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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations
Selected Language Characteristics (165), Registered Indian Status (3), Age Groups (7), Sex (3) and Area of Residence (6) for the Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
Variable: Selected language characteristics (165)
Definition
No definition is available for this variable.
Values
- Total population by detailed mother tongue
- Total - Single responses
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses
- English and Aboriginal language
- French and Aboriginal language
- English, French and Aboriginal language
- Other multiple responses
- Total population by detailed language spoken most often at home
- Total - Single responses
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses
- English and Aboriginal language
- French and Aboriginal language
- English, French and Aboriginal language
- Other multiple responses
- Total population by knowledge of Aboriginal languages
- Total - Single responses
- English
- French
- Non-official languages
- Aboriginal languages
- Algonquian languages
- Algonquin
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Malecite
- Mi'kmaq
- Montagnais-Naskapi
- Ojibway
- Oji-Cree
- Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
- Athapaskan languages
- Carrier
- Chilcotin
- Chipewyan
- Dene
- Dogrib
- Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
- North Slave (Hare)
- South Slave
- Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
- Haida
- Iroquoian languages
- Mohawk
- Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
- Kutenai
- Salish languages
- Shuswap
- Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
- Salish languages, n.i.e.
- Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian languages
- Gitksan
- Nisga'a
- Tsimshian
- Wakashan languages
- Nootka
- Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
- Inuktitut
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut, n.i.e.
- Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
- Other single responses
- Total multiple responses
- English and Aboriginal language(s)
- French and Aboriginal language(s)
- English, French and Aboriginal language(s)
- Other multiple responses
Note(s)
| Number | Stub |
|---|---|
| 1. | Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census. |
| 2. | Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language as their mother tongue. |
| 51. | Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language as their mother tongue. |
| 52. | Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue. |
| 53. | Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue. |
| 54. | Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue. |
| 56. | Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census. The data on home language shown in this table are not comparable to data found in similar tables produced for the 2001 Census when home language referred to the language spoken most often at home and the language spoken on a regular basis at home. |
| 57. | Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language spoken most often at home. |
| 106. | Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language spoken most often at home. |
| 107. | Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home. |
| 108. | Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home. |
| 109. | Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home. |
| 111. | Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in an Aboriginal language. |
| 112. | Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of only one language, either as an official or a non-official language. For example, the category 'English' includes persons who reported knowledge of English only without reporting knowledge of any non-official language(s). |
| 161. | Indicates the number of persons who reported multiple official and/or non-official languages. |
| 162. | Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English and at least one Aboriginal language. |
| 163. | Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of French and at least one Aboriginal language. |
| 164. | Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English, French and at least one Aboriginal language. |
