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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	South West Ontario (Health region, December 2013)			Quebec (Province)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,903,001^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,546,131^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	4.7	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,685,926	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,343	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	5.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	..Data not available	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,356,547.02	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	925,415	452,065	473,350	7,903,000	3,875,860	4,027,140
0 to 4 years	51,310	26,365	24,945	440,840	225,525	215,320
5 to 9 years	50,680	25,995	24,685	399,575	203,675	195,900
10 to 14 years	54,790	28,120	26,660	418,205	213,540	204,665
15 to 19 years	63,370	32,430	30,940	491,980	249,960	242,020
15 years	12,205	6,320	5,885	93,955	47,690	46,265
16 years	12,580	6,425	6,160	96,095	48,880	47,210
17 years	12,630	6,375	6,260	97,795	49,925	47,875
18 years	12,900	6,620	6,280	100,210	50,910	49,305
19 years	13,055	6,690	6,360	103,915	52,545	51,370
20 to 24 years	61,025	30,570	30,460	489,185	246,850	242,340
25 to 29 years	55,885	27,725	28,160	490,665	245,695	244,970
30 to 34 years	52,725	26,060	26,660	531,445	264,980	266,460
35 to 39 years	53,590	26,480	27,100	498,225	249,610	248,615
40 to 44 years	58,440	28,705	29,740	520,805	261,120	259,690
45 to 49 years	71,720	35,120	36,595	623,575	311,320	312,250
50 to 54 years	72,650	35,340	37,315	648,695	320,695	327,995
55 to 59 years	65,850	31,985	33,870	579,280	285,295	293,990
60 to 64 years	59,990	29,140	30,855	512,830	250,675	262,155
65 to 69 years	45,595	22,065	23,530	403,210	194,305	208,905
70 to 74 years	35,645	16,910	18,740	291,755	135,830	155,925
75 to 79 years	28,565	12,860	15,705	232,355	101,675	130,680
80 to 84 years	22,375	9,360	13,015	176,420	69,170	107,250
85 years and over	21,215	6,835	14,380	153,945	45,945	108,005
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	41.7	40.4	42.9	41.9	40.7	43.0
% of the population aged 15 and over	83.1	82.2	83.9	84.1	83.4	84.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	768,640	371,585	397,060	6,644,380	3,233,120	3,411,260
Married or living with a common-law partner	457,350	228,630	228,720	3,745,320	1,875,415	1,869,905
Married (and not separated)	392,240	196,085	196,150	2,353,770	1,177,720	1,176,050
Living common law	65,110	32,540	32,570	1,391,550	697,695	693,850
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	311,290	142,950	168,335	2,899,060	1,357,705	1,541,360
Single (never legally married)	195,780	105,410	90,375	1,942,090	1,045,540	896,545
Separated	23,910	10,465	13,440	105,195	46,465	58,720
Divorced	42,920	17,610	25,310	463,830	188,265	275,565
Widowed	48,680	9,470	39,215	387,945	77,430	310,515
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	263,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	136,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,158,055	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	52,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	473,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	48,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	407,400	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	25,165	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	263,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	224,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,838,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	192,290	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,143,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	94,010	...Data not available	...Data not available	596,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	98,280	...Data not available	...Data not available	547,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	35,095	...Data not available	...Data not available	216,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	41,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	21,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	104,010	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	32,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	694,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	19,580	...Data not available	...Data not available	334,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	12,885	...Data not available	...Data not available	360,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	