Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Truro, T - Nova Scotia ¹

Map of Truro, T

Interactive version of map

Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Truro, T - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

331

In 2011, Truro (Town) had a population of 12,059, representing a percentage change of 2.5% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 37.63 square kilometres with a population density of 320.5 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 52,939.44 square kilometres with a population density of 17.4 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Truro (Town) had 5,756 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 3.6%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Truro (Town) is part of the census agglomeration of Truro (Nova Scotia).

Population and dwelling counts

Truro (Town) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Truro (Town) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Colchester, Subd. C, N.S.	SC	13,339	13,312	0.2
Millbrook 27, N.S.	IRI	847	703	20.5
Colchester, Subd. B, N.S.	SC	19,643	19,297	1.8

Nova Scotia – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth

Table 2 Nova Scotia – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Antigonish, Subd. A	SC	8,253	7,730	6.8
Kentville	T	6,094	5,815	4.8
Halifax	RGM	390,096	372,679	4.7
Bridgewater	T	8,241	7,944	3.7
East Hants	MD	22,111	21,397 A	3.3

Nova Scotia – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth

Table 3 Nova Scotia – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	2011	2006	% change
Inverness, Subd. A	SC	5,280	5,859	-9.9
Digby	MD	7,463	7,986	-6.5
Yarmouth	T	6,761	7,162	-5.6
Clare	MD	8,319	8,813	-5.6
Kings, Subd. D	SC	5,201	5,499	-5.4

Age and sex

Truro, T – Age distribution

Chart C: Truro, T - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Truro, T - Population by broad age groups

Table 4 Truro, T – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	13.0%	14.7%	11.6%
15 to 64	65.0%	66.7%	63.5%
65 and over	22.1%	18.7%	24.9%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Truro, T was 22.1%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 65.0% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 13.0%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Truro, T – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Truro, T – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses
Broad age groups by sex	Population
Broad age groups by sex	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	12,055	11,765	290	2.5
0 to 14	1,570	1,565	5	0.3
15 to 64	7,830	7,570	260	3.4
65 and over	2,660	2,625	35	1.3
Males
Total	5,540	5,330	210	3.9
0 to 14	815	810	5	0.6
15 to 64	3,695	3,565	130	3.6
65 and over	1,035	955	80	8.4
Females
Total	6,515	6,435	80	1.2
0 to 14	755	755	0	0.0
15 to 64	4,135	4,005	130	3.2
65 and over	1,625	1,675	-50	-3.0

Truro, T – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Truro, T - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Truro, T – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	12,055	5,540	6,515
0 to 4 years	590	290	295
5 to 9 years	480	250	230
10 to 14 years	500	275	225
15 to 19 years	725	350	375
20 to 24 years	820	410	410
25 to 29 years	795	350	450
30 to 34 years	670	300	370
35 to 39 years	685	335	350
40 to 44 years	675	320	355
45 to 49 years	880	405	475
50 to 54 years	930	440	495
55 to 59 years	830	380	450
60 to 64 years	815	395	415
65 to 69 years	655	295	360
70 to 74 years	555	215	340
75 to 79 years	520	215	305
80 to 84 years	430	165	265
85 years and over	500	145	355
Median age	45.6	43.3	47.4

Truro, T – Median age² of the population

Chart E: Canada, Nova Scotia and Truro, T - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Nova Scotia and Truro, T - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

In 2011, the median age in Truro, T was 45.6 years. In comparison, the median age of Nova Scotia was 43.7 years.

Table 7 Canada, Nova Scotia and Truro, T – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Nova Scotia	41.8	43.7
Truro, T	44.7	45.6

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families³ in Truro was 3,225, which represents a change of 0.0% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Truro, 61.7% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 16.3% were common-law-couples and 22.0% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Truro - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Truro - Census families by family structure

Truro – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Nova Scotia, CSD of Truro, T and neighbouring census subdivisions – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census
Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Geographic name	Total families	number	%	number	%	number	%	% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Nova Scotia	270,065	184,870	68.5	38,460	14.2	46,735	17.3	1.0
Truro, T	3,225	1,990	61.7	525	16.3	710	22.0	0.0
Colchester, Subd. C, SC	4,210	2,945	70.0	645	15.3	620	14.7	2.8
Millbrook 27, IRI	205	55	26.8	65	31.7	85	41.5	13.9
Colchester, Subd. B, SC	6,005	4,285	71.4	800	13.3	920	15.3	2.8

Truro – Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census subdivision of Truro, 36.9% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Presence of children within couple families
* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	750
Married couples without children *	1,235
Common-law-couples with children *	170
Common-law-couples without children *	350

Truro – Marital status

Chart H description: Truro - Marital status

In Truro, 49.4% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (39.2%) or living with a common-law partner (10.1%).

