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Census Profile

Capital F, British Columbia (Regional district electoral area)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 10,234
Population in 20061 9,640
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 6.2
Total private dwellings2 5,653
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,662
Population density per square kilometre 55.9
Land area (square km) 183.03
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 10,235
0 to 4 years 375
5 to 9 years 390
10 to 14 years 480
15 to 19 years 570
15 years 135
16 years 105
17 years 140
18 years 115
19 years 85
20 to 24 years 330
25 to 29 years 350
30 to 34 years 370
35 to 39 years 510
40 to 44 years 555
45 to 49 years 675
50 to 54 years 835
55 to 59 years 1,060
60 to 64 years 1,145
65 to 69 years 870
70 to 74 years 535
75 to 79 years 400
80 to 84 years 390
85 years and over 385
Median age of the population5 53.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 8,985
Married or living with a common-law partner 5,305
Married (and not separated) 4,235
Living common law 1,070
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,680
Single (never legally married) 1,930
Separated 265
Divorced 865
Widowed 625
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,010
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,980
Size of census family: 3 persons 500
Size of census family: 4 persons 375
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 150
Total number of census families in private households8 3,010
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,590
Married couples 2,060
Without children at home 1,370
With children at home 690
1 child 300
2 children 280
3 or more children 110
Common-law couples 535
Without children at home 330
With children at home 200
1 child 95
2 children 70
3 or more children 35
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 420
Female parent 310
1 child 205
2 children 75
3 or more children 30
Male parent 110
1 child 75
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,165
Under six years of age 450
6 to 14 years 790
15 to 17 years 350
18 to 24 years 375
25 years and over 205
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,005
Number of persons not in census families 2,240
Living with relatives9 150
Living with non-relatives only 575
Living alone 1,515
Number of census family persons 7,770
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,410
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 750
Living with relatives9 50
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 635
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,665
Total number of private households by household type10 4,665
Census-family households 2,950
One-family-only households11 2,690
Couple-family households12 2,360
Without children 1,575
With children 785
Lone-parent-family households 335
Other family households13 260
One-family households with persons not in a census family 205
Couple-family households14 140
Without children 70
With children 70
Lone-parent-family households 65
Two-or-more-family households 55
Non-census-family households 1,710
One-person households 1,515
Two-or-more-person households 200
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,660
Single-detached house 3,920
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 100
Other dwelling17 640
Semi-detached house 170
Row house 150
Apartment, duplex 200
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 110
Other single-attached house 15
Total number of private households by household size18 4,660
1 person 1,520
2 persons 1,945
3 persons 550
4 persons 410
5 persons 160
6 or more persons 80
Number of persons in private households 10,000
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,145
  Single responses  10,055
    English  9,145
    French  185
    Non-official languages  725
      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 705
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  10
        Chinese, n.o.s.  30
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  25
        Dutch  120
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  230
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  5
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  20
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  10
        Japanese  40
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  5
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  15
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        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.  5
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  45
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  15
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  10
        Tibetan languages  5
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  15
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses          95
    English and French  35
    English and non-official language  50
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,150
  English only 8,875
  French only 0
  English and French 1,255
  Neither English nor French 15
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,145
  English 9,925
  French 185
  English and French 25
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 200
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,145
  Single responses 10,050
    English 9,825
    French 60
    Non-official languages 160
      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 160
        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 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 10
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 20
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 50
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 25
        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 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 20
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 5
        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         95
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 75
    French and non-official language 5
    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 10,145
  None 9,575
  Single responses  555
    English  100
    French  145
    Non-official languages  305
      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 290
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  35
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  85
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  5
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  15
        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  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.  10
        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  55
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses          20
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  15
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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