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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 872,450 708,285 133,450 19,190
0 to 4 years 49,055 39,105 6,095 1,300
5 to 9 years 48,720 40,235 6,480 1,845
10 to 14 years 50,575 41,745 6,700 2,060
15 to 19 years 58,065 48,475 7,740 1,785
20 to 24 years 65,765 55,740 8,490 1,410
25 to 29 years 61,020 51,440 8,140 1,245
30 to 34 years 57,520 47,545 8,535 1,250
35 to 39 years 60,120 49,535 8,845 1,490
40 to 44 years 63,950 52,490 9,540 1,560
45 to 49 years 72,805 58,950 12,010 1,355
50 to 54 years 68,525 54,975 11,910 1,115
55 to 59 years 57,295 45,700 10,135 865
60 to 64 years 50,000 39,880 8,790 615
65 to 69 years 35,505 27,435 6,625 440
70 to 74 years 26,360 19,735 4,895 340
75 to 79 years 20,480 15,195 3,775 245
80 to 84 years 14,730 10,945 2,645 165
85 years and over 11,960 9,150 2,090 95
Median ageFootnote 2 38.8 38.0 43.0 29.8
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 724,100 587,200 114,175 13,985
Married or living with a common-law partner 409,130 332,120 64,170 7,525
Married (and not separated) 346,535 283,040 51,240 7,025
Living common law 62,590 49,080 12,930 500
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 314,975 255,080 50,005 6,460
Single (never legally married) 220,885 182,915 32,330 5,130
Separated 20,445 16,065 3,680 380
Divorced 42,095 33,160 7,950 610
Widowed 31,545 22,940 6,045 340
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 872,450 708,285 133,450 19,190
English only 522,980 522,980 0 0
French only 12,915 0 12,915 0
English and French 324,690 185,055 120,460 19,175
Neither English nor French 11,860 250 70 15
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
Single responses 846,085 689,835 129,465 15,265
English 544,045 543,935 110 0
French 123,925 1,845 122,085 0
Non-official languages 178,120 144,055 7,270 15,260
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 460 435 0 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 145 140 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 205 200 5 0
Mi'kmaq 25 20 0 0
Ojibway 65 65 0 5
Oji-Cree 10 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 175,735 142,120 7,100 15,095
African languages, n.i.e. 450 385 40 25
Afrikaans 135 135 5 5
Akan (Twi) 310 295 0 15
Albanian 580 500 5 30
Amharic 1,165 1,065 10 50
Arabic 28,190 20,360 1,360 4,365
Armenian 420 270 20 105
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 510 315 150 30
Bengali 2,845 2,560 0 165
Berber languages (Kabyle) 65 15 25 25
Bisayan languages 380 370 0 0
Bosnian 575 500 5 40
Bulgarian 825 665 10 120
Burmese 160 140 0 0
Cantonese 6,405 5,025 40 210
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,730 10,590 45 450
Creoles 3,620 680 2,110 680
Croatian 985 890 10 60
Czech 990 925 10 50
Danish 320 315 0 5
Dutch 2,365 2,270 30 50
Estonian 185 170 0 15
Finnish 325 320 0 5
Flemish 80 70 15 5
Fukien 85 70 0 5
German 5,810 5,510 70 220
Greek 2,035 1,840 25 110
Gujarati 1,210 1,115 0 35
Hakka 60 50 0 0
Hebrew 350 335 0 15
Hindi 2,330 2,190 10 65
Hungarian 1,725 1,565 25 115
Ilocano 360 360 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 110 0 10
Italian 9,440 8,360 200 415
Japanese 935 845 15 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,095 925 15 50
Korean 1,605 1,430 5 65
Kurdish 645 555 5 40
Lao 355 290 20 35
Latvian 275 255 0 15
Lingala 275 40 180 50
Lithuanian 210 195 0 15
Macedonian 60 55 0 5
Malay 355 340 0 10
Malayalam 445 420 0 15
Maltese 35 35 0 0
Mandarin 6,820 5,615 15 270
Marathi 230 215 0 15
Nepali 465 410 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 575 340 180 55
Norwegian 140 130 0 5
Oromo 365 200 70 65
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,295 2,930 0 160
Pashto 705 590 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 6,050 5,115 50 425
Polish 5,750 5,070 70 470
Portuguese 3,920 3,045 235 390
Romanian 2,390 1,545 75 645
Rundi (Kirundi) 550 60 330 145
Russian 5,475 4,550 40 545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 515 135 245 115
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 130 5 10
Serbian 1,680 1,305 15 270
Serbo-Croatian 545 470 5 55
Shanghainese 75 55 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 55 5 5
Sindhi 250 230 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 720 680 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 275 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Slovak 620 585 5 20
Slovenian 235 225 0 5
Somali 6,135 4,140 620 925
Spanish 10,850 8,725 290 1,320
Swahili 800 420 230 125
