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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Saint-Georges, V - Quebec

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Saint-Georges, V - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

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In 2011, Saint-Georges (Ville) had a population of 31,173, representing a percentage change of 5.3% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 198.21 square kilometres with a population density of 157.3 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 1,356,547.02 square kilometres with a population density of 5.8 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Saint-Georges (Ville) had 13,887 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 8.9%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Saint-Georges (Ville) is part of the census agglomeration of Saint-Georges (Quebec).

Population and dwelling counts

Saint-Georges (Ville) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Saint-Georges (Ville) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Beauceville, Que.	V	6,354	6,226	2.1
Saint-Prosper, Que.	MÉ	3,605	3,612	-0.2
Saint-Benjamin, Que.	MÉ	891	865	3.0
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, Que.	MÉ	1,610	1,644	-2.1
Saint-Martin, Que.	PE	2,462	2,543	-3.2
Saint-René, Que.	PE	658	612	7.5
Saint-Côme--Linière, Que.	MÉ	3,274	3,260	0.4
Saint-Philibert, Que.	MÉ	367	387	-5.2
Saint-Benoît-Labre, Que.	MÉ	1,612	1,613	-0.1
Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Que.	PE	1,227	1,065	15.2
Saint-Simon-les-Mines, Que.	MÉ	496	473	4.9

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

Table 2 Quebec – 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
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval	MÉ	5,696	3,790	50.3
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac	V	15,689	11,311	38.7
Marieville	V	10,094	7,527 A	34.1
Shannon	MÉ	5,086	3,825	33.0
Saint-Amable	MÉ	10,870	8,398	29.4

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

Table 3 Quebec – 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
La Tuque	V	11,227	11,821	-5.0
Shawinigan	V	50,060	51,904	-3.6
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac	V	5,096	5,259 A	-3.1
Roberval	V	10,227	10,544	-3.0
Chandler	V	7,703	7,914	-2.7

Age and sex

Saint-Georges, V – Age distribution

Chart C: Saint-Georges, V - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Saint-Georges, V - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Saint-Georges, V – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	16.3%	16.8%	15.8%
15 to 64	68.7%	69.8%	67.6%
65 and over	15.0%	13.3%	16.6%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Saint-Georges, V was 15.0%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 68.7% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 16.3%. 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.

Saint-Georges, V – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Saint-Georges, V – 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	31,170	29,620	1,550	5.2
0 to 14	5,085	4,945	140	2.8
15 to 64	21,415	21,020	395	1.9
65 and over	4,670	3,650	1,020	27.9
Males
Total	15,435	14,680	755	5.1
0 to 14	2,595	2,470	125	5.1
15 to 64	10,775	10,670	105	1.0
65 and over	2,060	1,540	520	33.8
Females
Total	15,735	14,940	795	5.3
0 to 14	2,490	2,475	15	0.6
15 to 64	10,635	10,350	285	2.8
65 and over	2,610	2,110	500	23.7

Saint-Georges, V – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Saint-Georges, V - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Saint-Georges, V – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	31,170	15,435	15,735
0 to 4 years	1,865	985	880
5 to 9 years	1,605	795	810
10 to 14 years	1,615	820	795
15 to 19 years	1,955	985	970
20 to 24 years	1,785	935	850
25 to 29 years	1,945	965	985
30 to 34 years	2,190	1,145	1,050
35 to 39 years	1,845	965	880
40 to 44 years	1,920	1,005	915
45 to 49 years	2,525	1,245	1,280
50 to 54 years	2,665	1,305	1,360
55 to 59 years	2,395	1,170	1,220
60 to 64 years	2,180	1,060	1,120
65 to 69 years	1,655	800	850
70 to 74 years	1,055	510	545
75 to 79 years	790	315	480
80 to 84 years	610	245	370
85 years and over	560	195	365
Median age	42.1	40.7	43.6

Saint-Georges, V – Median age¹ of the population

Chart E: Canada, Quebec and Saint-Georges, V - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Quebec and Saint-Georges, V - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Saint-Georges, V was 42.1 years. In comparison, the median age of Quebec was 41.9 years.

Table 7 Canada, Quebec and Saint-Georges, V – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Quebec	41.0	41.9
Saint-Georges, V	40.1	42.1

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families² in Saint-Georges was 8,830, which represents a change of 6.8% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Saint-Georges, 49.0% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 35.3% were common-law-couples and 15.7% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Saint-Georges - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Saint-Georges - Census families by family structure

