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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 Oakville, T
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 181,460 174,305 3,375 1,470
0 to 4 years 10,330 9,780 140 45
5 to 9 years 12,410 12,115 170 110
10 to 14 years 12,955 12,510 185 245
15 to 19 years 14,030 13,600 200 195
20 to 24 years 11,515 11,300 135 80
25 to 29 years 7,945 7,800 85 50
30 to 34 years 8,700 8,415 170 95
35 to 39 years 12,795 12,385 250 130
40 to 44 years 15,660 15,090 340 150
45 to 49 years 16,510 15,885 430 95
50 to 54 years 15,090 14,590 345 70
55 to 59 years 11,425 10,970 265 60
60 to 64 years 9,385 8,935 210 35
65 to 69 years 7,055 6,610 160 35
70 to 74 years 5,475 5,015 125 20
75 to 79 years 4,455 4,055 75 25
80 to 84 years 3,210 2,935 60 20
85 years and over 2,525 2,315 40 10
Median ageFootnote 2 40.0 39.7 45.2 31.2
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 145,760 139,895 2,885 1,075
Married or living with a common-law partner 91,360 87,460 2,025 665
Married (and not separated) 84,770 81,130 1,800 650
Living common law 6,590 6,335 225 20
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 54,410 52,430 860 410
Single (never legally married) 38,020 37,110 495 340
Separated 3,455 3,320 70 15
Divorced 6,460 6,195 155 30
Widowed 6,475 5,805 140 25
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 181,460 174,305 3,380 1,470
English only 158,540 158,540 0 0
French only 140 0 140 0
English and French 20,410 15,710 3,235 1,465
Neither English nor French 2,360 55 0 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 181,460 174,305 3,375 1,465
Single responses 177,435 170,575 3,225 1,330
English 126,225 126,220 0 0
French 3,275 160 3,115 0
Non-official languages 47,935 44,195 105 1,330
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 5 5 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 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 6 47,635 43,915 105 1,325
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Afrikaans 175 165 0 5
Akan (Twi) 85 80 0 5
Albanian 175 155 0 10
Amharic 20 25 0 0
Arabic 2,400 2,140 35 145
Armenian 170 145 10 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0
Bengali 210 200 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 50 55 0 0
Bosnian 95 85 0 5
Bulgarian 215 190 0 15
Burmese 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 1,010 910 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,915 1,710 0 25
Creoles 40 20 5 10
Croatian 1,920 1,830 0 30
Czech 290 285 0 5
Danish 110 110 0 0
Dutch 665 635 0 25
Estonian 85 80 0 0
Finnish 130 125 0 0
Flemish 25 20 0 5
Fukien 50 40 0 0
German 1,885 1,820 0 55
Greek 630 595 0 15
Gujarati 625 595 0 5
Hakka 15 15 0 0
Hebrew 50 45 0 0
Hindi 825 800 0 10
Hungarian 680 645 0 10
Ilocano 25 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 0
Italian 3,525 3,370 15 45
Japanese 195 190 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 10 0 0
Korean 2,165 1,920 0 50
Kurdish 20 20 0 5
Lao 20 15 0 0
Latvian 90 85 0 5
Lingala 5 5 0 0
Lithuanian 185 180 5 5
Macedonian 330 305 0 15
Malay 85 85 0 0
Malayalam 105 100 0 0
Maltese 105 105 0 0
Mandarin 1,205 1,055 0 25
Marathi 60 55 0 0
Nepali 20 20 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0
Norwegian 20 20 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,195 1,965 5 40
Pashto 245 230 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,115 1,000 5 35
Polish 3,535 3,325 5 70
Portuguese 3,525 3,140 5 45
Romanian 945 750 0 145
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 1,515 1,350 5 75
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 170 155 0 0
Serbian 1,360 1,215 5 80
Serbo-Croatian 105 100 0 0
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0
Sindhi 60 60 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 185 175 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slovak 380 365 0 5
Slovenian 130 130 0 0
Somali 40 35 0 5
Spanish 3,460 3,150 5 180
Swahili 30 25 0 5
Swedish 90 90 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,705 1,690 0 5
Taiwanese 30 25 0 0
Tamil 340 330 0 0
Telugu 35 35 0 0
Thai 60 55 0 0
Tibetan languages 15 10 0 0
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0
Turkish 335 310 0 15
Ukrainian 775 725 0 20
Urdu 1,875 1,785 0 35
Vietnamese 425 390 0 15
Yiddish 10 10 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 290 280 0 5
Multiple responses 4,025 3,730 155 140
English and French 515 380 35 95
English and non-official language 3,210 3,210 0 0
French and non-official language 155 50 105 0
English, French and non-official language 140 90 5 45
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 181,460 174,305 3,375 1,470
Single responses 173,850 167,130 3,155 1,260
English 150,715 148,900 1,815 0
French 1,355 65 1,290 0
Non-official languages 21,785 18,165 55 1,260
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 21,700 18,095 55 1,250
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Afrikaans 95 90 0 5
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0
Albanian 80 55 5 5
Amharic 5 10 0 0
Arabic 1,015 800 15 115
Armenian 60 50 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Bengali 90 80 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 25 0 0
Bosnian 50 35 0 5
Bulgarian 115 90 0 10
