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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 Mississauga, CYFootnote 1
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 2 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 710,475 670,055 8,435 7,345
0 to 4 years 39,170 34,460 310 165
5 to 9 years 42,380 41,060 435 630
10 to 14 years 47,210 45,525 425 1,190
15 to 19 years 53,775 52,170 455 1,035
20 to 24 years 50,490 49,315 385 590
25 to 29 years 45,880 44,735 400 430
30 to 34 years 44,060 42,600 590 455
35 to 39 years 48,540 46,815 660 510
40 to 44 years 55,760 53,585 750 545
45 to 49 years 62,725 60,140 870 490
50 to 54 years 57,520 54,695 855 430
55 to 59 years 46,235 43,405 625 325
60 to 64 years 37,785 34,920 560 205
65 to 69 years 26,415 23,535 395 110
70 to 74 years 20,080 16,980 280 100
75 to 79 years 14,970 12,155 195 65
80 to 84 years 10,060 8,055 140 50
85 years and over 7,425 5,895 100 15
Median ageFootnote 3 38.4 37.8 43.9 25.7
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 581,715 549,005 7,265 5,355
Married or living with a common-law partner 342,025 321,255 4,615 2,850
Married (and not separated) 317,690 297,950 3,975 2,740
Living common law 24,330 23,305 640 115
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 239,690 227,755 2,645 2,505
Single (never legally married) 172,055 167,460 1,650 2,140
Separated 14,880 14,075 190 90
Divorced 27,370 25,960 460 170
Widowed 25,385 20,255 350 105
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 710,475 670,055 8,430 7,345
English only 635,655 635,655 0 0
French only 575 0 575 0
English and French 49,125 33,945 7,840 7,345
Neither English nor French 25,115 445 20 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 710,475 670,050 8,430 7,345
Single responses 679,740 640,900 7,630 6,565
English 338,280 338,265 15 0
French 7,400 495 6,905 0
Non-official languages 334,060 302,140 710 6,560
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 25 20 0 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 5 5 0 5
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 15 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 331,370 299,595 695 6,520
African languages, n.i.e. 215 210 0 0
Afrikaans 130 125 0 0
Akan (Twi) 785 770 0 10
Albanian 2,215 1,960 0 30
Amharic 280 275 0 5
Arabic 21,985 19,460 185 1,105
Armenian 515 455 5 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 95 85 10 0
Bengali 3,305 3,150 5 70
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 740 730 0 5
Bosnian 1,135 1,000 0 35
Bulgarian 1,120 1,020 5 60
Burmese 100 95 0 0
Cantonese 11,925 9,965 15 105
Chinese, n.o.s. 15,740 13,355 20 180
Creoles 730 325 155 225
Croatian 5,500 5,245 5 80
Czech 725 700 0 5
Danish 190 190 0 0
Dutch 915 895 0 15
Estonian 170 170 0 0
Finnish 210 210 0 0
Flemish 40 35 0 5
Fukien 220 180 0 0
German 3,710 3,650 5 40
Greek 2,700 2,580 0 20
Gujarati 8,010 7,325 5 100
Hakka 125 110 0 5
Hebrew 75 70 0 0
Hindi 9,255 8,830 5 110
Hungarian 1,875 1,730 5 45
Ilocano 545 535 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 425 385 0 15
Italian 14,205 13,210 35 100
Japanese 965 865 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 80 70 0 0
Korean 5,295 4,705 5 70
Kurdish 120 110 0 5
Lao 150 135 0 0
Latvian 175 175 0 0
Lingala 20 0 15 5
Lithuanian 620 585 0 20
Macedonian 1,260 1,170 0 35
Malay 1,085 1,060 0 5
Malayalam 2,150 2,075 0 20
Maltese 945 940 0 0
Mandarin 11,330 9,440 5 160
Marathi 1,070 1,025 0 20
Nepali 555 530 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 520 480 20 15
Norwegian 35 35 0 0
Oromo 60 50 0 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,880 19,515 10 310
Pashto 1,010 915 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 5,240 4,635 5 170
Polish 29,065 26,680 15 580
Portuguese 17,685 15,605 40 180
Romanian 3,070 2,520 10 375
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 5 10 10
Russian 4,650 4,085 5 210
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 10 10 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,135 990 0 10
Serbian 3,830 3,460 0 145
Serbo-Croatian 575 535 0 15
Shanghainese 130 105 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 90 30 0 0
