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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	Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte British Columbia (Economic region)			Ottawa - Gatineau (CMA) Ontario (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}	759,366^†	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,236,324	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	727,422^†	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,133,633^A	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	4.4	...Data not available	...Data not available	9.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	369,462	...Data not available	...Data not available	526,627	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	333,360	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,636	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	9.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	196.6	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	84,231.41	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,287.03	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	759,365	368,350	391,015	1,236,320	601,270	635,055
0 to 4 years	33,400	17,050	16,350	71,245	36,245	35,000
5 to 9 years	33,845	17,330	16,520	68,720	34,900	33,820
10 to 14 years	37,240	18,895	18,345	71,470	36,155	35,315
15 to 19 years	43,690	22,400	21,285	82,620	42,030	40,590
15 years	8,395	4,340	4,055	15,510	7,990	7,515
16 years	8,610	4,375	4,230	16,205	8,250	7,955
17 years	8,940	4,585	4,350	16,180	8,255	7,930
18 years	8,805	4,505	4,295	16,830	8,485	8,340
19 years	8,940	4,585	4,355	17,890	9,050	8,850
20 to 24 years	43,430	21,750	21,680	88,795	44,500	44,290
25 to 29 years	42,725	21,200	21,530	83,955	41,305	42,645
30 to 34 years	41,245	20,355	20,895	82,070	39,520	42,545
35 to 39 years	41,640	20,250	21,390	84,990	40,870	44,120
40 to 44 years	47,010	22,855	24,150	90,215	43,890	46,325
45 to 49 years	56,940	27,250	29,685	103,875	51,045	52,830
50 to 54 years	62,825	29,795	33,030	98,840	48,090	50,750
55 to 59 years	63,335	29,875	33,460	82,290	40,085	42,205
60 to 64 years	61,515	29,970	31,545	70,360	34,270	36,095
65 to 69 years	46,060	22,660	23,400	50,100	23,895	26,210
70 to 74 years	33,635	16,540	17,100	36,445	16,850	19,600
75 to 79 years	27,065	12,940	14,125	28,375	12,690	15,680
80 to 84 years	21,375	9,435	11,935	21,470	8,540	12,935
85 years and over	22,395	7,790	14,600	20,485	6,375	14,110
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	46.5	45.4	47.4	39.1	38.2	39.9
% of the population aged 15 and over	86.2	85.5	86.9	82.9	82.2	83.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	654,880	315,080	339,805	1,024,890	493,965	530,930
Married or living with a common-law partner	380,475	189,765	190,710	579,740	289,645	290,095
Married (and not separated)	310,935	155,125	155,805	461,205	230,155	231,055
Living common law	69,545	34,635	34,905	118,535	59,490	59,045
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	274,400	125,310	149,090	445,155	204,325	240,835
Single (never legally married)	159,680	87,020	72,665	306,365	160,450	145,915
Separated	19,000	8,300	10,695	26,815	11,120	15,700
Divorced	53,435	21,140	32,295	62,115	23,135	38,975
Widowed	42,290	8,855	33,435	49,855	9,620	40,240
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	219,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	340,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	133,685	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	41,535	...Data not available	...Data not available	76,030	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	32,780	...Data not available	...Data not available	71,190	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	11,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	29,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	219,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	340,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	185,980	...Data not available	...Data not available	284,145	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	151,415	...Data not available	...Data not available	224,940	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	89,450	...Data not available	...Data not available	96,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	61,965	...Data not available	...Data not available	128,715	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	26,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	47,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	26,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,350	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	9,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,870	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	34,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	22,690	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	11,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,775	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	6,000	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	4,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,430	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,830	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,535	