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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	Halifax (CMA) Nova Scotia (Census metropolitan area)			Deux-Montagnes, MRC Quebec (Census division)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	390,328	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,670^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	372,858	...Data not available	...Data not available	87,264^A†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	4.7	...Data not available	...Data not available	9.6	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	177,295	...Data not available	...Data not available	39,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	165,153	...Data not available	...Data not available	38,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	71.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	393.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	5,495.71	...Data not available	...Data not available	243.39	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	390,325	188,700	201,630	95,670	47,130	48,540
0 to 4 years	19,965	10,265	9,705	6,070	3,190	2,885
5 to 9 years	19,160	9,775	9,380	5,375	2,765	2,610
10 to 14 years	20,495	10,525	9,970	5,590	2,815	2,775
15 to 19 years	23,890	12,055	11,835	6,785	3,420	3,365
15 years	4,495	2,210	2,285	1,285	625	650
16 years	4,490	2,285	2,200	1,355	665	685
17 years	4,540	2,325	2,210	1,330	680	645
18 years	4,945	2,555	2,390	1,435	735	700
19 years	5,420	2,675	2,745	1,390	710	680
20 to 24 years	31,245	15,640	15,610	5,495	2,840	2,655
25 to 29 years	28,405	13,990	14,420	5,400	2,680	2,720
30 to 34 years	25,930	12,485	13,445	6,815	3,345	3,470
35 to 39 years	26,500	12,750	13,750	6,565	3,265	3,300
40 to 44 years	27,830	13,270	14,560	6,835	3,380	3,455
45 to 49 years	33,120	16,185	16,935	8,170	4,060	4,115
50 to 54 years	31,565	15,270	16,295	8,175	4,010	4,165
55 to 59 years	27,195	12,880	14,315	6,715	3,340	3,370
60 to 64 years	23,920	11,440	12,485	5,850	2,840	3,005
65 to 69 years	16,820	8,040	8,780	4,435	2,105	2,330
70 to 74 years	11,860	5,480	6,380	2,775	1,300	1,475
75 to 79 years	9,140	4,055	5,080	2,065	900	1,165
80 to 84 years	6,630	2,625	4,005	1,450	565	885
85 years and over	6,655	1,980	4,675	1,095	315	785
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	39.9	38.8	40.9	39.8	38.8	40.7
% of the population aged 15 and over	84.7	83.8	85.6	82.2	81.4	83.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	330,710	158,140	172,575	78,630	38,365	40,270
Married or living with a common-law partner	185,745	92,865	92,880	47,330	23,735	23,590
Married (and not separated)	151,835	75,905	75,925	27,390	13,775	13,615
Living common law	33,910	16,955	16,950	19,940	9,960	9,975
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	144,965	65,275	79,695	31,305	14,625	16,675
Single (never legally married)	99,260	50,845	48,415	21,110	11,305	9,805
Separated	9,375	3,980	5,395	1,190	495	700
Divorced	19,500	7,210	12,290	5,265	2,070	3,190
Widowed	16,830	3,240	13,595	3,740	760	2,980
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	109,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	58,405	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	24,815	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,655	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	19,685	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	6,860	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,095	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	109,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	91,400	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	74,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	35,445	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,650	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	39,020	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	16,540	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	16,650	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,860	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	5,840	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,215	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	16,925	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,960	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	11,375	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,130	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	5,550	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	3,095	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,780	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,505	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	675	...Data not available	...Data not available	815	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	18,370	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	14,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	9,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,035	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	