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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 Middlesex
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 433,960 422,000 5,265 1,885
0 to 4 years 24,090 23,080 175 90
5 to 9 years 23,415 22,920 165 215
10 to 14 years 25,245 24,700 215 260
15 to 19 years 30,305 29,775 215 255
20 to 24 years 32,850 32,305 290 175
25 to 29 years 30,135 29,620 315 120
30 to 34 years 27,210 26,635 370 115
35 to 39 years 26,730 26,085 380 130
40 to 44 years 29,160 28,410 390 105
45 to 49 years 34,555 33,665 490 85
50 to 54 years 33,780 32,825 490 90
55 to 59 years 29,230 28,370 455 55
60 to 64 years 25,750 24,915 410 45
65 to 69 years 19,065 18,320 320 45
70 to 74 years 14,450 13,800 215 45
75 to 79 years 11,665 11,075 160 25
80 to 84 years 8,860 8,385 145 25
85 years and over 7,465 7,110 75 10
Median ageFootnote 2 39.4 39.2 46.5 23.1
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 361,215 351,300 4,710 1,315
Married or living with a common-law partner 204,115 198,035 2,940 680
Married (and not separated) 173,370 167,975 2,365 650
Living common law 30,745 30,065 580 35
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 157,100 153,265 1,770 635
Single (never legally married) 103,990 102,200 955 550
Separated 11,985 11,610 205 20
Divorced 22,075 21,530 335 40
Widowed 19,050 17,920 280 30
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 433,960 422,000 5,265 1,885
English only 399,540 399,540 0 0
French only 235 0 240 0
English and French 29,220 22,310 5,020 1,885
Neither English nor French 4,970 150 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 433,965 422,000 5,265 1,885
Single responses 427,725 416,195 5,035 1,690
English 346,595 346,580 15 0
French 5,370 570 4,800 0
Non-official languages 75,755 69,040 220 1,690
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 50 50 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 35 35 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 75,010 68,340 210 1,680
African languages, n.i.e. 215 210 0 0
Afrikaans 75 75 0 5
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0
Albanian 920 830 0 5
Amharic 250 230 0 0
Arabic 7,740 6,910 35 275
Armenian 90 80 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 85 5 10
Bengali 370 350 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 60 55 0 0
Bosnian 665 625 0 10
Bulgarian 75 65 0 10
Burmese 20 15 0 0
Cantonese 1,145 1,005 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,930 2,590 5 25
Creoles 40 30 5 5
Croatian 895 870 5 5
Czech 410 395 0 10
Danish 240 235 0 0
Dutch 4,135 4,105 10 10
Estonian 60 65 0 0
Finnish 110 110 5 0
Flemish 275 265 0 5
Fukien 15 15 0 0
German 3,710 3,600 5 35
Greek 1,860 1,760 5 10
Gujarati 480 450 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 100 95 5 0
Hindi 650 620 0 5
Hungarian 1,380 1,345 0 15
Ilocano 85 85 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0
Italian 3,405 3,265 10 30
Japanese 200 180 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 785 665 0 15
Korean 2,540 2,255 0 35
Kurdish 835 740 5 10
Lao 110 95 5 5
Latvian 105 100 0 0
Lingala 5 0 10 0
Lithuanian 180 175 0 0
Macedonian 85 80 0 5
Malay 120 120 0 0
Malayalam 270 260 0 0
Maltese 250 245 0 0
Mandarin 1,395 1,250 5 20
Marathi 45 45 0 0
Nepali 140 105 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 100 90 5 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 765 710 0 15
Pashto 90 80 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,685 1,505 5 40
Polish 5,950 5,565 10 135
Portuguese 5,945 5,175 10 65
Romanian 865 705 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 20 25 0
Russian 1,220 1,095 0 55
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 770 0 15
Serbian 875 820 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 320 300 0 10
Shanghainese 15 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 30 0 0
Sindhi 55 50 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 80 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 210 120 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0
Slovak 360 340 0 15
Slovenian 250 250 0 0
Somali 240 220 0 0
Spanish 8,970 7,705 30 520
Swahili 80 70 5 10
Swedish 75 70 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,245 1,235 0 5
Taiwanese 40 35 0 0
Tamil 255 230 0 5
Telugu 90 85 0 0
Thai 55 50 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 255 235 0 10
Turkish 305 275 0 10
Ukrainian 980 935 0 10
Urdu 1,165 1,105 0 25
Vietnamese 1,610 1,365 0 15
Yiddish 35 30 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 695 645 10 10
Multiple responses 6,235 5,810 230 200
English and French 950 770 45 130
English and non-official language 4,760 4,760 0 0
French and non-official language 350 175 175 0
English, French and non-official language 180 110 5 65
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 433,965 422,000 5,265 1,885
Single responses 421,795 410,485 4,915 1,590
English 383,505 380,140 3,365 0
French 1,580 125 1,450 0
Non-official languages 36,710 30,215 105 1,585
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 10 15 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 5 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 36,465 30,015 100 1,580
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0
Afrikaans 35 30 0 5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0
Albanian 525 435 0 10
Amharic 130 115 0 0
Arabic 4,435 3,620 20 255
Armenian 30 20 5 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Bengali 250 225 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0
Bosnian 365 325 0 10
Bulgarian 35 25 0 10
Burmese 5 5 0 0
Cantonese 700 550 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,925 1,605 5 20
Creoles 5 5 0 0
