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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 Laval, V
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 397,570 66,400 292,630 31,355
0 to 4 years 23,115 4,020 15,850 1,035
5 to 9 years 22,435 4,410 16,565 1,370
10 to 14 years 23,685 4,140 17,565 1,965
15 to 19 years 27,475 4,430 20,320 2,705
20 to 24 years 24,890 3,835 18,490 2,495
25 to 29 years 22,065 3,940 15,505 2,540
30 to 34 years 24,400 5,005 16,510 2,780
35 to 39 years 26,655 6,015 17,330 3,210
40 to 44 years 29,705 6,355 19,985 3,225
45 to 49 years 33,140 6,200 24,135 2,595
50 to 54 years 32,170 4,725 25,035 2,130
55 to 59 years 25,970 3,365 20,635 1,595
60 to 64 years 21,660 2,855 16,865 1,390
65 to 69 years 17,880 2,125 14,250 950
70 to 74 years 14,545 1,880 11,325 680
75 to 79 years 12,650 1,615 9,900 400
80 to 84 years 9,005 1,000 7,285 215
85 years and over 6,110 490 5,080 85
Median ageFootnote 2 40.7 37.9 42.1 36.2
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 328,330 53,830 242,645 26,985
Married or living with a common-law partner 191,725 34,650 137,535 16,645
Married (and not separated) 142,000 30,815 92,725 15,640
Living common law 49,725 3,830 44,810 1,005
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 136,605 19,185 105,110 10,340
Single (never legally married) 92,050 13,470 69,795 8,495
Separated 5,085 810 3,845 315
Divorced 21,510 2,980 17,335 1,005
Widowed 17,955 1,930 14,130 530
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 397,570 66,400 292,630 31,355
English only 19,905 19,905 0 0
French only 145,655 0 145,660 0
English and French 224,625 46,450 146,835 31,345
Neither English nor French 7,375 45 140 10
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 397,570 66,400 292,625 31,350
Single responses 382,460 62,400 284,150 28,725
English 27,680 27,450 230 0
French 241,620 150 241,465 0
Non-official languages 113,160 34,805 42,450 28,725
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 5 5 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 5 5 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 6 112,610 34,735 42,070 28,635
African languages, n.i.e. 65 15 45 10
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 65 40 5 20
Albanian 335 35 165 100
Amharic 45 25 5 15
Arabic 22,265 2,020 12,825 6,220
Armenian 6,790 1,535 780 3,975
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 10 75 0
Bengali 280 160 20 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 510 0 455 40
Bisayan languages 20 10 5 0
Bosnian 115 10 50 45
Bulgarian 430 55 135 230
Burmese 5 0 0 0
Cantonese 325 110 70 95
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,550 480 455 395
Creoles 6,285 135 5,430 465
Croatian 390 200 80 85
Czech 85 20 30 30
Danish 10 5 5 0
Dutch 120 75 35 10
Estonian 5 5 0 0
Finnish 15 5 0 0
Flemish 25 5 20 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 980 730 150 90
Greek 14,025 10,050 335 2,450
Gujarati 355 205 30 70
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 190 95 60 30
Hindi 140 105 15 20
Hungarian 700 295 170 195
Ilocano 30 25 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 20 10 20
Italian 16,810 10,830 3,295 2,255
Japanese 55 30 20 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,695 130 990 380
Korean 75 40 10 15
Kurdish 90 15 40 20
Lao 1,080 40 740 210
Latvian 15 5 5 0
Lingala 85 0 90 0
Lithuanian 25 15 5 5
Macedonian 30 5 15 5
Malay 25 15 5 5
Malayalam 5 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 370 130 85 115
Marathi 0 0 0 0
Nepali 15 10 5 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 185 10 155 10
Norwegian 5 5 5 0
Oromo 670 10 565 75
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,400 725 95 375
Pashto 90 35 15 25
Persian (Farsi) 2,465 475 765 830
Polish 810 340 225 215
Portuguese 5,070 1,385 2,445 940
Romanian 5,235 240 2,195 2,520
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 5 70 10
Russian 1,685 340 565 665
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 80 0 75 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 10 15 10
Serbian 140 40 35 55
Serbo-Croatian 70 15 40 15
Shanghainese 5 0 5 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 0 15 0
Sindhi 5 5 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 30 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 10 0
Slovak 55 30 20 10
Slovenian 80 60 10 5
Somali 15 0 5 5
Spanish 11,450 1,005 6,395 3,400
Swahili 65 5 50 10
Swedish 25 15 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 420 360 15 40
Taiwanese 5 0 0 5
Tamil 1,425 700 125 435
Telugu 0 0 0 0
Thai 55 25 15 5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 25 15 5 5
Turkish 725 130 295 185
Ukrainian 165 70 50 40
Urdu 975 495 60 310
Vietnamese 2,275 315 1,010 690
Yiddish 75 70 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 545 60 375 85
Multiple responses 15,110 4,000 8,480 2,630
English and French 3,775 830 1,470 1,475
English and non-official language 2,735 2,680 55 0
French and non-official language 6,550 35 6,515 0
English, French and non-official language 2,045 455 435 1,150
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 397,565 66,400 292,630 31,355
Single responses 369,480 59,895 276,560 25,830
English 51,335 47,905 3,435 0
French 259,090 2,800 256,290 0
Non-official languages 59,055 9,195 16,840 25,830
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 58,900 9,190 16,770 25,765
African languages, n.i.e. 25 0 15 10
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 35 15 5 20
Albanian 200 15 85 70
Amharic 20 5 0 10
Arabic 11,975 900 4,315 5,570
Armenian 5,530 625 545 3,835
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 0
Bengali 205 110 10 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 145 0 95 30
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 90 10 30 40
Bulgarian 325 20 85 210
Burmese 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 205 60 20 90
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,145 330 225 365
Creoles 2,140 25 1,450 415
Croatian 170 60 15 75
Czech 30 0 5 25
Danish 0 0 0 0
Dutch 10 0 0 5
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 0 0 0 0
