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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	Montréal Quebec (Population centre)			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}	3,407,963	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,236,324	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	3,260,508^A	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,133,633^A	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	4.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	9.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	1,524,857	...Data not available	...Data not available	526,627	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	1,448,612	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,636	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	2,205.4	...Data not available	...Data not available	196.6	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	1,545.30	...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}	3,407,960	1,654,965	1,753,000	1,236,320	601,270	635,055
0 to 4 years	196,500	100,320	96,175	71,245	36,245	35,000
5 to 9 years	177,785	90,145	87,640	68,720	34,900	33,820
10 to 14 years	183,050	93,415	89,640	71,470	36,155	35,315
15 to 19 years	212,955	107,750	105,205	82,620	42,030	40,590
15 years	40,590	20,670	19,920	15,510	7,990	7,515
16 years	41,340	20,890	20,450	16,205	8,250	7,955
17 years	42,055	21,530	20,525	16,180	8,255	7,930
18 years	43,450	21,905	21,550	16,830	8,485	8,340
19 years	45,510	22,750	22,760	17,890	9,050	8,850
20 to 24 years	227,225	113,055	114,170	88,795	44,500	44,290
25 to 29 years	233,825	115,275	118,550	83,955	41,305	42,645
30 to 34 years	249,150	122,350	126,790	82,070	39,520	42,545
35 to 39 years	238,830	118,815	120,010	84,990	40,870	44,120
40 to 44 years	243,545	122,085	121,460	90,215	43,890	46,325
45 to 49 years	266,580	133,705	132,870	103,875	51,045	52,830
50 to 54 years	260,505	128,400	132,105	98,840	48,090	50,750
55 to 59 years	221,725	107,090	114,635	82,290	40,085	42,205
60 to 64 years	192,530	91,245	101,285	70,360	34,270	36,095
65 to 69 years	151,020	70,010	81,005	50,100	23,895	26,210
70 to 74 years	116,005	51,790	64,215	36,445	16,850	19,600
75 to 79 years	96,600	41,345	55,255	28,375	12,690	15,680
80 to 84 years	74,685	28,770	45,915	21,470	8,540	12,935
85 years and over	65,460	19,395	46,070	20,485	6,375	14,110
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	39.7	38.6	40.7	39.1	38.2	39.9
% of the population aged 15 and over	83.6	82.8	84.4	82.9	82.2	83.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	2,850,620	1,371,085	1,479,540	1,024,890	493,965	530,930
Married or living with a common-law partner	1,518,895	761,840	757,055	579,740	289,645	290,095
Married (and not separated)	1,053,300	527,105	526,195	461,205	230,155	231,055
Living common law	465,595	234,740	230,860	118,535	59,490	59,045
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	1,331,730	609,240	722,485	445,155	204,325	240,835
Single (never legally married)	913,410	481,340	432,070	306,365	160,450	145,915
Separated	53,010	21,955	31,055	26,815	11,120	15,700
Divorced	206,885	76,335	130,550	62,115	23,135	38,975
Widowed	158,425	29,610	128,815	49,855	9,620	40,240
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	912,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	340,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	444,320	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	208,445	...Data not available	...Data not available	76,030	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	184,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	71,190	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	75,190	...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}	912,565	...Data not available	...Data not available	340,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	741,690	...Data not available	...Data not available	284,145	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	509,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	224,940	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	218,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	96,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	290,145	...Data not available	...Data not available	128,715	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	109,455	...Data not available	...Data not available	47,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	124,435	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,350	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	56,250	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,870	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	232,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	119,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	34,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	113,090	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,775	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	50,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	47,885	...Data not available	...Data not available	9,430	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	15,160	...