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	33,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	56,370	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	25,970	...Data not available	...Data not available	44,160	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	16,310	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,725	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	7,340	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,245	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	2,320	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,185	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	7,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,230	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,475	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	495	...Data not available	...Data not available	900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	179,085	...Data not available	...Data not available	372,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	39,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	84,550	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	63,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	125,670	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	24,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	46,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	34,310	...Data not available	...Data not available	79,015	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	17,360	...Data not available	...Data not available	36,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	0.8	...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	742,055	361,025	381,025	1,215,465	592,935	622,530
Number of persons not in census families	157,420	73,300	84,125	218,720	101,700	117,025
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	14,410	6,125	8,285	25,040	10,410	14,625
Living with non-relatives only	40,020	22,115	17,910	52,960	29,745	23,215
Living alone	102,990	45,055	57,930	140,720	61,545	79,180
Number of census family persons	584,630	287,730	296,900	996,745	491,235	505,505
Average number of persons per census family	2.7	...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	139,495	65,885	73,605	142,825	64,445	78,375
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	45,640	14,210	31,430	47,770	13,060	34,715
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	4,095	965	3,130	7,095	1,460	5,640
Living with non-relatives only	2,990	1,475	1,515	2,840	1,290	1,550
Living alone	38,555	11,770	26,785	37,835	10,310	27,525
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	93,850	51,675	42,175	95,055	51,390	43,665
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	333,360	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,640	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	214,405	...Data not available	...Data not available	333,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	195,015	...Data not available	...Data not available	308,335	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	168,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	262,085	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	102,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	120,170	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	66,055	...Data not available	...Data not available	141,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	26,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	46,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	19,395	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	14,455	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	9,735	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	4,675	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,965	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	5,060	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,670	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	4,720	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	4,940	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	118,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,815	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	102,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	140,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	15,965	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	333,360	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	193,280	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,180	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	10,050	...Data not available	...Data not available	72,150	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	10,140	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,125	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	119,900	...Data not available	...Data not available	199,180	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	13,865	...Data not available	...Data not available	35,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	17,655	...Data not available	...Data not available	79,725	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	27,450	...Data not available	...Data not available	