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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 CapitalFootnote 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 355,015 345,825 5,765 860
0 to 4 years 15,300 14,870 125 40
5 to 9 years 15,165 14,930 130 55
10 to 14 years 16,395 16,150 140 90
15 to 19 years 19,740 19,460 180 85
20 to 24 years 23,850 23,495 275 55
25 to 29 years 24,005 23,535 370 45
30 to 34 years 22,000 21,485 425 45
35 to 39 years 20,975 20,465 405 35
40 to 44 years 23,020 22,390 450 70
45 to 49 years 26,555 25,815 525 70
50 to 54 years 28,440 27,665 545 55
55 to 59 years 28,390 27,545 645 45
60 to 64 years 27,080 26,365 460 40
65 to 69 years 19,375 18,750 360 40
70 to 74 years 13,750 13,200 245 25
75 to 79 years 11,515 11,000 215 25
80 to 84 years 9,510 9,095 140 30
85 years and over 9,945 9,620 145 20
Median ageFootnote 3 44.4 44.1 48.7 37.7
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 308,150 299,875 5,370 675
Married or living with a common-law partner 172,965 167,770 3,310 385
Married (and not separated) 141,105 136,815 2,465 350
Living common law 31,860 30,955 850 35
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 135,180 132,110 2,060 290
Single (never legally married) 83,020 81,545 1,125 210
Separated 8,460 8,215 155 15
Divorced 25,920 25,285 510 35
Widowed 17,785 17,060 270 30
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 355,015 345,820 5,765 865
English only 317,350 317,350 0 0
French only 185 0 190 0
English and French 34,810 28,375 5,570 860
Neither English nor French 2,665 100 5 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 355,015 345,820 5,765 865
Single responses 350,795 341,945 5,605 680
English 301,975 301,960 15 0
French 6,015 525 5,490 0
Non-official languages 42,805 39,465 105 680
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 45 45 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 20 25 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 5 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 42,045 38,730 100 670
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Afrikaans 130 125 0 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0
Albanian 120 115 0 5
Amharic 100 95 0 5
Arabic 840 695 15 70
Armenian 45 40 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 50 50 5 0
Bengali 115 115 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 235 230 0 0
Bosnian 20 20 0 0
Bulgarian 100 90 0 5
Burmese 20 20 0 0
Cantonese 2,940 2,380 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,140 3,445 0 35
Creoles 35 25 5 5
Croatian 465 455 0 5
Czech 335 330 0 5
Danish 550 545 0 0
Dutch 2,210 2,150 0 50
Estonian 65 65 0 0
Finnish 305 300 0 0
Flemish 50 45 0 5
Fukien 30 30 0 0
German 4,820 4,715 10 90
Greek 315 305 0 5
Gujarati 125 115 0 0
Hakka 10 10 0 0
Hebrew 80 70 0 5
Hindi 335 325 0 5
Hungarian 730 715 0 10
Ilocano 105 100 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Italian 1,105 1,070 0 20
Japanese 1,245 1,160 5 30
Khmer (Cambodian) 125 105 0 5
Korean 1,315 1,175 0 25
Kurdish 5 5 0 0
Lao 20 20 0 0
Latvian 65 60 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 50 50 0 0
Macedonian 15 15 0 5
Malay 105 105 0 5
Malayalam 40 35 0 0
Maltese 20 15 0 0
Mandarin 1,965 1,750 0 20
Marathi 25 20 0 0
Nepali 25 25 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 40 35 5 0
Norwegian 235 235 0 0
Oromo 50 50 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,720 3,275 5 25
Pashto 35 35 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 690 630 5 25
Polish 1,165 1,125 0 20
Portuguese 1,290 1,205 0 20
Romanian 245 220 5 25
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 900 825 5 30
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Serbian 155 135 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 85 75 0 0
Shanghainese 15 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 65 35 0 0
Sindhi 30 30 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 60 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slovak 145 140 0 0
Slovenian 85 85 0 0
Somali 40 45 0 0
Spanish 2,510 2,325 15 85
Swahili 65 65 5 0
Swedish 205 200 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 2,140 2,130 5 0
Taiwanese 75 75 0 0
Tamil 90 85 0 0
Telugu 35 35 0 0
Thai 215 210 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 15 0 0
Tigrigna 55 55 0 0
Turkish 155 150 0 0
Ukrainian 680 665 0 5
Urdu 165 155 0 0
Vietnamese 870 805 0 5
Yiddish 40 35 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 710 690 0 5
Multiple responses 4,220 3,875 160 185
English and French 950 750 35 160
English and non-official language 2,970 2,970 0 0
French and non-official language 195 75 120 0
English, French and non-official language 105 75 0 25
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 355,015 345,825 5,765 860
Single responses 348,975 340,295 5,480 635
English 330,350 326,580 3,775 0
French 1,810 145 1,670 0
Non-official languages 16,805 13,575 40 635
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 0 0 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 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 16,685 13,470 35 635
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 0
Afrikaans 25 30 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0
Albanian 70 60 0 0
Amharic 30 25 0 5
Arabic 460 345 0 60
Armenian 25 15 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Bengali 65 65 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 55 50 0 5
Bosnian 5 5 0 0
Bulgarian 35 30 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0
Cantonese 1,745 1,180 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,460 1,775 0 30
Creoles 15 10 0 0
Croatian 150 140 0 0
Czech 75 75 0 5
Danish 30 25 0 0
Dutch 210 150 0 50
Estonian 5 5 0 0
Finnish 45 40 5 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 10 10 0 0
German 585 495 5 75
Greek 85 75 0 0
