Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Collingwood, T - Ontario ¹

In 2011, Collingwood (Town) had a population of 19,241, representing a percentage change of 11.3% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 33.46 square kilometres with a population density of 575.1 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, Collingwood (Town) had 8,339 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 14.0%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Collingwood (Town) is part of the census agglomeration of Collingwood.

Population and dwelling counts

Collingwood (Town) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Collingwood (Town) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
The Blue Mountains, Ont.	T	6,453	6,825	-5.5
Clearview, Ont.	TP	13,734	14,088	-2.5
Wasaga Beach, Ont.	T	17,537	15,029 E	16.7
Tiny, Ont.	TP	11,232	10,754 A	4.4

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
		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
		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

Collingwood, T – Age distribution

Table 4 Collingwood, T – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	14.4%	15.6%	13.3%
15 to 64	62.8%	64.3%	61.6%
65 and over	22.8%	20.1%	25.2%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Collingwood, T was 22.8%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 62.8% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 14.4%. 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.

Collingwood, T – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Collingwood, T – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses

Broad age groups by sex	Population
	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	19,245	17,290	1,955	11.3
0 to 14	2,765	2,700	65	2.4
15 to 64	12,085	11,035	1,050	9.5
65 and over	4,390	3,555	835	23.5
Males
Total	8,940	8,150	790	9.7
0 to 14	1,395	1,400	-5	-0.4
15 to 64	5,750	5,290	460	8.7
65 and over	1,795	1,455	340	23.4
Females
Total	10,300	9,140	1,160	12.7
0 to 14	1,370	1,300	70	5.4
15 to 64	6,340	5,740	600	10.5
65 and over	2,595	2,100	495	23.6

Collingwood, T – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Collingwood, T – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	19,245	8,940	10,300
0 to 4 years	980	505	475
5 to 9 years	875	445	430
10 to 14 years	910	445	465
15 to 19 years	1,165	590	570
20 to 24 years	1,030	515	515
25 to 29 years	1,025	505	515
30 to 34 years	960	460	500
35 to 39 years	1,085	520	565
40 to 44 years	1,040	500	540
45 to 49 years	1,370	625	745
50 to 54 years	1,460	665	800
55 to 59 years	1,455	675	775
60 to 64 years	1,500	690	810
65 to 69 years	1,185	515	675
70 to 74 years	1,030	450	580
75 to 79 years	865	365	500
80 to 84 years	710	285	425
85 years and over	605	175	425
Median age	47.0	44.8	48.9

Collingwood, T – Median age² of the population

In 2011, the median age in Collingwood, T was 47 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 7 Canada, Ontario and Collingwood, T – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Collingwood, T	44.4	47.0

Families and households

Collingwood – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, CSD of Collingwood, T 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
		number	%	number	%	number	%
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
Collingwood, T	5,515	3,695	67.0	810	14.7	1,010	18.3	11.3
The Blue Mountains, T	2,045	1,640	80.2	220	10.8	180	8.8	-1.0
Clearview, TP	4,100	3,065	74.8	520	12.7	515	12.6	-1.9
Wasaga Beach, T	5,805	4,460	76.8	710	12.2	630	10.9	18.0
Tiny, TP	3,595	2,695	75.0	495	13.8	405	11.3	4.2

Collingwood – Presence of children within couple families

Presence of children within couple families

* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	1,385
Married couples without children *	2,310
Common-law-couples with children *	310
Common-law-couples without children *	505

Collingwood – Marital status

Table 9 Canada, Ontario, Collingwood, T – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census

Marital status	Collingwood, T		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	16,480	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	9,215	55.9	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	7,590	46.1	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	1,620	9.8	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	7,260	44.1	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	3,860	23.4	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	650	3.9	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	1,285	7.8	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	1,470	8.9	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Collingwood – Types of private households

There were 8,335 private households⁴ in Collingwood in 2011, a change of 13.9% from 2006. Of these, 19.9% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -1.2% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Collingwood, T – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census

Household type5	Collingwood, T		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	8,335	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home6	1,660	19.9	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home7	2,745	32.9	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households8	940	11.3	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	2,640	31.7	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households9	85	1.0	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households10	270	3.2	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Collingwood – Structural type of dwelling

In Collingwood, 58.8% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 2.7% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Ontario, Collingwood, T – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census

Structural type of dwelling	Collingwood, T		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	8,335	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	4,900	58.8	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	575	6.9	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	840	10.1	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	225	2.7	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,555	18.7	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	210	2.5	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house11	30	0.4	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling12	0	0.0	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Collingwood, T – Mother tongue

In Collingwood, 92.0% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.2% reported French only, and 6.0% 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, 97.4% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.2% spoke only French and 1.5% 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 Collingwood, T – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census

Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
	number	%	number	%
Total	18,875	100.0	18,870	100.0
English	17,360	92.0	18,385	97.4
French	225	1.2	40	0.2
Non-official language	1,140	6.0	275	1.5
Multiple responses	145	0.8	175	0.9

Table 13 Collingwood, T – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census

Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention13 (in percentage)
	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	100.0	99.9	0.1
French	40.0	18.2	21.8
Non-official language	57.2	31.2	26.0

Collingwood, T – Non-official languages

In Collingwood, the three most common mother tongues were German (1.3%), Italian (0.6%) and Dutch (0.6%), 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 Collingwood, T – 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	245	19.7	1.3
Italian	110	8.8	0.6
Dutch	105	8.4	0.6
Polish	75	6.0	0.4
Spanish	65	5.2	0.3

Collingwood, T – Bilingualism

Table 15 Collingwood, T – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census

Age groups	Mother tongue
	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	5.6	4.6	84.8	6.6
0 to 19	4.8	4.2	100.0	21.4
20 to 44	6.9	6.3	77.8	4.3
45 to 64	5.6	3.9	90.5	6.8
65 and over	4.9	3.5	69.2	6.4

Table 16 Collingwood, T – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census

Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	18,875	100.0
English only	17,740	94.0
French only	5	0.0
English and French	1,090	5.8
Neither English nor French	35	0.2

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Note(s):

1. Collingwood, T (Ontario) – This census subdivision has the following data quality indicators (commonly referred to as data quality flags):
    

   In 2006, the population and/or dwelling counts for this census subdivision were found to be incorrect. Since it is not possible to make changes to the 2006 Census data presented in these tables, the 2006 data should be used with caution. For further details, please refer to the Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census.

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'.
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.
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.
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.
6. Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.
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.
8. Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.
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.
10. Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.
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).
12. Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.
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.

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.