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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 London, CY
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 362,265 351,170 4,755 1,845
0 to 4 years 19,975 19,035 165 90
5 to 9 years 19,005 18,530 155 215
10 to 14 years 20,345 19,830 195 260
15 to 19 years 24,620 24,110 200 255
20 to 24 years 28,845 28,320 275 170
25 to 29 years 26,905 26,410 295 120
30 to 34 years 23,740 23,195 345 110
35 to 39 years 22,445 21,830 350 130
40 to 44 years 24,140 23,445 340 105
45 to 49 years 28,365 27,540 435 80
50 to 54 years 27,695 26,825 425 85
55 to 59 years 24,095 23,305 405 55
60 to 64 years 21,110 20,360 355 40
65 to 69 years 15,410 14,730 280 45
70 to 74 years 11,780 11,195 200 40
75 to 79 years 9,755 9,230 135 25
80 to 84 years 7,510 7,085 125 20
85 years and over 6,515 6,195 75 5
Median ageFootnote 2 38.9 38.7 45.7 22.9
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 302,940 293,775 4,240 1,280
Married or living with a common-law partner 165,745 160,225 2,565 660
Married (and not separated) 139,260 134,360 2,045 630
Living common law 26,485 25,860 525 30
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 137,190 133,545 1,670 620
Single (never legally married) 90,570 88,845 915 540
Separated 10,490 10,130 195 20
Divorced 19,950 19,425 320 40
Widowed 16,180 15,145 250 25
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 362,265 351,170 4,755 1,845
English only 331,030 331,030 0 0
French only 235 0 230 0
English and French 26,360 20,000 4,515 1,845
Neither English nor French 4,640 140 5 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 362,260 351,170 4,755 1,850
Single responses 356,425 345,745 4,535 1,655
English 282,000 281,985 15 0
French 4,775 470 4,305 0
Non-official languages 69,655 63,290 210 1,655
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 40 40 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 5 5 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 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 69,065 62,760 205 1,645
African languages, n.i.e. 210 205 0 0
Afrikaans 70 70 0 0
Akan (Twi) 60 55 0 0
Albanian 910 820 0 10
Amharic 245 230 0 0
Arabic 7,705 6,875 35 275
Armenian 85 80 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 85 5 5
Bengali 375 345 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 0
Bosnian 660 620 0 10
Bulgarian 75 60 0 10
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 1,135 990 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,885 2,555 5 25
Creoles 40 30 10 0
Croatian 830 800 5 5
Czech 375 370 0 5
Danish 200 200 0 0
Dutch 2,320 2,310 5 5
Estonian 60 60 0 0
Finnish 100 100 0 0
Flemish 160 155 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0
German 2,845 2,805 5 30
Greek 1,800 1,705 5 10
Gujarati 465 440 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 95 95 0 0
Hindi 635 610 5 5
Hungarian 1,185 1,150 0 15
Ilocano 80 85 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Italian 3,175 3,040 5 35
Japanese 200 175 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 765 650 0 10
Korean 2,470 2,195 0 35
Kurdish 830 740 0 5
Lao 105 95 0 10
Latvian 90 85 0 0
Lingala 5 0 10 5
Lithuanian 160 160 0 0
Macedonian 80 70 0 5
Malay 120 115 0 0
Malayalam 260 255 0 0
Maltese 225 225 0 0
Mandarin 1,390 1,240 0 20
Marathi 45 45 0 0
Nepali 140 100 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 95 5 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 755 695 0 15
Pashto 90 80 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,665 1,485 5 40
Polish 5,640 5,270 10 135
Portuguese 4,590 4,020 5 55
Romanian 840 685 10 115
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 20 20 5
Russian 1,175 1,045 0 55
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 15 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 775 0 15
Serbian 865 810 5 20
Serbo-Croatian 315 300 0 5
Shanghainese 10 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 0
Sindhi 55 50 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 205 120 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 65 5 0
Slovak 325 305 0 10
Slovenian 205 205 0 0
Somali 245 225 0 5
Spanish 8,890 7,630 35 520
Swahili 80 70 0 10
Swedish 60 60 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,195 1,185 0 0
Taiwanese 40 35 0 0
Tamil 250 220 0 5
Telugu 90 80 0 0
Thai 50 50 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0
Tigrigna 240 225 0 10
Turkish 300 265 0 5
Ukrainian 885 835 0 10
Urdu 1,155 1,095 5 20
Vietnamese 1,600 1,355 5 10
Yiddish 30 25 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 545 495 5 10
Multiple responses 5,835 5,425 220 190
English and French 870 695 45 125
English and non-official language 4,480 4,480 0 0
French and non-official language 305 140 170 0
English, French and non-official language 180 110 5 65
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 362,265 351,165 4,755 1,845
Single responses 350,660 340,190 4,420 1,555
English 314,010 311,040 2,975 0
French 1,460 110 1,350 0
Non-official languages 35,190 29,045 95 1,555
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 15 10 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 5 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 34,975 28,875 90 1,550
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0
Afrikaans 35 30 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0
Albanian 515 430 0 10
Amharic 130 120 0 0
Arabic 4,425 3,610 20 255
Armenian 25 20 5 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 5 0
Bengali 250 225 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0
Bosnian 365 325 0 10
Bulgarian 35 25 0 5
Burmese 5 5 0 0
Cantonese 695 545 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,895 1,580 5 20
Creoles 5 5 0 0
Croatian 335 305 0 5
Czech 115 105 0 5
Danish 15 15 0 0
Dutch 120 105 0 5
