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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, Ontario

Map of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, CMA - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

In 2011, the population of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury census metropolitan area (CMA) was 160,770, representing a percentage change of 1.6% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CMAs of 7.4%.

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, the land area is 3,410.62 square kilometres with a population density of 47.1 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the national land area of 8,965,121.42 square kilometres with a population density of 3.7 persons per square kilometre. The land area of all CMAs is 92,648.98 square kilometres with 249.58 persons per square kilometre.

In total, there were 67,767 private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury in 2011. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 4.1%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Census subdivisions in the Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury CMA

Table 1 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury CMA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	2011	2006	% change
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	CV	160,274	157,857	1.5
Whitefish Lake 6	IRI	394	349	12.9
Wahnapitei 11	IRI	102	52	96.2

Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or census agglomerations (CAs) in Ontario

Table 2 Ontario – Metropolitan areas, population rank and population change, 2006 to 2011
CMA or CA name	Type	Population			Rank
CMA or CA name	Type	2011	2006	% change	Nat.	Prov.
Toronto	CMA	5,583,064	5,113,149	9.2	1	1
Ottawa - Gatineau	CMA	1,236,324	1,133,633 A	9.1	4	···
Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		314,501	286,831 A	9.6	···	3
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario)		921,823	846,802	8.9	···	2
Hamilton	CMA	721,053	692,911	4.1	9	3
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo	CMA	477,160	451,235	5.7	10	4
London	CMA	474,786	457,720	3.7	11	5
St. Catharines - Niagara	CMA	392,184	390,317	0.5	12	6
Oshawa	CMA	356,177	330,594	7.7	14	7
Windsor	CMA	319,246	323,342	-1.3	16	8
Barrie	CMA	187,013	177,061	5.6	21	9
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	CMA	160,770	158,258	1.6	24	10
Kingston	CMA	159,561	152,358	4.7	25	11
Guelph	CMA	141,097	133,698 A	5.5	28	12
Brantford	CMA	135,501	124,607	8.7	30	13
Thunder Bay	CMA	121,596	122,907	-1.1	32	14
Peterborough	CMA	118,975	116,570	2.1	33	15
Chatham-Kent	CA	104,075	108,589	-4.2	35	16
Belleville	CA	92,540	91,518	1.1	40	17
Sarnia	CA	89,555	88,793	0.9	44	18
Sault Ste. Marie †	CA	79,800	80,098	-0.4	47	19
Kawartha Lakes	CA	73,214	74,561	-1.8	49	20
North Bay	CA	64,043	63,424	1.0	53	21
Norfolk	CA	63,175	62,563	1.0	54	22
Cornwall	CA	58,957	58,485	0.8	55	23
Leamington	CA	49,765	49,741	0.0	63	24
Timmins	CA	43,165	42,997	0.4	69	25
Orillia	CA	40,731	40,532	0.5	73	26
Brockville	CA	39,024	39,668	-1.6	75	27
Woodstock	CA	37,754	35,822 A	5.4	76	28
Midland	CA	35,419	35,432 A	0.0	79	29
Owen Sound	CA	32,092	32,259	-0.5	85	30
Stratford	CA	30,886	30,516 A	1.2	86	31
Centre Wellington	CA	26,693	26,049	2.5	95	32
Pembroke	CA	24,017	23,195	3.5	102	33
Collingwood	CA	19,241	17,290	11.3	106	34
Cobourg	CA	18,519	18,210	1.7	109	35
Port Hope	CA	16,214	16,390	-1.1	121	36
Petawawa	CA	15,988	14,651	9.1	123	37
Kenora	CA	15,348	15,177	1.1	125	38
Tillsonburg	CA	15,301	14,822	3.2	126	39
Temiskaming Shores	CA	13,566	13,654 A	-0.6	129	40
Ingersoll	CA	12,146	11,760	3.3	142	41
Hawkesbury	CA	12,128	12,267	-1.1	143	···
Hawkesbury (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		1,577	1,398	12.8	···	31
Hawkesbury (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario)		10,551	10,869	-2.9	···	43
Elliot Lake	CA	11,348	11,549	-1.7	146	42

Age and sex

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Age distribution

Chart C: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Population by broad age groups

Table 3 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	15.6%	16.4%	14.9%
15 to 64	68.3%	69.2%	67.5%
65 and over	16.1%	14.5%	17.6%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury was 16.1%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 68.3% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 15.6%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 4 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Population by broad age groups and sex, and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses
Broad age groups by sex	Population
Broad age groups by sex	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	160,770	158,260	2,510	1.6
0 to 14	25,095	26,680	-1,585	-5.9
15 to 64	109,845	108,075	1,770	1.6
65 and over	25,835	23,505	2,330	9.9
Males
Total	78,480	76,875	1,605	2.1
0 to 14	12,850	13,630	-780	-5.7
15 to 64	54,280	53,010	1,270	2.4
65 and over	11,350	10,230	1,120	10.9
Females
Total	82,290	81,385	905	1.1
0 to 14	12,240	13,050	-810	-6.2
15 to 64	55,560	55,055	505	0.9
65 and over	14,485	13,270	1,215	9.2