Croatian 360 330 0 10
Czech 120 110 0 10
Danish 20 10 0 0
Dutch 265 245 0 5
Estonian 0 5 0 0
Finnish 5 5 0 0
Flemish 25 25 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 645 540 0 30
Greek 760 665 0 10
Gujarati 270 245 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 30 0 0
Hindi 295 265 0 5
Hungarian 415 385 0 10
Ilocano 25 25 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 910 775 5 30
Japanese 90 75 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 445 325 0 15
Korean 1,970 1,690 0 30
Kurdish 530 430 5 5
Lao 40 35 0 5
Latvian 10 15 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 45 50 0 0
Macedonian 35 25 0 5
Malay 30 25 0 0
Malayalam 130 125 0 0
Maltese 40 40 0 0
Mandarin 1,045 895 0 20
Marathi 20 20 0 0
Nepali 120 85 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 15 10 0 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 415 365 0 15
Pashto 80 70 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,130 955 0 35
Polish 2,875 2,510 5 125
Portuguese 2,460 1,685 15 65
Romanian 420 270 5 115
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 0
Russian 600 475 5 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 630 505 0 10
Serbian 505 450 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 70 0 0
Sindhi 15 20 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 190 100 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Slovak 120 105 0 10
Slovenian 55 50 0 0
Somali 180 155 5 5
Spanish 5,975 4,740 20 500
Swahili 40 30 0 5
Swedish 10 5 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 480 475 0 5
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0
Tamil 125 95 5 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 25 25 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 5
Turkish 190 155 0 5
Ukrainian 310 265 0 10
Urdu 675 620 0 25
Vietnamese 1,125 870 5 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 230 190 0 5
Multiple responses 12,165 11,515 345 300
English and French 525 150 215 160
English and non-official language 11,305 11,265 35 0
French and non-official language 85 30 60 0
English, French and non-official language 250 70 35 145
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 433,965 422,000 5,265 1,885
None 386,790 378,770 2,820 835
Single responses 46,165 42,495 2,345 885
English 16,800 14,895 825 780
French 4,295 2,935 1,305 50
Non-official languages 25,060 24,660 210 50
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 85 85 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 65 65 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 24,540 24,145 205 55
African languages, n.i.e. 105 100 10 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0
Akan (Twi) 45 45 0 0
Albanian 255 255 0 0
Amharic 95 90 0 0
Arabic 2,870 2,775 35 10
Armenian 25 30 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Bengali 90 90 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0
Bosnian 200 200 0 0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0
Burmese 10 15 0 0
Cantonese 345 335 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 655 650 5 0
Creoles 45 35 5 0
Croatian 335 330 0 0
Czech 135 135 0 0
Danish 65 65 0 0
Dutch 1,225 1,220 0 0
Estonian 25 30 0 0
Finnish 40 40 0 0
Flemish 40 35 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 1,295 1,285 5 0
Greek 1,030 1,025 5 0
Gujarati 125 125 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 90 90 0 0
Hindi 405 395 5 0
Hungarian 455 455 0 0
Ilocano 30 35 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Italian 1,355 1,340 5 5
Japanese 105 105 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 255 5 0
Korean 380 375 0 0
Kurdish 180 180 0 0
Lao 45 45 0 0
Latvian 30 30 0 0
Lingala 15 0 15 0
Lithuanian 65 65 0 0
Macedonian 30 25 0 0
Malay 40 40 0 0
Malayalam 100 95 0 0
Maltese 85 80 0 0
Mandarin 315 310 0 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0
Nepali 5 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 75 70 10 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 10 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 255 250 0 0
Pashto 10 10 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 390 380 5 5
Polish 1,725 1,720 5 0
Portuguese 2,520 2,500 10 5
Romanian 280 280 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 30 5
Russian 375 365 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 0
Serbian 240 240 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 65 60 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 0
Sindhi 25 25 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Slovak 100 100 0 0
Slovenian 95 95 0 0
Somali 80 75 0 0
Spanish 2,650 2,615 25 10
Swahili 50 45 5 0
Swedish 30 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 440 440 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 110 110 0 0
Telugu 30 30 0 0
Thai 20 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 0
Turkish 95 90 0 0
Ukrainian 320 320 0 0
Urdu 455 450 0 0
Vietnamese 390 380 0 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 440 435 5 0
Multiple responses 1,010 735 95 170
English and French 190 20 10 155
English and non-official language 250 205 40 5
French and non-official language 560 510 45 0
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 433,960 422,000 5,265 1,890
English 422,000 422,000 0 0
French 5,265 0 5,265 0
English and French 1,890 0 0 1,885
Neither English nor French 4,805 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 6,210 0 5,265 945
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.4 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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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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