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Census Profile

Data table

The table shows total, male and female data grouped by geography (appearing as column headers) for selected characteristics (appearing as row headers).
Characteristic	Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (CMA) Ontario (Census metropolitan area)			Quebec (Province)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	921,823	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,903,001^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	846,802	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,546,131^†	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	8.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	4.7	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	384,358	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,685,926	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	367,170	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,343	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	280.4	...Data not available	...Data not available	5.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	3,287.13	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,356,547.02	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	921,820	447,570	474,255	7,903,000	3,875,860	4,027,140
0 to 4 years	51,440	26,090	25,350	440,840	225,525	215,320
5 to 9 years	51,075	25,835	25,235	399,575	203,675	195,900
10 to 14 years	53,305	27,030	26,280	418,205	213,540	204,665
15 to 19 years	61,345	31,250	30,095	491,980	249,960	242,020
15 years	11,500	5,930	5,570	93,955	47,690	46,265
16 years	12,070	6,140	5,930	96,095	48,880	47,210
17 years	11,875	6,095	5,780	97,795	49,925	47,875
18 years	12,500	6,270	6,235	100,210	50,910	49,305
19 years	13,395	6,820	6,580	103,915	52,545	51,370
20 to 24 years	68,100	34,230	33,870	489,185	246,850	242,340
25 to 29 years	63,170	31,135	32,040	490,665	245,695	244,970
30 to 34 years	60,075	28,765	31,310	531,445	264,980	266,460
35 to 39 years	63,020	30,065	32,955	498,225	249,610	248,615
40 to 44 years	67,300	32,675	34,620	520,805	261,120	259,690
45 to 49 years	76,935	37,880	39,055	623,575	311,320	312,250
50 to 54 years	72,335	35,215	37,120	648,695	320,695	327,995
55 to 59 years	60,410	29,335	31,075	579,280	285,295	293,990
60 to 64 years	52,585	25,510	27,075	512,830	250,675	262,155
65 to 69 years	37,390	17,725	19,665	403,210	194,305	208,905
70 to 74 years	27,850	12,865	14,985	291,755	135,830	155,925
75 to 79 years	21,955	9,890	12,065	232,355	101,675	130,680
80 to 84 years	16,760	6,765	9,995	176,420	69,170	107,250
85 years and over	16,780	5,320	11,460	153,945	45,945	108,005
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	39.2	38.3	40.0	41.9	40.7	43.0
% of the population aged 15 and over	83.1	82.4	83.8	84.1	83.4	84.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	766,000	368,620	397,385	6,644,380	3,233,120	3,411,260
Married or living with a common-law partner	431,495	215,645	215,850	3,745,320	1,875,415	1,869,905
Married (and not separated)	364,960	182,120	182,840	2,353,770	1,177,720	1,176,050
Living common law	66,535	33,530	33,005	1,391,550	697,695	693,850
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	334,510	152,970	181,540	2,899,060	1,357,705	1,541,360
Single (never legally married)	231,695	121,085	110,610	1,942,090	1,045,540	896,545
Separated	21,490	8,755	12,735	105,195	46,465	58,720
Divorced	43,990	16,105	27,885	463,830	188,265	275,565
Widowed	37,340	7,025	30,315	387,945	77,430	310,515
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	250,955	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	119,450	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,158,055	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	55,200	...Data not available	...Data not available	473,495	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	53,760	...Data not available	...Data not available	407,400	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	22,550	...Data not available	...Data not available	164,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	250,960	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,203,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	211,005	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,838,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	177,785	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,143,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	73,960	...Data not available	...Data not available	596,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	103,825	...Data not available	...Data not available	547,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	37,745	...Data not available	...Data not available	216,230	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	46,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	226,985	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	19,465	...Data not available	...Data not available	104,010	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	33,225	...Data not available	...Data not available	694,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	22,070	...Data not available	...Data not available	334,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	11,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	360,500	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,630	...Data not available	...Data not available	152,120	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	3,845	...Data not available	...Data not available	155,020	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,680	...Data not available	...Data not available	53,360	