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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 Edmonton, 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 801,195 764,985 16,225 4,400
0 to 4 years 50,470 46,775 570 160
5 to 9 years 42,235 41,230 515 280
10 to 14 years 42,430 41,225 545 545
15 to 19 years 48,625 47,355 700 485
20 to 24 years 67,535 65,820 1,160 355
25 to 29 years 75,315 73,175 1,430 380
30 to 34 years 64,980 62,700 1,440 425
35 to 39 years 57,085 54,945 1,205 390
40 to 44 years 55,535 53,390 1,125 385
45 to 49 years 59,580 57,180 1,295 300
50 to 54 years 59,745 57,120 1,465 220
55 to 59 years 50,740 48,135 1,250 165
60 to 64 years 38,785 36,375 980 105
65 to 69 years 26,250 24,270 715 70
70 to 74 years 20,995 19,050 600 55
75 to 79 years 17,575 15,700 545 35
80 to 84 years 13,370 11,790 385 25
85 years and over 9,955 8,735 290 20
Median ageFootnote 2 35.7 35.4 42.4 30.0
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 666,060 635,755 14,600 3,420
Married or living with a common-law partner 362,140 343,890 8,190 1,920
Married (and not separated) 302,965 286,845 6,365 1,805
Living common law 59,170 57,045 1,830 115
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 303,925 291,860 6,405 1,500
Single (never legally married) 213,225 207,145 4,110 1,200
Separated 17,285 16,485 395 85
Divorced 44,670 42,910 1,120 150
Widowed 28,745 25,315 775 65
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 801,200 764,985 16,220 4,395
English only 725,920 725,920 0 0
French only 1,070 0 1,075 0
English and French 58,210 38,685 15,125 4,395
Neither English nor French 15,995 375 20 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 801,200 764,985 16,225 4,395
Single responses 781,215 746,235 15,505 3,880
English 545,840 545,810 25 0
French 16,175 1,550 14,630 0
Non-official languages 219,195 198,875 850 3,880
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 1,855 1,840 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,605 1,590 0 5
Dene 100 100 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 25 20 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 85 80 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 35 35 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 214,670 194,575 825 3,810
African languages, n.i.e. 1,010 965 5 10
Afrikaans 260 260 0 5
Akan (Twi) 490 470 0 10
Albanian 515 480 0 5
Amharic 1,655 1,580 0 15
Arabic 11,180 9,790 150 600
Armenian 95 80 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 545 475 55 15
Bengali 1,485 1,420 0 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 15 5 5
Bisayan languages 1,040 1,030 0 0
Bosnian 645 620 0 5
Bulgarian 365 300 0 40
Burmese 95 85 0 5
Cantonese 13,250 10,675 0 75
Chinese, n.o.s. 18,675 15,905 15 130
Creoles 550 370 55 110
Croatian 1,290 1,240 0 5
Czech 665 650 0 5
Danish 550 550 0 0
Dutch 2,935 2,910 5 15
Estonian 35 30 0 0
Finnish 185 180 0 5
Flemish 50 45 0 0
Fukien 200 155 0 0
German 10,730 10,570 10 90
Greek 840 810 0 15
Gujarati 3,285 2,965 0 50
Hakka 210 175 5 0
Hebrew 310 290 0 15
Hindi 5,910 5,610 0 55
Hungarian 1,390 1,320 0 25
Ilocano 965 945 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 170 150 0 10
Italian 4,550 4,275 5 60
Japanese 885 835 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 665 590 0 0
Korean 4,120 3,675 0 50
Kurdish 510 460 5 5
Lao 345 310 0 10
Latvian 95 85 0 5
Lingala 95 30 50 10
Lithuanian 90 85 0 0
Macedonian 125 115 0 0
Malay 350 345 0 0
Malayalam 1,315 1,260 0 5
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 7,105 6,325 5 90
Marathi 275 250 5 10
Nepali 510 450 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 650 565 50 20
Norwegian 170 170 0 0
Oromo 475 385 10 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 18,505 15,840 20 175
Pashto 490 445 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 3,345 3,040 5 70
Polish 8,165 7,725 10 115
Portuguese 3,705 3,340 20 80
Romanian 1,940 1,625 5 210
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 50 35 45
Russian 3,860 3,550 0 125
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 350 180 55 100
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 215 195 5 5
Serbian 1,390 1,305 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 330 310 0 5
Shanghainese 50 40 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 150 70 0 0