The remaining 50.6% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.

Table 9 Canada, Nova Scotia, Truro, T – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Truro, T		Nova Scotia		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	10,485	100.0	783,510	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	5,175	49.4	453,095	57.8	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	4,115	39.2	376,020	48.0	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	1,055	10.1	77,075	9.8	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	5,310	50.6	330,420	42.2	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	3,070	29.3	209,180	26.7	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	450	4.3	23,545	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	850	8.1	46,060	5.9	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	945	9.0	51,625	6.6	1,584,525	5.7

Truro – Types of private households

There were 5,755 private households⁴ in Truro in 2011, a change of 3.6% from 2006. Of these, 15.9% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 1.7% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Nova Scotia, Truro, T – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁵	Truro, T		Nova Scotia		Canada
Household type⁵	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	5,755	100.0	390,280	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁶	915	15.9	88,450	22.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁷	1,565	27.2	128,065	32.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁸	680	11.8	42,445	10.9	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	2,290	39.8	108,795	27.9	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households⁹	30	0.5	5,495	1.4	268,060	2.0
Other households¹⁰	270	4.7	17,030	4.4	543,340	4.1

Truro – Structural type of dwelling

In Truro, 46.3% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Nova Scotia, Truro, T – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Truro, T		Nova Scotia		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	5,755	100.0	390,280	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	2,665	46.3	260,435	66.7	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	175	3.0	19,450	5.0	646,240	4.9
Row house	30	0.5	9,175	2.4	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	17,880	4.6	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	2,215	38.5	56,485	14.5	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	565	9.8	11,970	3.1	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹¹	20	0.3	705	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹²	80	1.4	14,175	3.6	183,510	1.4

Language

Truro, T – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Truro, T - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Truro, 95.6% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.0% reported French only, and 2.7% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 91.8% for English only, 3.4% for French only and 4.1% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 97.7% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.2% spoke only French and 1.3% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 95.4% for only English, 1.8% for only French and 2.0% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Truro, T – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	11,825	100.0	11,825	100.0
English	11,305	95.6	11,550	97.7
French	120	1.0	25	0.2
Non-official language	320	2.7	155	1.3
Multiple responses	75	0.6	95	0.8

Table 13 Truro, T – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹³ (in percentage)
Mother tongue	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	99.9	99.8	0.1
French	50.0	23.3	26.7
Non-official language	75.3	56.2	19.2

Truro, T – Non-official languages

In Truro, the three most common mother tongues were Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) (0.5%), Arabic (0.3%) and Chinese, n.o.s. (0.3%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Arabic (0.7%), Mi'kmaq (0.5%) and German (0.4%).

Table 14 Truro, T – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	65	17.8	0.5
Arabic	40	11.0	0.3
Chinese, n.o.s.	30	8.2	0.3
Dutch	20	5.5	0.2
German	20	5.5	0.2

Truro, T – Bilingualism

Table 15 Truro, T – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census
Age groups	Mother tongue
Age groups	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	6.9	6.0	91.7	9.4
0 to 19	14.3	13.7	75.0	18.2
20 to 44	7.9	7.0	77.8	8.0
45 to 64	4.7	3.5	75.0	12.5
65 and over	2.2	1.2	100.0	8.3

Table 16 Truro, T – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	11,825	100.0
English only	10,965	92.7
French only	0	0.0
English and French	850	7.2
Neither English nor French	15	0.1

Symbols:

···: not applicable
†: excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
¶: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A: adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E: use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Truro T (Nova Scotia) – This census subdivision has the following data quality indicators (commonly referred to as data quality flags):

Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

Return to footnote 1 referrer

Footnote 2

Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.

Return to footnote 2 referrer

Footnote 3

Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.

Return to footnote 3 referrer

Footnote 4

Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

Return to footnote 4 referrer

Footnote 5

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

Return to footnote 5 referrer

Footnote 6

Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.

Return to footnote 6 referrer

Footnote 7

Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.

Return to footnote 7 referrer

Footnote 8

Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.

Return to footnote 8 referrer

Footnote 9

Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.

Return to footnote 9 referrer

Footnote 10

Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

Return to footnote 10 referrer

Footnote 11

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

Return to footnote 11 referrer

Footnote 12

Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

Return to footnote 12 referrer

Footnote 13

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

Return to footnote 13 referrer

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.

Related data:

2011 Census Topic-based tabulations – Census subdivision of Truro, Town - Nova Scotia
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census subdivision of Truro, Town - Nova Scotia
2011 Census Data Navigator – Census subdivision of Truro, Town - Nova Scotia
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census subdivision of Truro, Town - Nova Scotia

Date modified:: 2019-03-27

Language selection

Search and menus

Search

Archived Content

Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census