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Profile of Language, Mobility and Migration, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census

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Catalogue number :95F0488XCB2001001
Release date :December 10, 2002
Topic :Electronic Profiles
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Note

Special Note: Impact of Municipal Restructuring

The boundaries and names of municipalities (census subdivisions) can change from one census to the next because of annexations, dissolutions and incorporations. However, since the 1996 Census, the changes are more numerous and more dramatic, especially in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. In general, data from the 2001 Census are available for fewer and larger census subdivisions, and historical analyses are more complex. To bridge the impact of these municipal changes on data dissemination, the 2001 Census is producing a profile for dissolved census subdivisions. For additional information concerning the 2001 Census products, please refer to the 2001 Census Catalogue, Catalogue Number 92-377-XIE. For additional information about the census subdivisions, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Migration Data for Small Geographic Areas

Estimates of internal migration may be less accurate for small geographic areas, areas with a place name which is duplicated elsewhere, and for some Census Subdivisions (CSD) where previous residents may have provided the name of the Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration instead of the specific name of the component CSD from which they migrated.

For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Mobility Status (1 Year Ago) Subuniverse

The 'Mobility Status (1 Year Ago)' subuniverse includes persons 1 year of age and over residing in Canada, excluding institutional residents and Canadians (military and government personnel) in households outside Canada. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Mobility Status (5 Years Ago) Subuniverse

The 'Mobility Status (5 Years Ago)' subuniverse includes persons 5 years of age and over residing in Canada, excluding institutional residents and Canadians (military and government personnel) in households outside Canada. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Nunavut (1)

A new territory called Nunavut came into effect on April 1, 1999. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

Special Note: Population Universe

The Population Universe of the 2001 Census includes the following groups:

- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold student authorizations (student visas or student permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold employment authorizations (or work permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Minister's permits (including extensions) and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last four groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent Resident found in the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.

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Geography = Canada Footnote 1
Profile of Census Divisions/Census Subdivisions (266) Values

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Mother Tongue
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.

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Footnote 3

The 1996 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' contains all responses of 'Chinese', including 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'. Therefore it is not equivalent to the 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' but rather, equal to the sum of the 2001 categories of 'Chinese, n.o.s.', 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'.

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Footnote 4

This is a subtotal of all non-official languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here.

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Footnote 5

Knowledge of Official Languages
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in English only, in French only, in both English and French, or in neither of the official languages of Canada.

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Footnote 6

First Official Language Spoken
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to a variable specified within the framework of the Official Languages Act.

Remarks:

This variable was derived within the framework of the application of the Official Languages Act.

This derivation method is described in the regulations concerning the use of official languages for the provision of public services. It takes into account first the knowledge of the two official languages, second the mother tongue, and third the home language.

People who can conduct a conversation in French only are assigned French as their first official language spoken. People who can carry on a conversation in English only are assigned English as their first official language spoken. The responses to questions on mother tongue and home language are subsequently used to establish the first official language spoken by people who speak both English and French, or who cannot speak either of the two official languages. The French category includes people who have French only or French and at least one non-official language as their mother tongue. People who have English only or English and at least one non-official language as their mother tongue are included in the English category. For cases that have not yet been classified, people are assigned to the French category when they speak French only or French and at least one non-official language as their home language. The procedure is the same for English. Thus, the population is classified into two principal categories: English or French. It is necessary to add two residual categories for people who cannot be classified in accordance with the information available: English and French and neither English nor French.

Please consult the following documents for more information: Regulations Respecting Communications With and Services to the Public in Either Official Language, registered on December 16, 1991, in accordance with section 85 of the Official Languages Act, R.S.C., c. 32 (4th suppl.) and Population Estimates by First Official Language Spoken, 1991, Catalogue No. 94-320, Demography Division, Statistics Canada.

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Footnote 7

The official language minority is English in Quebec and French in all other provinces and territories.

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Footnote 8

The official language minority is English in Quebec and French in all other provinces and territories.

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Footnote 9

Home Language
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to the language spoken most often or on a regular basis at home by the individual at the time of the census.

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Footnote 10

The 1996 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' contains all responses of 'Chinese', including 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'. Therefore it is not equivalent to the 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' but rather, equal to the sum of the 2001 categories of 'Chinese, n.o.s.', 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'.

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Footnote 11

This is a subtotal of all non-official languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here.

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Footnote 12

Knowledge of Non-official Languages
Part A - Plain Language Definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed Definition
Refers to languages, other than English or French, in which the respondent can conduct a conversation.