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	39,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	365,515	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	31,815	...Data not available	...Data not available	277,930	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	18,215	...Data not available	...Data not available	169,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	9,505	...Data not available	...Data not available	81,365	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	4,095	...Data not available	...Data not available	26,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	8,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	87,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,210	...Data not available	...Data not available	57,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	2,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,780	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	610	...Data not available	...Data not available	5,900	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	278,440	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,201,800	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	61,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	520,710	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	93,760	...Data not available	...Data not available	728,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	34,505	...Data not available	...Data not available	279,620	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	60,270	...Data not available	...Data not available	453,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	28,765	...Data not available	...Data not available	219,980	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.0	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	904,905	440,715	464,190	7,732,835	3,812,190	3,920,640
Number of persons not in census families	164,500	75,950	88,555	1,489,290	717,115	772,170
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	19,185	7,770	11,415	145,795	64,175	81,615
Living with non-relatives only	43,035	24,105	18,930	249,085	141,300	107,785
Living alone	102,285	44,075	58,205	1,094,410	511,640	582,770
Number of census family persons	740,400	364,765	375,635	6,243,545	3,095,075	3,148,470
Average number of persons per census family	3.0	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of persons aged 65 years and over in private households	109,485	49,415	60,070	1,128,815	510,045	618,775
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	35,830	9,610	26,215	413,235	124,645	288,590
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	5,570	1,105	4,470	45,530	11,850	33,680
Living with non-relatives only	1,975	900	1,075	24,935	11,985	12,950
Living alone	28,280	7,605	20,675	342,775	100,810	241,965
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	73,655	39,805	33,850	715,580	385,395	330,185
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	367,170	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,340	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	245,560	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,174,255	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	225,835	...Data not available	...Data not available	2,050,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	193,420	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,738,280	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	87,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	880,690	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	105,545	...Data not available	...Data not available	857,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	32,410	...Data not available	...Data not available	312,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	19,730	...Data not available	...Data not available	123,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	14,510	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,000	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	9,855	...Data not available	...Data not available	61,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	3,695	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	6,165	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,840	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	4,650	...Data not available	...Data not available	33,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	5,220	...Data not available	...Data not available	28,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	121,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,221,090	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	102,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	19,325	...Data not available	...Data not available	126,680	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	367,170	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	162,800	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,560,405	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	65,520	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,115	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	955	...Data not available	...Data not available	22,995	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	137,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,640,825	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	19,775	...Data not available	...Data not available	171,435	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	72,995	...Data not available	...Data not available	86,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	7,340	...Data not available	...Data not available	263,860	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	