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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Norfolk County, CY - Ontario

Map of Norfolk County, CY

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Norfolk County, CY - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

In 2011, Norfolk County (City) had a population of 63,175, representing a percentage change of 1.0% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 1,607.60 square kilometres with a population density of 39.3 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 908,607.67 square kilometres with a population density of 14.1 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Norfolk County (City) had 25,046 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 3.3%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Norfolk County (City) is part of the census agglomeration of Norfolk (Ontario).

Population and dwelling counts

Norfolk County (City) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Norfolk County (City) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Haldimand County, Ont.	CY	44,876	45,212	-0.7
Brant, Ont.	CY	35,638	34,415	3.6
Six Nations (Part) 40, Ont.	IRI	6,213	¶	¶
Norwich, Ont.	TP	10,721	10,481	2.3
Tillsonburg, Ont.	T	15,301	14,822	3.2
Bayham, Ont.	MU	6,989	6,727	3.9

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth

Table 2 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Milton	T	84,362	53,889 A	56.5
Whitchurch-Stouffville	T	37,628	24,390	54.3
Ajax	T	109,600	90,167	21.6
Brampton	CY	523,911	433,806	20.8
Vaughan	CY	288,301	238,866	20.7

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth

Table 3 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Thunder Bay, Unorganized	NO	5,909	6,585	-10.3
Hearst	T	5,090	5,620	-9.4
Dryden	CY	7,617	8,195	-7.1
The Blue Mountains	T	6,453	6,825	-5.5

Age and sex

Norfolk County, CY – Age distribution

Chart C: Norfolk County, CY - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Norfolk County, CY - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Norfolk County, CY – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	15.3%	15.6%	15.1%
15 to 64	65.4%	66.8%	63.9%
65 and over	19.3%	17.7%	21.0%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Norfolk County, CY was 19.3%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 65.4% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 15.3%. 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.

Norfolk County, CY – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Norfolk County, CY – Population by broad age groups, 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	63,175	62,565	610	1.0
0 to 14	9,675	10,555	-880	-8.3
15 to 64	41,290	41,155	135	0.3
65 and over	12,210	10,855	1,355	12.5
Males
Total	31,400	30,945	455	1.5
0 to 14	4,890	5,360	-470	-8.8
15 to 64	20,970	20,715	255	1.2
65 and over	5,545	4,880	665	13.6
Females
Total	31,775	31,615	160	0.5
0 to 14	4,785	5,200	-415	-8.0
15 to 64	20,320	20,435	-115	-0.6
65 and over	6,665	5,975	690	11.5

Norfolk County, CY – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Norfolk County, CY - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Norfolk County, CY – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	63,175	31,400	31,775
0 to 4 years	2,920	1,465	1,460
5 to 9 years	3,140	1,640	1,505
10 to 14 years	3,615	1,785	1,825
15 to 19 years	4,180	2,120	2,060
20 to 24 years	3,615	1,915	1,695
25 to 29 years	3,070	1,610	1,455
30 to 34 years	2,945	1,525	1,420
35 to 39 years	3,220	1,630	1,590
40 to 44 years	3,900	2,000	1,900
45 to 49 years	4,925	2,490	2,435
50 to 54 years	5,370	2,695	2,670
55 to 59 years	5,270	2,560	2,705
60 to 64 years	4,805	2,415	2,385
65 to 69 years	3,800	1,850	1,945
70 to 74 years	2,910	1,445	1,470
75 to 79 years	2,290	1,040	1,250
80 to 84 years	1,735	750	990
85 years and over	1,480	465	1,010
Median age	46.1	45.0	47.2

Norfolk County, CY – Median age¹ of the population

Chart E: Canada, Ontario and Norfolk County, CY - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Ontario and Norfolk County, CY - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Norfolk County, CY was 46.1 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 7 Canada, Ontario and Norfolk County, CY – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Norfolk County, CY	43.4	46.1

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families² in Norfolk County was 18,770, which represents a change of 1.8% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Norfolk County, 74.7% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 12.1% were common-law-couples and 13.2% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Norfolk County - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Norfolk County - Census families by family structure

