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Census Profile

Collingwood, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 19,241
Population in 20061 17,290 E
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 11.3 E
Total private dwellings2 10,695
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 8,339
Population density per square kilometre 575.1
Land area (square km) 33.46
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 19,240
0 to 4 years 980
5 to 9 years 875
10 to 14 years 915
15 to 19 years 1,165
15 years 240
16 years 250
17 years 225
18 years 245
19 years 210
20 to 24 years 1,030
25 to 29 years 1,020
30 to 34 years 960
35 to 39 years 1,085
40 to 44 years 1,040
45 to 49 years 1,370
50 to 54 years 1,460
55 to 59 years 1,455
60 to 64 years 1,495
65 to 69 years 1,185
70 to 74 years 1,030
75 to 79 years 865
80 to 84 years 710
85 years and over 600
Median age of the population5 47.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 16,475
Married or living with a common-law partner 9,215
Married (and not separated) 7,590
Living common law 1,625
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 7,265
Single (never legally married) 3,860
Separated 650
Divorced 1,280
Widowed 1,470
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 5,520
Size of census family: 2 persons 3,190
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,080
Size of census family: 4 persons 880
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 360
Total number of census families in private households8 5,520
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,505
Married couples 3,695
Without children at home 2,115
With children at home 1,580
1 child 605
2 children 685
3 or more children 290
Common-law couples 810
Without children at home 485
With children at home 325
1 child 165
2 children 105
3 or more children 55
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 1,010
Female parent 850
1 child 480
2 children 275
3 or more children 100
Male parent 160
1 child 105
2 children 45
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 5,055
Under six years of age 1,145
6 to 14 years 1,610
15 to 17 years 675
18 to 24 years 1,055
25 years and over 570
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 18,625
Number of persons not in census families 3,550
Living with relatives9 305
Living with non-relatives only 605
Living alone 2,640
Number of census family persons 15,075
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 3,895
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 1,360
Living with relatives9 95
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 1,215
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 2,535
Total number of private households by household type10 8,340
Census-family households 5,430
One-family-only households11 5,065
Couple-family households12 4,245
Without children 2,480
With children 1,770
Lone-parent-family households 820
Other family households13 365
One-family households with persons not in a census family 280
Couple-family households14 160
Without children 70
With children 90
Lone-parent-family households 120
Two-or-more-family households 85
Non-census-family households 2,910
One-person households 2,640
Two-or-more-person households 270
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 8,340
Single-detached house 4,905
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 225
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 3,210
Semi-detached house 575
Row house 840
Apartment, duplex 215
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,560
Other single-attached house 30
Total number of private households by household size18 8,340
1 person 2,640
2 persons 3,160
3 persons 1,115
4 persons 945
5 persons 350
6 or more persons 125
Number of persons in private households 18,625
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 18,875
  Single responses  18,725
    English  17,360
    French  225
    Non-official languages  1,140
      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 1,130
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  5
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  10
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  15
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  25
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  25
        Czech  20
        Danish  20
        Dutch  95
        Estonian  15
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  235
        Greek  20
        Gujarati  10
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  25
        Ilocano  5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  100
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  25
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  5
        Latvian  10
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  15
        Macedonian  5
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  15
        Polish  75
        Portuguese  30
        Romanian  10
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  25
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  15
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  20
        Slovenian  10
        Somali  0
        Spanish  60
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  35
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  5
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  30
        Urdu  10
        Vietnamese  20
        Yiddish  5
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          150
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  100
    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 18,875
  English only 17,740
  French only 10
  English and French 1,090
  Neither English nor French 35
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 18,875
  English 18,620
  French 200
  English and French 15
  Neither English nor French 35
Official language minority (number)23 210
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 18,870
  Single responses 18,700
    English 18,385
    French 40
    Non-official languages 275
      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 270
        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 5
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 5
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 10
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 5
        Czech 10
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 25
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 5
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 5
        Hungarian 5
        Ilocano 5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5
        Italian 20
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 15
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 5
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 5
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 10
        Polish 25
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 5
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 15
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 5
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 5
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 25
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 25
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 5
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 5
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 10
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         175
    English and French 20
    English and non-official language 155
    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 18,870
  None 18,180
  Single responses  670
    English  125
    French  130
    Non-official languages  415
      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 415
        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  5
        Bosnian  10
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  10
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  25
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  85
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  40
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  5
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  5
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  20
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  10
        Slovenian  5
        Somali  0
        Spanish  40
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  15
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          25
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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