Correction – Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: "Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data" variable (stubset)

Product affected

Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population (Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001): "Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data" variable (stubset)

Revised date

September 21, 2022

Issue

Statistics Canada detected an error in the 2021 Census Profile data released on August 17, 2022. More specifically, the error has an impact on the data in the "Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data" variable (stubset) in the following categories: "Non-Indigenous languages, Afro-Asiatic languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e., Niger-Congo languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages". Please note the individual language categories and their respective counts are not impacted.

Resolution

The "Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data" variable (stubset) in the following categories: "Non-Indigenous languages, Afro-Asiatic languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e., Niger-Congo languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages" and the comprehensive download files have been corrected.