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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, C
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 1,930
0 to 4 years 27,405 26,175 195 70
5 to 9 years 27,980 27,490 225 130
10 to 14 years 30,260 29,685 265 215
15 to 19 years 36,120 35,585 245 210
20 to 24 years 36,270 35,760 255 155
25 to 29 years 33,060 32,415 315 135
30 to 34 years 30,795 30,070 385 125
35 to 39 years 31,205 30,315 475 140
40 to 44 years 35,390 34,355 520 155
45 to 49 years 41,595 40,275 675 165
50 to 54 years 40,535 39,165 650 120
55 to 59 years 35,125 33,785 550 95
60 to 64 years 30,545 29,285 525 60
65 to 69 years 22,690 21,475 460 55
70 to 74 years 18,130 16,905 300 45
75 to 79 years 15,135 13,975 240 20
80 to 84 years 11,625 10,645 200 15
85 years and over 9,320 8,510 165 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 237,270 228,050 3,585 825
Married (and not separated) 204,670 196,300 2,965 765
Living common law 32,600 31,745 625 60
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 190,255 184,465 2,385 690
Single (never legally married) 123,935 121,790 1,145 545
Separated 14,180 13,610 290 55
Divorced 26,775 25,975 470 55
Widowed 25,370 23,085 480 40
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 513,175 495,860 6,655 1,930
English only 475,355 475,350 0 0
French only 365 0 360 0
English and French 28,495 20,285 6,280 1,930
Neither English nor French 8,960 225 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,930
Single responses 503,770 487,025 6,310 1,705
English 378,590 378,575 15 0
French 6,765 795 5,975 0
Non-official languages 118,415 107,660 330 1,705
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 50 45 0 5
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 5 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 6 117,540 106,840 320 1,690
African languages, n.i.e. 215 190 5 20
Afrikaans 125 125 0 0
Akan (Twi) 205 205 0 0
Albanian 1,140 1,010 0 15
Amharic 210 200 0 0
Arabic 6,295 5,560 35 225
Armenian 275 260 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 155 140 10 5
Bengali 975 905 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 150 150 0 0
Bosnian 880 785 0 20
Bulgarian 130 120 0 5
Burmese 40 30 0 5
Cantonese 1,560 1,245 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,765 3,280 10 35
Creoles 265 150 45 70
Croatian 4,995 4,635 5 45
Czech 1,300 1,125 0 10
Danish 160 160 0 0
Dutch 2,990 2,965 5 10
Estonian 170 170 0 0
Finnish 80 85 0 0
Flemish 65 65 0 5
Fukien 10 10 0 0
German 4,455 4,415 5 20
Greek 1,595 1,530 0 10
Gujarati 965 865 0 10
Hakka 10 10 0 0
Hebrew 130 125 5 0
Hindi 830 815 0 5
Hungarian 2,965 2,755 5 30
Ilocano 200 190 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 110 0 5
Italian 16,765 15,435 15 85
Japanese 270 260 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 915 775 5 10
Korean 1,440 1,280 0 20
Kurdish 990 825 0 50
Lao 355 320 0 5
Latvian 340 325 0 10
Lingala 25 5 20 5
Lithuanian 515 495 0 5
Macedonian 495 465 0 10
Malay 105 105 0 0
Malayalam 440 415 0 0
Maltese 130 125 5 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,485 0 15
Marathi 70 70 0 0
Nepali 35 35 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 120 100 10 5
Norwegian 25 25 0 0
Oromo 50 45 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,965 3,410 0 45
Pashto 155 145 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,160 1,950 5 35
Polish 7,655 7,260 5 70
Portuguese 7,335 6,240 15 70
Romanian 1,705 1,490 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 20 20 10
Russian 1,380 1,260 0 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 35 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,685 1,415 0 20
Serbian 5,530 5,010 10 100
Serbo-Croatian 410 365 5 10
Shanghainese 5 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 75 40 0 0
Sindhi 75 70 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 190 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 260 190 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 155 0 0
Slovak 520 480 0 5
Slovenian 610 605 0 0
Somali 765 630 5 5
Spanish 7,310 6,540 15 215
Swahili 260 190 35 15
Swedish 65 60 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 3,645 3,600 5 10
Taiwanese 55 40 0 0
Tamil 315 300 0 10
Telugu 75 70 0 5
Thai 120 90 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 105 100 0 0
Turkish 565 530 5 5
Ukrainian 2,015 1,945 0 25
Urdu 3,080 2,910 0 25
Vietnamese 2,965 2,455 5 40
Yiddish 70 65 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 830 775 5 10
Multiple responses 9,405 8,830 345 230
English and French 1,055 830 55 160
English and non-official language 7,550 7,545 5 0
French and non-official language 630 355 275 0
English, French and non-official language 170 100 10 60
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,935
Single responses 494,100 477,610 6,195 1,575
English 431,675 427,710 3,960 0
French 2,250 170 2,080 0
Non-official languages 60,180 49,725 155 1,575
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 10 5 0 5
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 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 59,805 49,405 160 1,560
African languages, n.i.e. 230 205 0 15
Afrikaans 80 80 0 5
Akan (Twi) 75 75 0 0
Albanian 805 685 5 10
Amharic 105 100 0 5
Arabic 3,970 3,235 20 210
Armenian 90 75 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Bengali 695 620 5 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 55 55 0 0
Bosnian 570 470 0 20
Bulgarian 55 50 0 0
Burmese 25 10 0 0
Cantonese 1,045 710 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,515 3,050 5 35
Creoles 115 30 20 60
