Census Profile, 2016 Census
Zone 3 - Eastern [Health region, December 2017], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province]

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Characteristic Zone 3 - Eastern
Nova Scotia
[Health region, December 2017]
Nova Scotia

[Province]
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Population and dwellings
Population, 2016Census data footnote 1 158,936 ... ... 923,598 ... ...
Population, 2011Census data footnote 1 163,706 ... ... 921,727 ... ...
Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 -2.9 ... ... 0.2 ... ...
Total private dwellingsCensus data footnote 2 81,672 ... ... 458,568 ... ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residentsCensus data footnote 3 69,194 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Population density per square kilometre 10.0 ... ... 17.4 ... ...
Land area in square kilometres 15,908.12 ... ... 52,942.27 ... ...
Age characteristics
Total - Age groups and average age of the population - 100% dataCensus data footnote 4 158,935 76,190 82,750 923,600 446,885 476,715
0 to 14 years 22,230 11,400 10,830 133,825 68,370 65,455
0 to 4 years 6,685 3,370 3,315 42,005 21,365 20,640
5 to 9 years 7,590 3,970 3,620 45,980 23,650 22,330
10 to 14 years 7,955 4,055 3,895 45,845 23,350 22,490
15 to 64 years 99,165 47,805 51,360 605,950 295,100 310,845
15 to 19 years 8,855 4,495 4,360 51,255 26,240 25,015
20 to 24 years 8,675 4,380 4,295 56,160 28,150 28,010
25 to 29 years 7,285 3,620 3,665 53,725 26,790 26,940
30 to 34 years 7,220 3,470 3,750 51,730 25,130 26,600
35 to 39 years 7,680 3,500 4,180 52,010 24,560 27,450
40 to 44 years 8,810 4,085 4,725 57,050 27,245 29,805
45 to 49 years 9,870 4,730 5,140 61,890 29,720 32,170
50 to 54 years 12,685 5,935 6,750 75,675 36,615 39,065
55 to 59 years 14,085 6,730 7,360 76,505 36,925 39,580
60 to 64 years 13,995 6,855 7,135 69,960 33,735 36,225
65 years and over 37,540 16,980 20,560 183,820 83,415 100,405
65 to 69 years 12,965 6,345 6,615 63,710 30,810 32,905
70 to 74 years 9,115 4,330 4,780 45,005 21,520 23,485
75 to 79 years 6,625 3,030 3,595 31,545 14,520 17,030
80 to 84 years 4,505 1,890 2,615 21,915 9,425 12,495
85 years and over 4,335 1,390 2,950 21,645 7,140 14,505
85 to 89 years 2,625 945 1,680 13,205 4,845 8,360
90 to 94 years 1,280 350 925 6,320 1,830 4,485
95 to 99 years 370 80 290 1,855 415 1,430
100 years and over 65 10 55 270 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 62.4 62.7 62.1 65.6 66.0 65.2
65 years and over 23.6 22.3 24.8 19.9 18.7 21.1
85 years and over 2.7 1.8 3.6 2.3 1.6 3.0
Average age of the population 45.6 44.5 46.6 43.5 42.5 44.4
Median age of the population 49.5 48.4 50.3 45.5 44.5 46.4
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total - Occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling - 100% dataCensus data footnote 5 69,190 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Single-detached house 52,310 ... ... 263,470 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys 235 ... ... 21,350 ... ...
Other attached dwellingCensus data footnote 6 12,930 ... ... 102,300 ... ...
Semi-detached house 3,295 ... ... 20,465 ... ...
Row house 845 ... ... 10,215 ... ...
Apartment or flat in a duplex 2,480 ... ... 12,435 ... ...
Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys 6,175 ... ... 58,405 ... ...
Other single-attached house 135 ... ... 780 ... ...
Movable dwellingCensus data footnote 7 3,720 ... ... 14,870 ... ...
Total - Private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 8 69,190 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 person 21,240 ... ... 118,670 ... ...
2 persons 26,240 ... ... 156,825 ... ...
3 persons 10,435 ... ... 60,250 ... ...
4 persons 7,260 ... ... 44,970 ... ...
5 or more persons 4,025 ... ... 21,275 ... ...
Number of persons in private households 156,040 ... ... 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 9 136,705 64,785 71,920 789,770 378,515 411,255
Married or living common law 74,035 37,015 37,020 454,970 227,220 227,750
Married 62,550 31,285 31,265 369,695 184,705 184,990
Living common law 11,480 5,730 5,760 85,275 42,515 42,760
Not married and not living common law 62,670 27,775 34,900 334,800 151,295 183,505
Never married 38,200 19,935 18,260 209,455 110,175 99,280
Separated 4,625 1,945 2,680 24,105 10,450 13,655
Divorced 8,285 3,500 4,785 48,835 19,715 29,115
Widowed 11,565 2,385 9,180 52,405 10,955 41,455
Family characteristics
Total - Census families in private households by family size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 10 46,900 ... ... 270,965 ... ...
2 persons 27,315 ... ... 157,600 ... ...
3 persons 10,165 ... ... 56,625 ... ...
4 persons 6,540 ... ... 41,095 ... ...
5 or more persons 2,875 ... ... 15,645 ... ...
Average size of census families 2.7 ... ... 2.7 ... ...
Total number of census families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 11 46,900 ... ... 270,965 ... ...
Total couple families 36,390 ... ... 224,065 ... ...
Married couples 30,650 ... ... 181,435 ... ...
Common-law couples 5,740 ... ... 42,630 ... ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent 10,510 ... ... 46,900 ... ...
Female parent 8,550 ... ... 37,595 ... ...
Male parent 1,965 ... ... 9,305 ... ...
Total - Couple census families in private households - 100% data 36,390 ... ... 224,065 ... ...
Couples without children 20,880 ... ... 128,125 ... ...
Couples with children 15,510 ... ... 95,940 ... ...
1 child 7,345 ... ... 43,810 ... ...
2 children 5,650 ... ... 37,595 ... ...
3 or more children 2,515 ... ... 14,535 ... ...
Total - Lone-parent census families in private households - 100% data 10,510 ... ... 46,900 ... ...
1 child 6,435 ... ... 29,480 ... ...
2 children 2,830 ... ... 12,810 ... ...
3 or more children 1,250 ... ... 4,610 ... ...
Total - Persons not in census families in private households - 100% data 29,335 13,320 16,010 175,575 81,140 94,435
Household type
Total - Private households by household type - 100% dataCensus data footnote 12 69,190 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
One-census-family households 44,625 ... ... 260,280 ... ...
Without children in a census familyCensus data footnote 13 20,130 ... ... 124,000 ... ...
With children in a census familyCensus data footnote 14 24,490 ... ... 136,280 ... ...
Multiple-census-family households 1,125 ... ... 5,285 ... ...
Non-census-family households 23,450 ... ... 136,425 ... ...
One-person households 21,240 ... ... 118,675 ... ...
Two-or-more person non-census-family households 2,210 ... ... 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 15 156,670 75,410 81,260 912,300 442,470 469,830
English only 143,805 69,720 74,085 813,480 398,950 414,530
French only 105 35 70 705 305 400
English and French 12,635 5,595 7,040 95,380 41,925 53,460
Neither English nor French 125 65 65 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 16 156,670 75,415 81,260 912,295 442,470 469,830
English 151,215 72,855 78,360 879,465 426,535 452,930
French 5,165 2,410 2,755 28,490 13,890 14,600
English and French 185 95 95 1,760 825 930
Neither English nor French 110 50 55 2,585 1,215 1,365
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 5,255 2,455 2,800 29,370 14,300 15,070
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 3.4 3.3 3.4 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 18 156,670 75,410 81,260 912,295 442,470 469,830
Single responses 155,670 74,925 80,740 904,240 438,550 465,690
Official languages 149,175 71,740 77,435 859,690 416,245 443,445
English 143,715 69,215 74,495 830,220 401,980 428,240
French 5,460 2,525 2,935 29,465 14,265 15,205
Non-official languages 6,495 3,185 3,305 44,550 22,305 22,245
Aboriginal languages 3,765 1,790 1,975 4,290 2,020 2,270
Algonquian languages 3,755 1,780 1,970 4,210 1,985 2,225
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 5 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 5 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 3,740 1,780 1,965 4,190 1,975 2,215
Malecite 5 0 5 10 5 5
Mi'kmaq 3,740 1,780 1,960 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 5 0 5 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 5 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 5 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 15 10 5 60 30 35
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Inuktitut 15 5 5 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 2,725 1,395 1,330 40,260 20,285 19,975
Afro-Asiatic languages 225 140 85 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 230 140 85 7,615 4,205 3,415
Amharic 5 0 5 115 50 65
Arabic 220 135 85 7,110 3,950 3,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 5 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 5 5 0 210 115 95
Maltese 5 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 40 15 20 505 245 260
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 0 5 5 5 5
Vietnamese 35 15 20 490 240 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 175 75 100 2,235 940 1,300
Bikol 0 0 0 5 5 5
Cebuano 10 5 5 150 60 90
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 5 0 0 25 10 15
Ilocano 0 0 0 55 15 40
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 5 0
Malay 5 0 5 55 25 35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 15 5 5
Pangasinan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 155 65 90 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 0 0 0 95 60 35
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 5 0 0 35 20 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 55 35 20
Dravidian languages 35 25 10 1,010 595 420
Kannada 0 0 0 40 20 15
Malayalam 10 5 0 365 205 165
Tamil 25 10 10 315 185 130
Telugu 0 5 0 285 180 110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 1,515 750 765 18,590 9,320 9,270
Albanian 0 0 0 275 130 140
Armenian 0 0 0 35 30 10
Balto-Slavic languages 175 65 110 3,470 1,645 1,830
Baltic languages 10 5 5 100 35 60
Latvian 10 5 5 50 20 30
Lithuanian 5 5 0 45 15 30
Slavic languages 165 60 105 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 15 5 10 225 105 115
Czech 10 10 5 205 105 100
Macedonian 5 0 0 20 10 15
Polish 50 15 35 795 365 435
Russian 20 5 15 1,285 615 670
Serbian 0 0 0 115 60 65
Serbo-Croatian 5 0 0 80 40 40
Slovak 10 0 5 100 45 55
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 0 35 15 15
Ukrainian 50 15 30 320 155 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Celtic languages 105 45 55 185 80 100
Scottish Gaelic 90 45 45 145 65 85
Welsh 5 0 5 30 10 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 10 5 5
Germanic languages 765 380 385 5,700 2,800 2,900
Afrikaans 10 5 5 120 55 60
Danish 10 10 0 160 105 60
Dutch 270 130 135 1,620 815 805
Frisian 0 0 0 35 20 15
German 445 225 220 3,435 1,645 1,790
Icelandic 0 0 0 45 20 20
Norwegian 5 5 5 110 60 50
Swedish 10 5 10 110 45 65
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 5 25 10 10
Yiddish 5 0 5 20 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 20 5 15
Greek 60 30 25 760 390 365
Indo-Iranian languages 225 130 90 4,835 2,650 2,190
Indo-Aryan languages 205 125 80 3,385 1,895 1,490
Bengali 10 5 5 475 290 185
Gujarati 10 5 0 195 125 70
Hindi 30 20 15 745 445 300
Kashmiri 0 5 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) 40 25 15 585 310 270
Sindhi 0 0 0 20 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 165 85 85
Urdu 100 65 35 575 330 245
Iranian languages 20 10 10 1,425 740 690
Kurdish 0 0 0 115 65 50
Pashto 0 0 0 80 45 35
Persian (Farsi) 20 5 10 1,230 630 605
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Italic (Romance) languages 195 100 105 3,335 1,605 1,730
Catalan 5 5 0 10 5 5
Italian 85 45 40 745 400 340
Portuguese 25 15 15 520 245 270
Romanian 5 0 0 225 110 120
Spanish 80 30 50 1,830 840 985
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Japanese 20 5 15 360 100 260
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 5 0 0
Korean 50 25 30 1,095 475 620
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 5 5 5
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 40 25 15 630 325 305
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 40 25 25
Bamanankan 0 0 0 15 5 5
Edo 0 0 0 5 0 5
Ewe 0 5 0 40 25 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 5 5 0
Ga 0 5 0 10 5 5
Ganda 5 0 5 20 5 15
Igbo 10 5 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 10 5 5 135 65 70
Wolof 0 0 0 10 10 0
Yoruba 5 0 5 65 35 30
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 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 10 190 90 100
American Sign Language 10 0 5 85 40 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 5 0 105 50 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 535 290 245 6,665 3,335 3,330
