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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 154,601 |
| Population in 20061 | 147,427 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 4.9 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 75,880 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 70,572 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 437.4 |
| Land area (square km) | 353.49 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 154,600 |
| 0 to 4 years | 8,370 |
| 5 to 9 years | 7,655 |
| 10 to 14 years | 8,220 |
| 15 to 19 years | 9,820 |
| 15 years | 1,835 |
| 16 years | 1,820 |
| 17 years | 1,890 |
| 18 years | 2,015 |
| 19 years | 2,255 |
| 20 to 24 years | 12,470 |
| 25 to 29 years | 11,115 |
| 30 to 34 years | 10,330 |
| 35 to 39 years | 8,975 |
| 40 to 44 years | 9,220 |
| 45 to 49 years | 11,025 |
| 50 to 54 years | 11,555 |
| 55 to 59 years | 10,880 |
| 60 to 64 years | 9,785 |
| 65 to 69 years | 7,790 |
| 70 to 74 years | 5,445 |
| 75 to 79 years | 4,570 |
| 80 to 84 years | 3,600 |
| 85 years and over | 3,785 |
| Median age of the population5 | 40.2 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 84.3 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 130,350 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 69,620 |
| Married (and not separated) | 39,345 |
| Living common law | 30,280 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 60,730 |
| Single (never legally married) | 40,600 |
| Separated | 1,760 |
| Divorced | 10,720 |
| Widowed | 7,650 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 41,265 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 23,000 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 8,095 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 7,100 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 3,065 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 41,265 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 34,230 |
| Married couples | 19,110 |
| Without children at home | 11,090 |
| With children at home | 8,010 |
| 1 child | 3,005 |
| 2 children | 3,270 |
| 3 or more children | 1,735 |
| Common-law couples | 15,120 |
| Without children at home | 7,630 |
| With children at home | 7,490 |
| 1 child | 3,005 |
| 2 children | 3,295 |
| 3 or more children | 1,190 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 7,035 |
| Female parent | 5,285 |
| 1 child | 3,175 |
| 2 children | 1,580 |
| 3 or more children | 530 |
| Male parent | 1,750 |
| 1 child | 1,100 |
| 2 children | 505 |
| 3 or more children | 145 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 39,575 |
| Under six years of age | 9,885 |
| 6 to 14 years | 14,180 |
| 15 to 17 years | 5,390 |
| 18 to 24 years | 7,555 |
| 25 years and over | 2,570 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 1.0 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 150,255 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 35,185 |
| Living with relatives9 | 2,185 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 6,650 |
| Living alone | 26,355 |
| Number of census family persons | 115,070 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.8 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 21,930 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 8,990 |
| Living with relatives9 | 530 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 495 |
| Living alone | 7,970 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 12,935 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 70,570 |
| Census-family households | 40,990 |
| One-family-only households11 | 39,380 |
| Couple-family households12 | 33,030 |
| Without children | 17,990 |
| With children | 15,040 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 6,350 |
| Other family households13 | 1,615 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 1,350 |
| Couple-family households14 | 835 |
| Without children | 505 |
| With children | 330 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 515 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 260 |
| Non-census-family households | 29,580 |
| One-person households | 26,355 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 3,220 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 70,570 |
| Single-detached house | 27,375 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 2,120 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 405 |
| Other dwelling17 | 40,670 |
| Semi-detached house | 2,930 |
| Row house | 1,580 |
| Apartment, duplex | 4,280 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 31,650 |
| Other single-attached house | 230 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 70,570 |
| 1 person | 26,355 |
| 2 persons | 24,555 |
| 3 persons | 8,820 |
| 4 persons | 7,370 |
| 5 persons | 2,495 |
| 6 or more persons | 980 |
| Number of persons in private households | 150,255 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 2.1 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 152,445 |
| Single responses | 150,600 |
| English | 6,235 |
| French | 135,790 |
| Non-official languages | 8,580 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 5 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 5 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 8,400 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 10 |
| Amharic | 0 |
| Arabic | 1,155 |
| Armenian | 10 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 80 |
| Bengali | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 50 |
| Bisayan languages | 10 |
| Bosnian | 140 |
| Bulgarian | 25 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 20 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 165 |
| Creoles | 105 |
| Croatian | 60 |
| Czech | 35 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 35 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 5 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 115 |
| Greek | 65 |
| Gujarati | 10 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 15 |
| Hungarian | 30 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 140 |
| Japanese | 20 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 55 |
| Korean | 35 |
| Kurdish | 20 |
| Lao | 15 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 45 |
| Lithuanian | 5 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 60 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 220 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 55 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 60 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 |
