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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), Mother Tongue (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census
Data table
| Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) | First official language spoken (4A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 3 | English | French | English and French | |
| Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents | 756,400 | 12,050 | 738,335 | 4,505 |
| 0 to 4 years | 40,770 | 375 | 39,735 | 235 |
| 5 to 9 years | 35,185 | 410 | 34,555 | 140 |
| 10 to 14 years | 36,285 | 455 | 35,530 | 245 |
| 15 to 19 years | 44,065 | 600 | 43,035 | 385 |
| 20 to 24 years | 51,040 | 830 | 49,760 | 395 |
| 25 to 29 years | 52,245 | 895 | 50,840 | 445 |
| 30 to 34 years | 54,150 | 895 | 52,560 | 605 |
| 35 to 39 years | 46,765 | 920 | 45,190 | 580 |
| 40 to 44 years | 47,005 | 880 | 45,600 | 435 |
| 45 to 49 years | 57,695 | 1,025 | 56,260 | 325 |
| 50 to 54 years | 61,960 | 1,000 | 60,670 | 210 |
| 55 to 59 years | 57,730 | 875 | 56,615 | 160 |
| 60 to 64 years | 52,295 | 895 | 51,235 | 110 |
| 65 to 69 years | 40,965 | 655 | 40,175 | 80 |
| 70 to 74 years | 27,960 | 455 | 27,385 | 55 |
| 75 to 79 years | 21,690 | 365 | 21,240 | 35 |
| 80 to 84 years | 15,845 | 280 | 15,495 | 30 |
| 85 years and over | 12,760 | 240 | 12,445 | 35 |
| Median ageFootnote 4 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 42.0 | 33.4 |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 5 | 644,160 | 10,810 | 628,510 | 3,890 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 368,040 | 6,420 | 358,665 | 2,410 |
| Married (and not separated) | 201,095 | 4,380 | 194,105 | 2,100 |
| Living common law | 166,945 | 2,040 | 164,555 | 305 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 276,120 | 4,390 | 269,850 | 1,480 |
| Single (never legally married) | 190,580 | 2,900 | 186,290 | 1,210 |
| Separated | 9,140 | 180 | 8,865 | 60 |
| Divorced | 43,420 | 735 | 42,490 | 155 |
| Widowed | 32,980 | 570 | 32,205 | 55 |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 6 | 756,405 | 12,045 | 738,335 | 4,505 |
| English only | 1,550 | 1,550 | 0 | 0 |
| French only | 479,895 | 0 | 479,895 | 0 |
| English and French | 273,335 | 10,480 | 258,350 | 4,505 |
| Neither English nor French | 1,620 | 20 | 85 | 0 |
| Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents | 756,405 | 12,050 | 738,335 | 4,505 |
| Single responses | 750,695 | 11,550 | 733,985 | 3,645 |
| English | 10,845 | 10,270 | 580 | 0 |
| French | 717,770 | 55 | 717,710 | 0 |
| Non-official languages | 22,080 | 1,225 | 15,695 | 3,645 |
| Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 | 320 | 5 | 300 | 15 |
| Atikamekw | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 265 | 0 | 245 | 15 |
| Inuktitut | 15 | 5 | 15 | 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 8 | 21,060 | 1,185 | 14,870 | 3,545 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 60 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albanian | 195 | 5 | 150 | 15 |
| Amharic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Arabic | 3,260 | 60 | 2,600 | 495 |
| Armenian | 45 | 0 | 25 | 20 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 105 | 0 | 95 | 5 |
| Bengali | 60 | 20 | 30 | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 140 | 0 | 130 | 15 |
| Bisayan languages | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Bosnian | 655 | 5 | 480 | 110 |
| Bulgarian | 200 | 0 | 135 | 55 |
| Burmese | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cantonese | 130 | 15 | 65 | 25 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 685 | 130 | 270 | 180 |
| Creoles | 345 | 0 | 315 | 25 |
| Croatian | 105 | 0 | 85 | 20 |
| Czech | 60 | 5 | 45 | 5 |
| Danish | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dutch | 140 | 15 | 95 | 25 |
| Estonian | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Finnish | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Flemish | 25 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| Fukien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| German | 530 | 85 | 350 | 85 |
| Greek | 125 | 20 | 80 | 15 |
| Gujarati | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Hakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hebrew | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Hindi | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| Hungarian | 125 | 20 | 85 | 25 |
| Ilocano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 80 | 5 | 45 | 10 |
| Italian | 615 | 50 | 505 | 55 |
| Japanese | 130 | 40 | 55 | 25 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 360 | 10 | 285 | 30 |
| Korean | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
| Kurdish | 35 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| Lao | 135 | 0 | 115 | 5 |
| Latvian | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lingala | 85 | 5 | 80 | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Macedonian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Malay | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Malayalam | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandarin | 270 | 55 | 105 | 80 |
| Marathi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepali | 525 | 50 | 80 | 100 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 290 | 5 | 265 | 10 |
| Norwegian | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Oromo | 230 | 5 | 190 | 25 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Pashto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 365 | 60 | 160 | 115 |
| Polish | 315 | 30 | 215 | 65 |
| Portuguese | 1,120 | 30 | 805 | 245 |
| Romanian | 670 | 10 | 410 | 225 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 315 | 5 | 295 | 15 |
| Russian | 455 | 35 | 280 | 110 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 225 | 10 | 190 | 25 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbian | 175 | 5 | 110 | 55 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 225 | 5 | 165 | 50 |
| Shanghainese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 45 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Sindhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovak | 30 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Slovenian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Somali | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Spanish | 5,605 | 140 | 4,185 | 915 |
| Swahili | 380 | 5 | 335 | 20 |
| Swedish | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) | 65 | 40 | 15 | 5 |
| Taiwanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Telugu | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai | 55 | 15 | 30 | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tigrigna | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Turkish | 60 | 10 | 45 | 5 |
| Ukrainian | 60 | 10 | 40 | 10 |
