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Census Profile

Data table

The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic	Edmonton Alberta (Economic region)			Quebec (Province)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	1,203,115	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,903,001^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	1,076,103	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,546,131^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	11.8	...Data not available	...Data not available	4.7	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	500,940	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,685,926	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	467,064	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,343	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	76.3	...Data not available	...Data not available	5.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	15,767.99	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,356,547.02	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	1,203,115	600,740	602,380	7,903,000	3,875,860	4,027,140
0 to 4 years	76,750	39,230	37,515	440,840	225,525	215,320
5 to 9 years	68,040	34,925	33,120	399,575	203,675	195,900
10 to 14 years	69,100	35,555	33,550	418,205	213,540	204,665
15 to 19 years	77,300	39,310	37,990	491,980	249,960	242,020
15 years	14,905	7,615	7,285	93,955	47,690	46,265
16 years	14,950	7,645	7,305	96,095	48,880	47,210
17 years	15,340	7,905	7,430	97,795	49,925	47,875
18 years	15,600	7,865	7,735	100,210	50,910	49,305
19 years	16,505	8,275	8,230	103,915	52,545	51,370
20 to 24 years	92,490	47,110	45,380	489,185	246,850	242,340
25 to 29 years	99,825	50,940	48,880	490,665	245,695	244,970
30 to 34 years	90,885	46,175	44,705	531,445	264,980	266,460
35 to 39 years	83,690	42,270	41,420	498,225	249,610	248,615
40 to 44 years	83,805	42,220	41,590	520,805	261,120	259,690
45 to 49 years	91,895	45,835	46,065	623,575	311,320	312,250
50 to 54 years	91,640	46,115	45,530	648,695	320,695	327,995
55 to 59 years	77,860	38,980	38,880	579,280	285,295	293,990
60 to 64 years	61,310	30,365	30,940	512,830	250,675	262,155
65 to 69 years	42,280	20,595	21,685	403,210	194,305	208,905
70 to 74 years	32,220	15,140	17,085	291,755	135,830	155,925
75 to 79 years	26,010	11,705	14,310	232,355	101,675	130,680
80 to 84 years	20,065	8,445	11,620	176,420	69,170	107,250
85 years and over	17,940	5,825	12,115	153,945	45,945	108,005
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	36.6	35.8	37.4	41.9	40.7	43.0
% of the population aged 15 and over	82.2	81.7	82.7	84.1	83.4	84.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	989,220	491,030	498,190	6,644,380	3,233,120	3,411,260
Married or living with a common-law partner	567,085	284,360	282,720	3,745,320	1,875,415	1,869,905
Married (and not separated)	480,525	241,050	239,475	2,353,770	1,177,720	1,176,050
Living common law	86,560	43,310	43,250	1,391,550	697,695	693,850
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	422,130	206,665	215,465	2,899,060	1,357,705	1,541,360
Single (never legally married)	290,310	161,335	128,970	1,942,090	1,045,540	896,545
Separated	24,490	10,755	13,730	105,195	46,465	58,720
Divorced	61,720	25,715	36,005	463,830	188,265	275,565
Widowed	45,615	8,860	36,755	387,945	77,430	310,515
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	328,890	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	159,395	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,158,055	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	71,820	...Data not available	...Data not available	473,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	67,370	...Data not available	...Data not available	407,400	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	30,310	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	328,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	276,725	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,838,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	233,515	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,143,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	100,325	...Data not available	...Data not available	596,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	133,185	...Data not available	...Data not available	547,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	49,265	...Data not available	...Data not available	216,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	57,995	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	