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Census Profile

Data table

The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic	Hamilton (CMA) Ontario (Census metropolitan area)			Quebec (Province)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	721,053	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,903,001^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	692,911	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,546,131^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	4.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	4.7	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	294,150	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,685,926	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	282,186	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,343	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	525.6	...Data not available	...Data not available	5.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	1,371.85	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,356,547.02	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	721,050	350,650	370,400	7,903,000	3,875,860	4,027,140
0 to 4 years	38,350	19,835	18,515	440,840	225,525	215,320
5 to 9 years	39,540	20,330	19,210	399,575	203,675	195,900
10 to 14 years	42,155	21,725	20,425	418,205	213,540	204,665
15 to 19 years	49,130	25,345	23,785	491,980	249,960	242,020
15 years	9,195	4,730	4,455	93,955	47,690	46,265
16 years	9,690	5,040	4,650	96,095	48,880	47,210
17 years	9,855	4,990	4,865	97,795	49,925	47,875
18 years	10,080	5,165	4,910	100,210	50,910	49,305
19 years	10,315	5,415	4,900	103,915	52,545	51,370
20 to 24 years	47,725	24,245	23,485	489,185	246,850	242,340
25 to 29 years	43,780	21,655	22,125	490,665	245,695	244,970
30 to 34 years	42,905	20,660	22,240	531,445	264,980	266,460
35 to 39 years	45,065	21,700	23,365	498,225	249,610	248,615
40 to 44 years	50,510	24,625	25,880	520,805	261,120	259,690
45 to 49 years	58,415	28,610	29,805	623,575	311,320	312,250
50 to 54 years	56,410	27,790	28,620	648,695	320,695	327,995
55 to 59 years	48,450	23,270	25,175	579,280	285,295	293,990
60 to 64 years	43,055	20,515	22,545	512,830	250,675	262,155
65 to 69 years	32,725	15,595	17,130	403,210	194,305	208,905
70 to 74 years	26,225	12,205	14,020	291,755	135,830	155,925
75 to 79 years	22,240	9,785	12,450	232,355	101,675	130,680
80 to 84 years	17,860	7,340	10,515	176,420	69,170	107,250
85 years and over	16,515	5,415	11,100	153,945	45,945	108,005
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	41.2	40.0	42.4	41.9	40.7	43.0
% of the population aged 15 and over	83.4	82.3	84.3	84.1	83.4	84.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	601,010	288,760	312,250	6,644,380	3,233,120	3,411,260
Married or living with a common-law partner	340,905	170,180	170,720	3,745,320	1,875,415	1,869,905
Married (and not separated)	296,860	148,230	148,635	2,353,770	1,177,720	1,176,050
Living common law	44,040	21,950	22,085	1,391,550	697,695	693,850
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	260,105	118,580	141,530	2,899,060	1,357,705	1,541,360
Single (never legally married)	165,680	88,900	76,785	1,942,090	1,045,540	896,545
Separated	19,270	8,115	11,150	105,195	46,465	58,720
Divorced	36,695	14,060	22,630	463,830	188,265	275,565
Widowed	38,460	7,500	30,960	387,945	77,430	310,515
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	202,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	96,195	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,158,055	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	44,795	...Data not available	...Data not available	473,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	43,555	...Data not available	...Data not available	407,400	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	18,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	202,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	167,460	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,838,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	145,485	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,143,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	61,960	...Data not available	...Data not available	596,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	83,525	...Data not available	...Data not available	547,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	30,110	...Data not available	...Data not available	216,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	37,425	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	15,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	104,010	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	21,980	...Data not available	...Data not available	694,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	13,105	...Data not available	...Data not available	334,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	8,880	...Data not available	...Data not available	360,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	4,405	...Data not available	...Data not available	152,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	3,045	...Data not available	...Data not available	155,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	35,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	365,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	28,445	...Data not available	...Data