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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Brazeau County, MD - Alberta ¹

Map of Brazeau County, MD

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Brazeau County, MD - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

526

In 2011, Brazeau County (Municipal district) had a population of 7,201, representing a percentage change of 2.3% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 3,020.71 square kilometres with a population density of 2.4 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 640,081.87 square kilometres with a population density of 5.7 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Brazeau County (Municipal district) had 2,693 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 5.9%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Brazeau County (Municipal district) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Brazeau County (Municipal district) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Clearwater County, Alta.	MD	12,278	11,826	3.8
O'Chiese 203, Alta.	IRI	751	450	66.9
Wetaskiwin County No. 10, Alta.	MD	10,866	10,519 A	3.3
Leduc County, Alta.	MD	13,541	13,135 A	3.1
Breton, Alta.	VL	496	550	-9.8
Drayton Valley, Alta.	T	7,049	6,893	2.3
Parkland County, Alta.	MD	30,568	29,220 A	4.6
Yellowhead County, Alta.	MD	10,469	10,045	4.2

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

Table 2 Alberta – 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
Chestermere	T	14,824	9,923 A	49.4
Beaumont	T	13,284	8,961	48.2
Airdrie	CY	42,564	28,927	47.1
Leduc	CY	24,279	16,967	43.1
Okotoks	T	24,511	17,150 A	42.9

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

Table 3 Alberta – 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
Lac la Biche County	MD	8,402	9,123 A	-7.9
Willow Creek No. 26	MD	5,107	5,337	-4.3
Crowsnest Pass	SM	5,565	5,749	-3.2
Greenview No. 16	MD	5,299	5,464	-3.0
Lethbridge County	MD	10,061	10,254 A	-1.9

Age and sex

Brazeau County, MD – Age distribution

Chart C: Brazeau County, MD - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Brazeau County, MD - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Brazeau County, MD – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	19.7%	18.4%	21.0%
15 to 64	70.5%	71.0%	69.8%
65 and over	9.9%	10.4%	9.1%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Brazeau County, MD was 9.9%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 70.5% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 19.7%. 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.

Brazeau County, MD – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Brazeau County, MD – 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	7,195	7,040	155	2.2
0 to 14	1,420	1,490	-70	-4.7
15 to 64	5,070	4,955	115	2.3
65 and over	710	600	110	18.3
Males
Total	3,745	3,655	90	2.5
0 to 14	690	775	-85	-11.0
15 to 64	2,660	2,545	115	4.5
65 and over	390	335	55	16.4
Females
Total	3,455	3,385	70	2.1
0 to 14	725	710	15	2.1
15 to 64	2,410	2,415	-5	-0.2
65 and over	315	265	50	18.9

Brazeau County, MD – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Brazeau County, MD - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Brazeau County, MD – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	7,195	3,745	3,455
0 to 4 years	450	240	215
5 to 9 years	475	225	240
10 to 14 years	495	220	270
15 to 19 years	550	305	250
20 to 24 years	410	215	195
25 to 29 years	420	240	185
30 to 34 years	410	210	205
35 to 39 years	450	230	220
40 to 44 years	540	275	260
45 to 49 years	660	330	330
50 to 54 years	700	355	345
55 to 59 years	540	275	265
60 to 64 years	380	225	160
65 to 69 years	285	145	145
70 to 74 years	220	130	90
75 to 79 years	120	70	45
80 to 84 years	55	30	25
85 years and over	25	5	15
Median age	39.4	39.6	39.1

Brazeau County, MD – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, Alberta and Brazeau County, MD - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Alberta and Brazeau County, MD - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Brazeau County, MD was 39.4 years. In comparison, the median age of Alberta was 36.5 years.

Table 7 Canada, Alberta and Brazeau County, MD – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Alberta	36.0	36.5
Brazeau County, MD	37.5	39.4

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Brazeau County was 2,200, which represents a change of 4.3% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Brazeau County, 76.4% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 13.9% were common-law-couples and 9.8% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Brazeau County - Census families by family structure

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

Brazeau County – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Alberta, CSD of Brazeau County, MD 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
Alberta †	999,525	719,355	72.0	135,660	13.6	144,510	14.5	10.5
Brazeau County, MD	2,200	1,680	76.4	305	13.9	215	9.8	4.3
Clearwater County, MD	3,735	2,955	79.1	485	13.0	285	7.6	4.6
O'Chiese 203, IRI	170	5	2.9	85	50.0	80	47.1	70.0
Wetaskiwin County No. 10, MD	3,370	2,780	82.5	355	10.5	235	7.0	3.4
Leduc County, MD	4,105	3,360	81.9	415	10.1	330	8.0	5.0
Breton, VL	140	85	60.7	25	17.9	30	21.4	-9.7
Drayton Valley, T	1,935	1,300	67.2	315	16.3	320	16.5	1.8
Parkland County, MD	9,355	7,515	80.3	1,035	11.1	805	8.6	5.7
Yellowhead County, MD	3,155	2,395	75.9	465	14.7	290	9.2	7.5

