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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 Calgary, CYFootnote 1
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 2 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,087,405 1,039,250 17,245 6,040
0 to 4 years 71,875 66,060 615 215
5 to 9 years 62,350 61,055 590 320
10 to 14 years 61,830 60,385 645 700
15 to 19 years 66,270 64,775 700 690
20 to 24 years 77,295 75,680 870 475
25 to 29 years 92,990 90,525 1,455 465
30 to 34 years 89,945 86,925 1,755 555
35 to 39 years 86,590 83,500 1,580 620
40 to 44 years 84,740 81,490 1,520 605
45 to 49 years 86,150 82,685 1,620 425
50 to 54 years 83,980 80,305 1,740 295
55 to 59 years 67,890 64,465 1,370 215
60 to 64 years 51,300 48,070 975 160
65 to 69 years 33,130 30,440 655 105
70 to 74 years 24,635 22,020 405 80
75 to 79 years 20,245 17,905 355 50
80 to 84 years 15,085 13,205 230 40
85 years and over 11,100 9,765 160 40
Median ageFootnote 3 36.2 35.8 41.4 31.6
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 891,340 851,750 15,390 4,810
Married or living with a common-law partner 518,475 492,600 9,530 2,860
Married (and not separated) 443,235 419,990 7,420 2,655
Living common law 75,240 72,610 2,110 205
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 372,865 359,150 5,860 1,950
Single (never legally married) 262,545 256,185 3,735 1,605
Separated 21,150 20,220 395 90
Divorced 56,885 54,690 1,195 180
Widowed 32,280 28,055 545 75
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 1,087,405 1,039,250 17,245 6,040
English only 979,520 979,520 0 0
French only 1,005 0 1,005 0
English and French 81,450 59,205 16,210 6,035
Neither English nor French 25,425 530 25 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,087,400 1,039,250 17,245 6,040
Single responses 1,061,960 1,015,240 16,455 5,395
English 752,525 752,490 35 0
French 16,900 1,350 15,550 0
Non-official languages 292,540 261,405 870 5,395
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 395 390 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 220 220 0 0
Dene 15 15 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 65 70 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0
Stoney 75 80 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 288,500 257,665 820 5,310
African languages, n.i.e. 1,845 1,750 10 10
Afrikaans 670 655 0 5
Akan (Twi) 460 455 0 5
Albanian 1,010 935 5 20
Amharic 3,045 2,930 0 25
Arabic 13,255 11,580 150 685
Armenian 245 195 5 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 415 375 10 20
Bengali 3,115 2,880 10 90
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 20 0 5
Bisayan languages 1,390 1,370 0 0
Bosnian 770 715 0 10
Bulgarian 800 710 0 60
Burmese 190 170 0 0
Cantonese 19,930 15,685 10 115
Chinese, n.o.s. 26,560 22,020 15 200
Creoles 445 285 60 90
Croatian 1,795 1,740 0 25
Czech 1,300 1,270 0 15
Danish 905 905 0 0
Dutch 3,810 3,705 10 85
Estonian 90 85 0 0
Finnish 330 320 0 5
Flemish 80 70 5 0
Fukien 205 175 0 0
German 11,330 11,150 15 110
Greek 1,425 1,380 5 15
Gujarati 3,935 3,650 0 45
Hakka 95 80 5 0
Hebrew 415 400 0 10
Hindi 4,980 4,730 10 35
Hungarian 3,325 3,175 5 65
Ilocano 1,570 1,540 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 805 730 5 0
Italian 5,220 4,945 20 95
Japanese 2,035 1,920 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 775 665 5 15
Korean 7,405 6,645 5 55
Kurdish 680 570 0 5
Lao 435 395 0 10
Latvian 130 130 0 0
Lingala 45 10 30 5
Lithuanian 185 185 0 0
Macedonian 125 115 0 5
Malay 575 545 0 5
Malayalam 1,095 1,045 0 5
Maltese 30 30 5 0
Mandarin 11,285 9,835 10 105
Marathi 450 440 0 5
Nepali 735 670 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,030 940 45 25
Norwegian 415 395 0 10
Oromo 590 525 15 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 27,330 22,700 10 185
Pashto 1,150 985 5 10
Persian (Farsi) 6,365 5,685 5 170
Polish 7,470 7,035 5 170
Portuguese 2,475 2,280 20 60
Romanian 3,705 3,055 15 445
Rundi (Kirundi) 80 25 25 25
Russian 7,455 6,720 10 235
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 65 40 10 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 410 345 0 0
Serbian 1,720 1,590 0 55
Serbo-Croatian 495 475 0 10
Shanghainese 80 50 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 135 60 0 0