4,300	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,065	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,405	...Data not available	...Data not available	300	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	3,375	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,310	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	2,295	...Data not available	...Data not available	815	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	885	...Data not available	...Data not available	405	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	195	...Data not available	...Data not available	80	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	105,010	...Data not available	...Data not available	29,545	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	23,685	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,135	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	35,545	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,765	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	13,110	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,855	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	21,800	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,350	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	10,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,440	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.0	...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	384,540	186,240	198,305	94,575	46,630	47,950
Number of persons not in census families	78,365	36,275	42,090	13,600	6,365	7,240
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	7,735	3,155	4,575	1,775	720	1,055
Living with non-relatives only	23,445	12,745	10,700	2,380	1,415	965
Living alone	47,190	20,375	26,815	9,450	4,225	5,220
Number of census family persons	306,175	149,965	156,210	80,980	40,265	40,710
Average number of persons per census family	2.8	...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	47,705	21,230	26,480	11,140	5,010	6,130
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	16,305	4,415	11,895	4,035	1,170	2,860
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	2,230	470	1,765	610	150	460
Living with non-relatives only	925	410	510	340	175	165
Living alone	13,155	3,530	9,620	3,080	845	2,235
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	31,395	16,815	14,580	7,105	3,835	3,270
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	165,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	38,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	107,475	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,595	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	99,090	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,600	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	84,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	21,715	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	43,130	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	41,440	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,765	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	14,525	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,885	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	8,380	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,990	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	6,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,525	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	3,850	...Data not available	...Data not available	990	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	1,885	...Data not available	...Data not available	400	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	1,965	...Data not available	...Data not available	590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	2,290	...Data not available	...Data not available	535	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	2,240	...Data not available	...Data not available	465	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	57,680	...Data not available	...Data not available	10,505	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	47,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,450	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	10,495	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,060	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	165,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	38,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	84,290	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,625	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	17,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	3,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	235	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	59,340	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,875	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	11,295	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	6,165	...Data not