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Census Profile

Cobalt, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,133
Population in 20061 1,224 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -7.4
Total private dwellings2 559
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 502
Population density per square kilometre 553.0
Land area (square km) 2.05
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,135
0 to 4 years 65
5 to 9 years 55
10 to 14 years 75
15 to 19 years 60
15 years 10
16 years 15
17 years 10
18 years 15
19 years 10
20 to 24 years 40
25 to 29 years 60
30 to 34 years 55
35 to 39 years 60
40 to 44 years 65
45 to 49 years 100
50 to 54 years 115
55 to 59 years 75
60 to 64 years 95
65 to 69 years 60
70 to 74 years 60
75 to 79 years 45
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 20
Median age of the population5 46.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 935
Married or living with a common-law partner 515
Married (and not separated) 390
Living common law 120
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 425
Single (never legally married) 215
Separated 45
Divorced 70
Widowed 90
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 330
Size of census family: 2 persons 185
Size of census family: 3 persons 75
Size of census family: 4 persons 45
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households8 330
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 255
Married couples 195
Without children at home 125
With children at home 75
1 child 30
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Common-law couples 60
Without children at home 25
With children at home 35
1 child 15
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 75
Female parent 65
1 child 35
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Male parent 10
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 315
Under six years of age 75
6 to 14 years 120
15 to 17 years 40
18 to 24 years 45
25 years and over 40
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,125
Number of persons not in census families 225
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 165
Number of census family persons 900
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 210
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 80
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 70
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 130
Total number of private households by household type10 505
Census-family households 325
One-family-only households11 295
Couple-family households12 235
Without children 135
With children 100
Lone-parent-family households 65
Other family households13 25
One-family households with persons not in a census family 20
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 180
One-person households 165
Two-or-more-person households 15
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 500
Single-detached house 385
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 25
Other dwelling17 100
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 25
Apartment, duplex 20
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 55
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 505
1 person 160
2 persons 180
3 persons 75
4 persons 55
5 persons 15
6 or more persons 10
Number of persons in private households 1,120
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,125
  Single responses  1,115
    English  895
    French  195
    Non-official languages  20
      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 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  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  5
        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  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          15
    English and French  15
    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 1,125
  English only 820
  French only 10
  English and French 295
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,125
  English 940
  French 190
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 190
Official language minority (percentage)23 16.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,130
  Single responses 1,115
    English 1,045
    French 65
    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. 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 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 1,130
  None 985
  Single responses  140
    English  25
    French  105
    Non-official languages  10
      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 10
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  5
        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)  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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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