Swedish 275 250 5 20
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 4,870 4,770 10 35
Taiwanese 170 150 5 5
Tamil 2,060 1,855 0 90
Telugu 335 325 0 0
Thai 335 305 0 10
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 740 685 5 20
Turkish 1,395 1,195 10 115
Ukrainian 1,565 1,355 10 165
Urdu 3,675 3,425 5 120
Vietnamese 5,800 4,555 90 570
Yiddish 230 220 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 7 1,925 1,500 170 160
Multiple responses 26,360 18,450 3,980 3,925
English and French 10,750 6,370 1,150 3,230
English and non-official language 11,090 11,080 10 0
French and non-official language 2,955 235 2,715 0
English, French and non-official language 1,570 765 105 700
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
Single responses 830,480 680,455 124,845 13,655
English 652,455 613,745 38,710 0
French 86,035 2,385 83,650 0
Non-official languages 91,995 64,325 2,490 13,650
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 115 100 0 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 40 30 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 5 0
Inuktitut 60 50 0 5
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 5
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 91,210 63,815 2,445 13,540
African languages, n.i.e. 175 150 10 10
Afrikaans 50 45 0 5
Akan (Twi) 110 100 0 15
Albanian 290 220 5 20
Amharic 655 580 5 35
Arabic 16,965 10,480 590 3,795
Armenian 210 100 5 90
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 45 10 15
Bengali 1,920 1,640 10 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 5 0 20
Bisayan languages 115 110 0 0
Bosnian 295 235 0 35
Bulgarian 435 290 0 120
Burmese 100 75 0 5
Cantonese 4,000 2,630 5 195
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,475 6,425 20 415
Creoles 1,590 165 710 560
Croatian 370 285 5 60
Czech 275 220 0 45
Danish 25 20 0 5
Dutch 155 100 0 50
Estonian 45 35 0 10
Finnish 25 25 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0
Fukien 20 5 0 0
German 730 520 10 185
Greek 635 470 5 100
Gujarati 460 375 0 30
Hakka 15 10 0 0
Hebrew 135 110 0 15
Hindi 1,045 910 0 65
Hungarian 495 370 0 95
Ilocano 165 160 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 5
Italian 2,915 2,060 45 345
Japanese 375 300 10 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 375 10 40
Korean 995 825 0 70
Kurdish 405 335 0 25
Lao 190 140 5 30
Latvian 70 50 0 20
Lingala 105 10 45 40
Lithuanian 50 35 0 10
Macedonian 25 10 0 5
Malay 115 95 0 5
Malayalam 180 160 5 10
Maltese 5 10 0 0
Mandarin 5,195 3,950 15 285
Marathi 120 100 0 15
Nepali 345 290 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 105 50 10 45
Norwegian 10 5 0 10
Oromo 195 110 15 60
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,800 1,455 0 145
Pashto 515 405 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 3,880 2,995 10 400
Polish 2,325 1,735 15 430
Portuguese 1,615 935 85 340
Romanian 1,240 485 30 605
Rundi (Kirundi) 210 20 60 120
Russian 3,465 2,535 25 545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 205 35 50 95
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 55 0 10
Serbian 1,145 790 0 265
Serbo-Croatian 280 220 0 45
Shanghainese 40 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 190 110 15 5
Sindhi 60 45 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 345 305 0 15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 275 210 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Slovak 190 160 0 20
Slovenian 35 30 0 5
Somali 3,850 2,280 315 790
Spanish 5,755 3,870 135 1,225
Swahili 305 110 55 110
Swedish 65 45 0 20
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,090 2,005 0 25
Taiwanese 75 65 0 0
Tamil 1,270 1,075 0 75
Telugu 120 115 0 0
Thai 120 90 0 5
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 390 335 5 20
Turkish 760 585 0 105
Ukrainian 405 220 5 150
Urdu 1,995 1,750 0 110
Vietnamese 4,035 2,845 50 545
Yiddish 20 10 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 11 665 405 45 110
Multiple responses 41,970 27,830 8,600 5,535
English and French 10,775 1,615 5,425 3,735
English and non-official language 25,800 25,600 200 0
French and non-official language 2,400 75 2,330 0
English, French and non-official language 2,990 540 645 1,805
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
None 671,880 584,715 66,980 9,685
Single responses 192,740 119,655 64,550 7,520
English 75,780 34,065 35,620 5,490
French 55,510 31,410 22,885 1,175
Non-official languages 61,455 54,180 6,045 850
