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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, CV
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 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
0 to 4 years 49,055 39,105 6,095 1,300
5 to 9 years 48,720 40,235 6,475 1,845
10 to 14 years 50,575 41,750 6,700 2,060
15 to 19 years 58,065 48,475 7,735 1,785
20 to 24 years 65,760 55,740 8,490 1,415
25 to 29 years 61,020 51,440 8,140 1,245
30 to 34 years 57,520 47,550 8,535 1,250
35 to 39 years 60,120 49,535 8,845 1,490
40 to 44 years 63,955 52,490 9,540 1,565
45 to 49 years 72,800 58,950 12,015 1,355
50 to 54 years 68,530 54,970 11,910 1,115
55 to 59 years 57,295 45,700 10,135 865
60 to 64 years 50,000 39,875 8,790 615
65 to 69 years 35,510 27,435 6,630 440
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 2,645 170
85 years and over 11,955 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 3 724,100 587,195 114,175 13,985
Married or living with a common-law partner 409,130 332,120 64,170 7,525
Married (and not separated) 346,540 283,040 51,240 7,025
Living common law 62,595 49,080 12,930 500
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 314,970 255,080 50,005 6,460
Single (never legally married) 220,885 182,915 32,335 5,130
Separated 20,450 16,065 3,685 380
Divorced 42,095 33,160 7,945 610
Widowed 31,545 22,940 6,045 340
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
English only 522,980 522,980 0 0
French only 12,915 0 12,915 0
English and French 324,695 185,060 120,465 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 846,090 689,835 129,465 15,265
English 544,045 543,935 105 0
French 123,925 1,845 122,085 0
Non-official languages 178,120 144,060 7,275 15,260
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 460 440 5 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 145 140 0 0
Dene 5 10 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 5 0 5 0
Inuktitut 205 200 0 5
Mi'kmaq 20 20 0 0
Ojibway 65 65 0 5
Oji-Cree 10 10 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. 450 380 40 20
Afrikaans 135 130 5 0
Akan (Twi) 310 295 0 15
Albanian 580 505 10 30
Amharic 1,165 1,060 10 55
Arabic 28,190 20,360 1,355 4,360
Armenian 420 275 25 105
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 505 315 155 30
Bengali 2,845 2,560 5 165
Berber languages (Kabyle) 65 15 30 20
Bisayan languages 375 370 0 5
Bosnian 575 500 5 40
Bulgarian 825 665 10 120
Burmese 165 140 0 0
Cantonese 6,405 5,030 40 210
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,735 10,590 45 450
Creoles 3,620 680 2,110 680
Croatian 985 890 10 60
Czech 990 925 10 50
Danish 315 315 0 5
Dutch 2,365 2,270 35 50
Estonian 180 165 0 15
Finnish 320 320 5 5
Flemish 80 65 15 0
Fukien 80 75 0 5
German 5,810 5,505 75 215
Greek 2,035 1,840 20 110
Gujarati 1,210 1,115 5 35
Hakka 60 50 5 0
Hebrew 350 335 5 10
Hindi 2,330 2,190 10 70
Hungarian 1,720 1,560 25 110
Ilocano 360 360 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 10
Italian 9,440 8,360 200 415
Japanese 935 845 15 50
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,100 925 10 50
Korean 1,605 1,430 0 70
Kurdish 645 555 5 35
Lao 360 290 15 35
Latvian 275 255 0 20
Lingala 275 45 180 45
Lithuanian 210 195 0 10
Macedonian 65 55 0 10
Malay 355 340 0 10
Malayalam 445 420 0 10
Maltese 35 35 0 0
Mandarin 6,820 5,615 15 270
Marathi 235 215 0 15
Nepali 460 410 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 575 335 185 50
Norwegian 140 130 0 10
Oromo 360 205 70 65
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,295 2,930 0 160
Pashto 710 590 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 6,055 5,115 45 425
Polish 5,745 5,065 70 465
Portuguese 3,920 3,045 235 385
Romanian 2,385 1,545 75 645
Rundi (Kirundi) 545 60 330 145
Russian 5,475 4,550 40 545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 515 140 245 115
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 160 130 0 15
Serbian 1,675 1,305 20 270
Serbo-Croatian 545 475 5 55
