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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Language Used Most Often at Work (8), Other Language Used Regularly at Work (9), Mother Tongue (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (13), Attendance at School (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2005 of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Language used most often at work (8) Other language used regularly at work (9)
Total - Other language used regularly at work None English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Note(s) :
  1. Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
    There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
  1. TOTAL - HIGHEST CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA OR DEGREE
    'Highest certificate, diploma or degree' refers to the highest certificate, diploma or degree completed based on a hierarchy which is generally related to the amount of time spent 'in-class'. For postsecondary completers, a university education is considered to be a higher level of schooling than a college education, while a college education is considered to be a higher level of education than in the trades. Although some trades requirements may take as long or longer to complete than a given college or university program, the majority of time is spent in on-the-job paid training and less time is spent in the classroom.

    Census questions relating to education changed substantially between 2001 and 2006, principally to reflect developments in Canada's education system. These changes improved the quality of data and provided more precise information on the level of educational attainment as well as fields of study.

    However, users should be aware that changes to the education portion of the 2006 Census questionnaire have affected the comparability of some 2006 Census data with data from previous censuses. More information on the historical comparability of specific categories of 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree' is available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, catalogue number 97-560-GWE2006003.
  2. TOTAL - ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL
    Attendance at school could have been either full time or part time.
    Note: Data quality - Attendance at school

    A new version of the school attendance question was used in the 2006 Census. Studies on data certification showed important variations with previous censuses and with the Labour Force Survey. It appears that the 2006 Census could have overestimated the school attendance for the population aged 45 years or over.

    We recommend users of the attendance at school variable interpret the 2006 Census results with caution.

    For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

    More information is available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, catalogue number 97-560-GWE2006003.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
Total - Language used most often at work 18,418,100 15,997,300 1,213,585 700,790 457,930 2,285 18,195 27,830 180
English 14,064,105 12,926,120 0 692,815 417,675 0 0 27,500 0
French 3,724,970 2,593,115 1,097,660 0 18,350 0 15,850 0 0
Non-official language 273,830 142,055 114,980 6,195 5,745 2,285 2,290 100 185
English and French 252,295 240,370 0 0 11,925 0 0 0 0
English and non-official language 86,815 81,220 0 1,780 3,580 0 0 240 0
French and non-official language 5,060 3,995 940 0 65 0 60 0 0
English, French and non-official language 11,020 10,425 0 0 600 0 0 0 0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006056 (Canada, Code01)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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