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Census Profile

Tignish, Prince Edward Island (Community)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 779
Population in 20061 758
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 2.8
Total private dwellings2 355
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 334
Population density per square kilometre 132.9
Land area (square km) 5.86
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 775
0 to 4 years 35
5 to 9 years 35
10 to 14 years 40
15 to 19 years 55
15 years 15
16 years 5
17 years 10
18 years 5
19 years 10
20 to 24 years 35
25 to 29 years 20
30 to 34 years 40
35 to 39 years 35
40 to 44 years 45
45 to 49 years 55
50 to 54 years 50
55 to 59 years 50
60 to 64 years 65
65 to 69 years 50
70 to 74 years 50
75 to 79 years 45
80 to 84 years 30
85 years and over 45
Median age of the population5 48.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 670
Married or living with a common-law partner 320
Married (and not separated) 275
Living common law 45
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 345
Single (never legally married) 170
Separated 30
Divorced 45
Widowed 105
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 215
Size of census family: 2 persons 130
Size of census family: 3 persons 40
Size of census family: 4 persons 35
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 15
Total number of census families in private households8 215
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 155
Married couples 130
Without children at home 80
With children at home 50
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Common-law couples 25
Without children at home 10
With children at home 15
1 child 5
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 60
Female parent 45
1 child 25
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 205
Under six years of age 45
6 to 14 years 70
15 to 17 years 35
18 to 24 years 40
25 years and over 25
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 720
Number of persons not in census families 140
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 110
Number of census family persons 575
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 165
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 70
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 55
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 95
Total number of private households by household type10 335
Census-family households 215
One-family-only households11 200
Couple-family households12 145
Without children 85
With children 65
Lone-parent-family households 50
Other family households13 15
One-family households with persons not in a census family 10
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 0
Lone-parent-family households 0
Two-or-more-family households 0
Non-census-family households 125
One-person households 115
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 335
Single-detached house 260
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 75
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 45
Apartment, duplex 10
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 15
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 335
1 person 110
2 persons 130
3 persons 45
4 persons 40
5 persons 10
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 720
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 775
  Single responses  770
    English  650
    French  115
    Non-official languages  0
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          10
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 775
  English only 610
  French only 0
  English and French 165
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 775
  English 685
  French 85
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 90
Official language minority (percentage)23 11.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 775
  Single responses 770
    English 750
    French 25
    Non-official languages 0
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 0
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 0
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 0
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         10
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 775
  None 730
  Single responses  45
    English  15
    French  30
    Non-official languages  5
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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