Census 2021 - Census Tracts - Languages

2021 Census data at the Census Tract level covering the Languages release theme of the Census, specifically Language Spoken Most Often at Home and Mother Tongue. A Census Tract (CT) is about the size of a neighbourhood in urban areas. 282 Census Tracts cover Peel Region. Census Tract (CT) level data from the 2021 Census Program. Includes most of the information released as part of the Complete Profiles for the Languages release. Due to the complexity of the data, changes were made to the field names in order to accommodate the limitations of the database. This makes some uses harder as it requires careful use of the field names and totals to provide accurate values and analysis.

  • Knowledge of official language - means that the person can have a simple conversation in either or both English and French.
  • Language spoken most often at home - what a person uses most often in their house when conversing with someone else in their home.  For a child that can't yet speak, it's the language that's most often spoken to the child.
  • Mother tongue - is the language first learned in childhood and still understood by the person.

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Last Updated March 24, 2026, 20:53 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 20:53 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
Census 2021 - Census Tracts - Languages
Description
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2021 Census data at the Census Tract level covering the Languages release theme of the Census, specifically Language Spoken Most Often at Home and Mother Tongue. A Census Tract (CT) is about the size of a neighbourhood in urban areas. 282 Census Tracts cover Peel Region. Census Tract (CT) level data from the 2021 Census Program. Includes most of the information released as part of the Complete Profiles for the Languages release. Due to the complexity of the data, changes were made to the field names in order to accommodate the limitations of the database. This makes some uses harder as it requires careful use of the field names and totals to provide accurate values and analysis.

  • Knowledge of official language - means that the person can have a simple conversation in either or both English and French.
  • Language spoken most often at home - what a person uses most often in their house when conversing with someone else in their home.  For a child that can't yet speak, it's the language that's most often spoken to the child.
  • Mother tongue - is the language first learned in childhood and still understood by the person.
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
5712.0
Metadata Identifier
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e339985a4a2b4bd9bfd4944dd64adb55
Published Date
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2022-08-23
Time Period Data Span (start date)
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Access category
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public
License
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Statistics Canada Open License
Limits on use
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Location
Location of the dataset.
https://data.peelregion.ca/datasets/RegionofPeel::census-2021-census-tracts-languages
Data Service
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
[email protected]_RegionofPeel
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Regional Municipality of Peel
Contact Point Email
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http://www.peelregion.ca/
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Regional Municipality of Peel
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
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[email protected]_RegionofPeel
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2022-08-23
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
e339985a4a2b4bd9bfd4944dd64adb55
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
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https://data.peelregion.ca/datasets/RegionofPeel::census-2021-census-tracts-languages
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Contains Indigenous Data
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None
Source
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None
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Statistics Canada
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
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