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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 Edmonton
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 1,146,600 1,101,750 24,010 4,785
0 to 4 years 73,545 69,520 765 195
5 to 9 years 64,980 63,715 730 310
10 to 14 years 66,030 64,500 820 585
15 to 19 years 73,890 72,315 960 530
20 to 24 years 89,655 87,630 1,425 380
25 to 29 years 96,675 94,110 1,830 395
30 to 34 years 87,800 85,000 1,925 450
35 to 39 years 80,740 78,005 1,755 430
40 to 44 years 80,670 77,925 1,670 425
45 to 49 years 88,110 84,925 2,035 320
50 to 54 years 87,715 84,200 2,325 240
55 to 59 years 74,375 70,955 2,015 180
60 to 64 years 58,370 55,225 1,700 110
65 to 69 years 39,815 37,260 1,250 80
70 to 74 years 30,085 27,720 980 60
75 to 79 years 23,860 21,645 835 40
80 to 84 years 17,390 15,580 585 35
85 years and over 12,895 11,525 420 20
Median ageFootnote 3 36.2 35.9 45.4 29.9
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 4 942,045 904,015 21,700 3,695
Married or living with a common-law partner 543,385 519,515 13,450 2,090
Married (and not separated) 460,575 439,575 10,885 1,960
Living common law 82,815 79,940 2,565 125
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 398,665 384,500 8,250 1,605
Single (never legally married) 277,710 270,590 5,025 1,290
Separated 23,320 22,375 525 90
Divorced 58,820 56,665 1,500 155
Widowed 38,815 34,865 1,195 70
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 5 1,146,600 1,101,745 24,010 4,780
English only 1,045,145 1,045,145 0 0
French only 1,310 0 1,310 0
English and French 83,645 56,185 22,670 4,780
Neither English nor French 16,500 415 25 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,146,600 1,101,750 24,010 4,785
Single responses 1,123,635 1,080,245 23,195 4,130
English 854,215 854,175 40 0
French 24,880 2,600 22,280 0
Non-official languages 244,540 223,470 875 4,135
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 2,510 2,495 5 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 2,105 2,090 5 5
Dene 120 120 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 30 30 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 10 0 0
Ojibway 100 100 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 0 0 0
Stoney 145 140 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 7 239,065 218,245 860 4,055
African languages, n.i.e. 1,030 985 5 10
Afrikaans 425 420 0 5
Akan (Twi) 510 495 0 5
Albanian 520 490 0 5
Amharic 1,665 1,590 5 15
Arabic 11,815 10,375 150 630
Armenian 105 90 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 585 510 55 10
Bengali 1,530 1,460 0 25
Berber languages (Kabyle) 25 15 5 10
Bisayan languages 1,135 1,125 5 0
Bosnian 685 660 0 5
Bulgarian 375 315 0 40
Burmese 95 90 0 0
Cantonese 13,595 11,005 0 80
Chinese, n.o.s. 19,270 16,445 15 135
Creoles 575 395 50 115
Croatian 1,485 1,430 5 0
Czech 860 840 0 10
Danish 855 855 0 0
Dutch 4,800 4,750 10 30
Estonian 45 45 0 0
Finnish 250 240 0 0
Flemish 95 85 0 10
Fukien 210 170 0 0
German 16,530 16,310 20 110
Greek 965 935 5 15
Gujarati 3,440 3,105 5 45
Hakka 215 175 0 0
Hebrew 325 310 0 10
Hindi 6,215 5,915 5 55
Hungarian 1,740 1,665 0 30
Ilocano 1,005 985 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 185 160 0 5
Italian 5,255 4,965 10 60
Japanese 1,000 945 5 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 685 600 0 0
Korean 4,335 3,875 0 50
Kurdish 510 465 5 5
Lao 375 335 0 15
Latvian 120 110 0 5
Lingala 95 30 50 15
Lithuanian 110 110 0 5
Macedonian 130 120 0 5
Malay 385 375 0 0
Malayalam 1,355 1,295 0 5
Maltese 25 30 0 0
Mandarin 7,295 6,505 5 95
Marathi 300 280 0 10
Nepali 525 465 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 680 590 50 20
Norwegian 245 245 0 0
Oromo 480 390 10 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 19,405 16,655 20 180
Pashto 500 455 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 3,525 3,210 5 75
Polish 9,335 8,880 15 125
Portuguese 4,150 3,765 25 90
Romanian 2,110 1,780 5 225
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 50 35 50
Russian 4,295 3,965 0 130
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 355 185 55 100
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 225 205 0 5
Serbian 1,515 1,425 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 345 325 0 5
Shanghainese 55 40 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 200 95 0 0
