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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 Hamilton
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 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,935
0 to 4 years 27,410 26,175 195 70
5 to 9 years 27,980 27,490 225 135
10 to 14 years 30,255 29,685 265 215
15 to 19 years 36,125 35,580 245 210
20 to 24 years 36,275 35,755 255 160
25 to 29 years 33,060 32,415 320 140
30 to 34 years 30,790 30,075 385 125
35 to 39 years 31,205 30,315 475 135
40 to 44 years 35,395 34,360 525 155
45 to 49 years 41,595 40,275 675 160
50 to 54 years 40,535 39,165 650 120
55 to 59 years 35,120 33,790 545 95
60 to 64 years 30,540 29,280 525 60
65 to 69 years 22,690 21,475 455 55
70 to 74 years 18,130 16,905 305 45
75 to 79 years 15,130 13,975 240 20
80 to 84 years 11,620 10,640 200 20
85 years and over 9,320 8,505 165 20
Median ageFootnote 2 40.5 40.1 48.2 31.3
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 427,525 412,510 5,970 1,515
Married or living with a common-law partner 237,270 228,045 3,585 825
Married (and not separated) 204,670 196,305 2,960 765
Living common law 32,600 31,745 630 60
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 190,255 184,465 2,380 690
Single (never legally married) 123,930 121,790 1,145 545
Separated 14,185 13,610 290 55
Divorced 26,775 25,975 465 55
Widowed 25,370 23,085 480 40
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 513,175 495,860 6,655 1,935
English only 475,350 475,355 0 0
French only 365 0 365 0
English and French 28,495 20,280 6,280 1,930
Neither English nor French 8,965 225 10 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 513,175 495,860 6,655 1,930
Single responses 503,765 487,025 6,310 1,705
English 378,590 378,575 15 0
French 6,765 790 5,970 0
Non-official languages 118,415 107,660 330 1,705
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 50 45 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 35 30 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 117,535 106,840 325 1,690
African languages, n.i.e. 220 185 0 20
Afrikaans 120 125 0 5
Akan (Twi) 205 205 0 0
Albanian 1,140 1,010 0 10
Amharic 210 205 0 5
Arabic 6,290 5,560 35 220
Armenian 275 255 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 155 140 10 5
Bengali 975 900 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 5
Bisayan languages 150 155 0 0
Bosnian 885 785 0 20
Bulgarian 125 125 0 0
Burmese 40 25 0 5
Cantonese 1,560 1,245 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,760 3,280 5 40
Creoles 265 150 45 65
Croatian 4,995 4,640 0 45
Czech 1,300 1,125 0 10
Danish 160 160 0 0
Dutch 2,985 2,965 5 15
Estonian 170 170 0 0
Finnish 85 85 0 0
Flemish 70 65 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0
German 4,455 4,410 5 25
Greek 1,595 1,530 0 15
Gujarati 970 865 5 10
Hakka 5 10 0 0
Hebrew 135 125 0 0
Hindi 830 815 0 5
Hungarian 2,960 2,760 5 30
Ilocano 200 185 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 5
Italian 16,765 15,435 20 85
Japanese 270 265 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 920 775 5 15
Korean 1,435 1,280 0 20
Kurdish 990 830 5 50
Lao 355 320 0 0
Latvian 345 325 0 10
Lingala 25 5 15 0
Lithuanian 510 500 0 5
Macedonian 500 465 5 10
Malay 105 105 0 0
Malayalam 435 415 0 0
Maltese 125 125 0 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,480 0 15
Marathi 75 70 0 0
Nepali 35 35 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 120 100 10 5
Norwegian 25 30 0 0
Oromo 50 45 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,965 3,405 0 45
Pashto 155 145 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,165 1,945 5 35
Polish 7,660 7,260 0 70
Portuguese 7,330 6,240 20 70
Romanian 1,705 1,495 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 50 15 20 10
Russian 1,385 1,265 0 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 40 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,685 1,415 0 20
Serbian 5,535 5,010 10 100
Serbo-Croatian 410 370 0 15
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 40 0 0
Sindhi 75 70 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 195 190 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 190 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 155 0 0
Slovak 525 480 0 0
Slovenian 610 600 0 0
Somali 765 625 0 5
Spanish 7,310 6,545 15 215
Swahili 260 190 40 15
Swedish 65 65 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 3,640 3,595 0 10
Taiwanese 55 40 0 0
Tamil 315 300 0 10
Telugu 75 70 0 0
Thai 120 90 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 110 100 0 0
Turkish 560 525 5 5
Ukrainian 2,020 1,940 0 25
Urdu 3,080 2,905 0 25
Vietnamese 2,960 2,460 5 40
Yiddish 70 70 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 830 780 0 10
Multiple responses 9,405 8,830 345 225
English and French 1,055 830 60 165
English and non-official language 7,550 7,545 0 0
French and non-official language 630 350 275 0
English, French and non-official language 175 105 10 65
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,930
Single responses 494,100 477,610 6,195 1,570
English 431,670 427,715 3,955 0
French 2,250 170 2,075 0
Non-official languages 60,180 49,725 160 1,570
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 5 5 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 59,810 49,405 160 1,565
African languages, n.i.e. 230 205 0 15
Afrikaans 80 80 0 0
Akan (Twi) 80 75 0 0
Albanian 810 685 0 10
Amharic 100 95 0 0
Arabic 3,975 3,230 20 205
Armenian 90 75 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Bengali 695 625 0 20
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 60 60 0 0
Bosnian 570 470 0 20
Bulgarian 55 50 0 5
Burmese 25 15 0 0
Cantonese 1,050 710 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,510 3,045 5 30
Creoles 115 35 20 65
Croatian 2,220 1,865 5 40
Czech 855 670 0 10
Danish 0 0 0 0
Dutch 165 155 0 15
Estonian 40 45 0 0
Finnish 5 10 0 0