Saint-Georges – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Quebec, CSD of Saint-Georges, V 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
Quebec †	2,203,625	1,143,370	51.9	694,750	31.5	365,515	16.6	3.9
Saint-Georges, V	8,830	4,325	49.0	3,120	35.3	1,385	15.7	6.8
Beauceville, V	1,810	985	54.4	560	30.9	260	14.4	0.3
Saint-Prosper, MÉ	1,035	630	60.9	275	26.6	140	13.5	0.0
Saint-Benjamin, MÉ	275	155	56.4	90	32.7	30	10.9	-1.8
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, MÉ	470	260	55.3	155	33.0	55	11.7	0.0
Saint-Martin, PE	750	375	50.0	260	34.7	115	15.3	3.4
Saint-René, PE	195	95	48.7	80	41.0	15	7.7	11.4
Saint-Côme--Linière, MÉ	960	540	56.3	315	32.8	110	11.5	2.7
Saint-Philibert, MÉ	105	50	47.6	35	33.3	15	14.3	16.7
Saint-Benoît-Labre, MÉ	445	235	52.8	155	34.8	50	11.2	0.0
Notre-Dame-des-Pins, PE	320	190	59.4	90	28.1	40	12.5	3.2
Saint-Simon-les-Mines, MÉ	150	70	46.7	65	43.3	20	13.3	0.0

Saint-Georges – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Saint-Georges, 43.5% 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 *	1,630
Married couples without children *	2,695
Common-law-couples with children *	1,610
Common-law-couples without children *	1,510

Saint-Georges – Marital status

Chart H description: Saint-Georges - Marital status

In Saint-Georges, 57.8% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (33.8%) or living with a common-law partner (24.0%).

The remaining 42.2% 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, Quebec, Saint-Georges, V – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Saint-Georges, V		Quebec		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	26,090	100.0	6,644,380	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	15,070	57.8	3,745,315	56.4	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	8,825	33.8	2,353,775	35.4	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	6,250	24.0	1,391,545	20.9	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	11,015	42.2	2,899,060	43.6	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	7,185	27.5	1,942,090	29.2	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	360	1.4	105,190	1.6	698,245	2.5
Divorced	2,035	7.8	463,830	7.0	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	1,440	5.5	387,950	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Saint-Georges – Types of private households

There were 13,885 private households³ in Saint-Georges in 2011, a change of 8.9% from 2006. Of these, 23.2% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 1.3% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Georges, V – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁴	Saint-Georges, V		Quebec		Canada
Household type⁴	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	13,885	100.0	3,395,345	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁵	3,215	23.2	811,120	23.9	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁶	4,170	30.0	988,410	29.1	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁷	1,350	9.7	346,305	10.2	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	4,740	34.1	1,094,410	32.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁸	45	0.3	28,420	0.8	268,060	2.0
Other households⁹	370	2.7	126,680	3.7	543,340	4.1

Saint-Georges – Structural type of dwelling

In Saint-Georges, 56.8% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 3.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Georges, V – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Saint-Georges, V		Quebec		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	13,890	100.0	3,395,345	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	7,890	56.8	1,560,405	46.0	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	1,365	9.8	171,435	5.0	646,240	4.9
Row house	215	1.5	86,040	2.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	420	3.0	171,110	5.0	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	3,245	23.4	1,103,845	32.5	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	630	4.5	263,860	7.8	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹⁰	80	0.6	15,650	0.5	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹¹	45	0.3	23,000	0.7	183,510	1.4

Language

Saint-Georges, V – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Saint-Georges, V - 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 Saint-Georges, 0.9% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 98.2% reported French only, and 0.5% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 7.7% for English only, 78.1% for French only and 12.3% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 0.5% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 98.8% spoke only French and 0.2% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 9.8% for only English, 80.0% for only French and 7.1% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Saint-Georges, V – 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	30,710	100.0	30,710	100.0
English	270	0.9	140	0.5
French	30,150	98.2	30,355	98.8
Non-official language	165	0.5	65	0.2
Multiple responses	120	0.4	155	0.5

Table 13 Saint-Georges, V – 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	64.9	32.4	32.4
French	99.9	99.8	0.1
Non-official language	71.8	51.3	20.5

Saint-Georges, V – Non-official languages

In Saint-Georges, the three most common mother tongues were Spanish (0.2%), Arabic (0.1%) and Bosnian (0.0%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Arabic (2.1%), Spanish (1.8%) and Italian (1.6%).

Table 14 Saint-Georges, V – 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.
Spanish	60	30.8	0.2
Arabic	20	10.3	0.1
Bosnian	10	5.1	0.0
Chinese, n.o.s.	10	5.1	0.0
Creoles	10	5.1	0.0
German	10	5.1	0.0
Italian	10	5.1	0.0
Turkish	10	5.1	0.0

Saint-Georges, V – Bilingualism

Table 15 Saint-Georges, V – 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	24.8	88.9	24.1	46.9
0 to 19	15.4	100.0	14.9	42.9
20 to 44	37.6	95.8	36.8	53.3
45 to 64	23.6	82.4	23.0	57.1
65 and over	14.2	71.4	13.6	33.3

Table 16 Saint-Georges, V – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	30,710	100.0
English only	15	0.0
French only	23,010	74.9
English and French	7,670	25.0
Neither English nor French	15	0.0

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 subdivision of Saint-Georges, Ville - Quebec
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census subdivision of Saint-Georges, Ville - Quebec
2011 Census Data Navigator – Census subdivision of Saint-Georges, Ville - Quebec
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census subdivision of Saint-Georges, Ville - Quebec

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