 |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 22,615 |
Wu (Shanghainese) | 4,555 |
Yue (Cantonese) | 233,750 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 1,820 |
Chinese languages, n.i.e. | 235 |
Tibeto-Burman languages | 2,850 |
Burmese | 1,560 |
Kuki-Chin languages | 290 |
Karenic languages | 650 |
S'gaw Karen | 600 |
Karenic languages, n.i.e. | 75 |
Tibetan | 415 |
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. | 220 |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 190 |
Tai-Kadai languages | 4,550 |
Lao | 1,180 |
Thai | 3,500 |
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. | 155 |
Turkic languages | 9,305 |
Azerbaijani | 1,480 |
Kazakh | 190 |
Turkish | 7,840 |
Uyghur | 220 |
Uzbek | 245 |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 250 |
Uralic languages | 7,285 |
Estonian | 360 |
Finnish | 1,695 |
Hungarian | 5,250 |
Other languages, n.i.e. | 355 |
Indigenous population | |
Total - Indigenous identity for the population in private households - 25% sample data44 | 2,607,010 |
Indigenous identity45 | 63,345 |
Single Indigenous responses46 | 60,565 |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 35,950 |
Métis | 24,105 |
Inuk (Inuit) | 510 |
Multiple Indigenous responses47 | 1,700 |
Indigenous responses not included elsewhere48 | 1,075 |
Non-Indigenous identity | 2,543,670 |
Total - Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample data44 | 2,607,010 |
Registered or Treaty Indian49 | 24,605 |
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian | 2,582,410 |
Household characteristics | |
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample data50 | 1,043,320 |
Owner | 647,870 |
Renter | 394,710 |
Dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation or Indian band | 735 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample data51 | 1,043,320 |
Condominium | 339,250 |
Not condominium | 704,070 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample data52 | 1,043,320 |
No bedrooms | 21,815 |
1 bedroom | 231,855 |
2 bedrooms | 291,055 |
3 bedrooms | 226,590 |
4 or more bedrooms | 272,005 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample data53 | 1,043,320 |
1 to 4 rooms | 486,500 |
5 rooms | 141,345 |
6 rooms | 104,495 |
7 rooms | 85,645 |
8 or more rooms | 225,340 |
Average number of rooms per dwelling | 5.4 |
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample data54 | 1,043,320 |
One person or fewer per room | 1,000,375 |
More than one person per room | 42,945 |
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample data55 | 1,043,320 |
Suitable | 958,590 |
Not suitable | 84,735 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample data56 | 1,043,320 |
1960 or before | 120,385 |
1961 to 1980 | 243,195 |
1981 to 1990 | 151,115 |
1991 to 2000 | 173,545 |
2001 to 2005 | 69,100 |
2006 to 2010 | 91,675 |
2011 to 2015 | 84,850 |
2016 to 202157 | 109,460 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample data58 | 1,043,320 |
Only regular maintenance and minor repairs needed | 988,135 |
Major repairs needed | 55,185 |
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample data59 | 1,043,320 |
One-maintainer household | 513,180 |
Two-maintainer household | 450,060 |
Three-or-more-maintainer household | 80,080 |
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample data60 | 1,043,320 |
15 to 24 years | 30,925 |
25 to 34 years | 161,980 |
35 to 44 years | 189,720 |
45 to 54 years | 196,810 |
55 to 64 years | 202,020 |
65 to 74 years | 152,290 |
75 to 84 years | 78,330 |
85 years and over | 31,235 |
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 data61 | 1,033,410 |
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs | 725,970 |
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs | 307,440 |
30% to less than 100% | 254,850 |
Total - Occupied private dwellings by housing indicators - 25% sample data62 | 1,043,320 |
Total - Households 'spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs' or 'not suitable' or 'major repairs needed' | 406,540 |
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs only | 272,030 |
Not suitable only | 60,880 |
Major repairs needed only | 34,030 |
'Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs' and 'not suitable' | 18,445 |
'Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs' and 'major repairs needed' | 15,750 |
'Not suitable' and 'major repairs needed' | 4,190 |
'Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs' and 'not suitable' and 'major repairs needed' | 1,210 |
Acceptable housing | 636,780 |
Total - Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero and shelter-cost-to-income ratio less than 100%, in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data63 | 980,820 |
In core need | 166,100 |
Not in core need | 814,720 |
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data | 644,275 |
% of owner households with a mortgage64 | 59.2 |
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costs61 | 24.4 |
% in core housing need63 | 10.9 |
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)65 | 1,620 |
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)65 | 1,980 |
Median value of dwellings ($)66 | 1,050,000 |
Average value of dwellings ($)66 | 1,304,000 |
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data | 393,260 |
% of tenant households in subsidized housing67 | 11.1 |
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costs61 | 38.5 |
% in core housing need63 | 27.2 |
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)65 | 1,500 |
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)65 | 1,624 |
Total - Households living in a dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation or Indian band in non-farm private dwellings - 25% sample data | 735 |
