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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Summerland, DM - British Columbia ¹

Map of Summerland, DM

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Summerland, DM - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

350

In 2011, Summerland (District municipality) had a population of 11,280, representing a percentage change of 4.2% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 74.06 square kilometres with a population density of 152.3 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 922,509.29 square kilometres with a population density of 4.8 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Summerland (District municipality) had 4,779 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 5.6%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Summerland (District municipality) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Summerland (District municipality) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Okanagan-Similkameen F, B.C.	RDA	2,100	2,011	4.4
Penticton 1, B.C.	IRI	1,667	1,470	13.4
Central Okanagan J, B.C.	RDA	1,947	1,758 A	10.8

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

Table 2 British Columbia – 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
Langford	CY	29,228	22,459	30.1
Lake Country	DM	11,708	9,606	21.9
Port Moody	CY	32,975	27,512	19.9
Kent	DM	5,664	4,738 E	19.5
Surrey	CY	468,251	394,976	18.6

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

Table 3 British Columbia – 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
Kitimat	DM	8,335	8,987	-7.3
Peace River D	RDA	5,479	5,749	-4.7
Esquimalt	DM	16,209	16,840	-3.7
Hope	DM	5,969	6,185	-3.5
Okanagan-Similkameen D	RDA	5,717	5,913	-3.3

Age and sex

Summerland, DM – Age distribution

Chart C: Summerland, DM - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Summerland, DM - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Summerland, DM – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	12.8%	13.0%	12.6%
15 to 64	59.8%	61.4%	58.3%
65 and over	27.5%	25.6%	29.2%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Summerland, DM was 27.5%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 59.8% 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.

Summerland, DM – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Summerland, DM – 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	11,280	10,830	450	4.2
0 to 14	1,445	1,540	-95	-6.2
15 to 64	6,740	6,505	235	3.6
65 and over	3,100	2,790	310	11.1
Males
Total	5,225	5,110	115	2.3
0 to 14	680	725	-45	-6.2
15 to 64	3,210	3,100	110	3.5
65 and over	1,335	1,285	50	3.9
Females
Total	6,050	5,720	330	5.8
0 to 14	765	815	-50	-6.1
15 to 64	3,530	3,405	125	3.7
65 and over	1,765	1,500	265	17.7

Summerland, DM – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Summerland, DM - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Summerland, DM – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	11,280	5,225	6,050
0 to 4 years	370	185	190
5 to 9 years	495	225	270
10 to 14 years	575	270	305
15 to 19 years	685	325	360
20 to 24 years	470	245	225
25 to 29 years	340	175	170
30 to 34 years	400	195	205
35 to 39 years	500	235	265
40 to 44 years	610	290	315
45 to 49 years	850	380	470
50 to 54 years	935	430	510
55 to 59 years	990	485	505
60 to 64 years	950	455	495
65 to 69 years	725	355	365
70 to 74 years	675	295	385
75 to 79 years	545	285	265
80 to 84 years	520	215	310
85 years and over	630	190	440
Median age	52.0	51.2	52.6

Summerland, DM – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, British Columbia and Summerland, DM - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, British Columbia and Summerland, DM - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Summerland, DM was 52 years. In comparison, the median age of British Columbia was 41.9 years.

Table 7 Canada, British Columbia and Summerland, DM – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
British Columbia	40.8	41.9
Summerland, DM	49.5	52.0

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Summerland was 3,425, which represents a change of 2.4% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Summerland, 76.2% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 11.5% were common-law-couples and 12.4% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Summerland - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Summerland - Census families by family structure

Summerland – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, British Columbia, CSD of Summerland, DM 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
British Columbia †	1,238,155	887,990	71.7	160,360	13.0	189,805	15.3	6.6
Summerland, DM	3,425	2,610	76.2	395	11.5	425	12.4	2.4
Okanagan-Similkameen F, RDA	680	540	79.4	80	11.8	60	8.8	3.0
Penticton 1, IRI	515	355	68.9	65	12.6	95	18.4	9.6
Central Okanagan J, RDA	660	515	78.0	95	14.4	50	7.6	10.9

Summerland – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Summerland, 33.8% 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 *	890
Married couples without children *	1,715
Common-law-couples with children *	125
Common-law-couples without children *	270

Summerland – Marital status

Chart H description: Summerland - Marital status

In Summerland, 62.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (54.4%) or living with a common-law partner (8.0%).