available	...Data not available	670	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	6,205	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	35,415	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,740	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	260	...Data not available	...Data not available	150	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	165,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	38,100	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	47,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,445	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	60,290	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,195	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	26,995	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,830	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	21,225	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,915	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	6,835	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,975	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	2,620	...Data not available	...Data not available	735	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	384,540	...Data not available	...Data not available	94,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.3	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.5	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	386,435	187,150	199,290	95,030	46,925	48,105
Single responses	382,760	185,360	197,405	93,715	46,260	47,460
English	348,740	168,025	180,710	5,905	2,980	2,930
French	10,160	5,015	5,145	84,000	41,355	42,650
Non-official languages	23,865	12,315	11,555	3,810	1,925	1,880
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	80	40	40	15	5	5
Atikamekw	0	5	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	10	5	5	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	0	5	5	0	5
Mi'kmaq	60	30	30	5	5	0
Ojibway	5	5	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}	23,385	12,065	11,320	3,710	1,885	1,830
African languages, n.i.e.	65	35	30	5	5	0
Afrikaans	45	25	20	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	40	20	25	0	0	0
Albanian	240	125	120	10	5	5
Amharic	130	65	65	0	0	0
Arabic	5,175	3,000	2,175	605	315	295
Armenian	45	25	15	40	25	15
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	75	45	30	10	5	5
Bengali	320	180	140	5	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	5	20	10	10
Bisayan languages	60	25	40	5	0	5
Bosnian	80	40	40	0	0	0
Bulgarian	30	15	20	55	25	25
Burmese	10	5	5	0	0	0
Cantonese	465	210	255	5	5	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,190	1,100	1,090	65	30	35
Creoles	40	20	20	125	60	60
Croatian	170	90	80	15	10	5
Czech	120	65	60	10	5	10
Danish	95	45	45	5	0	0
Dutch	515	245	270	30	10	15
Estonian	35	20	20	0	0	0
Finnish	45	20	25	5	0	5
Flemish	20	10	15	15	10	5
Fukien	10	5	5	0	0	0
German	1,250	590	660	145	60	85
Greek	665	330	335	130	75	55
Gujarati	85	45	40	5	5	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	65	35	30	5	0	5
Hindi	435	220	215	0	0	0
Hungarian	155	70	85	45	25	25
Ilocano	20	5	15	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	40	20	15	0	0	0
Italian	595	335	260	295	195	100
Japanese	230	80	150	10	5	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0	55	25	30
Korean	675	300	375	20	15	10
Kurdish	75	45	25	0	0	0
Lao	5	5	0	105	50	50
Latvian	30	15	20	5	5	0
Lingala	10	5	5	5	5	5
Lithuanian	25	5	15	0	0	0
Macedonian	10	5	5	0	0	0
Malay	50	15	30	5	0	5
Malayalam	95	45	50	0	0	0
Maltese	10	5	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	810	395	415	20	0	15
Marathi	25	15	15	0	0	0
Nepali	215	115	105	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	90	50	40	40	25	15
Norwegian	80	50	35	0	0	0
Oromo	35	25	10	30	20	15
Panjabi (Punjabi)	295	170	130	5	0	0
Pashto	60	35	25	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	1,130	605	525	25	15	15
Polish	580	280	300	105	45	65
Portuguese	280	145	135	190	95	95
Romanian	140	70	75	465	245	220
Rundi (Kirundi)	10	10	5	0	0	0
Russian	695	340	355	115	60	60
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	10	0	5	0	5	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	0	0	0
Serbian	100	50	50	5	5	5
Serbo-Croatian	105	50	55	5	5	0
Shanghainese	5	5	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	60	30	35	10	5	5
Sindhi	15	10	5	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	90	50	35	5	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	0	0	0
Slovak	90	45	45	0	5	0
Slovenian	25	10	10	0	0	0
Somali	35	20	20	0	0	0
Spanish	1,135	535	600	660	320	345
Swahili	60	40	30	0	0	0
Swedish	50	20	25	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	910	415	500	30	0	25
Taiwanese	35	20	15	0	0	0
Tamil	200	120	85	5	0	0
Telugu	110	65	45	0	0	0
Thai	50	20	30	5	0	5
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	55	25	30	0	0	0
Turkish	250	145	105	5	5	5
Ukrainian	150	70	80	25	10	15
Urdu	400	210	195	25	10	10
Vietnamese	375	185	190	65	30	35
