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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 Division No. 11
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 1,189,405 1,144,040 24,435 4,790
0 to 4 years 76,645 72,580 775 195
5 to 9 years 67,955 66,670 735 310
10 to 14 years 68,925 67,390 825 580
15 to 19 years 76,940 75,355 970 530
20 to 24 years 92,130 90,100 1,440 380
25 to 29 years 99,360 96,760 1,850 395
30 to 34 years 90,440 87,600 1,955 450
35 to 39 years 83,270 80,500 1,780 430
40 to 44 years 83,305 80,525 1,705 425
45 to 49 years 91,290 88,065 2,070 320
50 to 54 years 91,020 87,465 2,360 240
55 to 59 years 77,325 73,855 2,070 180
60 to 64 years 60,765 57,585 1,725 115
65 to 69 years 41,805 39,210 1,285 75
70 to 74 years 31,565 29,170 1,005 60
75 to 79 years 24,970 22,725 865 45
80 to 84 years 18,190 16,365 600 35
85 years and over 13,505 12,125 430 20
Median ageFootnote 2 36.3 35.9 45.5 30.0
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 975,880 937,405 22,100 3,705
Married or living with a common-law partner 564,720 540,525 13,745 2,095
Married (and not separated) 478,160 456,895 11,130 1,965
Living common law 86,560 83,635 2,615 130
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 411,160 396,875 8,350 1,610
Single (never legally married) 285,630 278,460 5,070 1,290
Separated 24,135 23,185 535 90
Divorced 60,795 58,605 1,535 155
Widowed 40,595 36,625 1,215 75
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 1,189,410 1,144,045 24,435 4,790
English only 1,086,680 1,086,680 0 0
French only 1,335 0 1,330 0
English and French 84,805 56,940 23,080 4,790
Neither English nor French 16,580 425 25 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,189,410 1,144,040 24,435 4,790
Single responses 1,166,100 1,122,210 23,615 4,135
English 892,030 891,990 40 0
French 25,450 2,770 22,680 0
Non-official languages 248,615 227,450 895 4,140
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 3,600 3,580 5 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 3,175 3,160 5 10
Dene 120 120 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 35 30 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0
Ojibway 115 110 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 145 145 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 241,905 220,995 875 4,060
African languages, n.i.e. 1,030 990 5 10
Afrikaans 475 465 0 5
Akan (Twi) 520 505 0 10
Albanian 520 490 0 10
Amharic 1,665 1,595 5 15
Arabic 11,885 10,440 150 630
Armenian 105 95 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 590 515 55 10
Bengali 1,540 1,470 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 15 0 10
Bisayan languages 1,165 1,155 0 0
Bosnian 690 665 0 5
Bulgarian 375 315 5 40
Burmese 95 90 0 0
Cantonese 13,610 11,020 0 75
Chinese, n.o.s. 19,325 16,495 15 135
Creoles 575 395 55 115
Croatian 1,490 1,430 0 5
Czech 865 840 5 10
Danish 890 890 0 0
Dutch 5,025 4,970 5 30
Estonian 50 45 0 0
Finnish 255 250 0 0
Flemish 100 90 0 10
Fukien 215 170 0 0
German 17,640 17,385 20 115
Greek 975 945 0 15
Gujarati 3,440 3,115 5 45
Hakka 215 180 0 0
Hebrew 325 310 0 10
Hindi 6,220 5,920 5 55
Hungarian 1,765 1,690 5 30
Ilocano 1,020 1,000 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 180 160 0 10
Italian 5,270 4,985 15 60
Japanese 1,015 960 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 685 605 5 0
Korean 4,360 3,895 0 50
Kurdish 510 465 0 5
Lao 375 335 5 10
Latvian 120 110 0 5
Lingala 100 35 50 10
Lithuanian 115 110 0 5
Macedonian 125 120 0 0
Malay 380 375 0 0
Malayalam 1,360 1,300 0 5
Maltese 25 30 0 0
Mandarin 7,300 6,510 5 95
Marathi 295 280 0 10
Nepali 525 465 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 705 600 60 25
Norwegian 260 260 0 0
Oromo 485 385 10 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 19,415 16,665 20 185
Pashto 500 455 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 3,525 3,210 5 80
Polish 9,415 8,955 15 125
Portuguese 4,165 3,785 25 90
Romanian 2,115 1,785 5 225
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 50 35 50
Russian 4,315 3,985 5 135
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 355 185 50 95
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 220 205 5 5
Serbian 1,515 1,425 0 30
Serbo-Croatian 345 325 0 5
Shanghainese 50 40 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 205 95 0 0