Shanghainese 75 55 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 120 55 0 0
Sindhi 245 230 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 720 680 0 20
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 355 275 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slovak 625 585 5 25
Slovenian 230 225 5 0
Somali 6,135 4,140 620 925
Spanish 10,850 8,725 290 1,320
Swahili 800 415 230 125
Swedish 270 245 5 20
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 4,870 4,775 10 35
Taiwanese 165 150 5 5
Tamil 2,060 1,855 5 90
Telugu 335 320 0 0
Thai 335 310 0 10
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 740 685 5 20
Turkish 1,395 1,195 5 120
Ukrainian 1,560 1,355 10 160
Urdu 3,675 3,420 0 120
Vietnamese 5,800 4,555 90 570
Yiddish 230 220 0 10
Other languagesFootnote 7 1,925 1,500 165 165
Multiple responses 26,360 18,455 3,980 3,930
English and French 10,750 6,375 1,155 3,230
English and non-official language 11,090 11,075 10 0
French and non-official language 2,950 235 2,715 0
English, French and non-official language 1,565 760 100 700
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 652,455 613,750 38,710 0
French 86,035 2,385 83,650 0
Non-official languages 91,990 64,320 2,490 13,655
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 115 100 5 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 35 30 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 5 0
Inuktitut 55 50 5 5
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 91,210 63,815 2,440 13,540
African languages, n.i.e. 180 155 10 15
Afrikaans 50 50 0 0
Akan (Twi) 110 100 0 15
Albanian 290 220 5 20
Amharic 655 575 5 35
Arabic 16,970 10,480 585 3,795
Armenian 210 95 5 90
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 45 15 15
Bengali 1,915 1,640 10 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 5 5 15
Bisayan languages 115 110 0 0
Bosnian 295 230 5 35
Bulgarian 435 290 0 120
Burmese 100 75 0 0
Cantonese 4,000 2,630 10 195
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,475 6,425 25 420
Creoles 1,590 170 710 565
Croatian 370 280 5 60
Czech 270 225 5 45
Danish 30 20 0 5
Dutch 155 100 0 50
Estonian 45 35 0 10
Finnish 30 25 0 5
Flemish 5 5 0 0
Fukien 15 10 0 5
German 725 515 10 185
Greek 635 475 0 100
Gujarati 460 375 5 30
Hakka 15 10 0 0
Hebrew 140 115 0 15
Hindi 1,045 910 0 65
Hungarian 495 375 0 100
Ilocano 165 160 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 5
Italian 2,910 2,060 50 350
Japanese 370 300 10 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 530 375 10 40
Korean 995 825 0 70
Kurdish 400 330 0 25
Lao 190 140 10 30
Latvian 70 55 0 20
Lingala 100 10 45 35
Lithuanian 50 40 0 10
Macedonian 25 15 0 10
Malay 110 95 0 10
Malayalam 185 160 0 10
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 5,195 3,950 15 285
Marathi 120 100 0 15
Nepali 340 290 0 15
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 110 55 10 45
Norwegian 10 5 0 10
Oromo 200 110 15 60
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,800 1,460 0 145
Pashto 515 410 0 35
Persian (Farsi) 3,880 2,995 10 405
Polish 2,325 1,735 15 430
Portuguese 1,615 940 85 335
Romanian 1,245 485 30 600
Rundi (Kirundi) 210 20 60 120
Russian 3,460 2,535 25 545
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 205 35 55 95
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 55 0 10
Serbian 1,145 790 5 265
Serbo-Croatian 280 220 0 50
Shanghainese 40 20 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 195 110 15 5
Sindhi 65 45 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 345 310 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 30 30 0 5
Somali 3,845 2,280 315 795
Spanish 5,750 3,870 135 1,230
Swahili 305 110 55 110
Swedish 65 40 0 15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,090 2,005 0 30
Taiwanese 75 65 0 0
Tamil 1,270 1,075 5 80
Telugu 125 110 0 5
Thai 120 95 0 5
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 395 340 5 20
Turkish 765 585 0 105
Ukrainian 405 215 5 155
Urdu 1,995 1,750 5 105
