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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 Essex
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 384,930 364,845 10,825 2,400
0 to 4 years 21,100 19,960 160 110
5 to 9 years 22,935 22,235 265 330
10 to 14 years 24,440 23,745 315 310
15 to 19 years 26,805 26,080 395 260
20 to 24 years 25,190 24,585 335 165
25 to 29 years 21,655 20,965 340 115
30 to 34 years 22,295 21,435 415 140
35 to 39 years 25,355 24,185 565 140
40 to 44 years 27,790 26,500 635 205
45 to 49 years 31,090 29,470 965 170
50 to 54 years 30,020 28,460 1,040 135
55 to 59 years 26,090 24,580 985 100
60 to 64 years 23,745 22,245 1,070 55
65 to 69 years 17,585 16,105 980 40
70 to 74 years 13,510 12,090 750 50
75 to 79 years 10,760 9,480 665 40
80 to 84 years 8,050 7,045 545 20
85 years and over 6,510 5,675 395 10
Median ageFootnote 2 40.5 39.9 54.9 26.1
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 316,465 298,910 10,085 1,645
Married or living with a common-law partner 182,400 171,045 6,450 880
Married (and not separated) 162,160 151,575 5,790 840
Living common law 20,235 19,465 655 40
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 134,065 127,860 3,630 775
Single (never legally married) 86,090 83,525 1,610 600
Separated 9,635 9,115 320 50
Divorced 19,875 18,965 690 75
Widowed 18,465 16,255 1,010 50
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 384,930 364,845 10,825 2,400
English only 341,720 341,720 0 0
French only 455 0 455 0
English and French 35,775 23,030 10,350 2,400
Neither English nor French 6,980 100 20 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 384,935 364,850 10,825 2,400
Single responses 376,960 357,535 10,520 2,045
English 281,970 281,960 15 0
French 11,705 1,530 10,175 0
Non-official languages 83,275 74,050 325 2,045
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 20 20 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 82,885 73,710 315 2,035
African languages, n.i.e. 205 190 5 0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0
Albanian 1,080 960 5 35
Amharic 130 125 0 0
Arabic 11,550 9,895 85 685
Armenian 230 200 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 40 5 10
Bengali 625 565 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 70 65 0 0
Bosnian 330 310 5 5
Bulgarian 100 100 0 5
Burmese 20 20 0 0
Cantonese 1,230 1,020 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,440 2,900 0 40
Creoles 185 90 25 60
Croatian 1,850 1,790 0 15
Czech 195 195 0 0
Danish 85 85 0 0
Dutch 815 805 0 10
Estonian 15 15 0 0
Finnish 160 160 0 0
Flemish 100 95 5 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 8,950 8,400 0 35
Greek 1,100 1,055 5 10
Gujarati 635 575 0 5
Hakka 10 5 0 0
Hebrew 35 30 0 0
Hindi 600 580 0 5
Hungarian 1,510 1,435 5 20
Ilocano 75 75 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0
Italian 10,780 10,065 10 100
Japanese 85 75 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 450 380 0 5
Korean 420 380 0 5
Kurdish 130 110 0 0
Lao 250 210 0 5
Latvian 15 20 0 0
Lingala 20 10 5 5
Lithuanian 80 75 0 0
Macedonian 1,210 1,145 0 15
Malay 60 60 0 0
Malayalam 150 140 0 0
Maltese 235 230 0 5
Mandarin 1,110 940 5 30
Marathi 80 80 0 0
Nepali 95 60 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 175 170 0 5
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 45 40 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,095 1,835 0 45
Pashto 35 30 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 615 565 5 20
Polish 3,430 3,205 5 80
Portuguese 2,390 2,080 10 30
Romanian 2,410 2,010 10 275
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 15 15 5
Russian 555 495 0 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 95 45 30 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,085 1,765 5 35
Serbian 3,040 2,855 0 60
Serbo-Croatian 215 210 0 0
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 20 0 0
Sindhi 25 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 115 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 195 125 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 150 140 0 0
Slovak 1,030 1,000 0 5
Slovenian 195 190 0 0
Somali 575 470 0 0
Spanish 4,960 3,350 20 160
Swahili 135 70 35 25
Swedish 20 15 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,800 1,780 0 5
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0
Tamil 260 245 0 5
Telugu 115 115 0 0
Thai 185 85 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 110 0 0
Turkish 400 375 0 5
Ukrainian 730 710 0 0
Urdu 1,915 1,815 0 30
Vietnamese 1,925 1,680 5 30
Yiddish 25 25 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 375 315 10 10
Multiple responses 7,975 7,310 305 360
English and French 1,720 1,425 60 240
English and non-official language 5,555 5,550 5 0
French and non-official language 440 210 230 0
English, French and non-official language 265 135 15 115
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 384,930 364,850 10,820 2,400
Single responses 371,215 352,170 10,275 1,910
English 325,170 318,035 7,140 0
French 3,235 310 2,925 0
Non-official languages 42,810 33,825 215 1,905
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 5 5 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 42,670 33,730 215 1,895
African languages, n.i.e. 115 100 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0
Akan (Twi) 15 20 0 0
Albanian 570 450 0 40
Amharic 70 65 0 0
Arabic 6,930 5,295 100 630
Armenian 105 80 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Bengali 425 370 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 15 15 0 0
Bosnian 180 160 0 5
Bulgarian 55 50 0 5
Burmese 10 15 0 0
Cantonese 905 690 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,435 1,910 5 35
Creoles 100 20 10 55
Croatian 705 650 0 10
Czech 50 50 5 0
Danish 5 10 0 0
Dutch 35 25 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 3,420 2,880 0 25
Greek 450 410 0 5
Gujarati 395 340 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 5 10 0 0