Sindhi 815 775 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 825 805 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 300 220 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 130 125 0 5
Slovak 475 455 0 10
Slovenian 285 280 0 0
Somali 3,495 3,050 45 165
Spanish 12,945 11,360 95 585
Swahili 705 570 40 75
Swedish 200 200 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 19,965 19,725 10 40
Taiwanese 125 110 0 0
Tamil 1,010 965 0 15
Telugu 430 410 0 5
Thai 355 335 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 990 930 0 5
Turkish 1,285 1,115 10 55
Ukrainian 10,305 10,060 5 90
Urdu 5,570 5,245 0 55
Vietnamese 7,830 6,690 15 85
Yiddish 65 65 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 2,670 2,455 20 60
Multiple responses 19,985 18,750 725 515
English and French 2,110 1,630 115 365
English and non-official language 16,525 16,520 5 0
French and non-official language 950 365 580 0
English, French and non-official language 405 235 20 155
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 801,195 764,985 16,225 4,395
Single responses 762,180 727,905 15,065 3,620
English 634,740 626,340 8,400 0
French 6,550 350 6,195 0
Non-official languages 120,890 101,215 465 3,620
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 375 365 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 315 310 0 5
Dene 25 20 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 15 20 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 5 5 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 119,505 100,035 445 3,565
African languages, n.i.e. 570 530 0 10
Afrikaans 110 105 0 0
Akan (Twi) 190 175 0 10
Albanian 255 220 0 5
Amharic 1,105 1,030 5 10
Arabic 6,610 5,340 90 535
Armenian 50 40 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 140 120 5 10
Bengali 995 925 0 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 5 5
Bisayan languages 360 355 0 0
Bosnian 330 305 0 5
Bulgarian 250 200 0 30
Burmese 40 35 0 0
Cantonese 9,420 6,670 5 70
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,340 9,700 10 130
Creoles 335 165 25 130
Croatian 500 440 0 5
Czech 175 170 0 5
Danish 40 40 0 5
Dutch 190 165 0 15
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 25 20 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 65 40 0 0
German 1,645 1,485 5 90
Greek 295 265 5 15
Gujarati 1,975 1,655 5 50
Hakka 85 60 0 0
Hebrew 135 115 5 10
Hindi 3,495 3,195 0 50
Hungarian 420 360 0 25
Ilocano 335 320 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 10
Italian 1,535 1,275 0 50
Japanese 360 320 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 360 285 5 0
Korean 3,010 2,575 0 40
Kurdish 305 260 0 5
Lao 170 140 5 10
Latvian 30 20 0 0
Lingala 20 0 5 5
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0
Macedonian 45 40 0 0
Malay 110 100 0 0
Malayalam 725 670 0 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 5,520 4,730 5 85
Marathi 160 140 0 5
Nepali 345 290 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 190 155 10 10
Norwegian 5 10 0 0
Oromo 355 275 5 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,145 11,505 10 165
Pashto 325 285 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,250 1,955 0 70
Polish 3,595 3,180 0 100
Portuguese 1,605 1,255 10 80
Romanian 1,195 870 10 215
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 10 35
Russian 2,440 2,125 10 120
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 80
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0
Serbian 765 675 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 155 140 0 0
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 215 120 0 0
Sindhi 355 315 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 435 420 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 235 165 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0
Slovak 135 115 0 10
Slovenian 45 45 0 0
Somali 2,645 2,220 40 150
Spanish 7,830 6,265 75 580
Swahili 305 190 30 55
Swedish 20 20 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 11,060 10,815 5 40
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0
Tamil 590 545 0 10
Telugu 255 235 5 0
Thai 140 120 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 625 565 5 5
Turkish 940 760 10 55
Ukrainian 1,715 1,495 5 90
Urdu 3,695 3,365 0 50
Vietnamese 5,490 4,385 15 80
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 1,015 815 20 50
Multiple responses 39,015 37,080 1,160 775