Yiddish	20	10	10	5	5	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	400	210	195	80	35	40
Multiple responses	3,675	1,790	1,880	1,315	665	645
English and French	1,465	685	785	905	460	450
English and non-official language	1,895	940	955	65	35	30
French and non-official language	215	110	100	270	135	135
English, French and non-official language	105	60	45	75	40	35
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	386,440	187,155	199,285	95,030	46,925	48,105
English only	338,465	166,040	172,430	1,700	805	895
French only	380	165	210	47,245	21,630	25,615
English and French	46,400	20,425	25,980	45,865	24,375	21,485
Neither English nor French	1,190	520	670	210	110	100
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	386,435	187,150	199,290	95,030	46,925	48,105
English	374,480	181,270	193,215	6,890	3,470	3,415
French	9,780	4,895	4,890	86,715	42,715	44,000
English and French	1,045	500	545	1,245	655	585
Neither English nor French	1,130	495	645	185	85	100
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	10,300	5,140	5,160	7,510	3,795	3,715
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	2.7	2.7	2.6	7.9	8.1	7.7
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	386,440	187,150	199,285	95,030	46,925	48,105
Single responses	381,495	184,635	196,860	93,265	46,070	47,195
English	365,535	176,445	189,085	6,245	3,135	3,110
French	3,660	1,805	1,850	85,360	42,075	43,290
Non-official languages	12,305	6,380	5,920	1,655	860	795
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	5	0	0	0	0	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	5	5	5	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}	12,135	6,290	5,845	1,620	840	780
African languages, n.i.e.	30	15	15	0	0	0
Afrikaans	15	5	5	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	10	5	0	0	0	0
Albanian	120	65	60	5	0	5
Amharic	60	30	30	0	0	0
Arabic	3,025	1,710	1,320	245	115	135
Armenian	15	10	10	15	10	5
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	5	0	0
Bengali	200	100	95	0	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	10	5	0
Bisayan languages	25	15	15	0	0	0
Bosnian	45	20	25	0	0	0
Bulgarian	10	5	10	40	20	15
Burmese	0	5	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	255	135	125	5	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,595	835	760	40	20	25
Creoles	25	10	10	15	5	10
Croatian	60	35	30	5	5	0
Czech	35	15	20	0	0	0
Danish	10	5	5	0	0	0
Dutch	50	25	30	0	0	0
Estonian	0	0	5	0	0	0
Finnish	0	5	0	0	0	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	5	0
Fukien	0	0	5	0	0	0
German	250	115	135	20	10	10
Greek	250	110	145	30	20	15
Gujarati	45	25	20	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	25	10	10	0	0	0
Hindi	185	95	90	0	0	0
Hungarian	50	25	25	15	5	10
Ilocano	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	10	0	0	0
Italian	140	65	80	35	20	20
Japanese	105	50	55	0	0	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	5	0	0	40	20	15
Korean	470	220	245	20	10	10
Kurdish	55	35	25	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	0	45	20	20
Latvian	5	5	0	0	0	0
Lingala	10	5	5	5	0	0
Lithuanian	0	0	5	5	0	0
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	15	5	10	0	0	0
Malayalam	35	15	15	0	0	0
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	600	310	295	10	0	5
Marathi	15	10	5	0	0	0
Nepali	205	105	100	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	15	10	5	5	0
Norwegian	15	5	10	0	0	0
Oromo	20	15	5	10	10	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	145	75	60	0	0	0
Pashto	30	20	10	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	900	460	440	15	5	10
Polish	180	90	95	30	10	20
Portuguese	90	45	45	35	15	15
Romanian	75	30	40	340	180	155
Rundi (Kirundi)	5	5	5	0	0	0
Russian	455	240	220	90	50	35
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0	0	0
Serbian	55	25	25	0	5	0
Serbo-Croatian	45	20	25	0	0	0
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	85	45	45	10	10	5
Sindhi	5	0	5	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	35	15	15	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	25	10	15	0	0	0
Slovenian	5	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	20	5	10	0	0	0
Spanish	575	270	300	405	220	190
Swahili	20	5	10	0	0	0
Swedish	5	5	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	410	205	205	0	0	0
Taiwanese	15	10	5	0	0	0
Tamil	100	65	40	0	0	0
Telugu	50	30	20	0	0	0
Thai	15	5	10	0	0	0
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	25	15	15	0	0	0
Turkish	135	70	70	5	0	0
Ukrainian	15	5	10	5	5	0
Urdu	220	100	115	20	5	10
Vietnamese	230	120	110	40	20	15
Yiddish	0	0	0	5	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	165	90	75	35	15	15
Multiple responses	4,945	2,510	2,430	1,765	855	910
English and French	830	410	425	965	475	485
English and non-official language	3,885	1,990	1,890	115	45	70
French and non-official language	90	45	45	560	270	295
English, French and non-official language	140	70	65	130	65	65
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	386,440	187,150	199,290	95,025	46,925	48,100
