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Census Profile

Saint-Alexandre, Quebec (Municipalité)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,495
Population in 20061 2,340
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 6.6
Total private dwellings2 938
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 911
Population density per square kilometre 32.8
Land area (square km) 76.16
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,495
0 to 4 years 195
5 to 9 years 180
10 to 14 years 210
15 to 19 years 175
15 years 30
16 years 40
17 years 40
18 years 35
19 years 35
20 to 24 years 115
25 to 29 years 185
30 to 34 years 180
35 to 39 years 165
40 to 44 years 175
45 to 49 years 205
50 to 54 years 185
55 to 59 years 180
60 to 64 years 130
65 to 69 years 80
70 to 74 years 60
75 to 79 years 35
80 to 84 years 15
85 years and over 20
Median age of the population5 35.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 76.3
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,905
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,295
Married (and not separated) 700
Living common law 590
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 610
Single (never legally married) 455
Separated 15
Divorced 85
Widowed 55
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 725
Size of census family: 2 persons 335
Size of census family: 3 persons 130
Size of census family: 4 persons 165
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 95
Total number of census families in private households8 725
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 645
Married couples 350
Without children at home 175
With children at home 175
1 child 55
2 children 65
3 or more children 55
Common-law couples 295
Without children at home 110
With children at home 185
1 child 55
2 children 95
3 or more children 40
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 80
Female parent 55
1 child 30
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Male parent 25
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 865
Under six years of age 230
6 to 14 years 355
15 to 17 years 105
18 to 24 years 130
25 years and over 40
Average number of children at home per census family 1.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,495
Number of persons not in census families 255
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 180
Number of census family persons 2,230
Average number of persons per census family 3.1
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 205
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 60
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 45
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 150
Total number of private households by household type10 910
Census-family households 715
One-family-only households11 675
Couple-family households12 605
Without children 265
With children 335
Lone-parent-family households 70
Other family households13 40
One-family households with persons not in a census family 30
Couple-family households14 25
Without children 10
With children 15
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 200
One-person households 180
Two-or-more-person households 15
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 910
Single-detached house 840
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 70
Semi-detached house 20
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 915
1 person 180
2 persons 325
3 persons 130
4 persons 170
5 persons 80
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 2,490
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,495
  Single responses  2,485
    English  65
    French  2,370
    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 50
        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  5
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  5
        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  5
        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  15
    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 2,495
  English only 20
  French only 1,750
  English and French 720
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,495
  English 70
  French 2,420
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 75
Official language minority (percentage)23 3.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,495
  Single responses 2,480
    English 40
    French 2,425
    Non-official languages 15
      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 15
        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 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. 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         15
    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 2,495
  None 2,370
  Single responses  115
    English  95
    French  10
    Non-official languages  15
      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 15
        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  5
        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  5
        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  5
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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