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Census Profile

Bowen Island, British Columbia (Island municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 3,402
Population in 20061 3,362
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 1.2
Total private dwellings2 1,760
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,345
Population density per square kilometre 67.9
Land area (square km) 50.14
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 3,405
0 to 4 years 175
5 to 9 years 250
10 to 14 years 195
15 to 19 years 185
15 years 35
16 years 45
17 years 45
18 years 35
19 years 35
20 to 24 years 140
25 to 29 years 80
30 to 34 years 110
35 to 39 years 185
40 to 44 years 290
45 to 49 years 310
50 to 54 years 330
55 to 59 years 310
60 to 64 years 325
65 to 69 years 205
70 to 74 years 140
75 to 79 years 75
80 to 84 years 70
85 years and over 40
Median age of the population5 46.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,785
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,915
Married (and not separated) 1,600
Living common law 320
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 870
Single (never legally married) 510
Separated 70
Divorced 185
Widowed 100
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,025
Size of census family: 2 persons 545
Size of census family: 3 persons 190
Size of census family: 4 persons 225
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 75
Total number of census families in private households8 1,030
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 930
Married couples 775
Without children at home 385
With children at home 390
1 child 135
2 children 195
3 or more children 60
Common-law couples 155
Without children at home 100
With children at home 60
1 child 25
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 95
Female parent 80
1 child 45
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Male parent 20
1 child 15
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 960
Under six years of age 225
6 to 14 years 390
15 to 17 years 120
18 to 24 years 170
25 years and over 65
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 3,365
Number of persons not in census families 445
Living with relatives9 35
Living with non-relatives only 105
Living alone 305
Number of census family persons 2,925
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 520
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 145
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 20
Living alone 120
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 370
Total number of private households by household type10 1,345
Census-family households 1,000
One-family-only households11 930
Couple-family households12 850
Without children 445
With children 405
Lone-parent-family households 80
Other family households13 70
One-family households with persons not in a census family 45
Couple-family households14 45
Without children 10
With children 25
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 25
Non-census-family households 340
One-person households 310
Two-or-more-person households 35
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,345
Single-detached house 1,175
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 10
Other dwelling17 160
Semi-detached house 10
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 60
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 55
Other single-attached house 15
Total number of private households by household size18 1,345
1 person 305
2 persons 525
3 persons 185
4 persons 225
5 persons 75
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 3,365
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,400
  Single responses  3,370
    English  3,015
    French  70
    Non-official languages  285
      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 285
        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  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  5
        Danish  10
        Dutch  30
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  95
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  15
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  10
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        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  25
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        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          30
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  20
    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 3,400
  English only 2,965
  French only 5
  English and French 425
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,400
  English 3,315
  French 70
  English and French 15
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 75
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,400
  Single responses 3,370
    English 3,250
    French 25
    Non-official languages 90
      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 90
        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 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 10
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 25
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 5
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        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 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 5
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 5
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        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         35
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 25
    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 3,400
  None 3,185
  Single responses  210
    English  45
    French  30
    Non-official languages  135
      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 130
        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  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  50
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  5
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        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  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  30
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          5
    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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