Sindhi 860 825 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 900 880 5 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 300 230 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 150 140 0 5
Slovak 590 570 0 10
Slovenian 335 335 0 0
Somali 3,505 3,065 45 165
Spanish 14,275 12,590 100 625
Swahili 730 595 45 75
Swedish 290 295 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 22,120 21,860 5 45
Taiwanese 140 120 0 0
Tamil 1,070 1,020 0 15
Telugu 450 435 0 5
Thai 445 410 5 0
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 995 935 5 5
Turkish 1,335 1,165 5 55
Ukrainian 13,460 13,190 5 110
Urdu 5,820 5,470 0 60
Vietnamese 8,000 6,850 10 90
Yiddish 65 65 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 8 2,965 2,725 20 70
Multiple responses 22,965 21,500 815 650
English and French 3,025 2,390 155 480
English and non-official language 18,400 18,395 5 0
French and non-official language 1,080 445 635 0
English, French and non-official language 460 265 20 170
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 9 1,146,600 1,101,750 24,010 4,780
Single responses 1,104,225 1,061,735 22,575 3,855
English 967,740 954,175 13,560 0
French 9,055 520 8,535 0
Non-official languages 127,435 107,035 480 3,855
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 465 455 0 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 390 380 0 5
Dene 25 25 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 5
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 20 20 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 25 25 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 11 125,890 105,730 455 3,790
African languages, n.i.e. 570 530 0 10
Afrikaans 200 190 5 5
Akan (Twi) 205 185 0 5
Albanian 255 220 0 5
Amharic 1,110 1,025 5 10
Arabic 6,830 5,510 95 560
Armenian 55 45 0 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 150 130 5 10
Bengali 1,025 955 0 30
Berber languages (Kabyle) 15 5 0 5
Bisayan languages 390 385 0 0
Bosnian 340 310 0 5
Bulgarian 250 205 0 35
Burmese 40 40 0 0
Cantonese 9,555 6,780 5 70
Chinese, n.o.s. 12,590 9,895 10 135
Creoles 345 170 20 135
Croatian 530 465 0 5
Czech 220 205 0 10
Danish 50 50 0 0
Dutch 325 285 0 25
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 35 30 0 0
Flemish 15 5 0 5
Fukien 65 40 0 0
German 2,545 2,335 10 120
Greek 320 290 0 15
Gujarati 2,030 1,710 0 45
Hakka 90 60 0 0
Hebrew 135 120 0 10
Hindi 3,630 3,335 0 50
Hungarian 490 420 0 25
Ilocano 345 330 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 55 0 5
Italian 1,610 1,335 0 50
Japanese 425 370 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 365 285 0 0
Korean 3,155 2,700 0 40
Kurdish 300 260 0 10
Lao 185 145 0 10
Latvian 30 25 0 5
Lingala 20 5 5 10
Lithuanian 20 20 0 5
Macedonian 45 40 0 0
Malay 115 105 0 0
Malayalam 740 685 0 5
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 5,630 4,825 5 90
Marathi 170 150 0 10
Nepali 355 290 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 205 165 10 15
Norwegian 10 15 0 0
Oromo 355 275 0 20
Panjabi (Punjabi) 14,730 12,010 5 175
Pashto 335 290 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 2,345 2,030 0 70
Polish 3,895 3,460 5 110
Portuguese 1,700 1,325 10 85
Romanian 1,260 925 10 220
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 15 30
Russian 2,620 2,280 10 130
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 190 60 30 80
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 5
Serbian 815 720 0 25
Serbo-Croatian 165 145 0 5
Shanghainese 20 15 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 275 160 0 0
Sindhi 370 335 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 460 440 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 230 160 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5
Slovak 155 140 0 10
Slovenian 50 50 0 0
Somali 2,655 2,230 40 150
Spanish 8,450 6,785 75 625
Swahili 300 195 35 60
Swedish 35 30 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 12,095 11,830 5 45
Taiwanese 60 50 0 5
Tamil 615 570 0 10
Telugu 265 245 0 5
Thai 165 140 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 625 565 0 5
Turkish 960 775 15 55
Ukrainian 1,885 1,640 5 95
Urdu 3,855 3,505 0 55
Vietnamese 5,545 4,425 20 85
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 12 1,080 855 20 60
