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Saguenay, Quebec (Ville)
Characteristics	Total
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011¹	144,746
Population in 2006¹	143,692
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	0.7
Total private dwellings²	66,798
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents³	64,228
Population density per square kilometre	128.5
Land area (square km)	1,126.48
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups⁴	144,745
0 to 4 years	6,985
5 to 9 years	6,445
10 to 14 years	6,920
15 to 19 years	8,895
15 years	1,590
16 years	1,660
17 years	1,770
18 years	1,890
19 years	1,985
20 to 24 years	8,965
25 to 29 years	8,580
30 to 34 years	8,955
35 to 39 years	7,750
40 to 44 years	7,735
45 to 49 years	11,350
50 to 54 years	13,605
55 to 59 years	12,365
60 to 64 years	10,465
65 to 69 years	8,200
70 to 74 years	5,920
75 to 79 years	4,915
80 to 84 years	3,725
85 years and over	2,980
Median age of the population⁵	45.6
% of the population aged 15 and over	85.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status⁶	124,395
Married or living with a common-law partner	73,475
Married (and not separated)	44,405
Living common law	29,070
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	50,925
Single (never legally married)	32,480
Separated	1,630
Divorced	8,380
Widowed	8,430
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households⁷	42,225
Size of census family: 2 persons	23,930
Size of census family: 3 persons	8,795
Size of census family: 4 persons	7,060
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	2,450
Total number of census families in private households⁸	42,230
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	36,290
Married couples	21,785
Without children at home	13,120
With children at home	8,665
1 child	3,845
2 children	3,430
3 or more children	1,390
Common-law couples	14,505
Without children at home	6,955
With children at home	7,555
1 child	3,285
2 children	3,290
3 or more children	980
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	5,935
Female parent	4,425
1 child	2,860
2 children	1,235
3 or more children	335
Male parent	1,505
1 child	990
2 children	435
3 or more children	80
Total children in census families in private households	36,765
Under six years of age	8,295
6 to 14 years	11,915
15 to 17 years	4,880
18 to 24 years	8,230
25 years and over	3,440
Average number of children at home per census family	0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	141,335
Number of persons not in census families	26,045
Living with relatives⁹	2,205
Living with non-relatives only	3,415
Living alone	20,430
Number of census family persons	115,285
Average number of persons per census family	2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households	23,155
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	8,340
Living with relatives⁹	800
Living with non-relatives only	420
Living alone	7,120
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	14,820
Total number of private households by household type¹⁰	64,225
Census-family households	41,925
One-family-only households¹¹	40,340
Couple-family households¹²	34,945
Without children	19,280
With children	15,665
Lone-parent-family households	5,390
Other family households¹³	1,585
One-family households with persons not in a census family	1,280
Couple-family households¹⁴	895
Without children	485
With children	415
Lone-parent-family households	380
Two-or-more-family households	305
Non-census-family households	22,305
One-person households	20,425
Two-or-more-person households	1,880
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling¹⁵	64,230
Single-detached house	30,695
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	1,000
Movable dwelling¹⁶	440
Other dwelling¹⁷	32,090
Semi-detached house	4,410
Row house	1,485
Apartment, duplex	9,125
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	16,865
Other single-attached house	205
Total number of private households by household size¹⁸	64,225
1 person	20,425
2 persons	24,400
3 persons	9,235
4 persons	7,320
5 persons	2,170
6 or more persons	675
Number of persons in private households	141,335
Average number of persons in private households	2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	143,560
Single responses	143,075
English	1,185
French	140,915
Non-official languages	975
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	80
Atikamekw	45
Cree, n.o.s.	0
Dene	0
Innu/Montagnais	30
Inuktitut	0
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	0
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	855
African languages, n.i.e.	5
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	0
Amharic	0
Arabic	115
Armenian	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10
Bengali	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5
Bisayan languages	5
Bosnian	0
Bulgarian	0
Burmese	0
Cantonese	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	45
Creoles	15
Croatian	5
Czech	0
Danish	0
Dutch	10
Estonian	0
Finnish	5
Flemish	5
Fukien	0
German	35
Greek	5
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	15
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	40
Japanese	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	5
Korean	0
Kurdish	0
Lao	0
Latvian	0
Lingala	5
Lithuanian	0
Macedonian	0
Malay	0
Malayalam	0
Maltese	0
Mandarin	10
Marathi	0
Nepali	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	20
Norwegian	0
Oromo	15
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	40
Polish	25
Portuguese	40
Romanian	10
Rundi (Kirundi)	5
Russian	15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0
Serbian	10
Serbo-Croatian	5
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	5
Slovenian	5
Somali	0
Spanish	235
Swahili	15
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	0
Telugu	0
Thai	10
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	25
Ukrainian	5
Urdu	0
Vietnamese	20
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	45
Multiple responses	485
English and French	350
English and non-official language	25
French and non-official language	95
English, French and non-official language	10
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	143,555
English only	150
French only	114,120
English and French	29,240
Neither English nor French	45
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	143,560
English	1,215
French	142,110
English and French	195
Neither English nor French	40
Official language minority (number)²³	1,310
Official language minority (percentage)²³	0.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	143,560
Single responses	143,040
English	765
French	141,880
Non-official languages	405
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	55
Atikamekw	40
Cree, n.o.s.	0
Dene	0
Innu/Montagnais	15
Inuktitut	0
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	0
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	335
African languages, n.i.e.	0
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	0
Amharic	0
Arabic	35
Armenian	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	0
Bengali	0
Berber languages (Kabyle)	5
Bisayan languages	0
Bosnian	0
Bulgarian	0
Burmese	0
Cantonese	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	30
Creoles	0
Croatian	0
Czech	0
Danish	0
Dutch	0
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	0
Greek	5
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	5
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	15
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	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	20
Polish	0
Portuguese	10
Romanian	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	5
Russian	15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0
Serbian	5
Serbo-Croatian	0
Shanghainese	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10
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	115
Swahili	5
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	0
Telugu	0
Thai	0
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	15
Ukrainian	0
Urdu	0
Vietnamese	5
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	10
Multiple responses	520
English and French	300
English and non-official language	10
French and non-official language	180
English, French and non-official language	30
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	143,560
None	139,205
Single responses	4,235
English	3,220
French	575
Non-official languages	435
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	30
Atikamekw	10
Cree, n.o.s.	0
Dene	0
Innu/Montagnais	20
Inuktitut	0
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	0
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	390
African languages, n.i.e.	5
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	0
Amharic	0
Arabic	45
Armenian	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	0
Bengali	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0
Bisayan languages	0
Bosnian	0
Bulgarian	0
Burmese	0
Cantonese	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	10
Creoles	0
Croatian	5
Czech	0
Danish	0
Dutch	0
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	15
Greek	0
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	0
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	25
Japanese	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	0
Kurdish	0
Lao	0
Latvian	0
Lingala	5
Lithuanian	0
Macedonian	0
Malay	5
Malayalam	0
Maltese	0
Mandarin	5
Marathi	0
Nepali	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10
Norwegian	0
Oromo	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	0
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	5
Polish	10
Portuguese	25
Romanian	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0
Russian	5
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	185
Swahili	5
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	0
Telugu	0
Thai	0
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	5
Ukrainian	0
Urdu	0
Vietnamese	0
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	20
Multiple responses	115
English and French	25
English and non-official language	80
French and non-official language	10
English, French and non-official language	0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.