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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 London
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 469,010 456,525 5,670 1,920
0 to 4 years 26,130 25,100 180 95
5 to 9 years 25,480 24,980 165 220
10 to 14 years 27,265 26,710 225 265
15 to 19 years 32,425 31,895 215 260
20 to 24 years 34,655 34,105 295 175
25 to 29 years 32,010 31,470 330 125
30 to 34 years 29,370 28,765 385 115
35 to 39 years 29,295 28,615 410 135
40 to 44 years 31,665 30,885 420 105
45 to 49 years 37,290 36,350 540 85
50 to 54 years 36,470 35,460 540 90
55 to 59 years 31,670 30,765 490 55
60 to 64 years 28,185 27,295 450 50
65 to 69 years 20,920 20,120 365 50
70 to 74 years 15,830 15,140 240 45
75 to 79 years 12,705 12,090 170 25
80 to 84 years 9,595 9,105 150 25
85 years and over 8,045 7,680 90 5
Median ageFootnote 3 39.6 39.4 47.1 23.3
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 390,135 379,735 5,095 1,335
Married or living with a common-law partner 222,130 215,715 3,210 695
Married (and not separated) 188,540 182,860 2,585 665
Living common law 33,580 32,855 620 35
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 168,005 164,025 1,885 640
Single (never legally married) 109,985 108,150 990 555
Separated 13,155 12,770 210 20
Divorced 24,155 23,575 370 40
Widowed 20,710 19,530 305 25
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 469,010 456,525 5,670 1,915
English only 432,600 432,600 0 0
French only 245 0 240 0
English and French 31,095 23,770 5,410 1,915
Neither English nor French 5,070 150 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 469,005 456,525 5,670 1,915
Single responses 462,435 450,390 5,435 1,710
English 378,330 378,315 15 0
French 5,820 615 5,200 0
Non-official languages 78,295 71,465 220 1,710
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 45 45 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 30 30 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 77,620 70,845 210 1,700
African languages, n.i.e. 215 205 0 0
Afrikaans 80 80 0 0
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0
Albanian 1,005 905 0 10
Amharic 245 235 0 0
Arabic 7,810 6,970 35 275
Armenian 90 80 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 85 5 5
Bengali 370 345 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 65 65 0 0
Bosnian 670 630 0 15
Bulgarian 75 65 0 10
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 1,160 1,015 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,965 2,625 5 25
Creoles 40 30 10 5
Croatian 1,110 1,070 0 10
Czech 435 425 0 15
Danish 250 245 0 0
Dutch 4,375 4,340 10 5
Estonian 60 65 0 0
Finnish 125 120 0 0
Flemish 275 270 5 5
Fukien 15 15 0 0
German 4,300 4,190 5 30
Greek 1,895 1,790 5 10
Gujarati 515 485 0 5
Hakka 5 0 0 0
Hebrew 95 95 0 0
Hindi 660 630 0 5
Hungarian 1,435 1,400 5 15
Ilocano 85 85 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 40 0 0
Italian 3,545 3,395 5 35
Japanese 220 195 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 920 785 0 10
Korean 2,555 2,270 0 30
Kurdish 830 740 0 5
Lao 125 115 5 5
Latvian 105 100 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 180 180 0 5
Macedonian 80 80 0 5
Malay 125 120 0 0
Malayalam 280 270 5 5
Maltese 290 295 0 0
Mandarin 1,415 1,260 0 20
Marathi 45 45 0 0
Nepali 140 105 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 105 95 5 0
Norwegian 35 30 0 0
Oromo 30 25 5 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 810 745 0 15
Pashto 90 80 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,700 1,515 5 40
Polish 6,195 5,805 5 140
Portuguese 5,980 5,205 10 65
Romanian 885 730 5 115
Rundi (Kirundi) 45 20 25 5
Russian 1,235 1,110 5 55
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 15 10 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 915 775 0 15
Serbian 885 830 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 325 305 0 10
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 30 0 0
Sindhi 60 55 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 85 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 205 120 0 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 70 5 5
Slovak 375 355 0 15
Slovenian 265 260 0 5
Somali 240 225 5 5
Spanish 9,100 7,820 30 520
Swahili 85 70 5 10
Swedish 75 65 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,285 1,275 5 0
Taiwanese 40 40 0 0
Tamil 255 225 5 5
Telugu 90 85 0 0
Thai 55 60 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 255 235 0 10
Turkish 305 275 0 5
Ukrainian 1,035 985 0 5
Urdu 1,190 1,130 0 25
Vietnamese 1,695 1,440 5 10
Yiddish 30 30 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 625 575 5 10
Multiple responses 6,570 6,130 230 210
English and French 1,035 845 50 140
English and non-official language 4,985 4,985 0 0
French and non-official language 360 185 175 0
English, French and non-official language 190 120 5 65
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 469,005 456,520 5,670 1,915
Single responses 456,370 444,565 5,300 1,605
English 417,230 413,550 3,685 0
French 1,660 145 1,515 0
Non-official languages 37,480 30,870 100 1,605
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 15 10 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 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 37,245 30,680 105 1,600
African languages, n.i.e. 75 70 0 0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 5
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0
Albanian 565 465 0 5
Amharic 130 120 0 0
Arabic 4,465 3,640 25 260
Armenian 30 20 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Bengali 250 220 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0
Bosnian 375 330 0 10
Bulgarian 35 30 0 10
Burmese 5 5 0 0
Cantonese 705 555 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,945 1,620 0 20
Creoles 5 5 5 0
