Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population
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Education
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Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate
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Characteristic VancouverMore information:
British Columbia
[Census metropolitan area]
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% data34The letter 'c' in a yellow triangle indicates a correction notice. 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
Knowledge of languagesThe letter 'c' in a yellow triangle indicates a correction notice.
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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