Chinese languages 535 290 245 6,635 3,320 3,315
Cantonese 70 40 35 1,145 535 610
Hakka 0 0 0 20 5 15
Mandarin 360 200 165 4,640 2,325 2,315
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 5 0 5 120 50 70
Wu (Shanghainese) 0 0 0 50 30 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 90 55 40 645 365 280
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 5 30 15 20
Burmese 0 0 0 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 15 5 10 155 55 100
Lao 0 0 0 10 0 5
Thai 20 5 15 150 50 100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 5 0 445 240 205
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 10 10 5
Turkish 5 5 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 30 15 20 415 180 235
Estonian 5 0 0 40 20 25
Finnish 5 0 0 95 30 60
Hungarian 25 15 15 275 130 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 25 10 15
Multiple responses 1,005 490 520 8,060 3,920 4,140
English and French 525 245 275 3,445 1,600 1,850
English and non-official language 460 225 230 4,180 2,110 2,070
French and non-official language 15 10 5 225 115 105
English, French and non-official language 5 5 5 210 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 19 156,675 75,415 81,260 912,300 442,470 469,830
Single responses 155,575 74,890 80,685 900,755 436,755 464,000
Official languages 151,920 73,020 78,895 878,015 425,220 452,795
English 149,200 71,775 77,425 863,550 418,315 445,240
French 2,720 1,250 1,470 14,460 6,910 7,560
Non-official languages 3,655 1,865 1,790 22,740 11,540 11,205
Aboriginal languages 2,480 1,235 1,245 2,570 1,285 1,295
Algonquian languages 2,470 1,235 1,240 2,565 1,280 1,285
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 5 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 2,470 1,235 1,240 2,560 1,280 1,280
Malecite 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 2,470 1,235 1,240 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 5 0 0 5 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 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 1,180 630 545 20,170 10,255 9,915
Afro-Asiatic languages 155 85 65 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 5 0 5 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 155 90 65 4,540 2,405 2,130
Amharic 0 0 0 55 25 30
Arabic 155 90 70 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 30 10 15 330 160 165
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 30 15 15 330 165 170
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 80 40 40 1,140 550 585
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 5 0 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) 80 40 35 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 5 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 5 140 80 60
Telugu 0 0 0 125 80 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 450 230 220 7,410 3,715 3,690
Albanian 0 0 0 110 60 55
Armenian 0 0 0 15 10 10
Balto-Slavic languages 35 20 15 1,405 680 720
Baltic languages 0 0 5 30 10 15
Latvian 5 0 0 10 5 10
Lithuanian 0 0 0 15 5 10
Slavic languages 30 20 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 20 10 10 235 105 125
Russian 5 0 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 5 0 0 55 30 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 0
Celtic languages 40 15 20 60 35 30
Scottish Gaelic 40 20 25 60 35 30
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages 195 100 95 1,490 725 760
Afrikaans 5 5 5 30 15 15
Danish 0 0 0 15 0 15
Dutch 15 5 10 135 70 70
Frisian 0 0 0 5 0 0
German 165 85 80 1,225 600 625
Icelandic 0 0 0 30 10 15
Norwegian 0 0 0 20 5 10
Swedish 5 0 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 15 5 10 270 135 130
Indo-Iranian languages 110 60 50 2,815 1,475 1,335
Indo-Aryan languages 100 60 40 1,850 995 860
Bengali 5 5 0 250 135 115
Gujarati 5 0 0 100 60 35
Hindi 0 0 0 310 190 120
Kashmiri 0 0 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) 10 10 5 250 125 125
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 5 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 65 25 35 1,240 595 645
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0 0
Italian 15 10 10 165 70 85
Portuguese 10 5 5 195 90 105
Romanian 0 0 0 70 35 35
Spanish 40 15 25 810 390 420
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 25 15 10 710 330 385
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 10 5 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 10 5 5 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 30 20 15 285 145 140
American Sign Language 5 5 5 110 55 60
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 25 15 5 175 90 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 370 205 165 4,550 2,345 2,200
Chinese languages 370 205 165 4,545 2,345 2,200
Cantonese 45 25 20 640 335 310
Hakka 0 0 0 5 0 0
Mandarin 270 145 120 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) 0 0 0 25 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 60 30 25 415 235 180
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 10 5 5 55 20 35
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 10 5 5 55 15 35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 5 0 5 215 110 105
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 5 0 0 5 0
Uralic languages 5 5 5 75 35 40
Estonian 0 0 0 5 5 5
Finnish 0 0 0 15 10 5
Hungarian 5 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 1,100 525 580 11,540 5,715 5,825
English and French 320 135 180 2,180 995 1,185
English and non-official language 770 375 395 8,970 4,515 4,450
French and non-official language 0 0 0 75 40 30
English, French and non-official language 10 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 20 156,670 75,410 81,260 912,295 442,470 469,825
None 148,415 71,610 76,805 861,780 418,525 443,260
English 3,085 1,510 1,575 17,005 8,480 8,525
French 2,345 1,015 1,330 16,390 7,210 9,175
Non-official language 2,765 1,245 1,520 16,275 7,850 8,420
Aboriginal 1,685 735 945 2,135 930 1,205
Non-Aboriginal 1,085 515 570 14,135 6,920 7,220
English and French 10 5 0 150 70 80
English and non-official language 10 5 10 220 105 115
French and non-official language 50 20 25 470 230 245
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 21 133,835 63,755 70,075 774,750 372,455 402,290
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 128,595 61,270 67,325 744,260 358,055 386,205
Median total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 29,020 34,286 24,845 31,813 38,379 26,750
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 128,620 61,270 67,350 744,545 358,085 386,455
Median after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,657 30,741 23,451 28,627 33,642 24,590
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 106,005 52,100 53,905 648,960 320,380 328,580
Median market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 24,970 29,637 21,323 29,938 36,363 24,497
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 105,975 48,515 57,460 554,985 243,860 311,130
Median government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,136 11,202 9,370 7,438 8,175 6,961
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 100% data 83,010 41,390 41,625 523,020 264,375 258,645
Median employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 26,037 30,268 22,915 29,979 35,676 25,405
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for the population aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 22 133,835 63,755 70,075 774,750 372,455 402,295
Number of total income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 128,435 61,105 67,325 744,275 357,820 386,455
Average total income in 2015 among recipients ($) 37,425 43,994 31,464 41,479 49,413 34,132
Number of after-tax income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 128,455 61,105 67,350 744,560 357,855 386,710
Average after-tax income in 2015 among recipients ($) 31,575 36,244 27,340 34,175 39,776 28,993
Number of market income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,855 51,960 53,895 648,910 320,370 328,540
Average market income in 2015 among recipients ($) 34,908 41,354 28,693 40,299 48,457 32,345
Number of government transfers recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 105,725 48,400 57,330 555,740 243,445 312,295
Average government transfers in 2015 among recipients ($) 10,512 11,144 9,978 8,495 8,859 8,211
Number of employment income recipients aged 15 years and over in private households - 25% sample data 83,010 41,440 41,570 523,020 264,475 258,545
Average employment income in 2015 among recipients ($) 35,848 42,097 29,618 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 23 133,835 63,755 70,075 774,750 372,455 402,295
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 31,540 15,465 16,075 245,425 131,095 114,325
Median employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 25 45,822 52,384 41,284 47,665 53,785 42,236
Average employment income in 2015 for full-year full-time workers ($)Census data footnote 26 53,877 60,181 47,814 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 77.0 80.0 73.2 84.6 87.7 80.7
Employment income (%)Census data footnote 29 61.6 64.5 58.0 66.9 69.7 63.3
Government transfers (%)Census data footnote 30 23.0 20.0 26.8 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 31 133,830 63,755 70,080 774,750 372,455 402,295
Without total income 5,240 2,490 2,750 30,485 14,395 16,090
With total income 128,595 61,270 67,325 744,265 358,060 386,205
Percentage with total income 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.0
Under $10,000 (including loss) 18,650 7,955 10,690 104,125 43,575 60,545
$10,000 to $19,999 25,230 9,365 15,870 134,355 50,310 84,050
$20,000 to $29,999 22,325 9,465 12,865 114,855 47,195 67,660
$30,000 to $39,999 18,080 8,520 9,560 98,325 45,040 53,280
$40,000 to $49,999 13,155 6,550 6,600 79,435 39,605 39,830
$50,000 to $59,999 8,930 5,060 3,875 57,255 32,255 25,000
$60,000 to $69,999 6,025 3,870 2,155 41,715 25,830 15,885
$70,000 to $79,999 4,690 2,775 1,915 33,195 19,945 13,250
$80,000 to $89,999 3,755 2,060 1,700 25,500 14,900 10,605
$90,000 to $99,999 2,240 1,390 850 15,530 10,095 5,435
$100,000 and over 5,515 4,265 1,245 39,965 29,300 10,665
$100,000 to $149,999 4,060 3,045 1,020 28,130 20,205 7,925
$150,000 and over 1,450 1,225 225 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 32 133,835 63,755 70,080 774,750 372,455 402,295
Without after-tax income 5,215 2,485 2,730 30,205 14,370 15,840
With after-tax income 128,620 61,270 67,350 744,540 358,085 386,455
Percentage with after-tax income 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.1
Under $10,000 (including loss) 19,205 8,070 11,130 108,630 44,435 64,195
$10,000 to $19,999 26,725 10,055 16,665 142,975 54,160 88,815
$20,000 to $29,999 26,625 11,675 14,955 138,435 58,900 79,535
$30,000 to $39,999 20,980 10,150 10,835 119,130 56,990 62,145
$40,000 to $49,999 13,325 7,390 5,940 84,245 46,675 37,565
$50,000 to $59,999 8,215 5,170 3,050 56,235 34,590 21,645
$60,000 to $69,999 5,780 3,215 2,565 39,320 23,195 16,125
$70,000 to $79,999 3,120 1,975 1,145 21,210 13,950 7,260
$80,000 and over 4,640 3,575 1,065 34,360 25,185 9,170
$80,000 to $89,999 1,690 1,220 470 11,615 8,185 3,430
$90,000 to $99,999 960 735 225 6,825 4,950 1,875
$100,000 and over 1,995 1,620 375 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 33 133,835 63,755 70,080 774,745 372,455 402,295
Without employment income 50,820 22,365 28,460 251,730 108,080 143,650
With employment income 83,010 41,390 41,620 523,020 264,370 258,640
Percentage with employment income 62.0 64.9 59.4 67.5 71.0 64.3
Under $5,000 (including loss) 11,915 5,400 6,515 72,940 34,125 38,820
$5,000 to $9,999 8,375 3,540 4,840 45,820 19,475 26,350
$10,000 to $19,999 14,170 6,585 7,590 76,685 33,555 43,130
$20,000 to $29,999 11,200 5,035 6,165 66,155 29,385 36,770
$30,000 to $39,999 9,395 4,195 5,200 60,485 27,455 33,035
$40,000 to $49,999 6,935 3,345 3,585 49,395 24,470 24,925
$50,000 to $59,999 5,415 3,135 2,285 37,685 21,735 15,955
$60,000 to $69,999 3,805 2,450 1,355 28,695 17,955 10,740
$70,000 to $79,999 3,240 1,845 1,395 24,970 14,750 10,220
$80,000 and over 8,560 5,860 2,695 60,175 41,470 18,705
$80,000 to $89,999 2,930 1,520 1,405 20,175 11,645 8,535
$90,000 to $99,999 1,680 1,095 585 11,685 7,975 3,715
$100,000 and over 3,950 3,250 705 28,310 21,850 6,460
Income of households in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 100% dataCensus data footnote 34 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Median total income of households in 2015 ($) 54,803 ... ... 60,764 ... ...
