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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Mackenzie County, SM - Alberta ¹

Map of Mackenzie County, SM

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Mackenzie County, SM - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

362

In 2011, Mackenzie County (Specialized municipality) had a population of 10,927, representing a percentage change of 9.2% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 80,478.12 square kilometres with a population density of 0.1 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 640,081.87 square kilometres with a population density of 5.7 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Mackenzie County (Specialized municipality) had 2,900 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 7.9%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Mackenzie County (Specialized municipality) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Mackenzie County (Specialized municipality) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Wood Buffalo, Alta.	SM	65,565	51,496 E	27.3
Improvement District No. 24 Wood Buffalo, Alta.	ID	590	422	39.8
Northern Sunrise County, Alta.	MD	1,791	1,747	2.5
Opportunity No. 17, Alta.	MD	3,074	2,847	8.0
Northern Lights County, Alta.	MD	4,117	3,772	9.1
High Level, Alta.	T	3,641	3,887	-6.3
Rainbow Lake, Alta.	T	870	965	-9.8
Fox Lake 162, Alta.	IRI	1,875	1,753	7.0
John d'Or Prairie 215, Alta.	IRI	1,123	1,025	9.6
Tall Cree 173, Alta.	IRI	202	201	0.5
Tall Cree 173A, Alta.	IRI	163	123	32.5
Beaver Ranch 163, Alta.	IRI	16	15	6.7
Boyer 164, Alta.	IRI	213	178	19.7
Child Lake 164A, Alta.	IRI	188	160	17.5
Hay Lake 209, Alta.	IRI	949	951	-0.2
Bushe River 207, Alta.	IRI	492	400	23.0
Upper Hay River 212, Alta.	IRI	292	289	1.0
Carcajou 187, Alta.	S-É	0	0	···
Fort Vermilion 173B, Alta.	IRI	97	71	36.6
Northern Rockies, B.C.	RGM	4,987	5,702 A	-12.5
Region 4, Unorganized, N.W.T.	NO	10	39 A	-74.4
Region 5, Unorganized, N.W.T.	NO	347	37 A	837.8

Alberta – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth

Table 2 Alberta – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Chestermere	T	14,824	9,923 A	49.4
Beaumont	T	13,284	8,961	48.2
Airdrie	CY	42,564	28,927	47.1
Leduc	CY	24,279	16,967	43.1
Okotoks	T	24,511	17,150 A	42.9

Alberta – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth

Table 3 Alberta – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Lac la Biche County	MD	8,402	9,123 A	-7.9
Willow Creek No. 26	MD	5,107	5,337	-4.3
Crowsnest Pass	SM	5,565	5,749	-3.2
Greenview No. 16	MD	5,299	5,464	-3.0
Lethbridge County	MD	10,061	10,254 A	-1.9

Age and sex

Mackenzie County, SM – Age distribution

Chart C: Mackenzie County, SM - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Mackenzie County, SM - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Mackenzie County, SM – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	35.7%	36.9%	34.6%
15 to 64	57.9%	57.1%	58.9%
65 and over	6.4%	6.2%	6.5%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Mackenzie County, SM was 6.4%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 57.9% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 35.7%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Mackenzie County, SM – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Mackenzie County, SM – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses
Broad age groups by sex	Population
Broad age groups by sex	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	10,925	10,000	925	9.3
0 to 14	3,900	3,565	335	9.4
15 to 64	6,330	5,905	425	7.2
65 and over	695	540	155	28.7
Males
Total	5,530	5,140	390	7.6
0 to 14	2,040	1,880	160	8.5
15 to 64	3,155	2,985	170	5.7
65 and over	345	270	75	27.8
Females
Total	5,395	4,860	535	11.0
0 to 14	1,865	1,685	180	10.7
15 to 64	3,180	2,910	270	9.3
65 and over	350	265	85	32.1