Burmese 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 530 420 0 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,110 925 0 25
Creoles 10 0 5 10
Croatian 715 635 0 30
Czech 75 65 0 5
Danish 10 10 0 0
Dutch 90 60 0 25
Estonian 10 10 0 0
Finnish 40 40 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 5
Fukien 10 5 0 0
German 290 230 0 50
Greek 160 130 0 10
Gujarati 255 220 0 5
Hakka 10 5 0 5
Hebrew 10 5 0 5
Hindi 275 250 0 10
Hungarian 205 180 0 10
Ilocano 5 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0
Italian 715 585 5 35
Japanese 75 65 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0
Korean 1,660 1,420 0 45
Kurdish 10 10 0 0
Lao 10 10 0 0
Latvian 25 20 0 5
Lingala 0 0 5 0
Lithuanian 65 60 0 0
Macedonian 170 145 0 15
Malay 25 25 0 0
Malayalam 40 35 0 5
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 895 735 0 20
Marathi 15 15 0 0
Nepali 15 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,240 1,015 0 35
Pashto 185 165 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 670 555 0 35
Polish 1,630 1,420 0 70
Portuguese 1,410 1,030 0 40
Romanian 520 325 0 145
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 1,035 870 5 70
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5
Serbian 800 655 5 75
Serbo-Croatian 35 30 0 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0
Sindhi 25 20 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 180 160 0 10
Slovenian 15 15 0 0
Somali 15 10 0 0
Spanish 2,165 1,845 0 185
Swahili 5 0 5 0
Swedish 20 20 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 555 540 0 10
Taiwanese 15 15 0 0
Tamil 180 165 0 0
Telugu 20 15 0 0
Thai 30 25 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0
Turkish 170 145 0 15
Ukrainian 210 170 0 20
Urdu 965 870 0 30
Vietnamese 230 190 5 20
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 85 70 0 5
Multiple responses 7,605 7,170 220 210
English and French 355 95 145 120
English and non-official language 7,020 7,005 15 0
French and non-official language 40 10 30 0
English, French and non-official language 190 65 35 90
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 181,460 174,305 3,380 1,465
None 149,755 145,390 1,595 625
Single responses 31,085 28,445 1,715 770
English 11,415 9,885 745 685
French 2,630 1,745 860 25
Non-official languages 17,035 16,810 115 60
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 0 5 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 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 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 16,870 16,650 105 60
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Afrikaans 95 95 0 0
Akan (Twi) 40 40 0 0
Albanian 55 55 0 0
Amharic 10 10 0 0
Arabic 965 925 30 15
Armenian 60 55 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Bengali 115 120 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0
Bosnian 50 50 0 0
Bulgarian 65 65 0 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 360 355 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 420 415 0 0
Creoles 45 30 10 5
Croatian 950 950 0 0
Czech 120 120 0 0
Danish 35 35 0 0
Dutch 205 205 5 5
Estonian 30 30 0 0
Finnish 35 30 0 0
Flemish 5 5 0 0
Fukien 15 10 0 0
German 670 665 10 0
Greek 350 340 5 5
Gujarati 330 330 0 0
Hakka 10 5 0 0
Hebrew 30 30 0 5
Hindi 575 565 0 5
Hungarian 225 225 5 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Italian 1,355 1,335 10 10
Japanese 110 110 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0
Korean 330 335 0 0
Kurdish 5 0 0 0
Lao 5 5 0 0
Latvian 30 30 0 0
Lingala 5 0 5 0
Lithuanian 70 70 5 0
Macedonian 100 100 0 0
Malay 40 35 0 0
Malayalam 45 45 0 0
Maltese 40 40 0 0
Mandarin 275 270 5 0
Marathi 10 10 0 0
Nepali 0 5 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 75 75 5 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 740 735 0 0
Pashto 55 55 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 285 275 5 5
Polish 1,050 1,045 5 5
Portuguese 1,405 1,400 5 0
Romanian 280 280 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 330 325 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 50 0 0
Serbian 380 385 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 25 30 0 0
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Sindhi 35 30 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 100 95 0 0
Slovenian 45 50 0 0
Somali 15 15 0 0
Spanish 1,185 1,170 5 10
Swahili 30 25 0 5
Swedish 35 35 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 695 690 5 0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0
Tamil 130 130 0 0
Telugu 15 10 0 0
Thai 20 20 0 0
Tibetan languages 10 15 0 0
Tigrigna 5 5 0 0
Turkish 105 100 0 0
Ukrainian 260 255 0 0
Urdu 820 820 0 0
Vietnamese 165 160 5 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 165 160 5 0
Multiple responses 620 470 70 75
English and French 80 15 5 60
English and non-official language 170 125 30 5
French and non-official language 365 330 35 0
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 0
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 181,460 174,305 3,380 1,470
English 174,305 174,305 0 0
French 3,380 0 3,375 0
English and French 1,470 0 0 1,470
Neither English nor French 2,305 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 4,115 0 3,380 735
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 2.3 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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