Median after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 49,041 ... ... 53,129 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 100% data 21,240 ... ... 118,670 ... ...
Median total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 25,950 ... ... 30,377 ... ...
Median after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 24,487 ... ... 27,511 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 100% data 47,955 ... ... 283,320 ... ...
Median total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,699 ... ... 77,136 ... ...
Median after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 63,092 ... ... 66,538 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for private households by household size - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 35 69,190 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Average total income of households in 2015 ($) 69,465 ... ... 76,797 ... ...
Average after-tax income of households in 2015 ($) 58,617 ... ... 63,299 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for one-person private households - 25% sample data 21,230 ... ... 118,705 ... ...
Average total income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 35,146 ... ... 39,601 ... ...
Average after-tax income of one-person households in 2015 ($) 30,067 ... ... 32,962 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for two-or-more-person private households - 25% sample data 47,960 ... ... 283,285 ... ...
Average total income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 84,659 ... ... 92,383 ... ...
Average after-tax income of two-or-more-person households in 2015 ($) 71,256 ... ... 76,011 ... ...
Total - Household total income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 36 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Under $5,000 995 ... ... 6,830 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,665 ... ... 7,755 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,430 ... ... 12,330 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,360 ... ... 20,155 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,225 ... ... 20,210 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 3,675 ... ... 18,700 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,100 ... ... 21,645 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 3,795 ... ... 19,995 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,475 ... ... 19,285 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,160 ... ... 18,235 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 5,645 ... ... 33,450 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,050 ... ... 30,470 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,440 ... ... 27,755 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,890 ... ... 24,340 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 3,075 ... ... 20,240 ... ...
$100,000 and over 15,230 ... ... 100,600 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,880 ... ... 38,090 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 3,730 ... ... 24,330 ... ...
$150,000 to $199,999 3,670 ... ... 23,445 ... ...
$200,000 and over 1,945 ... ... 14,730 ... ...
Total - Household after-tax income groups in 2015 for private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 32 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Under $5,000 1,015 ... ... 7,145 ... ...
$5,000 to $9,999 1,680 ... ... 7,885 ... ...
$10,000 to $14,999 2,465 ... ... 12,545 ... ...
$15,000 to $19,999 4,560 ... ... 21,370 ... ...
$20,000 to $24,999 4,730 ... ... 23,030 ... ...
$25,000 to $29,999 4,245 ... ... 22,365 ... ...
$30,000 to $34,999 4,680 ... ... 25,495 ... ...
$35,000 to $39,999 4,350 ... ... 23,945 ... ...
$40,000 to $44,999 3,835 ... ... 22,630 ... ...
$45,000 to $49,999 3,730 ... ... 21,635 ... ...
$50,000 to $59,999 6,785 ... ... 40,585 ... ...
$60,000 to $69,999 5,790 ... ... 35,920 ... ...
$70,000 to $79,999 4,760 ... ... 29,795 ... ...
$80,000 to $89,999 3,825 ... ... 24,160 ... ...
$90,000 to $99,999 2,975 ... ... 19,275 ... ...
$100,000 and over 9,775 ... ... 64,210 ... ...
$100,000 to $124,999 5,070 ... ... 31,985 ... ...
$125,000 to $149,999 2,475 ... ... 15,940 ... ...
$150,000 and over 2,235 ... ... 16,280 ... ...
Income of economic families in 2015
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 37 46,615 ... ... 269,560 ... ...
Median total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 71,706 ... ... 77,529 ... ...
Median after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 63,047 ... ... 66,728 ... ...
Average family size of economic families 2.8 ... ... 2.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 100% data 19,620 ... ... 121,200 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 66,646 ... ... 71,495 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 58,675 ... ... 61,883 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families without children or other relatives 2.0 ... ... 2.0 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 100% data 15,870 ... ... 97,460 ... ...
Median total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 102,767 ... ... 104,981 ... ...
Median after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 87,251 ... ... 88,099 ... ...
Average family size of couple economic families with children 3.9 ... ... 3.8 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 100% data 9,645 ... ... 43,560 ... ...
Median total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 43,513 ... ... 45,597 ... ...
Median after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 41,071 ... ... 42,309 ... ...
Average family size of lone-parent economic families 2.7 ... ... 2.6 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 38 46,625 ... ... 269,510 ... ...
Average total income of economic families in 2015 ($) 84,724 ... ... 93,027 ... ...
Average after-tax income of economic families in 2015 ($) 71,261 ... ... 76,371 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families without children or other relatives in private households - 25% sample data 19,715 ... ... 121,285 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 77,419 ... ... 85,511 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families without children or other relatives in 2015 ($) 65,044 ... ... 70,143 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for couple economic families with children in private households - 25% sample data 15,835 ... ... 97,490 ... ...
Average total income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 114,141 ... ... 119,890 ... ...
Average after-tax income of couple economic families with children in 2015 ($) 94,183 ... ... 97,021 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for lone-parent economic families in private households - 25% sample data 9,645 ... ... 43,470 ... ...
Average total income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 51,368 ... ... 54,587 ... ...
Average after-tax income of lone-parent economic families in 2015 ($) 46,117 ... ... 47,700 ... ...