Mackenzie County, SM – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Mackenzie County, SM - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Mackenzie County, SM – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	10,925	5,530	5,395
0 to 4 years	1,445	750	700
5 to 9 years	1,240	650	590
10 to 14 years	1,220	635	575
15 to 19 years	1,120	560	560
20 to 24 years	795	380	410
25 to 29 years	740	370	365
30 to 34 years	675	315	355
35 to 39 years	710	340	365
40 to 44 years	600	315	285
45 to 49 years	550	280	270
50 to 54 years	485	250	235
55 to 59 years	385	200	185
60 to 64 years	280	140	140
65 to 69 years	255	135	125
70 to 74 years	175	100	80
75 to 79 years	125	55	75
80 to 84 years	75	40	35
85 years and over	55	15	35
Median age	22.6	21.9	23.3

Mackenzie County, SM – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, Alberta and Mackenzie County, SM - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Alberta and Mackenzie County, SM - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Mackenzie County, SM was 22.6 years. In comparison, the median age of Alberta was 36.5 years.

Table 7 Canada, Alberta and Mackenzie County, SM – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Alberta	36.0	36.5
Mackenzie County, SM	22.8	22.6

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Mackenzie County was 2,515, which represents a change of 9.8% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Mackenzie County, 88.7% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 4.8% were common-law-couples and 6.6% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Mackenzie County - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Mackenzie County - Census families by family structure

Mackenzie County – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Alberta, CSD of Mackenzie County, SM and neighbouring census subdivisions – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census
Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Geographic name	Total families	number	%	number	%	number	%	% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Alberta †	999,525	719,355	72.0	135,660	13.6	144,510	14.5	10.5
Mackenzie County, SM	2,515	2,230	88.7	120	4.8	165	6.6	9.8
Wood Buffalo, SM	17,730	11,755	66.3	4,010	22.6	1,965	11.1	25.0
Northern Sunrise County, MD	555	430	77.5	70	12.6	55	9.9	7.8
Opportunity No. 17, MD	830	350	42.2	265	31.9	210	25.3	12.9
Northern Lights County, MD	1,235	955	77.3	155	12.6	125	10.1	8.3
High Level, T	980	580	59.2	215	21.9	185	18.9	-7.5
Rainbow Lake, T	230	155	67.4	65	28.3	10	4.3	-16.4
Fox Lake 162, IRI	355	95	26.8	140	39.4	120	33.8	6.0
John d'Or Prairie 215, IRI	235	50	21.3	105	44.7	75	31.9	11.9
Tall Cree 173, IRI	45	10	22.2	20	44.4	15	33.3	0.0
Tall Cree 173A, IRI	35	5	14.3	10	28.6	20	57.1	16.7
Boyer 164, IRI	55	10	18.2	25	45.5	20	36.4	0.0
Child Lake 164A, IRI	45	5	11.1	15	33.3	25	55.6	12.5
Hay Lake 209, IRI	235	45	19.1	105	44.7	85	36.2	-2.1
Bushe River 207, IRI	125	15	12.0	60	48.0	50	40.0	25.0
Upper Hay River 212, IRI	75	15	20.0	30	40.0	30	40.0	7.1
Fort Vermilion 173B, IRI	20	10	50.0	10	50.0	5	25.0	0.0
Northern Rockies, RGM (B.C.)	1,400	820	58.6	375	26.8	205	14.6	-11.4
Region 5, Unorganized, NO (N.W.T.)	105	75	71.4	25	23.8	5	4.8	0.0

Mackenzie County – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Mackenzie County, 67.0% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Presence of children within couple families
* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	1,500
Married couples without children *	730
Common-law-couples with children *	70
Common-law-couples without children *	45

Mackenzie County – Marital status

Chart H description: Mackenzie County - Marital status

In Mackenzie County, 67.5% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (64.1%) or living with a common-law partner (3.4%).

The remaining 32.5% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.