not available	277,930	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	16,545	...Data not available	...Data not available	169,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	8,430	...Data not available	...Data not available	81,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	3,470	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	6,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	87,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	4,590	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	1,850	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,780	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	540	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	228,375	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,201,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	45,820	...Data not available	...Data not available	520,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	73,435	...Data not available	...Data not available	728,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	27,420	...Data not available	...Data not available	279,620	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	51,580	...Data not available	...Data not available	453,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	30,120	...Data not available	...Data not available	219,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	708,175	345,295	362,875	7,732,835	3,812,190	3,920,640
Number of persons not in census families	109,445	49,345	60,100	1,489,290	717,115	772,170
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	14,215	5,610	8,605	145,795	64,175	81,615
Living with non-relatives only	19,370	10,810	8,560	249,085	141,300	107,785
Living alone	75,865	32,930	42,930	1,094,410	511,640	582,770
Number of census family persons	598,730	295,950	302,775	6,243,545	3,095,075	3,148,470
Average number of persons per census family	3.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	107,660	48,005	59,660	1,128,815	510,045	618,775
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	35,350	9,495	25,855	413,235	124,645	288,590
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	5,260	1,185	4,075	45,530	11,850	33,680
Living with non-relatives only	1,600	770	835	24,935	11,985	12,950
Living alone	28,485	7,540	20,945	342,775	100,810	241,965
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	72,315	38,505	33,805	715,580	385,395	330,185
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	282,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,340	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	197,435	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,174,255	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	180,570	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,050,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	152,090	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,738,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	68,350	...Data not available	...Data not available	880,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	83,735	...Data not available	...Data not available	857,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	28,480	...Data not available	...Data not available	312,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	16,860	...Data not available	...Data not available	123,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	11,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	7,720	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	2,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	5,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	3,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	5,245	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	84,750	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,221,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	75,870	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	8,885	...Data not available	...Data not available	126,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	282,190	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	161,015	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,560,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	44,000	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,115	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	380	...Data not available	...Data not available	22,995	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	76,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,640,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	9,665	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	35,795	...Data not available	...Data not available	86,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	7,310	...Data not available	...Data not available	263,860	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	23,480	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,103,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	535	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	282,190	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	75,865	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	92,300	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,181,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	45,025	...Data not available	...Data not available	496,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	44,405	...Data not available	...Data not available	421,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	16,545	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	8,050	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,920	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	708,175	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,732,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.3	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	712,580	347,335	365,250	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