None	361,510	174,925	186,585	84,365	41,495	42,870
Single responses	24,350	11,955	12,400	10,190	5,205	4,990
English	7,935	4,125	3,810	6,115	3,140	2,975
French	7,680	3,420	4,255	2,685	1,365	1,315
Non-official languages	8,740	4,410	4,330	1,390	700	695
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	85	35	50	15	10	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	5	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	5	0	0	5	5	5
Mi'kmaq	70	35	40	5	5	5
Ojibway	0	0	5	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}	8,325	4,220	4,105	1,315	665	650
African languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	5	0	5
Afrikaans	25	10	15	0	0	0
Akan (Twi)	25	15	15	5	0	0
Albanian	90	45	45	0	0	5
Amharic	35	20	20	0	0	0
Arabic	1,705	1,000	705	245	125	120
Armenian	20	15	10	5	0	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	40	20	15	10	5	5
Bengali	80	50	25	0	0	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	5	0	5	5	0
Bisayan languages	15	10	5	0	0	0
Bosnian	35	20	15	0	0	0
Bulgarian	20	10	5	5	5	5
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cantonese	155	80	80	5	0	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	365	165	205	15	5	15
Creoles	45	20	30	105	55	55
Croatian	55	25	30	5	5	5
Czech	35	20	15	0	0	0
Danish	30	15	15	0	0	0
Dutch	190	80	105	15	5	10
Estonian	5	0	5	0	0	0
Finnish	10	10	5	5	0	0
Flemish	5	0	0	0	0	0
Fukien	5	5	5	0	0	0
German	640	300	335	45	20	25
Greek	380	195	180	70	40	30
Gujarati	30	15	15	0	0	0
Hakka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	75	40	30	5	0	0
Hindi	265	140	120	0	5	5
Hungarian	60	25	35	5	0	5
Ilocano	10	0	5	0	0	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	0	0	0
Italian	285	150	135	105	60	40
Japanese	150	65	85	15	10	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	5	5	5
Korean	155	70	85	5	5	0
Kurdish	10	5	5	0	0	0
Lao	0	0	5	45	20	20
Latvian	15	10	10	0	0	0
Lingala	5	0	5	0	0	5
Lithuanian	5	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	5	5	0	0	0	0
Malay	15	5	10	5	0	5
Malayalam	45	20	25	0	0	0
Maltese	10	5	5	0	0	0
Mandarin	180	90	90	5	0	5
Marathi	5	5	5	0	0	0
Nepali	5	5	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	55	30	30	35	15	15
Norwegian	45	20	20	0	0	0
Oromo	5	5	5	5	5	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	100	50	50	0	0	0
Pashto	10	5	5	0	0	0
Persian (Farsi)	185	105	75	0	5	0
Polish	200	105	95	45	20	25
Portuguese	130	60	65	60	30	30
Romanian	50	20	25	75	35	40
Rundi (Kirundi)	5	5	0	0	0	5
Russian	185	90	95	10	5	10
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0	5	0	0	5	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	10	0	5	0	0	0
Serbian	40	15	20	5	0	0
Serbo-Croatian	45	20	25	5	0	5
Shanghainese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	105	40	65	5	5	5
Sindhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	40	25	15	0	0	0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	40	15	25	0	0	0
Slovenian	15	5	5	0	0	0
Somali	10	10	5	0	0	0
Spanish	730	335	395	275	150	125
Swahili	60	35	25	5	5	0
Swedish	35	15	20	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	330	135	195	15	5	10
Taiwanese	15	5	5	0	0	0
Tamil	80	45	40	0	0	0
Telugu	35	20	10	0	0	0
Thai	20	5	15	5	0	5
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	15	5	10	0	0	0
Turkish	100	55	45	5	0	0
Ukrainian	50	20	30	5	0	5
Urdu	145	75	70	0	0	0
Vietnamese	85	45	40	10	5	10
Yiddish	10	10	5	0	0	0
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	325	150	180	65	30	40
Multiple responses	575	275	305	475	225	245
English and French	75	35	40	145	70	70
English and non-official language	150	75	80	210	95	110
French and non-official language	345	165	185	115	55	60
English, French and non-official language	5	0	5	5	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. Halifax, Nova Scotia (Code 205) and Deux-Montagnes, Quebec (Code 2472) (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 May 15, 2024).

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Population centres	CSV (3,599 KB)	TAB (3,565 KB)
Dissemination areas	CSV (193,822 KB)	TAB (191,191 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	CSV (732 KB)	TAB (720 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	CSV (6,328 KB)	TAB (6,257 KB)
Health regions (December 2013)	CSV (666 KB)	TAB (654 KB)
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Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
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Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
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Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Halifax (Census metropolitan area)

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- Nova Scotia (Province)
  - Halifax (Census metropolitan area)

Geographic hierarchy: Deux-Montagnes (Municipalité régionale de comté)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)
  - Deux-Montagnes (Municipalité régionale de comté)

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