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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 Markham, T
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 300,680 271,000 2,280 2,695
0 to 4 years 16,435 13,840 80 65
5 to 9 years 17,315 16,770 125 215
10 to 14 years 18,765 18,085 110 490
15 to 19 years 21,260 20,535 125 455
20 to 24 years 20,585 19,885 100 230
25 to 29 years 19,230 18,355 75 140
30 to 34 years 17,885 16,970 120 165
35 to 39 years 21,025 19,805 175 135
40 to 44 years 23,105 21,305 195 160
45 to 49 years 25,165 22,530 230 160
50 to 54 years 23,620 21,200 200 125
55 to 59 years 21,575 19,045 210 115
60 to 64 years 18,565 16,020 170 85
65 to 69 years 12,365 10,120 120 55
70 to 74 years 9,155 6,800 90 50
75 to 79 years 6,720 4,495 65 15
80 to 84 years 4,570 3,015 50 20
85 years and over 3,335 2,220 40 5
Median ageFootnote 2 39.5 37.9 45.8 22.3
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 248,170 222,305 1,965 1,930
Married or living with a common-law partner 155,220 137,185 1,365 935
Married (and not separated) 148,685 131,130 1,255 910
Living common law 6,540 6,055 110 25
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 92,945 85,115 600 995
Single (never legally married) 68,395 66,120 350 915
Separated 4,450 3,905 45 25
Divorced 9,485 8,000 100 25
Widowed 10,610 7,090 110 30
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 300,680 271,005 2,275 2,695
English only 257,725 257,730 0 0
French only 175 0 175 0
English and French 17,760 12,975 2,095 2,695
Neither English nor French 25,010 300 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 300,680 271,000 2,280 2,695
Single responses 289,660 260,420 2,085 2,445
English 115,750 115,745 5 0
French 2,035 140 1,890 0
Non-official languages 171,875 144,535 190 2,445
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 171,270 144,015 185 2,440
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Afrikaans 45 45 0 0
Akan (Twi) 70 70 0 0
Albanian 125 115 0 5
Amharic 55 50 0 0
Arabic 2,760 2,455 30 160
Armenian 1,445 1,220 5 145
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Bengali 535 515 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 150 145 0 0
Bosnian 20 20 0 0
Bulgarian 140 130 0 10
Burmese 85 70 0 0
Cantonese 47,465 37,340 10 485
Chinese, n.o.s. 31,165 24,580 5 270
Creoles 185 85 30 65
Croatian 140 130 0 0
Czech 120 115 0 5
Danish 65 60 0 0
Dutch 305 295 0 0
Estonian 115 110 0 0
Finnish 140 140 0 0
Flemish 5 10 0 0
Fukien 600 355 5 5
German 1,155 1,125 5 20
Greek 2,700 2,625 0 10
Gujarati 4,710 4,260 5 50
Hakka 1,170 990 0 5
Hebrew 350 340 0 10
Hindi 2,460 2,350 0 25
Hungarian 655 630 5 10
Ilocano 180 170 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 100 90 0 0
Italian 4,265 3,995 5 20
Japanese 450 415 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 35 30 5 0
Korean 2,885 2,455 5 55
Kurdish 65 60 0 0
Lao 75 70 0 0
Latvian 65 60 0 0
Lingala 0 0 5 0
Lithuanian 60 55 0 0
Macedonian 1,375 1,310 0 10
Malay 305 290 0 0
Malayalam 495 485 0 0
Maltese 50 50 0 0
Mandarin 14,345 10,815 10 160
Marathi 185 180 0 0
Nepali 40 40 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 20 20 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,375 3,805 0 65
Pashto 255 220 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 5,725 5,120 10 160
Polish 710 670 0 15
Portuguese 705 670 0 10
Romanian 1,010 805 10 135
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 0
Russian 2,030 1,835 0 70
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0
Serbian 355 315 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 50 50 0 0
Shanghainese 215 120 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 10 0 0
Sindhi 650 615 5 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 370 355 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 100 95 0 0
Slovenian 75 75 0 0
Somali 150 125 0 15
Spanish 1,920 1,755 0 70
Swahili 90 90 0 0
Swedish 30 25 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 4,720 4,660 0 5
Taiwanese 325 290 0 5
Tamil 14,710 13,185 5 205
Telugu 225 210 0 5
Thai 80 80 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0
Turkish 320 290 0 10
Ukrainian 235 230 0 5
Urdu 6,400 6,030 10 60
Vietnamese 1,075 905 0 25
Yiddish 165 160 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 605 515 0 5
Multiple responses 11,025 10,575 195 250
English and French 525 330 35 160
English and non-official language 9,980 9,975 5 0
French and non-official language 255 115 140 0
English, French and non-official language 260 160 10 90
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 300,680 271,000 2,280 2,695
Single responses 274,065 245,000 2,065 2,300
English 156,850 155,765 1,080 0
French 920 55 865 0
Non-official languages 116,300 89,180 110 2,300
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 116,085 89,010 110 2,300
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0
Albanian 55 45 0 5
Amharic 20 15 0 0
Arabic 1,250 990 15 125
Armenian 865 655 5 135
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Bengali 320 300 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0
Bosnian 10 10 0 0
Bulgarian 70 70 0 5
Burmese 40 30 0 0
Cantonese 40,260 29,335 10 485
Chinese, n.o.s. 21,610 15,565 15 240
Creoles 95 20 20 55
Croatian 30 25 5 5
Czech 25 20 0 5
Danish 10 10 0 0
Dutch 25 20 0 0
Estonian 35 30 0 0
Finnish 40 35 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 140 60 0 5
German 170 150 0 10
Greek 865 790 0 5
Gujarati 2,545 2,110 5 50
Hakka 630 480 0 0
Hebrew 140 115 0 15
Hindi 1,265 1,150 0 25
Hungarian 205 185 0 10
Ilocano 45 40 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 0
Italian 1,270 1,000 10 15