6,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	152,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	4,400	...Data not available	...Data not available	155,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	2,210	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	38,805	...Data not available	...Data not available	365,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	30,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	277,930	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	17,900	...Data not available	...Data not available	169,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	9,055	...Data not available	...Data not available	81,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	3,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	8,275	...Data not available	...Data not available	87,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,495	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	2,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,780	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	650	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	276,840	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,201,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	60,890	...Data not available	...Data not available	520,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	94,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	728,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	36,115	...Data not available	...Data not available	279,620	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	59,175	...Data not available	...Data not available	453,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	26,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	219,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	908,825	445,675	463,150	7,732,835	3,812,190	3,920,640
Number of persons not in census families	143,670	66,230	77,440	1,489,290	717,115	772,170
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	14,345	6,150	8,190	145,795	64,175	81,615
Living with non-relatives only	27,410	15,545	11,870	249,085	141,300	107,785
Living alone	101,915	44,535	57,380	1,094,410	511,640	582,770
Number of census family persons	765,160	379,445	385,710	6,243,545	3,095,075	3,148,470
Average number of persons per census family	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	141,565	64,540	77,025	1,128,815	510,045	618,775
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	44,720	12,240	32,480	413,235	124,645	288,590
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	4,315	1,005	3,310	45,530	11,850	33,680
Living with non-relatives only	2,060	970	1,095	24,935	11,985	12,950
Living alone	38,345	10,260	28,080	342,775	100,810	241,965
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	96,845	52,305	44,545	715,580	385,395	330,185
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	373,740	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,340	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	259,230	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,174,255	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	243,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,050,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	211,680	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,738,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	107,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	880,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	104,520	...Data not available	...Data not available	857,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	31,670	...Data not available	...Data not available	312,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	15,880	...Data not available	...Data not available	123,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	11,650	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	7,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	3,080	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	4,390	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	4,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	4,225	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	114,510	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,221,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	101,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	12,595	...Data not available	...Data not available	126,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	373,740	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	250,725	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,560,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	