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	170,870	...Data not available	...Data not available	56,370	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	135,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	44,160	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	82,260	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,725	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	39,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,245	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	13,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,185	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	35,715	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	23,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	9,660	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,475	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	2,450	...Data not available	...Data not available	900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	999,380	...Data not available	...Data not available	372,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	232,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	84,550	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	321,320	...Data not available	...Data not available	125,670	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	120,865	...Data not available	...Data not available	46,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	210,580	...Data not available	...Data not available	79,015	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	114,150	...Data not available	...Data not available	36,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	3,343,655	1,630,880	1,712,775	1,215,465	592,935	622,530
Number of persons not in census families	690,020	325,700	364,320	218,720	101,700	117,025
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	74,435	31,400	43,035	25,040	10,410	14,625
Living with non-relatives only	130,330	74,220	56,110	52,960	29,745	23,215
Living alone	485,260	220,085	265,175	140,720	61,545	79,180
Number of census family persons	2,653,630	1,305,180	1,348,450	996,745	491,235	505,505
Average number of persons per census family	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	455,070	197,535	257,530	142,825	64,445	78,375
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	176,390	48,695	127,695	47,770	13,060	34,715
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	22,230	4,940	17,290	7,095	1,460	5,640
Living with non-relatives only	10,335	4,975	5,360	2,840	1,290	1,550
Living alone	143,820	38,775	105,045	37,835	10,310	27,525
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	278,680	148,840	129,840	95,055	51,390	43,665
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	1,448,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,640	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	896,840	...Data not available	...Data not available	333,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	834,070	...Data not available	...Data not available	308,335	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	690,030	...Data not available	...Data not available	262,085	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	315,040	...Data not available	...Data not available	120,170	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	374,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	141,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	144,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	46,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	62,770	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	47,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	30,760	...Data not available	...Data not available	12,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	12,005	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,965	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	18,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,670	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	16,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	15,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	551,770	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,815	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	485,260	...Data not available	...Data not available	140,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	66,510	...