% of households living in a dwelling provided by the local government, First Nation or Indian band spending more than 30% on shelter costs61 | 6.2 |
Median monthly shelter costs for dwellings provided by local government, First Nation or Indian band ($)65 | 200 |
Average monthly shelter costs for dwellings provided by local government, First Nation or Indian band ($)65 | 326 |
Indigenous ancestry | |
Total - Indigenous ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample data68 | 2,607,015 |
Indigenous ancestry (only)69 | 19,765 |
Single Indigenous ancestry (only)70 | 19,180 |
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestry | 15,265 |
Métis single ancestry | 3,795 |
Inuit single ancestry | 125 |
Multiple Indigenous ancestries (only)71 | 590 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestry only | 530 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestry only | 20 |
Métis and Inuit ancestry only | 15 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis and Inuit ancestry only | 20 |
Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestries72 | 51,145 |
Single Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestries73 | 49,255 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 33,045 |
Métis and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 15,860 |
Inuit and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 355 |
Multiple Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestries74 | 1,890 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 1,810 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 55 |
Métis and Inuit and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 25 |
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis and Inuit and non-Indigenous ancestry only | 0 |
Non-Indigenous ancestry only75 | 2,536,095 |
Citizenship | |
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data76 | 2,607,015 |
Canadian citizens77 | 2,180,525 |
Canadian citizens aged under 18 | 409,560 |
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over | 1,770,975 |
Not Canadian citizens78 | 426,480 |
Immigrant status and period of immigration | |
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample data79 | 2,607,015 |
Non-immigrants80 | 1,384,550 |
Immigrants81 | 1,089,185 |
Before 1980 | 158,270 |
1980 to 1990 | 126,870 |
1991 to 2000 | 255,475 |
2001 to 2010 | 259,830 |
2011 to 202182 | 288,735 |
2011 to 2015 | 133,920 |
2016 to 2021 | 154,820 |
Non-permanent residents83 | 133,275 |
Age at immigration | |
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data84 | 1,089,180 |
Under 5 years | 81,230 |
5 to 14 years | 168,170 |
15 to 24 years | 203,110 |
25 to 44 years | 501,615 |
45 years and over | 135,060 |
Selected places of birth for the immigrant population | |
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data85 | 1,089,180 |
Americas | 76,000 |
Brazil | 7,100 |
Colombia | 4,145 |
El Salvador | 4,485 |
Guyana | 995 |
Haiti | 250 |
Jamaica | 2,455 |
Mexico | 10,060 |
Peru | 2,875 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,980 |
United States of America | 27,615 |
Other places of birth in Americas | 14,045 |
Europe | 162,415 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,785 |
Croatia | 3,690 |
France | 4,360 |
Germany | 11,545 |
Greece | 2,550 |
Hungary | 2,750 |
Italy | 9,090 |
Netherlands | 5,145 |
Poland | 9,210 |
Portugal | 4,400 |
Romania | 7,235 |
Russian Federation | 9,350 |
Serbia86 | 3,745 |
Ukraine | 7,090 |
United Kingdom87 | 51,440 |
Other places of birth in Europe | 27,030 |
Africa | 38,530 |
Algeria | 445 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 740 |
Egypt | 2,705 |
Eritrea | 2,255 |
Ethiopia | 2,075 |
Morocco | 930 |
Nigeria | 2,210 |
Somalia | 1,085 |
South Africa, Republic of | 9,000 |
Other places of birth in Africa | 17,085 |
Asia | 788,120 |
Afghanistan | 5,935 |
Iran88 | 43,245 |
Iraq | 6,550 |
Lebanon | 1,960 |
Syria89 | 4,690 |
Turkey | 2,540 |
China90 | 204,825 |
Hong Kong91 | 76,115 |
Korea, South92 | 42,090 |
Taiwan | 38,670 |
Philippines | 109,405 |
Viet Nam | 27,175 |
Bangladesh | 2,580 |
India | 151,400 |
Pakistan | 11,125 |
Sri Lanka | 4,875 |
Other places of birth in Asia | 54,930 |
Oceania and other places of birth93 | 24,120 |
Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population | |
Total - Place of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data94 | 154,815 |
Americas | 16,725 |
Brazil | 4,625 |
Colombia | 825 |
Haiti | 20 |
Jamaica | 390 |
Mexico | 2,460 |
United States of America | 5,465 |
Venezuela95 | 420 |
Other places of birth in Americas | 2,525 |
Europe | 18,070 |
France | 1,325 |
Germany | 800 |
Ireland96 | 2,105 |
Italy | 805 |
Russian Federation | 1,740 |
Ukraine | 1,585 |
United Kingdom87 | 4,555 |
Other places of birth in Europe | 5,150 |
Africa | 7,395 |
Algeria | 65 |
Burundi | 70 |
Cameroon | 100 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 230 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 35 |
Egypt | 500 |
Eritrea | 1,415 |
Ethiopia | 470 |
Morocco | 230 |
Nigeria | 1,085 |
Somalia | 220 |
South Africa, Republic of | 1,215 |
Sudan97 | 160 |
Tunisia | 100 |
Other places of birth in Africa | 1,495 |
Asia | 110,065 |
Afghanistan | 1,245 |
Bangladesh | 530 |
China90 | 28,970 |
Hong Kong91 | 2,385 |
India | 30,545 |
Iran88 | 5,615 |
Iraq | 1,435 |
Israel | 520 |
Japan | 1,615 |
Jordan | 325 |
Korea, South92 | 6,125 |
Lebanon | 290 |
Nepal | 235 |
Pakistan | 1,850 |
Philippines | 15,095 |
Saudi Arabia | 480 |
Sri Lanka | 600 |
Syria89 | 3,380 |
Turkey | 795 |
United Arab Emirates | 515 |
Viet Nam | 2,270 |
Other places of birth in Asia | 5,245 |
Oceania and other93 | 2,570 |
Australia | 1,810 |
Other places of birth98 | 755 |
Generation status | |
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample data99 | 2,607,010 |
First generation100 | 1,256,395 |
Second generation101 | 632,460 |