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Footnote 13

The 1996 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' contains all responses of 'Chinese', including 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'. Therefore it is not equivalent to the 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' but rather, equal to the sum of the 2001 categories of 'Chinese, n.o.s.', 'Mandarin', 'Cantonese' and 'Hakka'.

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Footnote 14

This is a subtotal of all non-official languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here.

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Footnote 15

Refers to the relationship between a person's usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence one year earlier. A person is classified as a non-mover if no difference exists. Otherwise, a person is classified as a mover and this categorization is called Mobility Status (1 Year Ago). Within the category of movers, a further distinction is made between non-migrants and migrants; this difference is called migration status.

Non-movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at the same address as the one at which they resided one year earlier.

Movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at a different address than the one at which they resided one year earlier.

Non-migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living at a different address, but in the same census subdivision (CSD) as the one they lived in one year earlier.

Migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were residing in a different CSD one year earlier (internal migrants) or who were living outside Canada one year earlier (external migrants).

Intraprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision than the one at which they resided one year earlier, in the same province.

Interprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision than the one at which they resided one year earlier, in a different province.

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Footnote 16

Refers to the relationship between a person's usual place of residence on Census Day and his or her usual place of residence five years earlier. A person is classified as a non-mover if no difference exists. Otherwise, a person is classified as a mover and this categorization is called Mobility Status (5 Years Ago). Within the movers category, a further distinction is made between non-migrants and migrants; this difference is called migration status.

Non-movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at the same address as the one at which they resided five years earlier.

Movers are persons who, on Census Day, were living at a different address than the one at which they resided five years earlier.

Non-migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living at a different address, but in the same census subdivision (CSD) as the one they lived in five years earlier.

Migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were residing in a different CSD five years earlier (internal migrants) or who were living outside Canada five years earlier (external migrants).

Intraprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision than the one in which they resided five years earlier, in the same province.

Interprovincial migrants are movers who, on Census Day, were living in a different census subdivision than the one in which they resided five years earlier, in a different province.