Hindi 325 300 0 5
Hungarian 475 410 0 10
Ilocano 5 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Italian 3,730 3,020 15 95
Japanese 35 30 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 200 0 5
Korean 300 260 0 0
Kurdish 90 70 0 0
Lao 155 120 0 0
Latvian 5 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 5 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0
Macedonian 555 485 0 10
Malay 15 20 0 0
Malayalam 80 70 0 0
Maltese 35 35 0 5
Mandarin 910 730 5 25
Marathi 35 35 0 0
Nepali 85 55 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 30 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,445 1,200 0 40
Pashto 20 20 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 370 320 0 15
Polish 1,650 1,435 5 80
Portuguese 1,020 715 10 30
Romanian 1,400 1,010 5 270
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 15 0 0
Russian 325 260 0 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 0 0 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,455 1,160 0 30
Serbian 1,710 1,525 0 55
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 5
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 55 0 0
Sindhi 0 5 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 60 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 110 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0
Slovak 280 255 0 5
Slovenian 45 35 0 0
Somali 390 290 0 5
Spanish 3,390 1,780 15 155
Swahili 100 30 15 40
Swedish 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 820 805 0 5
Taiwanese 5 5 0 0
Tamil 140 125 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 150 45 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 80 70 0 0
Turkish 200 175 0 5
Ukrainian 120 110 0 0
Urdu 1,210 1,095 0 35
Vietnamese 1,440 1,195 5 25
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 140 90 0 10
Multiple responses 13,720 12,675 550 495
English and French 830 190 375 270
English and non-official language 12,380 12,325 45 0
French and non-official language 145 65 85 0
English, French and non-official language 365 100 40 225
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 384,935 364,845 10,825 2,400
None 330,785 316,835 6,390 1,185
Single responses 52,895 47,075 4,305 1,045
English 18,810 16,090 1,530 905
French 7,310 4,770 2,490 50
Non-official languages 26,770 26,215 285 85
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 15 15 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 26,500 25,960 275 80
African languages, n.i.e. 60 55 5 5
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0
Akan (Twi) 45 50 0 0
Albanian 330 330 0 0
Amharic 45 45 0 0
Arabic 4,350 4,185 85 15
Armenian 75 80 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 40 25 5 10
Bengali 115 120 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 20 25 0 0
Bosnian 105 105 0 0
Bulgarian 40 40 5 0
Burmese 5 10 0 0
Cantonese 345 335 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 670 665 0 0
Creoles 105 80 20 5
Croatian 710 710 0 0
Czech 55 55 0 0
Danish 30 30 0 0
Dutch 210 210 5 0
Estonian 10 10 0 0
Finnish 55 50 0 0
Flemish 10 10 0 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 2,760 2,750 5 0
Greek 495 490 0 0
Gujarati 130 130 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 5
Hebrew 20 20 0 0
Hindi 350 340 0 0
Hungarian 480 480 0 0
Ilocano 15 15 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 20 0 0
Italian 4,195 4,170 20 5
Japanese 55 50 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 115 115 0 0
Korean 65 65 0 0
Kurdish 20 20 0 0
Lao 55 60 0 0
Latvian 10 10 0 0
Lingala 25 5 15 5
Lithuanian 30 30 0 0
Macedonian 455 455 0 5
Malay 30 30 0 0
Malayalam 55 55 0 0
Maltese 75 75 0 0
Mandarin 180 175 0 0
Marathi 30 25 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 150 145 5 5
Norwegian 0 5 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 405 405 0 0
Pashto 5 5 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 135 135 0 0
Polish 1,005 1,000 0 0
Portuguese 970 965 5 0
Romanian 640 625 10 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 5
Russian 165 165 0 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 45 20 20 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 425 395 0 0
Serbian 955 955 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 65 65 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 60 5 0
Sindhi 10 5 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 55 55 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slovak 310 310 0 0
Slovenian 60 60 0 0
Somali 145 140 0 0
Spanish 1,515 1,465 35 10
Swahili 70 45 25 0
Swedish 5 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 665 665 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 90 95 0 0
Telugu 50 50 0 0
Thai 30 25 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 35 40 0 0
Turkish 155 155 0 5
Ukrainian 225 215 5 0
Urdu 475 470 0 0
Vietnamese 360 340 0 0
Yiddish 0 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 250 240 5 5
Multiple responses 1,250 940 130 175
English and French 225 40 25 160
English and non-official language 285 225 45 5
French and non-official language 740 675 60 0
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 384,935 364,845 10,820 2,400
English 364,845 364,845 0 0
French 10,825 0 10,820 0
English and French 2,400 0 0 2,400
Neither English nor French 6,865 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 12,025 0 10,820 1,200
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 3.1 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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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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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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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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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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