25,930	...Data not available	...Data not available	104,010	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	43,210	...Data not available	...Data not available	694,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	27,200	...Data not available	...Data not available	334,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	16,010	...Data not available	...Data not available	360,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	8,220	...Data not available	...Data not available	152,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	5,145	...Data not available	...Data not available	155,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	2,650	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	52,165	...Data not available	...Data not available	365,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	40,385	...Data not available	...Data not available	277,930	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	23,955	...Data not available	...Data not available	169,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	11,385	...Data not available	...Data not available	81,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	5,040	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	11,790	...Data not available	...Data not available	87,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	7,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	2,945	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,780	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	925	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	360,920	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,201,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	89,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	520,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	121,350	...Data not available	...Data not available	728,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	43,140	...Data not available	...Data not available	279,620	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	71,780	...Data not available	...Data not available	453,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	35,055	...Data not available	...Data not available	219,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	1,181,835	591,395	590,440	7,732,835	3,812,190	3,920,640
Number of persons not in census families	215,305	111,880	103,425	1,489,290	717,115	772,170
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	31,570	15,070	16,495	145,795	64,175	81,615
Living with non-relatives only	63,040	37,785	25,250	249,085	141,300	107,785
Living alone	120,700	59,030	61,670	1,094,410	511,640	582,770
Number of census family persons	966,530	479,510	487,020	6,243,545	3,095,075	3,148,470
Average number of persons per census family	2.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	124,785	57,475	67,310	1,128,815	510,045	618,775
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	39,895	11,655	28,245	413,235	124,645	288,590
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	5,900	1,340	4,555	45,530	11,850	33,680
Living with non-relatives only	2,485	1,240	1,245	24,935	11,985	12,950
Living alone	31,510	9,070	22,445	342,775	100,810	241,965
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	84,890	45,825	39,060	715,580	385,395	330,185
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	467,065	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,340	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	318,945	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,174,255	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	285,300	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,050,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	246,395	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,738,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	113,265	...Data not available	...Data not available	880,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	133,130	...Data not available	...Data not available	857,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	38,905	...Data not available	...Data not available	312,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	33,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	123,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	24,250	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	16,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	6,705	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	9,755	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	