Census Profile, 2016 Census
Cape Breton, County [Census division], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province]

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Characteristic Cape Breton, CTY
Nova Scotia
[Census division]
Nova Scotia

[Province]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 98,722 ... ... 923,598 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 101,619 ... ... 921,727 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 -2.9 ... ... 0.2 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 47,205 ... ... 458,568 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 43,081 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 40.0 ... ... 17.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 2,467.74 ... ... 52,942.27 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 98,725 46,770 51,950 923,600 446,885 476,715
0 to 14 years 13,780 7,000 6,785 133,825 68,370 65,455
0 to 4 years 4,180 2,055 2,120 42,005 21,365 20,640
5 to 9 years 4,740 2,470 2,270 45,980 23,650 22,330
10 to 14 years 4,855 2,465 2,390 45,845 23,350 22,490
15 to 64 years 62,400 29,865 32,530 605,950 295,100 310,845
15 to 19 years 5,410 2,765 2,645 51,255 26,240 25,015
20 to 24 years 5,630 2,855 2,775 56,160 28,150 28,010
25 to 29 years 4,905 2,435 2,475 53,725 26,790 26,940
30 to 34 years 4,670 2,210 2,465 51,730 25,130 26,600
35 to 39 years 4,805 2,155 2,655 52,010 24,560 27,450
40 to 44 years 5,490 2,520 2,970 57,050 27,245 29,805
45 to 49 years 6,125 2,905 3,220 61,890 29,720 32,170
50 to 54 years 7,935 3,645 4,290 75,675 36,615 39,065
55 to 59 years 8,805 4,155 4,650 76,505 36,925 39,580
60 to 64 years 8,625 4,225 4,395 69,960 33,735 36,225
65 years and over 22,540 9,910 12,635 183,820 83,415 100,405
65 to 69 years 7,610 3,670 3,940 63,710 30,810 32,905
70 to 74 years 5,385 2,470 2,915 45,005 21,520 23,485
75 to 79 years 4,025 1,795 2,225 31,545 14,520 17,030
80 to 84 years 2,800 1,120 1,675 21,915 9,425 12,495
85 years and over 2,735 850 1,880 21,645 7,140 14,505
85 to 89 years 1,650 570 1,085 13,205 4,845 8,360
90 to 94 years 805 230 580 6,320 1,830 4,485
95 to 99 years 235 50 180 1,855 415 1,430
100 years and over 40 0 40 270 45 225
Total - Distribution (%) of the population by broad age groups - 100% data 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 14 years 14.0 15.0 13.1 14.5 15.3 13.7
15 to 64 years 63.2 63.9 62.6 65.6 66.0 65.2
65 years and over 22.8 21.2 24.3 19.9 18.7 21.1
85 years and over 2.8 1.8 3.6 2.3 1.6 3.0
Average age of the population 45.3 44.0 46.4 43.5 42.5 44.4
Median age of the population 48.9 47.6 50.0 45.5 44.5 46.4
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Single-detached house 31,645 ... ... 263,470 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 210 ... ... 21,350 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 9,980 ... ... 102,300 ... ...
Semi-detached house 2,875 ... ... 20,465 ... ...
Row house 735 ... ... 10,215 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 1,920 ... ... 12,435 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 4,370 ... ... 58,405 ... ...
Other single-attached house 80 ... ... 780 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 1,240 ... ... 14,870 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 person 13,395 ... ... 118,670 ... ...
2 persons 15,895 ... ... 156,825 ... ...
3 persons 6,870 ... ... 60,250 ... ...
4 persons 4,520 ... ... 44,970 ... ...
5 or more persons 2,395 ... ... 21,275 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 96,990 ... ... 908,340 ... ...
Average household size 2.3 ... ... 2.3 ... ...
Marital status
Total - Marital status for the population aged 15 years and over - 100% dataCensus data footnote 9 84,940 39,780 45,165 789,770 378,515 411,255
Married or living common law 43,805 21,885 21,920 454,970 227,220 227,750
Married 36,870 18,415 18,450 369,695 184,705 184,990
Living common law 6,935 3,465 3,470 85,275 42,515 42,760
Not married and not living common law 41,135 17,890 23,245 334,800 151,295 183,505
Never married 24,995 12,835 12,165 209,455 110,175 99,280
Separated 3,125 1,240 1,885 24,105 10,450 13,655
Divorced 5,605 2,265 3,335 48,835 19,715 29,115
Widowed 7,410 1,550 5,860 52,405 10,955 41,455
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 29,020 ... ... 270,965 ... ...
2 persons 16,700 ... ... 157,600 ... ...
3 persons 6,695 ... ... 56,625 ... ...
4 persons 4,040 ... ... 41,095 ... ...
5 or more persons 1,595 ... ... 15,645 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 29,025 ... ... 270,965 ... ...
Total couple families 21,535 ... ... 224,065 ... ...
Married couples 18,065 ... ... 181,435 ... ...
Common-law couples 3,470 ... ... 42,630 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 7,490 ... ... 46,900 ... ...
Female parent 6,180 ... ... 37,595 ... ...
Male parent 1,300 ... ... 9,305 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 21,530 ... ... 224,065 ... ...
Couples without children 12,135 ... ... 128,125 ... ...
Couples with children 9,400 ... ... 95,940 ... ...
1 child 4,660 ... ... 43,810 ... ...
2 children 3,385 ... ... 37,595 ... ...
3 or more children 1,355 ... ... 14,535 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 7,490 ... ... 46,900 ... ...
1 child 4,565 ... ... 29,480 ... ...
2 children 2,030 ... ... 12,810 ... ...
3 or more children 885 ... ... 4,610 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 18,865 8,480 10,390 175,575 81,140 94,435
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
One-census-family households 27,435 ... ... 260,280 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 11,615 ... ... 124,000 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 15,820 ... ... 136,280 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 780 ... ... 5,285 ... ...
Non-census-family households 14,865 ... ... 136,425 ... ...
One-person households 13,395 ... ... 118,675 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 1,470 ... ... 17,750 ... ...
Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 97,250 46,245 51,000 912,300 442,470 469,830
English only 93,215 44,560 48,655 813,480 398,950 414,530
French only 20 10 10 705 305 400
English and French 3,945 1,650 2,300 95,380 41,925 53,460
Neither English nor French 70 35 35 2,735 1,295 1,440
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 97,250 46,250 51,000 912,295 442,470 469,830
English 96,445 45,880 50,565 879,465 426,535 452,930
French 675 300 375 28,490 13,890 14,600
English and French 70 40 30 1,760 825 930
Neither English nor French 55 25 30 2,585 1,215 1,365
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 710 320 385 29,370 14,300 15,070
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 0.7 0.7 0.8 3.2 3.2 3.2
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 97,250 46,245 51,000 912,295 442,470 469,830
Single responses 96,790 46,030 50,755 904,240 438,550 465,690
Official languages 92,625 43,995 48,630 859,690 416,245 443,445
English 91,860 43,660 48,200 830,220 401,980 428,240
French 760 330 430 29,465 14,265 15,205
Non-official languages 4,160 2,035 2,130 44,550 22,305 22,245
Aboriginal languages 2,665 1,240 1,425 4,290 2,020 2,270
Algonquian languages 2,665 1,245 1,425 4,210 1,985 2,225
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 15 10 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 5 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 2,660 1,245 1,420 4,190 1,975 2,215
Malecite 10 5 5 10 5 5
Mi'kmaq 2,650 1,240 1,415 4,185 1,970 2,215
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 5 10 5 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 5 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 5 5 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 5 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 60 30 35
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Inuktitut 0 0 0 55 30 30
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 5
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 1,495 790 700 40,260 20,285 19,975
Afro-Asiatic languages 150 105 50 7,760 4,275 3,480
Berber languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 130 65 65
Bilen 0 0 0 5 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 60 30 25
Somali 0 0 0 50 20 30
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Semitic languages 155 105 50 7,615 4,205 3,415
Amharic 0 0 0 115 50 65
Arabic 150 105 45 7,110 3,950 3,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 5 0 5 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 210 115 95
Maltese 0 0 0 15 10 5
Tigrigna 0 0 0 140 65 80
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 25 10 20 505 245 260
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 5 5 5
Vietnamese 25 10 15 490 240 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 75 30 45 2,235 940 1,300
Bikol 0 0 0 5 5 5
Cebuano 0 0 0 150 60 90
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 5 25 10 15
Ilocano 0 0 0 55 15 40
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 5 0 0 55 25 35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 15 5 5
Pangasinan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 25 45 1,905 810 1,090
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 5 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 15
Creole languages 5 0 0 95 60 35
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 35 20 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 35 20
Dravidian languages 25 15 5 1,010 595 420
Kannada 0 0 0 40 20 15
Malayalam 10 5 0 365 205 165
Tamil 10 5 5 315 185 130
Telugu 0 5 5 285 180 110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 5 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 650 320 325 18,590 9,320 9,270
Albanian 0 0 0 275 130 140
Armenian 0 0 0 35 30 10
Balto-Slavic languages 115 40 75 3,470 1,645 1,830
Baltic languages 5 5 5 100 35 60
Latvian 5 5 0 50 20 30
Lithuanian 0 5 0 45 15 30
Slavic languages 110 40 70 3,375 1,610 1,765
Belarusan 0 0 0 5 5 5
Bosnian 0 0 0 120 60 65
Bulgarian 0 0 0 55 25 30
Croatian 10 0 5 225 105 115
Czech 0 5 0 205 105 100
Macedonian 5 0 5 20 10 15
Polish 40 15 25 795 365 435
Russian 10 5 10 1,285 615 670
Serbian 5 0 0 115 60 65
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 80 40 40
Slovak 0 5 0 100 45 55
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 5 35 15 15
Ukrainian 30 15 20 320 155 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Celtic languages 45 20 25 185 80 100
Scottish Gaelic 40 15 20 145 65 85
Welsh 0 0 0 30 10 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 10 5 5
Germanic languages 150 75 85 5,700 2,800 2,900
Afrikaans 5 0 0 120 55 60
Danish 5 10 0 160 105 60
Dutch 50 25 25 1,620 815 805
Frisian 0 5 0 35 20 15
German 80 40 45 3,435 1,645 1,790
Icelandic 0 0 0 45 20 20
Norwegian 5 5 0 110 60 50
Swedish 10 0 5 110 45 65
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 25 10 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 20 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 20 5 15
Greek 50 25 20 760 390 365
Indo-Iranian languages 165 100 65 4,835 2,650 2,190
Indo-Aryan languages 150 100 55 3,385 1,895 1,490
Bengali 5 5 0 475 290 185
Gujarati 5 5 0 195 125 70
Hindi 15 10 5 745 445 300
Kashmiri 0 0 0 10 5 5
Konkani 0 0 0 5 5 5
Marathi 0 0 0 70 35 35
Nepali 0 0 0 530 255 275
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 25 15 10 585 310 270
Sindhi 0 0 0 20 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 5 0 165 85 85
Urdu 90 55 30 575 330 245
Iranian languages 15 5 10 1,425 740 690
Kurdish 0 0 0 115 65 50
Pashto 0 0 0 80 45 35
Persian (Farsi) 15 5 5 1,230 630 605
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Italic (Romance) languages 120 60 65 3,335 1,605 1,730
Catalan 0 5 0 10 5 5
Italian 60 30 30 745 400 340
Portuguese 15 5 10 520 245 270
Romanian 0 0 5 225 110 120
