Profile of Total Language of Work by Dissemination Area, 2021 Census
To illustrate the overall population, as well as the population breakdown by language most commonly spoken at work for York Region Dissemination Area.
This table of language of work profile information was extracted from the Statistics Canada website. It contains the information gathered during the 2021Census with respect to the population within a Dissemination Area and the breakdown of this population by language most commonly spoken at work. This data covers the Dissemination Area in York Region only.
Statistics Canada has suppressed the profiles for certain areas due to very low population count. Suppressed areas will appear as NULL values in the attribute table.
For more information on 2021Census information: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=York&DGUIDlist=2021A00033519&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0
Please exercise caution if using dissemination areas to roll up (aggregate) to other levels of census geographies, due to greater suppression applied by Statistics Canada at dissemination area.
Interested in viewing and interacting with this data even more? Visit the York Region Census Explorer Dashboard to gain high level insights from this data at the municipal and regional level for York Region.
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| Last Updated | September 23, 2026, 09:09 (UTC) |
| Created | March 24, 2026, 22:37 (UTC) |
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Profile of Total Language of Work by Dissemination Area, 2021 Census |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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To illustrate the overall population, as well as the population breakdown by language most commonly spoken at work for York Region Dissemination Area. This table of language of work profile information was extracted from the Statistics Canada website. It contains the information gathered during the 2021Census with respect to the population within a Dissemination Area and the breakdown of this population by language most commonly spoken at work. This data covers the Dissemination Area in York Region only. Statistics Canada has suppressed the profiles for certain areas due to very low population count. Suppressed areas will appear as NULL values in the attribute table. For more information on 2021Census information: https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/download-telecharger.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=York&DGUIDlist=2021A00033519&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 Please exercise caution if using dissemination areas to roll up (aggregate) to other levels of census geographies, due to greater suppression applied by Statistics Canada at dissemination area. Interested in viewing and interacting with this data even more? Visit the York Region Census Explorer Dashboard to gain high level insights from this data at the municipal and regional level for York Region. |
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
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9792.0 |
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2023-01-09 |
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Access category
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public |
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License
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License not specified |
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Limits on use
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Location
Location of the dataset.
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https://insights-york.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/york::profile-of-total-language-of-work-by-dissemination-area-2021-census |
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Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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YorkMunicipalGovt |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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The Regional Municipality of York |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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The Regional Municipality of York |
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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YorkMunicipalGovt |
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Email of the author.
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2025-08-01 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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083bf9c60f364e1a8d3c17b8557db559 |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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English |
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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https://insights-york.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/york::profile-of-total-language-of-work-by-dissemination-area-2021-census |
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Globally Unique Identifier
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Contains Indigenous Data
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Source
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
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The Regional Municipality of York |
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Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
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1184 |
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Number of data columns
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333 |
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Number of data cells
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