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Whitehorse, Yukon (City)
Characteristics	Total
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011¹	23,276
Population in 2006¹	20,461
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	13.8
Total private dwellings²	9,649
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents³	9,309
Population density per square kilometre	55.9
Land area (square km)	416.54
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups⁴	23,280
0 to 4 years	1,405
5 to 9 years	1,365
10 to 14 years	1,435
15 to 19 years	1,600
15 years	300
16 years	310
17 years	305
18 years	325
19 years	360
20 to 24 years	1,680
25 to 29 years	1,750
30 to 34 years	1,655
35 to 39 years	1,750
40 to 44 years	1,735
45 to 49 years	1,935
50 to 54 years	2,010
55 to 59 years	1,695
60 to 64 years	1,355
65 to 69 years	760
70 to 74 years	460
75 to 79 years	320
80 to 84 years	200
85 years and over	155
Median age of the population⁵	37.1
% of the population aged 15 and over	81.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status⁶	19,070
Married or living with a common-law partner	10,215
Married (and not separated)	7,335
Living common law	2,880
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	8,855
Single (never legally married)	6,175
Separated	560
Divorced	1,460
Widowed	660
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households⁷	6,300
Size of census family: 2 persons	3,095
Size of census family: 3 persons	1,465
Size of census family: 4 persons	1,265
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	475
Total number of census families in private households⁸	6,300
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	4,965
Married couples	3,540
Without children at home	1,485
With children at home	2,050
1 child	770
2 children	930
3 or more children	355
Common-law couples	1,430
Without children at home	820
With children at home	605
1 child	300
2 children	225
3 or more children	85
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	1,340
Female parent	1,005
1 child	580
2 children	305
3 or more children	125
Male parent	330
1 child	215
2 children	90
3 or more children	30
Total children in census families in private households	6,875
Under six years of age	1,630
6 to 14 years	2,480
15 to 17 years	845
18 to 24 years	1,410
25 years and over	515
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	22,810
Number of persons not in census families	4,670
Living with relatives⁹	610
Living with non-relatives only	1,405
Living alone	2,655
Number of census family persons	18,145
Average number of persons per census family	2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households	1,770
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	775
Living with relatives⁹	90
Living with non-relatives only	40
Living alone	640
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	990
Total number of private households by household type¹⁰	9,310
Census-family households	6,105
One-family-only households¹¹	5,365
Couple-family households¹²	4,335
Without children	1,995
With children	2,340
Lone-parent-family households	1,030
Other family households¹³	745
One-family households with persons not in a census family	555
Couple-family households¹⁴	375
Without children	175
With children	210
Lone-parent-family households	180
Two-or-more-family households	190
Non-census-family households	3,205
One-person households	2,655
Two-or-more-person households	545
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling¹⁵	9,310
Single-detached house	5,080
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	5
Movable dwelling¹⁶	925
Other dwelling¹⁷	3,300
Semi-detached house	860
Row house	500
Apartment, duplex	435
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	1,460
Other single-attached house	50
Total number of private households by household size¹⁸	9,305
1 person	2,660
2 persons	2,980
3 persons	1,575
4 persons	1,370
5 persons	490
6 or more persons	235
Number of persons in private households	22,810
Average number of persons in private households	2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	23,040
Single responses	22,725
English	19,505
French	1,010
Non-official languages	2,205
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	20
Atikamekw	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5
Dene	5
Innu/Montagnais	0
Inuktitut	0
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	5
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	1,990
African languages, n.i.e.	0
Afrikaans	10
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	5
Amharic	0
Arabic	15
Armenian	5
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	5
Bengali	10
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0
Bisayan languages	60
Bosnian	5
Bulgarian	5
Burmese	0
Cantonese	90
Chinese, n.o.s.	115
Creoles	20
Croatian	10
Czech	20
Danish	15
Dutch	80
Estonian	0
Finnish	15
Flemish	0
Fukien	5
German	350
Greek	0
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	5
Hindi	15
Hungarian	40
Ilocano	35
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	25
Japanese	40
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	30
Kurdish	0
Lao	0
Latvian	0
Lingala	0
Lithuanian	5
Macedonian	0
Malay	10
Malayalam	10
Maltese	0