14,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	60,210	...Data not available	...Data not available	68,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	720	...Data not available	...Data not available	665	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	333,360	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	102,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	140,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	132,350	...Data not available	...Data not available	166,175	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	44,860	...Data not available	...Data not available	80,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	35,355	...Data not available	...Data not available	73,830	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	12,035	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,990	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	5,770	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	742,055	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,215,465	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.2	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.4	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	750,765	365,005	385,765	1,222,760	595,810	626,950
Single responses	743,460	361,680	381,775	1,187,685	578,925	608,760
English	658,860	322,475	336,380	599,295	298,245	301,050
French	12,530	6,175	6,355	384,160	183,510	200,650
Non-official languages	72,065	33,025	39,040	204,230	97,175	107,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	125	45	80	565	200	365
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	85	30	55	215	100	115
Dene	10	5	5	10	0	5
Innu/Montagnais	5	5	0	10	5	5
Inuktitut	5	0	5	225	55	165
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	25	10	15
Ojibway	25	10	15	70	25	45
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	10	5	5
Stoney	0	0	0	5	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	69,580	31,850	37,730	201,255	95,815	105,435
African languages, n.i.e.	50	25	20	525	265	255
Afrikaans	395	200	200	155	80	75
Akan (Twi)	40	20	20	325	155	170
Albanian	135	75	55	625	310	310
Amharic	115	55	55	1,225	595	635
Arabic	1,000	580	420	34,020	17,795	16,230
Armenian	55	30	25	475	245	235
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	75	40	35	645	315	330
Bengali	145	65	75	2,915	1,495	1,425
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	175	90	85
Bisayan languages	330	120	205	385	110	280
Bosnian	40	20	25	720	335	385
Bulgarian	125	65	70	1,030	475	555
Burmese	30	15	10	165	85	80
Cantonese	3,495	1,645	1,845	6,575	3,080	3,490
Chinese, n.o.s.	5,240	2,405	2,840	13,580	6,390	7,190
Creoles	50	30	20	4,455	1,905	2,555
Croatian	890	445	445	1,205	580	625
Czech	710	340	370	1,065	485	580
Danish	1,415	690	730	335	155	185
Dutch	5,190	2,495	2,695	2,745	1,315	1,425
Estonian	115	40	75	190	85	105
Finnish	830	340	490	340	135	205
Flemish	105	50	55	105	50	60
Fukien	35	15	25	85	40	45
German	11,015	5,135	5,880	6,640	2,940	3,705
Greek	505	305	200	2,180	1,165	1,015
Gujarati	205	100	110	1,225	640	580
Hakka	25	5	15	60	35	25
Hebrew	115	65	50	365	200	165
Hindi	500	250	250	2,365	1,195	1,170
Hungarian	1,355	690	670	1,885	940	950
Ilocano	160	55	110	365	120	240
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	35	20	15	140	80	55
Italian	2,350	1,180	1,170	9,960	5,025	4,935
Japanese	1,785	545	1,245	1,030	325	705
Khmer (Cambodian)	225	110	115	1,300	570	730
Korean	1,970	880	1,095	1,710	725	985
Kurdish	5	0	0	715	375	340
Lao	35	20	15	475	235	240
Latvian	115	55	60	295	135	165
Lingala	5	5	5	385	180	205
Lithuanian	85	45	40	225	100	130
Macedonian	35	15	20	70	35	35
Malay	150	50	100	390	165	225
Malayalam	75	35	40	450	225	225
Maltese	70	35	40	40	10	25
Mandarin	2,430	1,020	1,405	7,275	3,360	3,920
Marathi	30	15	15	240	115	125
Nepali	45	25	20	465	230	240
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	65	30	35	870	465	405
Norwegian	575	275	295	155	60	95
Oromo	65	35	30	565	310	260
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5,785	2,810	2,975	3,365	1,680	1,685
Pashto	45	25	20	720	385	335
Persian (Farsi)	870	450	420	6,555	3,285	3,270
Polish	1,905	875	1,025	6,230	2,830	3,395
Portuguese	1,620	760	855	6,625	3,190	3,440
Romanian	350	170	180	3,280	1,520	1,760
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	935	420	520
Russian	1,335	565	770	6,030	2,635	3,400
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	15	5	10	875	335	535
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	170	85	85
Serbian	245	135	110	2,195	1,100	1,095
Serbo-Croatian	110	55	55	960	465	495
Shanghainese	20	5	10	80	35	45
Sign languages, n.i.e.	100	55	45	140	65	70
Sindhi	40	20	20	245	120	130
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	80	35	40	730	360	370
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	360	175	180
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	75	50	25	75	40	35
Slovak	270	130	140	680	305	375
Slovenian	200	90	110	245	115	130
Somali	50	25	20	6,290	2,690	3,600
Spanish	3,720	1,615	2,105	14,920	6,850	8,070
Swahili	80	45	40	1,070	515	555
Swedish	550	240	315	290	130	160
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	3,235	1,015	2,215	5,070	1,675	3,395
Taiwanese	135	55	80	175	75	100
Tamil	105	45	55	2,100	1,080	1,020