Spanish 45 20 25 1,830 840 985
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Japanese 10 5 10 360 100 260
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Korean 35 20 20 1,095 475 620
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 15 10 10 630 325 305
Akan (Twi) 0 5 0 40 25 25
Bamanankan 0 0 0 15 5 5
Edo 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ewe 0 0 0 40 25 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ga 0 5 0 10 5 5
Ganda 0 0 0 20 5 15
Igbo 5 0 0 45 20 20
Lingala 0 0 0 5 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 20 10 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 50 15 30
Shona 0 0 0 30 15 15
Swahili 0 0 0 135 65 70
Wolof 0 0 0 10 10 0
Yoruba 0 5 0 65 35 30
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 140 75 70
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 75 40 40
Dinka 0 0 0 20 10 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 25 25
Sign languages 15 5 5 190 90 100
American Sign Language 10 5 5 85 40 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 105 50 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 455 260 195 6,665 3,335 3,330
Chinese languages 455 260 195 6,635 3,320 3,315
Cantonese 50 30 25 1,145 535 610
Hakka 0 0 0 20 5 15
Mandarin 335 190 145 4,640 2,325 2,315
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 5 120 50 70
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 0 5 50 30 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 60 40 25 645 365 280
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 30 15 20
Burmese 0 0 5 15 5 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 155 55 100
Lao 0 0 0 10 0 5
Thai 5 0 0 150 50 100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 0 0 445 240 205
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 10 10 5
Turkish 0 0 0 305 165 140
Uyghur 0 0 0 5 5 5
Uzbek 0 0 0 110 60 50
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 10 10 0
Uralic languages 25 10 15 415 180 235
Estonian 0 0 0 40 20 25
Finnish 5 0 5 95 30 60
Hungarian 20 10 15 275 130 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 25 10 15
Multiple responses 465 220 245 8,060 3,920 4,140
English and French 165 75 90 3,445 1,600 1,850
English and non-official language 290 140 145 4,180 2,110 2,070
French and non-official language 10 5 5 225 115 105
English, French and non-official language 0 5 0 210 90 120
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 97,250 46,250 51,000 912,300 442,470 469,830
Single responses 96,695 45,980 50,715 900,755 436,755 464,000
Official languages 94,130 44,670 49,460 878,015 425,220 452,795
English 93,925 44,570 49,350 863,550 418,315 445,240
French 210 95 110 14,460 6,910 7,560
Non-official languages 2,565 1,315 1,255 22,740 11,540 11,205
Aboriginal languages 1,845 905 935 2,570 1,285 1,295
Algonquian languages 1,845 905 935 2,565 1,280 1,285
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 1,840 905 935 2,560 1,280 1,280
Malecite 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 1,845 905 935 2,560 1,275 1,280
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 5 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0 5
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 725 410 315 20,170 10,255 9,915
Afro-Asiatic languages 100 60 35 4,630 2,450 2,180
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 85 40 45
Bilen 0 0 0 5 0 5
Oromo 0 0 0 45 20 25
Somali 0 0 0 25 10 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 5
Semitic languages 100 65 35 4,540 2,405 2,130
Amharic 0 0 0 55 25 30
Arabic 100 65 35 4,260 2,270 1,990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 5 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 125 70 55
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 95 40 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 0 10 330 160 165
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 10 5 10 330 165 170
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 30 15 15 1,140 550 585
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 5 0 55 20 35
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 5 5 5
Ilocano 0 0 0 15 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 30 15 15 1,065 520 545
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 35 20 20
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 5 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 425 240 185
Kannada 0 0 0 15 5 10
Malayalam 0 0 0 140 75 60
Tamil 0 0 0 140 80 60
Telugu 0 0 0 125 80 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 205 105 100 7,410 3,715 3,690
Albanian 0 0 0 110 60 55
Armenian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Balto-Slavic languages 25 15 15 1,405 680 720
Baltic languages 0 0 0 30 10 15
Latvian 5 0 0 10 5 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0 15 5 10
Slavic languages 25 15 10 1,375 675 700
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 65 30 30
Bulgarian 0 0 0 25 15 10
Croatian 0 0 0 65 25 40
Czech 0 0 0 45 25 20
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 15 10 5 235 105 125
Russian 10 5 5 785 385 390
Serbian 0 0 0 60 25 35
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 30 15 10
Slovak 0 0 0 20 10 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 55 30 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Celtic languages 10 5 5 60 35 30
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 5 60 35 30
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages 25 10 10 1,490 725 760
Afrikaans 0 0 0 30 15 15
Danish 0 0 0 15 0 15
Dutch 0 0 0 135 70 70
Frisian 0 0 0 5 0 0
German 15 10 5 1,225 600 625
Icelandic 0 0 0 30 10 15
Norwegian 5 5 0 20 5 10
Swedish 5 5 0 15 5 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 5 5 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Greek 10 5 10 270 135 130
Indo-Iranian languages 100 55 45 2,815 1,475 1,335
Indo-Aryan languages 95 50 40 1,850 995 860
Bengali 5 5 5 250 135 115
Gujarati 5 0 0 100 60 35
Hindi 0 0 0 310 190 120
Kashmiri 5 5 0 5 5 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 30 15 15
Nepali 0 0 0 475 235 240
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 5 5 0 250 125 125
Sindhi 0 0 0 5 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5 0 0 95 45 50
Urdu 70 40 30 340 175 165
Iranian languages 10 5 5 960 475 480
Kurdish 0 0 0 85 50 40
Pashto 0 0 0 45 20 20
Persian (Farsi) 5 5 5 825 405 420
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 35 10 20 1,240 595 645
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Italian 10 5 5 165 70 85
Portuguese 5 0 5 195 90 105
Romanian 0 0 0 70 35 35
Spanish 20 10 15 810 390 420
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Japanese 5 0 5 110 35 70
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 20 10 10 710 330 385
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 165 80 85
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 10 0 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 15 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 5 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 5 0 5
Igbo 0 0 0 15 5 5
Lingala 0 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 10 5 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 15 10 10
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 60 30 35
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 20 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 35 20 20
Dinka 0 0 0 10 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Sign languages 20 15 10 285 145 140
American Sign Language 5 0 5 110 55 60
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 15 15 5 175 90 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 320 180 130 4,550 2,345 2,200
Chinese languages 315 185 135 4,545 2,345 2,200
Cantonese 30 15 15 640 335 310
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mandarin 245 140 105 3,410 1,740 1,675
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 45 25 25
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 5 0 25 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 45 25 15 415 235 180
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 55 20 35
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 55 15 35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 0 0 215 110 105
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 5 5 0
Turkish 0 0 0 140 70 75
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 70 40 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Uralic languages 5 5 0 75 35 40
Estonian 0 0 0 5 5 5
Finnish 0 0 0 15 10 5
Hungarian 0 5 0 55 25 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Multiple responses 555 270 290 11,540 5,715 5,825
English and French 90 35 55 2,180 995 1,185
English and non-official language 465 230 230 8,970 4,515 4,450
French and non-official language 0 0 0 75 40 30
English, French and non-official language 0 5 0 315 155 160
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 97,250 46,250 51,000 912,295 442,470 469,825
None 93,365 44,460 48,910 861,780 418,525 443,260
English 1,455 730 720 17,005 8,480 8,525
French 655 265 390 16,390 7,210 9,175
Non-official language 1,745 780 965 16,275 7,850 8,420
Aboriginal 1,225 535 690 2,135 930 1,205
Non-Aboriginal 515 245 275 14,135 6,920 7,220
English and French 5 0 5 150 70 80
English and non-official language 5 5 0 220 105 115
French and non-official language 20 10 15 470 230 245
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 5 5 0
Income of individuals in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 83,220 39,170 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,290
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 79,755 37,475 42,280 744,260 358,055 386,205
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 28,457 33,172 24,730 31,813 38,379 26,750
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 79,770 37,480 42,290 744,545 358,085 386,455
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,310 29,936 23,474 28,627 33,642 24,590
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 64,445 31,255 33,190 648,960 320,380 328,580
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 24,902 28,914 21,865 29,938 36,363 24,497
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 66,275 30,005 36,265 554,985 243,860 311,130
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,022 10,757 9,441 7,438 8,175 6,961
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 50,075 24,525 25,550 523,020 264,375 258,645
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,768 30,519 23,951 29,979 35,676 25,405
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 83,220 39,165 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,295
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 79,580 37,325 42,255 744,275 357,820 386,455
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 36,566 42,360 31,449 41,479 49,413 34,132
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 79,595 37,325 42,270 744,560 357,855 386,710
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,008 35,077 27,414 34,175 39,776 28,993
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 64,370 31,185 33,180 648,910 320,370 328,540
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,330 40,031 28,973 40,299 48,457 32,345
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 65,965 29,810 36,160 555,740 243,445 312,295
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,617 11,163 10,166 8,495 8,859 8,211
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 50,080 24,555 25,520 523,020 264,475 258,545
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 35,851 41,554 30,364 39,522 46,606 32,275
Total - Employment income statistics for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 23 83,215 39,170 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,295