Third generation or more102 | 718,160 |
Admission category and applicant type | |
Total - Admission category and applicant type for the immigrant population in private households who were admitted between 1980 and 2021 - 25% sample data103 | 930,915 |
Economic immigrants104 | 554,240 |
Principal applicants105 | 225,255 |
Secondary applicants106 | 328,990 |
Immigrants sponsored by family107 | 282,705 |
Refugees108 | 81,155 |
Other immigrants109 | 12,805 |
Pre-admission experience | |
Total - Pre-admission experience for the immigrant population in private households who were admitted between 1980 and 2021 - 25% sample data110 | 930,915 |
Asylum claim before admission111 | 23,820 |
Work permits only before admission112 | 98,885 |
Study permits only before admission113 | 33,385 |
Work and study permits before admission114 | 58,500 |
Other permits before admission115 | 3,390 |
No pre-admission experience116 | 712,935 |
Visible minority | |
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample data117 | 2,607,010 |
Total visible minority population118 | 1,420,270 |
South Asian | 369,290 |
Chinese | 512,260 |
Black | 41,180 |
Filipino | 142,125 |
Arab | 22,440 |
Latin American | 51,500 |
Southeast Asian | 56,815 |
West Asian | 64,640 |
Korean | 63,465 |
Japanese | 31,195 |
Visible minority, n.i.e.119 | 14,750 |
Multiple visible minorities | 50,600 |
Not a visible minority120 | 1,186,740 |
Ethnic or cultural origin | |
Total - Ethnic or cultural origin for the population in private households - 25% sample data121 | 2,607,015 |
Canadian | 174,095 |
English | 365,150 |
Irish | 235,970 |
Scottish | 281,420 |
French, n.o.s.122 | 108,315 |
German | 184,145 |
Chinese | 475,160 |
Italian | 83,200 |
Indian (India) | 213,795 |
Ukrainian | 81,155 |
Dutch | 64,120 |
Polish | 58,505 |
Québécois | 2,475 |
British Isles, n.o.s.123 | 79,115 |
Filipino | 141,230 |
French Canadian | 15,575 |
Caucasian (White), n.o.s.124 | 34,895 |
First Nations (North American Indian), n.o.s.125 | 23,740 |
Métis | 22,050 |
European, n.o.s.126 | 41,860 |
Russian | 51,690 |
Norwegian | 45,595 |
Welsh | 37,335 |
Portuguese | 22,980 |
American | 26,805 |
Spanish | 36,270 |
Swedish | 34,990 |
Hungarian | 21,815 |
Acadian | 2,365 |
Pakistani | 15,765 |
African, n.o.s.127 | 11,685 |
Jewish | 22,280 |
Punjabi | 71,020 |
Vietnamese | 42,690 |
Arab, n.o.s.128 | 9,915 |
Greek | 14,570 |
Jamaican | 5,735 |
Asian, n.o.s.129 | 41,130 |
Cree, n.o.s.130 | 6,230 |
Korean | 62,885 |
Romanian | 15,490 |
Lebanese | 5,355 |
Iranian | 45,815 |
Christian, n.i.e.131 | 8,600 |
Danish | 19,430 |
North American Indigenous, n.o.s.132 | 6,225 |
Sikh | 51,935 |
Austrian | 17,850 |
Belgian | 7,410 |
Haitian | 620 |
Hindu | 15,640 |
Mexican | 19,655 |
Mennonite | 6,320 |
Swiss | 9,570 |
Finnish | 12,650 |
Sri Lankan | 5,475 |
Croatian | 14,670 |
Japanese | 38,945 |
South Asian, n.o.s.133 | 16,030 |
Mi'kmaq, n.o.s.134 | 1,315 |
Northern European, n.o.s.135 | 11,035 |
Muslim | 7,175 |
Egyptian | 4,430 |
Latin, Central or South American, n.o.s.136 | 8,930 |
Tamil | 3,065 |
Icelandic | 10,265 |
Colombian | 5,525 |
Moroccan | 1,305 |
Czech | 10,055 |
Syrian | 4,355 |
Guyanese | 1,615 |
Afghan | 9,060 |
Black, n.o.s.137 | 2,940 |
Serbian | 9,755 |
Ojibway | 1,545 |
Newfoundlander | 1,225 |
Hong Konger | 29,025 |
Ontarian | 1,075 |
Persian | 17,315 |
Trinidadian/Tobagonian | 2,650 |
Turkish | 6,305 |
Inuit, n.o.s.138 | 575 |
Bangladeshi | 3,105 |
Algerian | 690 |
Brazilian | 9,720 |
Nigerian | 2,440 |
Armenian | 3,055 |
Slovak | 6,010 |
Eastern European, n.o.s.139 | 6,295 |
Somali | 2,315 |
Taiwanese | 35,425 |
Iraqi | 4,035 |
Salvadorean | 5,045 |
African Caribbean | 1,175 |
East or Southeast Asian, n.o.s.140 | 9,040 |
West or Central Asian or Middle Eastern, n.o.s.141 | 4,260 |
Caribbean, n.o.s.142 | 1,740 |
Algonquin | 530 |
West Indian, n.o.s.143 | 1,300 |
Lithuanian | 3,380 |
South African | 7,430 |
Australian | 8,695 |
Palestinian | 2,245 |
Chilean | 4,055 |
Congolese | 1,020 |
Nova Scotian | 760 |
Ethiopian | 2,130 |
Hispanic, n.o.s.144 | 3,755 |
Peruvian | 3,185 |
Yoruba | 835 |
Cambodian (Khmer) | 2,545 |
Berber | 455 |
Albanian | 1,740 |
Maltese | 1,185 |
Macedonian | 795 |
Slovenian | 2,725 |
Western European, n.o.s.145 | 3,555 |
New Brunswicker | 320 |
Gujarati | 2,190 |
Eritrean | 1,955 |
African Canadian | 980 |
Israeli | 2,655 |
Mohawk | 830 |
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.146 | 2,220 |
Bulgarian | 2,540 |
Albertan | 1,155 |
Ghanaian | 1,215 |
Barbadian | 1,205 |
African American | 2,485 |
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.147 | 2,460 |
Tunisian | 365 |
Slavic, n.o.s.148 | 3,260 |
Cuban | 1,095 |
Bosnian | 2,915 |
Venezuelan | 1,350 |
Innu/Montagnais, n.o.s.149 | 75 |
Latvian | 2,355 |
Bengali | 1,110 |
Cameroonian | 220 |
Guatemalan | 1,900 |
Indonesian | 6,100 |
Laotian | 1,785 |
Ilocano | 4,000 |
Northern Irish | 2,135 |
Celtic, n.o.s.150 | 2,360 |
British Columbian | 7,415 |
Ecuadorian | 705 |
Franco Ontarian | 140 |
Argentinian | 1,640 |
Estonian | 2,360 |
Kurdish | 3,170 |
Fijian | 14,415 |
Jatt | 6,075 |
North American, n.o.s.151 | 980 |
Coptic | 680 |
Thai | 3,650 |
Dominican | 565 |
Nepali | 1,520 |
Kabyle | 55 |
Assyrian | 560 |
Igbo | 475 |
Byelorussian | 1,695 |
Dene, n.o.s.152 | 165 |
Blackfoot, n.o.s.153 | 655 |
Abenaki | 95 |
Moldovan | 955 |
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), n.o.s.154 | 305 |
New Zealander | 3,555 |
Sudanese | 680 |
Breton | 170 |
Pennsylvania Dutch | 465 |
Malaysian | 4,615 |
Plains Cree | 235 |
North African, n.o.s.155 | 530 |
Huron (Wendat) | 130 |
Saskatchewanian | 975 |
Buddhist | 2,720 |
Gaspesian | 15 |
Norman | 290 |
Southern or East African, n.o.s.156 | 1,495 |
Ivorian | 70 |
Saulteaux | 290 |
Anishinaabe, n.o.s.157 | 335 |
Burundian | 350 |
Tigrinya | 1,020 |
Nicaraguan | 1,485 |
Mauritian | 845 |
