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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

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , mother tongue , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Hamilton
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 2 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 712,580 690,030 9,940 2,630
0 to 4 years 38,325 36,740 285 95
5 to 9 years 39,525 38,865 335 185
10 to 14 years 42,115 41,355 360 305
15 to 19 years 49,035 48,310 365 280
20 to 24 years 47,610 46,925 375 200
25 to 29 years 43,635 42,815 445 180
30 to 34 years 42,780 41,805 575 180
35 to 39 years 44,880 43,670 720 180
40 to 44 years 50,265 48,880 770 225
45 to 49 years 58,075 56,315 1,000 215
50 to 54 years 56,005 54,200 975 155
55 to 59 years 48,110 46,365 860 115
60 to 64 years 42,735 41,065 790 85
65 to 69 years 32,425 30,820 695 80
70 to 74 years 25,820 24,245 500 60
75 to 79 years 21,535 20,095 390 35
80 to 84 years 16,525 15,350 290 30
85 years and over 13,170 12,210 220 30
Median ageFootnote 3 40.8 40.5 48.7 32.0
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 592,615 573,065 8,960 2,050
Married or living with a common-law partner 339,475 327,220 5,635 1,160
Married (and not separated) 295,440 284,365 4,705 1,090
Living common law 44,040 42,855 930 65
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 253,135 245,845 3,325 890
Single (never legally married) 163,335 160,535 1,595 700
Separated 19,045 18,365 375 65
Divorced 36,060 35,005 675 75
Widowed 34,695 31,940 680 55
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 712,580 690,025 9,945 2,630
English only 656,790 656,790 0 0
French only 480 0 480 0
English and French 45,060 32,985 9,450 2,625
Neither English nor French 10,250 260 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 712,575 690,025 9,945 2,630
Single responses 700,400 678,610 9,510 2,305
English 540,870 540,865 15 0
French 10,155 1,075 9,080 0
Non-official languages 149,375 136,675 415 2,300
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 55 50 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 35 35 0 5
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 148,255 135,625 410 2,285
African languages, n.i.e. 240 210 5 20
Afrikaans 210 210 0 0
Akan (Twi) 230 225 0 0
Albanian 1,235 1,095 5 10
Amharic 225 215 0 5
Arabic 7,665 6,790 45 300
Armenian 340 315 0 15
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 185 160 20 5
Bengali 1,120 1,040 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 195 195 0 0
Bosnian 975 870 0 20
Bulgarian 225 210 0 10
Burmese 55 40 0 5
Cantonese 1,975 1,610 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,775 4,160 10 50
Creoles 285 170 45 65
Croatian 6,010 5,630 5 55
Czech 1,575 1,395 0 10
Danish 320 320 0 0
Dutch 4,865 4,830 5 25
Estonian 265 265 0 0
Finnish 180 180 0 0
Flemish 110 105 0 5
Fukien 10 10 0 0
German 6,630 6,550 5 50
Greek 2,055 1,975 0 15
Gujarati 1,320 1,175 5 20
Hakka 10 10 0 0
Hebrew 155 145 0 0
Hindi 1,275 1,235 0 15
Hungarian 3,700 3,475 5 40
Ilocano 245 235 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 150 135 5 5
Italian 19,030 17,635 30 105
Japanese 405 395 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 945 795 5 15
Korean 2,105 1,875 5 20
Kurdish 1,020 850 0 50
Lao 380 345 0 5
Latvian 465 440 0 20
Lingala 35 10 20 0
Lithuanian 655 635 0 5
Macedonian 640 605 0 10
Malay 145 145 0 0
Malayalam 530 505 0 5
Maltese 190 180 0 0
Mandarin 2,215 1,975 0 25
Marathi 105 105 0 0
Nepali 65 55 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 125 10 5
Norwegian 50 55 0 0
Oromo 60 55 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5,680 4,900 0 60
Pashto 245 235 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 2,735 2,470 5 50
Polish 10,230 9,745 5 105
Portuguese 8,760 7,580 20 90
Romanian 2,300 1,985 5 195
Rundi (Kirundi) 55 20 25 10
Russian 2,025 1,850 5 45
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 40 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,760 1,490 0 20
Serbian 6,380 5,795 10 120
Serbo-Croatian 525 475 5 15
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 45 0 0
Sindhi 130 120 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 280 275 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 255 190 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 185 180 0 0