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 21 25,365 11,630 13,735 157,715 73,825 83,890
Median total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 25,144 27,037 23,997 28,180 30,235 26,673
Median after-tax income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 39 23,937 25,039 23,335 25,848 27,176 24,859
Total - Income statistics in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 40 25,290 11,505 13,780 157,410 73,440 83,970
Average total income in 2015 for persons aged 15 years and over not in economic families ($)Census data footnote 41 33,864 36,570 31,606 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 29,001 30,545 27,712 30,893 31,946 29,973
Total - Economic family income decile group for the population in private households - 100% dataCensus data footnote 42 156,045 75,145 80,895 908,340 440,700 467,640
In the bottom half of the distribution 94,510 43,980 50,530 519,830 244,725 275,105
In the bottom decile 19,885 9,100 10,785 105,810 49,730 56,080
In the second decile 21,565 9,350 12,210 112,825 49,900 62,920
In the third decile 18,870 8,890 9,980 102,515 48,345 54,175
In the fourth decile 17,790 8,555 9,235 100,645 48,515 52,130
In the fifth decile 16,410 8,090 8,320 98,030 48,235 49,800
In the top half of the distribution 61,530 31,160 30,365 388,510 195,975 192,540
In the sixth decile 15,910 7,910 8,000 94,350 47,240 47,110
In the seventh decile 14,405 7,305 7,095 89,765 45,260 44,505
In the eighth decile 13,455 6,725 6,735 83,140 41,815 41,330
In the ninth decile 10,970 5,670 5,305 69,850 35,450 34,400
In the top decile 6,785 3,555 3,235 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 43 149,385 71,935 77,455 898,345 435,895 462,450
0 to 17 years 24,890 12,775 12,115 159,820 81,670 78,150
0 to 5 years 7,200 3,670 3,530 49,595 25,280 24,310
18 to 64 years 89,385 42,960 46,425 565,395 274,120 291,275
65 years and over 35,115 16,195 18,915 173,125 80,100 93,025
In low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) 27,525 12,165 15,355 154,955 70,415 84,540
0 to 17 years 6,300 3,285 3,015 35,525 18,145 17,380
0 to 5 years 2,215 1,170 1,045 12,740 6,470 6,275
18 to 64 years 14,340 6,280 8,060 88,355 40,375 47,985
65 years and over 6,885 2,605 4,275 31,075 11,890 19,185
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) (%) 18.4 16.9 19.8 17.2 16.2 18.3
0 to 17 years (%) 25.3 25.7 24.9 22.2 22.2 22.2
0 to 5 years (%) 30.8 31.9 29.6 25.7 25.6 25.8
18 to 64 years (%) 16.0 14.6 17.4 15.6 14.7 16.5
65 years and over (%) 19.6 16.1 22.6 17.9 14.8 20.6
In low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) 10,325 4,965 5,360 70,745 34,290 36,460
0 to 17 years 2,440 1,275 1,165 15,285 7,805 7,485
0 to 5 years 880 475 400 5,645 2,870 2,775
18 to 64 years 7,390 3,485 3,900 52,220 25,185 27,030
65 years and over 495 195 295 3,240 1,295 1,945
Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) (%) 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.9 7.9 7.9
0 to 17 years (%) 9.8 10.0 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6
0 to 5 years (%) 12.2 12.9 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.4
18 to 64 years (%) 8.3 8.1 8.4 9.2 9.2 9.3
65 years and over (%) 1.4 1.2 1.6 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 44 156,045 75,145 80,900 908,340 440,730 467,605
Official languages 155,955 75,100 80,855 905,700 439,525 466,180
English 155,830 75,050 80,785 905,020 439,215 465,805
French 12,715 5,795 6,920 95,740 42,150 53,585
Non-official languages 8,945 4,265 4,685 64,100 31,380 32,725
Aboriginal languages 4,740 2,270 2,475 5,645 2,685 2,960
Algonquian languages 4,745 2,270 2,470 5,575 2,635 2,935
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 15 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 0 0 10 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 10 0 10 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 4,730 2,260 2,465 5,550 2,625 2,920
Malecite 10 10 10 10 0 10
Mi'kmaq 4,720 2,255 2,465 5,540 2,625 2,920
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 10 10 0 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 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 4,215 2,000 2,225 58,490 28,715 29,770
Afro-Asiatic languages 240 110 130 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 235 110 130 10,635 5,715 4,925
Amharic 0 0 0 260 135 120
Arabic 220 100 115 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 0 0 0 630 370 260
Maltese 10 0 10 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 0 10 15 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 15 10 10 575 260 310
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 15 0 10
Vietnamese 10 0 0 555 255 300
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 240 120 125 3,035 1,275 1,760
Bikol 0 0 0 10 0 10
Cebuano 30 10 15 185 80 100
Fijian 0 0 0 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 0 0 0 45 20 30
Ilocano 10 0 0 70 20 55
Malagasy 0 0 0 10 0 0
Malay 10 10 0 80 25 60
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 200 90 105 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 45 20 25 360 185 175
Haitian Creole 15 15 0 35 20 15
Creole, n.o.s. 10 10 0 120 60 65
Creole languages, n.i.e. 30 10 20 210 115 100
Dravidian languages 60 35 25 1,365 785 580
Kannada 0 0 0 75 45 35
Malayalam 15 15 0 560 310 250
Tamil 40 15 25 450 260 190
Telugu 10 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 2,700 1,300 1,400 30,820 15,070 15,755
Albanian 10 0 0 405 185 215
Armenian 0 0 0 80 45 30
Balto-Slavic languages 225 90 140 4,095 1,935 2,160
Baltic languages 25 10 20 110 35 80
Latvian 15 0 10 50 15 35
Lithuanian 10 0 15 55 15 40
Slavic languages 210 90 120 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 20 0 15 275 105 165
Czech 10 0 10 210 95 110
Macedonian 10 0 0 90 55 30
Polish 60 25 30 900 410 490
Russian 45 20 20 1,945 970 970
Serbian 10 0 0 180 85 95
Serbo-Croatian 10 10 0 115 70 50
Slovak 25 10 10 145 70 75
Slovene (Slovenian) 10 0 0 35 10 20
Ukrainian 55 10 50 425 180 245
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 615 265 345 1,070 495 580
Scottish Gaelic 610 265 340 910 400 505
Welsh 10 0 0 35 25 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 155 80 75
Germanic languages 1,030 535 500 9,225 4,490 4,740
Afrikaans 15 0 15 320 140 175
Danish 15 10 0 235 125 110
Dutch 315 155 155 2,105 935 1,165
Frisian 0 0 0 60 30 30
German 690 375 315 6,335 3,180 3,155
Icelandic 0 0 0 100 40 60
Norwegian 20 20 0 150 105 40
Swedish 15 10 10 245 115 130
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 10 20 10 15
Yiddish 0 0 0 30 15 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 125 45 85
Greek 60 35 25 1,315 670 645
Indo-Iranian languages 310 180 125 6,535 3,635 2,900
Indo-Aryan languages 275 165 105 4,935 2,790 2,140
Bengali 35 20 10 625 350 275
Gujarati 10 10 0 240 150 90
Hindi 95 55 40 2,270 1,300 975
Kashmiri 10 10 10 15 0 10
Konkani 0 0 0 15 15 0
Marathi 0 0 0 135 85 45
Nepali 0 0 0 620 315 305
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 20 10 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 50 40 10 1,010 570 445
Sindhi 0 0 0 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 15 0 10 245 125 120
Urdu 115 65 50 1,090 660 425
Iranian languages 35 15 15 1,625 865 755
Kurdish 10 10 0 185 110 75
Pashto 0 0 0 85 55 30
Persian (Farsi) 25 10 20 1,385 725 660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 75 40 35
Italic (Romance) languages 545 235 315 9,365 4,270 5,100
Catalan 0 0 0 15 10 10
Italian 125 65 60 1,665 845 820
Portuguese 45 25 25 910 480 430
Romanian 0 0 0 240 140 105
Spanish 400 160 235 6,990 3,020 3,970
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 70 55 20
Japanese 60 15 40 865 335 530
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 10 0
Korean 85 45 40 1,530 685 850
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 85 45 45 1,340 715 620
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 65 40 30
Bamanankan 0 0 0 10 10 10
Edo 0 0 0 10 10 0
Ewe 10 10 0 80 50 30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 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) 10 10 0 130 65 65
Shona 0 0 0 65 40 35
Swahili 10 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. 30 15 15 300 175 130
Nilo-Saharan languages 10 0 0 50 30 20
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 45 30 10
Sign languages 115 25 85 1,605 555 1,045
American Sign Language 55 10 45 795 235 555
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 15 45 815 325 495
Sino-Tibetan languages 610 290 320 7,135 3,615 3,515
Chinese languages 605 295 315 7,115 3,610 3,500
Cantonese 100 45 60 1,555 730 820
Hakka 0 0 0 45 25 25
Mandarin 475 235 235 5,435 2,720 2,710
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 10 0 10 195 75 120
Wu (Shanghainese) 15 10 0 60 35 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 75 25 45 575 340 245
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 15 10 10 240 110 130
Lao 0 0 0 20 0 10
Thai 15 10 10 220 100 120
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 10 10 0 620 320 300
Azerbaijani 0 0 0 20 20 0
Turkish 10 10 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 15 10 10 430 200 230
Estonian 0 0 0 50 25 20
Finnish 10 0 0 120 55 70
Hungarian 10 0 10 255 115 140
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 20 10 75 40 35
Citizenship
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 45 156,040 75,145 80,900 908,340 440,735 467,605
Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 46 153,645 73,945 79,700 878,415 425,340 453,070
Canadian citizens aged under 18 27,495 14,190 13,315 159,440 81,575 77,870
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over 126,145 59,755 66,390 718,970 343,770 375,200
Not Canadian citizensCensus data footnote 47 2,400 1,200 1,200 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 48 156,040 75,140 80,900 908,340 440,730 467,605
Non-immigrantsCensus data footnote 49 151,050 72,630 78,420 842,760 407,740 435,015
ImmigrantsCensus data footnote 50 4,070 2,050 2,015 55,675 27,270 28,405
Before 1981 2,090 1,040 1,055 19,200 9,335 9,865
1981 to 1990 290 140 145 4,800 2,330 2,470
1991 to 2000 405 200 205 6,705 3,140 3,560
2001 to 2010 690 340 350 13,185 6,540 6,645
2001 to 2005 290 160 135 5,105 2,500 2,600
2006 to 2010 395 175 215 8,080 4,035 4,045
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 51 600 340 265 11,790 5,925 5,865
Non-permanent residentsCensus data footnote 52 920 465 460 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 4,070 2,055 2,015 55,675 27,270 28,410
Under 5 years 595 305 290 7,280 3,495 3,785
5 to 14 years 805 465 335 10,445 5,240 5,205
15 to 24 years 795 325 465 10,170 4,670 5,500
25 to 44 years 1,460 715 745 22,980 11,315 11,660
45 years and over 420 235 185 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 4,070 2,050 2,020 55,680 27,270 28,410
Americas 1,215 565 655 10,610 4,830 5,780
