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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 Division No. 11
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 658,200 625,085 22,760 2,125
0 to 4 years 36,940 34,630 710 145
5 to 9 years 36,040 34,885 745 220
10 to 14 years 39,055 37,885 815 280
15 to 19 years 44,250 43,025 925 215
20 to 24 years 48,470 46,900 1,240 180
25 to 29 years 47,380 45,675 1,355 155
30 to 34 years 44,810 43,170 1,215 145
35 to 39 years 43,500 41,770 1,215 125
40 to 44 years 44,115 42,175 1,350 120
45 to 49 years 50,630 48,140 1,805 100
50 to 54 years 49,965 47,365 1,990 70
55 to 59 years 44,345 41,715 2,020 90
60 to 64 years 38,030 35,590 1,845 80
65 to 69 years 26,690 24,590 1,490 60
70 to 74 years 20,205 18,305 1,215 40
75 to 79 years 17,370 15,685 1,075 30
80 to 84 years 13,835 12,365 905 35
85 years and over 12,565 11,225 840 35
Median ageFootnote 2 38.7 38.2 50.0 25.6
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 546,165 517,685 20,495 1,485
Married or living with a common-law partner 296,580 279,600 11,990 715
Married (and not separated) 253,250 238,135 10,255 655
Living common law 43,330 41,460 1,725 60
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 249,585 238,095 8,505 775
Single (never legally married) 168,980 163,335 4,540 615
Separated 14,545 13,745 605 45
Divorced 34,640 32,885 1,495 60
Widowed 31,415 28,120 1,865 55
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 658,200 625,085 22,765 2,125
English only 581,290 581,295 0 0
French only 925 0 925 0
English and French 67,495 43,545 21,825 2,125
Neither English nor French 8,490 250 10 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 658,200 625,085 22,760 2,125
Single responses 640,680 608,630 22,225 1,605
English 470,625 470,610 15 0
French 23,515 1,745 21,770 0
Non-official languages 146,545 136,275 440 1,605
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 3,530 3,500 0 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 1,115 1,115 0 0
Dene 40 40 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 5 0 0
Inuktitut 45 40 0 5
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 1,640 1,625 5 5
Oji-Cree 685 680 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 140,955 130,920 365 1,565
African languages, n.i.e. 495 460 5 5
Afrikaans 160 160 0 0
Akan (Twi) 95 95 0 0
Albanian 280 255 0 0
Amharic 1,155 1,095 0 10
Arabic 2,655 2,240 55 170
Armenian 35 35 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 225 180 25 10
Bengali 645 615 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 765 750 0 5
Bosnian 590 545 0 5
Bulgarian 120 100 0 10
Burmese 60 45 0 0
Cantonese 3,210 2,500 0 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 6,330 5,195 5 35
Creoles 335 280 20 30
Croatian 915 885 0 5
Czech 520 510 0 5
Danish 195 190 0 0
Dutch 1,535 1,520 0 15
Estonian 30 30 0 0
Finnish 150 150 0 0
Flemish 165 155 0 5
Fukien 30 30 0 0
German 16,330 16,135 10 60
Greek 1,055 1,005 0 10
Gujarati 975 900 0 10
Hakka 30 15 0 0
Hebrew 325 320 0 5
Hindi 1,285 1,215 0 15
Hungarian 1,080 1,040 5 15
Ilocano 880 860 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0
Italian 3,730 3,520 5 30
Japanese 410 385 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 260 215 0 0
Korean 2,400 2,070 0 25
Kurdish 365 305 0 5
Lao 820 700 0 30
Latvian 75 70 0 0
Lingala 50 15 25 10
Lithuanian 80 85 0 0
Macedonian 130 120 0 5
Malay 115 105 0 0
Malayalam 290 275 0 0
Maltese 25 25 0 0
Mandarin 2,070 1,785 5 15
Marathi 50 50 0 0
Nepali 325 245 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 530 480 30 5
Norwegian 70 70 0 0
Oromo 345 300 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 9,300 8,115 0 80
Pashto 180 160 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,520 1,350 0 25
Polish 5,855 5,525 5 45
Portuguese 5,355 4,690 25 65
Romanian 525 460 0 45
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 45 10 20
Russian 3,955 3,635 0 60
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 145 75 20 45
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Serbian 565 520 0 15
Serbo-Croatian 295 270 0 5
Shanghainese 15 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 105 50 0 0
