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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Aboriginal Identity (5), Selected Language Characteristics (21), Age Groups (12), Sex (3) and Inuit Area of Residence (11) for Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Selected language characteristics (21) Aboriginal identity (5)
Total - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal identity population 2 Total Aboriginal identity population 3 Inuit single response Other Aboriginal identity population 4 Non-Aboriginal identity population
Note(s) :
  1. TOTAL - INUIT AREA OF RESIDENCE
    'Total - Inuit area of residence' refers to the following types of geographic areas: Inuit Nunaat (Inuit regions), urban census metropolitan area, urban non-census metropolitan area and rural area. These geographic areas can be used to show where the Inuit population is residing.

    An urban area has a minimum population concentration of 1,000 persons and a population density of at least 400 persons per square kilometer, based on the current census population count. All territory outside urban areas is classified as rural.

    A census metropolitan area (CMA) is a large urban area and has a population of at least 100,000.

    Urban non-census metropolitan areas are smaller urban areas with a population of less than 100,000.

    Rural areas include remote and wilderness areas and agricultural lands, as well as small towns, villages and other populated places with a population of less than 1,000.

    Additional information on the geographic units can be obtained from the 2006 Census Dictionary.
  2. TOTAL - ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
    This is a grouping of the total population into non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal population, with Aboriginal persons further divided into Inuit and other Aboriginal groups, based on their responses to three questions on the 2006 Census form.
  3. TOTAL ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
    Included in the Aboriginal identity population are those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
  4. OTHER ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
    Includes persons who reported single responses of North American Indian, single responses of Métis, multiple Aboriginal responses and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
  5. TOTAL POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE
    Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census.
  6. INUKTITUT AND ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH
    Indicates the number of persons who reported Inuktitut and English and/or French as their mother tongue.
  7. TOTAL - OTHER
    Indicates the number of persons who reported a language or languages other than Inuktitut as their mother tongue.
  8. ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English and/or French as their mother tongue. This also includes persons who reported English and/or French in combination with another language (other than Inuktitut) as their mother tongue.
  9. OTHER LANGUAGE ONLY
    Indicates the number of persons who reported a language other than Inuktitut, English and French as their mother tongue.
  10. TOTAL POPULATION BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME
    Refers to the language spoken most often at home by the individual at the time of the census.
  11. INUKTITUT AND ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH
    Indicates the number of persons who reported Inuktitut and English and/or French as their language spoken most often at home.
  12. ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English and/or French as their language spoken most often at home. This also includes persons who reported English and/or French in combination with another language (other than Inuktitut).
  13. OTHER LANGUAGE ONLY
    Indicates the number of persons who reported a language other than Inuktitut, English or French as their language spoken most often at home.
  14. TOTAL POPULATION BY KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
    Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in Inuktitut.
  15. INUKTITUT AND OTHER LANGUAGE(S)
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of Inuktitut and at least one other language (including English and/or French and/or another language).
  16. ENGLISH AND/OR FRENCH
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English and/or French. This also includes persons who reported knowledge of English and/or French in combination with another language (other than Inuktitut).
  17. OTHER LANGUAGE(S) ONLY
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of a language other than Inuktitut, English, and French.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total population by mother tongue 5 31,241,030 1,172,790 50,480 1,122,310 30,068,245
Total - Inuktitut 32,965 32,490 32,210 280 475
Inuktitut only 32,380 31,925 31,675 250 455
Inuktitut and English and/or French 6 585 565 535 30 15
Total - Other 7 31,208,065 1,140,300 18,270 1,122,025 30,067,765
English and/or French 8 25,092,605 964,670 17,820 946,845 24,127,930
Other language only 9 6,115,460 175,625 445 175,180 5,939,830
Total population by language spoken most often at home 10 31,241,030 1,172,790 50,480 1,122,310 30,068,240
Total - Inuktitut 25,980 25,635 25,465 175 345
Inuktitut only 25,355 25,040 24,885 150 320
Inuktitut and English and/or French 11 625 595 575 20 30
Total - Other 31,215,050 1,147,155 25,020 1,122,135 30,067,895
English and/or French 12 27,768,280 1,043,320 24,680 1,018,640 26,724,955
Other language only 13 3,446,770 103,835 335 103,495 3,342,935
Total population by knowledge of languages 14 31,241,030 1,172,790 50,480 1,122,310 30,068,240
Total - Inuktitut 36,260 35,075 34,685 390 1,185
Inuktitut only 4,715 4,645 4,610 35 65
Inuktitut and other language(s) 15 31,545 30,430 30,070 355 1,125
Total - Other 31,204,770 1,137,715 15,795 1,121,920 30,067,055
English and/or French 16 30,689,110 1,129,470 15,745 1,113,720 29,559,640
Other language(s) only 17 515,665 8,245 50 8,200 507,415
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-558-XCB2006024 (Canada, Code01)
Date Modified: 2011-07-04

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