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}	1,448,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	416,310	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,180	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	134,665	...Data not available	...Data not available	72,150	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	2,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,125	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	895,035	...Data not available	...Data not available	199,180	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	72,995	...Data not available	...Data not available	35,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	50,160	...Data not available	...Data not available	79,725	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	133,955	...Data not available	...Data not available	14,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	632,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	68,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	5,015	...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}	1,448,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	498,635	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	485,260	...Data not available	...Data not available	140,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	458,860	...Data not available	...Data not available	166,175	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	218,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	80,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	189,955	...Data not available	...Data not available	73,830	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	66,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,990	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	29,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	3,343,655	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,215,465	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.3	...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}	3,372,940	1,640,835	1,732,110	1,222,760	595,810	626,950
Single responses	3,260,000	1,584,520	1,675,480	1,187,685	578,925	608,760
English	406,795	201,720	205,070	599,295	298,245	301,050
French	2,034,755	982,635	1,052,115	384,160	183,510	200,650
Non-official languages	818,455	400,170	418,290	204,230	97,175	107,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	525	175	345	565	200	365
Atikamekw	25	5	20	5	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	200	90	115	215	100	115
Dene	0	5	0	10	0	5
Innu/Montagnais	50	15	35	10	5	5
Inuktitut	215	55	160	225	55	165
Mi'kmaq	20	5	15	25	10	15
Ojibway	5	5	0	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}	810,280	396,055	414,225	201,255	95,815	105,435
African languages, n.i.e.	710	405	305	525	265	255
Afrikaans	70	40	30	155	80	75
Akan (Twi)	1,105	540	565	325	155	170
Albanian	2,025	1,045	980	625	310	310
Amharic	605	295	310	1,225	595	635
Arabic	125,925	66,985	58,935	34,020	17,795	16,230
Armenian	14,735	7,175	7,555	475	245	235
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	1,230	640	590	645	315	330
Bengali	10,145	5,170	4,975	2,915	1,495	1,425
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5,185	2,820	2,365	175	90	85
Bisayan languages	860	270	590	385	110	280
Bosnian	385	190	200	720	335	385
Bulgarian	5,880	2,860	3,015	1,030	475	555
Burmese	50	20	25	165	85	80
Cantonese	10,440	4,930	5,515	6,575	3,080	3,490
Chinese, n.o.s.	38,785	18,370	20,415	13,580	6,390	7,190
Creoles	47,240	20,905	26,335	4,455	1,905	2,555
Croatian	1,805	920	885	1,205	580	625
Czech	1,265	590	680	1,065	485	580
Danish	225	110	115	335	155	185
Dutch	1,905	935	970	2,745	1,315	1,425
Estonian	165	60	100	190	85	105
Finnish	310	110	200	340	135	205
Flemish	295	110	180	105	50	60
Fukien	65	30	45	85	40	45
German	9,355	4,180	5,175	6,640	2,940	3,705
Greek	38,430	19,255	19,180	2,180	1,165	1,015
Gujarati	5,870	2,880	3,000	1,225	640	580
Hakka	105	40	60	60	35	25
Hebrew	3,865	2,045	1,820	365	200	165
Hindi	2,620	1,375	1,250	2,365	1,195	1,170
Hungarian	5,780	2,750	3,035	1,885	940	950
Ilocano	1,670	605	1,065	365	120	240
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	450	265	180	140	80	55
Italian	108,435	53,295	55,135	9,960	5,025	4,935
Japanese	1,790	560	1,225	1,030	325	705
Khmer (Cambodian)	7,605	3,565	4,040	1,300	570	730
Korean	3,830	1,690	2,145	1,710	725	985
Kurdish	660	360	295	715	375	340
Lao	3,510	1,700	1,805	475	235	240
Latvian	265	95	170	295	135	165
Lingala	1,715	805	910	385	180	205
Lithuanian	550	230	320	225	100	130
Macedonian	170	85	85	70	35	35
Malay	545	230	320	390	165	225
Malayalam	290	155	140	450	225	225
Maltese	15	5	10	40	10	25
Mandarin	10,075	4,620	5,455	7,275	3,360	3,920
Marathi	145	90	55	240	115	125
Nepali	205	95	110	465	230	240
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	3,685	1,955	1,730	870	465	405
