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2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Selected Language Characteristics (165), Registered Indian Status (3), Age Groups (7) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Selected language characteristics (165) Registered Indian status (3)
Total - Registered Indian status Registered Indian 1 Not a Registered Indian
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. REGISTERED INDIAN
    Registered or Treaty Indian: The expression 'Registered Indian' refers to those persons who reported they were registered under the Indian Act of Canada. Treaty Indians are persons who are registered under the Indian Act and can prove descent from a band that signed a treaty.

    The Registered Indian counts in this table may differ from the administrative counts maintained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, with the most important causes of these differences being the incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements as well as methodological and conceptual differences between the two sources.
  2. TOTAL POPULATION BY DETAILED 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.
  3. TOTAL - SINGLE RESPONSES
    Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language as their mother tongue.
  4. TOTAL MULTIPLE RESPONSES
    Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language as their mother tongue.
  5. ENGLISH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
  6. FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
  7. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language as their mother tongue.
  8. TOTAL POPULATION BY DETAILED LANGUAGE SPOKEN MOST OFTEN AT HOME
    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.
  9. TOTAL - SINGLE RESPONSES
    Indicates the number of persons who reported only one language spoken most often at home.
  10. TOTAL MULTIPLE RESPONSES
    Indicates the number of persons who reported more than one language spoken most often at home.
  11. ENGLISH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
  12. FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
  13. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE
    Indicates the number of persons who reported English, French and one Aboriginal language spoken most often at home.
  14. TOTAL POPULATION BY KNOWLEDGE OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
    Refers to the ability to conduct a conversation in an Aboriginal language.
  15. TOTAL - SINGLE RESPONSES
    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).
  16. TOTAL MULTIPLE RESPONSES
    Indicates the number of persons who reported multiple official and/or non-official languages.
  17. ENGLISH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE(S)
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English and at least one Aboriginal language.
  18. FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE(S)
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of French and at least one Aboriginal language.
  19. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE(S)
    Indicates the number of persons who reported knowledge of English, French and at least one Aboriginal language.
Warning Data quality note(s)
  • Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
Total population by detailed mother tongue 2 903,090 12,420 890,670
Total - Single responses 3 899,270 12,115 887,150
English 832,105 7,895 824,210
French 32,540 145 32,390
Non-official languages 34,625 4,075 30,545
Aboriginal languages 4,150 4,075 80
Algonquian languages 4,115 4,060 55
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 10 10 0
Malecite 35 15 20
Mi'kmaq 4,060 4,025 30
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 10 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 10 0 10
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 10 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 10 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 10 15
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 15 0 10
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Other single responses 30,470 0 30,470
Total multiple responses 4 3,820 305 3,515
English and Aboriginal language 5 270 260 15
French and Aboriginal language 6 10 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language 7 0 0 0
Other multiple responses 3,540 45 3,500
Total population by detailed language spoken most often at home 8 903,090 12,425 890,670
Total - Single responses 9 899,550 12,190 887,360
English 866,685 9,625 857,060
French 17,165 45 17,115
Non-official languages 15,700 2,515 13,180
Aboriginal languages 2,515 2,510 10
Algonquian languages 2,520 2,515 0
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 10 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 2,505 2,500 10
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other single responses 13,180 0 13,175
Total multiple responses 10 3,540 235 3,305
English and Aboriginal language 11 210 210 0
French and Aboriginal language 12 0 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language 13 0 0 0
Other multiple responses 3,330 30 3,305
Total population by knowledge of Aboriginal languages 14 903,090 12,425 890,665
Total - Single responses 15 770,820 7,000 763,815
English 768,540 6,950 761,590
French 935 0 935
Non-official languages 1,340 50 1,290
Aboriginal languages 50 50 0
Algonquian languages 50 50 0
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 45 45 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Other single responses 1,290 0 1,290
Total multiple responses 16 132,270 5,420 126,850
English and Aboriginal language(s) 17 4,905 4,780 120
French and Aboriginal language(s) 18 0 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language(s) 19 85 50 35
Other multiple responses 127,285 590 126,695
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada catalogue no. 97-558-XCB2006018 (Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse, Code12)
Date Modified: 2011-04-07

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