Sindhi 1,570 1,500 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 815 795 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 290 225 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0
Slovak 1,035 995 0 10
Slovenian 240 235 0 5
Somali 1,065 965 10 20
Spanish 21,880 19,085 165 1,175
Swahili 550 485 25 35
Swedish 270 255 5 10
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 25,685 25,340 10 85
Taiwanese 170 155 0 5
Tamil 1,260 1,210 0 15
Telugu 500 485 0 0
Thai 450 430 0 0
Tibetan languages 325 285 0 0
Tigrigna 1,250 1,140 5 10
Turkish 955 845 5 35
Ukrainian 3,445 3,355 5 25
Urdu 12,205 11,260 0 110
Vietnamese 11,630 9,570 20 170
Yiddish 100 95 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 8 3,645 3,345 45 85
Multiple responses 25,445 24,010 790 645
English and French 2,700 2,105 125 470
English and non-official language 21,230 21,220 10 0
French and non-official language 995 365 625 0
English, French and non-official language 520 320 25 170
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 1,087,405 1,039,255 17,245 6,040
Single responses 1,037,895 991,845 16,065 5,115
English 857,565 848,270 9,290 0
French 6,730 450 6,280 0
Non-official languages 173,595 143,125 485 5,115
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 90 85 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 50 45 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 30 30 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 172,090 141,820 480 5,040
African languages, n.i.e. 1,055 985 0 5
Afrikaans 325 305 0 10
Akan (Twi) 200 190 0 5
Albanian 580 505 0 20
Amharic 2,195 2,080 0 25
Arabic 8,310 6,710 110 630
Armenian 150 100 0 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 125 115 0 0
Bengali 2,265 2,035 0 90
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 10
Bisayan languages 500 485 0 0
Bosnian 430 370 0 10
Bulgarian 470 380 0 60
Burmese 160 140 0 0
Cantonese 14,400 9,880 5 115
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,690 13,360 10 185
Creoles 215 90 30 85
Croatian 640 585 0 25
Czech 350 320 0 15
Danish 70 70 0 0
Dutch 420 330 0 75
Estonian 15 15 0 0
Finnish 45 40 0 5
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 45 40 0 0
German 1,345 1,185 5 110
Greek 430 385 0 10
Gujarati 2,095 1,815 0 40
Hakka 15 15 0 0
Hebrew 215 200 5 10
Hindi 2,765 2,515 0 35
Hungarian 1,170 1,025 5 60
Ilocano 580 560 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 415 360 0 0
Italian 1,415 1,175 10 70
Japanese 970 855 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 435 320 0 15
Korean 5,595 4,835 5 60
Kurdish 465 360 0 0
Lao 220 180 5 10
Latvian 45 45 0 0
Lingala 20 5 5 10
Lithuanian 60 55 0 0
Macedonian 50 45 0 5
Malay 225 200 0 5
Malayalam 605 555 0 5
Maltese 0 5 0 0
Mandarin 8,760 7,325 5 95
Marathi 230 215 0 0
Nepali 550 485 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 260 0 20
Norwegian 155 140 0 10
Oromo 445 390 0 15
Panjabi (Punjabi) 21,370 16,775 5 170
Pashto 750 595 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 4,430 3,750 5 155
Polish 3,280 2,850 0 165
Portuguese 1,040 875 0 50
Romanian 2,125 1,485 10 440
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 20
Russian 4,815 4,060 15 240
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 5 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 260 200 0 0
Serbian 1,025 895 0 65
Serbo-Croatian 225 210 0 5
Shanghainese 45 25 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 175 100 0 0
Sindhi 690 615 0 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 420 400 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 160 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slovak 430 395 0 15
Slovenian 40 40 0 0
Somali 750 660 0 20
Spanish 14,280 11,520 155 1,155
Swahili 210 155 15 35
Swedish 45 40 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 14,510 14,160 5 85
Taiwanese 70 55 0 0
Tamil 725 670 0 15
Telugu 255 240 0 5
Thai 200 175 0 0
Tibetan languages 235 195 0 5
Tigrigna 905 800 0 5
Turkish 575 465 10 30
Ukrainian 520 445 0 30
Urdu 8,675 7,695 0 120
Vietnamese 8,475 6,450 25 160
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 1,415 1,215 5 75
Multiple responses 49,510 47,405 1,180 925
English and French 1,610 395 665 550
English and non-official language 46,715 46,625 85 0
French and non-official language 460 170 290 0
English, French and non-official language 725 210 140 375
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 1,087,405 1,039,250 17,240 6,040
