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Puvirnituq, Quebec (Village nordique)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,692
Population in 20061 1,457
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 16.1
Total private dwellings2 489
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 389
Population density per square kilometre 19.7
Land area (square km) 85.74
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,690
0 to 4 years 230
5 to 9 years 220
10 to 14 years 195
15 to 19 years 170
15 years 40
16 years 40
17 years 30
18 years 35
19 years 30
20 to 24 years 140
25 to 29 years 145
30 to 34 years 120
35 to 39 years 105
40 to 44 years 80
45 to 49 years 75
50 to 54 years 55
55 to 59 years 50
60 to 64 years 50
65 to 69 years 25
70 to 74 years 5
75 to 79 years 10
80 to 84 years 5
85 years and over 5
Median age of the population5 21.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 61.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,045
Married or living with a common-law partner 450
Married (and not separated) 225
Living common law 225
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 595
Single (never legally married) 530
Separated 20
Divorced 15
Widowed 35
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 390
Size of census family: 2 persons 100
Size of census family: 3 persons 110
Size of census family: 4 persons 60
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 120
Total number of census families in private households8 385
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 225
Married couples 105
Without children at home 15
With children at home 95
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 50
Common-law couples 110
Without children at home 20
With children at home 95
1 child 25
2 children 15
3 or more children 50
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 165
Female parent 115
1 child 45
2 children 40
3 or more children 35
Male parent 50
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 870
Under six years of age 255
6 to 14 years 340
15 to 17 years 90
18 to 24 years 115
25 years and over 70
Average number of children at home per census family 2.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,680
Number of persons not in census families 205
Living with relatives9 125
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 70
Number of census family persons 1,475
Average number of persons per census family 3.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 40
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 10
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 0
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 35
Total number of private households by household type10 390
Census-family households 310
One-family-only households11 200
Couple-family households12 145
Without children 25
With children 115
Lone-parent-family households 60
Other family households13 110
One-family households with persons not in a census family 45
Couple-family households14 20
Without children 5
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 65
Non-census-family households 80
One-person households 65
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 390
Single-detached house 230
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 160
Semi-detached house 140
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 20
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 390
1 person 65
2 persons 50
3 persons 55
4 persons 40
5 persons 45
6 or more persons 125
Number of persons in private households 1,680
Average number of persons in private households 4.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,680
  Single responses  1,680
    English  40
    French  95
    Non-official languages  1,545
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 1,540
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  1,540
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 5
        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  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          5
    English and French  0
    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 1,680
  English only 655
  French only 240
  English and French 350
  Neither English nor French 435
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,680
  English 670
  French 305
  English and French 265
  Neither English nor French 440
Official language minority (number)23 800
Official language minority (percentage)23 47.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,680
  Single responses 1,670
    English 55
    French 95
    Non-official languages 1,520
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 1,520
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 1,520
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 5
        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. 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 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 0
    English and non-official language 5
    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 1,680
  None 1,455
  Single responses  205
    English  170
    French  15
    Non-official languages  20
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 20
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  15
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 5
        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  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          20
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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