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Census Profile

Data table

The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic	Airdrie, CY Alberta (Census subdivision)			Wood Buffalo (CA) Alberta (Census agglomeration)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	42,564	...Data not available	...Data not available	66,896	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	28,927	...Data not available	...Data not available	52,643	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	47.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	27.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	15,638	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,548	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	15,024	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,544	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	1,286.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	33.10	...Data not available	...Data not available	63,782.95	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	42,560	21,385	21,175	66,895	36,415	30,480
0 to 4 years	4,145	2,155	1,995	5,260	2,705	2,555
5 to 9 years	3,310	1,710	1,605	3,760	1,985	1,775
10 to 14 years	2,905	1,505	1,400	3,540	1,845	1,690
15 to 19 years	2,740	1,435	1,315	4,020	2,105	1,920
15 years	600	330	275	760	385	375
16 years	595	290	300	690	370	320
17 years	520	275	250	760	385	375
18 years	550	280	270	865	445	420
19 years	470	255	220	940	510	430
20 to 24 years	2,545	1,325	1,225	6,185	3,235	2,945
25 to 29 years	3,555	1,705	1,850	8,110	4,365	3,750
30 to 34 years	4,260	2,085	2,175	6,925	3,700	3,220
35 to 39 years	3,870	1,930	1,945	5,740	3,290	2,450
40 to 44 years	3,335	1,715	1,615	5,495	3,020	2,480
45 to 49 years	3,045	1,520	1,525	5,655	3,130	2,530
50 to 54 years	2,720	1,340	1,375	5,610	3,155	2,455
55 to 59 years	2,210	1,140	1,070	3,625	2,225	1,405
60 to 64 years	1,495	750	740	1,710	1,020	690
65 to 69 years	840	435	400	660	380	285
70 to 74 years	550	235	310	285	145	135
75 to 79 years	395	185	215	185	70	110
80 to 84 years	320	125	195	80	30	45
85 years and over	315	95	220	55	15	40
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	32.4	32.1	32.7	31.7	32.5	30.8
% of the population aged 15 and over	75.7	74.9	76.4	81.2	82.1	80.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	32,195	16,015	16,185	54,335	29,880	24,455
Married or living with a common-law partner	21,185	10,580	10,605	33,695	17,470	16,225
Married (and not separated)	17,855	8,925	8,930	25,355	13,290	12,060
Living common law	3,330	1,655	1,675	8,340	4,175	4,165
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	11,010	5,430	5,580	20,640	12,405	8,230
Single (never legally married)	7,505	4,190	3,315	16,345	10,135	6,220
Separated	880	370	500	1,295	720	570
Divorced	1,725	690	1,035	2,390	1,415	975
Widowed	905	175	725	600	140	465
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	11,970	...Data not available	...Data not available	18,075	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	4,880	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,375	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	2,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,395	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	3,020	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	1,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,460	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	11,965	...Data not available	...Data not available	18,075	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	10,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	8,805	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	3,130	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,460	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	5,675	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,370	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	1,925	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,965	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	2,620	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,190	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,130	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	1,665	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,150	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	905	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	755	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,560	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	360	...Data not available	...Data not available	880	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	275	...Data not available	...Data not available	505	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	120	...Data not available	...Data not available	175	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	1,495	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	1,120	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,375	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	610	...Data not available	...Data not available	805	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	375	...Data not available	...Data not available	400	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	135	...Data not available	...Data not available	170	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	375	...Data not available	...Data not available	720	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	230	...Data not available	...Data not available	515	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	115	...Data not available	...Data not available	155	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	30	...Data not available	...Data not available	40	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	14,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	4,810	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,005	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	5,415	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,460	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	1,645	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,110	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	2,110	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,315	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	610	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,180	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.2	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	42,280	21,300	20,980	66,535	36,200	30,335
Number of persons not in census families	5,240	2,735	2,505	13,410	9,005	4,405
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	840	405	440	2,245	1,415	830
Living with non-relatives only	1,775	1,075	705	7,040	4,720	2,320
Living alone	2,620	1,255	1,365	4,125	2,875	1,255
Number of census family persons	37,040	18,565	18,475	53,125	27,195	25,930
Average number of persons per census family	3.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	2,155	1,005	1,155	1,220	630	585
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	685	180	510	420	160	255
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	130	35	100	155	40	115
Living with non-relatives only	45	20	20	55	40	20
Living alone	515	125	390	210	85	125
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	1,470	825	645	795	465	325
