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Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (80), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (8) and Language Spoken at Home on a Regular Basis (9) 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 :95F0336XCB2001002
Release date :March 13, 2003
Topic :Language Composition of Canada
Data dimensions :

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 mother tongue , language spoken most often at home and language spoken at home on a regular basis for population in St. John's
Detailed Mother Tongue (80) Language - Most Often Spoken at Home (8)
Total - Language spoken most often at home English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue 171,105 169,770 215 885 60 165 0 10
Single responses 170,875 169,630 190 870 50 125 0 10
English 168,140 167,980 50 50 20 35 0 0
French 515 345 140 0 25 0 0 0
Non-official languages 2,225 1,310 0 825 0 90 0 0
Italian 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 55 15 0 40 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 25 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 245 95 0 150 0 0 0 0
German 155 145 0 10 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 55 40 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 35 25 0 15 0 0 0 0
Dutch 55 60 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi 65 35 0 25 0 0 0 0
Greek 40 30 0 10 0 0 0 0
Arabic 145 115 0 30 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino) 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 30 15 0 10 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0
Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 60 10 0 50 0 10 0 0
Croatian 10 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 55 45 0 10 0 0 0 0
Korean 30 25 0 10 0 0 0 0
Russian 70 10 0 40 0 20 0 0
Hindi 50 30 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tamil 65 40 0 10 0 10 0 0
Japanese 35 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 15 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 40 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romanian 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 35 20 0 20 0 0 0 0
Slovak 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Macedonian 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbian 15 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Latvian (Lettish) 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 20 15 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bengali 55 45 0 10 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 70 50 0 25 0 0 0 0
Micmac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 60 25 0 30 0 0 0 0
Dakota/Sioux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay-Bahasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 2 235 90 0 130 0 15 0 10
Multiple responses 230 140 30 15 10 40 0 0
English and French 90 55 30 0 10 0 0 0
English and non-official language 140 90 0 10 0 40 0 0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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 2

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. 95F0336XCB2001002.

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