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Yellowhead County, Alberta (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 10,469
Population in 20061 10,045
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 4.2
Total private dwellings2 4,708
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,083
Population density per square kilometre 0.5
Land area (square km) 22,296.26
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 10,470
0 to 4 years 650
5 to 9 years 595
10 to 14 years 695
15 to 19 years 705
15 years 155
16 years 155
17 years 150
18 years 125
19 years 120
20 to 24 years 445
25 to 29 years 515
30 to 34 years 570
35 to 39 years 600
40 to 44 years 675
45 to 49 years 910
50 to 54 years 1,030
55 to 59 years 935
60 to 64 years 685
65 to 69 years 535
70 to 74 years 365
75 to 79 years 290
80 to 84 years 150
85 years and over 110
Median age of the population5 43.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 8,525
Married or living with a common-law partner 5,790
Married (and not separated) 4,855
Living common law 935
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,735
Single (never legally married) 1,650
Separated 180
Divorced 455
Widowed 450
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,150
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,755
Size of census family: 3 persons 545
Size of census family: 4 persons 520
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 335
Total number of census families in private households8 3,150
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,860
Married couples 2,395
Without children at home 1,275
With children at home 1,120
1 child 390
2 children 430
3 or more children 295
Common-law couples 465
Without children at home 290
With children at home 180
1 child 80
2 children 65
3 or more children 35
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 290
Female parent 185
1 child 125
2 children 45
3 or more children 20
Male parent 105
1 child 70
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 3,035
Under six years of age 765
6 to 14 years 1,160
15 to 17 years 440
18 to 24 years 465
25 years and over 200
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,345
Number of persons not in census families 1,295
Living with relatives9 165
Living with non-relatives only 225
Living alone 905
Number of census family persons 9,045
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,375
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 410
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 330
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 965
Total number of private households by household type10 4,080
Census-family households 3,085
One-family-only households11 2,865
Couple-family households12 2,645
Without children 1,450
With children 1,195
Lone-parent-family households 215
Other family households13 220
One-family households with persons not in a census family 150
Couple-family households14 110
Without children 45
With children 70
Lone-parent-family households 35
Two-or-more-family households 70
Non-census-family households 1,000
One-person households 910
Two-or-more-person households 90
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,085
Single-detached house 3,270
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 705
Other dwelling17 110
Semi-detached house 10
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 40
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 45
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 4,085
1 person 910
2 persons 1,665
3 persons 565
4 persons 540
5 persons 260
6 or more persons 145
Number of persons in private households 10,345
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,400
  Single responses  10,320
    English  9,475
    French  235
    Non-official languages  610
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 25
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  20
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 570
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  65
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  215
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  15
        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  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  5
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  60
        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  20
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  20
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  85
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses          80
    English and French  15
    English and non-official language  50
    French and non-official language  15
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,400
  English only 9,895
  French only 5
  English and French 465
  Neither English nor French 25
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,400
  English 10,175
  French 195
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 25
Official language minority (number)23 200
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,395
  Single responses 10,310
    English 10,090
    French 55
    Non-official languages 165
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 5
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 10
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 150
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 5
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 5
        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 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 55
        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 10
        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 50
        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 10
  Multiple responses         95
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 75
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,400
  None 10,050
  Single responses  335
    English  80
    French  105
    Non-official languages  150
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 15
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  10
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 135
        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  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  55
        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  5
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  5
        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.  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  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        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 5
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.