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households who worked full year full time in 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 24 19,775 9,480 10,290 245,425 131,095 114,325
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 45,036 51,067 41,931 47,665 53,785 42,236
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 53,038 58,434 48,064 56,820 63,886 48,717
Composition of total income in 2015 of the population aged 15 years and over in private households (%) - 100% dataCensus data footnote 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Market income (%)Census data footnote 28 76.2 79.0 72.7 84.6 87.7 80.7
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 61.4 64.0 58.3 66.9 69.7 63.3
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 23.9 21.0 27.3 15.4 12.3 19.3
Total - Total income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 31 83,215 39,165 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,295
Without total income 3,465 1,695 1,770 30,485 14,395 16,090
With total income 79,755 37,475 42,280 744,265 358,060 386,205
Percentage with total income 95.8 95.7 96.0 96.1 96.1 96.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 11,900 5,150 6,745 104,125 43,575 60,545
$10,000 to $19,999 15,635 5,745 9,890 134,355 50,310 84,050
$20,000 to $29,999 14,200 6,080 8,115 114,855 47,195 67,660
$30,000 to $39,999 11,105 5,235 5,870 98,325 45,040 53,280
$40,000 to $49,999 8,065 3,905 4,165 79,435 39,605 39,830
$50,000 to $59,999 5,480 3,000 2,480 57,255 32,255 25,000
$60,000 to $69,999 3,665 2,290 1,375 41,715 25,830 15,885
$70,000 to $79,999 2,840 1,620 1,215 33,195 19,945 13,250
$80,000 to $89,999 2,310 1,225 1,090 25,500 14,900 10,605
$90,000 to $99,999 1,420 845 570 15,530 10,095 5,435
$100,000 and over 3,140 2,375 765 39,965 29,300 10,665
$100,000 to $149,999 2,355 1,720 630 28,130 20,205 7,925
$150,000 and over 785 655 130 11,835 9,095 2,745
Total - After-tax income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 83,215 39,170 44,045 774,750 372,455 402,295
Without after-tax income 3,450 1,695 1,755 30,205 14,370 15,840
With after-tax income 79,765 37,475 42,295 744,540 358,085 386,455
Percentage with after-tax income 95.9 95.7 96.0 96.1 96.1 96.1
Under $10,000 (including loss) 12,215 5,220 7,000 108,630 44,435 64,195
$10,000 to $19,999 16,545 6,190 10,360 142,975 54,160 88,815
$20,000 to $29,999 16,790 7,370 9,420 138,435 58,900 79,535
$30,000 to $39,999 12,870 6,160 6,705 119,130 56,990 62,145
$40,000 to $49,999 8,245 4,430 3,815 84,245 46,675 37,565
$50,000 to $59,999 5,015 3,060 1,955 56,235 34,590 21,645
$60,000 to $69,999 3,520 1,880 1,645 39,320 23,195 16,125
$70,000 to $79,999 1,940 1,215 725 21,210 13,950 7,260
$80,000 and over 2,625 1,955 675 34,360 25,185 9,170
$80,000 to $89,999 990 685 305 11,615 8,185 3,430
$90,000 to $99,999 540 410 135 6,825 4,950 1,875
$100,000 and over 1,095 860 230 15,915 12,050 3,860
Total - Employment income groups in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 33 83,220 39,170 44,050 774,745 372,455 402,295
Without employment income 33,140 14,645 18,500 251,730 108,080 143,650
With employment income 50,080 24,525 25,550 523,020 264,370 258,640
Percentage with employment income 60.2 62.6 58.0 67.5 71.0 64.3
Under $5,000 (including loss) 6,895 3,065 3,830 72,940 34,125 38,820
$5,000 to $9,999 4,830 2,045 2,780 45,820 19,475 26,350
$10,000 to $19,999 8,370 3,815 4,560 76,685 33,555 43,130
$20,000 to $29,999 7,020 3,185 3,840 66,155 29,385 36,770
$30,000 to $39,999 5,745 2,535 3,215 60,485 27,455 33,035
$40,000 to $49,999 4,335 2,030 2,305 49,395 24,470 24,925
$50,000 to $59,999 3,430 1,920 1,510 37,685 21,735 15,955
$60,000 to $69,999 2,370 1,480 885 28,695 17,955 10,740
$70,000 to $79,999 1,950 1,080 870 24,970 14,750 10,220
$80,000 and over 5,125 3,365 1,755 60,175 41,470 18,705
$80,000 to $89,999 1,840 905 935 20,175 11,645 8,535
$90,000 to $99,999 1,060 680 380 11,685 7,975 3,715
$100,000 and over 2,225 1,780 445 28,310 21,850 6,460
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 52,914 ... ... 60,764 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 47,624 ... ... 53,129 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 13,395 ... ... 118,670 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 25,157 ... ... 30,377 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 24,046 ... ... 27,511 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 29,685 ... ... 283,320 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 70,190 ... ... 77,136 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 61,998 ... ... 66,538 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 67,549 ... ... 76,797 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 57,288 ... ... 63,299 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 13,395 ... ... 118,705 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 33,942 ... ... 39,601 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 29,170 ... ... 32,962 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 29,690 ... ... 283,285 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 82,711 ... ... 92,383 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 69,974 ... ... 76,011 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Under $5,000 675 ... ... 6,830 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,170 ... ... 7,755 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 1,765 ... ... 12,330 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 2,710 ... ... 20,155 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 2,830 ... ... 20,210 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 2,265 ... ... 18,700 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 2,535 ... ... 21,645 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 2,420 ... ... 19,995 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 2,195 ... ... 19,285 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 1,905 ... ... 18,235 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 3,545 ... ... 33,450 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 3,005 ... ... 30,470 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 2,660 ... ... 27,755 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 2,340 ... ... 24,340 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 1,860 ... ... 20,240 ... ...
$100,000 and over 9,200 ... ... 100,600 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 3,585 ... ... 38,090 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 2,260 ... ... 24,330 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 2,215 ... ... 23,445 ... ...
$200,000 and over 1,145 ... ... 14,730 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Under $5,000 690 ... ... 7,145 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,170 ... ... 7,885 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 1,785 ... ... 12,545 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 2,850 ... ... 21,370 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 3,130 ... ... 23,030 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 2,590 ... ... 22,365 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 2,915 ... ... 25,495 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 2,745 ... ... 23,945 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 2,380 ... ... 22,630 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 2,290 ... ... 21,635 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 4,135 ... ... 40,585 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 3,490 ... ... 35,920 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 2,820 ... ... 29,795 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 2,315 ... ... 24,160 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 1,800 ... ... 19,275 ... ...
$100,000 and over 5,965 ... ... 64,210 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 3,115 ... ... 31,985 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 1,515 ... ... 15,940 ... ...
$150,000 and over 1,335 ... ... 16,280 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 28,770 ... ... 269,560 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 70,156 ... ... 77,529 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 61,967 ... ... 66,728 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 11,270 ... ... 121,200 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 66,641 ... ... 71,495 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 58,786 ... ... 61,883 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 9,665 ... ... 97,460 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 102,164 ... ... 104,981 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 87,125 ... ... 88,099 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.8 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 6,880 ... ... 43,560 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 43,028 ... ... 45,597 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 40,768 ... ... 42,309 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 28,765 ... ... 269,510 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 82,775 ... ... 93,027 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 69,994 ... ... 76,371 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 11,295 ... ... 121,285 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 75,159 ... ... 85,511 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 63,632 ... ... 70,143 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 9,670 ... ... 97,490 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 114,279 ... ... 119,890 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 94,436 ... ... 97,021 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 6,880 ... ... 43,470 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 50,975 ... ... 54,587 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 45,869 ... ... 47,700 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 16,190 7,380 8,815 157,715 73,825 83,890
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 24,545 26,325 23,667 28,180 30,235 26,673
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 23,563 24,538 23,146 25,848 27,176 24,859
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 16,115 7,350 8,765 157,410 73,440 83,970
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 32,812 35,074 30,916 36,847 38,945 35,012
Average after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 28,200 29,466 27,138 30,893 31,946 29,973
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 96,990 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,700 467,640
In the bottom half of the distribution 59,690 27,450 32,240 519,830 244,725 275,105
In the bottom decile 13,990 6,350 7,640 105,810 49,730 56,080
In the second decile 13,430 5,760 7,670 112,825 49,900 62,920
In the third decile 11,635 5,420 6,215 102,515 48,345 54,175
In the fourth decile 10,845 5,145 5,700 100,645 48,515 52,130
In the fifth decile 9,795 4,775 5,015 98,030 48,235 49,800
In the top half of the distribution 37,300 18,710 18,590 388,510 195,975 192,540
In the sixth decile 9,485 4,645 4,840 94,350 47,240 47,110
In the seventh decile 8,635 4,350 4,285 89,765 45,260 44,505
In the eighth decile 8,290 4,100 4,185 83,140 41,815 41,330
In the ninth decile 6,815 3,505 3,310 69,850 35,450 34,400
In the top decile 4,075 2,105 1,970 51,410 26,210 25,195
Low income in 2015
Total - Low-income status in 2015 for the population in private households to whom low-income concepts are applicable - 100% dataCensus data footnote 43 92,555 44,045 48,510 898,345 435,895 462,450
0 to 17 years 15,265 7,760 7,505 159,820 81,670 78,150
0 to 5 years 4,405 2,190 2,210 49,595 25,280 24,310
18 to 64 years 56,225 26,830 29,400 565,395 274,120 291,275
65 years and over 21,060 9,450 11,605 173,125 80,100 93,025