Flemish 5 0 5 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 235 140 10 80
Greek 6,755 3,200 110 2,240
Gujarati 230 100 15 65
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 65 10 20 25
Hindi 80 50 0 20
Hungarian 365 90 75 155
Ilocano 10 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 55 15 5 20
Italian 3,375 180 1,165 1,600
Japanese 10 5 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,040 75 435 335
Korean 40 15 5 15
Kurdish 40 10 5 15
Lao 690 30 375 190
Latvian 10 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 10 0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0
Macedonian 15 5 10 5
Malay 20 10 0 5
Malayalam 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 290 90 50 110
Marathi 0 0 0 0
Nepali 10 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 50 0 30 15
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 155 0 85 55
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,070 520 45 300
Pashto 65 25 10 20
Persian (Farsi) 1,880 275 465 745
Polish 365 80 75 185
Portuguese 2,115 135 915 765
Romanian 4,025 95 1,240 2,400
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 0 20 10
Russian 1,290 185 335 655
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 0 5 10
Serbian 85 15 20 45
Serbo-Croatian 35 5 15 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 10 30 0
Sindhi 5 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 20 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 10 5 5 5
Slovenian 20 20 0 5
Somali 10 0 5 5
Spanish 7,500 295 3,350 3,195
Swahili 10 0 0 10
Swedish 5 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 115 75 0 35
Taiwanese 0 5 5 0
Tamil 1,215 535 100 410
Telugu 0 0 0 0
Thai 15 5 5 5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 10 0 0
Turkish 495 70 170 165
Ukrainian 50 10 10 25
Urdu 775 335 35 295
Vietnamese 1,745 230 585 665
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 150 5 70 60
Multiple responses 28,090 6,505 16,065 5,525
English and French 5,385 935 2,100 2,345
English and non-official language 5,175 5,065 105 0
French and non-official language 13,045 95 12,950 0
English, French and non-official language 4,490 405 910 3,180
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 397,570 66,400 292,630 31,355
None 294,875 34,445 238,610 15,220
Single responses 92,440 28,635 50,890 12,375
English 27,730 4,445 19,235 3,920
French 26,640 8,450 10,695 7,220
Non-official languages 38,070 15,735 20,960 1,230
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 5 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 37,690 15,705 20,620 1,225
African languages, n.i.e. 30 5 25 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 50 45 0 0
Albanian 75 10 55 5
Amharic 15 5 5 5
Arabic 7,960 740 6,950 245
Armenian 905 620 195 80
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 5 50 0
Bengali 45 35 5 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 250 0 250 0
Bisayan languages 0 5 0 0
Bosnian 25 0 20 0
Bulgarian 60 20 35 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 65 35 25 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 275 85 170 10
Creoles 5,490 125 5,325 45
Croatian 110 80 25 0
Czech 15 10 10 0
Danish 0 5 0 0
Dutch 40 25 15 0
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 5 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 315 240 60 20
Greek 5,685 5,445 175 60
Gujarati 75 60 20 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 155 55 70 25
Hindi 75 40 15 15
Hungarian 135 100 30 10
Ilocano 10 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 10
Italian 6,735 5,455 1,005 275
Japanese 25 10 15 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 435 30 385 10
Korean 20 10 5 5
Kurdish 20 5 10 5
Lao 270 5 260 0
Latvian 0 0 5 0
Lingala 145 0 150 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 5 0
Malay 5 5 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 60 25 25 5
Marathi 0 0 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 115 5 110 5
Norwegian 0 5 0 0
Oromo 265 10 255 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 170 115 25 25
Pashto 15 5 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 290 115 140 25
Polish 140 90 50 5
Portuguese 1,605 690 860 60
Romanian 665 70 540 50
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 0 40 5
Russian 305 90 165 40
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 0 50 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Serbian 20 10 5 5
Serbo-Croatian 15 0 15 0
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 0 15 0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 15 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0
Slovak 5 5 5 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0
Somali 5 0 5 0
Spanish 2,985 480 2,420 80
Swahili 55 0 50 0
Swedish 10 5 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 170 165 0 5
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0
Tamil 165 135 25 10
Telugu 0 0 0 0
Thai 25 10 10 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 5 0
Turkish 165 40 80 25
Ukrainian 45 20 20 5
Urdu 190 155 15 15
Vietnamese 390 70 285 25
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 375 30 340 10
Multiple responses 10,250 3,325 3,130 3,755
English and French 4,110 150 305 3,615
English and non-official language 2,725 95 2,600 30
French and non-official language 3,320 3,075 210 30
English, French and non-official language 95 5 10 85
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 397,570 66,400 292,630 31,355
English 66,400 66,400 0 0
French 292,630 0 292,630 0
English and French 31,350 0 0 31,355
Neither English nor French 7,185 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 82,075 66,400 0 15,675
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 20.6 100.0 0.0 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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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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Footnote 15

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 16

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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