7,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	9,395	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	148,120	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,221,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	120,695	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	27,420	...Data not available	...Data not available	126,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	467,065	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	276,095	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,560,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	26,255	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,115	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	8,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	22,995	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	155,725	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,640,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	23,230	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	37,330	...Data not available	...Data not available	86,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	9,005	...Data not available	...Data not available	263,860	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	85,885	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,103,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	275	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	467,065	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	120,695	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	157,735	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,181,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	75,975	...Data not available	...Data not available	496,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	69,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	421,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	27,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	15,180	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,920	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	1,181,835	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,732,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.3	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	1,189,410	594,530	594,870	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
Single responses	1,166,095	583,415	582,680	7,663,135	3,764,810	3,898,325
English	892,030	450,320	441,710	599,225	297,875	301,355
French	25,450	13,045	12,405	6,102,210	2,994,300	3,107,910
Non-official languages	248,620	120,055	128,560	961,700	472,635	489,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	3,600	1,545	2,050	41,290	20,530	20,760
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,815	2,975	2,845
Cree, n.o.s.	3,175	1,380	1,800	15,135	7,570	7,565
Dene	125	40	75	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	8,715	4,200	4,515
Inuktitut	35	10	25	10,915	5,430	5,485
Mi'kmaq	10	5	5	670	340	325
Ojibway	115	45	70	30	15	15
Oji-Cree	5	0	5	5	0	0
Stoney	145	70	80	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	241,905	117,030	124,880	908,480	445,970	462,515
African languages, n.i.e.	1,030	575	455	930	530	400
Afrikaans	470	245	230	100	50	45
Akan (Twi)	520	285	235	1,140	560	585
Albanian	520	285	240	2,405	1,240	1,170
Amharic	1,665	840	825	690	340	355
Arabic	11,885	6,465	5,420	140,035	74,985	65,050
Armenian	110	50	50	15,030	7,335	7,700
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	590	280	305	1,645	875	770
Bengali	1,540	825	715	10,405	5,305	5,100
Berber languages (Kabyle)	25	15	10	5,645	3,095	2,550
Bisayan languages	1,165	490	670	955	280	670
Bosnian	690	345	345	1,505	745	760
Bulgarian	375	180	195	6,495	3,165	3,330
Burmese	95	55	45	60	25	35
Cantonese	13,610	6,385	7,230	10,975	5,185	5,790
Chinese, n.o.s.	19,325	9,265	10,060	41,590	19,745	21,850
Creoles	570	285	290	49,475	21,965	27,510
Croatian	1,490	740	750	2,375	1,220	1,160
Czech	865	420	445	1,645	790	855
Danish	890	430	460	305	145	160
Dutch	5,025	2,480	2,545	3,245	1,595	1,645
Estonian	50	25	25	200	75	125
Finnish	255	110	145	415	155	255
Flemish	105	55	45	590	250	340
Fukien	215	105	110	75	30	45
German	17,635	8,395	9,245	15,025	6,920	8,105
Greek	975	525	450	39,825	20,135	19,690
Gujarati	3,440	1,690	1,745	5,940	2,915	3,025
Hakka	215	90	125	105	40	60
Hebrew	325	185	145	3,975	2,105	1,870
Hindi	6,225	3,135	3,085	2,745	1,435	1,310
Hungarian	1,770	895	870	6,675	3,250	3,430
Ilocano	1,025	425	595	1,685	615	1,075
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	185	95	85	560	320	240