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 18,245 7,985 10,260 154,955 70,415 84,540
0 to 17 years 4,465 2,340 2,120 35,525 18,145 17,380
0 to 5 years 1,575 825 745 12,740 6,470 6,275
18 to 64 years 9,805 4,255 5,550 88,355 40,375 47,985
65 years and over 3,980 1,390 2,590 31,075 11,890 19,185
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 19.7 18.1 21.2 17.2 16.2 18.3
0 to 17 years (%) 29.2 30.2 28.2 22.2 22.2 22.2
0 to 5 years (%) 35.8 37.7 33.7 25.7 25.6 25.8
18 to 64 years (%) 17.4 15.9 18.9 15.6 14.7 16.5
65 years and over (%) 18.9 14.7 22.3 17.9 14.8 20.6
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 7,650 3,680 3,970 70,745 34,290 36,460
0 to 17 years 1,910 1,020 895 15,285 7,805 7,485
0 to 5 years 690 370 320 5,645 2,870 2,775
18 to 64 years 5,405 2,540 2,855 52,220 25,185 27,030
65 years and over 340 120 220 3,240 1,295 1,945
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 8.3 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.9
0 to 17 years (%) 12.5 13.1 11.9 9.6 9.6 9.6
0 to 5 years (%) 15.7 16.9 14.5 11.4 11.4 11.4
18 to 64 years (%) 9.6 9.5 9.7 9.2 9.2 9.3
65 years and over (%) 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.1
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 96,985 46,160 50,825 908,340 440,730 467,605
Official languages 96,955 46,140 50,815 905,700 439,525 466,180
English 96,930 46,130 50,800 905,020 439,215 465,805
French 3,960 1,705 2,255 95,740 42,150 53,585
Non-official languages 5,495 2,615 2,880 64,100 31,380 32,725
Aboriginal languages 3,465 1,645 1,820 5,645 2,685 2,960
Algonquian languages 3,460 1,640 1,820 5,575 2,635 2,935
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 0 0 20 15 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 10 10 0 10 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 3,450 1,635 1,815 5,550 2,625 2,920
Malecite 10 0 0 10 0 10
Mi'kmaq 3,445 1,630 1,815 5,540 2,625 2,920
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 15 15 10
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 10
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 35 25 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 30 15 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 10 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 10 10 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 10 0 10
Salish languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 2,045 980 1,065 58,490 28,715 29,770
Afro-Asiatic languages 170 75 100 10,730 5,745 4,985
Berber languages 0 0 0 25 15 15
Kabyle 0 0 0 25 15 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 155 65 95
Bilen 0 0 0 20 15 10
Oromo 0 0 0 40 15 20
Somali 0 0 0 75 25 55
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 10
Semitic languages 165 70 95 10,635 5,715 4,925
Amharic 0 0 0 260 135 120
Arabic 160 75 85 9,685 5,185 4,500
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 10 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 0 0 630 370 260
Maltese 0 0 0 25 0 25
Tigrigna 0 0 0 140 65 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 40 20 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 10 15 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 0 0 575 260 310
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 15 0 10
Vietnamese 10 10 10 555 255 300
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 120 55 70 3,035 1,275 1,760
Bikol 0 0 0 10 0 10
Cebuano 0 0 0 185 80 100
Fijian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 45 20 30
Ilocano 10 10 0 70 20 55
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 80 25 60
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 120 50 65 2,835 1,195 1,635
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 35 15 20
Creole languages 15 10 0 360 185 175
Haitian Creole 10 10 0 35 20 15
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 120 60 65
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 210 115 100
Dravidian languages 30 20 15 1,365 785 580
Kannada 0 0 0 75 45 35
Malayalam 15 15 0 560 310 250
Tamil 20 10 10 450 260 190
Telugu 0 0 0 350 215 135
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 1,010 495 515 30,820 15,070 15,755
Albanian 10 0 0 405 185 215
Armenian 0 0 0 80 45 30
Balto-Slavic languages 145 50 95 4,095 1,935 2,160
Baltic languages 15 0 15 110 35 80
Latvian 15 0 10 50 15 35
Lithuanian 10 0 10 55 15 40
Slavic languages 135 55 80 4,010 1,910 2,105
Belarusan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Bosnian 0 0 0 145 60 80
Bulgarian 0 0 0 75 35 35
Croatian 10 0 10 275 105 165
Czech 0 0 0 210 95 110
Macedonian 10 0 0 90 55 30
Polish 45 20 25 900 410 490
Russian 25 15 10 1,945 970 970
Serbian 0 0 10 180 85 95
Serbo-Croatian 0 10 0 115 70 50
Slovak 10 0 10 145 70 75
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 35 10 20
Ukrainian 35 0 35 425 180 245
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 160 70 95 1,070 495 580
Scottish Gaelic 160 70 90 910 400 505
Welsh 0 0 0 35 25 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 155 80 75
Germanic languages 255 135 120 9,225 4,490 4,740
Afrikaans 0 0 0 320 140 175
Danish 10 10 0 235 125 110
Dutch 55 45 15 2,105 935 1,165
Frisian 10 10 0 60 30 30
German 200 95 100 6,335 3,180 3,155
Icelandic 0 0 0 100 40 60
Norwegian 10 10 0 150 105 40
Swedish 0 0 0 245 115 130
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 10 20 10 15
Yiddish 0 0 0 30 15 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 125 45 85
Greek 60 35 25 1,315 670 645
Indo-Iranian languages 145 95 50 6,535 3,635 2,900
Indo-Aryan languages 135 90 40 4,935 2,790 2,140
Bengali 15 10 10 625 350 275
Gujarati 10 10 0 240 150 90
Hindi 40 30 10 2,270 1,300 975
Kashmiri 10 0 10 15 0 10
Konkani 0 0 0 15 15 0
Marathi 0 10 0 135 85 45
Nepali 0 0 0 620 315 305
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 20 10 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 20 25 0 1,010 570 445
Sindhi 0 0 0 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 245 125 120
Urdu 75 40 25 1,090 660 425
Iranian languages 15 0 10 1,625 865 755
Kurdish 10 10 0 185 110 75
Pashto 0 0 0 85 55 30
Persian (Farsi) 10 0 10 1,385 725 660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 75 40 35
Italic (Romance) languages 270 120 145 9,365 4,270 5,100
Catalan 0 0 0 15 10 10
Italian 85 45 45 1,665 845 820
Portuguese 20 15 10 910 480 430
Romanian 0 0 0 240 140 105
Spanish 175 75 100 6,990 3,020 3,970
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 70 55 20
Japanese 30 10 25 865 335 530
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Korean 55 30 25 1,530 685 850
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 40 20 20 1,340 715 620
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 65 40 30
Bamanankan 0 0 0 10 10 10
Edo 0 0 0 10 10 0
Ewe 0 0 0 80 50 30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Ga 0 0 0 30 15 20
Ganda 0 0 0 60 15 40
Igbo 0 0 0 70 45 30
Lingala 0 0 0 30 15 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 130 65 65
Shona 0 0 0 65 40 35
Swahili 0 0 0 370 200 175
Wolof 0 0 0 35 15 20
Yoruba 15 10 10 250 125 125
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 15 15 300 175 130
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 10 50 30 20
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 45 30 10
Sign languages 65 10 55 1,605 555 1,045
American Sign Language 40 0 30 795 235 555
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 0 30 815 325 495
Sino-Tibetan languages 495 255 240 7,135 3,615 3,515
Chinese languages 500 255 240 7,115 3,610 3,500
Cantonese 80 30 50 1,555 730 820
Hakka 0 0 0 45 25 25
Mandarin 395 210 180 5,435 2,720 2,710
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 195 75 120
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 10 60 35 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 45 20 30 575 340 245
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 20 10 15
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 20 10 15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 10 0 0 240 110 130
Lao 0 0 0 20 0 10
Thai 10 10 0 220 100 120
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 0 0 620 320 300
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 20 0
Turkish 10 0 0 480 225 255
Uyghur 0 0 0 15 0 10
Uzbek 0 0 0 105 60 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Uralic languages 0 0 10 430 200 230
Estonian 0 0 0 50 25 20
Finnish 10 0 10 120 55 70
Hungarian 0 0 0 255 115 140
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Other languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 75 40 35
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 96,990 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,735 467,605
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 95,670 45,480 50,195 878,415 425,340 453,070
Canadian citizens aged under 18 17,060 8,730 8,325 159,440 81,575 77,870
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 78,615 36,745 41,870 718,970 343,770 375,200
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 1,315 680 635 29,930 15,395 14,535
Immigrant status and period of immigration
Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 48 96,990 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,730 467,605
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 94,540 44,905 49,635 842,760 407,740 435,015
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 1,740 900 840 55,675 27,270 28,405
Before 1981 940 465 475 19,200 9,335 9,865
1981 to 1990 145 80 65 4,800 2,330 2,470
1991 to 2000 115 50 70 6,705 3,140 3,560
2001 to 2010 255 140 115 13,185 6,540 6,645
2001 to 2005 120 70 50 5,105 2,500 2,600
2006 to 2010 135 70 65 8,080 4,035 4,045
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 275 165 110 11,790 5,925 5,865
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 715 355 360 9,900 5,720 4,185
Age at immigration
Total - Age at immigration for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 53 1,740 900 840 55,675 27,270 28,410
Under 5 years 295 140 150 7,280 3,495 3,785
5 to 14 years 335 200 135 10,445 5,240 5,205
15 to 24 years 375 165 210 10,170 4,670 5,500
25 to 44 years 630 335 295 22,980 11,315 11,660
45 years and over 105 60 40 4,800 2,550 2,250
Immigrants by selected place of birthThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census immigration data
Total - Selected places of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 1,740 900 835 55,680 27,270 28,410
Americas 400 170 230 10,610 4,830 5,780
Brazil 0 0 0 175 75 100
Colombia 0 0 0 175 90 85
El Salvador 0 0 0 95 50 45
Guyana 0 0 0 170 85 90
Haiti 0 0 0 55 30 30
Jamaica 15 10 15 480 210 275
Mexico 10 10 0 325 155 175
Peru 0 0 0 105 35 75
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 220 120 100
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 345 145 205 7,375 3,320 4,055
Other places of birth in Americas 25 10 10 1,430 675 750
Europe 845 470 380 22,110 11,195 10,920
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 210 115 100
Croatia 0 0 0 180 75 105
France 20 10 15 610 330 280
Germany 135 55 85 2,600 1,270 1,330
Greece 30 20 15 505 270 235
Hungary 0 0 0 110 40 65
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 30 25 0 475 225 255
Italy 35 25 10 525 310 215
Netherlands 45 35 10 1,645 790 855
Poland 15 10 10 630 265 365
Portugal 0 0 0 220 140 80
Romania 0 0 0 180 100 80
Russian Federation 10 0 0 585 270 315
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 10 0 0 90 45 45
Ukraine 15 0 15 335 145 195
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 445 260 185 11,275 5,815 5,460
Other places of birth in Europe 55 40 15 1,930 985 945
Africa 105 55 50 3,525 1,855 1,675
Algeria 10 0 0 25 15 15
Egypt 10 0 10 770 395 370
Ethiopia 10 0 0 185 105 85
Kenya 0 0 0 125 75 50
Morocco 0 0 0 80 50 30
Nigeria 25 20 10 350 185 165
Somalia 0 0 0 65 30 35
