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Bécancour, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 ...
Population in 20061 ...
2006 to 2011 population change (%) ...
Total private dwellings2 ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 ...
Population density per square kilometre ...
Land area (square km) ...
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,240
0 to 4 years 385
5 to 9 years 295
10 to 14 years 340
15 to 19 years 365
15 years 65
16 years 70
17 years 80
18 years 65
19 years 85
20 to 24 years 360
25 to 29 years 385
30 to 34 years 445
35 to 39 years 350
40 to 44 years 355
45 to 49 years 465
50 to 54 years 540
55 to 59 years 525
60 to 64 years 470
65 to 69 years 375
70 to 74 years 200
75 to 79 years 160
80 to 84 years 130
85 years and over 95
Median age of the population5 42.8
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,225
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,160
Married (and not separated) 1,730
Living common law 1,425
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,065
Single (never legally married) 1,575
Separated 70
Divorced 285
Widowed 140
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 ...
Size of census family: 2 persons ...
Size of census family: 3 persons ...
Size of census family: 4 persons ...
Size of census family: 5 or more persons ...
Total number of census families in private households8 ...
Total couple families by family structure and number of children ...
Married couples ...
Without children at home ...
With children at home ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Common-law couples ...
Without children at home ...
With children at home ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children ...
Female parent ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Male parent ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Total children in census families in private households ...
Under six years of age ...
6 to 14 years ...
15 to 17 years ...
18 to 24 years ...
25 years and over ...
Average number of children at home per census family ...
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,095
Number of persons not in census families 1,090
Living with relatives9 65
Living with non-relatives only 105
Living alone 915
Number of census family persons 5,005
Average number of persons per census family ...
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 860
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 215
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 195
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 645
Total number of private households by household type10 ...
Census-family households ...
One-family-only households11 ...
Couple-family households12 ...
Without children ...
With children ...
Lone-parent-family households ...
Other family households13 ...
One-family households with persons not in a census family ...
Couple-family households14 ...
Without children ...
With children ...
Lone-parent-family households ...
Two-or-more-family households ...
Non-census-family households ...
One-person households ...
Two-or-more-person households ...
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 ...
Single-detached house ...
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys ...
Movable dwelling16 ...
Other dwelling17 ...
Semi-detached house ...
Row house ...
Apartment, duplex ...
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys ...
Other single-attached house ...
Total number of private households by household size18 ...
1 person ...
2 persons ...
3 persons ...
4 persons ...
5 persons ...
6 or more persons ...
Number of persons in private households ...
Average number of persons in private households ...
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,105
  Single responses  6,075
    English  60
    French  5,965
    Non-official languages  50
      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 45
        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  20
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        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  5
        Portuguese  5
        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  10
        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          30
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,105
  English only 10
  French only 4,325
  English and French 1,775
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,110
  English 55
  French 6,035
  English and French 20
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 65
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,105
  Single responses 6,075
    English 30
    French 6,025
    Non-official languages 20
      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 20
        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. 5
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 10
        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 5
        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         30
    English and French 25
    English and non-official language 5
    French and non-official language 5
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,105
  None 5,890
  Single responses  210
    English  155
    French  25
    Non-official languages  30
      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 25
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        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  10
        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.  5
        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  10
        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          5
    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.