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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Ontario ¹

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

210

Nat. rank

622

In 2011, Thunder Bay, Unorganized (Unorganized / Non organisé) had a population of 5,909, representing a percentage change of -10.3% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 97,007.34 square kilometres with a population density of 0.1 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, Thunder Bay, Unorganized (Unorganized / Non organisé) had 2,539 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

Thunder Bay, Unorganized (Unorganized / Non organisé) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Thunder Bay, Unorganized (Unorganized / Non organisé) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, Ont.	NO	3,064	2,447	25.2
White River, Ont.	TP	607	841	-27.8
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ont.	NO	5,518	5,717	-3.5
Neebing, Ont.	MU	1,986	2,184	-9.1
Thunder Bay, Ont.	CY	108,359	109,160 A	-0.7
Oliver Paipoonge, Ont.	MU	5,732	5,757	-0.4
Gillies, Ont.	TP	473	544	-13.1
O'Connor, Ont.	TP	685	720	-4.9
Conmee, Ont.	TP	764	740	3.2
Shuniah, Ont.	TP	2,737	2,913	-6.0
Dorion, Ont.	TP	338	379	-10.8
Red Rock, Ont.	TP	942	1,063	-11.4
Nipigon, Ont.	TP	1,631	1,752	-6.9
Schreiber, Ont.	TP	1,126	901	25.0
Terrace Bay, Ont.	TP	1,471	1,625	-9.5
Marathon, Ont.	T	3,353	3,863	-13.2
Pic Mobert North, Ont.	IRI	193	137	40.9
Pic Mobert South, Ont.	IRI	96	104	-7.7
Pic River 50, Ont.	IRI	395	383	3.1
Pays Plat 51, Ont.	IRI	75	79	-5.1
Lake Helen 53A, Ont.	IRI	303	283	7.1
Gull River 55, Ont.	IRI	210	206	1.9
Manitouwadge, Ont.	TP	2,105	2,300	-8.5
Ginoogaming First Nation, Ont.	IRI	167	175	-4.6
Long Lake 58, Ont.	IRI	367	417	-12.0
Rocky Bay 1, Ont.	IRI	182	154	18.2
Greenstone, Ont.	MU	4,724	4,886 A	-3.3
Aroland 83, Ont.	IRI	361	325	11.1
Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake), Ont.	IRI	100	98	2.0
Osnaburgh 63A, Ont.	IRI	153	153	0.0
Seine River 22A2, Ont.	IRI	0	0	···
Whitesand, Ont.	IRI	260	247	5.3
Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Ont.	IRI	0	21	-100.0
Rainy River, Unorganized, Ont.	NO	1,159	1,431	-19.0
Osnaburgh 63B, Ont.	IRI	425	347	22.5
Kenora, Unorganized, Ont.	NO	7,031	7,041	-0.1

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

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Age distribution

Chart C: Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	12.8%	12.7%	12.8%
15 to 64	71.6%	70.6%	72.5%
65 and over	15.7%	16.8%	14.6%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO was 15.7%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 71.6% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 12.8%. 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.

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – 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	5,910	6,585	-675	-10.3
0 to 14	755	1,030	-275	-26.7
15 to 64	4,230	4,755	-525	-11.0
65 and over	930	800	130	16.3
Males
Total	3,100	3,505	-405	-11.6
0 to 14	395	555	-160	-28.8
15 to 64	2,190	2,495	-305	-12.2
65 and over	520	455	65	14.3
Females
Total	2,805	3,080	-275	-8.9
0 to 14	360	475	-115	-24.2
15 to 64	2,035	2,265	-230	-10.2
65 and over	410	345	65	18.8

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	5,910	3,100	2,805
0 to 4 years	210	100	115
5 to 9 years	240	130	110
10 to 14 years	300	160	140
15 to 19 years	365	190	175
20 to 24 years	265	135	135
25 to 29 years	235	110	120
30 to 34 years	225	120	110
35 to 39 years	305	145	160
40 to 44 years	395	195	200
45 to 49 years	530	290	240
50 to 54 years	665	355	310
55 to 59 years	660	340	325
60 to 64 years	585	320	265
65 to 69 years	380	210	170
70 to 74 years	255	135	120
75 to 79 years	160	100	55
80 to 84 years	95	55	40
85 years and over	45	25	25
Median age	49.0	49.6	48.3

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO was 49 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 7 Canada, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO	44.7	49.0

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Thunder Bay, Unorganized was 1,870, which represents a change of -7.9% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Thunder Bay, Unorganized, 75.7% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 15.8% were common-law-couples and 8.6% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Thunder Bay, Unorganized - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized - Census families by family structure