Croatian 2,220 1,870 5 40
Czech 855 670 0 10
Danish 5 0 0 0
Dutch 170 150 0 10
Estonian 40 40 0 0
Finnish 5 5 0 0
Flemish 5 5 5 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 570 530 0 25
Greek 635 565 0 15
Gujarati 580 480 0 15
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 60 50 0 0
Hindi 385 365 0 10
Hungarian 1,220 1,020 0 30
Ilocano 90 85 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Italian 6,090 4,785 10 65
Japanese 65 60 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 550 425 5 10
Korean 1,030 875 0 15
Kurdish 725 570 5 45
Lao 190 150 5 0
Latvian 135 120 0 10
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 150 140 0 10
Macedonian 195 170 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 20 0 0
Nepali 25 20 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 5
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 25 25 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,705 2,160 0 45
Pashto 90 80 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,425 1,210 0 35
Polish 3,365 2,975 0 65
Portuguese 3,410 2,335 10 65
Romanian 875 670 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 5 5 5
Russian 825 705 0 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,250 1,010 0 20
Serbian 3,305 2,780 5 95
Serbo-Croatian 205 165 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 80 0 0
Sindhi 25 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 90 85 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 170 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Slovak 205 170 0 0
Slovenian 205 200 0 5
Somali 535 400 0 5
Spanish 4,335 3,580 15 210
Swahili 135 95 10 20
Swedish 10 10 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,655 1,615 0 0
Taiwanese 35 30 0 5
Tamil 195 185 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 75 40 0 5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0
Turkish 320 295 0 5
Ukrainian 585 515 5 20
Urdu 2,025 1,845 0 20
Vietnamese 2,185 1,685 5 40
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 360 315 0 5
Multiple responses 19,070 18,250 460 360
English and French 635 180 255 195
English and non-official language 17,830 17,800 30 0
French and non-official language 295 165 130 0
English, French and non-official language 315 105 50 165
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 513,170 495,860 6,655 1,935
None 445,625 433,180 3,505 935
Single responses 66,210 61,610 3,005 885
English 24,595 22,295 1,110 780
French 4,380 2,765 1,565 30
Non-official languages 37,240 36,555 330 70
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 45 40 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 5 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 85 5 5
Afrikaans 45 45 0 0
Akan (Twi) 95 90 0 5
Albanian 185 185 0 0
Amharic 80 80 0 0
Arabic 1,925 1,800 50 5
Armenian 75 80 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 80 10 0
Bengali 215 215 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. 690 680 0 0
Creoles 190 155 30 5
Croatian 1,810 1,805 0 5
Czech 245 245 0 0
Danish 40 35 0 0
Dutch 960 955 5 0
Estonian 55 55 0 0
Finnish 25 20 0 0
Flemish 20 20 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 1,575 1,555 15 5
Greek 820 810 0 5
Gujarati 315 310 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 95 100 0 0
Hindi 510 485 5 5
Hungarian 820 810 0 0
Ilocano 50 45 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5
Italian 6,150 6,110 30 5
Japanese 155 160 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 225 220 0 5
Korean 295 295 0 0
Kurdish 205 190 0 0
Lao 105 105 0 0
Latvian 100 100 0 0
Lingala 60 10 50 0
Lithuanian 160 155 0 0
Macedonian 175 170 5 0
Malay 65 60 0 0
Malayalam 175 180 0 0
Maltese 60 60 0 0
Mandarin 350 335 0 0
Marathi 20 20 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 85 80 10 0
Norwegian 10 15 0 0
Oromo 10 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 955 940 0 5
Pashto 45 45 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 455 445 0 0
Polish 2,300 2,280 10 0
Portuguese 2,850 2,830 10 5
Romanian 545 535 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 15 10 0
Russian 380 370 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 25 10 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 290 275 0 0
Serbian 1,580 1,575 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 115 115 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 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slovak 125 120 0 0
Slovenian 160 160 0 0
Somali 160 160 0 0
Spanish 2,545 2,520 15 5
Swahili 155 120 35 0
Swedish 30 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,130 1,125 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 90 90 0 0
Telugu 15 15 0 0
Thai 40 40 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0
Tigrigna 50 45 0 0
Turkish 160 155 0 0
Ukrainian 585 580 0 5
Urdu 710 700 0 0
Vietnamese 670 650 0 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 500 485 10 5
Multiple responses 1,335 1,065 140 115
English and French 130 30 5 95
English and non-official language 410 305 75 10
French and non-official language 790 730 60 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 1,930
English 495,860 495,860 0 0
French 6,655 0 6,655 0
English and French 1,930 0 0 1,930
Neither English nor French 8,725 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 7,620 0 6,655 965
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.5 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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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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