South Africa, Republic of 10 0 0 460 205 250
Other places of birth in Africa 55 35 25 1,465 790 675
Asia 365 190 175 18,955 9,100 9,855
Afghanistan 0 0 0 100 40 60
Bangladesh 15 10 10 315 180 135
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 90 45 40 2,830 1,140 1,685
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 280 130 155
India 40 35 10 2,225 1,190 1,040
IranCensus data footnote 61 0 0 0 970 525 440
Iraq 0 0 0 525 250 285
Japan 10 0 10 225 60 170
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 0 0 0 870 340 530
Lebanon 0 0 0 1,370 755 610
Pakistan 65 45 25 615 315 295
Philippines 80 20 50 2,570 1,035 1,540
Sri Lanka 10 0 10 310 140 175
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 0 10 0 1,150 565 580
Taiwan 0 0 10 225 100 120
Viet Nam 10 0 0 450 205 245
Other places of birth in Asia 25 15 15 3,930 2,130 1,795
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 15 15 0 480 295 180
Recent immigrants by selected places of birth
Total - Selected places of birth for the recent immigrant population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 54 275 165 105 11,785 5,920 5,870
Americas 35 15 20 1,390 675 715
Brazil 0 0 0 95 40 55
Colombia 0 0 0 15 0 15
Cuba 0 0 0 70 40 30
Haiti 0 0 0 20 15 0
Jamaica 10 0 0 195 100 95
Mexico 0 0 0 105 55 45
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 20 0 10 615 310 305
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 0 0 0 15 10 10
Other places of birth in Americas 10 0 10 275 115 165
Europe 40 25 15 2,210 1,165 1,045
France 0 0 10 110 55 55
Germany 10 0 0 215 110 100
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 10 10 0 75 50 25
MoldovaCensus data footnote 66 0 0 0 25 10 15
Romania 0 0 0 40 25 15
Russian Federation 0 0 0 180 75 100
Ukraine 0 0 0 140 55 80
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 20 20 0 1,080 620 460
Other places of birth in Europe 0 0 10 355 165 190
Africa 35 15 20 1,085 600 485
Algeria 0 10 0 15 0 10
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 0 0 55 30 25
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 10 0 0 205 105 95
Eritrea 0 0 0 70 40 30
Ethiopia 0 0 0 45 35 10
Morocco 0 0 0 30 15 10
Nigeria 20 10 10 200 100 100
Somalia 0 0 0 10 0 10
South Africa, Republic of 0 0 0 80 35 45
Tunisia 0 0 0 10 10 0
Other places of birth in Africa 0 0 0 365 220 150
Asia 155 100 55 7,035 3,435 3,600
Afghanistan 0 0 0 20 0 20
Bangladesh 0 0 0 80 50 30
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 40 25 10 985 465 520
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 10 0 0
India 20 15 0 900 490 410
IranCensus data footnote 61 0 0 0 260 135 125
Iraq 0 0 0 245 125 120
Israel 0 0 0 280 180 100
Japan 0 0 0 70 25 50
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 0 0 0 225 75 150
Lebanon 0 0 0 75 35 40
Nepal 0 0 0 185 95 85
Pakistan 40 20 15 145 80 65
Philippines 50 20 25 1,500 640 860
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 125 75 50
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 100 55 50
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 0 0 0 890 420 460
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 100 55 40
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 70 45 20
Viet Nam 0 0 0 65 20 45
Other places of birth in Asia 0 0 0 715 370 345
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 10 0 0 70 50 20
Australia 0 0 0 35 30 0
Other places of birthCensus data footnote 67 0 0 0 35 15 15
Generation status
Total - Generation status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 68 96,990 46,160 50,825 908,340 440,735 467,605
First generationCensus data footnote 69 2,680 1,375 1,310 70,310 35,320 34,990
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 4,940 2,255 2,690 69,125 33,765 35,360
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 89,370 42,535 46,835 768,905 371,645 397,260
Admission category and applicant type
Total - Admission category and applicant type for the immigrant population in private households who landed between 1980 and 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 72 805 445 360 37,000 18,195 18,805
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 445 260 185 21,830 11,270 10,560
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 225 155 70 8,710 5,865 2,845
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 225 105 115 13,115 5,405 7,710
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 310 150 160 10,415 4,455 5,955
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 45 30 15 4,520 2,345 2,175
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 0 0 0 235 120 115
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 96,990 46,160 50,825 908,340 440,730 467,605
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 7,675 3,655 4,015 51,495 24,900 26,595
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 7,495 3,575 3,920 49,935 24,175 25,765
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 5,860 2,805 3,050 25,830 12,460 13,370
Métis 1,520 705 815 23,315 11,325 11,985
Inuk (Inuit) 115 65 55 795 385 410
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 55 35 20 835 425 410
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 125 45 80 725 300 420
Non-Aboriginal identity 89,315 42,500 46,810 856,850 415,835 441,015
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 96,985 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,735 467,610
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 5,360 2,570 2,785 18,940 9,135 9,805
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 91,635 43,590 48,045 889,405 431,595 457,800
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 96,990 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,735 467,610
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 4,545 2,180 2,370 15,055 7,255 7,805
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 4,510 2,155 2,355 14,780 7,120 7,655
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 4,300 2,040 2,260 11,995 5,790 6,210
Métis single ancestry 185 100 85 2,560 1,245 1,315
Inuit single ancestry 20 15 0 220 85 135
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 35 20 15 275 135 145
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 20 15 10 210 95 115
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 10 0 25 20 10
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 30 20 15
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 0 10 0 10
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 4,410 2,015 2,395 58,980 27,665 31,315
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 4,260 1,955 2,310 56,830 26,660 30,170
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 2,740 1,305 1,435 34,375 15,975 18,400
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 1,310 565 740 21,200 10,120 11,080
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 210 80 135 1,255 560 690
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 150 60 85 2,145 1,005 1,140
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 140 55 80 1,850 855 995
First Nations (North American Indian), Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 135 50 80
Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 10 0 0 130 90 45
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis, Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 0 0 0 30 10 20
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 88,035 41,965 46,070 834,300 405,810 428,495
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 96,990 46,160 50,825 908,340 440,735 467,605
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 2,415 1,225 1,190 58,650 29,305 29,350
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 265 150 120 7,910 4,385 3,525
Chinese 550 285 265 8,640 4,210 4,435
Black 1,105 545 555 21,915 10,735 11,175
Filipino 125 55 65 3,400 1,485 1,920
Latin American 35 20 15 1,685 820 865
Arab 200 115 90 8,110 4,375 3,735
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 20 10 10 1,195 525 670
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 0 0 10 1,540 805 740
Korean 50 25 25 1,540 685 855
Japanese 25 10 20 695 295 405
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 15 10 10 630 300 330
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 20 10 10 1,385 690 695
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 94,575 44,930 49,645 849,690 411,430 438,260
Ethnic origin populationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census data on ethnic origin
Total - Ethnic origin for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 103 96,990 46,160 50,830 908,340 440,730 467,610
North American Aboriginal origins 8,955 4,195 4,760 74,040 34,920 39,115
First Nations (North American Indian) 7,215 3,430 3,785 48,640 22,805 25,835
Inuit 255 110 145 1,840 830 1,010
Métis 1,670 750 920 26,025 12,435 13,585
Other North American origins 41,425 19,625 21,795 410,825 197,970 212,855
Acadian 990 470 530 23,700 11,050 12,650
American 230 125 110 7,515 3,730 3,785
Canadian 40,150 19,045 21,105 387,360 186,955 200,405
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 35 15 20
Newfoundlander 390 165 225 1,750 835 910
Nova Scotian 60 30 30 1,295 625 665
Ontarian 10 10 0 95 65 35
Québécois 10 0 0 380 190 185
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 0 20 0 15
European origins 66,635 31,535 35,095 621,525 299,755 321,760
British Isles origins 58,675 27,620 31,060 513,725 246,085 267,645
Channel Islander 0 0 0 90 25 60
Cornish 0 0 0 105 45 65
English 23,145 10,530 12,615 262,375 124,610 137,765
Irish 22,090 10,520 11,570 195,865 91,260 104,605
Manx 0 0 0 145 70 70
Scottish 38,055 17,860 20,195 272,880 129,640 143,240
Welsh 1,535 700 835 17,135 8,105 9,030
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 955 410 545 18,975 8,955 10,020
French origins 16,090 7,460 8,630 149,665 70,095 79,570
Alsatian 0 0 0 25 20 10
Breton 0 0 0 15 10 10
Corsican 0 0 0 20 20 0
French 16,090 7,460 8,630 149,625 70,065 79,565
Western European origins (except French origins) 4,865 2,245 2,620 125,110 59,420 65,690
Austrian 60 25 40 1,775 880 895
Bavarian 0 0 0 10 10 10
Belgian 505 260 250 2,615 1,320 1,305
Dutch 1,390 670 725 32,045 14,640 17,410
Flemish 10 10 0 160 80 80
Frisian 0 0 0 50 20 30
German 3,155 1,430 1,725 97,555 46,450 51,100
Luxembourger 0 0 0 30 20 10
Swiss 45 25 15 2,705 1,335 1,375
Western European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 106 0 0 0 140 75 60
Northern European origins (except British Isles origins) 1,015 430 585 14,985 7,075 7,910
Danish 235 95 135 3,700 1,695 2,005
Finnish 85 25 60 1,140 505 630
Icelandic 0 0 0 660 295 370
Norwegian 395 185 215 5,170 2,535 2,635
Swedish 250 100 150 3,565 1,575 1,990
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 85 40 50 1,365 750 620
Eastern European origins 4,630 2,095 2,535 29,685 14,315 15,370
Bulgarian 25 15 10 280 130 145
Byelorussian 10 0 10 195 85 105
Czech 120 60 55 1,165 620 545
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 90 30 55 420 175 245
Estonian 0 0 10 345 185 165
Hungarian 380 195 185 2,700 1,320 1,380
Latvian 35 10 20 380 160 220
Lithuanian 225 95 135 1,150 510 635
Moldovan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Polish 2,325 1,055 1,270 11,575 5,525 6,050
Romanian 140 40 100 1,190 540 650
Russian 290 100 190 4,775 2,210 2,570
Slovak 70 25 40 610 320 290
Ukrainian 1,430 650 785 9,115 4,475 4,640
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 35 30 10 310 150 160
Southern European origins 4,680 2,310 2,370 28,680 13,790 14,890
Albanian 0 0 0 285 140 145
Bosnian 0 0 0 155 75 75
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 50 25 30 680 325 360
Cypriot 0 0 0 40 30 15
Greek 320 150 165 3,360 1,705 1,650
Italian 3,605 1,775 1,830 15,620 7,605 8,015
Kosovar 0 0 0 255 115 145
Macedonian 10 10 0 165 90 80
Maltese 80 45 35 440 215 220
Montenegrin 0 0 0 20 10 10
