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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Durham
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 604,125 589,350 9,730 1,670
0 to 4 years 34,695 33,740 310 95
5 to 9 years 36,990 36,440 365 160
10 to 14 years 41,235 40,585 415 225
15 to 19 years 46,915 46,260 435 190
20 to 24 years 39,725 39,250 315 130
25 to 29 years 34,255 33,710 420 75
30 to 34 years 36,185 35,400 635 100
35 to 39 years 40,330 39,360 765 140
40 to 44 years 45,165 44,090 840 150
45 to 49 years 55,025 53,680 1,100 110
50 to 54 years 50,145 48,875 1,020 75
55 to 59 years 39,580 38,465 825 65
60 to 64 years 33,100 32,040 705 55
65 to 69 years 22,975 22,040 560 25
70 to 74 years 16,965 16,175 355 30
75 to 79 years 13,570 12,875 325 15
80 to 84 years 9,735 9,225 215 5
85 years and over 7,535 7,135 125 10
Median ageFootnote 2 39.0 38.8 46.7 27.2
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 491,205 478,580 8,645 1,185
Married or living with a common-law partner 291,080 282,885 5,875 670
Married (and not separated) 252,175 244,970 4,950 640
Living common law 38,905 37,920 925 30
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 200,125 195,695 2,765 520
Single (never legally married) 135,015 132,965 1,500 435
Separated 15,620 15,250 280 25
Divorced 26,555 25,920 510 30
Widowed 22,935 21,560 470 25
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 604,120 589,345 9,730 1,670
English only 558,685 558,690 0 0
French only 385 0 385 0
English and French 41,560 30,545 9,345 1,670
Neither English nor French 3,495 115 5 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 604,125 589,350 9,730 1,670
Single responses 595,120 581,040 9,410 1,295
English 508,650 508,630 15 0
French 9,925 740 9,185 0
Non-official languages 76,545 71,670 210 1,290
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 25 25 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 75,810 70,975 205 1,270
African languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 0
Afrikaans 105 110 0 0
Akan (Twi) 185 185 0 0
Albanian 140 115 0 0
Amharic 100 95 0 0
Arabic 3,265 2,900 35 200
Armenian 330 300 0 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 75 65 5 0
Bengali 765 730 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 170 170 0 0
Bosnian 25 30 0 0
Bulgarian 135 120 0 10
Burmese 10 10 0 0
Cantonese 1,630 1,405 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,165 1,900 0 15
Creoles 225 145 45 25
Croatian 600 590 0 5
Czech 315 315 0 5
Danish 205 205 0 0
Dutch 2,685 2,665 0 10
Estonian 235 230 0 5
Finnish 345 340 0 5
Flemish 70 65 0 5
Fukien 20 20 0 0
German 4,385 4,355 5 15
Greek 2,330 2,255 5 5
Gujarati 1,575 1,465 0 10
Hakka 60 50 0 0
Hebrew 35 40 0 0
Hindi 1,270 1,230 0 5
Hungarian 1,515 1,455 5 15
Ilocano 135 130 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0
Italian 6,265 5,950 20 35
Japanese 185 180 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 45 0 5
Korean 770 695 0 5
Kurdish 60 50 0 5
Lao 50 55 0 0
Latvian 160 155 0 5
Lingala 15 5 5 5
Lithuanian 90 90 0 0
Macedonian 1,630 1,560 0 15
Malay 150 145 0 0
Malayalam 305 290 0 5
Maltese 365 360 0 0
Mandarin 1,205 1,045 0 15
Marathi 95 95 0 0
Nepali 35 30 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 180 160 5 10
Norwegian 55 60 0 0
Oromo 35 35 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,715 1,570 0 20
Pashto 250 225 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,455 3,045 5 85
Polish 4,630 4,410 5 80
Portuguese 3,080 2,890 5 40
Romanian 1,270 1,025 5 165
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 10 5
Russian 925 840 0 40
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 120 0 0
Serbian 535 495 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 80 75 0 0
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 40 0 0
Sindhi 245 235 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 455 450 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0
Slovak 280 265 0 5
Slovenian 305 305 0 0
Somali 105 85 0 5
Spanish 4,365 4,005 15 120
Swahili 135 130 5 5
Swedish 130 125 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 5,215 5,160 0 10
Taiwanese 25 25 0 0
Tamil 3,430 3,135 0 50
Telugu 170 165 0 0
Thai 80 75 0 5
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 55 55 0 0
Turkish 220 195 0 10
Ukrainian 1,560 1,490 5 20
Urdu 5,050 4,760 0 75
Vietnamese 710 615 5 20
Yiddish 10 10 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 7 715 675 5 20
Multiple responses 9,005 8,310 325 375
English and French 1,480 1,110 80 290
English and non-official language 6,920 6,915 0 0
French and non-official language 390 155 230 0
English, French and non-official language 220 125 10 85
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 604,125 589,350 9,730 1,670
Single responses 589,340 575,685 9,110 1,170
English 555,170 549,685 5,485 0
French 3,750 215 3,535 0
Non-official languages 30,425 25,785 90 1,170
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 30,230 25,625 80 1,155
African languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Afrikaans 40 35 0 0
Akan (Twi) 60 55 0 0
Albanian 85 60 0 5
Amharic 30 30 0 0
Arabic 1,435 1,120 15 160
Armenian 150 125 5 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Bengali 415 385 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 0
Bosnian 10 10 0 0
Bulgarian 80 65 0 10
Burmese 5 0 0 0
Cantonese 1,015 765 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,200 965 0 15
Creoles 80 35 5 30
Croatian 135 120 5 0
Czech 75 75 0 5
Danish 0 0 0 0
Dutch 155 135 0 10
Estonian 25 30 0 5
Finnish 45 40 0 5
Flemish 0 5 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0
German 425 405 5 15
Greek 585 515 0 10
Gujarati 730 620 0 10
Hakka 15 10 0 0
Hebrew 10 10 0 0
Hindi 550 505 0 5
Hungarian 455 410 0 15
Ilocano 25 20 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Italian 1,440 1,145 5 25
Japanese 60 50 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0
Korean 505 435 0 10
Kurdish 35 25 0 5
Lao 20 20 0 0
Latvian 15 15 0 5
Lingala 5 0 0 5
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0
Macedonian 615 550 0 10
Malay 40 40 0 0
Malayalam 115 105 0 5
Maltese 60 60 0 0
Mandarin 880 715 0 10
Marathi 25 20 0 5
