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Census Profile

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,093 E
Population in 20061 2,364
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -11.5 E
Total private dwellings2 908
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 776
Population density per square kilometre 22.6
Land area (square km) 92.79
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,095
0 to 4 years 165
5 to 9 years 155
10 to 14 years 140
15 to 19 years 170
15 years 30
16 years 30
17 years 30
18 years 45
19 years 30
20 to 24 years 155
25 to 29 years 140
30 to 34 years 125
35 to 39 years 125
40 to 44 years 160
45 to 49 years 150
50 to 54 years 160
55 to 59 years 120
60 to 64 years 120
65 to 69 years 70
70 to 74 years 45
75 to 79 years 45
80 to 84 years 30
85 years and over 15
Median age of the population5 34.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 78.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,630
Married or living with a common-law partner 935
Married (and not separated) 630
Living common law 305
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 700
Single (never legally married) 545
Separated 25
Divorced 80
Widowed 45
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 565
Size of census family: 2 persons 265
Size of census family: 3 persons 115
Size of census family: 4 persons 110
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 75
Total number of census families in private households8 565
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 455
Married couples 300
Without children at home 140
With children at home 165
1 child 60
2 children 65
3 or more children 35
Common-law couples 150
Without children at home 65
With children at home 90
1 child 30
2 children 30
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 115
Female parent 95
1 child 55
2 children 20
3 or more children 20
Male parent 20
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 690
Under six years of age 190
6 to 14 years 250
15 to 17 years 85
18 to 24 years 130
25 years and over 40
Average number of children at home per census family 1.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,055
Number of persons not in census families 345
Living with relatives9 70
Living with non-relatives only 80
Living alone 195
Number of census family persons 1,710
Average number of persons per census family 3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 185
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 65
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 55
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 125
Total number of private households by household type10 775
Census-family households 545
One-family-only households11 470
Couple-family households12 395
Without children 170
With children 225
Lone-parent-family households 75
Other family households13 75
One-family households with persons not in a census family 55
Couple-family households14 35
Without children 15
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 230
One-person households 195
Two-or-more-person households 35
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 775
Single-detached house 505
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 65
Other dwelling17 205
Semi-detached house 75
Row house 90
Apartment, duplex 10
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 30
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 775
1 person 195
2 persons 250
3 persons 125
4 persons 110
5 persons 70
6 or more persons 30
Number of persons in private households 2,050
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,060
  Single responses  2,055
    English  1,855
    French  25
    Non-official languages  170
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 105
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  60
        Dene  30
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 45
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        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  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        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  0
        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  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        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 30
  Multiple responses          5
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    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 2,060
  English only 1,945
  French only 0
  English and French 110
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,060
  English 2,035
  French 20
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 20
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,060
  Single responses 2,055
    English 2,015
    French 5
    Non-official languages 45
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 25
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 15
        Dene 5
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 5
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        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. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        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 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses         0
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 5
    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 2,060
  None 1,940
  Single responses  125
    English  35
    French  10
    Non-official languages  80
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 55
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  35
        Dene  10
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 10
        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.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        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  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  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  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 20
  Multiple responses          0
    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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