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Census Profile

Orkney No. 244, Saskatchewan (Rural municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,860
Population in 20061 1,748 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 6.4
Total private dwellings2 772
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 706
Population density per square kilometre 2.3
Land area (square km) 816.31
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,860
0 to 4 years 95
5 to 9 years 110
10 to 14 years 125
15 to 19 years 155
15 years 40
16 years 25
17 years 35
18 years 30
19 years 25
20 to 24 years 70
25 to 29 years 75
30 to 34 years 90
35 to 39 years 120
40 to 44 years 135
45 to 49 years 185
50 to 54 years 175
55 to 59 years 190
60 to 64 years 125
65 to 69 years 80
70 to 74 years 50
75 to 79 years 35
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 15
Median age of the population5 42.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,530
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,100
Married (and not separated) 980
Living common law 125
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 430
Single (never legally married) 305
Separated 20
Divorced 60
Widowed 40
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 585
Size of census family: 2 persons 320
Size of census family: 3 persons 95
Size of census family: 4 persons 120
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 50
Total number of census families in private households8 590
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 550
Married couples 490
Without children at home 260
With children at home 225
1 child 75
2 children 105
3 or more children 50
Common-law couples 60
Without children at home 40
With children at home 20
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 40
Female parent 25
1 child 15
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Male parent 10
1 child 10
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 545
Under six years of age 110
6 to 14 years 220
15 to 17 years 85
18 to 24 years 100
25 years and over 30
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,850
Number of persons not in census families 170
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 110
Number of census family persons 1,685
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 40
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 30
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 175
Total number of private households by household type10 705
Census-family households 580
One-family-only households11 555
Couple-family households12 525
Without children 290
With children 240
Lone-parent-family households 30
Other family households13 25
One-family households with persons not in a census family 15
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 130
One-person households 110
Two-or-more-person households 20
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 705
Single-detached house 630
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 70
Other dwelling17 5
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 710
1 person 110
2 persons 315
3 persons 100
4 persons 125
5 persons 45
6 or more persons 20
Number of persons in private households 1,855
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,850
  Single responses  1,840
    English  1,700
    French  10
    Non-official languages  125
      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 120
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        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  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  45
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        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  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  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  55
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  15
    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 1,850
  English only 1,810
  French only 0
  English and French 45
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,855
  English 1,845
  French 5
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 5
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,850
  Single responses 1,840
    English 1,830
    French 0
    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 5
        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 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. 5
        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 0
    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 1,850
  None 1,810
  Single responses  40
    English  10
    French  0
    Non-official languages  30
      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 30
        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  10
        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  20
        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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