Kenyan | 1,670 |
Oji-Cree | 85 |
Vincentian | 250 |
Jordanian | 740 |
Manitoban | 730 |
Cape Bretoner | 160 |
Rwandan | 450 |
Grenadian | 230 |
Malayali | 685 |
Chaldean | 805 |
Sinhalese | 1,115 |
Mayan | 1,430 |
Honduran | 1,125 |
Cherokee | 770 |
Qalipu Mi'kmaq | 55 |
Indo-Caribbean | 310 |
Flemish | 730 |
United Empire Loyalist | 360 |
Senegalese | 55 |
Azerbaijani | 1,100 |
Sicilian | 410 |
Pashtun | 820 |
Malay | 2,165 |
Goan | 610 |
Bantu, n.o.s.158 | 205 |
Tibetan | 485 |
Zimbabwean | 675 |
Burmese | 1,825 |
Mongolian | 1,415 |
Azorean | 200 |
Atikamekw | 0 |
Bamileke | 55 |
Indo-Guyanese | 55 |
Ugandan | 940 |
Oromo | 400 |
Tanzanian | 770 |
Yemeni | 305 |
Central African | 10 |
Libyan | 530 |
Basque | 630 |
Uruguayan | 285 |
Akan, n.o.s.159 | 275 |
Central or West African, n.o.s.160 | 455 |
Igorot | 1,060 |
Fulani | 40 |
Woodland Cree | 30 |
Guinean | 105 |
St. Lucian | 130 |
Prince Edward Islander | 120 |
Maliseet | 30 |
Beninese | 90 |
Telugu | 550 |
Roma | 510 |
Costa Rican | 710 |
African Nova Scotian | 45 |
Malagasy | 65 |
Kashmiri | 460 |
Singaporean | 2,285 |
Karen | 815 |
Edo | 170 |
Tajik | 625 |
Amhara | 280 |
Paraguayan | 350 |
Religion | |
Total - Religion for the population in private households - 25% sample data161 | 2,607,010 |
Buddhist | 70,670 |
Christian | 863,055 |
Christian, n.o.s.162 | 226,120 |
Anabaptist | 6,960 |
Anglican | 51,030 |
Baptist | 26,680 |
Catholic | 355,990 |
Christian Orthodox | 35,340 |
Jehovah's Witness | 9,740 |
Latter Day Saints | 3,565 |
Lutheran | 17,695 |
Methodist and Wesleyan (Holiness) | 3,165 |
Pentecostal and other Charismatic | 18,555 |
Presbyterian | 14,190 |
Reformed | 4,135 |
United Church | 46,145 |
Other Christian and Christian-related traditions | 43,745 |
Hindu | 66,530 |
Jewish | 20,125 |
Muslim | 110,645 |
Sikh | 222,160 |
Traditional (North American Indigenous) spirituality | 1,865 |
Other religions and spiritual traditions | 24,205 |
No religion and secular perspectives | 1,227,760 |
Mobility status 1 year ago | |
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample data163 | 2,585,295 |
Non-movers | 2,201,935 |
Movers | 383,360 |
Non-migrants | 219,965 |
Migrants | 163,390 |
Internal migrants | 117,275 |
Intraprovincial migrants | 91,590 |
Interprovincial migrants | 25,685 |
External migrants | 46,115 |
Mobility status 5 years ago | |
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample data164 | 2,492,425 |
Non-movers | 1,416,225 |
Movers | 1,076,205 |
Non-migrants | 422,485 |
Migrants | 653,725 |
Internal migrants | 433,225 |
Intraprovincial migrants | 352,105 |
Interprovincial migrants | 81,115 |
External migrants | 220,500 |
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate | |
Total - Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data165 | 2,235,450 |
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate | 295,740 |
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate166 | 1,939,710 |
Total - Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample data165 | 1,487,140 |
No high school diploma or equivalency certificate | 113,680 |
With high school diploma or equivalency certificate166 | 1,373,460 |
Highest certificate, diploma or degree | |
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data165 | 2,235,450 |
No certificate, diploma or degree | 270,240 |
High (secondary) school diploma or equivalency certificate167 | 618,710 |
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree | 1,346,495 |
Postsecondary certificate or diploma below bachelor level | 558,985 |
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma | 125,770 |
Non-apprenticeship trades certificate or diploma168 | 57,895 |
Apprenticeship certificate169 | 67,870 |
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma170 | 340,715 |
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level | 92,495 |
Bachelor's degree or higher | 787,510 |
Bachelor's degree | 511,110 |
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level | 54,185 |
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry | 20,895 |
Master's degree | 173,475 |
Earned doctorate171 | 27,850 |
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample data165 | 1,487,140 |
No certificate, diploma or degree | 98,700 |
High (secondary) school diploma or equivalency certificate167 | 339,580 |
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree | 1,048,860 |
Postsecondary certificate or diploma below bachelor level | 406,400 |
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma | 87,160 |
Non-apprenticeship trades certificate or diploma168 | 39,895 |
Apprenticeship certificate169 | 47,265 |
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma170 | 251,750 |
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level | 67,495 |
Bachelor's degree or higher | 642,460 |
Bachelor's degree | 414,745 |
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level | 42,780 |
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry | 16,140 |
Master's degree | 147,665 |
Earned doctorate171 | 21,130 |
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 | |
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data172 | 2,235,450 |
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree173 | 888,950 |
Education | 75,935 |
13. Education | 75,935 |
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies | 73,865 |
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services | 9,590 |
50. Visual and performing arts | 64,275 |
Humanities | 90,800 |
16. Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 12,250 |
23. English language and literature/letters | 22,355 |
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 33,430 |
30A Interdisciplinary humanities174 | 1,400 |
38. Philosophy and religious studies | 4,235 |
39. Theology and religious vocations | 5,615 |
54. History | 9,235 |