Brazil 0 10 10 175 75 100
Colombia 10 0 0 175 90 85
El Salvador 0 0 0 95 50 45
Guyana 10 10 0 170 85 90
Haiti 0 10 0 55 30 30
Jamaica 35 10 25 480 210 275
Mexico 20 10 10 325 155 175
Peru 0 0 0 105 35 75
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 220 120 100
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 1,080 500 580 7,375 3,320 4,055
Other places of birth in Americas 60 25 35 1,430 675 750
Europe 1,905 1,030 880 22,110 11,195 10,920
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 210 115 100
Croatia 15 0 10 180 75 105
France 45 15 30 610 330 280
Germany 410 190 220 2,600 1,270 1,330
Greece 35 25 15 505 270 235
Hungary 0 0 0 110 40 65
IrelandCensus data footnote 56 40 25 15 475 225 255
Italy 35 25 15 525 310 215
Netherlands 260 140 115 1,645 790 855
Poland 30 15 15 630 265 365
Portugal 0 0 0 220 140 80
Romania 0 0 0 180 100 80
Russian Federation 15 0 15 585 270 315
SerbiaCensus data footnote 57 0 0 0 90 45 45
Ukraine 15 0 20 335 145 195
United KingdomCensus data footnote 58 830 465 365 11,275 5,815 5,460
Other places of birth in Europe 165 115 45 1,930 985 945
Africa 215 120 100 3,525 1,855 1,675
Algeria 0 10 0 25 15 15
Egypt 10 0 0 770 395 370
Ethiopia 10 10 0 185 105 85
Kenya 0 0 0 125 75 50
Morocco 0 0 10 80 50 30
Nigeria 25 20 10 350 185 165
Somalia 0 0 0 65 30 35
South Africa, Republic of 20 10 15 460 205 250
Other places of birth in Africa 135 75 55 1,465 790 675
Asia 700 325 375 18,955 9,100 9,855
Afghanistan 0 0 0 100 40 60
Bangladesh 25 15 15 315 180 135
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 135 60 75 2,830 1,140 1,685
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 280 130 155
India 105 60 45 2,225 1,190 1,040
IranCensus data footnote 61 30 15 15 970 525 440
Iraq 0 0 0 525 250 285
Japan 15 0 15 225 60 170
Korea, SouthCensus data footnote 62 10 0 10 870 340 530
Lebanon 10 10 0 1,370 755 610
Pakistan 100 55 40 615 315 295
Philippines 155 50 110 2,570 1,035 1,540
Sri Lanka 20 10 15 310 140 175
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 20 15 10 1,150 565 580
Taiwan 0 0 10 225 100 120
Viet Nam 10 0 10 450 205 245
Other places of birth in Asia 60 45 25 3,930 2,130 1,795
Oceania and other places of birthCensus data footnote 64 30 20 10 480 295 180
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 54 600 335 260 11,785 5,920 5,870
Americas 95 50 40 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 15 10 0 195 100 95
Mexico 0 0 0 105 55 45
United StatesCensus data footnote 55 65 40 30 615 310 305
VenezuelaCensus data footnote 65 10 0 0 15 10 10
Other places of birth in Americas 15 0 10 275 115 165
Europe 140 80 65 2,210 1,165 1,045
France 0 0 0 110 55 55
Germany 60 30 30 215 110 100
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 60 40 20 1,080 620 460
Other places of birth in Europe 15 10 10 355 165 190
Africa 65 40 30 1,085 600 485
Algeria 0 0 0 15 0 10
Cameroon 0 0 10 0 0 10
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 0 0 55 30 25
Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 10 0 10 205 105 95
Eritrea 0 0 0 70 40 30
Ethiopia 0 0 0 45 35 10
Morocco 10 0 10 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 10 10 0 10 10 0
Other places of birth in Africa 10 10 0 365 220 150
Asia 295 160 135 7,035 3,435 3,600
Afghanistan 0 0 0 20 0 20
Bangladesh 0 0 0 80 50 30
ChinaCensus data footnote 59 55 35 20 985 465 520
Hong KongCensus data footnote 60 0 0 0 10 0 0
India 50 30 20 900 490 410
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 10 0 0 225 75 150
Lebanon 0 0 0 75 35 40
Nepal 0 0 0 185 95 85
Pakistan 40 25 15 145 80 65
Philippines 105 40 60 1,500 640 860
Saudi Arabia 0 10 0 125 75 50
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 100 55 50
SyriaCensus data footnote 63 20 15 0 890 420 460
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0 0 0 100 55 40
United Arab Emirates 0 10 0 70 45 20
Viet Nam 0 0 0 65 20 45
Other places of birth in Asia 10 10 0 715 370 345
Oceania and otherCensus data footnote 64 10 10 0 70 50 20
Australia 10 10 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 68 156,045 75,145 80,895 908,340 440,735 467,605
First generationCensus data footnote 69 5,410 2,720 2,690 70,310 35,320 34,990
Second generationCensus data footnote 70 8,135 3,815 4,315 69,125 33,765 35,360
Third generation or moreCensus data footnote 71 142,500 68,605 73,895 768,905 371,645 397,260
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 2,015 1,045 975 37,000 18,195 18,805
Economic immigrantsCensus data footnote 73 1,190 625 565 21,830 11,270 10,560
Principal applicantsCensus data footnote 74 575 365 210 8,710 5,865 2,845
Secondary applicantsCensus data footnote 75 615 260 355 13,115 5,405 7,710
Immigrants sponsored by familyCensus data footnote 76 715 345 370 10,415 4,455 5,955
RefugeesCensus data footnote 77 85 55 30 4,520 2,345 2,175
Other immigrantsCensus data footnote 78 20 15 10 235 120 115
Aboriginal population
Total - Aboriginal identity for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 79 156,040 75,140 80,900 908,340 440,730 467,605
Aboriginal identityCensus data footnote 80 13,860 6,740 7,120 51,495 24,900 26,595
Single Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 81 13,550 6,585 6,965 49,935 24,175 25,765
First Nations (North American Indian)Census data footnote 82 8,605 4,170 4,435 25,830 12,460 13,370
Métis 4,790 2,325 2,460 23,315 11,325 11,985
Inuk (Inuit) 155 85 75 795 385 410
Multiple Aboriginal responsesCensus data footnote 83 135 90 50 835 425 410
Aboriginal responses not included elsewhereCensus data footnote 84 175 75 105 725 300 420
Non-Aboriginal identity 142,180 68,405 73,780 856,850 415,835 441,015
Total - Population by Registered or Treaty Indian status for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 85 156,045 75,145 80,895 908,340 440,735 467,610
Registered or Treaty IndianCensus data footnote 86 8,220 4,010 4,205 18,940 9,135 9,805
Not a Registered or Treaty Indian 147,825 71,130 76,690 889,405 431,595 457,800
Total - Aboriginal ancestry for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 87 156,045 75,145 80,900 908,340 440,735 467,610
Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 88 6,950 3,385 3,565 15,055 7,255 7,805
Single Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 89 6,900 3,355 3,545 14,780 7,120 7,655
First Nations (North American Indian) single ancestryCensus data footnote 82 6,330 3,045 3,290 11,995 5,790 6,210
Métis single ancestry 545 295 255 2,560 1,245 1,315
Inuit single ancestry 20 15 0 220 85 135
Multiple Aboriginal ancestries (only)Census data footnote 90 50 35 20 275 135 145
First Nations (North American Indian) and Métis ancestries 35 25 10 210 95 115
First Nations (North American Indian) and Inuit ancestries 10 0 10 25 20 10
Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 0 10 30 20 15
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and Inuit ancestries 0 10 0 10 0 10
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 91 9,550 4,550 5,005 58,980 27,665 31,315
Single Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 92 9,200 4,365 4,830 56,830 26,660 30,170
First Nations (North American Indian) and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,720 2,280 2,435 34,375 15,975 18,400
Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 4,185 1,965 2,220 21,200 10,120 11,080
Inuit and non-Aboriginal ancestries 290 115 180 1,255 560 690
Multiple Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestriesCensus data footnote 93 355 185 170 2,145 1,005 1,140
First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and non-Aboriginal ancestries 340 180 165 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 10 0 0 30 10 20
Non-Aboriginal ancestry (only)Census data footnote 94 139,540 67,210 72,330 834,300 405,810 428,495
Visible minority population
Total - Visible minority for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 95 156,040 75,145 80,895 908,340 440,735 467,605
Total visible minority populationCensus data footnote 96 3,905 1,915 2,000 58,650 29,305 29,350
South AsianCensus data footnote 97 500 270 230 7,910 4,385 3,525
Chinese 715 335 380 8,640 4,210 4,435
Black 1,895 910 990 21,915 10,735 11,175
Filipino 235 110 125 3,400 1,485 1,920
Latin American 55 20 30 1,685 820 865
Arab 240 130 110 8,110 4,375 3,735
Southeast AsianCensus data footnote 98 30 10 15 1,195 525 670
West AsianCensus data footnote 99 25 10 15 1,540 805 740
Korean 70 40 30 1,540 685 855
Japanese 65 25 45 695 295 405
Visible minority, n.i.e.Census data footnote 100 25 15 10 630 300 330
Multiple visible minoritiesCensus data footnote 101 55 30 25 1,385 690 695
Not a visible minorityCensus data footnote 102 152,130 73,230 78,900 849,690 411,430 438,260
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 103 156,045 75,145 80,895 908,340 440,730 467,610
North American Aboriginal origins 16,500 7,935 8,565 74,040 34,920 39,115
First Nations (North American Indian) 11,445 5,540 5,905 48,640 22,805 25,835
Inuit 340 145 190 1,840 830 1,010
Métis 5,125 2,475 2,655 26,025 12,435 13,585
Other North American origins 66,925 32,035 34,890 410,825 197,970 212,855
Acadian 3,715 1,765 1,955 23,700 11,050 12,650
American 645 325 320 7,515 3,730 3,785
Canadian 63,325 30,325 33,000 387,360 186,955 200,405
New Brunswicker 0 0 0 35 15 20
Newfoundlander 465 210 255 1,750 835 910
Nova Scotian 110 55 55 1,295 625 665
Ontarian 10 0 10 95 65 35
Québécois 30 15 15 380 190 185
Other North American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 104 0 0 0 20 0 15
European origins 109,700 52,740 56,955 621,525 299,755 321,760
British Isles origins 94,285 45,230 49,055 513,725 246,085 267,645
Channel Islander 15 0 15 90 25 60
Cornish 0 0 0 105 45 65
English 35,370 16,405 18,965 262,375 124,610 137,765
Irish 35,625 17,050 18,575 195,865 91,260 104,605
Manx 0 0 0 145 70 70
Scottish 63,125 30,405 32,715 272,880 129,640 143,240
Welsh 2,325 1,080 1,240 17,135 8,105 9,030
British Isles origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 105 1,465 685 780 18,975 8,955 10,020
French origins 30,775 14,550 16,220 149,665 70,095 79,570
Alsatian 10 0 0 25 20 10
Breton 10 10 0 15 10 10
Corsican 0 0 0 20 20 0
French 30,765 14,545 16,220 149,625 70,065 79,565
Western European origins (except French origins) 10,060 4,745 5,320 125,110 59,420 65,690
Austrian 135 60 70 1,775 880 895
Bavarian 0 0 0 10 10 10
Belgian 660 335 325 2,615 1,320 1,305
Dutch 3,375 1,535 1,840 32,045 14,640 17,410
Flemish 15 10 10 160 80 80
Frisian 10 10 0 50 20 30
German 6,425 3,020 3,405 97,555 46,450 51,100
Luxembourger 0 0 0 30 20 10
Swiss 105 60 45 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) 1,765 765 995 14,985 7,075 7,910
Danish 410 155 255 3,700 1,695 2,005
Finnish 140 55 80 1,140 505 630
Icelandic 0 0 0 660 295 370
Norwegian 685 320 365 5,170 2,535 2,635
Swedish 450 190 260 3,565 1,575 1,990