| Pashto | 5 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 725 |
| Polish | 110 |
| Portuguese | 165 |
| Romanian | 135 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 155 |
| Russian | 115 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 70 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Serbian | 430 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 390 |
| 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. | 10 |
| Slovak | 15 |
| Slovenian | 5 |
| Somali | 10 |
| Spanish | 2,715 |
| Swahili | 135 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 15 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 10 |
| Telugu | 0 |
| Thai | 10 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 5 |
| Turkish | 35 |
| Ukrainian | 15 |
| Urdu | 20 |
| Vietnamese | 155 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 175 |
| Multiple responses | 1,845 |
| English and French | 1,125 |
| English and non-official language | 95 |
| French and non-official language | 555 |
| English, French and non-official language | 70 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 152,450 |
| English only | 2,020 |
| French only | 85,820 |
| English and French | 63,810 |
| Neither English nor French | 795 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 152,450 |
| English | 7,100 |
| French | 142,505 |
| English and French | 2,075 |
| Neither English nor French | 765 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 8,135 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 5.3 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 152,450 |
| Single responses | 149,860 |
| English | 5,845 |
| French | 138,530 |
| Non-official languages | 5,480 |
| 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 | 5,425 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 0 |
| Arabic | 595 |
| Armenian | 10 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Bengali | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 20 |
| Bisayan languages | 5 |
| Bosnian | 105 |
| Bulgarian | 15 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 15 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 135 |
| Creoles | 25 |
| Croatian | 35 |
| Czech | 20 |
| Danish | 0 |
| Dutch | 10 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 15 |
| Greek | 30 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 0 |
| Hindi | 10 |
| Hungarian | 10 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 30 |
| Japanese | 15 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 35 |
| Korean | 30 |
| Kurdish | 5 |
| Lao | 5 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 10 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 40 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 200 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 15 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 5 |
| Pashto | 5 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 620 |
| Polish | 50 |
| Portuguese | 105 |
| Romanian | 80 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 35 |
| Russian | 60 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 10 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Serbian | 340 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 290 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 10 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 10 |
| Spanish | 2,060 |
| Swahili | 90 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 5 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 0 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 30 |
| Ukrainian | 5 |
| Urdu | 10 |
| Vietnamese | 100 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 65 |
| Multiple responses | 2,590 |
| English and French | 1,095 |
| English and non-official language | 125 |
| French and non-official language | 1,210 |
| English, French and non-official language | 150 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 152,450 |
| None | 137,415 |
| Single responses | 14,385 |
| English | 7,900 |
| French | 4,230 |
| Non-official languages | 2,255 |
| 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 | 2,145 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 0 |
| Arabic | 375 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Bengali | 0 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 30 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 35 |
| Bulgarian | 10 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 5 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 30 |
| Creoles | 60 |
| Croatian | 15 |
| Czech | 10 |
| Danish | 0 |
| Dutch | 15 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 5 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 50 |
| Greek | 15 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 5 |
| Hungarian | 10 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 60 |
| Japanese | 10 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 15 |
| Korean | 0 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 5 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 35 |
| Lithuanian | 5 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 0 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 5 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 30 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 20 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 5 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 65 |
| Polish | 25 |
| Portuguese | 50 |
| Romanian | 25 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 70 |
| Russian | 50 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 30 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 55 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 65 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Sindhi | 5 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Slovak | 5 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 0 |
| Spanish | 640 |
| Swahili | 65 |
| Swedish | 0 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 5 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 0 |
| Telugu | 0 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 5 |
| Ukrainian | 5 |
| Urdu | 20 |
| Vietnamese | 35 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 110 |
| Multiple responses | 650 |
| English and French | 240 |
| English and non-official language | 315 |
| French and non-official language | 90 |
| English, French and non-official language | 10 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.