Sindhi 1,000 950 0 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 1,315 1,280 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 160 150 0 0
Slovak 860 830 5 15
Slovenian 950 935 0 5
Somali 710 680 0 15
Spanish 15,880 14,025 40 600
Swahili 240 235 5 0
Swedish 100 95 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 19,920 19,685 5 55
Taiwanese 275 225 0 5
Tamil 10,230 9,370 10 170
Telugu 1,515 1,430 5 25
Thai 125 115 0 0
Tibetan languages 100 85 0 5
Tigrigna 220 210 0 0
Turkish 1,225 1,110 0 25
Ukrainian 5,955 5,505 0 145
Urdu 34,925 32,840 10 440
Vietnamese 9,840 8,210 15 190
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 2,660 2,525 10 40
Multiple responses 30,735 29,150 805 780
English and French 1,585 1,020 105 455
English and non-official language 27,335 27,325 10 0
French and non-official language 975 335 635 0
English, French and non-official language 845 470 55 320
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 710,475 670,055 8,430 7,345
Single responses 640,905 602,625 7,510 6,120
English 446,305 442,435 3,865 0
French 3,520 245 3,270 0
Non-official languages 191,080 159,940 380 6,120
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 5 5 0 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 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 190,170 159,155 370 6,085
African languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 0
Afrikaans 35 40 0 0
Akan (Twi) 380 370 0 5
Albanian 1,335 1,090 0 30
Amharic 130 115 0 5
Arabic 12,490 10,130 130 980
Armenian 245 195 0 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0
Bengali 1,990 1,845 0 65
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 260 250 0 0
Bosnian 670 545 0 30
Bulgarian 690 595 5 55
Burmese 60 55 0 0
Cantonese 9,070 6,950 0 115
Chinese, n.o.s. 10,500 8,260 15 160
Creoles 395 55 50 265
Croatian 2,445 2,200 5 75
Czech 260 240 0 5
Danish 15 15 0 0
Dutch 75 55 0 10
Estonian 30 30 0 5
Finnish 25 25 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 0
Fukien 65 50 0 0
German 405 350 0 45
Greek 910 810 0 5
Gujarati 4,490 3,815 5 100
Hakka 30 25 0 0
Hebrew 20 15 0 0
Hindi 4,530 4,110 0 85
Hungarian 770 640 0 35
Ilocano 185 170 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 150 130 5 5
Italian 4,365 3,400 5 90
Japanese 535 440 0 10
Khmer (Cambodian) 25 20 0 5
Korean 3,815 3,240 0 65
Kurdish 60 55 0 5
Lao 50 35 0 0
Latvian 45 35 0 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 255 220 0 25
Macedonian 665 580 0 30
Malay 460 435 0 0
Malayalam 995 920 0 15
Maltese 245 235 0 0
Mandarin 9,240 7,300 5 155
Marathi 555 515 0 20
Nepali 390 365 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 120 0 5
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 30 20 0 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 15,645 12,375 5 290
Pashto 580 500 0 25
Persian (Farsi) 3,360 2,760 5 160
Polish 17,435 15,090 15 550
Portuguese 7,475 5,405 30 175
Romanian 1,695 1,155 10 370
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5
Russian 3,365 2,785 0 210
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 0 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 825 690 5 5
Serbian 2,365 2,015 0 135
Serbo-Croatian 290 245 0 15
Shanghainese 60 40 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 135 65 0 0
Sindhi 405 370 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 600 570 0 10
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 50 0 0
Slovak 325 285 0 20
Slovenian 235 225 0 0
Somali 390 360 0 10
Spanish 9,840 8,025 30 565
Swahili 65 60 0 0
Swedish 15 15 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,920 8,695 0 40
Taiwanese 135 105 0 0
Tamil 7,195 6,350 5 160
Telugu 935 855 0 20
Thai 60 45 0 5
Tibetan languages 75 65 0 0
Tigrigna 80 80 0 0
Turkish 760 650 5 20
Ukrainian 3,115 2,675 5 135
Urdu 21,895 19,775 10 405
Vietnamese 7,150 5,540 20 190
Yiddish 5 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 905 780 5 35
Multiple responses 69,570 67,430 915 1,225
English and French 1,370 395 425 545
English and non-official language 66,560 66,480 80 0
French and non-official language 370 125 245 0
English, French and non-official language 1,270 425 170 675
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 710,475 670,050 8,435 7,345
None 512,720 482,860 3,960 3,180
Single responses 193,940 184,200 4,175 3,670