55. French language and literature/lettersCAN | 2,275 |
Social and behavioural sciences and law | 181,015 |
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 3,060 |
09. Communication, journalism and related programs | 21,785 |
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 19,615 |
22. Legal professions and studies | 28,505 |
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciences175 | 3,955 |
42. Psychology | 31,715 |
45. Social sciences | 72,385 |
Business, management and public administration | 302,700 |
30.16 Accounting and computer science | 380 |
44. Public administration and social service professions | 11,335 |
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services | 290,990 |
Physical and life sciences and technologies | 66,830 |
26. Biological and biomedical sciences | 27,200 |
30.01 Biological and physical sciences | 17,195 |
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciences176 | 1,175 |
40. Physical sciences | 19,630 |
41. Science technologies/technicians | 1,635 |
Mathematics, computer and information sciences | 76,280 |
11. Computer and information sciences and support services | 61,500 |
25. Library science | 3,480 |
27. Mathematics and statistics | 9,330 |
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciences177 | 1,970 |
Architecture, engineering, and related trades | 229,970 |
04. Architecture and related services | 13,705 |
14. Engineering | 90,240 |
15. Engineering/engineering-related technologies/technicians | 39,830 |
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation | 40 |
46. Construction trades | 39,615 |
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 30,675 |
48. Precision production | 15,870 |
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation | 21,905 |
01. Agricultural and veterinary sciences/services/operations and related fields178 | 13,770 |
03. Natural resources and conservation | 8,135 |
Health and related fields | 174,055 |
30.37 Design for human health | 0 |
31. Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology | 14,125 |
51. Health professions and related programs178 | 153,200 |
60. Health professions residency/fellowship programs | 390 |
61. Medical residency/fellowship programs | 6,335 |
Personal, protective and transportation services | 52,785 |
12. Culinary, entertainment, and personal services | 35,450 |
28. Military science, leadership and operational art | 120 |
29. Military technologies and applied sciences | 245 |
43. Security and protective services | 6,585 |
49. Transportation and materials moving | 10,385 |
Other179 | 370 |
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2021 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample data172 | 1,487,140 |
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree173 | 438,280 |
Education | 51,580 |
13. Education | 51,580 |
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies | 59,805 |
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services | 7,535 |
50. Visual and performing arts | 52,270 |
Humanities | 68,095 |
16. Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 9,520 |
23. English language and literature/letters | 17,085 |
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 24,685 |
30A Interdisciplinary humanities174 | 985 |
38. Philosophy and religious studies | 3,245 |
39. Theology and religious vocations | 4,030 |
54. History | 6,970 |
55. French language and literature/lettersCAN | 1,580 |
Social and behavioural sciences and law | 146,480 |
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies | 2,525 |
09. Communication, journalism and related programs | 18,875 |
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 15,045 |
22. Legal professions and studies | 23,285 |
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciences175 | 3,125 |
42. Psychology | 25,160 |
45. Social sciences | 58,470 |
Business, management and public administration | 243,445 |
30.16 Accounting and computer science | 280 |
44. Public administration and social service professions | 8,465 |
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services | 234,700 |
Physical and life sciences and technologies | 50,200 |
26. Biological and biomedical sciences | 21,250 |
30.01 Biological and physical sciences | 12,625 |
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciences176 | 1,005 |
40. Physical sciences | 14,320 |
41. Science technologies/technicians | 1,000 |
Mathematics, computer and information sciences | 64,750 |
11. Computer and information sciences and support services | 54,150 |
25. Library science | 2,225 |
27. Mathematics and statistics | 6,765 |
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciences177 | 1,605 |
Architecture, engineering, and related trades | 173,935 |
04. Architecture and related services | 10,930 |
14. Engineering | 72,485 |
15. Engineering/engineering-related technologies/technicians | 28,765 |
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation | 35 |
46. Construction trades | 29,260 |
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians | 21,730 |
48. Precision production | 10,730 |
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation | 17,030 |
01. Agricultural and veterinary sciences/services/operations and related fields178 | 10,565 |
03. Natural resources and conservation | 6,455 |
Health and related fields | 133,890 |
30.37 Design for human health | 0 |
31. Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology | 11,170 |
51. Health professions and related programs178 | 117,795 |
60. Health professions residency/fellowship programs | 325 |
61. Medical residency/fellowship programs | 4,600 |
Personal, protective and transportation services | 39,360 |
12. Culinary, entertainment, and personal services | 26,475 |
28. Military science, leadership and operational art | 70 |