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	15,025	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,545	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	11,710	...Data not available	...Data not available	17,215	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	10,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	9,525	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	3,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	5,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,415	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	1,115	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	1,070	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,320	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	820	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	565	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	205	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	370	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	255	...Data not available	...Data not available	500	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	250	...Data not available	...Data not available	820	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	3,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,330	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	2,620	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,125	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	695	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,200	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	15,025	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,545	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	10,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	95	...Data not available	...Data not available	555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	175	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	3,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	920	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,370	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	1,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,295	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	95	...Data not available	...Data not available	330	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,205	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	5	...Data not available	...Data not available	5	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	15,025	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,545	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	2,620	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,125	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	4,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	2,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,905	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	3,105	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	1,175	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,715	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	505	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,025	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	42,280	...Data not available	...Data not available	66,535	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	42,480	21,355	21,120	66,845	36,410	30,440
Single responses	42,000	21,105	20,895	65,530	35,715	29,815
English	38,260	19,245	19,010	53,045	29,050	23,995
French	720	385	335	1,795	1,055	740
Non-official languages	3,020	1,475	1,545	10,690	5,610	5,075
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	5	0	5	840	400	440
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	0	510	245	265
Dene	0	0	0	320	145	175
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	5	5	5
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	0	5	5	5	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	2,975	1,450	1,525	9,655	5,115	4,540
African languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5	65	50	10
Afrikaans	15	10	5	130	65	65
Akan (Twi)	15	10	10	40	25	20
Albanian	5	0	5	10	5	0
Amharic	10	5	5	145	90	55
Arabic	55	35	20	760	445	310
Armenian	0	0	0	0	5	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10	0	5	75	35	40
Bengali	0	0	0	195	110	90
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	15	5	10	60	25	40
Bosnian	20	15	10	15	5	5
Bulgarian	5	0	5	25	15	10
Burmese	0	0	0	5	0	5
Cantonese	70	35	35	95	50	45
Chinese, n.o.s.	95	45	50	390	210	180
Creoles	0	0	5	35	20	15
Croatian	25	10	10	15	10	5
Czech	20	10	10	30	15	15
Danish	25	15	15	10	5	0
Dutch	155	75	80	85	50	30
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	20	5	10	5	5	5
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	5	0	0
German	395	210	185	195	115	80
Greek	30	20	10	30	20	5
Gujarati	25	15	10	855	455	405
Hakka	0	0	0	10	5	5
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	25	15	10	335	180	150
Hungarian	50	25	25	40	25	20
Ilocano	5	0	0	40	10	25
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	10	5
Italian	70	40	30	55	30	20
Japanese	30	10	20	15	5	10
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	5	0	5	5	5
Korean	60	25	30	95	45	50
Kurdish	0	0	0	5	5	0
Lao	15	5	10	5	0	0
Latvian	5	5	0	5	5	5
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	5	0	0	0	0	5
Macedonian	5	0	5	0	5	0
Malay	5	5	0	25	10	15
Malayalam	5	0	5	150	85	70
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	25	10	10	155	85	75
Marathi	5	0	0	45	25	20
Nepali	0	0	0	15	10	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	15	15	85	55	30
Norwegian	5	5	0	0	5	0
Oromo	0	0	0	40	25	20
Panjabi (Punjabi)	235	120	110	300	175	125
Pashto	0	0	0	40	20	15
Persian (Farsi)	25	15	15	130	75	60
Polish	90	45	50	135	75	55
Portuguese	50	20	35	115	55	60
Romanian	40	20	20	85	50	40
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian	55	30	25	95	45	55
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	15	10	0
Serbian	5	0	0	55	25	30
Serbo-Croatian	5	0	0	10	5	5
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	10	5	5
Sindhi	5	5	0	15	5	10
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	5	45	25	20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	10	5	5
Slovak	35	15	15	20	5	15
Slovenian	0	0	5	5	5	5
Somali	0	0	0	575	415	160
Spanish	375	180	200	890	460	430
Swahili	0	0	0	30	20	10
Swedish	5	5	0	5	5	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	370	160	215	1,400	530	870
Taiwanese	5	5	0	10	0	10
Tamil	10	0	5	140	80	60
Telugu	5	5	0	45	20	25
Thai	15	5	10	30	5	30
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	40	35	5
Turkish	10	5	5	35	20	15
Ukrainian	70	35	35	60	30	30
Urdu	95	55	40	835	445	395
Vietnamese	75	35	45	30	10	20
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	35	20	15	195	95	95
Multiple responses	480	255	225	1,315	695	625
English and French	140	75	60	210	120	90
English and non-official language	310	160	150	1,040	535	505
French and non-official language	15	5	5	45	25	25
English, French and non-official language	20	10	10	20	15	10
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	42,480	21,360	21,120	66,845	36,410	30,440
English only	39,380	19,920	19,460	61,650	33,630	28,015
French only	20	15	10	105	55	45
English and French	2,970	1,385	1,585	4,710	2,560	2,155
Neither English nor French	105	40	70	385	160	225
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	42,475	21,360	21,120	66,850	36,410	30,440
English	41,625	20,920	20,700	64,370	35,000	29,370
French	665	350	315	1,810	1,075	735
English and French	90	45	40	300	185	115
Neither English nor French	100	40	65	365	150	215
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	710	375	335	1,965	1,165	795
