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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	Edmonton, CY Alberta (Census subdivision)			Montréal (CMA) Quebec (Census metropolitan area)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	812,201	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,824,221^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	730,372	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,635,556^A†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	11.2	...Data not available	...Data not available	5.2	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	348,672	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,696,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	324,756	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,613,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	1,186.8	...Data not available	...Data not available	898.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	684.37	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,258.31	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	812,200	404,875	407,325	3,824,220	1,861,520	1,962,700
0 to 4 years	50,560	25,930	24,630	222,225	113,520	108,700
5 to 9 years	42,320	21,655	20,665	201,655	102,255	99,395
10 to 14 years	42,555	21,815	20,745	208,290	106,470	101,825
15 to 19 years	48,950	24,685	24,265	242,600	122,930	119,665
15 years	9,230	4,690	4,535	46,445	23,715	22,735
16 years	9,240	4,660	4,575	47,330	23,970	23,360
17 years	9,595	4,940	4,650	47,950	24,460	23,485
18 years	9,940	4,955	4,990	49,395	25,010	24,385
19 years	10,950	5,435	5,515	51,475	25,775	25,700
20 to 24 years	67,850	34,200	33,650	250,890	125,260	125,630
25 to 29 years	75,695	38,755	36,935	256,520	126,530	129,990
30 to 34 years	65,365	33,610	31,750	276,950	136,060	140,885
35 to 39 years	57,450	29,295	28,150	266,295	132,355	133,940
40 to 44 years	55,955	28,465	27,490	273,535	137,000	136,535
45 to 49 years	60,100	30,150	29,945	302,160	151,420	150,745
50 to 54 years	60,290	30,345	29,945	295,365	145,825	149,540
55 to 59 years	51,205	25,600	25,605	250,495	121,475	129,020
60 to 64 years	39,255	19,435	19,820	217,405	103,455	113,950
65 to 69 years	26,640	12,635	14,005	170,995	79,885	91,115
70 to 74 years	21,515	9,810	11,700	129,760	58,375	71,390
75 to 79 years	18,365	8,070	10,295	106,620	45,895	60,720
80 to 84 years	14,820	6,085	8,740	81,755	31,810	49,945
85 years and over	13,320	4,320	9,000	70,715	21,000	49,715
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	36.0	35.3	36.9	39.7	38.7	40.8
% of the population aged 15 and over	83.3	82.9	83.8	83.5	82.7	84.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	676,770	335,480	341,290	3,192,055	1,539,275	1,652,785
Married or living with a common-law partner	363,925	182,800	181,130	1,728,495	866,800	861,690
Married (and not separated)	304,755	153,165	151,590	1,174,405	587,860	586,540
Living common law	59,170	29,635	29,540	554,085	278,935	275,150
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	312,835	152,680	160,160	1,463,565	672,475	791,090
Single (never legally married)	217,245	120,135	97,105	1,002,695	530,050	472,645
Separated	17,600	7,700	9,895	57,625	24,045	33,580
Divorced	45,470	18,645	26,830	228,245	85,130	143,120
Widowed	32,525	6,195	26,330	174,995	33,250	141,740
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	214,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,034,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	105,145	...Data not available	...Data not available	504,465	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	48,445	...Data not available	...Data not available	235,285	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	42,335	...Data not available	...Data not available	209,915	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	18,635	...Data not available	...Data not available	84,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	214,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,034,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	176,480	...Data not available	...Data not available	844,955	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	146,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	568,255	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	61,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	249,535	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	85,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	318,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	33,060	...Data not available	...Data not available	120,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	36,245	...Data not available	...Data not available	136,870	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	15,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,625	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	29,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	276,705	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	19,635	...Data not available	...Data not available	137,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	9,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	138,730	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	60,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	3,115	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,350	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,490	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,115	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	38,085	...Data not available	...Data not available	189,540	