29. Military technologies and applied sciences | 110 |
43. Security and protective services | 5,205 |
49. Transportation and materials moving | 7,505 |
Other179 | 290 |
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence | |
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample data180 | 1,487,140 |
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree | 438,280 |
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree181 | 1,048,860 |
Location of study inside Canada | 686,455 |
Same as province or territory of residence | 560,960 |
Different than province or territory of residence | 125,495 |
Location of study outside Canada182 | 362,405 |
Americas | 59,040 |
United States of America | 37,205 |
Mexico | 7,220 |
Cuba | 235 |
Haiti | 0 |
Jamaica | 275 |
Brazil | 7,345 |
Colombia | 1,870 |
Peru | 730 |
Venezuela95 | 680 |
Other locations of study in Americas | 3,465 |
Europe | 63,555 |
Belgium | 510 |
France | 3,900 |
Germany | 2,705 |
Netherlands | 1,140 |
Switzerland | 995 |
Hungary | 620 |
Moldova183 | 400 |
Poland | 2,260 |
Romania | 2,925 |
Russian Federation | 4,870 |
Ukraine | 3,460 |
Ireland96 | 4,855 |
United Kingdom87 | 24,465 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 720 |
Italy | 1,190 |
Serbia86 | 1,395 |
Other locations of study in Europe | 7,140 |
Africa | 7,865 |
Nigeria | 800 |
Algeria | 115 |
Morocco | 255 |
Tunisia | 110 |
Egypt | 1,240 |
South Africa, Republic of | 3,345 |
Other locations of study in Africa | 2,000 |
Asia | 221,415 |
Iran88 | 15,505 |
Iraq | 1,335 |
Israel | 1,150 |
Lebanon | 420 |
Syria89 | 615 |
Turkey | 1,435 |
China90 | 55,615 |
Taiwan | 8,345 |
Hong Kong91 | 6,780 |
Japan | 6,510 |
Korea, South92 | 17,035 |
Philippines | 44,305 |
Viet Nam | 1,695 |
Bangladesh | 945 |
Sri Lanka | 890 |
India | 47,280 |
Pakistan | 3,380 |
Other locations of study in Asia | 8,165 |
Oceania | 10,530 |
Australia | 7,745 |
New Zealand | 2,045 |
Other locations of study in Oceania | 735 |
Labour force status | |
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by labour force status - 25% sample data184 | 2,235,450 |
In the labour force | 1,468,220 |
Employed | 1,341,570 |
Unemployed | 126,650 |
Not in the labour force | 767,230 |
Participation rate | 65.7 |
Employment rate | 60.0 |
Unemployment rate | 8.6 |
Work activity during the reference year | |
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample data185 | 2,235,450 |
Did not work186 | 793,200 |
Worked | 1,442,245 |
Worked full year full time187 | 756,970 |
Worked part year and/or part time188 | 685,280 |
Average weeks worked in reference year | 40.9 |
Class of worker including job permanency | |
Total - Labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker including job permanency - 25% sample data189 | 1,468,220 |
Class of worker - not applicable190 | 32,920 |
All classes of workers191 | 1,435,305 |
Employee | 1,189,685 |
Permanent position | 991,085 |
Temporary position | 198,600 |
Fixed term (1 year or more) | 74,240 |
Casual, seasonal or short-term position (less than 1 year) | 124,360 |
Self-employed192 | 245,620 |
Occupation - Broad category - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 | |
Total - Labour force aged 15 years and over by occupation - Broad category - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 - 25% sample data193 | 1,468,220 |
Occupation - not applicable190 | 32,920 |
All occupations191 | 1,435,305 |
0 Legislative and senior management occupations | 20,140 |
1 Business, finance and administration occupations | 274,800 |
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 137,100 |
3 Health occupations | 103,155 |
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services | 167,840 |
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 74,525 |
6 Sales and service occupations | 366,180 |
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 227,715 |
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations | 18,980 |
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities | 44,875 |
Industry - Sectors - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2017 | |
Total - Labour force aged 15 years and over by industry - Sectors - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2017 - 25% sample data194 | 1,468,220 |
Industry - not applicable190 | 32,920 |
All industries191 | 1,435,305 |
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 12,760 |
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 4,030 |
22 Utilities | 8,120 |
23 Construction | 114,600 |
31-33 Manufacturing | 83,255 |
41 Wholesale trade | 54,360 |
44-45 Retail trade | 159,825 |
48-49 Transportation and warehousing | 86,180 |
51 Information and cultural industries | 55,000 |
52 Finance and insurance | 66,980 |
53 Real estate and rental and leasing | 38,130 |
54 Professional, scientific and technical services | 160,590 |
55 Management of companies and enterprises | 4,050 |
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 59,880 |
61 Educational services | 110,765 |
62 Health care and social assistance | 163,115 |
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation | 32,895 |
72 Accommodation and food services | 96,660 |
81 Other services (except public administration) | 61,285 |
91 Public administration | 62,815 |
All languages used at work | |
Total - All languages used at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2020 - 25% sample data195 | 1,564,385 |
English | 1,367,865 |
French | 1,520 |
Non-official language | 45,845 |
Indigenous39 | 20 |
Non-Indigenous | 45,830 |
English and French | 11,770 |
English and non-official language(s) | 131,765 |
French and non-official language(s) | 70 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 1,825 |
Multiple non-official languages | 3,715 |
Language used most often at work | |