Portuguese 205 100 105 3,580 1,700 1,880
Serbian 10 0 0 255 120 135
Sicilian 0 10 0 40 20 15
Slovenian 0 0 0 150 70 85
Spanish 450 215 235 4,300 1,875 2,425
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 45 30 15 400 205 200
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 0 0 0 85 50 40
Other European origins 210 135 80 5,465 2,845 2,625
Basque 15 15 10 160 75 85
Jewish 45 35 15 2,040 1,040 1,000
Roma (Gypsy) 10 0 0 135 110 25
Slavic, n.o.s.Census data footnote 112 0 0 0 25 25 0
Other European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 113 140 80 60 3,145 1,610 1,535
Caribbean origins 300 145 155 5,220 2,580 2,640
Antiguan 10 0 0 100 50 55
Bahamian 0 0 0 230 105 115
Barbadian 65 40 25 575 300 275
Bermudan 0 0 0 185 90 100
Carib 0 0 0 45 30 10
Cuban 0 0 10 340 145 195
Dominican 0 0 0 150 85 65
Grenadian 10 0 10 35 20 20
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 0 0 0 115 50 65
Jamaican 90 45 50 2,075 1,050 1,025
Kittitian/Nevisian 0 0 0 45 15 30
Martinican 0 0 0 10 10 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Puerto Rican 10 0 10 115 40 75
St. Lucian 0 0 0 65 20 50
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 0 0 0 325 170 155
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0 35 20 15
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 115 55 60 785 420 365
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 10 0 10 330 155 180
Latin, Central and South American origins 65 35 25 3,055 1,525 1,525
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 0 0 0 185 90 100
Arawak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 0 0 0 65 40 25
Belizean 0 0 0 25 20 10
Bolivian 0 0 0 40 20 15
Brazilian 0 0 0 280 140 135
Chilean 0 0 0 130 80 45
Colombian 10 10 0 430 210 225
Costa Rican 0 0 0 35 10 25
Ecuadorian 0 0 0 50 20 30
Guatemalan 0 0 0 90 65 35
Guyanese 0 0 0 350 160 195
Hispanic 10 10 0 60 35 25
Honduran 0 0 0 50 35 20
Maya 0 0 0 70 35 30
Mexican 30 10 20 810 415 395
Nicaraguan 0 0 0 45 20 25
Panamanian 0 0 0 25 10 15
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 0 0 0 180 85 95
Salvadorean 0 0 0 110 75 35
Uruguayan 0 0 0 15 0 20
Venezuelan 10 10 0 80 50 30
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 0 0 0 185 80 105
African origins 825 400 425 17,655 8,560 9,095
Central and West African origins 105 60 50 1,335 700 635
Akan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Angolan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ashanti 0 0 0 0 10 0
Beninese 15 10 10 20 10 10
Burkinabe 0 0 0 0 0 10
Cameroonian 40 15 20 70 35 35
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 10 0 0 180 95 85
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ghanaian 10 0 0 185 105 85
Guinean 0 0 0 30 20 10
Ibo 0 0 0 90 50 40
Ivorian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Liberian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Malian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Malinké 0 0 0 15 10 10
Nigerian 45 25 20 445 240 210
Peulh 0 0 0 0 10 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 10 10 0
Sierra Leonean 0 0 0 80 45 35
Togolese 0 0 0 70 30 35
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 65 25 45
Central and West African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 117 0 0 0 120 65 50
North African origins 45 25 25 2,030 1,045 980
Algerian 25 10 15 85 45 40
Berber 0 0 0 70 50 20
Coptic 0 0 0 30 10 20
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 10 0 10 1,295 695 600
Libyan 0 0 0 215 105 110
Maure 0 0 0 10 0 10
Moroccan 0 0 0 130 60 70
Sudanese 0 0 0 130 50 80
Tunisian 0 0 0 65 25 35
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 0 0 0 90 40 50
Southern and East African origins 35 15 20 1,865 920 945
Afrikaner 0 0 0 25 10 20
Amhara 0 0 0 10 10 0
Bantu, n.o.s.Census data footnote 119 0 0 0 10 10 0
Burundian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Djiboutian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrean 10 0 0 160 85 75
Ethiopian 10 0 0 280 120 155
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenyan 0 0 0 160 85 75
Malagasy 0 0 0 20 0 15
Mauritian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 25 15 15
Rwandan 0 0 0 105 55 50
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 180 75 100
South African 0 0 0 520 255 265
Tanzanian 0 0 0 60 45 20
Tigrian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Ugandan 0 0 0 60 25 40
Zambian 0 0 0 80 35 50
Zimbabwean 0 0 0 100 55 45
Zulu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern and East African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 120 15 10 0 170 100 75
Other African origins 640 300 340 12,620 5,990 6,635
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 150 75 80 2,255 1,060 1,195
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 490 225 265 10,460 4,965 5,495
Asian origins 2,320 1,205 1,120 42,500 21,445 21,050
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 1,195 615 580 17,205 8,915 8,295
Afghan 0 0 0 230 80 150
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 120 60 65 1,600 835 770
Armenian 0 0 0 265 160 110
Assyrian 0 10 0 10 10 0
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 20 0
Georgian 0 0 0 20 15 10
Hazara 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian 20 15 0 1,405 785 620
Iraqi 0 0 0 595 270 325
Israeli 0 0 0 245 120 120
Jordanian 0 0 0 260 150 115
Kazakh 10 0 10 45 30 20
Kurd 0 10 0 230 120 115
Kuwaiti 35 0 30 245 115 130
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 925 475 455 7,445 3,815 3,630
Palestinian 0 0 0 990 535 455
Pashtun 0 0 0 30 15 10
Saudi Arabian 25 15 10 725 470 255
Syrian 130 80 50 2,190 1,090 1,100
Tajik 0 0 0 20 10 10
Tatar 0 0 0 40 15 25
Turk 20 0 15 690 320 370
Turkmen 0 0 0 10 10 10
Uighur 0 0 0 10 10 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 90 60 30
Yemeni 0 0 0 205 105 95
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 124 0 0 0 780 410 370
South Asian origins 250 125 125 8,495 4,690 3,805
Bangladeshi 15 0 0 240 135 110
Bengali 0 0 0 65 40 20
Bhutanese 0 0 0 225 100 125
East Indian 165 85 70 6,255 3,460 2,795
Goan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 10 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 10 0
Nepali 0 0 0 430 220 210
Pakistani 60 40 20 665 405 260
Punjabi 0 0 0 230 110 115
Sinhalese 0 0 0 40 10 30
Sri Lankan 20 0 20 340 150 190
Tamil 0 0 0 60 30 35
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 0 0 0 470 290 175
East and Southeast Asian origins 855 445 415 16,715 7,850 8,870
Burmese 0 0 0 15 0 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0 55 15 40
Chinese 605 330 280 9,695 4,720 4,980
Filipino 130 60 70 3,580 1,585 1,995
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0 140 65 75
Japanese 35 15 20 905 385 515
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 50 25 20 1,590 700 895
Laotian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Malaysian 0 0 0 80 30 45
Mongolian 0 0 0 55 30 30
Singaporean 0 0 0 10 10 0
Taiwanese 10 0 0 240 100 140
Thai 0 0 0 245 85 155
Tibetan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Vietnamese 15 10 10 760 355 410
East and Southeast Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 126 25 10 10 75 45 25
Other Asian origins 30 25 10 410 190 215
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 30 25 10 410 190 215
Oceania origins 20 10 10 895 450 445
Australian 20 10 10 490 255 235
New Zealander 0 0 0 290 155 130
Pacific Islands origins 0 0 0 125 55 70
Fijian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Hawaiian 0 0 10 25 10 15
Maori 0 0 0 40 20 25
Polynesian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 128 0 0 0 20 15 10
Samoan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Pacific Islands origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 129 0 0 0 30 0 20
Household characteristics
Total - Private households by tenure - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 130 43,085 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Owner 30,470 ... ... 276,095 ... ...
Renter 11,875 ... ... 123,595 ... ...
Band housing 735 ... ... 2,300 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Condominium 565 ... ... 13,370 ... ...
Not condominium 42,515 ... ... 388,625 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
No bedrooms 50 ... ... 1,140 ... ...
1 bedroom 4,265 ... ... 45,675 ... ...
2 bedrooms 11,110 ... ... 105,410 ... ...
3 bedrooms 18,860 ... ... 158,975 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 8,790 ... ... 90,785 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 8,700 ... ... 87,755 ... ...
5 rooms 7,495 ... ... 64,655 ... ...
6 rooms 8,190 ... ... 66,855 ... ...
7 rooms 6,730 ... ... 57,085 ... ...
8 or more rooms 11,960 ... ... 125,635 ... ...
Average number of rooms per dwelling 6.4 ... ... 6.5 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of persons per room - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 134 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 42,865 ... ... 399,855 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 215 ... ... 2,130 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Suitable 41,640 ... ... 390,445 ... ...
Not suitable 1,440 ... ... 11,540 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1960 or before 16,550 ... ... 112,530 ... ...
1961 to 1980 13,145 ... ... 113,715 ... ...
1981 to 1990 5,335 ... ... 59,105 ... ...
1991 to 2000 3,865 ... ... 49,825 ... ...
2001 to 2005 1,305 ... ... 23,045 ... ...
2006 to 2010 1,525 ... ... 23,925 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 1,350 ... ... 19,840 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 38,565 ... ... 366,615 ... ...
Major repairs needed 4,515 ... ... 35,375 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 43,085 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 household maintainer 27,750 ... ... 241,800 ... ...
2 household maintainers 14,515 ... ... 152,970 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 810 ... ... 7,220 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 43,080 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
15 to 24 years 985 ... ... 14,575 ... ...
25 to 34 years 3,955 ... ... 49,695 ... ...
35 to 44 years 5,580 ... ... 59,550 ... ...
45 to 54 years 7,935 ... ... 77,555 ... ...
55 to 64 years 10,080 ... ... 85,360 ... ...
65 to 74 years 8,220 ... ... 66,865 ... ...
75 to 84 years 4,665 ... ... 35,980 ... ...
85 years and over 1,655 ... ... 12,405 ... ...
Total - Owner and tenant households with household total income greater than zero, in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings by shelter-cost-to-income ratio - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 141 41,600 ... ... 395,860 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 32,935 ... ... 310,540 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 8,665 ... ... 85,315 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 7,780 ... ... 74,290 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 30,030 ... ... 273,525 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 47.8 ... ... 55.2 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 11.4 ... ... 12.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 663 ... ... 819 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 822 ... ... 987 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 137,758 ... ... 199,886 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 153,984 ... ... 230,441 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 11,595 ... ... 123,060 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 25.0 ... ... 12.3 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 45.2 ... ... 42.8 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 723 ... ... 849 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 743 ... ... 909 ... ...