Single responses	700,400	341,440	358,955	7,663,135	3,764,810	3,898,325
English	540,870	265,275	275,595	599,225	297,875	301,355
French	10,150	4,575	5,580	6,102,210	2,994,300	3,107,910
Non-official languages	149,370	71,585	77,785	961,700	472,635	489,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	55	20	35	41,290	20,530	20,760
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,815	2,975	2,845
Cree, n.o.s.	10	5	5	15,135	7,570	7,565
Dene	0	0	0	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	8,715	4,200	4,515
Inuktitut	0	0	0	10,915	5,430	5,485
Mi'kmaq	5	5	5	670	340	325
Ojibway	35	15	20	30	15	15
Oji-Cree	5	0	0	5	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	148,255	71,075	77,180	908,480	445,970	462,515
African languages, n.i.e.	240	100	135	930	530	400
Afrikaans	210	95	115	100	50	45
Akan (Twi)	225	110	110	1,140	560	585
Albanian	1,230	645	585	2,405	1,240	1,170
Amharic	225	115	110	690	340	355
Arabic	7,665	4,075	3,590	140,035	74,985	65,050
Armenian	340	170	175	15,030	7,335	7,700
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	185	75	110	1,645	875	770
Bengali	1,120	570	545	10,405	5,305	5,100
Berber languages (Kabyle)	10	5	0	5,645	3,095	2,550
Bisayan languages	195	75	115	955	280	670
Bosnian	975	480	490	1,505	745	760
Bulgarian	225	105	115	6,495	3,165	3,330
Burmese	60	25	30	60	25	35
Cantonese	1,975	930	1,040	10,975	5,185	5,790
Chinese, n.o.s.	4,775	2,355	2,415	41,590	19,745	21,850
Creoles	285	140	145	49,475	21,965	27,510
Croatian	6,015	2,940	3,075	2,375	1,220	1,160
Czech	1,575	725	845	1,645	790	855
Danish	315	145	175	305	145	160
Dutch	4,865	2,245	2,620	3,245	1,595	1,645
Estonian	265	115	155	200	75	125
Finnish	180	75	105	415	155	255
Flemish	110	50	60	590	250	340
Fukien	5	5	5	75	30	45
German	6,630	2,920	3,710	15,025	6,920	8,105
Greek	2,060	1,070	985	39,825	20,135	19,690
Gujarati	1,320	675	640	5,940	2,915	3,025
Hakka	10	5	10	105	40	60
Hebrew	155	75	75	3,975	2,105	1,870
Hindi	1,275	635	640	2,745	1,435	1,310
Hungarian	3,700	1,715	1,980	6,675	3,250	3,430
Ilocano	240	90	150	1,685	615	1,075
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	145	75	70	560	320	240
Italian	19,030	9,360	9,670	113,815	56,530	57,285
Japanese	405	140	265	2,175	680	1,495
Khmer (Cambodian)	940	460	480	8,620	4,035	4,580
Korean	2,105	980	1,120	4,085	1,785	2,300
Kurdish	1,020	525	495	820	465	360
Lao	380	185	190	4,185	2,050	2,140
Latvian	465	190	275	335	125	205
Lingala	30	10	20	2,045	980	1,070
Lithuanian	650	255	390	650	275	370
Macedonian	640	320	320	195	105	95
Malay	145	55	90	625	250	375
Malayalam	535	270	255	315	165	150
Maltese	185	85	105	30	15	15
Mandarin	2,210	1,050	1,165	11,290	5,155	6,130
Marathi	110	60	45	160	90	65
Nepali	65	25	40	1,280	620	660
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	145	75	65	4,565	2,470	2,090
Norwegian	50	15	35	275	130	140
Oromo	60	30	30	7,035	3,865	3,170
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5,680	2,865	2,815	11,150	5,990	5,160
Pashto	250	140	110	990	545	445
Persian (Farsi)	2,735	1,390	1,345	19,835	10,340	9,500
Polish	10,235	4,605	5,630	15,250	6,695	8,555
Portuguese	8,760	4,385	4,375	34,265	16,505	17,760
Romanian	2,300	1,100	1,200	31,245	15,115	16,130
Rundi (Kirundi)	55	25	30	2,370	1,150	1,220
Russian	2,030	910	1,115	24,085	10,765	13,320
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	55	20	35	2,005	875	1,130
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	1,760	865	890	150	80	75
Serbian	6,380	3,210	3,165	2,955	1,485	1,470
Serbo-Croatian	525	255	265	1,910	945	970
Shanghainese	10	10	0	95	40	50
Sign languages, n.i.e.	90	45	50	520	305	215
Sindhi	130	65	65	305	145	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	285	135	145	585	305	280
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	255	135	125	95	55	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	185	95	95	325	180	145
Slovak	800	330	460	1,180	525	660
Slovenian	805	385	420	840	375	460
Somali	795	355	440	855	435	420
Spanish	9,455	4,450	5,005	131,850	64,490	67,365
Swahili	280	115	160	2,065	1,060	1,010
Swedish	130	65	65	515	240	280
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	4,560	1,735	2,825	13,740	4,655	9,090
Taiwanese	65	30	35	405	190	215
Tamil	480	235	240	13,245	6,645	6,595
Telugu	110	60	50	365	200	160
Thai	170	80	90	725	190	535
Tibetan languages	0	5	0	110	60	50
Tigrigna	115	50	60	350	160	190
Turkish	830	425	400	6,915	3,605	3,305
Ukrainian	2,825	1,200	1,625	4,785	2,095	2,690
Urdu	3,785	1,910	1,875	9,800	5,115	4,690
Vietnamese	3,275	1,590	1,690	26,560	12,675	13,885
Yiddish	85	40	40	9,035	4,515	4,520
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,065	495	565	11,930	6,140	5,790
Multiple responses	12,180	5,890	6,290	152,820	76,455	76,365
English and French	1,545	705	840	64,800	32,390	32,405
English and non-official language	9,670	4,725	4,945	23,435	11,455	11,975
French and non-official language	735	355	380	51,640	25,810	25,825