Telugu	40	25	20	345	170	170
Thai	360	70	290	385	105	275
Tibetan languages	20	15	5	20	10	10
Tigrigna	60	30	30	775	375	400
Turkish	205	130	75	1,510	775	740
Ukrainian	1,440	615	825	1,675	730	945
Urdu	215	105	105	3,790	1,925	1,860
Vietnamese	1,625	755	875	6,230	2,915	3,310
Yiddish	50	30	20	230	120	105
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	2,355	1,130	1,225	2,405	1,155	1,250
Multiple responses	7,305	3,320	3,990	35,075	16,885	18,190
English and French	1,810	820	995	16,665	8,010	8,650
English and non-official language	4,975	2,275	2,705	11,795	5,770	6,020
French and non-official language	335	140	195	4,630	2,190	2,440
English, French and non-official language	185	90	95	1,985	905	1,075
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	750,770	365,000	385,765	1,222,755	595,805	626,950
English only	686,610	336,155	350,455	556,405	282,365	274,040
French only	330	165	165	105,280	46,280	59,000
English and French	60,235	27,235	33,005	547,625	261,975	285,650
Neither English nor French	3,595	1,455	2,145	13,445	5,185	8,260
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	750,770	365,000	385,765	1,222,755	595,810	626,950
English	734,615	357,405	377,210	774,485	383,195	391,295
French	11,475	5,685	5,795	408,010	194,450	213,560
English and French	1,245	550	695	27,220	13,200	14,025
Neither English nor French	3,425	1,365	2,060	13,040	4,965	8,070
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	12,100	5,955	6,145	421,625	201,050	220,575
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.6	1.6	1.6	34.5	33.7	35.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	750,765	365,000	385,765	1,222,760	595,810	626,950
Single responses	741,140	360,585	380,555	1,169,560	570,455	599,110
English	713,390	347,655	365,735	718,430	355,105	363,330
French	3,385	1,605	1,780	345,630	165,270	180,365
Non-official languages	24,360	11,325	13,040	105,500	50,085	55,420
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	10	10	5	170	60	110
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	5	80	30	50
Dene	0	0	0	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	5	5	5
Inuktitut	5	0	0	60	15	45
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	20	10	10
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	24,000	11,140	12,865	104,505	49,620	54,885
African languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	205	95	110
Afrikaans	175	90	85	50	30	25
Akan (Twi)	5	5	5	110	55	55
Albanian	75	35	30	310	155	155
Amharic	30	15	20	685	315	365
Arabic	510	255	260	20,295	10,240	10,050
Armenian	25	15	10	240	120	115
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0	100	45	60
Bengali	75	30	45	1,965	970	995
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	75	30	45
Bisayan languages	65	30	35	125	40	80
Bosnian	10	5	10	405	205	200
Bulgarian	40	25	20	575	275	300
Burmese	10	10	0	100	45	55
Cantonese	2,015	960	1,055	4,070	1,895	2,175
Chinese, n.o.s.	3,050	1,425	1,625	9,180	4,330	4,855
Creoles	20	5	15	1,855	765	1,085
Croatian	255	130	125	500	245	255
Czech	195	85	100	295	135	160
Danish	80	40	35	30	15	10
Dutch	440	220	220	200	95	110
Estonian	10	5	5	45	20	30
Finnish	120	55	65	30	10	15
Flemish	10	5	5	5	0	5
Fukien	10	5	5	15	10	10
German	1,330	620	720	875	380	490
Greek	140	70	70	665	325	335
Gujarati	60	30	30	460	225	240
Hakka	0	0	5	10	5	5
Hebrew	25	10	10	145	70	70
Hindi	195	105	100	1,055	520	535
Hungarian	245	115	125	545	260	285
Ilocano	35	15	20	160	65	100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	35	20	15
Italian	445	195	255	2,980	1,355	1,625
Japanese	640	250	390	420	160	260
Khmer (Cambodian)	135	65	70	635	285	350
Korean	1,435	650	780	1,050	485	570
Kurdish	5	5	5	440	220	220
Lao	5	5	0	255	135	125
Latvian	5	0	0	70	30	45
Lingala	0	0	0	135	50	75
Lithuanian	5	0	0	55	25	30
Macedonian	15	10	10	30	15	15
Malay	20	5	15	115	60	55
Malayalam	30	15	15	180	90	95
Maltese	5	5	5	5	0	5
Mandarin	1,685	765	920	5,530	2,680	2,855
Marathi	15	5	5	120	55	65
Nepali	15	10	10	345	165	175
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10	0	10	150	75	75
Norwegian	40	15	25	10	5	5
Oromo	35	15	20	265	125	140
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,470	1,655	1,815	1,830	875	960
Pashto	5	5	5	525	280	245
Persian (Farsi)	445	210	230	4,165	1,970	2,200
Polish	460	215	245	2,505	1,165	1,340
Portuguese	500	225	280	2,775	1,320	1,455
Romanian	120	55	65	1,880	900	985
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	330	160	170
Russian	530	245	285	3,825	1,785	2,040
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	0	0	285	120	170
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	90	45	50
Serbian	85	40	45	1,600	805	795
Serbo-Croatian	35	15	15	600	305	300
Shanghainese	10	5	0	40	20	15
Sign languages, n.i.e.	195	100	95	225	130	90
Sindhi	5	5	5	60	25	40
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	30	15	10	350	175	175
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	275	140	135
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5	25	10	15
Slovak	55	25	30	205	95	110
Slovenian	25	10	20	35	15	15
Somali	20	10	10	3,935	1,635	2,295
Spanish	1,430	665	765	8,485	3,970	4,515
Swahili	30	15	15	390	170	215
Swedish	60	25	35	65	35	30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,070	435	635	2,125	830	1,295
