2001 Census Area Profiles

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Profile of Language, Mobility and Migration, for Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census

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Catalogue number :95F0488XCB2001004
Release date :January 14, 2003
Topic :Electronic Profiles
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Note

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: 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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Profile of Census Metropolitan Areas/Census Agglomerations (266) Values

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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 2

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 3

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

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Footnote 4

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 5

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 6

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

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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

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 9

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 10

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

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Footnote 11

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 12

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 13

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

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Footnote 14

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 15

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 1 171,105
Single responses 170,875
English 168,135
French 515
Non-official languages 2,225
Italian 70
Cantonese 55
Mandarin 25
Hakka 0
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 2 240
German 155
Portuguese 70
Polish 50
Ukrainian 15
Spanish 35
Dutch 55
Punjabi 65
Greek 35
Arabic 145
Tagalog (Pilipino) 45
Hungarian 25
Vietnamese 60
Cree 0
Persian (Farsi) 60
Croatian 15
Gujarati 55
Korean 30
Russian 70
Hindi 50
Tamil 60
Japanese 40
Creoles 10
Finnish 10
Czech 10
Armenian 0
Yiddish 0
Urdu 40
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 15
Romanian 15
Ojibway 0
Danish 35
Slovak 10
Macedonian 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 0
Norwegian 25
Hebrew 0
Estonian 10
Swedish 10
Lao 0
Lithuanian 0
Serbian 15
Latvian (Lettish) 15
Slovenian 0
Turkish 20
Bengali 55
Maltese 0
Flemish 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0
Bulgarian 70
Micmac 0
Gaelic languages 0
South Slave 0
Chipewyan 0
Dogrib 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0
Tlingit 0
Serbo-Croatian 55
Dakota/Sioux 0
Malay-Bahasa 0
Blackfoot 0
Malayalam 0
Thai 0
Kurdish 0
Pashto 0
Other languages Footnote 3 240
Multiple responses 235
English and French 90
English and non-official language 140
French and non-official language 0
English, French and non-official language 0
Total population by knowledge of official languages - 20% Sample Data Footnote 4 171,105
English only 160,925
French only 20
English and French 9,985
Neither English nor French 170
Total population by first official language spoken - 20% Sample Data Footnote 5 171,105
English 170,400
French 520
English and French 40
Neither English nor French 135
Official language minority - (number) Footnote 6 545
Official language minority - (percentage) Footnote 7 0.3
Total population by home language - 20% Sample Data Footnote 8 171,105
Single responses 168,725
English 168,135
French 90
Non-official languages 495
Cantonese 20
Mandarin 10
Hakka 0
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 9 85
Italian 0
Portuguese 0
Spanish 0
German 10
Polish 0
Punjabi 10
Greek 0
Vietnamese 55
Arabic 0
Cree 0
Tagalog (Pilipino) 0
Ukrainian 0
Persian (Farsi) 55
Korean 10
Hungarian 10
Tamil 15
Gujarati 0
Croatian 0
Armenian 0
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 0
Hindi 10
Urdu 10
Japanese 0
Russian 20
Creoles 0
Dutch 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0
Ojibway 0
Romanian 0
Czech 0
Lao 0
Macedonian 0
Finnish 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0
Hebrew 0
Yiddish 0
Serbian 0
Bengali 0
Slovak 0
Estonian 0
Turkish 0
Lithuanian 0
Latvian (Lettish) 10
Micmac 0
Slovenian 0
Bulgarian 0
Serbo-Croatian 35
Dakota/Sioux 0
South Slave 0
Malay-Bahasa 0
Maltese 0
Blackfoot 0
Dogrib 0
Danish 0
Swedish 0
Malayalam 0
Thai 0
Kurdish 0
Pashto 0
Flemish 0
Chipewyan 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0
Norwegian 15
Gaelic languages 0
Tlingit 0
Other languages Footnote 10 130
Multiple responses 2,385
English and French 930
English and non-official language 1,365
French and non-official language 0
English, French and non-official language 80
Various non-official languages spoken - 20% Sample Data - Italian Footnote 11 125
German 690
Cantonese 70
Mandarin 50
Hakka 0
Chinese, n.o.s. Footnote 12 295
Spanish 670
Portuguese 105
Ukrainian 10
Polish 65
Dutch 75
Punjabi 100
Arabic 200
Greek 50
Tagalog (Pilipino) 75
Vietnamese 60
Hindi 285
Hungarian 45
Cree 10
Russian 225
Gujarati 80
Yiddish 0
Hebrew 15
Urdu 120
Creoles 25
Persian (Farsi) 80
Croatian 15
Japanese 85
Korean 30
Tamil 100
Finnish 0
Armenian 0
Romanian 30
Ojibway 10
Czech 35
Danish 40
Non-verbal languages 515
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 15
Turkish 45
Macedonian 15
Slovak 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 0
Swedish 20
Swahili 40
Norwegian 85
Lao 0
Malay-Bahasa 60
Serbian 10
Lithuanian 0
Estonian 10
Latvian (Lettish) 20
Bengali 65
Maltese 0
Flemish 0
Slovenian 0
Gaelic languages 25
Sinhalese 10
Montagnais-Naskapi 0
Serbo-Croatian 65
Thai 10
Micmac 0
Blackfoot 0
Bulgarian 75
Malayalam 15
Dakota/Sioux 0
South Slave 0
Icelandic 10
Nishga 0
Frisian 0
Chipewyan 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0
Tlingit 0
Dogrib 0
Kurdish 0
Pashto 0
Other languages Footnote 13 300
Total population 1 year and over by mobility status 1 year ago - 20% Sample Data Footnote 14 169,375
Non-movers 146,115
Movers 23,260
Non-migrants 13,800
Migrants 9,460
Internal migrants 8,815
Intraprovincial migrants 6,005
Interprovincial migrants 2,810
External migrants 645
Total population 5 years and over by mobility status 5 years ago - 20% Sample Data Footnote 15 161,955
Non-movers 100,165
Movers 61,785
Non-migrants 36,270
Migrants 25,520
Internal migrants 24,125
Intraprovincial migrants 18,175
Interprovincial migrants 5,955
External migrants 1,395

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 95F0488XCB2001004.

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