English, French and non-official language	230	105	130	12,950	6,790	6,155
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	712,580	347,330	365,250	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,690
English only	656,790	323,870	332,920	363,860	180,175	183,690
French only	475	220	255	4,047,175	1,871,500	2,175,675
English and French	45,060	19,205	25,855	3,328,725	1,758,410	1,570,310
Neither English nor French	10,250	4,040	6,210	76,190	31,175	45,015
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	712,580	347,335	365,245	7,815,955	3,841,265	3,974,695
English	690,030	337,660	352,365	935,635	465,965	469,675
French	9,945	4,500	5,440	6,561,510	3,216,790	3,344,720
English and French	2,625	1,265	1,365	245,230	128,655	116,575
Neither English nor French	9,980	3,905	6,075	73,580	29,860	43,720
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	11,260	5,135	6,120	1,058,250	530,290	527,960
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.6	1.5	1.7	13.5	13.8	13.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	712,580	347,330	365,250	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,695
Single responses	688,605	335,715	352,890	7,570,900	3,720,195	3,850,710
English	613,375	299,745	313,625	767,415	379,915	387,500
French	3,350	1,505	1,850	6,249,080	3,071,635	3,177,450
Non-official languages	71,875	34,465	37,415	554,400	268,640	285,760
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	10	0	5	37,955	19,060	18,895
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,365	2,805	2,560
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	14,155	7,085	7,075
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	7,730	3,760	3,965
Inuktitut	0	0	0	10,360	5,230	5,130
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	330	175	155
Ojibway	5	0	5	10	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	71,430	34,235	37,195	511,880	247,275	264,610
African languages, n.i.e.	230	115	120	220	105	115
Afrikaans	105	50	55	25	10	15
Akan (Twi)	85	35	45	565	260	310
Albanian	860	435	420	1,510	765	745
Amharic	110	50	55	360	165	195
Arabic	4,695	2,370	2,325	72,955	37,360	35,590
Armenian	120	55	65	10,980	5,195	5,785
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	50	20	25	290	140	155
Bengali	790	395	395	8,285	4,110	4,170
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,915	1,005	915
Bisayan languages	65	35	35	235	95	140
Bosnian	630	325	310	1,030	525	505
Bulgarian	100	50	50	4,940	2,430	2,505
Burmese	30	15	15	30	10	15
Cantonese	1,275	595	680	8,340	3,980	4,360
Chinese, n.o.s.	4,075	2,155	1,920	33,890	16,270	17,620
Creoles	125	60	60	19,430	8,295	11,135
Croatian	2,500	1,185	1,315	1,060	510	545
Czech	920	440	475	510	240	275
Danish	10	5	5	35	20	15
Dutch	270	115	150	525	245	280
Estonian	60	20	40	30	15	15
Finnish	15	5	10	65	25	40
Flemish	5	5	0	95	45	55
Fukien	0	0	5	15	10	5
German	810	365	445	3,025	1,435	1,590
Greek	750	345	405	20,060	9,685	10,380
Gujarati	775	395	375	3,955	1,905	2,050
Hakka	0	0	0	20	5	15
Hebrew	65	30	35	1,735	885	845
Hindi	595	305	295	1,450	720	725
Hungarian	1,410	655	755	2,390	1,070	1,315
Ilocano	100	35	65	585	225	360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	45	25	20	275	145	130
Italian	6,385	2,750	3,635	39,540	17,925	21,615
Japanese	110	40	75	915	390	525
Khmer (Cambodian)	565	270	295	5,350	2,475	2,875
Korean	1,495	730	770	2,955	1,360	1,590
Kurdish	730	365	365	380	200	180
Lao	195	95	95	2,395	1,160	1,235
Latvian	160	60	95	90	35	55
Lingala	5	0	5	545	250	290
Lithuanian	200	75	125	150	60	90
Macedonian	255	130	130	125	65	60
Malay	105	50	50	225	115	120
Malayalam	260	125	135	75	40	35
Maltese	25	15	10	0	0	0
Mandarin	1,645	810	835	9,325	4,485	4,835
Marathi	40	25	15	65	40	25
Nepali	40	20	20	1,170	575	600
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	20	20	975	465	505
Norwegian	0	0	5	40	20	25
Oromo	25	15	15	2,115	1,110	1,010
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,785	1,870	1,920	8,345	4,415	3,925
Pashto	155	80	70	805	430	380
Persian (Farsi)	1,765	840	925	14,380	7,125	7,255
Polish	4,295	1,990	2,300	6,955	3,160	3,800
Portuguese	3,810	1,840	1,970	16,015	7,615	8,405
Romanian	1,205	595	610	22,790	11,190	11,605
Rundi (Kirundi)	20	5	15	665	305	355
Russian	1,235	580	655	18,465	8,740	9,725
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	5	0	5	450	210	235
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	1,300	615	680	75	40	35
Serbian	3,690	1,805	1,885	2,015	985	1,025
Serbo-Croatian	245	120	120	1,180	580	600
Shanghainese	0	0	0	30	15	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	170	95	75	975	625	355
Sindhi	40	15	25	175	85	90
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	120	55	65	330	165	170
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	225	120	110	55	20	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	20	10	145	65	75
Slovak	310	145	165	255	115	140
Slovenian	245	110	135	295	130	170
Somali	540	235	310	520	245	275
Spanish	5,635	2,705	2,935	88,380	43,095	45,290
Swahili	140	60	80	750	365	385
Swedish	30	15	15	115	55	55
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,990	865	1,120	7,280	2,815	4,465
Taiwanese	40	25	15	220	115	100
Tamil	265	125	135	11,270	5,585	5,685
Telugu	70	35	35	220	120	105
Thai	105	65	40	210	95	115
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	80	40	40
Tigrigna	50	25	30	170	80	90
Turkish	465	240	220	4,945	2,470	2,475