Sindhi 865 825 0 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 905 880 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 305 225 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 155 145 0 0
Slovak 600 585 5 15
Slovenian 335 335 5 0
Somali 3,505 3,065 45 165
Spanish 14,400 12,700 100 630
Swahili 735 600 45 80
Swedish 340 345 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 22,585 22,320 5 45
Taiwanese 140 120 0 0
Tamil 1,075 1,025 0 15
Telugu 455 435 0 0
Thai 440 415 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 995 935 0 10
Turkish 1,335 1,165 5 55
Ukrainian 13,640 13,370 5 105
Urdu 5,845 5,500 0 60
Vietnamese 8,005 6,855 15 90
Yiddish 70 65 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 3,115 2,870 20 70
Multiple responses 23,310 21,830 820 650
English and French 3,075 2,435 165 485
English and non-official language 18,655 18,650 5 0
French and non-official language 1,110 475 635 0
English, French and non-official language 460 270 25 170
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 1,189,410 1,144,045 24,435 4,790
Single responses 1,146,510 1,103,535 22,990 3,855
English 1,008,755 994,875 13,880 0
French 9,175 555 8,625 0
Non-official languages 128,580 108,110 480 3,860
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 725 715 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 650 640 0 5
Dene 25 25 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 20 20 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 25 25 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 126,755 106,520 460 3,795
African languages, n.i.e. 575 535 0 10
Afrikaans 230 215 0 0
Akan (Twi) 210 190 0 10
Albanian 255 225 0 5
Amharic 1,105 1,025 0 15
Arabic 6,835 5,515 95 555
Armenian 50 45 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 145 130 0 10
Bengali 1,030 960 0 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 0 5
Bisayan languages 390 390 0 0
Bosnian 340 310 0 5
Bulgarian 255 200 0 30
Burmese 40 35 0 0
Cantonese 9,560 6,785 5 75
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,625 9,930 10 130
Creoles 340 170 20 130
Croatian 530 465 5 0
Czech 220 205 0 10
Danish 50 55 0 0
Dutch 370 330 0 30
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 30 30 0 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5
Fukien 70 40 0 0
German 2,890 2,650 5 120
Greek 320 290 5 15
Gujarati 2,030 1,710 5 45
Hakka 90 60 0 0
Hebrew 135 120 0 10
Hindi 3,630 3,335 0 50
Hungarian 495 420 0 30
Ilocano 345 330 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 5
Italian 1,610 1,340 5 50
Japanese 430 375 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 360 285 5 0
Korean 3,170 2,710 0 45
Kurdish 300 260 0 5
Lao 180 145 0 15
Latvian 35 25 0 0
Lingala 20 0 5 10
Lithuanian 20 20 0 0
Macedonian 45 45 0 5
Malay 115 105 0 0
Malayalam 750 690 0 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 5,635 4,825 5 95
Marathi 170 155 0 5
Nepali 355 295 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 210 165 10 15
Norwegian 15 10 0 0
Oromo 360 275 0 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,735 12,015 5 175
Pashto 335 290 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,345 2,030 0 70
Polish 3,915 3,480 5 110
Portuguese 1,700 1,325 10 90
Romanian 1,260 930 10 225
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 15 30
Russian 2,625 2,280 10 130
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 85
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 100 85 0 5
Serbian 810 725 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 5
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 295 180 0 0
Sindhi 375 335 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 460 440 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 235 165 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 60 45 0 5
Slovak 160 150 0 10
Slovenian 50 55 0 0
Somali 2,655 2,230 40 155
Spanish 8,500 6,835 80 620
Swahili 305 195 30 55
Swedish 40 40 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,295 12,030 5 45
Taiwanese 55 50 0 0
Tamil 620 580 0 15
Telugu 265 240 5 0
Thai 165 135 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 630 570 0 5
Turkish 960 775 15 60
Ukrainian 1,890 1,650 5 100
Urdu 3,870 3,520 0 60
Vietnamese 5,540 4,425 15 85
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 1,100 875 20 60