Italian	5,270	2,645	2,625	113,815	56,530	57,285
Japanese	1,015	330	690	2,175	680	1,495
Khmer (Cambodian)	685	310	380	8,620	4,035	4,580
Korean	4,355	2,000	2,360	4,085	1,785	2,300
Kurdish	510	285	225	820	465	360
Lao	375	200	180	4,185	2,050	2,140
Latvian	125	60	60	335	125	205
Lingala	95	50	45	2,045	980	1,070
Lithuanian	115	50	65	650	275	370
Macedonian	125	60	65	195	105	95
Malay	380	175	210	625	250	375
Malayalam	1,360	685	675	315	165	150
Maltese	25	15	10	30	15	15
Mandarin	7,300	3,470	3,830	11,290	5,155	6,130
Marathi	300	155	145	160	90	65
Nepali	525	290	235	1,280	620	660
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	705	395	310	4,565	2,470	2,090
Norwegian	260	115	150	275	130	140
Oromo	485	275	210	7,035	3,865	3,170
Panjabi (Punjabi)	19,410	9,895	9,515	11,150	5,990	5,160
Pashto	500	265	235	990	545	445
Persian (Farsi)	3,525	1,845	1,680	19,835	10,340	9,500
Polish	9,415	4,410	5,005	15,250	6,695	8,555
Portuguese	4,170	2,070	2,100	34,265	16,505	17,760
Romanian	2,115	1,040	1,075	31,245	15,115	16,130
Rundi (Kirundi)	135	65	75	2,370	1,150	1,220
Russian	4,315	1,995	2,320	24,085	10,765	13,320
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	355	170	185	2,005	875	1,130
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	220	115	105	150	80	75
Serbian	1,515	770	750	2,955	1,485	1,470
Serbo-Croatian	345	175	170	1,910	945	970
Shanghainese	50	25	30	95	40	50
Sign languages, n.i.e.	205	105	100	520	305	215
Sindhi	865	395	470	305	145	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	900	490	410	585	305	280
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	305	165	140	95	55	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	150	70	85	325	180	145
Slovak	605	290	310	1,180	525	660
Slovenian	335	160	180	840	375	460
Somali	3,510	1,725	1,780	855	435	420
Spanish	14,395	7,320	7,075	131,850	64,490	67,365
Swahili	735	405	325	2,065	1,060	1,010
Swedish	345	155	190	515	240	280
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	22,585	9,675	12,915	13,740	4,655	9,090
Taiwanese	135	55	80	405	190	215
Tamil	1,075	585	490	13,245	6,645	6,595
Telugu	455	235	215	365	200	160
Thai	440	140	305	725	190	535
Tibetan languages	10	5	5	110	60	50
Tigrigna	995	510	485	350	160	190
Turkish	1,335	755	580	6,915	3,605	3,305
Ukrainian	13,640	5,955	7,690	4,785	2,095	2,690
Urdu	5,845	3,020	2,820	9,800	5,115	4,690
Vietnamese	8,000	3,705	4,295	26,560	12,675	13,885
Yiddish	70	35	35	9,035	4,515	4,520
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	3,110	1,485	1,630	11,930	6,140	5,790
Multiple responses	23,310	11,115	12,190	152,820	76,455	76,365
English and French	3,080	1,445	1,630	64,800	32,390	32,405
English and non-official language	18,655	8,910	9,745	23,435	11,455	11,975
French and non-official language	1,110	535	570	51,640	25,810	25,825
English, French and non-official language	460	220	240	12,950	6,790	6,155
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	1,189,405	594,530	594,875	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,690
English only	1,086,680	547,730	538,950	363,860	180,175	183,690
French only	1,335	580	755	4,047,175	1,871,500	2,175,675
English and French	84,810	39,715	45,090	3,328,725	1,758,410	1,570,310
Neither English nor French	16,580	6,505	10,075	76,190	31,175	45,015
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	1,189,405	594,535	594,870	7,815,955	3,841,265	3,974,695
English	1,144,040	573,325	570,720	935,635	465,965	469,675
French	24,435	12,570	11,870	6,561,510	3,216,790	3,344,720
English and French	4,790	2,365	2,425	245,230	128,655	116,575
Neither English nor French	16,130	6,275	9,860	73,580	29,860	43,720
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	26,830	13,755	13,080	1,058,250	530,290	527,960
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	2.3	2.3	2.2	13.5	13.8	13.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	1,189,405	594,530	594,870	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,695
Single responses	1,146,515	573,620	572,895	7,570,900	3,720,195	3,850,710
English	1,008,755	505,985	502,765	767,415	379,915	387,500
French	9,175	4,670	4,510	6,249,080	3,071,635	3,177,450
Non-official languages	128,585	62,965	65,615	554,400	268,640	285,760
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	725	340	385	37,955	19,060	18,895
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,365	2,805	2,560
Cree, n.o.s.	645	310	340	14,155	7,085	7,075
Dene	25	10	15	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	7,730	3,760	3,965
Inuktitut	10	0	5	10,360	5,230	5,130
Mi'kmaq	5	5	0	330	175	155