Brazeau County – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Brazeau County, 46.3% 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 *	785
Married couples without children *	895
Common-law-couples with children *	135
Common-law-couples without children *	170

Brazeau County – Marital status

Chart H description: Brazeau County - Marital status

In Brazeau County, 69.0% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (58.6%) or living with a common-law partner (10.6%).

The remaining 30.9% 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, Alberta, Brazeau County, MD – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Brazeau County, MD		Alberta		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	5,780	100.0	2,960,470	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	3,990	69.0	1,756,860	59.3	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	3,385	58.6	1,484,705	50.2	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	610	10.6	272,155	9.2	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	1,785	30.9	1,203,615	40.7	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	1,220	21.1	823,935	27.8	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	120	2.1	70,855	2.4	698,245	2.5
Divorced	260	4.5	177,375	6.0	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	190	3.3	131,440	4.4	1,584,525	5.7

Brazeau County – Types of private households

There were 2,690 private households⁴ in Brazeau County in 2011, a change of 5.7% from 2006. Of these, 33.8% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -9.9% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Alberta, Brazeau County, MD – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Brazeau County, MD		Alberta		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	2,690	100.0	1,390,275	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	910	33.8	407,145	29.3	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	1,025	38.1	406,380	29.2	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	185	6.9	128,330	9.2	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	450	16.7	342,735	24.7	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁹	35	1.3	27,900	2.0	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	80	3.0	77,785	5.6	543,340	4.1

Brazeau County – Structural type of dwelling

In Brazeau County, 75.7% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Alberta, Brazeau County, MD – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Brazeau County, MD		Alberta		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	2,690	100.0	1,390,275	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	2,035	75.7	883,260	63.5	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	0	0.0	71,850	5.2	646,240	4.9
Row house	5	0.2	97,865	7.0	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	58,205	4.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	0	0.0	197,945	14.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	5	0.2	33,505	2.4	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	0	0.0	1,060	0.1	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	645	24.0	46,590	3.4	183,510	1.4

Language

Brazeau County, MD – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Brazeau County, MD - 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 Brazeau County, 94.6% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.5% reported French only, and 3.5% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 77.0% for English only, 1.9% for French only and 19.4% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 98.7% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.4% spoke only French and 0.6% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 85.7% for only English, 0.7% for only French and 10.5% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Brazeau County, MD – 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	7,200	100.0	7,195	100.0
English	6,810	94.6	7,100	98.7
French	110	1.5	30	0.4
Non-official language	255	3.5	45	0.6
Multiple responses	25	0.3	25	0.3

Table 13 Brazeau County, MD – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹³ (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	99.9	99.9	0.0
French	34.8	21.7	13.0
Non-official language	46.3	22.2	24.1

Brazeau County, MD – Non-official languages

In Brazeau County, the three most common mother tongues were German (1.4%), Ukrainian (0.6%) and Polish (0.3%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were German (2.3%), Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) (1.9%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (1.5%).

Table 14 Brazeau County, MD – 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	100	37.0	1.4
Ukrainian	40	14.8	0.6
Polish	25	9.3	0.3
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	25	9.3	0.3
Afrikaans	10	3.7	0.1
Hungarian	10	3.7	0.1

Brazeau County, MD – Bilingualism

Table 15 Brazeau County, MD – 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	1.6	0.7	50.0	2.0
0 to 19	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
20 to 44	2.0	1.2	57.1	8.3
45 to 64	2.0	0.7	60.0	0.0
65 and over	1.4	0.0	100.0	6.7

Table 16 Brazeau County, MD – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	7,200	100.0
English only	7,060	98.1
French only	15	0.2
English and French	120	1.7
Neither English nor French	5	0.1

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

Brazeau County MD (Alberta) – This census subdivision has the following data quality indicators (commonly referred to as data quality flags):

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Footnote 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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

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Footnote 7

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 8

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

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Footnote 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

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

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Footnote 13

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 subdivision of Brazeau County, Municipal district - Alberta
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census subdivision of Brazeau County, Municipal district - Alberta
2011 Census Data Navigator – Census subdivision of Brazeau County, Municipal district - Alberta
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census subdivision of Brazeau County, Municipal district - Alberta

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