Multiple responses 42,895 40,510 1,450 935
English and French 1,930 420 930 585
English and non-official language 39,875 39,790 90 0
French and non-official language 395 115 280 0
English, French and non-official language 690 180 155 355
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 1,189,405 1,144,045 24,440 4,790
None 1,033,505 1,003,125 13,445 2,335
Single responses 153,060 138,725 10,685 2,130
English 58,960 52,140 4,290 1,700
French 13,035 7,400 5,435 185
Non-official languages 81,065 79,185 960 245
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 2,145 2,130 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,910 1,905 10 0
Dene 80 80 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 20 20 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 15 0 0
Ojibway 70 65 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 55 55 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 77,205 75,395 920 235
African languages, n.i.e. 265 260 5 0
Afrikaans 220 215 0 0
Akan (Twi) 310 310 0 5
Albanian 130 125 0 0
Amharic 510 500 5 0
Arabic 5,965 5,785 135 25
Armenian 25 25 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 260 215 40 5
Bengali 365 365 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 285 285 0 0
Bosnian 255 255 0 0
Bulgarian 75 70 0 0
Burmese 50 45 0 0
Cantonese 3,760 3,695 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,200 4,125 5 5
Creoles 360 290 60 15
Croatian 580 580 0 0
Czech 310 310 0 0
Danish 295 295 0 0
Dutch 1,560 1,550 5 5
Estonian 10 10 0 0
Finnish 105 100 5 0
Flemish 15 15 0 0
Fukien 70 55 0 0
German 5,715 5,670 30 10
Greek 560 555 5 0
Gujarati 1,095 1,095 0 5
Hakka 60 55 0 0
Hebrew 275 265 5 0
Hindi 3,285 3,195 5 10
Hungarian 520 520 0 0
Ilocano 260 260 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 60 0 0
Italian 2,390 2,365 15 10
Japanese 605 600 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 230 225 0 0
Korean 860 860 0 0
Kurdish 135 130 0 0
Lao 125 115 0 0
Latvian 25 30 0 0
Lingala 165 20 140 5
Lithuanian 30 35 0 0
Macedonian 60 55 0 0
Malay 150 150 0 0
Malayalam 495 495 0 0
Maltese 5 10 0 0
Mandarin 1,700 1,630 0 0
Marathi 65 65 0 0
Nepali 100 100 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 475 420 45 5
Norwegian 105 110 0 5
Oromo 90 90 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,580 3,550 0 5
Pashto 105 105 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 770 760 0 0
Polish 2,930 2,915 5 5
Portuguese 1,810 1,790 15 0
Romanian 500 500 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 70 20 35 10
Russian 1,340 1,285 5 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 165 95 60 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 0
Serbian 530 530 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 110 105 0 0
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 280 275 5 5
Sindhi 395 395 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 405 400 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0
Slovak 180 175 0 5
Slovenian 140 135 0 0
Somali 885 805 60 10
Spanish 6,200 6,095 85 20
Swahili 575 425 115 30
Swedish 140 140 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,755 6,750 5 0
Taiwanese 50 50 0 0
Tamil 370 365 0 0
Telugu 130 130 0 0
Thai 245 245 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 5 0 0
Tigrigna 335 330 0 0
Turkish 325 315 5 0
Ukrainian 4,350 4,305 10 5
Urdu 1,655 1,640 5 0
Vietnamese 2,055 1,910 5 0
Yiddish 20 20 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 1,715 1,660 30 5
Multiple responses 2,845 2,190 310 325
English and French 395 55 55 280
English and non-official language 1,080 895 150 25
French and non-official language 1,340 1,235 100 0
English, French and non-official language 30 15 0 15
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 1,189,410 1,144,045 24,435 4,790
English 1,144,045 1,144,040 0 0
French 24,435 0 24,440 0
English and French 4,790 0 0 4,795
Neither English nor French 16,135 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 26,830 0 24,440 2,395
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 2.3 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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Footnote 14

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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