Northern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 107 145 70 75 1,365 750 620
Eastern European origins 5,880 2,675 3,205 29,685 14,315 15,370
Bulgarian 25 15 0 280 130 145
Byelorussian 25 15 10 195 85 105
Czech 140 75 70 1,165 620 545
Czechoslovakian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 108 100 35 65 420 175 245
Estonian 10 0 0 345 185 165
Hungarian 630 320 315 2,700 1,320 1,380
Latvian 40 30 15 380 160 220
Lithuanian 275 120 155 1,150 510 635
Moldovan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Polish 2,885 1,325 1,560 11,575 5,525 6,050
Romanian 170 45 125 1,190 540 650
Russian 405 150 255 4,775 2,210 2,570
Slovak 125 50 70 610 320 290
Ukrainian 1,735 785 955 9,115 4,475 4,640
Eastern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 109 50 35 20 310 150 160
Southern European origins 5,625 2,735 2,890 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 70 30 40 680 325 360
Cypriot 0 0 0 40 30 15
Greek 340 155 180 3,360 1,705 1,650
Italian 4,175 2,055 2,125 15,620 7,605 8,015
Kosovar 0 0 0 255 115 145
Macedonian 25 15 10 165 90 80
Maltese 115 55 55 440 215 220
Montenegrin 0 0 0 20 10 10
Portuguese 365 160 200 3,580 1,700 1,880
Serbian 10 0 0 255 120 135
Sicilian 15 15 10 40 20 15
Slovenian 10 0 0 150 70 85
Spanish 565 250 310 4,300 1,875 2,425
Yugoslavian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 110 70 40 30 400 205 200
Southern European origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 111 10 0 0 85 50 40
Other European origins 380 260 120 5,465 2,845 2,625
Basque 30 20 10 160 75 85
Jewish 110 75 30 2,040 1,040 1,000
Roma (Gypsy) 15 15 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 113 220 145 75 3,145 1,610 1,535
Caribbean origins 485 230 255 5,220 2,580 2,640
Antiguan 0 0 0 100 50 55
Bahamian 0 0 0 230 105 115
Barbadian 65 40 30 575 300 275
Bermudan 0 0 0 185 90 100
Carib 0 0 0 45 30 10
Cuban 0 0 0 340 145 195
Dominican 0 0 0 150 85 65
Grenadian 10 0 0 35 20 20
Guadeloupean 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haitian 15 10 10 115 50 65
Jamaican 165 80 90 2,075 1,050 1,025
Kittitian/Nevisian 10 0 0 45 15 30
Martinican 0 0 0 10 10 0
Montserratan 0 0 0 10 10 0
Puerto Rican 55 20 35 115 40 75
St. Lucian 0 0 0 65 20 50
Trinidadian/Tobagonian 10 0 0 325 170 155
Vincentian/Grenadinian 0 0 0 35 20 15
West Indian, n.o.s.Census data footnote 114 165 80 85 785 420 365
Caribbean origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 115 0 0 0 330 155 180
Latin, Central and South American origins 140 75 65 3,055 1,525 1,525
Aboriginal from Central/South America (except Arawak and Maya) 10 0 0 185 90 100
Arawak 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentinian 10 10 0 65 40 25
Belizean 0 0 0 25 20 10
Bolivian 0 0 0 40 20 15
Brazilian 10 10 10 280 140 135
Chilean 0 0 0 130 80 45
Colombian 20 10 0 430 210 225
Costa Rican 0 0 0 35 10 25
Ecuadorian 0 0 0 50 20 30
Guatemalan 10 10 0 90 65 35
Guyanese 0 0 10 350 160 195
Hispanic 10 10 0 60 35 25
Honduran 0 0 0 50 35 20
Maya 0 0 0 70 35 30
Mexican 65 25 40 810 415 395
Nicaraguan 0 0 0 45 20 25
Panamanian 0 0 0 25 10 15
Paraguayan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peruvian 0 10 0 180 85 95
Salvadorean 0 0 0 110 75 35
Uruguayan 0 0 0 15 0 20
Venezuelan 15 10 0 80 50 30
Latin, Central and South American origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 116 10 0 10 185 80 105
African origins 1,415 660 750 17,655 8,560 9,095
Central and West African origins 180 95 85 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 20 20 70 35 35
Chadian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congolese 10 10 0 180 95 85
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 0 0 0 0 0
Gabonese 0 0 0 10 0 0
Gambian 0 0 0 10 0 10
Ghanaian 15 10 10 185 105 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 30 20 445 240 210
Peulh 0 0 0 0 10 0
Senegalese 0 0 0 10 10 0
Sierra Leonean 40 15 25 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 95 50 40 2,030 1,045 980
Algerian 30 10 20 85 45 40
Berber 15 10 0 70 50 20
Coptic 0 0 0 30 10 20
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egyptian 10 0 0 1,295 695 600
Libyan 10 10 0 215 105 110
Maure 0 0 0 10 0 10
Moroccan 10 10 10 130 60 70
Sudanese 10 0 0 130 50 80
Tunisian 20 10 10 65 25 35
North African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 118 0 0 0 90 40 50
Southern and East African origins 75 35 40 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 10 0 160 85 75
Ethiopian 20 10 10 280 120 155
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 10 10 0 105 55 50
Seychellois 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 180 75 100
South African 20 10 10 520 255 265
Tanzanian 0 0 0 60 45 20
Tigrian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Ugandan 0 0 10 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 10 0 0 170 100 75
Other African origins 1,075 480 600 12,620 5,990 6,635
Black, n.o.s.Census data footnote 121 210 100 110 2,255 1,060 1,195
Other African origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 122 870 375 495 10,460 4,965 5,495
Asian origins 3,285 1,660 1,625 42,500 21,445 21,050
West Central Asian and Middle Eastern origins 1,430 730 700 17,205 8,915 8,295
Afghan 0 0 0 230 80 150
Arab, n.o.s.Census data footnote 123 155 75 75 1,600 835 770
Armenian 0 0 0 265 160 110
Assyrian 10 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 40 20 15 1,405 785 620
Iraqi 0 0 0 595 270 325
Israeli 10 0 10 245 120 120
Jordanian 0 0 0 260 150 115
Kazakh 0 0 0 45 30 20
Kurd 10 10 0 230 120 115
Kuwaiti 40 10 35 245 115 130
Kyrgyz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 1,040 540 505 7,445 3,815 3,630
Palestinian 20 10 10 990 535 455
Pashtun 0 0 0 30 15 10
Saudi Arabian 30 15 10 725 470 255
Syrian 195 105 85 2,190 1,090 1,100
Tajik 0 0 0 20 10 10
Tatar 0 0 0 40 15 25
Turk 20 10 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 530 260 275 8,495 4,690 3,805
Bangladeshi 10 10 0 240 135 110
Bengali 15 10 10 65 40 20
Bhutanese 0 10 0 225 100 125
East Indian 405 190 210 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 85 45 35 665 405 260
Punjabi 0 0 0 230 110 115
Sinhalese 10 0 10 40 10 30
Sri Lankan 30 0 30 340 150 190
Tamil 0 0 0 60 30 35
South Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 125 15 10 0 470 290 175
East and Southeast Asian origins 1,320 660 660 16,715 7,850 8,870
Burmese 0 0 0 15 0 10
Cambodian (Khmer) 0 0 0 55 15 40
Chinese 860 435 425 9,695 4,720 4,980
Filipino 245 115 135 3,580 1,585 1,995
Hmong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesian 0 0 0 140 65 75
Japanese 100 45 50 905 385 515
Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 65 40 30 1,590 700 895
Laotian 0 0 0 15 0 10
Malaysian 10 10 0 80 30 45
Mongolian 0 0 0 55 30 30
Singaporean 0 0 0 10 10 0
Taiwanese 15 0 10 240 100 140
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 20 15 10 75 45 25
Other Asian origins 35 25 15 410 190 215
Other Asian origins, n.i.e.Census data footnote 127 40 25 15 410 190 215
Oceania origins 25 15 10 895 450 445
Australian 20 15 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 10 0 0 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 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Owner 51,360 ... ... 276,095 ... ...
Renter 16,495 ... ... 123,595 ... ...
Band housing 1,340 ... ... 2,300 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by condominium status - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 131 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Condominium 870 ... ... 13,370 ... ...
Not condominium 68,325 ... ... 388,625 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 132 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
No bedrooms 65 ... ... 1,140 ... ...
1 bedroom 6,305 ... ... 45,675 ... ...
2 bedrooms 17,050 ... ... 105,410 ... ...
3 bedrooms 29,870 ... ... 158,975 ... ...
4 or more bedrooms 15,905 ... ... 90,785 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by number of rooms - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 133 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 to 4 rooms 13,240 ... ... 87,755 ... ...
5 rooms 12,565 ... ... 64,655 ... ...
6 rooms 13,220 ... ... 66,855 ... ...
7 rooms 10,435 ... ... 57,085 ... ...
8 or more rooms 19,735 ... ... 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 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
One person or fewer per room 68,900 ... ... 399,855 ... ...
More than 1 person per room 295 ... ... 2,130 ... ...
Total - Private households by housing suitability - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 135 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Suitable 67,105 ... ... 390,445 ... ...
Not suitable 2,090 ... ... 11,540 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by period of construction - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 136 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1960 or before 23,395 ... ... 112,530 ... ...
1961 to 1980 21,180 ... ... 113,715 ... ...
1981 to 1990 9,330 ... ... 59,105 ... ...
1991 to 2000 7,060 ... ... 49,825 ... ...
2001 to 2005 2,755 ... ... 23,045 ... ...
2006 to 2010 3,080 ... ... 23,925 ... ...
2011 to 2016Census data footnote 137 2,400 ... ... 19,840 ... ...
Total - Occupied private dwellings by dwelling condition - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 138 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
Only regular maintenance or minor repairs needed 62,200 ... ... 366,615 ... ...
Major repairs needed 6,990 ... ... 35,375 ... ...
Total - Private households by number of household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 139 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
1 household maintainer 44,295 ... ... 241,800 ... ...
2 household maintainers 23,830 ... ... 152,970 ... ...
3 or more household maintainers 1,065 ... ... 7,220 ... ...
Total - Private households by age of primary household maintainers - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 140 69,195 ... ... 401,990 ... ...
15 to 24 years 1,525 ... ... 14,575 ... ...
25 to 34 years 6,045 ... ... 49,695 ... ...
35 to 44 years 8,815 ... ... 59,550 ... ...
45 to 54 years 12,560 ... ... 77,555 ... ...
55 to 64 years 16,280 ... ... 85,360 ... ...
65 to 74 years 13,790 ... ... 66,865 ... ...
75 to 84 years 7,520 ... ... 35,980 ... ...
85 years and over 2,655 ... ... 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 66,715 ... ... 395,860 ... ...
Spending less than 30% of income on shelter costs 54,325 ... ... 310,540 ... ...
Spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs 12,385 ... ... 85,315 ... ...
30% to less than 100% 11,130 ... ... 74,290 ... ...
Total - Owner households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 50,575 ... ... 273,525 ... ...
% of owner households with a mortgageCensus data footnote 142 46.3 ... ... 55.2 ... ...