Thunder Bay, Unorganized – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, CSD of Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO 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
Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO	1,870	1,415	75.7	295	15.8	160	8.6	-7.9
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, NO	960	640	66.7	190	19.8	130	13.5	30.6
White River, TP	190	115	60.5	50	26.3	25	13.2	-26.9
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, NO	1,810	1,325	73.2	290	16.0	185	10.2	-2.7
Neebing, MU	650	505	77.7	80	12.3	65	10.0	-0.8
Thunder Bay, CY	30,350	20,180	66.5	4,185	13.8	5,990	19.7	-1.5
Oliver Paipoonge, MU	1,765	1,390	78.8	220	12.5	155	8.8	1.1
Gillies, TP	145	115	79.3	15	10.3	10	6.9	-17.1
O'Connor, TP	215	170	79.1	35	16.3	15	7.0	-10.4
Conmee, TP	240	170	70.8	35	14.6	30	12.5	23.1
Shuniah, TP	925	735	79.5	120	13.0	75	8.1	-4.1
Dorion, TP	110	90	81.8	10	9.1	10	9.1	-4.3
Red Rock, TP	285	220	77.2	30	10.5	35	12.3	-10.9
Nipigon, TP	485	340	70.1	65	13.4	80	16.5	-4.9
Schreiber, TP	340	245	72.1	55	16.2	45	13.2	30.8
Terrace Bay, TP	450	335	74.4	65	14.4	55	12.2	-10.9
Marathon, T	1,040	710	68.3	180	17.3	150	14.4	-14.0
Pic Mobert North, IRI	45	10	22.2	20	44.4	20	44.4	12.5
Pic Mobert South, IRI	25	5	20.0	5	20.0	15	60.0	0.0
Pic River 50, IRI	105	45	42.9	15	14.3	40	38.1	0.0
Pays Plat 51, IRI	25	10	40.0	5	20.0	10	40.0	0.0
Lake Helen 53A, IRI	85	35	41.2	25	29.4	30	35.3	0.0
Gull River 55, IRI	55	20	36.4	5	9.1	25	45.5	0.0
Manitouwadge, TP	655	465	71.0	135	20.6	60	9.2	-8.4
Ginoogaming First Nation, IRI	45	10	22.2	10	22.2	30	66.7	-10.0
Long Lake 58, IRI	100	15	15.0	40	40.0	40	40.0	0.0
Rocky Bay 1, IRI	50	15	30.0	20	40.0	20	40.0	42.9
Greenstone, MU	1,395	870	62.4	300	21.5	225	16.1	-5.1
Aroland 83, IRI	100	40	40.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	11.1
Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake), IRI	25	5	20.0	10	40.0	5	20.0	0.0
Osnaburgh 63A, IRI	35	5	14.3	15	42.9	15	42.9	40.0
Whitesand, IRI	65	15	23.1	30	46.2	20	30.8	0.0
Rainy River, Unorganized, NO	400	340	85.0	45	11.3	20	5.0	-13.0
Osnaburgh 63B, IRI	90	15	16.7	45	50.0	30	33.3	12.5
Kenora, Unorganized, NO	2,295	1,825	79.5	270	11.8	200	8.7	2.9

Thunder Bay, Unorganized – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Thunder Bay, Unorganized, 35.1% 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 *	490
Married couples without children *	920
Common-law-couples with children *	110
Common-law-couples without children *	190

Thunder Bay, Unorganized – Marital status

Chart H description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized - Marital status

In Thunder Bay, Unorganized, 67.2% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (55.5%) or living with a common-law partner (11.7%).

The remaining 32.8% 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, Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO		Ontario		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	5,155	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	3,465	67.2	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	2,860	55.5	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	605	11.7	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	1,690	32.8	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	1,085	21.0	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	135	2.6	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	265	5.1	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	210	4.1	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Thunder Bay, Unorganized – Types of private households

There were 2,540 private households⁴ in Thunder Bay, Unorganized in 2011, a change of -5.9% from 2006. Of these, 23.0% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -19.3% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO		Ontario		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	2,540	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	585	23.0	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	1,085	42.7	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	140	5.5	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	645	25.4	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁹	25	1.0	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	50	2.0	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Thunder Bay, Unorganized – Structural type of dwelling

In Thunder Bay, Unorganized, 91.7% 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, Ontario, Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO		Ontario		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	2,540	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	2,330	91.7	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	5	0.2	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	0	0.0	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	5	0.2	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	5	0.2	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	15	0.6	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	180	7.1	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO - 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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, 83.9% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 3.6% reported French only, and 11.3% 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, 96.4% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.9% spoke only French and 1.8% 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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – 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	5,910	100.0	5,905	100.0
English	4,960	83.9	5,695	96.4
French	215	3.6	55	0.9
Non-official language	665	11.3	105	1.8
Multiple responses	75	1.3	60	1.0

Table 13 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – 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	99.8	0.1
French	52.1	20.8	31.3
Non-official language	52.8	20.8	31.9

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Non-official languages

In Thunder Bay, Unorganized, the three most common mother tongues were Finnish (7.1%), German (1.1%) and Ojibway (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 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – 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.
Finnish	420	58.7	7.1
German	65	9.1	1.1
Ojibway	65	9.1	1.1
Polish	35	4.9	0.6
Italian	25	3.5	0.4

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Bilingualism

Table 15 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – 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	6.8	3.9	83.7	3.0
0 to 19	7.2	6.5	100.0	0.0
20 to 44	6.7	3.9	87.5	5.6
45 to 64	6.9	3.3	81.8	3.4
65 and over	6.0	0.8	80.0	1.9

Table 16 Thunder Bay, Unorganized, NO – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	5,910	100.0
English only	5,465	92.5
French only	20	0.3
English and French	415	7.0
Neither English nor French	15	0.3

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

Thunder Bay, Unorganized NO (Ontario) – 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.

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