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Merrickville-Wolford, Ontario (Village)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,850
Population in 20061 2,867
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -0.6
Total private dwellings2 1,248
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,121
Population density per square kilometre 13.3
Land area (square km) 214.49
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,850
0 to 4 years 115
5 to 9 years 155
10 to 14 years 175
15 to 19 years 160
15 years 20
16 years 40
17 years 25
18 years 40
19 years 40
20 to 24 years 130
25 to 29 years 100
30 to 34 years 115
35 to 39 years 135
40 to 44 years 195
45 to 49 years 230
50 to 54 years 210
55 to 59 years 260
60 to 64 years 255
65 to 69 years 195
70 to 74 years 140
75 to 79 years 85
80 to 84 years 80
85 years and over 115
Median age of the population5 48.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 84.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,400
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,535
Married (and not separated) 1,260
Living common law 270
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 860
Single (never legally married) 445
Separated 65
Divorced 145
Widowed 205
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 855
Size of census family: 2 persons 475
Size of census family: 3 persons 185
Size of census family: 4 persons 135
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 60
Total number of census families in private households8 850
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 750
Married couples 615
Without children at home 325
With children at home 290
1 child 125
2 children 120
3 or more children 40
Common-law couples 135
Without children at home 90
With children at home 50
1 child 25
2 children 15
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 100
Female parent 80
1 child 50
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Male parent 20
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 755
Under six years of age 140
6 to 14 years 305
15 to 17 years 85
18 to 24 years 155
25 years and over 70
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,710
Number of persons not in census families 350
Living with relatives9 35
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 255
Number of census family persons 2,360
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 485
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 145
Living with relatives9 15
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 120
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 340
Total number of private households by household type10 1,120
Census-family households 840
One-family-only households11 790
Couple-family households12 710
Without children 390
With children 320
Lone-parent-family households 80
Other family households13 50
One-family households with persons not in a census family 35
Couple-family households14 25
Without children 10
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 280
One-person households 255
Two-or-more-person households 30
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,120
Single-detached house 1,010
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 115
Semi-detached house 25
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 10
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 85
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,120
1 person 250
2 persons 460
3 persons 195
4 persons 140
5 persons 55
6 or more persons 25
Number of persons in private households 2,710
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,710
  Single responses  2,690
    English  2,455
    French  150
    Non-official languages  80
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        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 80
        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  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        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)  5
        Polish  5
        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  5
        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  5
        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  5
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,715
  English only 2,270
  French only 0
  English and French 440
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,710
  English 2,565
  French 140
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 140
Official language minority (percentage)23 5.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,710
  Single responses 2,700
    English 2,640
    French 55
    Non-official languages 5
      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 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         10
    English and French 5
    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 2,710
  None 2,525
  Single responses  185
    English  45
    French  95
    Non-official languages  40
      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 40
        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  5
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        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  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  5
        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  5
        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          0
    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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