None 914,375 879,775 8,995 2,885
Single responses 169,850 157,090 7,935 2,710
English 73,280 66,650 3,210 2,280
French 10,705 6,630 3,895 165
Non-official languages 85,870 83,805 835 265
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 265 260 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 175 170 5 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 40 35 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 35 40 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 83,675 81,720 780 260
African languages, n.i.e. 555 535 10 0
Afrikaans 325 320 0 0
Akan (Twi) 240 245 0 0
Albanian 305 300 5 0
Amharic 760 750 0 5
Arabic 5,515 5,300 140 35
Armenian 55 45 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 205 170 20 10
Bengali 575 565 10 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 385 385 0 5
Bosnian 225 225 0 0
Bulgarian 205 210 0 0
Burmese 65 55 0 0
Cantonese 5,080 4,950 5 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,400 5,315 10 5
Creoles 275 210 60 0
Croatian 730 725 0 0
Czech 500 500 0 0
Danish 330 335 0 0
Dutch 1,230 1,220 5 5
Estonian 20 20 0 0
Finnish 105 100 0 0
Flemish 15 15 0 0
Fukien 80 70 0 0
German 3,960 3,910 30 10
Greek 870 865 0 5
Gujarati 1,605 1,595 0 0
Hakka 45 30 0 0
Hebrew 290 275 5 5
Hindi 3,085 2,960 5 10
Hungarian 1,040 1,035 0 5
Ilocano 465 455 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 225 210 5 0
Italian 2,385 2,355 15 10
Japanese 990 975 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 210 205 0 0
Korean 1,150 1,145 5 0
Kurdish 150 140 0 0
Lao 155 150 0 5
Latvian 35 30 0 0
Lingala 60 5 50 0
Lithuanian 40 40 0 0
Macedonian 30 35 0 0
Malay 250 250 0 0
Malayalam 355 355 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 2,385 2,255 10 15
Marathi 135 140 0 0
Nepali 100 105 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 955 905 50 5
Norwegian 100 100 0 0
Oromo 110 110 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,410 4,355 10 5
Pashto 200 175 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,185 1,160 5 10
Polish 2,380 2,375 0 0
Portuguese 990 965 15 5
Romanian 1,025 1,005 0 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 10 25 0
Russian 1,865 1,825 10 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 0
Serbian 510 505 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 125 125 0 0
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 140 140 0 0
Sindhi 740 735 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 270 265 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slovak 295 290 0 0
Slovenian 65 65 0 0
Somali 335 330 5 0
Spanish 8,540 8,365 145 25
Swahili 450 365 75 5
Swedish 160 150 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,720 7,710 5 5
Taiwanese 60 60 0 0
Tamil 420 415 0 0
Telugu 185 180 0 0
Thai 180 180 0 0
Tibetan languages 55 55 0 0
Tigrigna 375 365 0 5
Turkish 260 255 0 0
Ukrainian 900 885 0 5
Urdu 2,675 2,635 0 10
Vietnamese 2,520 2,350 0 5
Yiddish 35 35 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 1,930 1,830 55 5
Multiple responses 3,180 2,385 315 440
English and French 485 50 40 385
English and non-official language 1,385 1,160 170 40
French and non-official language 1,290 1,170 110 5
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 1,087,400 1,039,250 17,240 6,040
English 1,039,250 1,039,255 0 0
French 17,245 0 17,240 0
English and French 6,040 0 0 6,040
Neither English nor French 24,870 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 20,265 0 17,245 3,020
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.9 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Footnote 2

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

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Footnote 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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 9

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 10

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 13

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 14

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 17

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 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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Footnote 19

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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