Diversity

Heritage

Due to the small size of the population, discrepancies introduced by the round to 5 policy of Census Canada, and the 25% sample used, we are unable to determine the true list of backgrounds on the island. We do know that we have people from a wide variety of countries living here.

Proportion of Indigenous Identity

Languages

  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Iranian Persian
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin
  • Polish
  • Slovene
  • Spanish
  • Thai
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Iranian Languages (Not specified)
  • Japanese
  • Slovene
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Yiddish

*These are the languages reported by Census Canada, however, there are anecdotal reports of other languages.

Generations in Canada

All information obtained from Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released March 29, 2023. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed September 6, 2023).