% of owner households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 10.5 ... ... 12.0 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 619 ... ... 819 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for owned dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 792 ... ... 987 ... ...
Median value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 139,854 ... ... 199,886 ... ...
Average value of dwellings ($)Census data footnote 144 165,757 ... ... 230,441 ... ...
Total - Tenant households in non-farm, non-reserve private dwellings - 25% sample data 16,190 ... ... 123,060 ... ...
% of tenant households in subsidized housingCensus data footnote 145 24.1 ... ... 12.3 ... ...
% of tenant households spending 30% or more of its income on shelter costsCensus data footnote 141 43.7 ... ... 42.8 ... ...
Median monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 703 ... ... 849 ... ...
Average monthly shelter costs for rented dwellings ($)Census data footnote 143 734 ... ... 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 146 133,835 63,755 70,080 774,745 372,455 402,295
No certificate, diploma or degree 31,140 15,420 15,720 153,705 79,885 73,825
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 33,595 15,220 18,380 195,900 95,205 100,695
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 69,095 33,115 35,980 425,140 197,365 227,775
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 17,135 12,830 4,305 76,810 54,075 22,735
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 9,110 5,845 3,255 42,625 25,015 17,610
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 8,025 6,980 1,045 34,185 29,060 5,125
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 27,975 10,705 17,265 168,805 67,030 101,775
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 3,760 1,375 2,385 18,380 6,975 11,405
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 20,225 8,205 12,025 161,150 69,290 91,855
Bachelor's degree 13,750 5,335 8,410 108,385 45,185 63,205
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,725 715 1,020 9,495 4,020 5,475
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 595 360 235 4,700 2,595 2,110
Master's degree 3,435 1,415 2,025 32,645 13,840 18,805
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 715 375 335 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 80,955 38,495 42,460 494,505 237,795 256,710
No certificate, diploma or degree 11,020 6,025 4,990 60,280 34,820 25,460
Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificateCensus data footnote 147 19,715 9,020 10,695 116,280 57,600 58,675
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 50,225 23,450 26,775 317,950 145,375 172,570
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 11,605 8,665 2,940 52,370 37,255 15,115
Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 148 6,205 3,970 2,235 29,105 17,300 11,810
Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of QualificationCensus data footnote 149 5,400 4,695 705 23,265 19,955 3,310
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma 21,040 8,160 12,880 128,010 51,890 76,120
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level 2,380 905 1,470 11,595 4,325 7,275
University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above 15,205 5,725 9,480 125,970 51,905 74,065
Bachelor's degree 10,465 3,875 6,585 85,240 34,830 50,410
University certificate or diploma above bachelor level 1,140 420 720 6,895 2,610 4,285
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry 460 255 210 3,775 1,850 1,925
Master's degree 2,640 935 1,700 26,025 10,380 15,640
Earned doctorateCensus data footnote 150 505 235 265 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 151 133,830 63,755 70,075 774,750 372,455 402,295
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 64,740 30,645 34,095 349,605 175,090 174,520
Education 6,280 1,840 4,430 31,395 8,460 22,930
13. Education 6,275 1,845 4,435 31,390 8,465 22,930
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 855 455 400 10,700 5,095 5,605
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 185 160 25 2,070 1,565 505
50. Visual and performing arts 670 300 370 8,635 3,530 5,100
Humanities 2,460 1,040 1,415 18,830 7,520 11,310
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 80 40 40 1,175 355 820
23. English language and literature/letters 600 210 395 5,110 1,530 3,580
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 960 320 640 4,545 1,540 3,000
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 10 65 25 35
38. Philosophy and religious studies 110 65 45 1,240 675 565
39. Theology and religious vocations 270 165 100 2,200 1,340 860
54. History 385 220 165 3,615 1,865 1,755
55. French language and literature/letters 50 30 25 880 190 695
Social and behavioural sciences and law 5,160 1,330 3,830 40,155 11,980 28,175
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 100 30 75 635 145 490
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 310 135 175 3,285 1,260 2,025
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,685 210 1,470 9,115 750 8,365
22. Legal professions and studies 795 245 555 6,110 1,920 4,185
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 45 0 40 610 135 475
42. Psychology 1,035 225 805 8,170 2,060 6,110
45. Social sciences 1,190 475 710 12,240 5,710 6,520
Business, management and public administration 12,490 2,945 9,545 93,075 27,030 66,045
30.16 Accounting and computer science 40 20 20 205 55 150
44. Public administration and social service professions 960 160 800 6,285 1,345 4,940
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 11,490 2,760 8,725 86,590 25,630 60,960
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,590 815 775 15,340 7,650 7,685
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 515 255 260 6,910 2,990 3,925
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 495 230 265 3,340 1,455 1,880
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 20 0 25 165 35 120
40. Physical sciences 440 285 160 4,260 3,005 1,255
41. Science technologies/technicians 110 45 70 665 165 500
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,710 860 850 15,745 9,355 6,390
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,395 730 665 12,750 8,055 4,695
25. Library science 120 20 105 1,210 175 1,040
27. Mathematics and statistics 170 100 65 1,590 995 600
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 25 10 10 200 135 65
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 18,450 17,620 835 92,920 87,340 5,580
04. Architecture and related services 80 55 30 1,370 860 510
14. Engineering 1,385 1,270 120 11,925 10,290 1,640
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 3,095 2,810 285 17,805 16,110 1,695
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 10 0 10
46. Construction trades 6,125 5,950 175 24,800 24,235 570
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 5,010 4,875 130 25,465 24,680 780
48. Precision production 2,750 2,655 95 11,545 11,165 380
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,145 770 375 7,630 4,615 3,015
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 500 230 265 4,215 2,160 2,055
03. Natural resources and conservation 650 535 110 3,410 2,450 960
Health and related fields 12,680 1,875 10,805 66,770 10,595 56,175
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 380 225 155 3,560 1,730 1,825
51. Health professions and related programs 12,095 1,520 10,570 61,755 7,955 53,800
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 210 135 80 1,460 910 550
Personal, protective and transportation services 6,270 3,560 2,705 32,535 17,700 14,830
12. Personal and culinary services 3,290 840 2,450 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 75 70 10 905 850 50
43. Security and protective services 660 520 135 4,540 3,535 1,005
49. Transportation and materials moving 2,240 2,125 110 9,220 8,625 600
Other 10 0 0 45 10 40
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 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 80,955 38,500 42,455 494,505 237,795 256,710
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 152 30,730 15,050 15,680 176,560 92,420 84,135
Education 3,875 970 2,910 20,590 4,940 15,650
13. Education 3,875 965 2,905 20,585 4,940 15,650
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 675 360 315 8,145 3,855 4,285
10. Communications technologies/technicians and support services 130 110 25 1,515 1,140 375
50. Visual and performing arts 545 250 290 6,630 2,715 3,915
Humanities 1,690 665 1,030 13,745 5,275 8,465
16. Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics 55 30 20 895 280 615
23. English language and literature/letters 425 135 290 3,800 1,095 2,705
24. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities 705 230 475 3,425 1,125 2,305
30A Interdisciplinary humanitiesCensus data footnote 153 0 0 0 60 25 35
38. Philosophy and religious studies 75 45 35 910 490 420
39. Theology and religious vocations 135 75 60 1,330 795 535
54. History 265 130 135 2,710 1,340 1,370
55. French language and literature/letters 30 15 15 620 130 490
Social and behavioural sciences and law 4,215 1,015 3,205 32,650 9,150 23,500
05. Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 85 25 60 520 110 410
09. Communication, journalism and related programs 225 105 120 2,750 1,030 1,720
19. Family and consumer sciences/human sciences 1,365 165 1,200 7,395 580 6,810
22. Legal professions and studies 675 175 495 5,225 1,380 3,845
30B Interdisciplinary social and behavioural sciencesCensus data footnote 154 30 10 25 460 100 355
42. Psychology 875 170 705 6,545 1,580 4,970
45. Social sciences 955 365 595 9,755 4,360 5,390
Business, management and public administration 9,235 2,115 7,120 69,255 20,285 48,970
30.16 Accounting and computer science 30 10 15 175 40 135
44. Public administration and social service professions 800 115 680 5,140 1,025 4,120
52. Business, management, marketing and related support services 8,405 1,985 6,420 63,935 19,220 44,715
Physical and life sciences and technologies 1,130 565 570 11,075 5,385 5,690
26. Biological and biomedical sciences 410 185 225 5,285 2,240 3,045
30.01 Biological and physical sciences 365 155 205 2,390 1,030 1,360
30C Other interdisciplinary physical and life sciencesCensus data footnote 155 20 0 15 130 30 100
40. Physical sciences 285 195 95 2,910 2,005 905
41. Science technologies/technicians 55 25 30 365 85 275
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,460 725 735 13,625 8,240 5,385
11. Computer and information sciences and support services 1,215 630 585 11,505 7,330 4,170
25. Library science 95 20 75 815 115 700
27. Mathematics and statistics 130 70 60 1,130 660 470
30D Interdisciplinary mathematics, computer and information sciencesCensus data footnote 156 20 10 15 175 125 50
Architecture, engineering, and related technologies 12,855 12,210 650 67,930 63,180 4,750
04. Architecture and related services 55 40 15 1,020 585 430
14. Engineering 935 860 75 8,585 7,230 1,355
15. Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields 2,240 2,010 230 13,410 11,920 1,495
30.12 Historic preservation and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 10
46. Construction trades 4,325 4,175 150 18,355 17,835 515
47. Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians 3,425 3,330 95 18,540 17,910 625
48. Precision production 1,885 1,795 85 8,020 7,700 325
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 875 585 290 5,995 3,475 2,520
01. Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 360 160 200 3,270 1,570 1,695
03. Natural resources and conservation 515 425 90 2,725 1,905 825
Health and related fields 9,455 1,525 7,935 50,220 8,215 42,010
31. Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 295 175 120 2,730 1,350 1,380
51. Health professions and related programs 9,020 1,265 7,755 46,385 6,215 40,165
60. Dental, medical and veterinary residency programs 140 85 55 1,110 650 460
Personal, protective and transportation services 4,750 2,725 2,020 24,685 13,375 11,310