34,920	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,115	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	2,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	22,995	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	85,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,640,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	14,060	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	26,870	...Data not available	...Data not available	86,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	7,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	263,860	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	36,365	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,103,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	940	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	373,735	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	101,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	136,365	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,181,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	54,480	...Data not available	...Data not available	496,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	50,910	...Data not available	...Data not available	421,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	19,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	10,080	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,920	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	908,825	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,732,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.4	...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}	913,925	447,885	466,045	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
Single responses	904,715	443,410	461,300	7,663,135	3,764,810	3,898,325
English	775,610	380,995	394,620	599,225	297,875	301,355
French	9,745	4,465	5,280	6,102,210	2,994,300	3,107,910
Non-official languages	119,355	57,955	61,405	961,700	472,635	489,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	220	105	120	41,290	20,530	20,760
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,815	2,975	2,845
Cree, n.o.s.	25	5	20	15,135	7,570	7,565
Dene	5	0	0	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	8,715	4,200	4,515
Inuktitut	0	0	0	10,915	5,430	5,485
Mi'kmaq	5	5	5	670	340	325
Ojibway	185	90	100	30	15	15
Oji-Cree	5	0	0	5	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	118,110	57,355	60,755	908,480	445,970	462,515
African languages, n.i.e.	225	115	110	930	530	400
Afrikaans	120	60	60	100	50	45
Akan (Twi)	60	30	30	1,140	560	585
Albanian	1,035	510	520	2,405	1,240	1,170
Amharic	255	130	125	690	340	355
Arabic	7,995	4,150	3,845	140,035	74,985	65,050
Armenian	105	60	45	15,030	7,335	7,700
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	105	55	50	1,645	875	770
Bengali	415	235	185	10,405	5,305	5,100
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5	0	0	5,645	3,095	2,550
Bisayan languages	90	25	65	955	280	670
Bosnian	705	370	335	1,505	745	760
Bulgarian	85	40	50	6,495	3,165	3,330
Burmese	25	20	10	60	25	35
Cantonese	1,310	635	680	10,975	5,185	5,790
Chinese, n.o.s.	3,305	1,505	1,800	41,590	19,745	21,850
Creoles	60	30	35	49,475	21,965	27,510
Croatian	1,335	675	660	2,375	1,220	1,160
Czech	585	290	290	1,645	790	855
Danish	475	235	240	305	145	160
Dutch	12,260	6,010	6,245	3,245	1,595	1,645
Estonian	130	50	75	200	75	125
Finnish	255	110	140	415	155	255
Flemish	980	450	530	590	250	340
Fukien	15	10	5	75	30	45
German	24,790	12,045	12,750	15,025	6,920	8,105
Greek	2,175	1,110	1,060	39,825	20,135	19,690
Gujarati	735	380	355	5,940	2,915	3,025
Hakka	0	0	0	105	40	60
Hebrew	105	65	40	3,975	2,105	1,870
Hindi	790	390	395	2,745	1,435	1,310
Hungarian	2,590	1,250	1,340	6,675	3,250	3,430
Ilocano	100	35	65	1,685	615	1,075
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	55	35	20	560	320	240
Italian	4,455	2,295	2,165	113,815	56,530	57,285
Japanese	355	150	205	2,175	680	1,495
Khmer (Cambodian)	950	460	495	8,620	4,035	4,580
Korean	2,920	1,410	1,510	4,085	1,785	2,300
Kurdish	840	450	390	820	465	360
Lao	325	165	160	4,185	2,050	2,140
Latvian	165	75	90	335	125	205
Lingala	10	5	5	2,045	980	1,070
Lithuanian	300	125	175	650	275	370
Macedonian	105	40	65	195	105	95
Malay	140	65	75	625	250	375
Malayalam	335	175	165	315	165	150
Maltese	345	165	180	30	15	15
Mandarin	1,565	730	840	11,290	5,155	6,130
Marathi	60	30	35	160	90	65
Nepali	140	70	70	1,280	620	660
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	120	55	65	4,565	2,470	2,090
Norwegian	55	25	30	275	130	140
Oromo	30	20	15	7,035	3,865	3,170
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,085	550	535	11,150	5,990	5,160