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Total population by mother tongue - 20% Sample Data Footnote 2 29,639,035
Single responses 29,257,890
English 17,352,315
French 6,703,330
Non-official languages 5,202,240
Italian 469,490
Cantonese 322,315
Mandarin 101,790
Hakka 4,560
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 3 425,085
German 438,080
Portuguese 213,810
Polish 208,375
Ukrainian 148,085
Spanish 245,495
Dutch 128,670
Punjabi 271,220
Greek 120,360
Arabic 199,940
Tagalog (Pilipino) 174,060
Hungarian 75,555
Vietnamese 122,055
Cree 72,880
Persian (Farsi) 94,095
Croatian 54,880
Gujarati 57,555
Korean 85,070
Russian 94,555
Hindi 56,320
Tamil 92,010
Japanese 34,815
Creoles 39,605
Finnish 22,405
Czech 24,795
Armenian 27,350
Yiddish 19,295
Urdu 80,895
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 29,005
Romanian 50,895
Ojibway 21,005
Danish 18,230
Slovak 17,545
Macedonian 16,905
Khmer (Cambodian) 15,985
Norwegian 8,730
Hebrew 12,430
Estonian 8,725
Swedish 9,070
Lao 12,945
Lithuanian 8,775
Serbian 41,180
Latvian (Lettish) 8,230
Slovenian 12,800
Turkish 16,785
Bengali 29,505
Maltese 7,375
Flemish 6,015
Montagnais-Naskapi 9,705
Bulgarian 9,130
Micmac 7,230
Gaelic languages 2,155
South Slave 1,385
Chipewyan 580
Dogrib 1,865
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 320
Tlingit 105
Serbo-Croatian 26,690
Dakota/Sioux 3,905
Malay-Bahasa 6,405
Blackfoot 2,740
Malayalam 7,070
Thai 3,600
Kurdish 5,405
Pashto 5,085
Other languages Footnote 4 231,275
Multiple responses 381,145
English and French 112,575
English and non-official language 219,855
French and non-official language 38,625
English, French and non-official language 10,085
Total population by knowledge of official languages - 20% Sample Data Footnote 5 29,639,030
English only 20,014,645
French only 3,946,525
English and French 5,231,570
Neither English nor French 446,285
Total population by first official language spoken - 20% Sample Data Footnote 6 29,639,030
English 21,927,035
French 6,995,455
English and French 283,060
Neither English nor French 433,485
Official language minority - (number) Footnote 7 7,136,985
Official language minority - (percentage) Footnote 8 24.1
Total population by home language - 20% Sample Data Footnote 9 29,639,035
Single responses 25,822,080
English 18,267,830
French 5,861,130
Non-official languages 1,693,125
Cantonese 189,430
Mandarin 54,060
Hakka 905
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 10 199,995
Italian 110,275
Portuguese 63,890
Spanish 70,355
German 48,075
Polish 53,320
Punjabi 132,380
Greek 33,515
Vietnamese 64,670
Arabic 58,115
Cree 20,585
Tagalog (Pilipino) 36,710
Ukrainian 14,325
Persian (Farsi) 41,970
Korean 44,255
Hungarian 11,575
Tamil 45,865
Gujarati 18,305
Croatian 10,645
Armenian 10,400
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 14,415
Hindi 14,175
Urdu 30,760
Japanese 10,250
Russian 37,900
Creoles 7,850
Dutch 3,700
Khmer (Cambodian) 6,230
Ojibway 4,925
Romanian 16,320
Czech 2,690
Lao 5,010
Macedonian 3,585
Finnish 2,235
Montagnais-Naskapi 4,765
Hebrew 2,350
Yiddish 4,065
Serbian 16,725
Bengali 12,840
Slovak 2,505
Estonian 1,280
Turkish 5,945
Lithuanian 1,495
Latvian (Lettish) 1,055
Micmac 2,020
Slovenian 1,355
Bulgarian 3,025
Serbo-Croatian 9,630
Dakota/Sioux 1,835
South Slave 220
Malay-Bahasa 1,215
Maltese 660
Blackfoot 705
Dogrib 500
Danish 345
Swedish 320
Malayalam 1,155
Thai 615
Kurdish 2,030
Pashto 2,585
Flemish 130
Chipewyan 60
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 20
Norwegian 135
Gaelic languages 65
Tlingit 10
Other languages Footnote 11 117,785
Multiple responses 3,816,950
English and French 1,015,915
English and non-official language 2,463,795
French and non-official language 221,755
English, French and non-official language 115,485
Various non-official languages spoken - 20% Sample Data - Italian Footnote 12 680,970
German 635,520
Cantonese 398,890
Mandarin 207,970
Hakka 5,900
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 13 415,685
Spanish 610,580
Portuguese 264,990
Ukrainian 200,525
Polish 249,695
Dutch 157,870
Punjabi 338,720
Arabic 290,280
Greek 158,800
Tagalog (Pilipino) 244,695
Vietnamese 165,645
Hindi 227,295
Hungarian 89,230
Cree 97,230
Russian 157,455
Gujarati 80,835
Yiddish 37,010
Hebrew 63,670
Urdu 139,440
Creoles 76,140
Persian (Farsi) 111,705
Croatian 71,725
Japanese 65,035
Korean 91,610
Tamil 111,585
Finnish 25,235
Armenian 32,905
Romanian 60,525
Ojibway 30,505
Czech 30,880
Danish 22,285
Non-verbal languages 41,550
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 32,775
Turkish 32,520
Macedonian 25,125
Slovak 21,735
Khmer (Cambodian) 21,805
Swedish 16,915
Swahili 25,300
Norwegian 12,310
Lao 18,495
Malay-Bahasa 18,255
Serbian 50,110
Lithuanian 10,225
Estonian 9,595
Latvian (Lettish) 9,545
Bengali 34,650
Maltese 9,965
Flemish 7,560
Slovenian 15,300
Gaelic languages 6,470
Sinhalese 15,415
Montagnais-Naskapi 10,465
Serbo-Croatian 31,245
Thai 9,385
Micmac 8,960
Blackfoot 4,495
Bulgarian 10,990
Malayalam 9,185
Dakota/Sioux 4,955
South Slave 2,210
Icelandic 2,385
Nishga 920
Frisian 3,945
Chipewyan 940
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 505
Tlingit 230
Dogrib 2,285
Kurdish 7,145
Pashto 7,990
Other languages Footnote 14 305,955
Total population 1 year and over by mobility status 1 year ago - 20% Sample Data Footnote 15 29,314,760
Non-movers 25,123,495
Movers 4,191,265
Non-migrants 2,388,905
Migrants 1,802,360
Internal migrants 1,507,735
Intraprovincial migrants 1,223,105
Interprovincial migrants 284,635
External migrants 294,625
Total population 5 years and over by mobility status 5 years ago - 20% Sample Data Footnote 16 27,932,590
Non-movers 16,222,260
Movers 11,710,330
Non-migrants 6,251,590
Migrants 5,458,735
Internal migrants 4,482,775
Intraprovincial migrants 3,577,105
Interprovincial migrants 905,670
External migrants 975,960

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 95F0488XCB2001001.

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