Taiwanese	60	25	35	80	35	45
Tamil	35	20	20	1,285	630	655
Telugu	10	5	5	125	60	65
Thai	100	40	60	135	45	80
Tibetan languages	15	10	5	5	5	5
Tigrigna	30	15	10	405	180	225
Turkish	60	40	30	805	395	410
Ukrainian	110	45	65	445	200	245
Urdu	120	55	65	2,050	1,025	1,025
Vietnamese	1,035	485	550	4,315	2,025	2,295
Yiddish	0	0	0	15	10	5
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	350	175	175	830	405	420
Multiple responses	9,630	4,420	5,210	53,190	25,355	27,840
English and French	915	425	490	17,120	8,000	9,120
English and non-official language	8,465	3,880	4,580	27,065	13,210	13,855
French and non-official language	65	30	30	5,045	2,270	2,775
English, French and non-official language	190	85	105	3,960	1,870	2,095
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	750,765	365,000	385,765	1,222,760	595,805	626,945
None	701,760	342,680	359,080	942,040	462,705	479,335
Single responses	47,950	21,845	26,100	270,045	128,120	141,925
English	12,125	5,730	6,390	122,885	59,095	63,790
French	8,255	3,675	4,585	76,435	35,695	40,735
Non-official languages	27,565	12,440	15,125	70,725	33,325	37,405
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	85	35	50	355	130	220
Atikamekw	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	60	20	40	115	55	65
Dene	5	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	145	45	95
Mi'kmaq	5	0	0	20	10	5
Ojibway	20	5	10	65	25	45
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	10	5	10
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	25,375	11,380	14,000	68,855	32,505	36,345
African languages, n.i.e.	25	10	10	250	120	125
Afrikaans	220	105	110	75	30	40
Akan (Twi)	30	15	15	235	100	135
Albanian	35	20	15	165	85	75
Amharic	55	20	30	390	180	205
Arabic	345	215	130	10,390	5,505	4,885
Armenian	10	5	10	110	45	60
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	15	10	10	370	185	185
Bengali	45	20	25	640	355	285
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	55	25	25
Bisayan languages	85	25	60	100	35	65
Bosnian	10	5	10	225	95	125
Bulgarian	45	15	35	275	130	150
Burmese	10	5	5	50	25	25
Cantonese	1,010	475	540	1,800	845	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,235	575	660	2,855	1,360	1,490
Creoles	40	25	15	3,145	1,335	1,805
Croatian	350	155	200	415	210	200
Czech	235	110	125	355	140	215
Danish	435	195	245	140	60	85
Dutch	1,505	660	840	925	415	510
Estonian	40	10	25	65	25	35
Finnish	255	100	155	145	50	95
Flemish	35	15	20	20	10	10
Fukien	10	5	5	35	15	20
German	3,770	1,670	2,105	2,730	1,210	1,520
Greek	240	145	100	1,160	625	535
Gujarati	95	45	50	600	310	290
Hakka	10	5	5	20	10	10
Hebrew	105	55	50	355	180	180
Hindi	340	170	170	1,425	730	695
Hungarian	425	195	230	560	260	300
Ilocano	55	20	40	95	25	70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	65	35	25
Italian	930	440	490	4,210	2,035	2,175
Japanese	1,170	475	695	595	260	340
Khmer (Cambodian)	45	25	20	440	190	250
Korean	390	180	210	500	215	285
Kurdish	5	5	0	155	80	75
Lao	10	10	0	125	60	65
Latvian	20	5	10	85	40	45
Lingala	10	5	5	620	255	370
Lithuanian	20	10	10	70	30	45
Macedonian	5	5	0	20	5	15
Malay	80	25	50	185	80	105
Malayalam	25	15	5	190	100	95
Maltese	20	5	15	20	10	15
Mandarin	725	305	420	1,745	765	975
Marathi	10	0	5	65	25	35
Nepali	25	10	15	60	25	40
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	15	20	735	350	385
Norwegian	180	80	100	80	30	50
Oromo	15	10	5	145	75	65
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,865	930	930	1,090	545	545
Pashto	20	10	10	140	70	65
Persian (Farsi)	290	150	140	1,555	815	740
Polish	580	270	310	1,980	815	1,165
Portuguese	670	315	350	2,250	1,085	1,165
Romanian	130	60	65	830	395	435
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	510	225	285
Russian	450	195	255	1,645	715	930
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	0	5	425	155	265
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	50	20	30
Serbian	90	50	45	380	200	185
Serbo-Croatian	45	20	25	170	90	80
Shanghainese	15	5	5	25	10	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	190	80	110	145	55	90
Sindhi	30	10	15	120	60	65
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	35	20	15	280	140	145
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	35	20	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	25	15	10
Slovak	90	40	55	240	100	140
Slovenian	50	25	30	70	20	45
Somali	25	15	10	2,015	925	1,090
Spanish	2,945	1,350	1,590	6,505	3,050	3,455
Swahili	60	30	30	780	360	425
Swedish	235	100	140	170	80	95
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,475	425	1,050	1,920	565	1,355
Taiwanese	40	20	20	65	25	40
Tamil	60	30	35	660	345	320
Telugu	20	10	10	145	70	70
Thai	220	75	150	205	65	140
Tibetan languages	10	0	5	10	5	0
Tigrigna	15	5	10	265	130	135
Turkish	85	50	30	420	225	195
Ukrainian	255	100	155	545	220	320
Urdu	85	45	40	1,445	750	695
Vietnamese	425	205	220	1,420	685	735
Yiddish	15	5	10	55	25	25
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	2,105	1,025	1,080	1,520	685	835
Multiple responses	1,060	475	580	10,665	4,985	5,680
English and French	90	40	55	3,345	1,610	1,740
English and non-official language	210	90	120	3,125	1,465	1,660
French and non-official language	755	345	410	4,110	1,865	2,245
English, French and non-official language	0	0	5	85	40	45