Norwegian	210	105	100	155	60	95
Oromo	6,325	3,455	2,870	565	310	260
Panjabi (Punjabi)	10,970	5,890	5,085	3,365	1,680	1,685
Pashto	955	525	430	720	385	335
Persian (Farsi)	17,745	9,245	8,500	6,555	3,285	3,270
Polish	12,935	5,630	7,305	6,230	2,830	3,395
Portuguese	28,490	13,670	14,815	6,625	3,190	3,440
Romanian	28,440	13,715	14,725	3,280	1,520	1,760
Rundi (Kirundi)	1,250	605	640	935	420	520
Russian	21,845	9,795	12,060	6,030	2,635	3,400
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	1,245	550	695	875	335	535
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	120	60	60	170	85	85
Serbian	1,690	830	860	2,195	1,100	1,095
Serbo-Croatian	655	325	330	960	465	495
Shanghainese	85	40	45	80	35	45
Sign languages, n.i.e.	265	145	125	140	65	70
Sindhi	295	140	150	245	120	130
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	555	290	265	730	360	370
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	60	35	20	360	175	180
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	260	140	125	75	40	35
Slovak	980	420	560	680	305	375
Slovenian	745	330	420	245	115	130
Somali	635	325	315	6,290	2,690	3,600
Spanish	107,765	52,715	55,050	14,920	6,850	8,070
Swahili	940	475	465	1,070	515	555
Swedish	415	200	215	290	130	160
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	13,180	4,530	8,655	5,070	1,675	3,395
Taiwanese	390	185	205	175	75	100
Tamil	13,130	6,585	6,540	2,100	1,080	1,020
Telugu	350	200	155	345	170	170
Thai	510	140	375	385	105	275
Tibetan languages	95	55	45	20	10	10
Tigrigna	305	140	170	775	375	400
Turkish	6,275	3,230	3,040	1,510	775	740
Ukrainian	4,225	1,830	2,400	1,675	730	945
Urdu	9,565	4,975	4,590	3,790	1,925	1,860
Vietnamese	24,430	11,640	12,790	6,230	2,915	3,310
Yiddish	8,900	4,445	4,460	230	120	105
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	7,650	3,940	3,715	2,405	1,155	1,250
Multiple responses	112,940	56,315	56,625	35,075	16,885	18,190
English and French	36,535	18,285	18,250	16,665	8,010	8,650
English and non-official language	21,080	10,295	10,785	11,795	5,770	6,020
French and non-official language	43,835	21,725	22,115	4,630	2,190	2,440
English, French and non-official language	11,485	6,005	5,475	1,985	905	1,075
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	3,372,940	1,640,835	1,732,110	1,222,755	595,805	626,950
English only	269,225	132,310	136,910	556,405	282,365	274,040
French only	1,181,170	523,205	657,960	105,280	46,280	59,000
English and French	1,858,750	960,320	898,435	547,625	261,975	285,650
Neither English nor French	63,800	25,000	38,805	13,445	5,185	8,260
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	3,372,940	1,640,835	1,732,110	1,222,755	595,810	626,950
English	701,100	348,325	352,775	774,485	383,195	391,295
French	2,397,520	1,156,620	1,240,900	408,010	194,450	213,560
English and French	212,620	111,890	100,730	27,220	13,200	14,025
Neither English nor French	61,700	23,990	37,705	13,040	4,965	8,070
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	807,415	404,275	403,140	421,625	201,050	220,575
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	23.9	24.6	23.3	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}	3,372,945	1,640,835	1,732,110	1,222,760	595,810	626,950
Single responses	3,175,180	1,543,205	1,631,980	1,169,560	570,455	599,110
English	570,510	281,400	289,105	718,430	355,105	363,330
French	2,138,090	1,037,225	1,100,870	345,630	165,270	180,365
Non-official languages	466,580	224,575	242,005	105,500	50,085	55,420
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	195	75	120	170	60	110
Atikamekw	5	0	5	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	85	35	50	80	30	50
Dene	0	0	0	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	25	10	15	5	5	5
Inuktitut	70	25	45	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}	463,585	223,110	240,475	104,505	49,620	54,885
African languages, n.i.e.	185	90	100	205	95	110
Afrikaans	20	10	10	50	30	25
Akan (Twi)	560	255	305	110	55	55
Albanian	1,260	640	625	310	155	155
Amharic	320	150	175	685	315	365
Arabic	66,585	34,075	32,515	20,295	10,240	10,050
Armenian	10,850	5,135	5,710	240	120	115
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	225	105	120	100	45	60
Bengali	8,080	4,025	4,065	1,965	970	995
Berber languages (Kabyle)	1,765	925	835	75	30	45
Bisayan languages	225	95	135	125	40	80
Bosnian	255	130	120	405	205	200
Bulgarian	4,540	2,230	2,305	575	275	300
Burmese	25	15	15	100	45	55
Cantonese	8,090	3,860	4,225	4,070	1,895	2,175
Chinese, n.o.s.	31,700	15,175	16,520	9,180	4,330	4,855
Creoles	18,875	8,050	10,825	1,855	765	1,085
Croatian	760	360	400	500	245	255
Czech	400	190	215	295	135	160
Danish	30	15	15	30	15	10
Dutch	300	145	155	200	95	110
Estonian	25	10	20	45	20	30
Finnish	55	25	35	30	10	15
Flemish	50	15	30	5	0	5
Fukien	15	10	10	15	10	10