Multiple responses 42,375 40,010 1,435 930
English and French 1,900 410 915 575
English and non-official language 39,400 39,310 90 0
French and non-official language 385 110 275 0
English, French and non-official language 685 180 150 350
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 13 1,146,600 1,101,745 24,010 4,785
None 992,685 962,665 13,160 2,335
Single responses 151,130 136,940 10,540 2,130
English 58,470 51,695 4,245 1,700
French 12,830 7,285 5,350 190
Non-official languages 79,830 77,955 955 245
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 1,855 1,845 10 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,635 1,625 10 0
Dene 75 75 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 20 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 15 0 0
Ojibway 65 65 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0
Stoney 55 55 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 15 76,295 74,495 910 235
African languages, n.i.e. 260 260 5 0
Afrikaans 200 200 0 0
Akan (Twi) 305 300 0 0
Albanian 125 130 0 0
Amharic 510 495 5 0
Arabic 5,910 5,725 140 30
Armenian 25 25 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 255 210 40 0
Bengali 365 365 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 285 285 0 0
Bosnian 255 255 0 0
Bulgarian 70 70 5 0
Burmese 50 45 0 0
Cantonese 3,745 3,680 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,190 4,115 5 0
Creoles 360 295 55 10
Croatian 580 580 0 0
Czech 305 305 5 0
Danish 285 285 0 0
Dutch 1,485 1,475 5 0
Estonian 15 15 0 0
Finnish 95 100 0 0
Flemish 20 15 0 0
Fukien 70 60 5 0
German 5,475 5,425 25 15
Greek 560 555 5 0
Gujarati 1,095 1,090 0 5
Hakka 60 55 0 0
Hebrew 270 260 0 0
Hindi 3,280 3,195 0 5
Hungarian 515 510 0 0
Ilocano 260 260 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 0
Italian 2,380 2,355 15 10
Japanese 595 590 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 225 215 0 0
Korean 860 855 0 0
Kurdish 130 130 0 0
Lao 125 115 0 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0
Lingala 165 20 140 5
Lithuanian 30 35 0 0
Macedonian 60 55 0 0
Malay 150 145 0 0
Malayalam 495 490 0 0
Maltese 5 10 0 0
Mandarin 1,695 1,625 0 5
Marathi 65 70 0 0
Nepali 100 95 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 460 415 40 5
Norwegian 105 100 0 0
Oromo 90 90 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,580 3,550 5 10
Pashto 110 105 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 765 760 0 5
Polish 2,910 2,895 5 5
Portuguese 1,800 1,780 15 0
Romanian 500 495 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 20 35 10
Russian 1,330 1,275 10 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 165 100 55 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 80 75 0 0
Serbian 535 530 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 105 105 0 0
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 270 265 5 0
Sindhi 400 395 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 400 400 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 55 55 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 30 0 0
Slovak 175 180 0 5
Slovenian 135 135 0 0
Somali 885 810 55 10
Spanish 6,120 6,015 85 15
Swahili 575 430 115 30
Swedish 130 130 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 6,575 6,565 5 0
Taiwanese 55 45 0 0
Tamil 365 360 0 5
Telugu 130 130 0 0
Thai 245 240 5 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 335 330 0 0
Turkish 320 310 5 0
Ukrainian 4,310 4,260 10 5
Urdu 1,650 1,635 5 5
Vietnamese 2,050 1,910 5 0
Yiddish 25 25 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 16 1,675 1,615 30 5
Multiple responses 2,785 2,145 305 325
English and French 390 50 60 275
English and non-official language 1,070 885 150 25
French and non-official language 1,300 1,200 95 5
English, French and non-official language 35 15 0 20
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 17 1,146,600 1,101,750 24,010 4,785
English 1,101,745 1,101,745 0 0
French 24,010 0 24,010 0
English and French 4,785 0 0 4,780
Neither English nor French 16,065 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 18 26,400 0 24,010 2,390
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 19 2.3 0.0 100.0 49.9

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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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