Ojibway	20	5	15	10	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	25	10	15	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	126,755	62,070	64,690	511,880	247,275	264,610
African languages, n.i.e.	575	310	260	220	105	115
Afrikaans	230	125	110	25	10	15
Akan (Twi)	205	105	105	565	260	310
Albanian	260	145	115	1,510	765	745
Amharic	1,105	545	565	360	165	195
Arabic	6,835	3,600	3,240	72,955	37,360	35,590
Armenian	55	25	20	10,980	5,195	5,785
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	150	60	85	290	140	155
Bengali	1,030	540	485	8,285	4,110	4,170
Berber languages (Kabyle)	15	10	10	1,915	1,005	915
Bisayan languages	390	190	200	235	95	140
Bosnian	335	180	160	1,030	525	505
Bulgarian	255	120	130	4,940	2,430	2,505
Burmese	40	25	15	30	10	15
Cantonese	9,560	4,420	5,140	8,340	3,980	4,360
Chinese, n.o.s.	12,630	6,015	6,615	33,890	16,270	17,620
Creoles	340	170	175	19,430	8,295	11,135
Croatian	525	230	295	1,060	510	545
Czech	220	110	110	510	240	275
Danish	55	25	25	35	20	15
Dutch	370	175	200	525	245	280
Estonian	0	0	0	30	15	15
Finnish	35	15	15	65	25	40
Flemish	10	10	5	95	45	55
Fukien	65	30	40	15	10	5
German	2,895	1,370	1,525	3,025	1,435	1,590
Greek	320	155	165	20,060	9,685	10,380
Gujarati	2,030	975	1,055	3,955	1,905	2,050
Hakka	85	40	45	20	5	15
Hebrew	135	70	60	1,735	885	845
Hindi	3,630	1,825	1,805	1,450	720	725
Hungarian	495	230	265	2,390	1,070	1,315
Ilocano	345	160	190	585	225	360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	70	30	40	275	145	130
Italian	1,610	725	890	39,540	17,925	21,615
Japanese	430	175	255	915	390	525
Khmer (Cambodian)	365	160	200	5,350	2,475	2,875
Korean	3,170	1,510	1,660	2,955	1,360	1,590
Kurdish	300	170	135	380	200	180
Lao	185	85	90	2,395	1,160	1,235
Latvian	30	20	15	90	35	55
Lingala	20	10	10	545	250	290
Lithuanian	20	10	10	150	60	90
Macedonian	50	20	25	125	65	60
Malay	115	65	55	225	115	120
Malayalam	745	375	370	75	40	35
Maltese	0	5	5	0	0	0
Mandarin	5,630	2,775	2,855	9,325	4,485	4,835
Marathi	170	90	80	65	40	25
Nepali	355	185	170	1,170	575	600
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	210	95	110	975	465	505
Norwegian	15	5	5	40	20	25
Oromo	355	195	165	2,115	1,110	1,010
Panjabi (Punjabi)	14,735	7,460	7,270	8,345	4,415	3,925
Pashto	330	170	160	805	430	380
Persian (Farsi)	2,345	1,175	1,175	14,380	7,125	7,255
Polish	3,915	1,895	2,025	6,955	3,160	3,800
Portuguese	1,695	800	895	16,015	7,615	8,405
Romanian	1,260	630	635	22,790	11,190	11,605
Rundi (Kirundi)	70	25	45	665	305	355
Russian	2,625	1,295	1,325	18,465	8,740	9,725
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	190	95	90	450	210	235
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	100	50	50	75	40	35
Serbian	815	415	395	2,015	985	1,025
Serbo-Croatian	165	85	80	1,180	580	600
Shanghainese	20	10	10	30	15	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	295	195	105	975	625	355
Sindhi	370	160	205	175	85	90
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	455	250	205	330	165	170
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	235	130	100	55	20	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	55	30	25	145	65	75
Slovak	160	75	80	255	115	140
Slovenian	50	25	25	295	130	170
Somali	2,655	1,280	1,375	520	245	275
Spanish	8,500	4,315	4,185	88,380	43,095	45,290
Swahili	305	160	145	750	365	385
Swedish	40	20	20	115	55	55
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	12,300	5,815	6,485	7,280	2,815	4,465
Taiwanese	55	25	35	220	115	100
Tamil	625	325	300	11,270	5,585	5,685
Telugu	265	135	125	220	120	105
Thai	165	85	85	210	95	115
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	80	40	40
Tigrigna	630	310	315	170	80	90
Turkish	960	510	455	4,945	2,470	2,475
Ukrainian	1,890	860	1,030	1,925	835	1,090
Urdu	3,870	1,970	1,900	7,125	3,595	3,530
Vietnamese	5,540	2,600	2,945	20,740	9,845	10,895
Yiddish	0	0	0	6,275	3,225	3,050
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,100	560	540	4,565	2,310	2,265
Multiple responses	42,895	20,915	21,980	245,055	121,070	123,985
English and French	1,925	990	940	71,555	35,860	35,695
English and non-official language	39,880	19,400	20,470	43,765	21,305	22,460
French and non-official language	400	200	200	100,110	48,590	51,525
English, French and non-official language	690	325	370	29,625	15,315	14,310
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	1,189,405	594,535	594,875	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
None	1,033,500	518,605	514,895	6,691,145	3,279,620	3,411,525
Single responses	153,060	74,555	78,510	1,046,580	522,335	524,245
English	58,960	29,485	29,480	459,125	234,190	224,935