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	30,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	148,700	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	18,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	90,110	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	8,190	...Data not available	...Data not available	43,615	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	3,670	...Data not available	...Data not available	14,975	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	8,035	...Data not available	...Data not available	40,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,535	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,185	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	590	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,815	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	234,140	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,127,105	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	58,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	262,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	75,050	...Data not available	...Data not available	365,155	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	26,630	...Data not available	...Data not available	138,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	47,240	...Data not available	...Data not available	237,060	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	26,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	123,730	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...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	795,670	397,455	398,215	3,752,460	1,833,900	1,918,555
Number of persons not in census families	170,490	88,900	81,590	745,900	352,880	393,020
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	24,575	11,560	13,020	81,095	34,285	46,810
Living with non-relatives only	51,005	30,660	20,345	139,370	79,375	59,995
Living alone	94,910	46,685	48,230	525,435	239,220	286,215
Number of census family persons	625,180	308,555	316,625	3,006,560	1,481,025	1,525,535
Average number of persons per census family	2.9	...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	84,080	37,610	46,470	506,350	221,725	284,630
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	29,080	8,515	20,565	192,980	53,940	139,040
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	4,590	1,000	3,585	24,650	5,635	19,020
Living with non-relatives only	1,845	940	905	11,550	5,575	5,975
Living alone	22,650	6,575	16,075	156,780	42,730	114,050
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	55,000	29,100	25,900	313,370	167,785	145,585
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	324,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,613,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	207,115	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,017,170	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	182,385	...Data not available	...Data not available	947,275	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	153,920	...Data not available	...Data not available	787,450	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	70,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	361,170	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	83,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	426,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	28,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	159,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	24,730	...Data not available	...Data not available	69,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	17,735	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,165	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	12,020	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,380	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	4,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,570	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	7,065	...Data not available	...Data not available	20,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	5,720	...Data not available	...Data not available	18,785	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	6,995	...Data not available	...Data not available	16,735	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	117,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	596,085	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	94,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	525,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	22,730	...Data not available	...Data not available	70,650	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	324,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,613,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	165,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	525,830	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	25,520	...Data not available	...Data not available	135,905	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	2,840	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,485	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	130,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	948,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	16,020	...Data not available	...Data not available	80,320	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	31,250	...Data not available	...Data not available	52,290	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	8,420	...Data not available	...Data not available	144,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	