Japanese 245 220 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 15 0 0
Korean 2,125 1,700 5 55
Kurdish 30 25 0 5
Lao 35 30 0 5
Latvian 20 20 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0
Macedonian 570 510 0 5
Malay 100 85 0 0
Malayalam 235 220 0 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0
Mandarin 11,750 8,175 5 160
Marathi 50 45 0 5
Nepali 10 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0
Norwegian 0 5 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,695 2,145 0 60
Pashto 175 140 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 4,030 3,440 10 140
Polish 235 195 0 15
Portuguese 195 165 0 5
Romanian 565 360 10 135
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 1,435 1,230 5 75
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0
Serbian 205 165 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 15 15 0 5
Shanghainese 80 40 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 15 0 0
Sindhi 220 200 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 150 140 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 20 20 0 0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0
Somali 50 35 0 5
Spanish 1,020 860 0 70
Swahili 15 10 0 0
Swedish 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,770 1,715 0 5
Taiwanese 175 155 0 5
Tamil 10,990 9,480 0 195
Telugu 115 100 0 0
Thai 30 30 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0
Turkish 145 120 0 10
Ukrainian 50 40 0 5
Urdu 3,715 3,325 5 60
Vietnamese 510 380 0 20
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 215 165 0 5
Multiple responses 26,615 26,005 215 390
English and French 435 135 95 210
English and non-official language 25,720 25,675 45 0
French and non-official language 75 35 40 0
English, French and non-official language 390 160 40 190
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 300,680 271,000 2,280 2,695
None 207,770 182,675 1,070 1,045
Single responses 91,465 87,090 1,160 1,520
English 45,320 42,735 500 1,385
French 1,770 1,235 500 25
Non-official languages 44,380 43,125 160 105
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 0 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 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 44,095 42,860 160 105
African languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0
Akan (Twi) 35 35 0 0
Albanian 40 35 0 0
Amharic 35 35 0 0
Arabic 1,085 1,050 30 5
Armenian 445 435 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 10 5 0
Bengali 205 200 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0
Bosnian 10 5 0 0
Bulgarian 30 30 0 0
Burmese 25 25 0 0
Cantonese 9,595 9,410 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,300 5,215 0 0
Creoles 145 105 30 10
Croatian 50 45 0 0
Czech 35 35 0 0
Danish 35 35 0 0
Dutch 130 125 0 0
Estonian 45 45 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0
Fukien 285 170 0 5
German 450 450 0 0
Greek 1,745 1,740 5 0
Gujarati 1,645 1,635 10 5
Hakka 315 290 0 0
Hebrew 230 215 5 5
Hindi 1,590 1,550 5 5
Hungarian 220 220 0 0
Ilocano 45 40 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0
Italian 1,880 1,870 5 0
Japanese 210 205 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0
Korean 525 520 0 0
Kurdish 20 20 0 0
Lao 20 20 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0
Lingala 10 5 5 0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0
Macedonian 655 650 0 0
Malay 110 110 0 0
Malayalam 190 190 0 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 2,910 2,540 5 5
Marathi 90 90 0 0
Nepali 5 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 70 65 5 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,265 1,245 0 0
Pashto 40 40 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,045 1,035 5 5
Polish 225 225 0 0
Portuguese 305 290 5 5
Romanian 265 265 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 5 0
Russian 405 400 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Serbian 125 125 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 20 20 0 0
Shanghainese 60 35 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0
Sindhi 330 325 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 200 200 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slovak 40 40 0 0
Slovenian 20 25 0 0
Somali 85 75 5 5
Spanish 820 795 10 5
Swahili 50 50 0 0
Swedish 15 15 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,810 1,805 0 5
Taiwanese 130 115 0 0
Tamil 3,410 3,395 10 0
Telugu 50 50 0 0
Thai 20 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 15 20 0 0
Turkish 115 105 0 0
Ukrainian 50 50 0 0
Urdu 2,005 1,995 0 5
Vietnamese 395 340 0 5
Yiddish 25 25 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 280 265 0 0
Multiple responses 1,440 1,240 50 135
English and French 185 60 10 120
English and non-official language 735 695 15 10
French and non-official language 505 480 25 0
English, French and non-official language 10 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 300,675 271,005 2,280 2,695
English 271,000 271,005 0 0
French 2,280 0 2,275 0
English and French 2,695 0 0 2,695
Neither English nor French 24,700 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 3,625 0 2,280 1,345
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.2 0.0 100.0 49.9

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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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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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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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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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