Ukrainian	730	300	430	1,925	835	1,090
Urdu	2,395	1,175	1,215	7,125	3,595	3,530
Vietnamese	2,375	1,145	1,225	20,740	9,845	10,895
Yiddish	5	5	0	6,275	3,225	3,050
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	435	230	210	4,565	2,310	2,265
Multiple responses	23,975	11,620	12,355	245,055	121,070	123,985
English and French	950	460	490	71,555	35,860	35,695
English and non-official language	22,310	10,830	11,480	43,765	21,305	22,460
French and non-official language	310	155	160	100,110	48,590	51,525
English, French and non-official language	405	170	235	29,625	15,315	14,310
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	712,580	347,330	365,245	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
None	625,340	305,925	319,415	6,691,145	3,279,620	3,411,525
Single responses	85,550	40,600	44,950	1,046,580	522,335	524,245
English	30,760	15,095	15,665	459,125	234,190	224,935
French	6,625	2,775	3,845	298,090	147,040	151,050
Non-official languages	48,165	22,725	25,435	289,365	141,100	148,260
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	45	20	30	3,380	1,585	1,795
Atikamekw	0	0	0	470	205	270
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	5	1,250	630	620
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	920	435	490
Inuktitut	0	5	0	485	205	275
Mi'kmaq	5	0	0	250	110	135
Ojibway	35	15	20	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	5	0	0	5	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	47,505	22,445	25,060	279,095	136,070	143,025
African languages, n.i.e.	105	50	55	625	335	295
Afrikaans	105	50	55	65	35	30
Akan (Twi)	110	55	50	475	240	240
Albanian	205	105	100	400	200	200
Amharic	90	45	40	195	95	100
Arabic	2,360	1,275	1,090	49,400	26,430	22,965
Armenian	105	50	60	2,500	1,235	1,265
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	115	50	65	945	495	450
Bengali	250	140	110	1,140	635	505
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,980	1,050	930
Bisayan languages	50	20	30	250	80	165
Bosnian	225	110	115	310	145	165
Bulgarian	70	35	40	835	380	450
Burmese	15	15	10	10	5	5
Cantonese	585	275	315	1,890	935	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	920	420	495	5,395	2,480	2,920
Creoles	210	95	115	34,645	15,580	19,065
Croatian	2,295	1,090	1,205	600	280	325
Czech	335	145	190	445	205	240
Danish	90	35	60	130	50	75
Dutch	1,665	710	955	930	415	515
Estonian	80	40	40	60	25	35
Finnish	50	10	35	140	60	85
Flemish	35	15	20	110	45	65
Fukien	5	0	0	25	10	15
German	2,365	1,015	1,350	5,900	2,720	3,175
Greek	1,080	545	535	14,520	7,350	7,165
Gujarati	420	215	205	1,185	600	585
Hakka	5	0	5	50	20	30
Hebrew	130	65	65	2,975	1,475	1,505
Hindi	790	390	400	1,870	985	890
Hungarian	1,045	475	570	1,580	715	865
Ilocano	65	20	45	505	180	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	110	60	50	210	110	95
Italian	6,985	3,405	3,585	39,030	19,225	19,810
Japanese	220	105	115	1,070	465	610
Khmer (Cambodian)	235	115	125	2,300	1,070	1,230
Korean	415	200	210	650	275	375
Kurdish	215	115	100	230	125	110
Lao	110	50	55	1,095	530	565
Latvian	145	65	85	90	35	55
Lingala	65	25	35	2,585	1,255	1,325
Lithuanian	195	70	125	180	65	120
Macedonian	215	100	115	45	20	25
Malay	80	35	45	235	105	130
Malayalam	215	110	105	135	70	70
Maltese	85	35	55	5	5	0
Mandarin	510	230	275	1,880	810	1,075
Marathi	25	10	20	55	30	30
Nepali	15	5	5	40	25	25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	135	65	70	2,705	1,350	1,355
Norwegian	25	10	15	110	60	55
Oromo	10	5	5	2,435	1,275	1,160
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,415	740	675	1,755	960	795
Pashto	60	35	25	80	50	30
Persian (Farsi)	615	345	270	2,920	1,600	1,325
Polish	3,140	1,385	1,755	3,465	1,400	2,065
Portuguese	3,480	1,720	1,760	9,950	4,785	5,165
Romanian	700	320	385	4,475	2,070	2,410
Rundi (Kirundi)	25	15	10	1,140	565	575
Russian	545	245	295	4,610	2,105	2,500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	40	20	25	920	390	530
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	310	150	160	55	35	25
Serbian	1,890	955	930	540	275	265
Serbo-Croatian	150	70	80	350	185	165
Shanghainese	0	0	0	50	25	25
Sign languages, n.i.e.	85	30	60	445	205	240
Sindhi	50	25	25	110	50	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	130	60	65	175	95	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	25	15	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	75	40	35	95	55	45
Slovak	190	75	120	310	140	175
Slovenian	220	95	120	225	95	130
Somali	170	75	95	250	135	120
Spanish	3,370	1,580	1,795	40,335	19,665	20,670
Swahili	170	80	90	1,245	615	630
Swedish	60	25	35	320	150	175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,490	520	975	4,875	1,540	3,335
Taiwanese	15	5	10	135	65	70
Tamil	155	75	80	1,510	790	720
Telugu	30	15	15	80	50	30
Thai	60	25	30	320	100	215
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	30	15	10
Tigrigna	55	25	35	90	45	45
Turkish	245	120	120	1,270	690	575
Ukrainian	850	355	495	1,245	535	715
Urdu	940	465	475	2,205	1,200	1,010
Vietnamese	770	370	400	4,620	2,245	2,375
Yiddish	5	0	5	1,690	765	920
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	615	265	350	6,890	3,445	3,445
Multiple responses	1,690	800	885	78,230	39,305	38,925
English and French	190	95	100	30,610	15,760	14,845
English and non-official language	510	260	250	24,795	12,330	12,465
French and non-official language	980	450	535	21,860	10,720	11,145
English, French and non-official language	10	5	5	965	500	465