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.7	1.8	1.6	2.9	3.2	2.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	42,480	21,360	21,120	66,850	36,410	30,440
Single responses	41,880	21,060	20,825	64,925	35,405	29,515
English	40,600	20,415	20,185	58,120	31,665	26,455
French	260	140	115	885	525	355
Non-official languages	1,025	505	520	5,925	3,220	2,700
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	0	0	0	270	140	130
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	90	50	40
Dene	0	0	0	175	90	85
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	1,015	500	515	5,580	3,040	2,535
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	40	30	5
Afrikaans	5	5	5	80	45	40
Akan (Twi)	10	5	5	25	10	10
Albanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amharic	0	0	0	115	65	45
Arabic	20	10	10	505	275	225
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	50	25	25
Bengali	0	0	0	135	75	60
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	5	0	5	20	10	10
Bosnian	15	10	10	0	0	0
Bulgarian	5	0	0	10	5	5
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	25	15	15	65	30	30
Chinese, n.o.s.	35	15	20	270	140	125
Creoles	0	0	0	20	15	10
Croatian	5	0	0	0	5	0
Czech	5	5	0	10	5	5
Danish	0	0	0	0	5	0
Dutch	15	5	10	25	10	15
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	5	0	0	0	0	0
Flemish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	35	20	15	35	20	20
Greek	10	10	5	5	5	0
Gujarati	20	10	5	645	335	310
Hakka	0	0	0	5	5	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	5	5	0	205	105	100
Hungarian	15	10	10	15	5	5
Ilocano	0	0	0	20	5	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Italian	0	0	0	15	15	5
Japanese	15	0	5	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	5	0	0	0
Korean	40	20	20	60	30	30
Kurdish	0	0	0	5	0	0
Lao	5	0	0	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	5
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	5	0	5	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	5	5	0
Malayalam	5	0	0	70	40	30
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	20	10	10	105	60	45
Marathi	0	0	0	20	5	10
Nepali	0	0	0	10	5	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	15	10	5
Norwegian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	20	15	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	145	80	70	145	80	65
Pashto	0	0	0	30	20	15
Persian (Farsi)	10	5	5	85	45	40
Polish	25	10	10	30	15	15
Portuguese	5	0	0	40	15	25
Romanian	10	10	5	55	35	25
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian	20	10	5	50	25	25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	5	5	0
Serbian	0	0	0	45	25	25
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	5	5
Sindhi	5	5	5	10	5	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	15	5	10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	0
Slovak	20	10	5	5	5	5
Slovenian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	405	295	110
Spanish	190	95	100	595	315	280
Swahili	0	0	0	20	10	10
Swedish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	150	65	80	615	290	325
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	0	5	0	80	50	35
Telugu	5	5	5	20	10	10
Thai	0	0	5	10	0	5
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	35	30	5
Turkish	0	0	0	15	10	10
Ukrainian	5	5	5	10	5	0
Urdu	45	25	20	585	300	280
Vietnamese	30	15	15	15	5	5
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	10	5	5	75	35	40
Multiple responses	595	300	295	1,925	1,005	920
English and French	80	40	45	120	75	50
English and non-official language	495	250	245	1,740	890	845
French and non-official language	10	5	0	15	10	5
English, French and non-official language	10	5	0	50	30	20
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	42,480	21,355	21,120	66,845	36,410	30,440
None	40,015	20,180	19,835	58,435	31,925	26,515
Single responses	2,410	1,150	1,260	8,270	4,415	3,855
English	600	310	290	3,445	1,905	1,540
French	555	250	305	890	470	425
Non-official languages	1,250	590	660	3,940	2,040	1,895
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	5	0	5	610	290	320
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	5	430	205	230
Dene	0	0	0	170	85	90
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	5	5	5
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	1,225	575	650	3,220	1,695	1,525
African languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	30	20	5
Afrikaans	10	5	5	60	30	35
Akan (Twi)	15	5	5	25	15	10
Albanian	5	0	5	5	5	0
Amharic	5	0	0	40	30	10
Arabic	30	20	15	335	205	130
Armenian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5	0	5	20	15	10
Bengali	0	0	0	30	20	15
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bisayan languages	10	0	5	15	5	10
Bosnian	5	0	5	10	5	5
Bulgarian	0	0	0	10	5	5
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	20	10	5	25	10	10
Chinese, n.o.s.	35	20	15	90	50	45
Creoles	5	0	0	5	0	5
Croatian	20	10	10	10	5	5
Czech	5	5	5	10	5	5
Danish	10	5	0	0	0	0
Dutch	50	20	30	10	10	5
Estonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish	10	5	0	5	5	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	0	0	0	0	0	0
German	130	65	70	60	40	20
Greek	10	5	5	20	10	10
Gujarati	10	5	5	105	65	40
Hakka	0	0	0	5	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	15	10	5	230	135	95
Hungarian	15	10	10	10	10	0
Ilocano	0	0	0	15	5	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Italian	35	20	15	25	10	10
Japanese	30	15	20	10	5	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	5	0
Korean	10	5	5	30	15	15
Kurdish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lao	10	5	5	0	0	0
Latvian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lingala	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	15	5	10
Malayalam	5	0	0	55	30	25
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	0	0	0	40	25	20
Marathi	0	0	0	20	10	15
Nepali	0	0	0	5	5	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	10	15	85	50	40
Norwegian	5	0	5	0	5	0
Oromo	0	0	0	15	10	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	75	35	35	100	65	35
Pashto	0	0	0	10	5	5
Persian (Farsi)	10	5	5	45	30	20
Polish	45	20	25	65	35	30
Portuguese	40	15	20	65	30	35
Romanian	15	10	10	10	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	5	0	0
Russian	15	0	10	50	25	25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5	5	5	0
Serbian	5	0	0	15	10	10
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	5	0	5
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	15	10	10
Sindhi	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	20	10	5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Slovak	5	0	5	10	0	10
Slovenian	5	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	0	0	0	130	90	40
Spanish	200	105	95	240	125	110
Swahili	0	5	0	25	20	5
Swedish	5	5	0	5	0	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	145	60	90	555	195	360
Taiwanese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil	0	0	0	55	25	30
Telugu	0	5	0	15	5	10
Thai	10	0	10	20	5	15
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	10	10	5
Turkish	0	0	0	10	5	5
Ukrainian	15	10	5	10	5	10
Urdu	55	30	25	220	110	110
Vietnamese	30	15	20	10	5	5
Yiddish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	25	15	10	105	55	45
Multiple responses	50	30	25	135	70	70
English and French	5	0	0	35	25	15
English and non-official language	15	10	5	50	20	30
French and non-official language	35	20	15	50	25	25
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	0	5	0