Pashto	100	55	50	990	545	445
Persian (Farsi)	1,770	915	855	19,835	10,340	9,500
Polish	7,415	3,430	3,990	15,250	6,695	8,555
Portuguese	7,105	3,430	3,675	34,265	16,505	17,760
Romanian	1,090	485	605	31,245	15,115	16,130
Rundi (Kirundi)	45	20	25	2,370	1,150	1,220
Russian	1,420	645	775	24,085	10,765	13,320
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	25	5	15	2,005	875	1,130
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	925	460	465	150	80	75
Serbian	1,040	545	495	2,955	1,485	1,470
Serbo-Croatian	345	160	180	1,910	945	970
Shanghainese	10	5	5	95	40	50
Sign languages, n.i.e.	100	55	45	520	305	215
Sindhi	80	45	40	305	145	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	95	40	55	585	305	280
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	215	110	105	95	55	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	100	50	55	325	180	145
Slovak	500	230	270	1,180	525	660
Slovenian	340	145	195	840	375	460
Somali	250	115	135	855	435	420
Spanish	9,945	4,765	5,170	131,850	64,490	67,365
Swahili	95	45	50	2,065	1,060	1,010
Swedish	130	50	75	515	240	280
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,610	530	1,075	13,740	4,655	9,090
Taiwanese	45	20	25	405	190	215
Tamil	290	150	135	13,245	6,645	6,595
Telugu	90	50	45	365	200	160
Thai	105	45	60	725	190	535
Tibetan languages	5	0	0	110	60	50
Tigrigna	265	130	140	350	160	190
Turkish	335	190	140	6,915	3,605	3,305
Ukrainian	1,365	645	715	4,785	2,095	2,690
Urdu	1,360	700	665	9,800	5,115	4,690
Vietnamese	1,890	890	1,000	26,560	12,675	13,885
Yiddish	40	20	20	9,035	4,515	4,520
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,020	495	525	11,930	6,140	5,790
Multiple responses	9,215	4,470	4,740	152,820	76,455	76,365
English and French	1,530	685	840	64,800	32,390	32,405
English and non-official language	6,900	3,420	3,480	23,435	11,455	11,975
French and non-official language	550	260	295	51,640	25,810	25,825
English, French and non-official language	235	105	130	12,950	6,790	6,155
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	913,925	447,880	466,045	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,690
English only	857,275	424,095	433,185	363,860	180,175	183,690
French only	345	175	170	4,047,175	1,871,500	2,175,675
English and French	48,560	20,400	28,165	3,328,725	1,758,410	1,570,310
Neither English nor French	7,740	3,215	4,530	76,190	31,175	45,015
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	913,925	447,885	466,040	7,815,955	3,841,265	3,974,695
English	895,280	439,625	455,655	935,635	465,965	469,675
French	8,940	4,115	4,820	6,561,510	3,216,790	3,344,720
English and French	2,250	1,070	1,185	245,230	128,655	116,575
Neither English nor French	7,455	3,075	4,385	73,580	29,860	43,720
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	10,065	4,655	5,415	1,058,250	530,290	527,960
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.1	1.0	1.2	13.5	13.8	13.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	913,925	447,885	466,045	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,695
Single responses	897,430	439,900	457,530	7,570,900	3,720,195	3,850,710
English	840,955	412,625	428,335	767,415	379,915	387,500
French	2,525	1,180	1,350	6,249,080	3,071,635	3,177,450
Non-official languages	53,945	26,095	27,850	554,400	268,640	285,760
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	25	15	10	37,955	19,060	18,895
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,365	2,805	2,560
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	5	14,155	7,085	7,075
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	7,730	3,760	3,965
Inuktitut	0	0	0	10,360	5,230	5,130
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	330	175	155
Ojibway	20	10	10	10	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	53,645	25,935	27,705	511,880	247,275	264,610
African languages, n.i.e.	80	40	35	220	105	115
Afrikaans	60	35	25	25	10	15
Akan (Twi)	15	10	10	565	260	310
Albanian	580	285	300	1,510	765	745
Amharic	135	65	70	360	165	195
Arabic	4,510	2,255	2,260	72,955	37,360	35,590
Armenian	35	15	15	10,980	5,195	5,785
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	20	10	5	290	140	155
Bengali	280	150	130	8,285	4,110	4,170
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,915	1,005	915
Bisayan languages	15	5	5	235	95	140
Bosnian	390	190	195	1,030	525	505
Bulgarian	35	15	20	4,940	2,430	2,505
Burmese	5	5	5	30	10	15
Cantonese	780	380	405	8,340	3,980	4,360
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,145	1,010	1,135	33,890	16,270	17,620
Creoles	10	5	5	19,430	8,295	11,135
Croatian	495	250	250	1,060	510	545
Czech	165	80	85	510	240	275
Danish	30	15	20	35	20	15
Dutch	1,615	805	810	525	245	280