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 5 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	160,770	78,480	82,290
0 to 4 years	8,080	4,150	3,930
5 to 9 years	8,045	4,130	3,915
10 to 14 years	8,965	4,570	4,395
15 to 19 years	10,540	5,400	5,140
20 to 24 years	10,555	5,240	5,315
25 to 29 years	9,715	4,850	4,870
30 to 34 years	9,585	4,720	4,865
35 to 39 years	10,005	4,995	5,010
40 to 44 years	10,585	5,200	5,380
45 to 49 years	13,500	6,685	6,820
50 to 54 years	13,195	6,345	6,850
55 to 59 years	11,800	5,670	6,125
60 to 64 years	10,365	5,185	5,180
65 to 69 years	7,810	3,740	4,070
70 to 74 years	6,170	2,845	3,325
75 to 79 years	5,095	2,190	2,900
80 to 84 years	3,785	1,595	2,190
85 to 89 years	2,050	710	1,340
90 to 94 years	755	230	530
95 to 99 years	150	30	120
100 years and over	15	5	10
Median age	42.3	41.1	43.4

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Median age¹ of the population

Chart E: Canada, Ontario and Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Ontario and Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

The median age in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury was 42.3 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 6 Canada, Ontario and Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	41.0	42.3

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families² in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury was 47,015, which represents a change of 1.5% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 67.1% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 16.1% were common-law-couples and 16.8% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Census families by family structure

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Family structure

Table 7 Canada, Ontario, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census
Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Geographic name	Total families	number	%	number	%	number	%	% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Ontario †	3,612,205	2,612,890	72.3	394,670	10.9	604,645	16.7	5.5
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	47,015	31,540	67.1	7,575	16.1	7,895	16.8	1.5

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Presence of children within couple families

Married couples		Common-law-couples
with children	without children	with children	without children
13,680 (35.0%)	17,855 (45.7%)	3,310 ( 8.5%)	4,265 (10.9%)

Chart G description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 43.4% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Among couples with children aged 24 and under at home in the census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 82.3% were intact families, that is, in which all children were the biological or adopted children of both parents, while 17.7% were stepfamilies, in which there was at least one child was the biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner. For Canada as a whole in 2011, 12.6% of couples with children aged 24 and under were stepfamilies.

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Marital status

Chart H description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Marital status

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 58.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (47.2%) or living with a common-law partner (11.2%).

The remaining 41.6% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury		Ontario		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	135,675	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	79,250	58.4	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	64,075	47.2	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	15,175	11.2	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	56,430	41.6	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	34,885	25.7	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	4,660	3.4	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	7,550	5.6	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	9,330	6.9	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Types of private households

There were 67,765 private households³ in Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury in 2011, a change of 4.1% from 2006. Of these, 24.6% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -5.0% compared with five years earlier.

Table 9 Canada, Ontario, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁴	Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury		Ontario		Canada
Household type⁴	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Private households	67,765	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁵	16,665	24.6	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁶	21,380	31.6	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁷	7,375	10.9	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	19,195	28.3	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple-family households⁸	785	1.2	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households⁹	2,360	3.5	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Structural type of dwelling

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 62.3% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 6.6% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury		Ontario		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	67,770	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	42,215	62.3	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	3,180	4.7	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	2,865	4.2	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	4,460	6.6	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	10,445	15.4	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	3,825	5.6	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹⁰	195	0.3	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹¹	575	0.8	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, 64.5% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 26.9% reported French only, and 6.5% reported only a non-official language, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 68.2% for English only, 3.9% for French only and 25.7% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 80.9% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 14.8% spoke only French and 2.0% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 79.0% for English only, 2.2% for French only and 14.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 11 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	159,200	100.0	159,195	100.0
English	102,760	64.5	128,790	80.9
French	42,815	26.9	23,495	14.8
Non-official language	10,340	6.5	3,235	2.0
Multiple responses	3,280	2.1	3,675	2.3

Table 12 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹² (in percentage)
Mother tongue	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	99.7	99.2	0.5
French	78.8	55.1	23.7
Non-official language	63.9	37.2	26.7

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Non-official languages

In Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, the three most common mother tongues were Italian (1.8%), Finnish (1.0%) and German (0.5%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Italian (2.1%), Chinese, n.o.s. (1.6%) and Cantonese (1.5%).

Table 13 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Italian	2,925	26.3	1.8
Finnish	1,520	13.7	1.0
German	810	7.3	0.5
Ukrainian	615	5.5	0.4
Polish	565	5.1	0.4
Arabic	435	3.9	0.3
Spanish	325	2.9	0.2
Croatian	305	2.7	0.2
Chinese, n.o.s.	270	2.4	0.2
Ojibway	265	2.4	0.2

Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Bilingualism

Table 14 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census
Age groups	Mother tongue
Age groups	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	38.1	17.9	93.6	9.5
0 to 19	39.3	25.7	87.3	18.4
20 to 44	39.4	20.7	97.3	14.6
45 to 64	37.5	11.2	95.7	10.8
65 and over	35.2	9.0	90.0	4.3

Table 15 Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	159,200	100.0
English only	95,390	59.9
French only	1,665	1.0
English and French	61,795	38.8
Neither English nor French	350	0.2

Symbols:

···: not applicable
†: excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
¶: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A: adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E: use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.

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Footnote 2

Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.

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Footnote 3

Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

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Footnote 4

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

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Footnote 5

Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.

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Footnote 6

Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.

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Footnote 7

Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.

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Footnote 8

Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.

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Footnote 9

Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 10

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

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Footnote 11

Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 12

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.

Related data:

2011 Census Topic-based tabulations – Census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census metropolitan area of Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury

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