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Census Profile

Espanola, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 5,364
Population in 20061 5,314
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.9
Total private dwellings2 2,413
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,267
Population density per square kilometre 65.1
Land area (square km) 82.44
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 5,365
0 to 4 years 240
5 to 9 years 245
10 to 14 years 300
15 to 19 years 375
15 years 80
16 years 75
17 years 75
18 years 80
19 years 65
20 to 24 years 280
25 to 29 years 260
30 to 34 years 250
35 to 39 years 305
40 to 44 years 310
45 to 49 years 440
50 to 54 years 555
55 to 59 years 420
60 to 64 years 425
65 to 69 years 295
70 to 74 years 245
75 to 79 years 180
80 to 84 years 135
85 years and over 105
Median age of the population5 46.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 4,580
Married or living with a common-law partner 2,775
Married (and not separated) 2,315
Living common law 455
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,805
Single (never legally married) 1,045
Separated 165
Divorced 255
Widowed 345
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,630
Size of census family: 2 persons 915
Size of census family: 3 persons 340
Size of census family: 4 persons 280
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 90
Total number of census families in private households8 1,630
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,370
Married couples 1,145
Without children at home 635
With children at home 505
1 child 220
2 children 230
3 or more children 60
Common-law couples 230
Without children at home 125
With children at home 100
1 child 50
2 children 30
3 or more children 20
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 260
Female parent 200
1 child 125
2 children 55
3 or more children 15
Male parent 60
1 child 35
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 1,455
Under six years of age 280
6 to 14 years 495
15 to 17 years 220
18 to 24 years 305
25 years and over 155
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 5,275
Number of persons not in census families 825
Living with relatives9 105
Living with non-relatives only 115
Living alone 605
Number of census family persons 4,450
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 900
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 295
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 25
Living alone 240
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 605
Total number of private households by household type10 2,265
Census-family households 1,600
One-family-only households11 1,510
Couple-family households12 1,295
Without children 720
With children 575
Lone-parent-family households 210
Other family households13 95
One-family households with persons not in a census family 70
Couple-family households14 45
Without children 25
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 25
Two-or-more-family households 25
Non-census-family households 665
One-person households 600
Two-or-more-person households 60
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,265
Single-detached house 1,835
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 430
Semi-detached house 80
Row house 50
Apartment, duplex 60
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 240
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 2,265
1 person 605
2 persons 900
3 persons 355
4 persons 300
5 persons 85
6 or more persons 30
Number of persons in private households 5,275
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,285
  Single responses  5,215
    English  4,325
    French  765
    Non-official languages  130
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 15
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  15
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 115
        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  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        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  5
        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  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  15
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          70
    English and French  50
    English and non-official language  20
    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 5,285
  English only 4,150
  French only 10
  English and French 1,125
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,285
  English 4,560
  French 720
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 720
Official language minority (percentage)23 13.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,285
  Single responses 5,255
    English 5,035
    French 190
    Non-official languages 30
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 5
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 25
        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 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 5
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 5
        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 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 5
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         30
    English and French 25
    English and non-official language 10
    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 5,285
  None 4,785
  Single responses  500
    English  125
    French  335
    Non-official languages  50
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  10
        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  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  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        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  10
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        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  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  5
        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

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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