Estonian	5	5	5	30	15	15
Finnish	20	10	15	65	25	40
Flemish	100	45	55	95	45	55
Fukien	0	5	0	15	10	5
German	11,550	5,670	5,875	3,025	1,435	1,590
Greek	855	415	440	20,060	9,685	10,380
Gujarati	440	230	210	3,955	1,905	2,050
Hakka	0	0	0	20	5	15
Hebrew	30	20	15	1,735	885	845
Hindi	350	170	180	1,450	720	725
Hungarian	730	330	395	2,390	1,070	1,315
Ilocano	25	15	10	585	225	360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	5	10	275	145	130
Italian	1,125	500	625	39,540	17,925	21,615
Japanese	185	90	95	915	390	525
Khmer (Cambodian)	525	240	285	5,350	2,475	2,875
Korean	2,235	1,070	1,170	2,955	1,360	1,590
Kurdish	530	280	255	380	200	180
Lao	190	105	85	2,395	1,160	1,235
Latvian	20	5	10	90	35	55
Lingala	5	0	5	545	250	290
Lithuanian	70	25	40	150	60	90
Macedonian	35	15	20	125	65	60
Malay	35	15	20	225	115	120
Malayalam	170	85	90	75	40	35
Maltese	45	20	20	0	0	0
Mandarin	1,170	555	610	9,325	4,485	4,835
Marathi	30	10	10	65	40	25
Nepali	120	55	65	1,170	575	600
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	35	15	20	975	465	505
Norwegian	5	5	5	40	20	25
Oromo	20	5	10	2,115	1,110	1,010
Panjabi (Punjabi)	610	290	320	8,345	4,415	3,925
Pashto	85	45	50	805	430	380
Persian (Farsi)	1,170	585	585	14,380	7,125	7,255
Polish	3,370	1,590	1,775	6,955	3,160	3,800
Portuguese	2,815	1,305	1,510	16,015	7,615	8,405
Romanian	505	250	255	22,790	11,190	11,605
Rundi (Kirundi)	5	5	5	665	305	355
Russian	680	330	350	18,465	8,740	9,725
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	5	5	450	210	235
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	630	305	330	75	40	35
Serbian	545	280	265	2,015	985	1,025
Serbo-Croatian	170	85	85	1,180	580	600
Shanghainese	5	0	0	30	15	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	190	110	75	975	625	355
Sindhi	25	15	15	175	85	90
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	35	20	20	330	165	170
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	190	100	95	55	20	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	20	5	15	145	65	75
Slovak	150	70	80	255	115	140
Slovenian	65	30	35	295	130	170
Somali	180	75	105	520	245	275
Spanish	6,420	3,055	3,370	88,380	43,095	45,290
Swahili	40	15	15	750	365	385
Swedish	15	10	5	115	55	55
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	580	235	345	7,280	2,815	4,465
Taiwanese	20	10	10	220	115	100
Tamil	140	70	70	11,270	5,585	5,685
Telugu	45	25	25	220	120	105
Thai	55	35	25	210	95	115
Tibetan languages	5	0	0	80	40	40
Tigrigna	115	50	60	170	80	90
Turkish	195	105	90	4,945	2,470	2,475
Ukrainian	365	160	205	1,925	835	1,090
Urdu	815	400	415	7,125	3,595	3,530
Vietnamese	1,285	610	680	20,740	9,845	10,895
Yiddish	5	0	0	6,275	3,225	3,050
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	280	145	135	4,565	2,310	2,265
Multiple responses	16,495	7,980	8,510	245,055	121,070	123,985
English and French	805	350	460	71,555	35,860	35,695
English and non-official language	15,270	7,455	7,820	43,765	21,305	22,460
French and non-official language	130	65	70	100,110	48,590	51,525
English, French and non-official language	280	115	165	29,625	15,315	14,310
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	913,925	447,880	466,045	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
None	842,935	413,825	429,115	6,691,145	3,279,620	3,411,525
Single responses	69,505	33,360	36,140	1,046,580	522,335	524,245
English	23,915	11,820	12,095	459,125	234,190	224,935
French	7,285	2,980	4,305	298,090	147,040	151,050
Non-official languages	38,300	18,565	19,740	289,365	141,100	148,260
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	235	100	140	3,380	1,585	1,795
Atikamekw	0	0	0	470	205	270
Cree, n.o.s.	15	5	10	1,250	630	620
Dene	5	5	5	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	920	435	490
Inuktitut	0	5	0	485	205	275
Mi'kmaq	0	5	5	250	110	135
Ojibway	210	85	120	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	5	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	37,445	18,190	19,260	279,095	136,070	143,025
African languages, n.i.e.	110	50	55	625	335	295
Afrikaans	60	30	30	65	35	30
Akan (Twi)	45	25	20	475	240	240
Albanian	290	150	145	400	200	200
Amharic	95	50	45	195	95	100
Arabic	3,005	1,600	1,405	49,400	26,430	22,965
Armenian	35	15	15	2,500	1,235	1,265
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	65	25	35	945	495	450
Bengali	95	50	50	1,140	635	505
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,980	1,050	930
Bisayan languages	30	10	25	250	80	165
Bosnian	215	110	105	310	145	165
Bulgarian	30	10	20	835	380	450
Burmese	15	15	5	10	5	5
Cantonese	380	190	190	1,890	935	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	755	345	410	5,395	2,480	2,920
Creoles	55	20	35	34,645	15,580	19,065