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

Users wishing to compare 2011 Census data with those of other censuses should then take into account that the boundaries of geographic areas may change from one census to another. In order to facilitate comparison, the 2006 Census counts are adjusted as needed to take into account boundary changes between the 2006 and 2011 censuses. The 2006 counts that were adjusted are identified by the letter 'A.' The letter 'A' may also refer to corrections to the 2006 counts; however, most of these are the result of boundary changes. This symbol is also used to identify areas that have been created since 2006, such as newly incorporated municipalities (census subdivisions) and new designated places (DPLs).

^E use with caution

After the release of the 2006 or 2011 Census population and dwelling counts, errors are occasionally uncovered in the data. It is not possible to make changes to the 2006 or 2011 Census data presented in these tables.

Refer to the 2006 population and dwelling count amendments or the 2011 population and dwelling count amendments for further information.

X area and data suppression

In addition to random rounding, area and data suppression has been adopted to further protect the confidentiality of individual respondents' personal information.

Area and data suppression results in the deletion of all information for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. For example, areas with a population of less than 40 persons are suppressed. If the community searched has a population of less than 40 persons, only the total population counts will be available.

Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

^† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

¶ incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

.. not available for a specific reference period

Data quality index: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 25% (suppressed). Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement: There were 13 Indian reserves and Indian settlements where enumeration was not possible as a result of forest fires in Northern Ontario at the time of census collection. Collection for these communities was done at a later time. While the data are not included in the 2011 Census tabulations, it is expected that separate special tables showing data for these communities will be made available at a later date, subject to data quality evaluation. Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

... not applicable

A possible reason for the use of the three dots (...) symbol is:

A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

2011 and 2006 population

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

Total private dwellings

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Age

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

Median age

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 6

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Total number of census families in private households

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Total number of census families in private households

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Living with relatives

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Total number of private households by 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 common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

One-family-only households

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Other family households

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Movable dwelling

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

Other dwelling

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Total number of private households by household size

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. 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.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

Total population excluding institutional residents

The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 20

Selected Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 21

Selected non-Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 22

Other languages

This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 23

Official language minority

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2012. Airdrie, Alberta (Code 4806021) and Wood Buffalo, Alberta (Code 860) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 7, 2024).

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Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Airdrie (City)

Canada
- Alberta (Province)
  - Division No. 6 (Census division)
    - Airdrie (City)

Geographic hierarchy: Wood Buffalo (Census agglomeration)

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- Wood Buffalo (Census agglomeration)

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