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Census Profile

Burns Lake, British Columbia (Village)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,029
Population in 20061 2,107
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -3.7
Total private dwellings2 846
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 766
Population density per square kilometre 307.7
Land area (square km) 6.59
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,030
0 to 4 years 165
5 to 9 years 140
10 to 14 years 150
15 to 19 years 175
15 years 30
16 years 40
17 years 30
18 years 40
19 years 35
20 to 24 years 130
25 to 29 years 145
30 to 34 years 130
35 to 39 years 115
40 to 44 years 150
45 to 49 years 150
50 to 54 years 135
55 to 59 years 100
60 to 64 years 90
65 to 69 years 70
70 to 74 years 45
75 to 79 years 60
80 to 84 years 55
85 years and over 40
Median age of the population5 34.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 77.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,580
Married or living with a common-law partner 880
Married (and not separated) 655
Living common law 225
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 700
Single (never legally married) 465
Separated 45
Divorced 85
Widowed 105
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 545
Size of census family: 2 persons 270
Size of census family: 3 persons 110
Size of census family: 4 persons 100
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 65
Total number of census families in private households8 545
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 425
Married couples 310
Without children at home 160
With children at home 155
1 child 55
2 children 65
3 or more children 35
Common-law couples 115
Without children at home 50
With children at home 60
1 child 30
2 children 10
3 or more children 20
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 120
Female parent 95
1 child 50
2 children 25
3 or more children 25
Male parent 25
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 665
Under six years of age 180
6 to 14 years 255
15 to 17 years 95
18 to 24 years 100
25 years and over 35
Average number of children at home per census family 1.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,970
Number of persons not in census families 330
Living with relatives9 60
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 215
Number of census family persons 1,635
Average number of persons per census family 3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 210
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 90
Living with relatives9 0
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 85
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 120
Total number of private households by household type10 770
Census-family households 520
One-family-only households11 465
Couple-family households12 380
Without children 195
With children 185
Lone-parent-family households 80
Other family households13 55
One-family households with persons not in a census family 35
Couple-family households14 20
Without children 10
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 15
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 245
One-person households 215
Two-or-more-person households 30
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 765
Single-detached house 500
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 45
Other dwelling17 220
Semi-detached house 20
Row house 40
Apartment, duplex 30
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 130
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 765
1 person 215
2 persons 260
3 persons 105
4 persons 95
5 persons 45
6 or more persons 40
Number of persons in private households 1,965
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,985
  Single responses  1,950
    English  1,585
    French  15
    Non-official languages  345
      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 150
        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.  15
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  75
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  5
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        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  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  5
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 195
  Multiple responses          40
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  40
    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 1,990
  English only 1,920
  French only 5
  English and French 55
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,990
  English 1,970
  French 10
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 10
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,990
  Single responses 1,930
    English 1,880
    French 10
    Non-official languages 45
      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 40
        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. 10
        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 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 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 5
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses         55
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 50
    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 1,985
  None 1,800
  Single responses  185
    English  20
    French  0
    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 65
        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  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        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)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        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.  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  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 100
  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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