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Verchères, Quebec (Municipalité)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 5,692
Population in 20061 5,243
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 8.6
Total private dwellings2 2,406
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,323
Population density per square kilometre 77.7
Land area (square km) 73.27
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 5,690
0 to 4 years 415
5 to 9 years 355
10 to 14 years 295
15 to 19 years 325
15 years 60
16 years 65
17 years 70
18 years 70
19 years 60
20 to 24 years 265
25 to 29 years 340
30 to 34 years 410
35 to 39 years 375
40 to 44 years 410
45 to 49 years 380
50 to 54 years 505
55 to 59 years 440
60 to 64 years 355
65 to 69 years 305
70 to 74 years 205
75 to 79 years 135
80 to 84 years 95
85 years and over 80
Median age of the population5 40.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 4,625
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,000
Married (and not separated) 1,640
Living common law 1,360
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,625
Single (never legally married) 1,115
Separated 50
Divorced 250
Widowed 215
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,730
Size of census family: 2 persons 905
Size of census family: 3 persons 360
Size of census family: 4 persons 340
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 130
Total number of census families in private households8 1,730
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,485
Married couples 805
Without children at home 475
With children at home 330
1 child 135
2 children 125
3 or more children 70
Common-law couples 680
Without children at home 280
With children at home 400
1 child 155
2 children 190
3 or more children 55
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 240
Female parent 180
1 child 105
2 children 45
3 or more children 25
Male parent 65
1 child 40
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 1,680
Under six years of age 490
6 to 14 years 580
15 to 17 years 200
18 to 24 years 290
25 years and over 125
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 5,640
Number of persons not in census families 745
Living with relatives9 85
Living with non-relatives only 110
Living alone 555
Number of census family persons 4,890
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 765
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 230
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 180
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 545
Total number of private households by household type10 2,325
Census-family households 1,710
One-family-only households11 1,630
Couple-family households12 1,425
Without children 725
With children 700
Lone-parent-family households 210
Other family households13 75
One-family households with persons not in a census family 55
Couple-family households14 30
Without children 15
With children 15
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 610
One-person households 550
Two-or-more-person households 65
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,320
Single-detached house 1,680
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 640
Semi-detached house 105
Row house 15
Apartment, duplex 115
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 375
Other single-attached house 20
Total number of private households by household size18 2,320
1 person 550
2 persons 910
3 persons 375
4 persons 340
5 persons 115
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 5,640
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,690
  Single responses  5,650
    English  60
    French  5,545
    Non-official languages  45
      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  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  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        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  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  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          40
    English and French  25
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,695
  English only 5
  French only 3,775
  English and French 1,905
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,695
  English 75
  French 5,610
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 75
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,695
  Single responses 5,655
    English 45
    French 5,595
    Non-official languages 10
      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 10
        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 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         35
    English and French 20
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 15
    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 5,695
  None 5,425
  Single responses  260
    English  200
    French  30
    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 30
        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  5
        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  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  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  15
        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.