English 86,660 80,690 1,640 3,230
French 5,545 3,570 1,800 155
Non-official languages 101,735 99,945 740 280
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 15 15 0 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 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 100,320 98,555 730 280
African languages, n.i.e. 85 85 5 0
Afrikaans 95 95 0 0
Akan (Twi) 390 385 0 5
Albanian 575 575 0 0
Amharic 140 135 0 0
Arabic 6,915 6,705 145 40
Armenian 130 125 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 45 10 0
Bengali 910 905 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 185 185 0 0
Bosnian 285 285 0 0
Bulgarian 245 240 0 0
Burmese 30 30 0 0
Cantonese 2,960 2,900 10 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,195 3,120 10 5
Creoles 640 365 235 40
Croatian 2,185 2,185 0 0
Czech 210 210 0 0
Danish 65 70 0 0
Dutch 295 295 5 0
Estonian 60 60 0 0
Finnish 65 65 0 0
Flemish 20 15 0 0
Fukien 95 75 0 0
German 1,540 1,520 5 10
Greek 1,520 1,510 0 0
Gujarati 2,635 2,615 5 5
Hakka 50 45 0 0
Hebrew 60 60 0 0
Hindi 6,210 6,080 15 40
Hungarian 575 565 0 5
Ilocano 130 130 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 130 0 0
Italian 5,550 5,500 40 10
Japanese 370 370 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 30 0 0
Korean 1,000 995 0 0
Kurdish 40 35 0 0
Lao 40 40 0 0
Latvian 60 60 0 0
Lingala 60 0 55 5
Lithuanian 190 190 0 0
Macedonian 320 310 0 0
Malay 335 325 0 0
Malayalam 940 940 0 0
Maltese 405 400 0 0
Mandarin 1,965 1,885 0 5
Marathi 340 345 0 0
Nepali 70 70 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 505 490 15 0
Norwegian 15 15 0 0
Oromo 15 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,735 5,620 5 10
Pashto 220 215 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,125 1,115 0 5
Polish 7,105 7,075 5 5
Portuguese 7,470 7,450 20 0
Romanian 855 840 5 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 0 15 5
Russian 1,035 1,005 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 195 185 0 0
Serbian 1,035 1,020 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 165 160 0 0
Shanghainese 35 25 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Sindhi 320 305 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 570 570 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0
Slovak 295 300 0 0
Slovenian 360 365 0 0
Somali 320 315 0 5
Spanish 4,810 4,740 45 25
Swahili 225 205 20 0
Swedish 45 45 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,845 6,835 0 5
Taiwanese 60 50 0 0
Tamil 2,650 2,640 5 5
Telugu 335 330 0 5
Thai 50 45 0 0
Tibetan languages 15 15 0 0
Tigrigna 110 105 0 0
Turkish 335 330 0 0
Ukrainian 1,725 1,680 5 5
Urdu 9,020 8,960 0 15
Vietnamese 2,175 2,075 15 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 1,400 1,375 10 5
Multiple responses 3,815 2,995 290 495
English and French 575 100 40 435
English and non-official language 1,750 1,555 150 30
French and non-official language 1,450 1,335 105 10
English, French and non-official language 35 10 0 25
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 710,475 670,050 8,435 7,345
English 670,055 670,055 0 0
French 8,430 0 8,430 0
English and French 7,345 0 0 7,345
Neither English nor French 24,645 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 12,105 0 8,430 3,670
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.7 0.0 99.9 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.

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Footnote 2

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

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Footnote 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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 8

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 9

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 10

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 13

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 14

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 17

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 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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Footnote 19

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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