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Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (80), Age Groups (13) 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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Catalogue number :95F0333XCB2001001
Release date :March 13, 2003
Topic :Language Composition of Canada
Data dimensions :

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.

Data table

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This table details detailed mother tongue , age groups and sex for population in CanadaFootnote 1
Detailed Mother Tongue (80) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
Total - Detailed mother tongue 29,639,035 14,564,275 15,074,760
Single responses 29,257,885 14,379,255 14,878,630
English 17,352,315 8,571,430 8,780,890
French 6,703,325 3,269,875 3,433,450
Non-official languages 5,202,245 2,537,955 2,664,290
Italian 469,490 237,280 232,200
Cantonese 322,315 153,380 168,935
Mandarin 101,790 49,545 52,245
Hakka 4,560 2,200 2,365
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 425,080 204,530 220,555
German 438,080 208,225 229,860
Portuguese 213,810 105,420 108,400
Polish 208,375 97,725 110,650
Ukrainian 148,090 66,810 81,275
Spanish 245,495 119,290 126,205
Dutch 128,670 64,315 64,350
Punjabi 271,220 137,935 133,285
Greek 120,360 61,215 59,145
Arabic 199,940 108,735 91,210
Tagalog (Pilipino) 174,060 69,175 104,890
Hungarian 75,555 37,615 37,935
Vietnamese 122,055 60,035 62,015
Cree 72,885 35,540 37,345
Persian (Farsi) 94,095 49,830 44,265
Croatian 54,880 27,635 27,245
Gujarati 57,555 28,025 29,525
Korean 85,070 40,510 44,565
Russian 94,555 44,400 50,155
Hindi 56,325 27,910 28,415
Tamil 92,005 47,095 44,915
Japanese 34,815 13,370 21,450
Creoles 39,605 17,160 22,445
Finnish 22,400 9,720 12,685
Czech 24,795 12,350 12,445
Armenian 27,350 13,570 13,780
Yiddish 19,295 9,225 10,070
Urdu 80,895 42,495 38,400
Inuktitut (Eskimo) 29,005 14,495 14,510
Romanian 50,900 25,230 25,670
Ojibway 21,005 10,215 10,785
Danish 18,230 9,520 8,705
Slovak 17,540 8,365 9,175
Macedonian 16,910 8,425 8,485
Khmer (Cambodian) 15,985 7,750 8,235
Norwegian 8,725 4,065 4,660
Hebrew 12,435 6,630 5,800
Estonian 8,720 3,850 4,870
Swedish 9,065 3,940 5,135
Lao 12,945 6,570 6,380
Lithuanian 8,775 4,010 4,765
Serbian 41,180 21,320 19,860
Latvian (Lettish) 8,235 3,600 4,630
Slovenian 12,800 6,210 6,590
Turkish 16,785 9,170 7,615
Bengali 29,505 15,685 13,825
Maltese 7,380 3,845 3,530
Flemish 6,010 2,690 3,320
Montagnais-Naskapi 9,705 4,655 5,050
Bulgarian 9,130 4,570 4,560
Micmac 7,230 3,555 3,675
Gaelic languages 2,160 1,020 1,140
South Slave 1,390 660 730
Chipewyan 575 260 320
Dogrib 1,865 960 910
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 320 140 180
Tlingit 100 45 55
Serbo-Croatian 26,685 13,320 13,365
Dakota/Sioux 3,905 1,960 1,950
Malay-Bahasa 6,405 2,960 3,445
Blackfoot 2,745 1,305 1,440
Malayalam 7,070 3,565 3,510
Thai 3,595 1,080 2,515
Kurdish 5,410 3,055 2,350
Pashto 5,085 2,825 2,260
Other languagesFootnote 3 231,280 114,205 117,080
Multiple responses 381,145 185,020 196,125
English and French 112,580 54,120 58,460
English and non-official language 219,855 106,840 113,020
French and non-official language 38,625 18,900 19,725
English, French and non-official language 10,085 5,165 4,925

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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

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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. 95F0333XCB2001001.

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