Croatian 450 415 0 10
Czech 130 115 0 10
Danish 20 15 0 0
Dutch 260 235 0 10
Estonian 0 5 0 0
Finnish 5 5 0 0
Flemish 20 20 0 5
Fukien 0 5 0 0
German 730 620 0 30
Greek 760 670 0 15
Gujarati 290 265 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 30 30 0 0
Hindi 295 270 0 5
Hungarian 430 400 0 15
Ilocano 25 20 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 950 810 0 30
Japanese 100 75 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 510 375 5 10
Korean 1,975 1,695 0 30
Kurdish 525 430 5 10
Lao 45 30 0 5
Latvian 15 10 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 45 50 0 0
Macedonian 35 25 0 5
Malay 30 25 0 0
Malayalam 140 135 5 5
Maltese 35 35 0 0
Mandarin 1,055 900 0 20
Marathi 20 20 0 0
Nepali 120 80 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 20 10 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 445 385 0 15
Pashto 75 70 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,135 955 5 30
Polish 2,970 2,595 0 130
Portuguese 2,465 1,690 15 65
Romanian 425 275 5 120
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 0 0
Russian 605 480 5 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 630 505 0 10
Serbian 510 455 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 5
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 110 75 0 0
Sindhi 15 15 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 185 100 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Slovak 130 110 0 10
Slovenian 55 50 0 5
Somali 175 160 0 5
Spanish 6,035 4,795 15 500
Swahili 40 30 0 5
Swedish 10 10 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 500 490 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0
Tamil 125 95 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 5
Thai 25 30 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 0
Turkish 185 155 0 10
Ukrainian 325 280 0 5
Urdu 690 625 0 20
Vietnamese 1,170 910 0 10
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 220 175 0 5
Multiple responses 12,640 11,955 365 310
English and French 570 170 235 165
English and non-official language 11,725 11,690 35 0
French and non-official language 90 30 60 0
English, French and non-official language 255 70 35 145
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 469,010 456,525 5,670 1,915
None 420,115 411,755 3,060 850
Single responses 47,855 44,005 2,505 895
English 17,190 15,220 875 785
French 4,710 3,230 1,420 50
Non-official languages 25,960 25,555 215 50
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 70 70 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 10 0 0
Dene 5 5 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 50 45 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 25,450 25,050 210 55
African languages, n.i.e. 110 100 10 0
Afrikaans 35 40 0 0
Akan (Twi) 45 40 0 0
Albanian 290 290 0 0
Amharic 95 95 0 0
Arabic 2,900 2,805 35 10
Armenian 25 25 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 5 0
Bengali 90 90 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0
Bosnian 200 205 0 0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 5
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 340 335 5 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 665 660 5 0
Creoles 50 40 10 0
Croatian 395 390 0 0
Czech 150 145 0 0
Danish 65 60 0 0
Dutch 1,290 1,290 0 0
Estonian 25 25 0 0
Finnish 40 40 0 0
Flemish 40 40 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 1,515 1,505 5 0
Greek 1,050 1,040 5 0
Gujarati 125 130 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 90 85 5 0
Hindi 410 400 5 0
Hungarian 455 455 0 5
Ilocano 30 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 1,405 1,390 10 5
Japanese 125 125 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 310 305 0 0
Korean 385 380 0 0
Kurdish 180 180 0 0
Lao 60 55 0 0
Latvian 30 25 0 0
Lingala 15 0 15 0
Lithuanian 60 65 0 0
Macedonian 25 25 0 0
Malay 50 50 0 0
Malayalam 100 100 0 0
Maltese 95 95 0 0
Mandarin 325 320 0 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0
Nepali 10 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 80 75 10 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 260 260 0 0
Pashto 15 15 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 395 385 10 0
Polish 1,810 1,800 5 0
Portuguese 2,540 2,520 10 0
Romanian 285 285 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 0 25 0
Russian 385 375 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 185 165 0 0
Serbian 240 240 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 65 65 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 0
Sindhi 30 30 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Slovak 95 100 0 0
Slovenian 95 100 0 0
Somali 75 80 0 0
Spanish 2,710 2,680 25 5
Swahili 50 40 5 0
Swedish 35 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 460 455 0 0
Taiwanese 10 10 0 0
Tamil 110 105 0 0
Telugu 30 30 0 0
Thai 20 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 105 95 0 5
Turkish 90 90 0 5
Ukrainian 330 330 0 0
Urdu 460 460 0 0
Vietnamese 405 395 0 0
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 440 435 5 0
Multiple responses 1,040 760 100 170
English and French 190 25 15 155
English and non-official language 255 205 45 10
French and non-official language 585 535 50 0
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 469,005 456,525 5,670 1,915
English 456,520 456,525 0 0
French 5,665 0 5,670 0
English and French 1,920 0 0 1,920
Neither English nor French 4,900 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 6,630 0 5,665 960
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 1.4 0.0 99.9 50.1

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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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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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