Highest certificate, diploma or degree
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 83,220 39,170 44,050 774,745 372,455 402,295
No certificate, diploma or degree 19,460 9,530 9,925 153,705 79,885 73,825
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 22,160 9,975 12,185 195,900 95,205 100,695
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 41,595 19,665 21,935 425,140 197,365 227,775
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 10,260 7,710 2,550 76,810 54,075 22,735
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 5,480 3,525 1,955 42,625 25,015 17,610
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 4,775 4,190 590 34,185 29,060 5,125
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 16,825 6,180 10,645 168,805 67,030 101,775
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 2,360 885 1,480 18,380 6,975 11,405
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 12,155 4,890 7,265 161,150 69,290 91,855
Bachelor's degree 8,565 3,305 5,255 108,385 45,185 63,205
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,100 475 625 9,495 4,020 5,475
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 310 195 120 4,700 2,595 2,110
Master's degree 1,860 720 1,140 32,645 13,840 18,805
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 315 190 125 5,925 3,655 2,270
Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 146 50,940 23,995 26,940 494,505 237,795 256,710
No certificate, diploma or degree 6,955 3,740 3,220 60,280 34,820 25,460
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 13,320 6,125 7,200 116,280 57,600 58,675
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 30,665 14,130 16,530 317,950 145,375 172,570
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 6,965 5,290 1,675 52,370 37,255 15,115
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 3,795 2,470 1,320 29,105 17,300 11,810
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 3,170 2,815 355 23,265 19,955 3,310
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 12,810 4,755 8,055 128,010 51,890 76,120
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 1,590 605 985 11,595 4,325 7,275
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 9,300 3,480 5,820 125,970 51,905 74,065
Bachelor's degree 6,590 2,395 4,195 85,240 34,830 50,410
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 745 310 435 6,895 2,610 4,285
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 245 140 105 3,775 1,850 1,925
Master's degree 1,500 515 990 26,025 10,380 15,640
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 225 125 95 4,045 2,240 1,805
Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 83,220 39,170 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,295
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 41,620 19,505 22,115 349,605 175,090 174,520
Education 3,745 1,055 2,690 31,395 8,460 22,930
13. Education 3,745 1,055 2,690 31,390 8,465 22,930
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 440 245 190 10,700 5,095 5,605
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 115 95 15 2,070 1,565 505
50. Visual and performing arts 325 145 175 8,635 3,530 5,100
Humanities 1,460 635 825 18,830 7,520 11,310
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 35 30 10 1,175 355 820
23. English language and literature/letters 325 115 210 5,110 1,530 3,580
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 640 210 430 4,545 1,540 3,000
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 65 25 35
38. Philosophy and religious studies 60 30 30 1,240 675 565
39. Theology and religious vocations 125 80 50 2,200 1,340 860
54. History 245 150 95 3,615 1,865 1,755
55. French language and literature/letters 30 20 10 880 190 695
Social and behavioural sciences and law 3,415 875 2,540 40,155 11,980 28,175
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 55 20 30 635 145 490
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 215 105 115 3,285 1,260 2,025
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,200 185 1,015 9,115 750 8,365
22. Legal professions and studies 550 145 400 6,110 1,920 4,185
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 25 0 25 610 135 475
42. Psychology 680 145 530 8,170 2,060 6,110
45. Social sciences 690 275 420 12,240 5,710 6,520
Business, management and public administration 7,635 2,000 5,640 93,075 27,030 66,045
30.16 Accounting and computer science 20 15 10 205 55 150
44. Public administration and social service professions 590 100 490 6,285 1,345 4,940
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 7,030 1,885 5,140 86,590 25,630 60,960
Physical and life sciences and technologies 855 420 435 15,340 7,650 7,685
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 280 140 140 6,910 2,990 3,925
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 315 120 195 3,340 1,455 1,880
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 10 0 0 165 35 120
40. Physical sciences 170 130 45 4,260 3,005 1,255
41. Science technologies/technicians 85 35 55 665 165 500
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 985 520 465 15,745 9,355 6,390
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 860 485 375 12,750 8,055 4,695
25. Library science 65 15 55 1,210 175 1,040
27. Mathematics and statistics 55 20 35 1,590 995 600
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 10 0 10 200 135 65
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 10,680 10,175 505 92,920 87,340 5,580
04. Architecture and related services 30 25 10 1,370 860 510
14. Engineering 830 760 70 11,925 10,290 1,640
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 1,895 1,730 165 17,805 16,110 1,695
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 0 10
46. Construction trades 3,560 3,440 125 24,800 24,235 570
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 2,835 2,745 95 25,465 24,680 780
48. Precision production 1,530 1,480 50 11,545 11,165 380
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 420 270 145 7,630 4,615 3,015
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 175 90 85 4,215 2,160 2,055
03. Natural resources and conservation 245 180 60 3,410 2,450 960
Health and related fields 8,335 1,325 7,010 66,770 10,595 56,175
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 195 135 60 3,560 1,730 1,825
51. Health professions and related programs 8,020 1,110 6,910 61,755 7,955 53,800
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 120 80 45 1,460 910 550
Personal, protective and transportation services 3,625 2,145 1,485 32,535 17,700 14,830
12. Personal and culinary services 1,865 525 1,340 17,625 4,455 13,170
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 250 240 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 50 45 0 905 850 50
43. Security and protective services 505 420 85 4,540 3,535 1,005
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,200 1,150 55 9,220 8,625 600
Other 0 10 0 45 10 40
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 0 10 0 50 10 40
Total - Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 151 50,940 24,000 26,945 494,505 237,795 256,710
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 20,280 9,865 10,410 176,560 92,420 84,135
Education 2,355 575 1,785 20,590 4,940 15,650
13. Education 2,355 575 1,785 20,585 4,940 15,650
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 360 205 155 8,145 3,855 4,285
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 80 70 10 1,515 1,140 375
50. Visual and performing arts 275 130 145 6,630 2,715 3,915
Humanities 990 375 615 13,745 5,275 8,465
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 30 25 10 895 280 615
23. English language and literature/letters 230 75 155 3,800 1,095 2,705
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 465 140 330 3,425 1,125 2,305
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 60 25 35
38. Philosophy and religious studies 40 20 20 910 490 420
39. Theology and religious vocations 60 30 25 1,330 795 535
54. History 155 85 70 2,710 1,340 1,370
55. French language and literature/letters 10 0 0 620 130 490
Social and behavioural sciences and law 2,810 675 2,130 32,650 9,150 23,500
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 40 15 20 520 110 410
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 160 85 75 2,750 1,030 1,720
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 960 150 805 7,395 580 6,810
22. Legal professions and studies 460 105 360 5,225 1,380 3,845
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 20 0 20 460 100 355
42. Psychology 610 120 490 6,545 1,580 4,970
45. Social sciences 565 200 355 9,755 4,360 5,390
Business, management and public administration 5,665 1,460 4,210 69,255 20,285 48,970
30.16 Accounting and computer science 10 10 0 175 40 135
44. Public administration and social service professions 490 65 425 5,140 1,025 4,120
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 5,165 1,380 3,780 63,935 19,220 44,715
Physical and life sciences and technologies 660 310 345 11,075 5,385 5,690
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 235 105 125 5,285 2,240 3,045
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 260 95 170 2,390 1,030 1,360
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 10 0 0 130 30 100
40. Physical sciences 110 80 25 2,910 2,005 905
41. Science technologies/technicians 45 25 20 365 85 275
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 855 450 405 13,625 8,240 5,385
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 740 420 325 11,505 7,330 4,170
25. Library science 60 15 50 815 115 700
27. Mathematics and statistics 45 15 30 1,130 660 470
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 10 0 10 175 125 50
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 7,495 7,130 365 67,930 63,180 4,750
04. Architecture and related services 15 10 0 1,020 585 430
14. Engineering 580 540 45 8,585 7,230 1,355
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 1,330 1,215 110 13,410 11,920 1,495
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 10
46. Construction trades 2,540 2,445 95 18,355 17,835 515
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 2,015 1,950 65 18,540 17,910 625
48. Precision production 1,010 965 40 8,020 7,700 325
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 320 215 105 5,995 3,475 2,520
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 130 60 65 3,270 1,570 1,695
03. Natural resources and conservation 200 150 45 2,725 1,905 825
Health and related fields 6,405 1,100 5,310 50,220 8,215 42,010
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 170 110 60 2,730 1,350 1,380
51. Health professions and related programs 6,160 950 5,210 46,385 6,215 40,165
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 75 40 35 1,110 650 460
Personal, protective and transportation services 2,750 1,645 1,100 24,685 13,375 11,310
12. Personal and culinary services 1,355 380 975 13,490 3,480 10,000
28. Military science, leadership and operational art 10 10 0 205 200 10
29. Military technologies and applied sciences 25 15 10 475 435 40
43. Security and protective services 430 345 85 3,465 2,655 815
49. Transportation and materials moving 925 885 40 7,045 6,595 450
Other 0 10 0 45 10 40
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 0 0 0 50 10 35
Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 83,215 39,170 44,050 774,745 372,455 402,295
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 41,620 19,510 22,115 349,605 175,090 174,515
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 41,600 19,660 21,930 425,145 197,365 227,775
Location of study inside Canada 40,280 19,025 21,255 396,690 182,875 213,810
Same as province or territory of residence 35,705 16,565 19,140 315,140 141,965 173,175
Different than province or territory of residence 4,570 2,455 2,110 81,550 40,915 40,640
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 1,315 640 675 28,450 14,485 13,965
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 585 260 325 7,950 4,110 3,840
Philippines 75 30 50 1,530 540 995
India 35 25 10 1,755 935 825
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 155 110 50 5,530 3,225 2,305
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 185 90 95 1,080 445 635
France 10 10 10 350 210 145
Other 275 125 150 10,255 5,030 5,225
Total - Location of study compared with province or territory of residence with countries outside Canada for the population aged 25 to 64 years in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 157 50,940 23,995 26,945 494,510 237,800 256,710
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 20,275 9,865 10,415 176,560 92,420 84,140
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 30,660 14,130 16,530 317,950 145,380 172,575
Location of study inside Canada 29,770 13,735 16,035 297,430 135,465 161,965
Same as province or territory of residence 26,515 12,000 14,510 236,720 105,480 131,235
Different than province or territory of residence 3,260 1,740 1,525 60,710 29,980 30,730
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 885 395 495 20,525 9,915 10,605