English and French 1,420 300 670 450
English and non-official language 36,590 36,510 80 0
French and non-official language 365 100 270 0
English, French and non-official language 635 170 140 325
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 801,195 764,985 16,225 4,395
None 665,905 641,015 8,675 2,100
Single responses 132,825 122,085 7,285 1,985
English 53,865 48,540 2,955 1,575
French 8,345 4,705 3,445 175
Non-official languages 70,625 68,840 885 235
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 1,545 1,535 5 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,375 1,360 10 5
Dene 65 65 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 55 55 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 30 30 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 67,570 65,850 845 225
African languages, n.i.e. 255 250 5 0
Afrikaans 130 130 5 0
Akan (Twi) 300 295 0 0
Albanian 130 125 0 0
Amharic 500 495 5 0
Arabic 5,555 5,380 130 25
Armenian 20 20 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 240 200 35 0
Bengali 345 345 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 270 270 0 0
Bosnian 230 230 0 0
Bulgarian 70 65 0 5
Burmese 45 45 0 0
Cantonese 3,595 3,525 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,990 3,915 10 5
Creoles 330 265 55 10
Croatian 500 495 0 0
Czech 230 230 0 0
Danish 195 190 0 0
Dutch 965 960 5 0
Estonian 10 15 0 0
Finnish 80 80 0 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0
Fukien 70 55 0 0
German 3,835 3,805 15 10
Greek 480 475 5 0
Gujarati 990 985 0 5
Hakka 55 55 0 0
Hebrew 255 245 5 0
Hindi 3,090 3,005 5 10
Hungarian 425 425 5 0
Ilocano 245 240 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0
Italian 2,060 2,040 10 10
Japanese 520 510 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 225 215 0 0
Korean 805 805 0 0
Kurdish 130 130 0 0
Lao 105 100 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0
Lingala 165 15 135 5
Lithuanian 30 25 0 0
Macedonian 60 60 0 0
Malay 135 135 0 0
Malayalam 475 470 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 1,625 1,560 0 0
Marathi 50 55 0 0
Nepali 95 90 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 445 400 40 5
Norwegian 80 80 0 5
Oromo 90 85 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,345 3,310 5 5
Pashto 105 105 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 715 705 0 0
Polish 2,535 2,525 5 5
Portuguese 1,585 1,565 15 0
Romanian 440 440 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 60 20 35 10
Russian 1,165 1,110 5 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 160 90 60 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 0
Serbian 485 480 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 105 105 0 0
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 195 200 0 0
Sindhi 360 355 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 355 355 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slovak 135 130 0 0
Slovenian 120 120 0 0
Somali 885 805 60 10
Spanish 5,265 5,185 65 10
Swahili 565 420 110 30
Swedish 105 105 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5,805 5,800 5 0
Taiwanese 50 50 0 0
Tamil 350 345 0 0
Telugu 120 120 0 0
Thai 180 175 5 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 335 330 0 0
Turkish 305 295 5 0
Ukrainian 3,385 3,340 5 0
Urdu 1,570 1,555 5 0
Vietnamese 1,985 1,840 5 0
Yiddish 20 20 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 1,510 1,450 30 5
Multiple responses 2,470 1,885 260 310
English and French 380 45 55 270
English and non-official language 1,000 835 135 25
French and non-official language 1,070 990 80 0
English, French and non-official language 25 5 0 15
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 801,200 764,985 16,225 4,395
English 764,985 764,985 0 0
French 16,225 0 16,225 0
English and French 4,395 0 0 4,395
Neither English nor French 15,595 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 18,420 0 16,225 2,200
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 2.3 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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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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Footnote 10

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 11

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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