The remaining 37.6% 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 9 Canada, British Columbia, Summerland, DM – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Summerland, DM		British Columbia		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	9,835	100.0	3,722,690	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	6,140	62.4	2,154,575	57.9	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	5,355	54.4	1,832,605	49.2	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	790	8.0	321,965	8.6	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	3,695	37.6	1,568,120	42.1	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	1,800	18.3	1,014,270	27.2	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	250	2.5	102,035	2.7	698,245	2.5
Divorced	655	6.7	246,515	6.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	990	10.1	205,300	5.5	1,584,525	5.7

Summerland – Types of private households

There were 4,780 private households⁴ in Summerland in 2011, a change of 5.3% from 2006. Of these, 20.5% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -4.9% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, British Columbia, Summerland, DM – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Summerland, DM		British Columbia		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	4,780	100.0	1,764,635	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	980	20.5	431,135	24.4	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	1,905	39.9	532,995	30.2	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	395	8.3	168,530	9.6	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	1,295	27.1	498,925	28.3	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁹	70	1.5	50,410	2.9	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	130	2.7	82,640	4.7	543,340	4.1

Summerland – Structural type of dwelling

In Summerland, 72.8% 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, British Columbia, Summerland, DM – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Summerland, DM		British Columbia		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	4,775	100.0	1,764,640	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	3,475	72.8	842,120	47.7	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	150	3.1	52,825	3.0	646,240	4.9
Row house	310	6.5	130,370	7.4	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	143,970	8.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	560	11.7	361,150	20.5	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	160	3.4	184,355	10.4	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	20	0.4	2,885	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	105	2.2	46,960	2.7	183,510	1.4

Language

Summerland, DM – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Summerland, DM - 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 Summerland, 86.9% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.7% reported French only, and 10.5% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 70.3% for English only, 1.3% for French only and 26.5% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 95.5% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.4% spoke only French and 3.4% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 80.5% for only English, 0.4% for only French and 15.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Summerland, DM – 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	11,110	100.0	11,110	100.0
English	9,655	86.9	10,610	95.5
French	185	1.7	40	0.4
Non-official language	1,170	10.5	375	3.4
Multiple responses	100	0.9	80	0.7

Table 13 Summerland, DM – 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	99.8	99.7	0.2
French	40.5	21.4	19.0
Non-official language	54.4	32.8	21.6

Summerland, DM – Non-official languages

In Summerland, the three most common mother tongues were German (3.9%), Panjabi (Punjabi) (1.2%) and Dutch (0.9%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Panjabi (Punjabi) (4.5%), Cantonese (3.2%) and Chinese, n.o.s. (2.9%).

Table 14 Summerland, DM – 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	430	34.5	3.9
Panjabi (Punjabi)	130	10.4	1.2
Dutch	105	8.4	0.9
Italian	55	4.4	0.5
Ukrainian	50	4.0	0.5

Summerland, DM – Bilingualism

Table 15 Summerland, DM – 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	6.4	4.9	86.5	6.0
0 to 19	10.7	10.0	66.7	11.1
20 to 44	6.7	5.8	100.0	5.1
45 to 64	5.5	3.2	93.3	7.1
65 and over	4.1	1.7	85.7	3.8

Table 16 Summerland, DM – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	11,105	100.0
English only	10,335	93.1
French only	5	0.0
English and French	725	6.5
Neither English nor French	40	0.4

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

Summerland DM (British Columbia) – 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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