Sindhi 60 50 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 495 480 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 390 245 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 100 95 0 0
Slovak 325 310 5 5
Slovenian 250 250 0 0
Somali 800 695 0 30
Spanish 6,115 5,655 20 175
Swahili 555 350 50 120
Swedish 135 135 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 32,600 31,935 10 80
Taiwanese 60 55 0 0
Tamil 355 335 0 5
Telugu 135 125 0 0
Thai 190 175 0 5
Tibetan languages 10 10 0 0
Tigrigna 915 840 5 10
Turkish 160 155 0 0
Ukrainian 9,435 9,200 10 75
Urdu 1,490 1,420 0 10
Vietnamese 3,150 2,625 5 45
Yiddish 470 465 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 2,060 1,850 70 30
Multiple responses 17,515 16,455 540 525
English and French 2,565 1,960 165 440
English and non-official language 13,745 13,735 10 0
French and non-official language 925 565 360 0
English, French and non-official language 285 195 5 80
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 658,200 625,080 22,760 2,130
Single responses 625,780 594,510 21,610 1,435
English 545,985 533,885 12,100 0
French 9,710 410 9,305 0
Non-official languages 70,090 60,215 205 1,435
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 950 920 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 235 230 0 0
Dene 10 15 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 15 15 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 395 380 0 5
Oji-Cree 290 285 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 68,395 58,700 190 1,400
African languages, n.i.e. 170 145 0 5
Afrikaans 65 60 0 0
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 5
Albanian 145 125 0 5
Amharic 690 645 0 15
Arabic 1,730 1,350 30 145
Armenian 15 15 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 45 25 0 5
Bengali 380 355 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 305 290 0 5
Bosnian 350 305 0 5
Bulgarian 80 65 0 10
Burmese 40 25 0 0
Cantonese 2,210 1,470 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,590 3,455 0 35
Creoles 155 130 5 20
Croatian 335 310 0 5
Czech 120 115 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 0
Dutch 90 80 0 15
Estonian 0 0 0 0
Finnish 10 10 0 0
Flemish 15 10 0 5
Fukien 10 10 0 0
German 2,470 2,290 5 50
Greek 405 355 0 10
Gujarati 580 500 0 10
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 175 165 0 5
Hindi 670 610 0 10
Hungarian 270 235 0 10
Ilocano 255 240 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Italian 1,125 925 5 25
Japanese 140 120 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 145 100 0 0
Korean 1,965 1,640 0 25
Kurdish 200 145 0 0
Lao 470 350 5 25
Latvian 15 15 0 0
Lingala 20 0 10 10
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0
Macedonian 85 70 0 5
Malay 30 25 0 0
Malayalam 165 150 0 0
Maltese 5 10 0 0
Mandarin 1,590 1,325 0 15
Marathi 15 15 0 0
Nepali 240 160 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 115 10 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 225 195 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 7,020 5,835 0 75
Pashto 130 110 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,065 900 0 30
Polish 2,150 1,820 5 45
Portuguese 2,300 1,655 10 60
Romanian 215 160 0 40
Rundi (Kirundi) 65 30 10 20
Russian 2,770 2,445 5 60
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 75 25 10 25
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Serbian 335 285 0 15
Serbo-Croatian 150 125 0 5
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 185 120 0 0
Sindhi 25 15 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 250 230 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 350 215 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0
Slovak 85 70 0 10
Slovenian 50 45 0 0
Somali 585 490 0 25
Spanish 3,315 2,845 15 175
Swahili 330 160 45 90
Swedish 20 15 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 17,855 17,210 0 55
Taiwanese 25 20 0 0
Tamil 180 155 0 5
Telugu 85 75 0 0
Thai 85 65 0 5
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 600 510 5 10
Turkish 65 55 0 0
Ukrainian 1,660 1,450 0 75
Urdu 875 805 0 10
Vietnamese 2,380 1,855 10 45
Yiddish 20 20 0 5
Other languagesFootnote 11 745 595 15 25
Multiple responses 32,420 30,575 1,155 690