Slovak 795 750 0 5
Slovenian 805 790 0 5
Somali 795 655 0 5
Spanish 9,450 8,445 20 315
Swahili 275 210 35 20
Swedish 135 125 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 4,565 4,515 5 10
Taiwanese 70 60 0 5
Tamil 475 455 5 10
Telugu 110 100 0 5
Thai 170 135 0 5
Tibetan languages 0 5 0 0
Tigrigna 115 105 0 0
Turkish 825 770 0 10
Ukrainian 2,825 2,740 0 30
Urdu 3,785 3,575 0 40
Vietnamese 3,275 2,740 5 45
Yiddish 85 80 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 1,060 995 10 15
Multiple responses 12,180 11,415 435 330
English and French 1,545 1,205 90 255
English and non-official language 9,670 9,665 0 0
French and non-official language 735 410 325 0
English, French and non-official language 230 145 15 75
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 712,580 690,030 9,940 2,625
Single responses 688,605 667,195 9,300 2,130
English 613,375 607,385 5,990 0
French 3,350 245 3,110 0
Non-official languages 71,880 59,565 205 2,130
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 5 0 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 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 5 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 71,435 59,190 200 2,120
African languages, n.i.e. 230 210 0 15
Afrikaans 105 105 0 0
Akan (Twi) 85 85 0 0
Albanian 860 725 0 10
Amharic 105 100 0 5
Arabic 4,695 3,830 35 265
Armenian 120 95 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 5
Bengali 790 710 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0
Bosnian 625 525 0 25
Bulgarian 100 90 0 5
Burmese 30 15 0 0
Cantonese 1,275 880 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,075 3,490 5 45
Creoles 120 35 20 65
Croatian 2,500 2,125 5 50
Czech 920 730 0 10
Danish 15 10 0 0
Dutch 270 240 0 25
Estonian 60 60 0 0
Finnish 15 15 0 0
Flemish 5 0 5 0
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 815 735 0 45
Greek 750 675 0 15
Gujarati 770 625 0 15
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 60 55 5 0
Hindi 600 555 0 20
Hungarian 1,410 1,190 5 35
Ilocano 100 95 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Italian 6,385 5,030 20 75
Japanese 115 100 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 565 430 5 10
Korean 1,500 1,270 0 25
Kurdish 730 575 5 45
Lao 190 155 5 0
Latvian 155 140 0 15
Lingala 5 0 0 5
Lithuanian 195 185 0 5
Macedonian 255 220 0 15
Malay 105 100 0 0
Malayalam 260 230 0 0
Maltese 25 20 0 0
Mandarin 1,645 1,410 0 25
Marathi 40 40 0 0
Nepali 40 35 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 35 0 5
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 30 25 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,790 3,015 0 60
Pashto 150 140 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,770 1,505 5 45
Polish 4,290 3,815 5 100
Portuguese 3,810 2,650 10 85
Romanian 1,205 895 10 190
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 5 5 10
Russian 1,235 1,055 0 45
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,295 1,055 0 20
Serbian 3,690 3,105 5 115
Serbo-Croatian 245 200 0 10
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 170 105 0 0
Sindhi 40 35 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 115 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 165 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Slovak 315 265 0 5
Slovenian 245 230 0 5
Somali 540 405 0 0
Spanish 5,640 4,630 25 310
Swahili 135 95 10 20
Swedish 35 25 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,985 1,945 0 5
Taiwanese 40 35 0 0
Tamil 265 240 0 5
Telugu 70 60 0 5
Thai 100 65 0 5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0
Turkish 460 420 0 5
Ukrainian 735 650 5 25
Urdu 2,395 2,185 0 35
Vietnamese 2,375 1,850 5 45
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 440 375 0 10
Multiple responses 23,975 22,835 645 500
English and French 950 260 400 290
English and non-official language 22,310 22,265 45 0
French and non-official language 310 170 140 0
English, French and non-official language 410 135 60 210
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 712,575 690,030 9,945 2,630
None 625,345 609,695 5,225 1,270
Single responses 85,550 79,015 4,530 1,200
English 30,760 27,515 1,705 1,070
French 6,625 4,145 2,415 40
