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Census Profile

Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario (Unorganized)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 5,909
Population in 20061 6,585
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -10.3
Total private dwellings2 5,782
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,539
Population density per square kilometre 0.1
Land area (square km) 97,007.34
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 5,910
0 to 4 years 215
5 to 9 years 240
10 to 14 years 295
15 to 19 years 365
15 years 65
16 years 70
17 years 85
18 years 75
19 years 70
20 to 24 years 265
25 to 29 years 235
30 to 34 years 225
35 to 39 years 305
40 to 44 years 390
45 to 49 years 530
50 to 54 years 665
55 to 59 years 665
60 to 64 years 585
65 to 69 years 375
70 to 74 years 260
75 to 79 years 155
80 to 84 years 90
85 years and over 45
Median age of the population5 49.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,155
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,470
Married (and not separated) 2,865
Living common law 600
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,690
Single (never legally married) 1,085
Separated 130
Divorced 265
Widowed 205
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,870
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,130
Size of census family: 3 persons 355
Size of census family: 4 persons 280
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 105
Total number of census families in private households8 1,870
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,710
Married couples 1,415
Without children at home 845
With children at home 570
1 child 245
2 children 235
3 or more children 80
Common-law couples 300
Without children at home 180
With children at home 115
1 child 65
2 children 35
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 155
Female parent 95
1 child 60
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Male parent 55
1 child 40
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 1,435
Under six years of age 255
6 to 14 years 465
15 to 17 years 215
18 to 24 years 360
25 years and over 140
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 5,870
Number of persons not in census families 860
Living with relatives9 95
Living with non-relatives only 110
Living alone 645
Number of census family persons 5,015
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 920
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 225
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 195
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 695
Total number of private households by household type10 2,535
Census-family households 1,840
One-family-only households11 1,740
Couple-family households12 1,620
Without children 975
With children 640
Lone-parent-family households 120
Other family households13 100
One-family households with persons not in a census family 70
Couple-family households14 55
Without children 25
With children 30
Lone-parent-family households 15
Two-or-more-family households 25
Non-census-family households 700
One-person households 645
Two-or-more-person households 50
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,540
Single-detached house 2,330
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 180
Other dwelling17 30
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 15
Total number of private households by household size18 2,535
1 person 645
2 persons 1,100
3 persons 360
4 persons 285
5 persons 95
6 or more persons 55
Number of persons in private households 5,875
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,910
  Single responses  5,835
    English  4,960
    French  215
    Non-official languages  660
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 65
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  55
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 595
        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  15
        Dutch  15
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  390
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  60
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  5
        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  30
        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  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  15
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          75
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  50
    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 5,910
  English only 5,465
  French only 20
  English and French 415
  Neither English nor French 10
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,910
  English 5,690
  French 200
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 15
Official language minority (number)23 200
Official language minority (percentage)23 3.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,910
  Single responses 5,850
    English 5,695
    French 50
    Non-official languages 100
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 20
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 20
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 85
        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 65
        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 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 10
        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         65
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 60
    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 5,910
  None 5,440
  Single responses  455
    English  70
    French  110
    Non-official languages  275
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 55
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  55
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 220
        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  5
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  140
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  30
        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  10
        Portuguese  5
        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          10
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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