English and French 1,640 335 815 490
English and non-official language 29,905 29,845 55 0
French and non-official language 460 250 205 0
English, French and non-official language 415 135 75 205
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 658,200 625,085 22,765 2,130
None 565,145 544,670 11,815 1,215
Single responses 91,170 78,910 10,740 750
English 36,160 30,085 5,030 575
French 11,740 6,410 5,245 75
Non-official languages 43,280 42,410 465 100
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 2,400 2,385 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 805 800 5 0
Dene 30 30 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 30 25 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0
Ojibway 1,120 1,115 5 0
Oji-Cree 410 415 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 39,785 39,015 380 95
African languages, n.i.e. 155 145 5 0
Afrikaans 70 70 0 0
Akan (Twi) 50 50 0 0
Albanian 70 65 0 0
Amharic 355 345 5 5
Arabic 885 820 45 0
Armenian 10 10 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 120 100 15 0
Bengali 140 135 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 175 175 0 0
Bosnian 145 145 0 0
Bulgarian 15 15 0 0
Burmese 25 15 0 0
Cantonese 765 750 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,140 1,120 5 0
Creoles 210 185 15 5
Croatian 335 330 0 0
Czech 165 165 0 0
Danish 70 65 0 0
Dutch 475 475 0 0
Estonian 5 10 0 0
Finnish 50 50 0 0
Flemish 20 20 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0
German 4,900 4,875 15 0
Greek 605 600 5 0
Gujarati 185 185 0 0
Hakka 10 0 0 0
Hebrew 555 540 0 0
Hindi 825 790 0 5
Hungarian 315 310 0 0
Ilocano 245 245 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Italian 1,500 1,485 10 0
Japanese 240 235 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 65 65 0 0
Korean 305 300 0 0
Kurdish 75 80 0 0
Lao 245 225 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0
Lingala 55 10 40 5
Lithuanian 20 25 0 0
Macedonian 25 25 0 0
Malay 40 40 0 0
Malayalam 105 105 0 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0
Mandarin 460 435 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0
Nepali 40 40 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 445 415 25 0
Norwegian 35 30 0 0
Oromo 55 55 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,430 1,425 0 0
Pashto 30 30 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 260 255 0 0
Polish 1,655 1,650 5 0
Portuguese 2,110 2,085 15 5
Romanian 155 150 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 40 25 10 5
Russian 750 720 5 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 55 30 20 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Serbian 140 135 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 50 50 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 110 110 0 0
Sindhi 20 15 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 225 225 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Slovak 80 75 0 0
Slovenian 85 85 0 0
Somali 150 145 0 0
Spanish 2,755 2,675 65 10
Swahili 330 250 60 15
Swedish 65 60 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 7,835 7,820 5 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0
Tamil 130 130 0 0
Telugu 20 25 0 0
Thai 70 65 0 5
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 235 230 0 0
Turkish 55 60 0 0
Ukrainian 2,830 2,815 0 0
Urdu 390 390 0 0
Vietnamese 690 640 5 5
Yiddish 110 110 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 1,095 1,015 75 0
Multiple responses 1,885 1,500 205 160
English and French 190 35 20 135
English and non-official language 765 630 120 10
French and non-official language 905 840 65 0
English, French and non-official language 20 0 0 15
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 658,200 625,085 22,765 2,130
English 625,085 625,085 0 0
French 22,760 0 22,760 0
English and French 2,130 0 0 2,130
Neither English nor French 8,230 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 23,825 0 22,765 1,065
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 3.6 0.0 100.0 50.0

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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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