Vietnamese 4,035 2,850 55 545
Yiddish 15 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 3,730
English and non-official language 25,800 25,600 200 0
French and non-official language 2,405 75 2,330 0
English, French and non-official language 2,985 540 645 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 66,985 9,685
Single responses 192,735 119,655 64,550 7,520
English 75,775 34,060 35,615 5,490
French 55,510 31,410 22,885 1,175
Non-official languages 61,450 54,180 6,050 850
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 315 310 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 95 100 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 5 0
Inuktitut 140 130 5 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 5 0
Ojibway 60 60 5 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. 185 145 35 5
Afrikaans 60 60 5 0
Akan (Twi) 225 220 0 0
Albanian 150 150 0 0
Amharic 370 345 15 0
Arabic 8,665 7,465 960 205
Armenian 105 85 5 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 275 155 115 5
Bengali 625 620 5 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 10 15 5
Bisayan languages 95 90 0 0
Bosnian 190 190 0 0
Bulgarian 250 245 5 0
Burmese 50 40 0 0
Cantonese 1,745 1,695 15 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,745 2,695 20 10
Creoles 2,485 555 1,870 65
Croatian 370 355 5 5
Czech 325 325 5 0
Danish 135 130 5 0
Dutch 785 770 10 5
Estonian 60 60 5 0
Finnish 125 125 0 5
Flemish 15 15 0 0
Fukien 40 35 0 0
German 2,395 2,295 90 15
Greek 1,085 1,065 15 10
Gujarati 595 585 5 5
Hakka 20 15 0 0
Hebrew 350 340 10 0
Hindi 1,395 1,375 0 10
Hungarian 530 515 0 5
Ilocano 95 95 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 0
Italian 3,970 3,755 175 35
Japanese 540 505 30 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 380 365 5 5
Korean 475 455 10 0
Kurdish 145 140 0 5
Lao 100 90 10 0
Latvian 75 70 0 0
Lingala 465 25 420 20
Lithuanian 65 60 0 5
Macedonian 15 15 0 0
Malay 165 165 0 0
Malayalam 185 185 0 0
Maltese 20 20 0 0
Mandarin 1,650 1,570 25 0
Marathi 65 65 0 0
Nepali 60 60 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 520 325 190 10
Norwegian 70 75 0 0
Oromo 70 35 30 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,055 1,045 5 5
Pashto 135 120 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,420 1,365 20 20
Polish 1,835 1,780 40 15
Portuguese 1,400 1,275 100 30
Romanian 685 635 30 25
Rundi (Kirundi) 300 20 275 5
Russian 1,425 1,380 20 20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 250 60 170 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5
Serbian 315 310 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 120 115 0 0
Shanghainese 20 20 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 130 120 5 0
Sindhi 125 115 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 280 280 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Slovak 225 225 0 0
Slovenian 65 65 0 0
Somali 1,965 1,535 400 30
Spanish 4,940 4,395 410 135
Swahili 595 315 250 25
Swedish 155 155 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,840 1,835 5 0
Taiwanese 65 60 0 0
Tamil 650 640 5 5
Telugu 135 135 0 5
Thai 190 180 10 0
Tibetan languages 5 10 0 0
Tigrigna 250 245 0 0
Turkish 380 370 10 5
Ukrainian 510 490 5 10
Urdu 1,405 1,380 0 5
Vietnamese 1,320 1,235 35 15
Yiddish 55 50 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 1,110 950 125 20
Multiple responses 7,835 3,915 1,915 1,985
English and French 2,275 190 210 1,860
English and non-official language 2,000 620 1,310 60
French and non-official language 3,490 3,095 385 10
English, French and non-official language 70 10 5 60
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 872,450 708,285 133,445 19,190
English 708,285 708,285 0 0
French 133,445 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 17 143,045 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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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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