| Urdu | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Vietnamese | 795 | 35 | 535 | 130 |
| Yiddish | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Other languagesFootnote 9 | 690 | 35 | 525 | 80 |
| Multiple responses | 5,710 | 495 | 4,350 | 860 |
| English and French | 3,295 | 285 | 2,235 | 780 |
| English and non-official language | 215 | 190 | 30 | 0 |
| French and non-official language | 1,995 | 0 | 1,990 | 0 |
| English, French and non-official language | 205 | 20 | 105 | 80 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 10 | 756,400 | 12,050 | 738,335 | 4,505 |
| Single responses | 749,210 | 11,300 | 733,000 | 3,395 |
| English | 7,720 | 6,075 | 1,645 | 0 |
| French | 730,095 | 4,775 | 725,325 | 0 |
| Non-official languages | 11,385 | 445 | 6,030 | 3,395 |
| Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 | 135 | 5 | 115 | 20 |
| Atikamekw | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 125 | 0 | 100 | 20 |
| Inuktitut | 5 | 0 | 5 | 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 12 | 10,955 | 440 | 5,755 | 3,320 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albanian | 130 | 5 | 90 | 15 |
| Amharic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arabic | 1,205 | 20 | 615 | 470 |
| Armenian | 30 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 20 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Bengali | 65 | 10 | 25 | 10 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 35 | 0 | 25 | 10 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnian | 465 | 5 | 300 | 105 |
| Bulgarian | 135 | 0 | 70 | 60 |
| Burmese | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cantonese | 65 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 525 | 90 | 165 | 170 |
| Creoles | 80 | 0 | 55 | 20 |
| Croatian | 55 | 0 | 35 | 20 |
| Czech | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Danish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch | 25 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| Estonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Finnish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flemish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| German | 85 | 5 | 15 | 60 |
| Greek | 25 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Gujarati | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hebrew | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Hindi | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hungarian | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Ilocano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 40 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Italian | 120 | 0 | 65 | 45 |
| Japanese | 60 | 15 | 15 | 25 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 175 | 5 | 115 | 30 |
| Korean | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurdish | 20 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Lao | 50 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| Latvian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingala | 25 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Lithuanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macedonian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Malay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malayalam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandarin | 195 | 30 | 60 | 75 |
| Marathi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepali | 510 | 45 | 65 | 100 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 35 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| Norwegian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oromo | 60 | 0 | 40 | 15 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashto | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 260 | 40 | 80 | 115 |
| Polish | 115 | 0 | 50 | 55 |
| Portuguese | 610 | 10 | 335 | 235 |
| Romanian | 415 | 5 | 165 | 225 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 90 | 0 | 70 | 15 |
| Russian | 270 | 5 | 135 | 110 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 40 | 0 | 20 | 15 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbian | 130 | 0 | 75 | 55 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 145 | 5 | 85 | 55 |
| Shanghainese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 70 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Sindhi | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovak | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Slovenian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Somali | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Spanish | 3,625 | 50 | 2,335 | 885 |
| Swahili | 180 | 10 | 135 | 15 |
| Swedish | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Telugu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai | 25 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkish | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Ukrainian | 35 | 0 | 20 | 10 |
| Urdu | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 505 | 25 | 240 | 125 |
| Yiddish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other languagesFootnote 13 | 290 | 5 | 170 | 60 |
| Multiple responses | 7,200 | 750 | 5,340 | 1,105 |
| English and French | 2,845 | 530 | 1,460 | 855 |
| English and non-official language | 175 | 170 | 5 | 0 |
| French and non-official language | 3,725 | 25 | 3,700 | 0 |
| English, French and non-official language | 450 | 30 | 170 | 255 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 14 | 756,400 | 12,050 | 738,330 | 4,505 |
| None | 708,510 | 5,585 | 699,245 | 2,305 |
| Single responses | 46,025 | 6,220 | 37,890 | 1,790 |
| English | 28,530 | 2,655 | 25,760 | 105 |
| French | 9,325 | 3,150 | 4,485 | 1,585 |
| Non-official languages | 8,175 | 415 | 7,645 | 100 |
| Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 | 120 | 5 | 115 | 0 |
| Atikamekw | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 95 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 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 16 | 7,680 | 405 | 7,170 | 95 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albanian | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Amharic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arabic | 1,405 | 15 | 1,385 | 5 |
| Armenian | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 60 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Bengali | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnian | 115 | 0 | 110 | 5 |
| Bulgarian | 30 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Burmese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cantonese | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 95 | 25 | 70 | 0 |
| Creoles | 255 | 0 | 250 | 0 |
| Croatian | 25 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Czech | 15 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Danish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch | 55 | 5 | 40 | 0 |