German	1,730	790	945	875	380	490
Greek	19,635	9,465	10,170	665	325	335
Gujarati	3,925	1,885	2,030	460	225	240
Hakka	20	10	15	10	5	5
Hebrew	1,700	870	825	145	70	70
Hindi	1,400	700	700	1,055	520	535
Hungarian	2,190	970	1,215	545	260	285
Ilocano	585	225	355	160	65	100
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	225	120	105	35	20	15
Italian	38,610	17,460	21,150	2,980	1,355	1,625
Japanese	755	325	425	420	160	260
Khmer (Cambodian)	4,800	2,220	2,580	635	285	350
Korean	2,800	1,290	1,510	1,050	485	570
Kurdish	300	155	150	440	220	220
Lao	2,085	1,005	1,085	255	135	125
Latvian	85	35	50	70	30	45
Lingala	440	205	235	135	50	75
Lithuanian	140	55	85	55	25	30
Macedonian	105	55	55	30	15	15
Malay	215	105	105	115	60	55
Malayalam	70	35	35	180	90	95
Maltese	5	0	0	5	0	5
Mandarin	8,455	4,055	4,405	5,530	2,680	2,855
Marathi	65	40	25	120	55	65
Nepali	140	70	70	345	165	175
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	850	410	445	150	75	75
Norwegian	40	20	15	10	5	5
Oromo	1,925	1,020	905	265	125	140
Panjabi (Punjabi)	8,230	4,350	3,875	1,830	875	960
Pashto	775	410	365	525	280	245
Persian (Farsi)	12,895	6,380	6,520	4,165	1,970	2,200
Polish	6,115	2,765	3,355	2,505	1,165	1,340
Portuguese	13,685	6,480	7,205	2,775	1,320	1,455
Romanian	21,010	10,285	10,730	1,880	900	985
Rundi (Kirundi)	355	160	195	330	160	170
Russian	17,040	8,055	8,985	3,825	1,785	2,040
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	290	140	150	285	120	170
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	55	30	20	90	45	50
Serbian	1,005	485	520	1,600	805	795
Serbo-Croatian	305	145	160	600	305	300
Shanghainese	30	10	20	40	20	15
Sign languages, n.i.e.	480	300	175	225	130	90
Sindhi	160	80	85	60	25	40
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	310	155	155	350	175	175
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	35	15	20	275	140	135
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	125	55	65	25	10	15
Slovak	215	95	120	205	95	110
Slovenian	280	115	160	35	15	15
Somali	395	190	205	3,935	1,635	2,295
Spanish	72,735	35,215	37,520	8,485	3,970	4,515
Swahili	260	120	135	390	170	215
Swedish	90	45	45	65	35	30
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	7,195	2,765	4,425	2,125	830	1,295
Taiwanese	220	120	100	80	35	45
Tamil	11,220	5,555	5,665	1,285	630	655
Telugu	215	110	95	125	60	65
Thai	155	70	90	135	45	80
Tibetan languages	70	40	30	5	5	5
Tigrigna	155	65	90	405	180	225
Turkish	4,600	2,285	2,315	805	395	410
Ukrainian	1,770	760	1,010	445	200	245
Urdu	7,005	3,535	3,470	2,050	1,025	1,025
Vietnamese	19,470	9,240	10,230	4,315	2,025	2,295
Yiddish	6,145	3,160	2,985	15	10	5
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	2,795	1,385	1,410	830	405	420
Multiple responses	197,760	97,635	100,130	53,190	25,355	27,840
English and French	44,895	22,685	22,210	17,120	8,000	9,120
English and non-official language	40,495	19,690	20,805	27,065	13,210	13,855
French and non-official language	85,775	41,545	44,230	5,045	2,270	2,775
English, French and non-official language	26,590	13,715	12,875	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}	3,372,940	1,640,835	1,732,110	1,222,760	595,805	626,945
None	2,583,315	1,249,895	1,333,420	942,040	462,705	479,335
Single responses	722,315	357,115	365,210	270,045	128,120	141,925
English	253,515	127,760	125,750	122,885	59,095	63,790
French	220,130	108,460	111,670	76,435	35,695	40,735
Non-official languages	248,675	120,890	127,790	70,725	33,325	37,405
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	225	85	140	355	130	220
Atikamekw	10	0	10	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	80	40	45	115	55	65
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	20	15	10	0	0	0
Inuktitut	85	20	70	145	45	95
Mi'kmaq	20	10	15	20	10	5
Ojibway	5	0	0	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}	244,245	118,680	125,565	68,855	32,505	36,345
African languages, n.i.e.	465	250	215	250	120	125
Afrikaans	40	25	15	75	30	40
Akan (Twi)	460	230	225	235	100	135
Albanian	330	160	170	165	85	75
Amharic	165	80	90	390	180	205
Arabic	44,315	23,565	20,750	10,390	5,505	4,885
Armenian	2,430	1,205	1,220	110	45	60
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	730	365	360	370	185	185
Bengali	1,105	620	490	640	355	285
Berber languages (Kabyle)	1,810	950	860	55	25	25
Bisayan languages	230	80	150	100	35	65
Bosnian	75	30	45	225	95	125
Bulgarian	705	320	385	275	130	150
Burmese	15	5	10	50	25	25
Cantonese	1,730	850	875	1,800	845	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	5,020	2,305	2,715	2,855	1,360	1,490
Creoles	32,930	14,765	18,165	3,145	1,335	1,805
Croatian	470	215	260	415	210	200
Czech	335	150	185	355	140	215
Danish	100	45	60	140	60	85
Dutch	565	260	310	925	415	510
Estonian	50	20	30	65	25	35
Finnish	90	40	55	145	50	95
Flemish	55	20	35	20	10	10
Fukien	25	10	15	35	15	20