74,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	665,305	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	180	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,780	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	324,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,613,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	94,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	525,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	105,815	...Data not available	...Data not available	517,795	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	51,940	...Data not available	...Data not available	246,160	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	43,960	...Data not available	...Data not available	215,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	17,635	...Data not available	...Data not available	75,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	10,495	...Data not available	...Data not available	32,485	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	795,675	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,752,460	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.3	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	801,195	399,735	401,465	3,785,915	1,845,570	1,940,345
Single responses	781,210	390,170	391,045	3,667,620	1,786,580	1,881,045
English	545,840	275,805	270,035	439,845	218,065	221,785
French	16,180	8,425	7,750	2,395,525	1,161,290	1,234,235
Non-official languages	219,195	105,940	113,255	832,245	407,220	425,025
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	1,855	725	1,130	535	180	355
Atikamekw	0	0	0	25	5	20
Cree, n.o.s.	1,605	635	970	205	85	115
Dene	105	40	70	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	55	15	35
Inuktitut	20	5	20	225	60	165
Mi'kmaq	5	5	5	20	10	15
Ojibway	85	35	50	5	0	0
Oji-Cree	5	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	35	15	15	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	214,665	103,930	110,735	823,845	403,005	420,840
African languages, n.i.e.	1,010	565	445	720	410	310
Afrikaans	265	130	130	75	40	35
Akan (Twi)	485	265	220	1,120	550	570
Albanian	515	280	235	2,110	1,090	1,020
Amharic	1,650	835	820	615	300	315
Arabic	11,180	6,070	5,110	126,865	67,530	59,335
Armenian	95	45	50	14,800	7,215	7,585
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	545	260	285	1,255	650	605
Bengali	1,485	800	690	10,240	5,220	5,025
Berber languages (Kabyle)	25	15	10	5,225	2,840	2,385
Bisayan languages	1,040	450	590	880	270	610
Bosnian	645	325	325	405	200	210
Bulgarian	365	175	190	5,975	2,910	3,060
Burmese	95	55	45	50	25	30
Cantonese	13,250	6,215	7,035	10,515	4,965	5,550
Chinese, n.o.s.	18,675	8,965	9,710	39,095	18,515	20,580
Creoles	545	270	280	47,665	21,100	26,570
Croatian	1,290	635	655	1,875	960	915
Czech	660	345	320	1,320	615	705
Danish	550	265	290	250	115	135
Dutch	2,940	1,435	1,505	2,115	1,060	1,055
Estonian	30	15	20	170	65	105
Finnish	185	70	115	335	120	220
Flemish	45	25	25	335	135	195
Fukien	200	100	105	70	30	45
German	10,730	4,990	5,740	10,155	4,565	5,590
Greek	840	445	395	38,860	19,510	19,355
Gujarati	3,285	1,620	1,670	5,895	2,885	3,005
Hakka	210	90	120	100	40	60
Hebrew	305	170	135	3,895	2,060	1,835
Hindi	5,910	2,960	2,945	2,635	1,375	1,260
Hungarian	1,390	710	685	6,005	2,870	3,140
Ilocano	970	410	560	1,680	605	1,070
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	175	85	85	450	270	185
Italian	4,550	2,250	2,300	110,125	54,285	55,835
Japanese	885	280	610	1,805	560	1,245
Khmer (Cambodian)	665	300	370	7,745	3,625	4,115
Korean	4,115	1,890	2,230	3,870	1,705	2,160
Kurdish	510	285	225	670	365	305
Lao	340	180	165	3,555	1,725	1,835
Latvian	90	45	50	275	95	180
Lingala	95	50	45	1,740	820	925
Lithuanian	90	35	55	570	235	330
Macedonian	120	60	65	175	90	85
Malay	350	160	190	555	230	325
Malayalam	1,315	665	650	290	155	140
Maltese	10	10	5	20	5	15
Mandarin	7,105	3,380	3,715	10,180	4,665	5,515
Marathi	275	145	130	150	90	60
Nepali	510	280	230	345	160	185
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	655	370	285	3,745	1,990	1,760
Norwegian	170	65	100	220	110	110
Oromo	480	275	205	6,390	3,490	2,900
Panjabi (Punjabi)	18,505	9,435	9,070	11,025	5,915	5,105
Pashto	495	260	230	960	525	435
Persian (Farsi)	3,345	1,750	1,595	17,895	9,340	8,560
Polish	8,160	3,815	4,350	13,530	5,905	7,630
Portuguese	3,700	1,815	1,890	29,225	14,035	15,190
Romanian	1,940	960	980	28,975	13,990	14,990
Rundi (Kirundi)	130	60	70	1,300	635	670
Russian	3,860	1,805	2,050	22,480	10,095	12,385
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	350	170	180	1,280	565	715
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	215	105	105	125	60	60
Serbian	1,395	705	690	1,735	850	885
Serbo-Croatian	330	160	170	675	335	340
Shanghainese	50	20	35	90	40	50
Sign languages, n.i.e.	155	85	70	285	155	125
Sindhi	810	375	435	295	140	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	825	445	380	570	300	265
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	300	160	135	65	40	25
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	130	65	70	265	140	125
Slovak	470	235	235	1,020	440	585
Slovenian	285	130	150	770	335	435
Somali	3,495	1,720	1,775	665	335	325
Spanish	12,940	6,625	6,315	111,070	54,395	56,670
Swahili	710	390	320	975	485	490
Swedish	200	95	105	435	210	225
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	19,965	8,690	11,275	13,280	4,550	8,730
Taiwanese	125	55	75	395	185	210
Tamil	1,010	550	465	13,145	6,595	6,550
Telugu	430	225	205	350	195	155
Thai	355	115	235	525	145	380
Tibetan languages	10	5	5	95	55	40
Tigrigna	990	500	485	310	140	165
Turkish	1,285	725	560	6,370	3,285	3,085