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 315 305 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 95 100 0 0
Dene 0 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 5 0
Inuktitut 135 135 5 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0
Ojibway 65 60 0 0
Oji-Cree 10 10 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 60,025 52,920 5,915 830
African languages, n.i.e. 190 150 35 0
Afrikaans 65 65 0 0
Akan (Twi) 220 220 0 0
Albanian 150 155 0 0
Amharic 365 345 10 0
Arabic 8,665 7,460 960 205
Armenian 105 90 10 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 275 150 115 5
Bengali 625 625 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 10 20 5
Bisayan languages 95 95 0 0
Bosnian 185 190 0 0
Bulgarian 250 245 0 0
Burmese 50 40 0 0
Cantonese 1,740 1,695 15 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,745 2,695 15 10
Creoles 2,485 555 1,865 65
Croatian 370 355 5 5
Czech 325 320 5 0
Danish 135 130 5 0
Dutch 785 770 15 0
Estonian 55 60 5 0
Finnish 125 125 0 0
Flemish 20 15 5 0
Fukien 35 35 0 0
German 2,400 2,295 85 15
Greek 1,085 1,060 15 10
Gujarati 595 585 5 5
Hakka 20 10 0 0
Hebrew 350 340 10 0
Hindi 1,395 1,375 5 5
Hungarian 530 515 5 5
Ilocano 95 95 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 5
Italian 3,965 3,755 180 30
Japanese 535 500 30 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 380 365 5 10
Korean 470 455 10 0
Kurdish 145 140 0 0
Lao 95 85 10 0
Latvian 75 75 0 0
Lingala 465 20 420 20
Lithuanian 65 65 0 5
Macedonian 20 15 0 0
Malay 165 165 0 0
Malayalam 190 190 0 0
Maltese 15 20 0 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,565 20 5
Marathi 60 60 0 0
Nepali 60 60 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 520 320 185 10
Norwegian 75 70 5 0
Oromo 75 35 35 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,055 1,050 0 5
Pashto 135 120 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,425 1,365 20 15
Polish 1,835 1,780 40 15
Portuguese 1,405 1,275 100 25
Romanian 685 635 30 20
Rundi (Kirundi) 300 25 275 5
Russian 1,425 1,375 20 20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 250 65 175 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5
Serbian 315 310 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 0
Shanghainese 20 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 125 120 10 0
Sindhi 125 120 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 285 280 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Slovak 225 225 0 0
Slovenian 65 65 0 0
Somali 1,965 1,535 400 25
Spanish 4,940 4,395 410 130
Swahili 595 315 250 25
Swedish 155 150 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,840 1,835 0 0
Taiwanese 65 60 0 0
Tamil 650 635 5 5
Telugu 135 135 0 5
Thai 195 185 5 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 250 245 0 5
Turkish 380 365 10 5
Ukrainian 510 490 5 10
Urdu 1,400 1,385 5 5
Vietnamese 1,325 1,235 35 15
Yiddish 50 50 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 1,115 950 125 20
Multiple responses 7,835 3,915 1,910 1,985
English and French 2,275 185 210 1,855
English and non-official language 2,000 620 1,315 65
French and non-official language 3,495 3,100 385 10
English, French and non-official language 70 10 0 60
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 872,450 708,285 133,450 19,190
English 708,285 708,285 0 0
French 133,450 0 133,445 0
English and French 19,190 0 0 19,190
Neither English nor French 11,525 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 143,040 0 133,445 9,595
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 16.4 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

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 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

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 5

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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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 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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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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 15

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 16

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 17

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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Footnote 18

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, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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