French	13,035	6,080	6,960	298,090	147,040	151,050
Non-official languages	81,065	38,990	42,075	289,365	141,100	148,260
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	2,145	905	1,235	3,380	1,585	1,795
Atikamekw	0	0	0	470	205	270
Cree, n.o.s.	1,915	825	1,085	1,250	630	620
Dene	75	25	55	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	920	435	490
Inuktitut	20	5	15	485	205	275
Mi'kmaq	10	5	5	250	110	135
Ojibway	65	25	40	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	5	0	5	0	0
Stoney	55	20	35	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	77,200	37,280	39,925	279,095	136,070	143,025
African languages, n.i.e.	265	165	105	625	335	295
Afrikaans	215	110	105	65	35	30
Akan (Twi)	310	170	140	475	240	240
Albanian	125	70	55	400	200	200
Amharic	510	280	230	195	95	100
Arabic	5,965	3,195	2,770	49,400	26,430	22,965
Armenian	25	15	10	2,500	1,235	1,265
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	260	120	140	945	495	450
Bengali	365	205	165	1,140	635	505
Berber languages (Kabyle)	0	0	0	1,980	1,050	930
Bisayan languages	290	115	180	250	80	165
Bosnian	255	125	130	310	145	165
Bulgarian	70	30	45	835	380	450
Burmese	45	25	20	10	5	5
Cantonese	3,755	1,830	1,920	1,890	935	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	4,195	2,085	2,110	5,395	2,480	2,920
Creoles	360	185	175	34,645	15,580	19,065
Croatian	585	315	265	600	280	325
Czech	310	150	160	445	205	240
Danish	290	120	175	130	50	75
Dutch	1,555	710	840	930	415	515
Estonian	10	5	5	60	25	35
Finnish	105	50	55	140	60	85
Flemish	15	10	10	110	45	65
Fukien	65	30	35	25	10	15
German	5,710	2,650	3,060	5,900	2,720	3,175
Greek	560	280	280	14,520	7,350	7,165
Gujarati	1,100	545	555	1,185	600	585
Hakka	55	20	35	50	20	30
Hebrew	275	140	135	2,975	1,475	1,505
Hindi	3,285	1,715	1,575	1,870	985	890
Hungarian	520	260	255	1,580	715	865
Ilocano	260	100	160	505	180	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	65	35	30	210	110	95
Italian	2,385	1,190	1,200	39,030	19,225	19,810
Japanese	605	255	345	1,070	465	610
Khmer (Cambodian)	230	110	120	2,300	1,070	1,230
Korean	860	390	470	650	275	375
Kurdish	130	70	60	230	125	110
Lao	125	70	50	1,095	530	565
Latvian	25	15	10	90	35	55
Lingala	165	90	70	2,585	1,255	1,325
Lithuanian	30	15	20	180	65	120
Macedonian	55	25	30	45	20	25
Malay	150	75	80	235	105	130
Malayalam	495	240	250	135	70	70
Maltese	5	5	5	5	5	0
Mandarin	1,700	760	940	1,880	810	1,075
Marathi	70	35	35	55	30	30
Nepali	100	60	40	40	25	25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	475	260	210	2,705	1,350	1,355
Norwegian	110	45	65	110	60	55
Oromo	90	50	40	2,435	1,275	1,160
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,585	1,820	1,760	1,755	960	795
Pashto	110	60	50	80	50	30
Persian (Farsi)	770	420	355	2,920	1,600	1,325
Polish	2,930	1,335	1,590	3,465	1,400	2,065
Portuguese	1,810	895	915	9,950	4,785	5,165
Romanian	505	240	265	4,475	2,070	2,410
Rundi (Kirundi)	65	45	25	1,140	565	575
Russian	1,335	615	720	4,610	2,105	2,500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	165	80	85	920	390	530
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	80	45	35	55	35	25
Serbian	530	270	265	540	275	265
Serbo-Croatian	110	45	60	350	185	165
Shanghainese	10	5	5	50	25	25
Sign languages, n.i.e.	280	125	155	445	205	240
Sindhi	400	185	215	110	50	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	405	215	185	175	95	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	55	30	25	25	15	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	30	15	15	95	55	45
Slovak	180	95	85	310	140	175
Slovenian	140	70	65	225	95	130
Somali	885	435	455	250	135	120
Spanish	6,200	3,155	3,050	40,335	19,665	20,670
Swahili	575	300	275	1,245	615	630
Swedish	145	70	70	320	150	175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	6,760	2,595	4,155	4,875	1,540	3,335
Taiwanese	50	25	30	135	65	70
Tamil	370	195	175	1,510	790	720
Telugu	130	75	60	80	50	30
Thai	245	85	165	320	100	215
Tibetan languages	5	5	0	30	15	10
Tigrigna	335	180	165	90	45	45
Turkish	320	190	130	1,270	690	575
Ukrainian	4,355	1,895	2,460	1,245	535	715
Urdu	1,660	850	810	2,205	1,200	1,010
Vietnamese	2,055	975	1,080	4,620	2,245	2,375
Yiddish	25	15	10	1,690	765	920
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,715	805	910	6,890	3,445	3,445
Multiple responses	2,845	1,375	1,465	78,230	39,305	38,925
English and French	395	205	190	30,610	15,760	14,845
English and non-official language	1,080	545	535	24,795	12,330	12,465
French and non-official language	1,335	610	730	21,860	10,720	11,145
English, French and non-official language	35	20	15	965	500	465