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 405 145 255 4,905 2,370 2,540
Philippines 70 25 45 1,415 520 900
India 15 15 10 1,385 725 660
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 100 65 35 3,455 1,930 1,525
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 95 55 40 810 335 475
France 0 0 0 245 140 100
Other 205 90 115 8,305 3,900 4,405
Labour force status
Total - Population aged 15 years and over by Labour force status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 163 83,220 39,170 44,045 774,750 372,455 402,290
In the labour force 43,905 21,905 22,000 474,595 242,775 231,820
Employed 36,180 16,980 19,195 427,310 215,010 212,305
Unemployed 7,725 4,925 2,800 47,280 27,765 19,520
Not in the labour force 39,315 17,265 22,050 300,155 129,680 170,475
Participation rate 52.8 55.9 49.9 61.3 65.2 57.6
Employment rate 43.5 43.3 43.6 55.2 57.7 52.8
Unemployment rate 17.6 22.5 12.7 10.0 11.4 8.4
Work activity during the reference year
Total population aged 15 years and over by work activity during the reference year - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 164 83,220 39,170 44,050 774,750 372,455 402,295
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 36,800 15,985 20,820 274,375 117,550 156,825
Worked 46,415 23,180 23,230 500,370 254,905 245,465
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 20,300 9,840 10,460 252,820 135,940 116,880
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 26,115 13,340 12,775 247,550 118,965 128,585
Average weeks worked in reference year 38.6 37.2 40.1 41.6 41.5 41.7
Class of worker
Total labour force aged 15 years and over by class of worker - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 168 43,905 21,905 21,995 474,590 242,775 231,820
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,420 785 635 9,265 4,800 4,470
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 42,485 21,115 21,360 465,330 237,975 227,350
Employee 40,095 19,520 20,575 420,745 210,170 210,570
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 2,390 1,600 790 44,585 27,805 16,775
Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 172 43,900 21,905 22,000 474,595 242,775 231,820
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,425 790 635 9,265 4,800 4,470
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 42,485 21,115 21,365 465,330 237,975 227,350
0 Management occupations 2,895 1,800 1,095 45,530 27,170 18,365
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 5,645 1,390 4,250 67,495 17,930 49,565
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 1,495 1,300 195 27,450 21,980 5,465
3 Health occupations 4,390 745 3,645 37,600 6,290 31,310
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 5,395 1,770 3,625 58,165 20,975 37,185
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 770 310 455 12,490 5,560 6,930
6 Sales and service occupations 11,965 4,700 7,265 113,135 45,385 67,750
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 6,885 6,575 310 67,625 64,200 3,430
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 1,835 1,565 270 18,380 15,730 2,650
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 1,215 960 260 17,460 12,755 4,705
Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 173 43,905 21,905 22,000 474,595 242,775 231,820
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,420 785 635 9,265 4,795 4,465
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 42,480 21,120 21,365 465,330 237,975 227,350
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,240 1,000 240 17,775 14,165 3,610
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 975 865 105 4,025 3,630 390
22 Utilities 370 325 45 2,880 2,115 760
23 Construction 3,555 3,190 360 33,555 30,185 3,370
31-33 Manufacturing 1,665 1,295 370 32,375 23,565 8,810
41 Wholesale trade 660 500 155 13,345 9,650 3,690
44-45 Retail trade 5,895 2,500 3,390 59,570 26,295 33,280
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 1,740 1,375 365 19,660 14,980 4,680
51 Information and cultural industries 565 330 235 9,310 5,250 4,055
52 Finance and insurance 715 225 495 15,240 5,690 9,545
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 415 280 135 6,870 3,890 2,980
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 1,310 750 555 26,065 14,090 11,975
55 Management of companies and enterprises 10 0 10 625 255 365
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 2,785 1,650 1,135 22,240 12,950 9,295
61 Educational services 3,500 1,140 2,365 35,480 11,705 23,780
62 Health care and social assistance 7,545 1,305 6,240 64,390 10,435 53,955
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 940 480 460 9,385 4,555 4,835
72 Accommodation and food services 3,465 1,180 2,280 33,115 12,095 21,025
81 Other services (except public administration) 1,715 885 835 19,195 8,875 10,320
91 Public administration 3,425 1,835 1,590 40,225 23,590 16,635
Place of work status
Total - Place of work status for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 174 36,180 16,980 19,200 427,310 215,010 212,300
Worked at home 1,240 650 590 28,075 13,780 14,300
Worked outside Canada 50 40 15 1,665 1,185 485
No fixed workplace address 4,360 3,165 1,195 51,545 38,965 12,575
Worked at usual place 30,530 13,130 17,400 346,020 161,075 184,945
Commuting destinationThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census commuting destination data
Total - Commuting destination for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work - 25% sample data 30,525 13,125 17,395 346,020 161,075 184,945
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 28,275 11,745 16,525 251,000 116,125 134,875
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 670 275 395 57,510 23,850 33,655
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 645 400 250 32,230 17,425 14,805
Commute to a different province or territory 935 705 230 5,285 3,675 1,610
Main mode of commuting
Total - Main mode of commuting for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 175 34,885 16,295 18,590 397,570 200,045 197,525
Car, truck, van - as a driver 28,785 13,275 15,505 310,240 159,660 150,580
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 2,925 1,165 1,760 29,150 12,090 17,055
Public transit 920 620 295 25,315 11,425 13,890
Walked 1,480 690 785 24,870 11,635 13,235
Bicycle 60 40 25 2,480 1,695 785
Other method 725 495 225 5,520 3,535 1,985
Commuting duration
Total - Commuting duration for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 176 34,885 16,295 18,595 397,565 200,045 197,525
Less than 15 minutes 15,360 6,335 9,025 136,245 62,375 73,880
15 to 29 minutes 13,075 6,155 6,920 145,310 73,055 72,260
30 to 44 minutes 4,550 2,530 2,015 69,795 37,770 32,025
45 to 59 minutes 1,010 615 390 24,405 13,070 11,335
60 minutes and over 895 650 245 21,815 13,785 8,030
Time leaving for work
Total - Time leaving for work for the employed labour force aged 15 years and over in private households with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 177 34,885 16,295 18,590 397,570 200,045 197,520
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 1,725 1,110 615 23,775 16,345 7,430
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 5,995 3,040 2,955 76,185 44,615 31,570
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 9,250 4,705 4,545 119,920 60,740 59,185
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 8,675 3,090 5,585 83,505 32,835 50,670
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 3,245 1,235 2,015 35,470 14,005 21,465
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 6,000 3,115 2,885 58,715 31,510 27,205
Language used most often at work
Total - Language used most often at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 178 47,785 23,860 23,925 514,080 261,365 252,710
Single responses 47,515 23,735 23,785 510,800 259,940 250,860
Official languages 47,025 23,455 23,570 509,100 258,990 250,105
English 46,840 23,400 23,440 502,960 256,380 246,585
French 180 50 130 6,135 2,615 3,525
Non-official languages 495 280 215 1,705 950 755
Aboriginal languages 465 270 200 650 350 295
Algonquian languages 465 270 200 650 355 295
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 465 265 195 645 350 290
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 465 265 200 645 355 295
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 30 10 20 1,055 600 455
Afro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 195 150 45
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 0 0 0 190 150 45
Amharic 0 0 0 10 0 10
Arabic 0 0 0 165 135 30
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 25 15 10
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 10 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 0 0 0 15 10 15
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 20 0 10
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 10 0
Indo-European languages 0 0 10 385 225 160
Albanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balto-Slavic languages 0 0 0 30 20 15
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 0 0 0 25 20 10
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 0 0 0 25 20 10
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 0 0 0 190 115 75
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 10 10 10
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 0 155 85 65
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 10 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 20 10 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages 0 0 0 50 30 20
Indo-Aryan languages 0 0 0 20 20 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 15 15 0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 0 0 0 30 10 15
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 30 10 20
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 0 0 10 105 50 60
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 10 10 0
Portuguese 0 0 0 30 15 15
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 0 0 0 75 30 40
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 35 10 25
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 50 20 25
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages 0 0 0 45 20 25
American Sign Language 0 0 0 20 10 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 25 15 15
Sino-Tibetan languages 15 10 15 310 165 145
Chinese languages 20 10 15 305 165 145
Cantonese 15 10 10 80 45 35
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 0 0 10 210 105 110
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 0 0 0 15 15 0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0 0 0 10
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 10 0 10
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Multiple responses 265 130 140 3,270 1,420 1,850
English and French 160 70 95 2,295 950 1,345
English and non-official language 110 60 50 930 460 470
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 10
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 40 15 30
Other language used regularly at work
Total - Other language(s) used regularly at work for the population in private households aged 15 years and over who worked since January 1, 2015 - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 179 47,785 23,860 23,925 514,075 261,365 252,710
None 46,350 23,175 23,175 491,875 250,710 241,170
English 495 240 250 5,115 2,370 2,745
French 425 200 215 13,405 6,555 6,855
Non-official language 515 230 285 3,430 1,600 1,825
Aboriginal 435 195 245 855 365 490
Non-Aboriginal 75 40 35 2,570 1,240 1,330
English and French 0 0 0 10 0 10
English and non-official language 0 0 0 0 10 0
French and non-official language 10 10 0 230 130 105
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobility status - Place of residence 1 year ago
Total - Mobility status 1 year ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 180 96,155 45,775 50,380 900,450 436,790 463,660
Non-movers 88,285 41,955 46,335 792,100 384,560 407,535
Movers 7,870 3,820 4,050 108,350 52,230 56,120
Non-migrants 6,020 2,870 3,155 68,165 32,930 35,235
Migrants 1,845 955 895 40,185 19,300 20,885
Internal migrants 1,620 865 750 33,720 16,055 17,665
Intraprovincial migrants 630 330 295 18,480 8,390 10,090
Interprovincial migrants 985 535 455 15,240 7,665 7,570
External migrants 230 90 145 6,470 3,240 3,225
Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago
Total - Mobility status 5 years ago - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 181 92,815 44,070 48,735 866,425 419,580 446,845
Non-movers 70,720 33,535 37,180 582,705 283,125 299,575
Movers 22,095 10,540 11,555 283,720 136,455 147,265
Non-migrants 16,575 7,760 8,820 169,570 81,405 88,165
Migrants 5,515 2,780 2,735 114,150 55,045 59,100
Internal migrants 4,615 2,295 2,320 94,885 45,015 49,860
Intraprovincial migrants 1,990 940 1,040 50,330 23,230 27,095
Interprovincial migrants 2,630 1,350 1,275 44,555 21,785 22,770
External migrants 900 490 415 19,270 10,035 9,240

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Cape Breton, CTY [Census division], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed May 19, 2024).

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