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. Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte, British Columbia (Code 5910) and Ottawa - Gatineau, Ontario (Code 505) (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 16, 2024).

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Geographic level	File format^{CSV/TAB (2011) - Footnote 1} (compressed)
Geographic level	CSV (comma-separated values)	TAB (tab-separated values)
Canada, provinces and territories	CSV (86 KB)	TAB (86 KB)
Census divisions	CSV (1,444 KB)	TAB (1,412 KB)
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Economic regions	CSV (404 KB)	TAB (397 KB)
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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)
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Geographic levels	IVT (Beyond 20/20)	XML (SDMX-ML) (compressed)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions	IVT (20,752 KB)	XML (35,311 KB)
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Census metropolitan areas, tracted census agglomerations and census tracts	IVT (30,060 KB)	XML (38,000 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions	IVT (5,485 KB)	XML (7,333 KB)
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Designated places	IVT (4,492 KB)	XML (8,996 KB)
Population centres	IVT (4,511 KB)	XML (6,566 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
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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)
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Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte (Economic region)

Canada
- British Columbia (Province)
  - Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte

Geographic hierarchy: Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area)

Canada
- Ottawa - Gatineau (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: Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte (Economic Region), British Columbia

2011 Census

Additional Census data are not available for this area. Please refer to the 2011 Census Data Products for additional geographies.

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Additional NHS data are not available for this area. Please refer to the 2011 NHS Data Products for additional geographies.

Related data: Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

2011 Census

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Date modified:: 2016-05-31

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Geographic hierarchy: Vancouver Island and Coast / Île de Vancouver et la côte (Economic region)

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2011 Census

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2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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