Nepali 20 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 20 5 5
Norwegian 10 5 0 0
Oromo 15 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 880 745 0 15
Pashto 180 165 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,240 1,835 5 80
Polish 1,890 1,680 0 65
Portuguese 935 755 0 30
Romanian 665 425 5 160
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0
Russian 435 355 0 30
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 5
Serbian 265 220 0 15
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 110 65 0 0
Sindhi 105 95 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 165 160 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 75 65 0 5
Slovenian 55 50 0 0
Somali 50 30 5 5
Spanish 1,995 1,640 15 115
Swahili 35 30 0 0
Swedish 15 10 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,680 1,620 0 10
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0
Tamil 2,200 1,900 0 60
Telugu 90 80 0 0
Thai 15 10 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0
Turkish 110 85 5 5
Ukrainian 375 320 0 25
Urdu 3,150 2,865 0 70
Vietnamese 475 380 0 20
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 195 165 5 15
Multiple responses 14,790 13,665 625 500
English and French 1,085 280 470 335
English and non-official language 13,305 13,270 30 0
French and non-official language 100 20 85 0
English, French and non-official language 295 95 40 160
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 604,125 589,345 9,730 1,670
None 550,225 541,325 4,975 820
Single responses 52,850 47,200 4,640 740
English 16,430 13,650 1,935 645
French 6,950 4,515 2,405 25
Non-official languages 29,470 29,030 295 70
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 30 30 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 25 25 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 29,015 28,585 295 70
African languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0
Afrikaans 85 85 0 0
Akan (Twi) 110 115 0 0
Albanian 65 65 0 0
Amharic 35 35 0 0
Arabic 1,390 1,340 30 15
Armenian 165 170 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25 0
Bengali 210 210 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 40 40 0 0
Bosnian 10 10 0 0
Bulgarian 40 35 0 0
Burmese 5 5 0 0
Cantonese 510 510 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 565 560 5 0
Creoles 310 250 55 5
Croatian 270 275 0 0
Czech 135 140 0 0
Danish 85 85 0 0
Dutch 840 840 0 0
Estonian 90 85 0 0
Finnish 145 145 5 0
Flemish 20 15 0 5
Fukien 10 10 0 0
German 1,510 1,495 5 5
Greek 1,435 1,435 0 0
Gujarati 605 600 5 0
Hakka 15 15 0 0
Hebrew 35 30 0 0
Hindi 865 855 0 0
Hungarian 455 450 0 0
Ilocano 50 45 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Italian 2,700 2,665 25 10
Japanese 120 115 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0
Korean 215 210 0 0
Kurdish 5 10 0 0
Lao 15 15 0 0
Latvian 50 50 0 0
Lingala 55 0 55 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0
Macedonian 605 600 0 0
Malay 60 55 0 0
Malayalam 110 115 0 0
Maltese 150 150 0 0
Mandarin 335 325 5 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0
Nepali 10 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 195 180 15 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 650 640 0 0
Pashto 65 60 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 760 755 0 5
Polish 1,390 1,385 0 5
Portuguese 1,340 1,330 5 0
Romanian 395 390 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 5 0
Russian 285 280 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Serbian 195 190 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 25 25 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Sindhi 175 175 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 285 285 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Slovak 75 80 0 0
Slovenian 95 95 0 0
Somali 40 40 0 0
Spanish 2,205 2,175 30 5
Swahili 125 100 25 0
Swedish 60 60 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,250 2,250 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 1,045 1,045 0 0
Telugu 60 55 0 0
Thai 30 30 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0
Turkish 85 85 0 0
Ukrainian 485 480 5 5
Urdu 1,615 1,605 0 5
Vietnamese 155 150 5 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 425 415 5 5
Multiple responses 1,045 820 115 105
English and French 130 25 10 90
English and non-official language 295 220 60 10
French and non-official language 615 570 45 0
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 604,125 589,350 9,730 1,670
English 589,350 589,350 0 0
French 9,730 0 9,730 0
English and French 1,670 0 0 1,670
Neither English nor French 3,375 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 10,565 0 9,730 835
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.7 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

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 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

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 5

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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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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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 8

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 9

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 10

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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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 12

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 13

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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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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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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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 17

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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Footnote 18

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, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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