Norfolk County – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, CSD of Norfolk County, CY and neighbouring census subdivisions – 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
Norfolk County, CY	18,770	14,015	74.7	2,275	12.1	2,480	13.2	1.8
Haldimand County, CY	13,295	10,150	76.3	1,440	10.8	1,710	12.9	1.0
Brant, CY	10,665	8,340	78.2	1,155	10.8	1,170	11.0	5.4
Norwich, TP	3,010	2,425	80.6	275	9.1	310	10.3	4.0
Tillsonburg, T	4,530	3,295	72.7	540	11.9	695	15.3	1.0
Bayham, MU	1,880	1,500	79.8	215	11.4	170	9.0	1.1

Norfolk County – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Norfolk County, 39.8% 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.

Presence of children within couple families
* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	5,600
Married couples without children *	8,415
Common-law-couples with children *	885
Common-law-couples without children *	1,385

Norfolk County – Marital status

Chart H description: Norfolk County - Marital status

In Norfolk County, 62.9% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (54.2%) or living with a common-law partner (8.7%).

The remaining 37.1% 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 9 Canada, Ontario, Norfolk County, CY – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Norfolk County, CY		Ontario		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	53,500	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	33,655	62.9	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	29,020	54.2	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	4,635	8.7	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	19,840	37.1	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	11,600	21.7	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	1,525	2.9	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	2,885	5.4	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	3,830	7.2	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Norfolk County – Types of private households

There were 25,045 private households³ in Norfolk County in 2011, a change of 3.3% from 2006. Of these, 25.3% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -11.1% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Norfolk County, CY – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁴	Norfolk County, CY		Ontario		Canada
Household type⁴	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	25,045	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁵	6,340	25.3	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁶	9,505	38.0	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁷	2,265	9.0	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	6,110	24.4	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁸	330	1.3	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households⁹	500	2.0	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Norfolk County – Structural type of dwelling

In Norfolk County, 84.0% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 1.6% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Ontario, Norfolk County, CY – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Norfolk County, CY		Ontario		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	25,045	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	21,040	84.0	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	590	2.4	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	615	2.5	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	400	1.6	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,670	6.7	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	575	2.3	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹⁰	115	0.5	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹¹	45	0.2	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Norfolk County, CY – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Norfolk County, CY - 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 Norfolk County, 86.2% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.2% reported French only, and 12.0% reported a non-official language only, 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, 93.6% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.2% spoke only French and 5.1% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 79.0% for only English, 2.2% for only French and 14.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Norfolk County, CY – 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	62,375	100.0	62,375	100.0
English	53,770	86.2	58,375	93.6
French	725	1.2	110	0.2
Non-official language	7,485	12.0	3,170	5.1
Multiple responses	395	0.6	715	1.1

Table 13 Norfolk County, CY – 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	99.7	0.1
French	34.8	14.0	20.7
Non-official language	67.6	45.7	22.0

Norfolk County, CY – Non-official languages

In Norfolk County, the three most common mother tongues were German (5.6%), Portuguese (1.1%) and Dutch (1.1%), 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 14 Norfolk County, CY – 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.
German	3,520	45.0	5.6
Portuguese	715	9.1	1.1
Dutch	700	8.9	1.1
Hungarian	515	6.6	0.8
Flemish	470	6.0	0.8

Norfolk County, CY – Bilingualism

Table 15 Norfolk County, CY – 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	3.1	2.3	74.5	2.1
0 to 19	2.8	2.8	55.6	1.0
20 to 44	3.2	2.8	79.3	1.2
45 to 64	3.1	1.9	80.7	2.8
65 and over	3.2	1.5	64.7	2.9

Table 16 Norfolk County, CY – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	62,375	100.0
English only	59,635	95.6
French only	10	0.0
English and French	1,970	3.2
Neither English nor French	750	1.2

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.

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2011 Census Topic-based tabulations – Census subdivision of Norfolk County, City - Ontario
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census subdivision of Norfolk County, City - Ontario
2011 Census Data Navigator – Census subdivision of Norfolk County, City - Ontario
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census subdivision of Norfolk County, City - Ontario

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