Total - Language used most often at work for the population aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2020, in private households, 2021 Census - 25% sample data196 | 1,564,385 |
Single responses | 1,533,680 |
Official languages | 1,451,660 |
English | 1,448,340 |
French | 3,320 |
Non-official languages | 82,020 |
Indigenous languages39 | 30 |
Algonquian languages | 0 |
Blackfoot | 0 |
Cree-Innu languages | 0 |
Atikamekw | 0 |
Cree languages | 0 |
Ililimowin (Moose Cree) | 0 |
Inu Ayimun (Southern East Cree) | 0 |
Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree) | 0 |
Nehinawewin (Swampy Cree) | 0 |
Nehiyawewin (Plains Cree) | 0 |
Nihithawiwin (Woods Cree) | 0 |
Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
Innu (Montagnais) | 0 |
Naskapi | 0 |
Eastern Algonquian languages | 0 |
Mi'kmaq | 0 |
Wolastoqewi (Malecite) | 0 |
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages | 0 |
Anicinabemowin (Algonquin) | 0 |
Oji-Cree | 0 |
Ojibway languages | 0 |
Anishinaabemowin (Chippewa) | 0 |
Daawaamwin (Odawa) | 0 |
Saulteau (Western Ojibway) | 0 |
Ojibway, n.o.s. | 0 |
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Athabaskan languages | 0 |
Northern Athabaskan languages | 0 |
Dakelh (Carrier) | 0 |
Dane-zaa (Beaver) | 0 |
Dene, n.o.s. | 0 |
Gwich'in | 0 |
Slavey-Hare languages | 0 |
Deh Gah Ghotie Zhatie (South Slavey) | 0 |
Satuotine Yati (North Slavey) | 0 |
Slavey, n.o.s. | 0 |
Tahltan languages | 0 |
Tlicho (Dogrib) | 0 |
Tse'khene (Sekani) | 0 |
Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) | 0 |
Tsuu T'ina (Sarsi) | 0 |
Tutchone languages | 0 |
Northern Tutchone | 0 |
Southern Tutchone | 0 |
Tutchone, n.o.s. | 0 |
Wetsuwet'en-Babine | 0 |
Tlingit | 0 |
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Haida | 0 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) | 0 |
Inuinnaqtun | 0 |
Inuvialuktun | 0 |
Inuktitut | 0 |
Inuktut (Inuit) languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Iroquoian languages | 0 |
Mohawk | 0 |
Oneida | 0 |
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Ktunaxa (Kutenai) | 0 |
Michif | 0 |
Salish languages | 10 |
Halkomelem | 0 |
Lillooet | 0 |
Ntlakapamux (Thompson) | 0 |
Secwepemctsin (Shuswap) | 0 |
Squamish | 10 |
Straits | 0 |
Syilx (Okanagan) | 0 |
Salish languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Siouan languages | 0 |
Assiniboine | 0 |
Dakota | 0 |
Stoney | 0 |
Siouan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tsimshian languages | 0 |
Gitxsan (Gitksan) | 0 |
Nisga'a | 0 |
Tsimshian | 0 |
Wakashan languages | 10 |
Haisla | 0 |
Heiltsuk | 10 |
Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) | 0 |
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | 0 |
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indigenous languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indigenous languages, n.o.s. | 0 |
Non-Indigenous languages | 81,990 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 435 |
Berber languages | 0 |
Kabyle | 0 |
Tamazight | 0 |
Berber languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Chadic languages | 0 |
Coptic | 0 |
Cushitic languages | 10 |
Bilen | 0 |
Oromo | 0 |
Somali | 10 |
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Semitic languages | 420 |
Amharic | 20 |
Arabic | 310 |
Aramaic languages | 0 |
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | 0 |
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic | 0 |
Aramaic, n.o.s. | 0 |
Hebrew | 50 |
Tigrigna | 35 |
Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Austro-Asiatic languages | 2,065 |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 10 |
Vietnamese | 2,055 |
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Austronesian languages | 780 |
Bikol | 0 |
Bisaya, n.o.s. | 0 |
Cebuano | 15 |
Hiligaynon | 0 |
Ilocano | 40 |
Indonesian | 85 |
Kankanaey | 0 |
Malagasy languages | 0 |
Malay | 0 |
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) | 0 |
Pangasinan | 0 |
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 615 |
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Creole languages | 0 |
Haitian Creole | 0 |
Jamaican English Creole | 0 |
Morisyen | 0 |
Creole, n.o.s. | 0 |
Creole languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Dravidian languages | 60 |
Kannada | 0 |
Malayalam | 0 |
Tamil | 55 |
Telugu | 0 |
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Georgian | 0 |
Indo-European languages | 23,100 |
Albanian | 20 |
Armenian | 20 |
Balto-Slavic languages | 810 |
Baltic languages | 0 |
Latvian | 0 |
Lithuanian | 0 |
Slavic languages | 805 |
Bulgarian | 10 |
Czech | 20 |
Macedonian | 0 |
Polish | 75 |
Russian | 575 |
Serbo-Croatian | 80 |
Bosnian | 0 |
Croatian | 10 |
Serbian | 70 |
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e. | 0 |
Slovak | 0 |
Slovene (Slovenian) | 0 |
Ukrainian | 30 |
Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Celtic languages | 0 |
Scottish Gaelic | 0 |
Celtic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Germanic languages | 175 |
Frisian | 0 |
High German languages | 135 |
German | 130 |
Pennsylvania German | 0 |
Swiss German | 0 |
Yiddish | 0 |
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages | 15 |
Afrikaans | 0 |
Dutch | 15 |
Low German, n.o.s. | 0 |
Low Saxon | 0 |
Plautdietsch | 0 |
Vlaams (Flemish) | 0 |
Scandinavian languages | 25 |
Danish | 0 |
Icelandic | 0 |
Norwegian | 15 |
Swedish | 10 |
Germanic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Greek | 45 |
Indo-Iranian languages | 19,215 |
Indo-Aryan languages | 17,275 |
Bengali | 10 |
Gujarati | 10 |
Hindi | 490 |
Kacchi | 0 |
Marathi | 0 |
Nepali | 10 |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 16,665 |
Sindhi | 0 |
Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 |
Urdu | 85 |
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Iranian languages | 1,945 |
Kurdish | 25 |
Pashto | 0 |