Non-official languages 48,165 47,360 405 90
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 45 45 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 35 35 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 47,500 46,720 395 85
African languages, n.i.e. 105 95 10 0
Afrikaans 105 105 0 0
Akan (Twi) 110 110 0 0
Albanian 210 200 0 0
Amharic 90 90 0 0
Arabic 2,360 2,230 55 5
Armenian 105 105 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 115 100 15 5
Bengali 250 250 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 45 50 0 0
Bosnian 225 225 0 0
Bulgarian 70 70 0 0
Burmese 20 15 0 0
Cantonese 585 575 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 920 910 5 0
Creoles 210 175 35 0
Croatian 2,290 2,285 5 0
Czech 335 335 0 0
Danish 90 90 0 0
Dutch 1,670 1,660 5 0
Estonian 85 80 0 0
Finnish 45 45 0 0
Flemish 30 30 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0
German 2,365 2,345 15 5
Greek 1,080 1,065 0 0
Gujarati 420 415 5 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 130 125 0 0
Hindi 790 760 0 5
Hungarian 1,045 1,035 5 0
Ilocano 65 60 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 110 100 0 0
Italian 6,985 6,935 40 5
Japanese 220 220 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 235 230 0 0
Korean 415 415 5 0
Kurdish 215 205 0 0
Lao 110 110 0 0
Latvian 150 145 0 0
Lingala 65 5 55 5
Lithuanian 195 195 0 0
Macedonian 215 210 0 0
Malay 80 80 0 0
Malayalam 215 215 0 0
Maltese 90 90 0 0
Mandarin 510 495 0 0
Marathi 30 30 0 0
Nepali 10 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 120 10 0
Norwegian 25 25 0 0
Oromo 5 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,415 1,405 0 0
Pashto 55 55 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 615 610 0 5
Polish 3,140 3,120 15 5
Portuguese 3,480 3,465 15 5
Romanian 700 690 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 25 10 15 0
Russian 545 535 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 25 15 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 310 295 0 0
Serbian 1,885 1,875 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 145 145 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 85 0 0
Sindhi 50 45 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 130 130 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 0
Slovak 190 185 0 0
Slovenian 220 215 0 0
Somali 170 165 0 0
Spanish 3,370 3,330 30 10
Swahili 175 135 35 0
Swedish 60 60 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,490 1,490 0 0
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0
Tamil 155 150 0 0
Telugu 30 30 0 0
Thai 60 55 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0
Turkish 240 230 0 0
Ukrainian 855 840 5 0
Urdu 940 930 0 0
Vietnamese 775 750 5 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 620 595 10 5
Multiple responses 1,690 1,315 195 165
English and French 195 30 20 135
English and non-official language 505 375 100 15
French and non-official language 980 910 70 5
English, French and non-official language 5 5 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 712,580 690,025 9,945 2,630
English 690,030 690,030 0 0
French 9,945 0 9,940 0
English and French 2,625 0 0 2,630
Neither English nor French 9,980 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 11,255 0 9,940 1,315
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.6 0.0 99.9 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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.

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Footnote 2

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

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Footnote 3

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 4

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 5

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 6

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 9

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 10

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 13

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 14

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 17

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 19

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011058.

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