Estonian 5 5 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0
Flemish 10 5 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 355 320 0 30
Greek 745 655 0 10
Gujarati 260 235 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 30 0 0
Hindi 290 265 0 5
Hungarian 370 340 0 15
Ilocano 20 25 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Italian 870 740 5 30
Japanese 90 70 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 445 320 0 10
Korean 1,930 1,650 0 30
Kurdish 530 430 10 10
Lao 40 30 5 5
Latvian 10 10 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 40 45 0 0
Macedonian 30 25 0 0
Malay 30 25 0 0
Malayalam 125 125 0 5
Maltese 30 35 0 0
Mandarin 1,045 890 0 20
Marathi 20 15 0 0
Nepali 125 80 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 410 355 0 15
Pashto 75 70 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 950 5 30
Polish 2,790 2,435 5 125
Portuguese 1,915 1,350 10 60
Romanian 410 260 5 115
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 5 5
Russian 590 465 0 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 635 500 0 10
Serbian 505 450 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 160 140 0 5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 80 60 0 0
Sindhi 15 15 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 105 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Slovak 115 100 0 15
Slovenian 40 35 0 5
Somali 180 155 0 0
Spanish 5,950 4,720 15 495
Swahili 40 25 0 10
Swedish 10 5 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 475 470 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0
Tamil 120 95 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 25 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 110 95 0 5
Turkish 185 160 0 10
Ukrainian 300 255 0 5
Urdu 675 615 0 20
Vietnamese 1,120 865 5 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 200 165 5 10
Multiple responses 11,605 10,980 335 290
English and French 495 145 205 155
English and non-official language 10,780 10,740 40 0
French and non-official language 85 20 60 0
English, French and non-official language 245 70 35 140
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 362,265 351,170 4,755 1,845
None 318,330 310,955 2,500 810
Single responses 42,985 39,540 2,155 865
English 16,210 14,395 770 765
French 3,935 2,695 1,185 50
Non-official languages 22,840 22,450 200 55
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 60 65 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 45 50 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 22,395 22,015 200 50
African languages, n.i.e. 105 100 10 0
Afrikaans 25 25 0 0
Akan (Twi) 40 45 0 0
Albanian 250 250 0 0
Amharic 95 95 0 0
Arabic 2,850 2,755 35 10
Armenian 25 30 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 5 5
Bengali 90 90 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0
Bosnian 200 195 0 0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 335 330 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 650 640 5 0
Creoles 45 35 10 0
Croatian 305 305 0 0
Czech 125 125 0 0
Danish 45 45 0 0
Dutch 705 705 0 0
Estonian 25 30 0 0
Finnish 30 35 0 0
Flemish 20 20 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 1,050 1,045 0 0
Greek 985 980 5 0
Gujarati 120 120 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 90 85 0 0
Hindi 400 385 0 0
Hungarian 375 380 0 0
Ilocano 35 35 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 1,270 1,255 10 0
Japanese 105 105 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 255 250 5 0
Korean 365 365 0 0
Kurdish 185 175 0 0
Lao 45 45 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0
Lingala 15 5 15 0
Lithuanian 55 55 0 0
Macedonian 25 25 0 0
Malay 40 40 0 0
Malayalam 95 100 0 0
Maltese 80 80 0 0
Mandarin 315 310 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 75 65 10 0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0
Oromo 10 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 250 245 0 0
Pashto 10 15 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 380 375 5 5
Polish 1,625 1,615 5 5
Portuguese 1,940 1,925 10 0
Romanian 270 265 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 5 30 0
Russian 355 350 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 0
Serbian 230 230 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 60 65 0 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 80 0 0
Sindhi 25 25 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Slovak 90 95 0 0
Slovenian 80 80 0 0
Somali 80 75 0 0
Spanish 2,550 2,515 25 5
Swahili 50 45 5 0
Swedish 25 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 410 410 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 105 105 0 0
Telugu 25 30 0 0
Thai 20 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 90 85 0 5
Turkish 90 85 0 0
Ukrainian 275 270 0 5
Urdu 440 435 0 0
Vietnamese 385 375 0 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 380 375 5 0
Multiple responses 945 675 95 170
English and French 190 20 10 155
English and non-official language 250 200 40 10
French and non-official language 500 455 45 0
English, French and non-official language 10 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 362,260 351,170 4,755 1,845
English 351,170 351,165 0 0
French 4,755 0 4,755 0
English and French 1,845 0 0 1,845
Neither English nor French 4,495 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 5,675 0 4,755 925
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.6 0.0 100.0 50.1

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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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Footnote 7

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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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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