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Language spoken most often at home by immigrant status and broad age groups, 2006 counts, for census subdivisions (municipalities) with 5,000-plus population - 20% sample data

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Language spoken most often at home Total population1 Non-immigrant population2 Immigrant population3
Total Age 0 to 16 Age 17 and over Total Age 0 to 16 Age 17 and over Total Age 0 to 16 Age 17 and over
Notes:
  1. The total population count includes the non-immigrant population, the immigrant population and the non-permanent resident population. The non-permanent resident population is not shown separately in this table.
  2. Non-immigrants are persons who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most Canadian citizens by birth were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents.
  3. Immigrants are persons who are, or have ever been, landed immigrants in Canada. A landed immigrant is a person who has been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Some immigrants have resided in Canada for a number of years, while others are more recent arrivals. Most immigrants are born outside Canada, but a small number were born in Canada. Includes immigrants who landed in Canada prior to Census Day, May 16, 2006.
  4. All Aboriginal languages are grouped together. For a detailed breakdown of Aboriginal languages, refer to Figure 9A in the 2006 Census Dictionary. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix G in the 2006 Census Dictionary.
  5. All Chinese languages are grouped together. For a detailed breakdown of Chinese languages, refer to Figure 9F in the 2006 Census Dictionary. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix G in the 2006 Census Dictionary.
  6. This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix G in the 2006 Census Dictionary.
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Total 5,395 1,120 4,275 5,355 1,115 4,235 35 0 30
Single responses 5,385 1,120 4,265 5,345 1,120 4,230 30 0 35
English 5,365 1,120 4,245 5,320 1,115 4,210 35 0 35
French 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-official languages 25 0 20 25 0 25 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portuguese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spanish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
German 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arabic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bengali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kurdish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese languages5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creoles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urdu 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 0 0
Other languages6 15 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0
Multiple responses 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0
English and French 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0
French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Date Modified: 2009-03-27

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