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

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X area and data suppression

In addition to random rounding, area and data suppression has been adopted to further protect the confidentiality of individual respondents' personal information.

Area and data suppression results in the deletion of all information for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. For example, areas with a population of less than 40 persons are suppressed. If the community searched has a population of less than 40 persons, only the total population counts will be available.

Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

^† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

¶ incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

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.. not available for a specific reference period

Data quality index: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 25% (suppressed). Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement: There were 13 Indian reserves and Indian settlements where enumeration was not possible as a result of forest fires in Northern Ontario at the time of census collection. Collection for these communities was done at a later time. While the data are not included in the 2011 Census tabulations, it is expected that separate special tables showing data for these communities will be made available at a later date, subject to data quality evaluation. Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

... not applicable

A possible reason for the use of the three dots (...) symbol is:

A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

2011 and 2006 population

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

Total private dwellings

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Age

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

Median age

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 6

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Total number of census families in private households

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Total number of census families in private households

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Living with relatives

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Total number of private households by 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 common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

One-family-only households

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Other family households

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Movable dwelling

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

Other dwelling

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Total number of private households by household size

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. 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.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

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 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

Official language minority

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.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2012. Edmonton, Alberta (Code 4860) and Quebec (Code 24) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 30, 2024).

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Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions	IVT (20,752 KB)	XML (35,311 KB)
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations	IVT (1,183 KB)	XML (1,221 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, tracted census agglomerations and census tracts	IVT (30,060 KB)	XML (38,000 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions	IVT (5,485 KB)	XML (7,333 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2003 representation order)	IVT (2,795 KB)	XML (2,644 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2013 representation order)	IVT (3,008 KB)	XML (2,802 KB)
Designated places	IVT (4,492 KB)	XML (8,996 KB)
Population centres	IVT (4,511 KB)	XML (6,566 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions, census subdivisions and dissemination areas	IVT (233,928 KB)	XML (384,573 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	IVT (536 KB)	XML (1,140 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (December 2013)	IVT (1,330 KB)	..
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Map

Map: Edmonton (Economic Region), Alberta

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Map: Edmonton, Economic Region (shaded in green), Alberta

Map: Quebec

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Map of Canada: Quebec (shaded in green)

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Edmonton (Economic region)

Canada
- Alberta (Province)
  - Edmonton

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)

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Note: For more information regarding geographic hierarchies, refer to the Illustrated Glossary: Hierarchy of standard geographic units tutorial.

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Related data: Edmonton (Economic Region), Alberta

2011 Census

Additional Census data are not available for this area. Please refer to the 2011 Census Data Products for additional geographies.

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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2011 Census

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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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Map: Edmonton (Economic Region), Alberta

Map: Quebec

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Edmonton (Economic region)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

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2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Related data: Quebec

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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