Ukrainian	10,310	4,335	5,970	4,365	1,885	2,480
Urdu	5,570	2,890	2,680	9,615	5,005	4,610
Vietnamese	7,835	3,625	4,205	24,610	11,725	12,880
Yiddish	65	30	35	8,910	4,445	4,460
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	2,670	1,280	1,390	7,870	4,040	3,825
Multiple responses	19,990	9,570	10,415	118,290	58,990	59,305
English and French	2,110	1,000	1,110	40,400	20,205	20,190
English and non-official language	16,525	7,915	8,605	21,450	10,460	10,985
French and non-official language	945	460	490	44,685	22,165	22,525
English, French and non-official language	410	190	215	11,755	6,160	5,595
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	801,200	399,740	401,460	3,785,915	1,845,570	1,940,345
English only	725,920	365,425	360,495	280,785	138,010	142,775
French only	1,075	465	605	1,401,455	626,035	775,425
English and French	58,210	27,580	30,630	2,039,040	1,056,095	982,945
Neither English nor French	15,995	6,260	9,730	64,640	25,430	39,205
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	801,200	399,740	401,460	3,785,915	1,845,570	1,940,345
English	764,985	383,065	381,920	739,485	367,370	372,115
French	16,225	8,430	7,795	2,767,210	1,339,785	1,427,430
English and French	4,395	2,185	2,215	216,745	114,035	102,710
Neither English nor French	15,590	6,060	9,530	62,470	24,385	38,090
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	18,425	9,520	8,905	847,860	424,390	423,475
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	2.3	2.4	2.2	22.4	23.0	21.8
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	801,200	399,735	401,460	3,785,915	1,845,570	1,940,345
Single responses	762,185	380,660	381,525	3,581,800	1,744,820	1,836,985
English	634,740	318,050	316,695	606,910	299,450	307,455
French	6,550	3,390	3,160	2,502,410	1,217,800	1,284,605
Non-official languages	120,890	59,225	61,665	472,485	227,560	244,920
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	370	165	210	195	75	125
Atikamekw	0	0	0	10	5	10
Cree, n.o.s.	315	140	175	85	35	50
Dene	25	10	15	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	30	10	15
Inuktitut	5	0	5	70	25	50
Mi'kmaq	5	5	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	20	5	15	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	5	5	5	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	119,505	58,550	60,950	469,410	226,055	243,360
African languages, n.i.e.	570	305	260	185	90	95
Afrikaans	115	55	55	25	10	10
Akan (Twi)	190	95	95	560	255	310
Albanian	255	140	110	1,325	670	655
Amharic	1,105	545	560	325	150	180
Arabic	6,605	3,475	3,130	66,910	34,230	32,680
Armenian	50	25	25	10,870	5,145	5,720
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	140	60	80	225	110	125
Bengali	995	525	470	8,155	4,050	4,100
Berber languages (Kabyle)	10	5	10	1,780	935	840
Bisayan languages	360	175	190	230	95	135
Bosnian	335	175	155	265	135	125
Bulgarian	250	120	130	4,590	2,260	2,330
Burmese	40	25	20	25	10	15
Cantonese	9,425	4,355	5,070	8,120	3,870	4,245
Chinese, n.o.s.	12,340	5,865	6,475	31,905	15,280	16,630
Creoles	335	165	170	19,000	8,095	10,905
Croatian	500	220	275	790	375	415
Czech	180	90	90	415	195	220
Danish	40	15	20	30	15	15
Dutch	190	85	105	325	155	170
Estonian	0	0	0	25	15	15
Finnish	25	10	15	60	20	35
Flemish	0	5	0	60	25	35
Fukien	65	25	35	15	5	10
German	1,645	760	880	1,830	840	990
Greek	295	145	155	19,750	9,530	10,225
Gujarati	1,975	950	1,025	3,930	1,895	2,040
Hakka	85	35	45	20	5	15
Hebrew	130	70	60	1,705	875	835
Hindi	3,490	1,745	1,745	1,400	700	700
Hungarian	420	200	220	2,240	995	1,245
Ilocano	340	155	180	585	225	360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	70	30	40	225	120	105
Italian	1,535	690	845	38,855	17,585	21,280
Japanese	365	140	225	760	330	430
Khmer (Cambodian)	355	160	200	4,880	2,260	2,625
Korean	3,015	1,430	1,585	2,840	1,305	1,525
Kurdish	300	165	135	310	155	150
Lao	170	85	85	2,100	1,010	1,090
Latvian	30	20	15	85	30	50
Lingala	20	10	10	450	205	245
Lithuanian	20	10	10	145	55	90
Macedonian	50	20	20	110	55	50
Malay	105	60	50	215	105	105
Malayalam	720	365	355	75	35	35
Maltese	5	5	5	0	0	0
Mandarin	5,525	2,720	2,800	8,525	4,090	4,435
Marathi	160	85	75	65	40	25
Nepali	350	180	165	285	135	150
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	190	90	100	855	410	445
Norwegian	10	5	5	40	20	20
Oromo	355	190	160	1,935	1,025	910
Panjabi (Punjabi)	14,145	7,165	6,975	8,270	4,375	3,895
Pashto	325	170	155	775	405	365
Persian (Farsi)	2,255	1,130	1,125	12,990	6,425	6,560
Polish	3,595	1,730	1,865	6,365	2,885	3,485
Portuguese	1,605	760	850	13,875	6,575	7,300
Romanian	1,195	595	595	21,380	10,475	10,910
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	20	45	365	165	200
Russian	2,440	1,210	1,235	17,550	8,310	9,240
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	190	95	90	295	140	150
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	95	50	50	55	30	25
Serbian	765	390	370	1,035	495	540
Serbo-Croatian	155	85	70	310	145	165
Shanghainese	20	10	10	30	10	15
Sign languages, n.i.e.	215	145	70	525	330	195
Sindhi	355	155	195	165	80	85
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	430	235	195	320	160	160
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	230	130	100	35	15	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	50	25	25	125	55	65
Slovak	135	70	65	220	100	120
Slovenian	40	15	25	280	115	160
Somali	2,645	1,275	1,370	410	200	215
Spanish	7,825	3,990	3,840	74,755	36,280	38,470
Swahili	305	160	145	270	125	140
Swedish	20	10	10	100	45	50
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	11,065	5,255	5,810	7,210	2,775	4,440
Taiwanese	55	20	35	220	115	100