Flemish 5 5 5 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 570 530 0 25
Greek 630 570 0 10
Gujarati 580 480 5 10
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 60 50 5 5
Hindi 385 360 0 5
Hungarian 1,220 1,025 0 30
Ilocano 90 80 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0
Italian 6,085 4,780 15 70
Japanese 65 60 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 550 425 5 5
Korean 1,030 875 0 15
Kurdish 725 570 0 45
Lao 190 150 0 5
Latvian 135 120 0 10
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 150 140 0 5
Macedonian 200 165 0 10
Malay 95 95 0 0
Malayalam 215 195 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0
Mandarin 1,275 1,100 0 15
Marathi 25 25 0 0
Nepali 25 25 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5
Norwegian 5 0 0 0
Oromo 25 20 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,705 2,165 5 45
Pashto 90 80 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,425 1,215 0 35
Polish 3,370 2,975 5 65
Portuguese 3,415 2,335 10 70
Romanian 875 665 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 5
Russian 825 705 5 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,250 1,010 0 20
Serbian 3,310 2,780 5 95
Serbo-Croatian 205 165 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 85 5 0
Sindhi 25 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 85 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 165 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slovak 205 170 0 0
Slovenian 205 200 0 0
Somali 535 400 0 0
Spanish 4,335 3,580 15 205
Swahili 135 95 10 20
Swedish 15 10 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,655 1,615 0 0
Taiwanese 35 30 0 5
Tamil 195 180 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 80 40 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0
Turkish 320 295 0 5
Ukrainian 580 520 0 20
Urdu 2,020 1,845 0 25
Vietnamese 2,185 1,685 5 35
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 365 310 0 5
Multiple responses 19,070 18,250 465 360
English and French 630 185 255 200
English and non-official language 17,830 17,805 25 0
French and non-official language 295 160 130 0
English, French and non-official language 315 105 45 165
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,930
None 445,625 433,180 3,510 930
Single responses 66,215 61,615 3,005 885
English 24,590 22,295 1,105 780
French 4,380 2,765 1,565 35
Non-official languages 37,240 36,555 335 70
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 45 40 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 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 35 35 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 36,695 36,025 325 70
African languages, n.i.e. 95 80 10 0
Afrikaans 45 45 0 0
Akan (Twi) 95 90 0 5
Albanian 185 180 0 0
Amharic 75 80 0 0
Arabic 1,920 1,800 50 5
Armenian 80 80 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 75 10 0
Bengali 220 215 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 35 35 0 0
Bosnian 190 190 0 0
Bulgarian 45 45 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0
Cantonese 440 430 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 685 680 0 0
Creoles 195 155 35 5
Croatian 1,810 1,805 5 0
Czech 240 240 0 0
Danish 35 35 0 0
Dutch 960 955 5 0
Estonian 60 55 0 0
Finnish 20 20 0 0
Flemish 20 20 0 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 1,575 1,555 10 5
Greek 820 805 0 0
Gujarati 320 310 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 100 100 0 0
Hindi 505 485 5 5
Hungarian 815 810 0 0
Ilocano 50 50 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 80 0 0
Italian 6,145 6,110 25 5
Japanese 155 155 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 225 215 0 5
Korean 300 295 0 0
Kurdish 200 195 0 0
Lao 105 100 0 0
Latvian 100 100 0 0
Lingala 55 5 50 5
Lithuanian 155 160 0 0
Macedonian 175 175 0 0
Malay 65 65 0 0
Malayalam 175 180 0 0
Maltese 60 60 0 0
Mandarin 350 340 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 75 10 0
Norwegian 10 15 0 0
Oromo 10 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 955 940 0 5
Pashto 45 40 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 450 440 0 5
Polish 2,295 2,280 15 5
Portuguese 2,845 2,830 10 5
Romanian 545 535 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 15 10 5
Russian 380 370 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 25 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 290 275 0 0
Serbian 1,580 1,570 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 115 110 0 5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0
Sindhi 25 25 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 80 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slovak 125 125 0 0
Slovenian 160 160 0 0
Somali 160 160 0 5
Spanish 2,540 2,520 15 5
Swahili 155 120 40 0
Swedish 25 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,130 1,125 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 95 90 0 0
Telugu 15 15 0 0
Thai 40 35 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0
Turkish 160 155 0 0
Ukrainian 585 580 0 5
Urdu 710 700 0 5
Vietnamese 670 645 0 0
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 500 485 10 5
Multiple responses 1,330 1,065 145 115
English and French 130 30 5 95
English and non-official language 405 305 75 15
French and non-official language 785 730 55 0
English, French and non-official language 5 5 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,935
English 495,855 495,855 0 0
French 6,655 0 6,655 0
English and French 1,930 0 0 1,935
Neither English nor French 8,725 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 7,625 0 6,655 965
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.5 0.0 100.0 49.9

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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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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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