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Census Profile

Wemindji, Quebec (Terres réservées aux Cris)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,378
Population in 20061 1,215
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 13.4
Total private dwellings2 377
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 333
Population density per square kilometre 3.6
Land area (square km) 377.95
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,380
0 to 4 years 155
5 to 9 years 145
10 to 14 years 115
15 to 19 years 120
15 years 30
16 years 25
17 years 35
18 years 15
19 years 20
20 to 24 years 105
25 to 29 years 100
30 to 34 years 130
35 to 39 years 115
40 to 44 years 100
45 to 49 years 70
50 to 54 years 55
55 to 59 years 55
60 to 64 years 50
65 to 69 years 25
70 to 74 years 15
75 to 79 years 15
80 to 84 years 5
85 years and over 5
Median age of the population5 27.3
% of the population aged 15 and over 69.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 965
Married or living with a common-law partner 430
Married (and not separated) 335
Living common law 95
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 535
Single (never legally married) 450
Separated 15
Divorced 25
Widowed 45
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 335
Size of census family: 2 persons 110
Size of census family: 3 persons 65
Size of census family: 4 persons 50
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 105
Total number of census families in private households8 330
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 215
Married couples 165
Without children at home 30
With children at home 135
1 child 35
2 children 25
3 or more children 75
Common-law couples 45
Without children at home 15
With children at home 35
1 child 0
2 children 15
3 or more children 15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 120
Female parent 95
1 child 50
2 children 20
3 or more children 25
Male parent 30
1 child 15
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 695
Under six years of age 180
6 to 14 years 225
15 to 17 years 80
18 to 24 years 85
25 years and over 130
Average number of children at home per census family 2.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,375
Number of persons not in census families 135
Living with relatives9 60
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 45
Number of census family persons 1,240
Average number of persons per census family 3.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 70
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 20
Living with relatives9 15
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 10
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 45
Total number of private households by household type10 330
Census-family households 270
One-family-only households11 185
Couple-family households12 140
Without children 25
With children 115
Lone-parent-family households 45
Other family households13 85
One-family households with persons not in a census family 30
Couple-family households14 15
Without children 5
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 15
Two-or-more-family households 55
Non-census-family households 65
One-person households 45
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 330
Single-detached house 240
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 20
Other dwelling17 70
Semi-detached house 50
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 335
1 person 50
2 persons 50
3 persons 45
4 persons 45
5 persons 70
6 or more persons 80
Number of persons in private households 1,380
Average number of persons in private households 4.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,380
  Single responses  1,375
    English  155
    French  20
    Non-official languages  1,200
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 1,200
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  1,185
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  10
        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  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  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.  5
        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          0
    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 1,375
  English only 1,170
  French only 5
  English and French 70
  Neither English nor French 130
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,380
  English 1,190
  French 20
  English and French 35
  Neither English nor French 130
Official language minority (number)23 1,205
Official language minority (percentage)23 87.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,380
  Single responses 1,370
    English 180
    French 25
    Non-official languages 1,165
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 1,165
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 1,150
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 10
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        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 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 1,380
  None 415
  Single responses  965
    English  875
    French  5
    Non-official languages  85
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 85
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  85
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        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  5
        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

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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