Mandarin	45
Marathi	0
Nepali	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0
Norwegian	5
Oromo	5
Panjabi (Punjabi)	90
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	15
Polish	25
Portuguese	5
Romanian	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	0
Russian	40
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0
Serbian	5
Serbo-Croatian	5
Shanghainese	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	0
Sindhi	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0
Slovak	10
Slovenian	5
Somali	0
Spanish	140
Swahili	0
Swedish	5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	355
Taiwanese	10
Tamil	15
Telugu	0
Thai	20
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	0
Ukrainian	40
Urdu	20
Vietnamese	65
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	195
Multiple responses	310
English and French	105
English and non-official language	180
French and non-official language	15
English, French and non-official language	15
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	23,040
English only	19,555
French only	75
English and French	3,320
Neither English nor French	90
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	23,035
English	21,875
French	995
English and French	80
Neither English nor French	85
Official language minority (number)²³	1,035
Official language minority (percentage)²³	4.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	23,040
Single responses	22,645
English	21,120
French	610
Non-official languages	915
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	880
African languages, n.i.e.	0
Afrikaans	5
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	0
Amharic	5
Arabic	15
Armenian	0
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	0
Bengali	5
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0
Bisayan languages	35
Bosnian	0
Bulgarian	0
Burmese	0
Cantonese	75
Chinese, n.o.s.	75
Creoles	0
Croatian	0
Czech	5
Danish	0
Dutch	10
Estonian	0
Finnish	5
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	45
Greek	5
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	10
Hungarian	10
Ilocano	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	0
Japanese	20
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	20
Kurdish	0
Lao	0
Latvian	0
Lingala	0
Lithuanian	0
Macedonian	0
Malay	0
Malayalam	5
Maltese	0
Mandarin	30
Marathi	0
Nepali	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0
Norwegian	0
Oromo	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	55
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	5
Polish	0
Portuguese	0
Romanian	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	0
Russian	35
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	5
Slovenian	0
Somali	0
Spanish	90
Swahili	0
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	225
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	10
Telugu	0
Thai	0
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	0
Ukrainian	5
Urdu	10
Vietnamese	55
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	35
Multiple responses	390
English and French	75
English and non-official language	300
French and non-official language	0
English, French and non-official language	10
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	23,035
None	20,885
Single responses	2,100
English	695
French	540
Non-official languages	865
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	20
Atikamekw	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5
Dene	5
Innu/Montagnais	0
Inuktitut	5
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	5
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	680
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	10
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0
Bisayan languages	10
Bosnian	0
Bulgarian	0
Burmese	0
Cantonese	15
Chinese, n.o.s.	25
Creoles	15
Croatian	10
Czech	15
Danish	5
Dutch	25
Estonian	5
Finnish	5
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	150
Greek	0
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	5
Hindi	15
Hungarian	15
Ilocano	5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	15
Japanese	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	10
Kurdish	0
Lao	0
Latvian	0
Lingala	0
Lithuanian	0
Macedonian	0
Malay	5
Malayalam	5
Maltese	0
Mandarin	10
Marathi	0
Nepali	0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0
Norwegian	5
Oromo	0
Panjabi (Punjabi)	20
Pashto	0
Persian (Farsi)	10
Polish	15
Portuguese	5
Romanian	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0
Russian	20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0
Serbian	0
Serbo-Croatian	5
Shanghainese	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5
Sindhi	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0
Slovak	0
Slovenian	0
Somali	0
Spanish	80
Swahili	0
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	90
Taiwanese	5
Tamil	0
Telugu	0
Thai	5
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	0
Ukrainian	5
Urdu	0
Vietnamese	5
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	170
Multiple responses	50
English and French	5
English and non-official language	10
French and non-official language	35
English, French and non-official language	0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.