Gujarati 30 30 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 20 10 0 5
Hindi 140 130 0 0
Hungarian 130 120 5 5
Ilocano 20 20 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Italian 195 160 5 20
Japanese 455 380 0 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 45 0 0
Korean 950 815 0 25
Kurdish 0 5 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0
Latvian 5 5 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 10 5 0 5
Malay 10 10 0 0
Malayalam 15 15 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 1,390 1,175 0 20
Marathi 10 10 0 0
Nepali 5 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 30 30 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,185 1,740 0 20
Pashto 5 5 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 375 315 0 20
Polish 315 270 0 20
Portuguese 430 350 5 20
Romanian 105 75 5 25
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 395 325 0 30
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Serbian 65 50 0 10
Serbo-Croatian 25 20 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 70 0 0
Sindhi 5 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 20 20 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 35 30 0 5
Slovenian 10 10 0 0
Somali 20 20 0 0
Spanish 1,035 860 5 90
Swahili 25 25 5 0
Swedish 20 15 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 805 795 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0
Tamil 30 30 0 0
Telugu 10 10 0 0
Thai 70 65 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 25 25 0 0
Turkish 50 45 0 5
Ukrainian 85 75 0 5
Urdu 95 85 0 0
Vietnamese 520 455 0 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 115 100 0 0
Multiple responses 6,045 5,525 285 230
English and French 530 130 230 170
English and non-official language 5,345 5,335 10 0
French and non-official language 40 20 20 0
English, French and non-official language 125 40 25 60
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 355,010 345,820 5,765 865
None 326,060 320,130 3,150 435
Single responses 28,355 25,205 2,560 380
English 8,015 6,640 905 330
French 4,385 2,850 1,520 15
Non-official languages 15,950 15,715 135 35
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 45 40 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 30 30 0 5
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 15,445 15,220 130 35
African languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0
Afrikaans 105 105 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 10 0 0
Albanian 30 25 0 0
Amharic 50 45 0 0
Arabic 275 255 20 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Bengali 30 30 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 0
Bulgarian 40 40 0 0
Burmese 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 865 855 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 970 955 10 0
Creoles 25 25 0 0
Croatian 190 190 0 0
Czech 125 125 0 0
Danish 180 175 0 0
Dutch 660 655 0 0
Estonian 25 25 0 0
Finnish 105 105 0 0
Flemish 15 20 0 0
Fukien 5 10 0 0
German 1,755 1,745 5 0
Greek 145 145 0 0
Gujarati 60 55 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 75 75 0 0
Hindi 200 190 0 0
Hungarian 245 240 5 5
Ilocano 25 25 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Italian 485 475 10 0
Japanese 840 830 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 20 0 0
Korean 265 260 0 0
Kurdish 0 5 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0
Latvian 10 10 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 15 10 0 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 0
Malay 45 45 0 0
Malayalam 15 15 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 560 540 0 0
Marathi 5 0 0 0
Nepali 15 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Norwegian 75 75 0 0
Oromo 10 10 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,260 1,255 0 0
Pashto 20 20 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 230 220 0 0
Polish 365 360 0 0
Portuguese 535 525 5 0
Romanian 85 80 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 320 315 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 5 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Serbian 50 50 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 35 35 0 0
Shanghainese 15 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 95 0 0
Sindhi 20 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 25 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 50 50 0 0
Slovenian 25 25 0 0
Somali 25 25 0 0
Spanish 1,770 1,720 35 10
Swahili 45 40 0 0
Swedish 95 95 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 930 925 0 0
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0
Tamil 55 55 0 0
Telugu 10 15 0 0
Thai 115 115 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0
Turkish 60 60 0 0
Ukrainian 120 120 0 0
Urdu 55 55 0 0
Vietnamese 245 235 0 0
Yiddish 10 15 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 460 455 0 0
Multiple responses 600 485 60 55
English and French 60 5 5 45
English and non-official language 135 110 25 5
French and non-official language 400 370 35 0
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 0
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 355,015 345,825 5,765 865
English 345,825 345,825 0 0
French 5,765 0 5,765 0
English and French 865 0 0 860
Neither English nor French 2,560 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 6,195 0 5,765 435
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.7 0.0 100.0 50.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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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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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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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 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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