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

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X area and data suppression

In addition to random rounding, area and data suppression has been adopted to further protect the confidentiality of individual respondents' personal information.

Area and data suppression results in the deletion of all information for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. For example, areas with a population of less than 40 persons are suppressed. If the community searched has a population of less than 40 persons, only the total population counts will be available.

Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

^† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

¶ incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

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.. not available for a specific reference period

Data quality index: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 25% (suppressed). Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement: There were 13 Indian reserves and Indian settlements where enumeration was not possible as a result of forest fires in Northern Ontario at the time of census collection. Collection for these communities was done at a later time. While the data are not included in the 2011 Census tabulations, it is expected that separate special tables showing data for these communities will be made available at a later date, subject to data quality evaluation. Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

... not applicable

A possible reason for the use of the three dots (...) symbol is:

A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

2011 and 2006 population

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

Total private dwellings

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Age

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

Median age

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 6

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Total number of census families in private households

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Total number of census families in private households

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Living with relatives

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Total number of private households by household type

Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

One-family-only households

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Other family households

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Movable dwelling

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

Other dwelling

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Total number of private households by household size

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

Total population excluding institutional residents

The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 20

Selected Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 21

Selected non-Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 22

Other languages

This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 23

Official language minority

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2012. Hamilton, Ontario (Code 537) and Quebec (Code 24) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 19, 2024).

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Designated places	IVT (4,492 KB)	XML (8,996 KB)
Population centres	IVT (4,511 KB)	XML (6,566 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions, census subdivisions and dissemination areas	IVT (233,928 KB)	XML (384,573 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	IVT (536 KB)	XML (1,140 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (December 2013)	IVT (1,330 KB)	..
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Map: Hamilton (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

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Map: Hamilton, Census metropolitan area (shaded in green), Ontario

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Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Hamilton (Census metropolitan area)

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- Ontario (Province)
  - Hamilton (Census metropolitan area)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)

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2011 Census

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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Hamilton (Census metropolitan area), Ontario, 2011
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2011 Census

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2011 Census

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2011 Census

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