A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 5 - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2006 (Canada and Montreal) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| Population living in poverty | Canada | Montreal |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Mother tongue |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Single responses |
96% |
99% |
95% |
98% |
| - English |
21% |
59% |
9% |
12% |
| - French |
4% |
27% |
16% |
69% |
| - Non-official languages |
72% |
12% |
70% |
17% |
| Multiple responses |
4% |
1% |
5% |
2% |
| - English and French |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| - English and non-official language |
3% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
| - French and non-official language |
1% |
0% |
3% |
1% |
| - English, French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Language spoken most often at home |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Single responses |
93% |
99% |
90% |
97% |
| - English |
33% |
66% |
14% |
16% |
| - French |
6% |
26% |
27% |
71% |
| - Non-official languages |
54% |
6% |
49% |
10% |
| Multiple responses |
7% |
1% |
10% |
3% |
| - English and French |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
| - English and non-official language |
5% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| - French and non-official language |
1% |
0% |
6% |
1% |
| - English, French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
| Table 5 - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2006 (Toronto and Vancouver) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| Population living in poverty | Toronto | Vancouver |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Mother tongue |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Single responses |
97% |
98% |
97% |
99% |
| - English |
27% |
63% |
12% |
81% |
| - French |
0% |
2% |
0% |
2% |
| - Non-official languages |
69% |
34% |
85% |
16% |
| Multiple responses |
3% |
2% |
3% |
1% |
| - English and French |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| - English and non-official language |
3% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
| - French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| - English, French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Language spoken most often at home |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Single responses |
94% |
97% |
94% |
99% |
| - English |
40% |
77% |
25% |
92% |
| - French |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
| - Non-official languages |
53% |
19% |
69% |
7% |
| Multiple responses |
6% |
3% |
6% |
1% |
| - English and French |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| - English and non-official language |
6% |
3% |
6% |
1% |
| - French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| - English, French and non-official language |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Note: Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's after-tax low income cut-offs (LICOs). The LICOs are only available for persons in private households in the ten provinces. That means the data presented above does not include residents of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, persons living on Indian reserves and residents of institutions.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2009. Special tabulation, based on 2006 Census. Calculations by the National Council of Welfare.