Tamil	590	310	280	11,225	5,565	5,670
Telugu	260	135	120	215	115	100
Thai	140	70	70	160	75	85
Tibetan languages	0	5	0	70	35	30
Tigrigna	625	310	315	160	70	85
Turkish	945	495	445	4,675	2,320	2,360
Ukrainian	1,715	775	940	1,800	775	1,025
Urdu	3,695	1,890	1,805	7,030	3,550	3,485
Vietnamese	5,490	2,575	2,915	19,555	9,285	10,270
Yiddish	0	0	0	6,155	3,165	2,990
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,015	510	500	2,870	1,435	1,440
Multiple responses	39,015	19,075	19,935	204,120	100,755	103,365
English and French	1,420	760	665	48,610	24,475	24,135
English and non-official language	36,590	17,845	18,750	41,050	19,960	21,095
French and non-official language	365	180	185	87,330	42,320	45,010
English, French and non-official language	635	295	345	27,120	13,995	13,125
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	801,200	399,735	401,460	3,785,915	1,845,570	1,940,345
None	665,905	333,390	332,515	2,955,830	1,434,280	1,521,550
Single responses	132,825	65,145	67,680	761,210	376,665	384,550
English	53,860	27,000	26,860	276,640	139,560	137,075
French	8,340	3,970	4,375	230,990	113,850	117,145
Non-official languages	70,625	34,175	36,445	253,580	123,255	130,325
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	1,550	640	910	235	85	150
Atikamekw	0	0	0	10	5	10
Cree, n.o.s.	1,375	580	795	80	40	45
Dene	65	20	50	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	20	10	10
Inuktitut	15	5	10	90	25	70
Mi'kmaq	5	5	0	25	5	15
Ojibway	60	20	40	5	0	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	30	10	15	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	67,565	32,820	34,750	248,955	120,965	127,990
African languages, n.i.e.	250	155	100	470	250	220
Afrikaans	130	70	65	45	25	20
Akan (Twi)	295	165	135	465	240	225
Albanian	130	70	60	335	165	170
Amharic	500	275	225	175	85	90
Arabic	5,555	2,980	2,575	44,685	23,760	20,920
Armenian	20	10	10	2,440	1,210	1,225
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	240	115	125	745	370	370
Bengali	345	190	155	1,110	620	490
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,825	955	870
Bisayan languages	270	105	165	240	80	160
Bosnian	230	115	115	80	30	45
Bulgarian	75	30	40	740	340	405
Burmese	45	25	20	15	5	10
Cantonese	3,590	1,770	1,825	1,755	865	890
Chinese, n.o.s.	3,990	1,990	2,000	5,055	2,325	2,730
Creoles	330	175	160	33,300	14,930	18,370
Croatian	500	270	230	485	220	260
Czech	230	120	105	350	155	190
Danish	190	80	110	110	45	65
Dutch	965	430	535	630	290	340
Estonian	15	5	10	55	20	30
Finnish	80	35	40	105	45	60
Flemish	10	5	5	55	20	40
Fukien	70	30	35	25	10	15
German	3,835	1,765	2,070	4,130	1,870	2,260
Greek	480	245	235	14,145	7,120	7,030
Gujarati	990	490	500	1,175	595	580
Hakka	55	20	35	50	25	25
Hebrew	255	130	125	2,935	1,455	1,485
Hindi	3,095	1,620	1,480	1,790	945	850
Hungarian	425	220	205	1,425	640	790
Ilocano	240	95	150	505	180	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	50	30	25	185	100	85
Italian	2,060	1,030	1,030	37,515	18,415	19,100
Japanese	515	215	305	845	350	495
Khmer (Cambodian)	220	100	115	2,010	925	1,085
Korean	805	365	445	600	265	335
Kurdish	130	70	60	205	105	100
Lao	110	55	50	930	450	480
Latvian	20	10	10	70	25	50
Lingala	165	90	70	2,255	1,090	1,165
Lithuanian	30	15	15	160	55	105
Macedonian	55	30	30	35	20	20
Malay	135	70	70	195	90	110
Malayalam	470	230	240	130	65	70
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	1,620	730	895	1,670	715	960
Marathi	50	25	25	55	30	25
Nepali	95	55	35	20	10	15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	445	245	200	2,225	1,095	1,130
Norwegian	80	35	50	90	45	45
Oromo	90	50	35	2,215	1,145	1,065
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,340	1,710	1,630	1,715	940	775
Pashto	105	55	50	80	50	30
Persian (Farsi)	720	385	335	2,635	1,455	1,180
Polish	2,535	1,165	1,370	3,015	1,215	1,795
Portuguese	1,580	770	810	8,350	3,990	4,360
Romanian	440	210	230	4,050	1,865	2,185
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	35	25	655	320	345
Russian	1,160	540	620	4,080	1,865	2,215
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	165	80	85	575	250	325
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	75	45	35	45	25	20
Serbian	490	245	240	365	180	180
Serbo-Croatian	105	45	60	135	65	70
Shanghainese	10	5	5	45	20	30
Sign languages, n.i.e.	200	90	105	215	95	120
Sindhi	355	165	190	110	50	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	355	190	165	175	95	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	55	30	25	20	10	10
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	25	20	10	70	35	35
Slovak	140	75	65	280	125	155
Slovenian	120	60	60	205	85	115
Somali	885	435	455	195	100	90
Spanish	5,270	2,700	2,570	31,140	15,250	15,890
Swahili	560	290	270	710	325	385
Swedish	105	55	50	265	135	135
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5,805	2,285	3,520	4,700	1,505	3,190
Taiwanese	50	25	25	135	65	70
Tamil	350	190	165	1,495	785	710
Telugu	120	70	55	70	50	30
Thai	180	70	115	235	75	155
Tibetan languages	10	5	5	25	15	5
Tigrigna	335	175	160	75	40	40
Turkish	305	180	125	1,125	590	530
Ukrainian	3,385	1,435	1,950	1,125	475	650
Urdu	1,565	805	765	2,135	1,160	975
Vietnamese	1,985	940	1,045	4,155	2,010	2,145
Yiddish	25	10	10	1,675	765	910
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,510	715	795	4,390	2,205	2,190
Multiple responses	2,470	1,200	1,265	68,875	34,630	34,245
English and French	375	195	180	28,020	14,400	13,620
English and non-official language	995	505	490	19,670	9,825	9,850
French and non-official language	1,070	485	585	20,300	9,955	10,345
English, French and non-official language	25	15	10	885	450	435