12. Personal and culinary services 2,410 600 1,810 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 30 30 10 475 435 40
43. Security and protective services 550 425 130 3,465 2,655 815
49. Transportation and materials moving 1,745 1,665 85 7,045 6,595 450
Other 10 0 10 45 10 40
30.99 Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, other 10 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 157 133,835 63,755 70,080 774,745 372,455 402,295
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 64,735 30,645 34,095 349,605 175,090 174,515
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 69,095 33,115 35,980 425,145 197,365 227,775
Location of study inside Canada 66,575 31,835 34,730 396,690 182,875 213,810
Same as province or territory of residence 57,985 27,310 30,675 315,140 141,965 173,175
Different than province or territory of residence 8,585 4,525 4,060 81,550 40,915 40,640
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 2,525 1,280 1,245 28,450 14,485 13,965
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 1,115 510 605 7,950 4,110 3,840
Philippines 160 65 100 1,530 540 995
India 75 45 30 1,755 935 825
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 330 215 115 5,530 3,225 2,305
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 190 95 95 1,080 445 635
France 20 15 10 350 210 145
Other 630 335 295 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 80,960 38,495 42,455 494,510 237,800 256,710
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 30,730 15,045 15,685 176,560 92,420 84,140
Postsecondary certificate, diploma or degreeCensus data footnote 158 50,225 23,450 26,770 317,950 145,380 172,575
Location of study inside Canada 48,575 22,675 25,905 297,430 135,465 161,965
Same as province or territory of residence 42,575 19,565 23,010 236,720 105,480 131,235
Different than province or territory of residence 6,000 3,105 2,895 60,710 29,980 30,730
Location of study outside CanadaCensus data footnote 159 1,645 780 870 20,525 9,915 10,605
United StatesCensus data footnote 160 700 280 420 4,905 2,370 2,540
Philippines 140 65 75 1,415 520 900
India 65 35 25 1,385 725 660
United KingdomCensus data footnote 161 180 105 70 3,455 1,930 1,525
ChinaCensus data footnote 162 100 60 40 810 335 475
France 0 0 0 245 140 100
Other 465 230 235 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 163 133,830 63,755 70,075 774,750 372,455 402,290
In the labour force 73,015 37,105 35,910 474,595 242,775 231,820
Employed 60,490 29,335 31,150 427,310 215,010 212,305
Unemployed 12,525 7,765 4,760 47,280 27,765 19,520
Not in the labour force 60,820 26,650 34,165 300,155 129,680 170,475
Participation rate 54.6 58.2 51.2 61.3 65.2 57.6
Employment rate 45.2 46.0 44.5 55.2 57.7 52.8
Unemployment rate 17.2 20.9 13.3 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 164 133,830 63,755 70,080 774,750 372,455 402,295
Did not workCensus data footnote 165 55,925 24,240 31,685 274,375 117,550 156,825
Worked 77,910 39,515 38,395 500,370 254,905 245,465
Worked full year, full timeCensus data footnote 166 32,500 16,085 16,415 252,820 135,940 116,880
Worked part year and/or part timeCensus data footnote 167 45,405 23,425 21,980 247,550 118,965 128,585
Average weeks worked in reference year 37.8 36.4 39.2 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 73,015 37,100 35,910 474,590 242,775 231,820
Class of worker - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,065 885 9,265 4,800 4,470
All classes of workersCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 465,330 237,975 227,350
Employee 65,760 32,450 33,315 420,745 210,170 210,570
Self-employedCensus data footnote 171 5,300 3,585 1,715 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 73,015 37,105 35,910 474,595 242,775 231,820
Occupation - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,070 885 9,265 4,800 4,470
All occupationsCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 465,330 237,975 227,350
0 Management occupations 5,150 3,090 2,060 45,530 27,170 18,365
1 Business, finance and administration occupations 8,890 1,925 6,965 67,495 17,930 49,565
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 2,745 2,315 440 27,450 21,980 5,465
3 Health occupations 6,785 1,120 5,665 37,600 6,290 31,310
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 8,390 2,660 5,730 58,165 20,975 37,185
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 1,440 585 860 12,490 5,560 6,930
6 Sales and service occupations 18,425 6,905 11,520 113,135 45,385 67,750
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 11,990 11,475 520 67,625 64,200 3,430
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 4,745 4,050 695 18,380 15,730 2,650
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 2,495 1,925 570 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 73,015 37,105 35,915 474,595 242,775 231,820
Industry - NAICS2012 - not applicableCensus data footnote 169 1,955 1,070 890 9,265 4,795 4,465
All industry categoriesCensus data footnote 170 71,060 36,035 35,025 465,330 237,975 227,350
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 4,180 3,400 780 17,775 14,165 3,610
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,565 1,400 165 4,025 3,630 390
22 Utilities 605 540 55 2,880 2,115 760
23 Construction 6,195 5,585 610 33,555 30,185 3,370
31-33 Manufacturing 3,655 2,680 970 32,375 23,565 8,810
41 Wholesale trade 1,200 905 295 13,345 9,650 3,690
44-45 Retail trade 9,060 3,865 5,195 59,570 26,295 33,280
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 2,815 2,200 615 19,660 14,980 4,680
51 Information and cultural industries 930 525 405 9,310 5,250 4,055
52 Finance and insurance 1,305 360 940 15,240 5,690 9,545
53 Real estate and rental and leasing 645 435 210 6,870 3,890 2,980
54 Professional, scientific and technical services 2,205 1,205 1,000 26,065 14,090 11,975
55 Management of companies and enterprises 20 10 10 625 255 365
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 3,570 2,145 1,420 22,240 12,950 9,295
61 Educational services 6,165 2,110 4,055 35,480 11,705 23,780
62 Health care and social assistance 11,580 1,855 9,730 64,390 10,435 53,955
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,635 740 895 9,385 4,555 4,835
72 Accommodation and food services 5,850 1,880 3,975 33,115 12,095 21,025
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,925 1,495 1,430 19,195 8,875 10,320
91 Public administration 4,965 2,700 2,265 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 60,485 29,340 31,150 427,310 215,010 212,300
Worked at home 3,060 1,570 1,490 28,075 13,780 14,300
Worked outside Canada 130 90 40 1,665 1,185 485
No fixed workplace address 8,070 6,125 1,945 51,545 38,965 12,575
Worked at usual place 49,235 21,560 27,685 346,020 161,075 184,945
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 49,235 21,555 27,680 346,020 161,075 184,945
Commute within census subdivision (CSD) of residence 37,100 15,540 21,560 251,000 116,125 134,875
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) within census division (CD) of residence 6,180 2,380 3,800 57,510 23,850 33,655
Commute to a different census subdivision (CSD) and census division (CD) within province or territory of residence 4,520 2,505 2,015 32,230 17,425 14,805
Commute to a different province or territory 1,435 1,130 310 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 57,300 27,680 29,620 397,570 200,045 197,525
Car, truck, van - as a driver 47,575 22,750 24,825 310,240 159,660 150,580
Car, truck, van - as a passenger 4,665 2,000 2,670 29,150 12,090 17,055
Public transit 1,245 875 365 25,315 11,425 13,890
Walked 2,630 1,215 1,415 24,870 11,635 13,235
Bicycle 95 65 35 2,480 1,695 785
Other method 1,090 770 315 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 57,305 27,680 29,620 397,565 200,045 197,525
Less than 15 minutes 26,135 11,305 14,835 136,245 62,375 73,880
15 to 29 minutes 18,995 9,125 9,870 145,310 73,055 72,260
30 to 44 minutes 7,530 4,180 3,350 69,795 37,770 32,025
45 to 59 minutes 2,255 1,345 910 24,405 13,070 11,335
60 minutes and over 2,385 1,730 655 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 57,300 27,680 29,620 397,570 200,045 197,520
Between 5 a.m. and 5:59 a.m. 3,680 2,590 1,085 23,775 16,345 7,430
Between 6 a.m. and 6:59 a.m. 9,920 5,325 4,590 76,185 44,615 31,570
Between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. 15,655 7,815 7,835 119,920 60,740 59,185
Between 8 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. 13,590 4,825 8,770 83,505 32,835 50,670
Between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. 4,980 1,800 3,175 35,470 14,005 21,465
Between 12 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 9,480 5,320 4,160 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 80,215 40,635 39,585 514,080 261,365 252,710
Single responses 79,535 40,325 39,205 510,800 259,940 250,860
Official languages 78,845 39,950 38,900 509,100 258,990 250,105
English 77,690 39,440 38,250 502,960 256,380 246,585
French 1,160 505 650 6,135 2,615 3,525
Non-official languages 690 380 310 1,705 950 755
Aboriginal languages 630 345 285 650 350 295
Algonquian languages 630 345 285 650 355 295
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 630 350 285 645 350 290
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 630 345 285 645 355 295
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 60 35 30 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 20 10 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 10 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Gaelic 10 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 10 190 115 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 10 10 10 155 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 10 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 10 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 10 10 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 25 15 10 310 165 145
Chinese languages 20 10 10 305 165 145
Cantonese 20 10 0 80 45 35
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 0 0 0 210 105 110
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 685 305 375 3,270 1,420 1,850
English and French 505 220 280 2,295 950 1,345
English and non-official language 175 85 90 930 460 470
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 80,215 40,635 39,580 514,075 261,365 252,710
None 76,425 38,830 37,595 491,875 250,710 241,170
English 1,265 605 660 5,115 2,370 2,745
French 1,570 775 800 13,405 6,555 6,855
Non-official language 915 405 505 3,430 1,600 1,825
Aboriginal 685 300 390 855 365 490
Non-Aboriginal 225 100 120 2,570 1,240 1,330
English and French 0 0 0 10 0 10
English and non-official language 10 0 0 0 10 0
French and non-official language 40 20 15 230 130 105
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 180 154,750 74,510 80,240 900,450 436,790 463,660
Non-movers 142,090 68,365 73,720 792,100 384,560 407,535
Movers 12,665 6,140 6,525 108,350 52,230 56,120
Non-migrants 8,450 4,020 4,430 68,165 32,930 35,235
Migrants 4,210 2,120 2,085 40,185 19,300 20,885
Internal migrants 3,795 1,930 1,865 33,720 16,055 17,665
Intraprovincial migrants 2,000 995 1,005 18,480 8,390 10,090
Interprovincial migrants 1,800 940 860 15,240 7,665 7,570
External migrants 415 185 225 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 181 149,350 71,790 77,560 866,425 419,580 446,845
Non-movers 115,055 55,385 59,670 582,705 283,125 299,575
Movers 34,300 16,410 17,885 283,720 136,455 147,265
Non-migrants 22,470 10,585 11,885 169,570 81,405 88,165
Migrants 11,825 5,825 6,005 114,150 55,045 59,100
Internal migrants 10,475 5,125 5,350 94,885 45,015 49,860
Intraprovincial migrants 5,755 2,735 3,020 50,330 23,230 27,095
Interprovincial migrants 4,720 2,385 2,330 44,555 21,785 22,770
External migrants 1,355 700 655 19,270 10,035 9,240

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Zone 3 - Eastern [Health region, December 2017], 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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