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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 Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data

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General information

Catalogue number :95F0335XCB2001002
Release date :March 13, 2003
Topic :Language Composition of Canada
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Note

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 St. John's
Detailed Language Spoken at Home (72) Frequency of Language Spoken at Home (5)
Total - Frequency of language spoken at homeFootnote 1 Only Mostly Equally Regularly
English 170,515 168,135 1,640 230 510
French 1,105 90 130 65 820
Cantonese 55 20 15 0 20
Mandarin 25 10 15 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 205 80 65 0 60
Italian 45 0 0 0 45
Portuguese 30 0 0 0 30
Spanish 95 10 10 0 75
German 95 10 10 0 75
Polish 35 10 0 0 25
Punjabi 40 10 10 0 15
Greek 30 0 0 10 20
Vietnamese 65 55 0 0 10
Arabic 90 0 30 0 55
Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino) 30 0 0 10 20
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 70 55 10 0 0
Korean 10 0 0 0 10
Hungarian 20 10 0 0 10
Tamil 45 10 0 15 20
Gujarati 60 0 10 0 50
Croatian 10 0 10 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 60 15 10 0 35
Urdu 75 0 30 0 40
Japanese 10 0 0 0 10
Russian 70 20 30 20 0
Creoles 20 0 15 0 0
Dutch 15 0 0 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0
Romanian 10 0 10 0 0
Czech 10 0 10 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 15 0 0 15 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 10 0 0 10 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0
Bengali 50 10 10 0 30
Slovak 25 0 0 25 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 0 0 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian (Lettish) 20 0 0 10 10
Micmac 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 65 0 20 0 45
Serbo-Croatian 55 30 0 10 20
Dakota/Sioux 0 0 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0 0 0
Malay-Bahasa 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 20 0 20 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 10 0 0 10 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 35 15 0 0 20
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 3 390 125 40 65 160

Footnotes

Footnote 1

'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 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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Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 95F0335XCB2001002.

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