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

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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. Edmonton, Alberta (Code 4811061) and Montréal, Quebec (Code 462) (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 2, 2024).

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Dissolved census subdivisions	IVT (536 KB)	XML (1,140 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (December 2013)	IVT (1,330 KB)	..
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Map

Map: Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

Alternative format(s): pdf | ARCHIVED – Reference map (interactive tool)

Map: Edmonton, City, Census Subdivision (shaded in green), Alberta

Map: Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

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Map: Montréal, Census metropolitan area (shaded in green), Quebec

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Edmonton (City)

Canada
- Alberta (Province)
  - Division No. 11 (Census division)
    - Edmonton (City)

Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Census metropolitan area)

Canada
- Montréal (Census metropolitan area)

Note

Note: For more information regarding geographic hierarchies, refer to the Illustrated Glossary: Hierarchy of standard geographic units tutorial.

Related data

Related data: Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

2011 Census

Topic-based tabulations, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta
Highlight tables, Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities) with 5,000-plus population
Focus on Geography, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta
Census Data Navigator, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta, 2011
NHS Data Tables, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta
NHS Focus on Geography Series, Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

Related data: Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

2011 Census

Topic-based tabulations, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec
Highlight tables, Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations
Focus on Geography, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec
Visual Census, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec, 2011
NHS Data Tables, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec
NHS Focus on Geography Series, Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

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Map

Map: Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

Map: Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Edmonton (City)

Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Census metropolitan area)

Note

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Related data: Edmonton, City (Census Subdivision), Alberta

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Related data: Montréal (Census metropolitan area), Quebec

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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