| Estonian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finnish | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Flemish | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| German | 265 | 35 | 225 | 10 |
| Greek | 45 | 15 | 25 | 0 |
| Gujarati | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hakka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hebrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hindi | 35 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| Hungarian | 35 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ilocano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Italian | 280 | 20 | 255 | 0 |
| Japanese | 90 | 25 | 60 | 5 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 135 | 5 | 130 | 0 |
| Korean | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kurdish | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lao | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingala | 75 | 0 | 75 | 5 |
| Lithuanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macedonian | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Malay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Malayalam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandarin | 35 | 5 | 30 | 5 |
| Marathi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepali | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 140 | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| Norwegian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oromo | 75 | 0 | 65 | 5 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 55 | 15 | 40 | 0 |
| Polish | 95 | 15 | 75 | 5 |
| Portuguese | 305 | 10 | 290 | 0 |
| Romanian | 145 | 5 | 140 | 0 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 140 | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| Russian | 125 | 15 | 105 | 5 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Serbian | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Shanghainese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 60 | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Sindhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovak | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Slovenian | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Somali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spanish | 2,535 | 80 | 2,435 | 25 |
| Swahili | 170 | 5 | 160 | 5 |
| Swedish | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Taiwanese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Telugu | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai | 25 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tibetan languages | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkish | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ukrainian | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Urdu | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnamese | 195 | 10 | 185 | 5 |
| Yiddish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other languagesFootnote 17 | 370 | 10 | 360 | 5 |
| Multiple responses | 1,860 | 245 | 1,200 | 405 |
| English and French | 435 | 20 | 40 | 360 |
| English and non-official language | 1,155 | 40 | 1,115 | 0 |
| French and non-official language | 235 | 175 | 40 | 15 |
| English, French and non-official language | 35 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 18 | 756,405 | 12,050 | 738,335 | 4,505 |
| English | 12,045 | 12,045 | 0 | 0 |
| French | 738,335 | 0 | 738,335 | 0 |
| English and French | 4,505 | 0 | 0 | 4,505 |
| Neither English nor French | 1,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Official language minority (number)Footnote 19 | 14,300 | 12,045 | 0 | 2,250 |
| Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 20 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 49.9 |
Symbol(s)
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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Language groups are defined as follows: 'English' includes respondents who reported English only or English and one non-official language; 'French' includes respondents who reported French only or French and one non-official language; 'English and French' includes respondents who reported English and French, with or without one non-official language.
'Total' category includes all groups mentioned as well as respondents who reported a non-official language as their only mother tongue.
- Footnote 2
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
2006 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.
- Footnote 3
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Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.
- Footnote 4
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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'.
- Footnote 5
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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. - Footnote 6
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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.
- Footnote 7
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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. - Footnote 8
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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. - Footnote 9
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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. - Footnote 10
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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. - Footnote 11
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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. - Footnote 12
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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. - Footnote 13
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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. - Footnote 14
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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. - Footnote 15
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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. - Footnote 16
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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. - Footnote 17
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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. - Footnote 18
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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. - Footnote 19
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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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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.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011058.
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