German	3,825	1,730	2,095	2,730	1,210	1,520
Greek	13,970	7,020	6,950	1,160	625	535
Gujarati	1,165	590	575	600	310	290
Hakka	50	20	30	20	10	10
Hebrew	2,920	1,445	1,480	355	180	180
Hindi	1,785	940	845	1,425	730	695
Hungarian	1,365	605	755	560	260	300
Ilocano	505	180	325	95	25	70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	185	105	85	65	35	25
Italian	36,900	18,100	18,800	4,210	2,035	2,175
Japanese	825	345	480	595	260	340
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,965	910	1,060	440	190	250
Korean	595	260	335	500	215	285
Kurdish	205	105	100	155	80	75
Lao	910	445	465	125	60	65
Latvian	70	25	45	85	40	45
Lingala	2,220	1,075	1,145	620	255	370
Lithuanian	150	50	105	70	30	45
Macedonian	35	15	20	20	5	15
Malay	190	85	105	185	80	105
Malayalam	130	65	65	190	100	95
Maltese	5	5	0	20	10	15
Mandarin	1,655	705	945	1,745	765	975
Marathi	55	30	25	65	25	35
Nepali	25	10	10	60	25	40
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	2,165	1,065	1,100	735	350	385
Norwegian	85	45	40	80	30	50
Oromo	2,185	1,135	1,055	145	75	65
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,710	935	775	1,090	545	545
Pashto	75	45	30	140	70	65
Persian (Farsi)	2,600	1,425	1,170	1,555	815	740
Polish	2,875	1,165	1,715	1,980	815	1,165
Portuguese	8,120	3,885	4,235	2,250	1,085	1,165
Romanian	3,950	1,810	2,135	830	395	435
Rundi (Kirundi)	630	300	330	510	225	285
Russian	4,000	1,835	2,165	1,645	715	930
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	560	235	320	425	155	265
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	45	20	25	50	20	30
Serbian	360	180	180	380	200	185
Serbo-Croatian	125	60	65	170	90	80
Shanghainese	50	20	25	25	10	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	190	85	105	145	55	90
Sindhi	110	55	60	120	60	65
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	170	95	75	280	140	145
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	20	15	10	35	20	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	70	35	35	25	15	10
Slovak	270	120	155	240	100	140
Slovenian	195	80	115	70	20	45
Somali	190	100	90	2,015	925	1,090
Spanish	29,850	14,625	15,230	6,505	3,050	3,455
Swahili	685	310	375	780	360	425
Swedish	255	130	125	170	80	95
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	4,645	1,485	3,160	1,920	565	1,355
Taiwanese	135	65	70	65	25	40
Tamil	1,490	780	710	660	345	320
Telugu	75	45	25	145	70	70
Thai	225	75	155	205	65	140
Tibetan languages	25	15	10	10	5	0
Tigrigna	75	40	35	265	130	135
Turkish	1,110	580	530	420	225	195
Ukrainian	1,070	455	620	545	220	320
Urdu	2,120	1,150	975	1,445	750	695
Vietnamese	4,100	1,990	2,110	1,420	685	735
Yiddish	1,680	760	915	55	25	25
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	4,210	2,125	2,085	1,520	685	835
Multiple responses	67,310	33,830	33,480	10,665	4,985	5,680
English and French	27,610	14,190	13,420	3,345	1,610	1,740
English and non-official language	18,980	9,470	9,515	3,125	1,465	1,660
French and non-official language	19,840	9,720	10,120	4,110	1,865	2,245
English, French and non-official language	875	445	425	85	40	45

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. Montréal, Quebec (Code 0547) 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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Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions, census subdivisions and dissemination areas	IVT (233,928 KB)	XML (384,573 KB)
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: Montréal (Population Centre), Quebec

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Map: Montréal, Population Centre (shaded in green), Quebec

Map: Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

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Map: Ottawa - Gatineau, Census metropolitan area (shaded in green), Ontario

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Population centre)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)
  - Montréal (Census metropolitan area)
    - Montréal (Population Centre)

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: Montréal (Population Centre), Quebec

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

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

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area), Ontario, 2011
NHS Data Tables, Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area), Ontario
NHS Focus on Geography Series, Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

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Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Population centre)

Geographic hierarchy: Ottawa - Gatineau (Census metropolitan area)

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2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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