Croatian	465	230	235	600	280	325
Czech	190	90	100	445	205	240
Danish	145	65	80	130	50	75
Dutch	4,040	1,935	2,105	930	415	515
Estonian	55	25	30	60	25	35
Finnish	80	35	45	140	60	85
Flemish	210	80	125	110	45	65
Fukien	5	5	5	25	10	15
German	6,450	3,150	3,300	5,900	2,720	3,175
Greek	1,190	625	560	14,520	7,350	7,165
Gujarati	165	80	80	1,185	600	585
Hakka	0	0	0	50	20	30
Hebrew	100	60	40	2,975	1,475	1,505
Hindi	480	235	240	1,870	985	890
Hungarian	800	360	440	1,580	715	865
Ilocano	35	15	20	505	180	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	25	10	10	210	110	95
Italian	1,725	865	860	39,030	19,225	19,810
Japanese	170	75	95	1,070	465	610
Khmer (Cambodian)	315	165	155	2,300	1,070	1,230
Korean	455	230	225	650	275	375
Kurdish	185	100	85	230	125	110
Lao	105	55	50	1,095	530	565
Latvian	45	15	30	90	35	55
Lingala	15	5	10	2,585	1,255	1,325
Lithuanian	95	40	55	180	65	120
Macedonian	30	10	20	45	20	25
Malay	60	25	30	235	105	130
Malayalam	115	60	60	135	70	70
Maltese	110	55	60	5	5	0
Mandarin	355	165	190	1,880	810	1,075
Marathi	10	10	5	55	30	30
Nepali	10	5	5	40	25	25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	90	40	45	2,705	1,350	1,355
Norwegian	20	5	15	110	60	55
Oromo	10	5	5	2,435	1,275	1,160
Panjabi (Punjabi)	355	200	155	1,755	960	795
Pashto	10	5	5	80	50	30
Persian (Farsi)	415	210	205	2,920	1,600	1,325
Polish	2,150	990	1,160	3,465	1,400	2,065
Portuguese	2,985	1,455	1,525	9,950	4,785	5,165
Romanian	350	140	215	4,475	2,070	2,410
Rundi (Kirundi)	35	15	15	1,140	565	575
Russian	450	195	250	4,610	2,105	2,500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	10	0	5	920	390	530
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	190	100	90	55	35	25
Serbian	320	155	160	540	275	265
Serbo-Croatian	70	35	40	350	185	165
Shanghainese	10	0	5	50	25	25
Sign languages, n.i.e.	155	70	90	445	205	240
Sindhi	40	25	20	110	50	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	35	20	20	175	95	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	25	15	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	35	20	20	95	55	45
Slovak	130	55	75	310	140	175
Slovenian	115	40	75	225	95	130
Somali	80	40	40	250	135	120
Spanish	3,320	1,655	1,665	40,335	19,665	20,670
Swahili	60	25	35	1,245	615	630
Swedish	55	15	35	320	150	175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	605	185	425	4,875	1,540	3,335
Taiwanese	10	0	10	135	65	70
Tamil	120	60	65	1,510	790	720
Telugu	30	15	15	80	50	30
Thai	55	20	35	320	100	215
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	30	15	10
Tigrigna	110	55	55	90	45	45
Turkish	100	60	45	1,270	690	575
Ukrainian	390	180	215	1,245	535	715
Urdu	530	275	260	2,205	1,200	1,010
Vietnamese	470	220	245	4,620	2,245	2,375
Yiddish	10	0	5	1,690	765	920
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	620	280	335	6,890	3,445	3,445
Multiple responses	1,485	695	790	78,230	39,305	38,925
English and French	205	95	110	30,610	15,760	14,845
English and non-official language	305	150	155	24,795	12,330	12,465
French and non-official language	965	445	520	21,860	10,720	11,145
English, French and non-official language	10	5	5	965	500	465

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. South West, Ontario (Code 3502) and Quebec (Code 24) (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 April 29, 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: South West (Health region, December 2013)

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Map: 3502, Health region (shaded in green)

Map: Quebec

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Map of Canada: Quebec (shaded in green)

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: South West (Health region, December 2013)

Canada
- Ontario (Province)
  - South West (Health region, December 2013)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)

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Related data: South West (Health region, December 2013)

2011 Census

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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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2011 Census

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Map

Map: South West (Health region, December 2013)

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Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: South West (Health region, December 2013)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

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2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Related data: Quebec

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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