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Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Language Spoken at Home (72), Frequency of Language Spoken At Home (5) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data

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General information

Catalogue number :95F0335XCB2001001
Release date :March 19, 2003
Topic :Language Composition of Canada
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Note

Special Note: Dissemination Area


The dissemination area (DA) is a new standard geographic area. It replaces the enumeration area (EA) as a basic unit for dissemination. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.


Special Note: Dissemination of Suppressed Census Subdivisions (CSDs) - 20% Sample Data


To facilitate the publication of data for 12 Dissemination Areas for which the 'parent' CSDs have been suppressed because of a high non-response rate, the parent CSDs were given a value/qualifier of '0'. Note that the value/qualifier of '0' for these CSDs does not represent data for them. This '0' appears as a dash '-' in Beyond 20/20 and as an 'N' on the Internet.


The list of suppressed CSDs set at '0' are:



The CSD of Walpole Island 46 (3538004)
The CSD of Wikwemikong Unceded 26 (3551043)
The CSD of Moosonee (3556106)
The CSD of Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 (4817817)
The CSD of Sliammon 1 (5927802)


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



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: Nunavut (1)


Data from the 2001 Census are available for Nunavut, the new territory that came into effect on April 1, 1999.


Standard data products released only at the Canada/Province/Territory geographic levels will not contain data for Nunavut for the census years prior to 2001.


Standard data products released at the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA) geographic levels will contain data for Nunavut for the 2001, 1996 and/or 1991 Censuses.


The 1996 and 1991 CMA/CA data have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2001 CMA/CA geographic boundaries. This has been done to facilitate data comparisons using the 2001 geographic boundaries.


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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This table details detailed language spoken at home , frequency of language spoken at home and sex for population in CanadaFootnote 1
Detailed Language Spoken at Home (72) Frequency of Language Spoken at Home (5)
Total - Frequency of language spoken at homeFootnote 2 Only Mostly Equally Regularly
English 21,863,020 18,267,825 1,506,980 478,765 1,609,450
French 7,214,285 5,861,135 586,455 172,875 593,820
Cantonese 345,725 189,430 95,650 13,235 47,410
Mandarin 110,710 54,060 36,340 3,655 16,655
Hakka 3,560 900 1,120 195 1,345
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 3 392,950 199,995 109,255 20,260 63,440
Italian 371,200 110,275 76,275 30,515 154,135
Portuguese 187,480 63,895 46,665 15,355 61,565
Spanish 258,465 70,350 78,230 28,870 81,015
German 220,685 48,075 60,420 13,940 98,250
Polish 163,745 53,320 54,055 15,110 41,260
Punjabi 280,535 132,380 71,665 29,215 47,275
Greek 114,955 33,515 30,385 10,255 40,800
Vietnamese 130,285 64,665 35,865 9,560 20,195
Arabic 209,240 58,115 57,240 32,625 61,260
Cree 71,950 20,585 21,725 7,440 22,200
Tagalog (Pilipino) 185,420 36,710 53,705 41,915 53,090
Ukrainian 67,675 14,325 14,515 5,390 33,445
Persian (Farsi) 92,025 41,975 28,000 7,595 14,455
Korean 83,020 44,255 23,595 3,170 12,000
Hungarian 44,590 11,575 11,810 3,940 17,265
Tamil 97,340 45,860 29,740 9,465 12,275
Gujarati 60,095 18,305 16,830 7,175 17,785
Croatian 44,600 10,650 13,630 4,135 16,185
Armenian 26,220 10,395 9,045 1,880 4,900
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 29,610 14,415 9,535 405 5,255
Hindi 65,900 14,175 16,075 9,095 26,555
Urdu 89,365 30,760 27,840 12,200 18,565
Japanese 30,565 10,255 6,865 1,780 11,665
Russian 87,080 37,905 28,025 5,150 16,000
Creoles 49,900 7,845 8,135 10,445 23,475
Dutch 45,780 3,700 8,010 3,260 30,810
Khmer (Cambodian) 16,435 6,235 4,545 2,075 3,580
Ojibway 18,540 4,925 3,250 2,390 7,975
Romanian 44,975 16,320 14,945 3,760 9,950
Czech 15,245 2,690 5,065 1,505 5,985
Lao 13,525 5,005 3,720 2,030 2,770
Macedonian 14,410 3,585 4,085 1,320 5,420
Finnish 10,605 2,235 2,830 625 4,915
Montagnais-Naskapi 9,855 4,765 3,910 370 810
Hebrew 15,645 2,350 3,300 1,485 8,510
Yiddish 10,680 4,065 2,520 545 3,550
Serbian 39,970 16,725 14,275 2,435 6,535
Bengali 29,710 12,840 9,615 2,785 4,470
Slovak 10,000 2,500 2,735 1,055 3,710
Estonian 5,190 1,280 1,520 275 2,115
Turkish 16,560 5,940 4,650 1,385 4,585
Lithuanian 5,215 1,495 1,325 400 1,995
Latvian (Lettish) 4,745 1,055 1,450 370 1,870
Micmac 7,035 2,020 2,630 335 2,050
Slovenian 7,235 1,350 1,840 725 3,320
Bulgarian 8,060 3,025 2,820 525 1,690
Serbo-Croatian 24,535 9,630 8,840 1,850 4,215
Dakota/Sioux 3,570 1,840 405 605 720
South Slave 1,390 215 305 50 820
Malay-Bahasa 5,455 1,215 1,590 285 2,365
Maltese 4,780 655 790 590 2,745
Blackfoot 2,880 705 530 450 1,195
Dogrib 1,900 500 695 150 555
Danish 5,300 345 830 320 3,805
Swedish 3,725 320 930 155 2,320
Malayalam 6,575 1,150 1,810 510 3,105
Thai 3,130 610 550 375 1,595
Kurdish 5,320 2,035 1,915 430 940
Pashto 5,300 2,585 1,690 295 730
Flemish 1,345 135 325 85 800
Chipewyan 415 65 65 40 245
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 175 20 20 15 120
Norwegian 2,010 135 395 80 1,400
Gaelic languages 860 65 70 75 650
Tlingit 65 0 0 0 65
Other languagesFootnote 4 221,770 66,185 53,990 30,510 71,085

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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

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Footnote 2

'Frequency of Language Spoken at Home' indicates that a language is spoken at home by the respondent either most often or on a regular basis.

'Only' indicates that this is the only language spoken at home by the respondent.

'Mostly' indicates that this is the only language spoken most often at home while at least one other language is spoken on a regular basis by the respondent.

'Equally' indicates that this language has been reported with another language as the one spoken most often at home by the respondent.

'Regularly' indicates a language that was reported as being used on a regular basis at home. (A respondent must report a language spoken most often at home in order to have a language spoken regularly at home.)

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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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 95F0335XCB2001001.

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