Table 9 Canada, Alberta, Mackenzie County, SM – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Mackenzie County, SM		Alberta		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	7,025	100.0	2,960,470	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	4,740	67.5	1,756,860	59.3	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	4,505	64.1	1,484,705	50.2	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	240	3.4	272,155	9.2	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	2,280	32.5	1,203,615	40.7	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	1,925	27.4	823,935	27.8	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	75	1.1	70,855	2.4	698,245	2.5
Divorced	70	1.0	177,375	6.0	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	205	2.9	131,440	4.4	1,584,525	5.7

Mackenzie County – Types of private households

There were 2,900 private households⁴ in Mackenzie County in 2011, a change of 7.8% from 2006. Of these, 53.4% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 6.5% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Alberta, Mackenzie County, SM – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Mackenzie County, SM		Alberta		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	2,900	100.0	1,390,275	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	1,550	53.4	407,145	29.3	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	750	25.9	406,380	29.2	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	145	5.0	128,330	9.2	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	350	12.1	342,735	24.7	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁹	35	1.2	27,900	2.0	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	70	2.4	77,785	5.6	543,340	4.1

Mackenzie County – Structural type of dwelling

In Mackenzie County, 78.6% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Alberta, Mackenzie County, SM – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Mackenzie County, SM		Alberta		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	2,900	100.0	1,390,275	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	2,280	78.6	883,260	63.5	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	40	1.4	71,850	5.2	646,240	4.9
Row house	95	3.3	97,865	7.0	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	58,205	4.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	35	1.2	197,945	14.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	5	0.2	33,505	2.4	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	5	0.2	1,060	0.1	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	440	15.2	46,590	3.4	183,510	1.4

Language

Mackenzie County, SM – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Mackenzie County, SM - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Mackenzie County, 29.5% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 0.4% reported French only, and 67.1% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 77.0% for English only, 1.9% for French only and 19.4% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 39.8% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.1% spoke only French and 56.0% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 85.7% for only English, 0.7% for only French and 10.5% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Mackenzie County, SM – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	10,905	100.0	10,905	100.0
English	3,220	29.5	4,340	39.8
French	45	0.4	10	0.1
Non-official language	7,320	67.1	6,105	56.0
Multiple responses	315	2.9	440	4.0

Table 13 Mackenzie County, SM – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹³ (in percentage)
Mother tongue	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	98.5	95.9	2.7
French	16.2	10.8	5.4
Non-official language	95.1	84.1	11.0

Mackenzie County, SM – Non-official languages

In Mackenzie County, the three most common mother tongues were German (67.3%), Cree, n.o.s. (1.2%) and Dutch (0.6%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were German (2.3%), Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) (1.9%) and Panjabi (Punjabi) (1.5%).

Table 14 Mackenzie County, SM – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
German	7,340	96.2	67.3
Cree, n.o.s.	135	1.8	1.2
Dutch	65	0.9	0.6
Ukrainian	25	0.3	0.2
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	20	0.3	0.2

Mackenzie County, SM – Bilingualism

Table 15 Mackenzie County, SM – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census
Age groups	Mother tongue
Age groups	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	0.8	1.2	44.4	0.2
0 to 19	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
20 to 44	0.9	2.5	50.0	0.2
45 to 64	0.9	1.9	100.0	0.0
65 and over	1.5	0.0	66.7	1.1

Table 16 Mackenzie County, SM – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	10,905	100.0
English only	10,095	92.6
French only	5	0.0
English and French	85	0.8
Neither English nor French	720	6.6

Symbols:

···: not applicable
†: excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
¶: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A: adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E: use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Mackenzie County SM (Alberta) – This census subdivision has the following data quality indicators (commonly referred to as data quality flags):

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Footnote 2

Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.

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Footnote 4

Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

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Footnote 5

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

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Footnote 6

Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.

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Footnote 7

Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.

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Footnote 8

Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.

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Footnote 9

Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.

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Footnote 10

Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

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Footnote 12

Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 13

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.

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