Persian languages | 1,915 |
Dari | 100 |
Iranian Persian | 1,650 |
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s. | 160 |
Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Italic (Romance) languages | 2,810 |
Catalan | 0 |
Italian | 110 |
Portuguese | 480 |
Romanian | 40 |
Spanish | 2,185 |
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Indo-European languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Japanese | 1,750 |
Korean | 6,260 |
Mongolian | 0 |
Niger-Congo languages | 0 |
Akan (Twi) | 0 |
Edo | 0 |
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) | 0 |
Ga | 0 |
Ganda | 0 |
Igbo | 0 |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 0 |
Lingala | 0 |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
Shona | 0 |
Swahili | 0 |
Wolof | 0 |
Yoruba | 0 |
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Nilo-Saharan languages | 0 |
Dinka | 0 |
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Sign languages | 210 |
American Sign Language | 205 |
Quebec Sign Language | 0 |
Sign languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Sino-Tibetan languages | 47,075 |
Chinese languages | 47,020 |
Hakka | 0 |
Mandarin | 27,485 |
Min Dong | 0 |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 220 |
Wu (Shanghainese) | 10 |
Yue (Cantonese) | 19,220 |
Chinese, n.o.s. | 75 |
Chinese languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tibeto-Burman languages | 60 |
Burmese | 30 |
Karenic languages | 0 |
S'gaw Karen | 0 |
Karenic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tibetan | 0 |
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Tai-Kadai languages | 140 |
Lao | 0 |
Thai | 135 |
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Turkic languages | 60 |
Azerbaijani | 0 |
Turkish | 55 |
Uyghur | 0 |
Uzbek | 0 |
Turkic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Uralic languages | 30 |
Estonian | 0 |
Finnish | 10 |
Hungarian | 15 |
Other languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
Multiple responses | 30,705 |
English and French | 1,495 |
English and non-official language(s) | 28,315 |
French and non-official language(s) | 35 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 85 |
Multiple non-official languages | 785 |
Other language(s) 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, 2020 - 25% sample data197 | 1,564,385 |
None | 1,440,905 |
English | 30,370 |
French | 8,795 |
Non-official language | 65,900 |
Indigenous39 | 125 |
Non-Indigenous | 65,775 |
English and French | 40 |
English and non-official language(s) | 4,595 |
French and non-official language(s) | 1,420 |
English, French and non-official language(s) | 0 |
Multiple non-official languages | 12,350 |
Place of work status | |
Total - Place of work status for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over - 25% sample data198 | 1,341,570 |
Worked at home | 355,075 |
Worked outside Canada | 7,935 |
No fixed workplace address | 189,970 |
Usual place of work | 788,585 |
Commuting destination | |
Total - Commuting destination for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over with a usual place of work - 25% sample data199 | 788,585 |
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence | 365,810 |
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence | 407,305 |
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence | 13,135 |
Commute to a different province or territory | 2,335 |
Main mode of commuting | |
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample data200 | 978,560 |
Car, truck or van | 731,155 |
Car, truck or van - as a driver | 666,495 |
Car, truck or van - as a passenger | 64,660 |
Public transit | 146,055 |
Walked | 62,435 |
Bicycle | 18,225 |
Other method | 20,695 |
Commuting duration | |
Total - Commuting duration for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample data201 | 978,560 |
Less than 15 minutes | 202,980 |
15 to 29 minutes | 341,035 |
30 to 44 minutes | 258,225 |
45 to 59 minutes | 96,495 |
60 minutes and over | 79,825 |
Time leaving for work | |
Total - Time leaving for work for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample data202 | 978,560 |
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. | 62,540 |
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. | 148,575 |
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. | 219,885 |
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. | 212,645 |
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. | 185,195 |
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. | 149,725 |
Children eligible for instruction in the minority official language | |
Total - Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language for the population in private households born in 2003 or later - 100% data203 | 461,375 |
Children eligible for instruction in the minority official language | 27,520 |
Children not eligible for instruction in the minority official language | 433,850 |
Eligibility and instruction in the minority official language for school-aged children | |
Total - Eligibility and instruction in the minority official language, for the population in private households born between 2003 and 2015 (inclusive) - 100% data204 | 338,220 |
Children eligible for instruction in the minority official language | 21,560 |
Eligible children who have been instructed in the minority official language at the primary or secondary level in Canada | 13,055 |
Eligible children who have not been instructed in the minority official language at the primary or secondary level in Canada | 8,510 |
Children not eligible for instruction in the minority official language | 316,660 |
Source
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
How to cite
How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 2, 2024).
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