37,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,103,845	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	475	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,645	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	367,170	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,395,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	102,285	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,094,410	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	121,345	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,181,240	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	58,220	...Data not available	...Data not available	496,140	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	55,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	421,080	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	20,100	...Data not available	...Data not available	142,555	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	9,605	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,920	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	904,905	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,732,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.3	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	910,525	442,975	467,555	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
Single responses	883,380	430,050	453,325	7,663,135	3,764,810	3,898,325
English	558,780	277,825	280,960	599,225	297,875	301,355
French	145,355	67,410	77,945	6,102,210	2,994,300	3,107,910
Non-official languages	179,235	84,815	94,420	961,700	472,635	489,060
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	465	160	305	41,290	20,530	20,760
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,815	2,975	2,845
Cree, n.o.s.	145	70	75	15,135	7,570	7,565
Dene	5	0	5	0	5	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	5	8,715	4,200	4,515
Inuktitut	210	55	155	10,915	5,430	5,485
Mi'kmaq	20	5	20	670	340	325
Ojibway	65	20	45	30	15	15
Oji-Cree	10	5	10	5	0	0
Stoney	5	0	5	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	176,840	83,755	93,085	908,480	445,970	462,515
African languages, n.i.e.	450	225	225	930	530	400
Afrikaans	145	70	70	100	50	45
Akan (Twi)	310	150	160	1,140	560	585
Albanian	585	300	285	2,405	1,240	1,170
Amharic	1,160	565	600	690	340	355
Arabic	28,275	14,710	13,565	140,035	74,985	65,050
Armenian	420	215	205	15,030	7,335	7,700
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	505	235	275	1,645	875	770
Bengali	2,840	1,450	1,390	10,405	5,305	5,100
Berber languages (Kabyle)	65	30	35	5,645	3,095	2,550
Bisayan languages	380	110	270	955	280	670
Bosnian	575	265	310	1,505	745	760
Bulgarian	825	385	440	6,495	3,165	3,330
Burmese	165	80	75	60	25	35
Cantonese	6,415	3,005	3,410	10,975	5,185	5,790
Chinese, n.o.s.	12,755	5,985	6,765	41,590	19,745	21,850
Creoles	3,675	1,550	2,130	49,475	21,965	27,510
Croatian	1,005	475	530	2,375	1,220	1,160
Czech	990	455	540	1,645	790	855
Danish	325	145	180	305	145	160
Dutch	2,505	1,200	1,305	3,245	1,595	1,645
Estonian	185	85	100	200	75	125
Finnish	330	130	200	415	155	255
Flemish	85	35	45	590	250	340
Fukien	80	35	45	75	30	45
German	6,035	2,680	3,350	15,025	6,920	8,105
Greek	2,050	1,085	965	39,825	20,135	19,690
Gujarati	1,215	635	580	5,940	2,915	3,025
Hakka	55	35	25	105	40	60
Hebrew	350	190	165	3,975	2,105	1,870
Hindi	2,335	1,180	1,160	2,745	1,435	1,310
Hungarian	1,745	865	885	6,675	3,250	3,430
Ilocano	360	125	245	1,685	615	1,075
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	130	75	55	560	320	240
Italian	9,510	4,775	4,740	113,815	56,530	57,285
Japanese	940	295	640	2,175	680	1,495
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,100	480	625	8,620	4,035	4,580
Korean	1,610	690	915	4,085	1,785	2,300
Kurdish	645	330	315	820	465	360
Lao	360	180	185	4,185	2,050	2,140
Latvian	275	125	155	335	125	205
Lingala	275	125	150	2,045	980	1,070
Lithuanian	215	95	115	650	275	370
Macedonian	60	30	30	195	105	95
Malay	360	160	205	625	250	375
Malayalam	445	225	225	315	165	150
Maltese	35	10	25	30	15	15
Mandarin	6,830	3,155	3,675	11,290	5,155	6,130
Marathi	235	115	120	160	90	65
Nepali	460	230	235	1,280	620	660
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	575	300	270	4,565	2,470	2,090
Norwegian	140	60	80	275	130	140
Oromo	360	190	170	7,035	3,865	3,170
Panjabi (Punjabi)	3,300	1,650	1,650	11,150	5,990	5,160
Pashto	710	380	330	990	545	445
Persian (Farsi)	6,060	3,025	3,035	19,835	10,340	9,500
Polish	5,790	2,620	3,170	15,250	6,695	8,555
Portuguese	3,985	1,905	2,080	34,265	16,505	17,760
Romanian	2,405	1,090	1,315	31,245	15,115	16,130
Rundi (Kirundi)	550	235	320	2,370	1,150	1,220
Russian	5,520	2,415	3,110	24,085	10,765	13,320
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	515	185	325	2,005	875	1,130
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	160	80	80	150	80	75
Serbian	1,685	825	855	2,955	1,485	1,470
Serbo-Croatian	545	265	280	1,910	945	970
Shanghainese	75	35	45	95	40	50
Sign languages, n.i.e.	120	55	70	520	305	215
Sindhi	250	120	130	305	145	155
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	720	360	365	585	305	280
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	355	175	180	95	55	40
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	55	20	30	325	180	145
Slovak	630	280	350	1,180	525	660
Slovenian	235	110	125	840	375	460
Somali	6,135	2,615	3,520	855	435	420
Spanish	10,930	5,000	5,930	131,850	64,490	67,365
Swahili	805	370	435	2,065	1,060	1,010
Swedish	275	130	150	515	240	280
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	4,885	1,630	3,260	13,740	4,655	9,090
Taiwanese	170	75	95	405	190	215
Tamil	2,065	1,060	1,000	13,245	6,645	6,595
Telugu	340	170	170	365	200	160
Thai	345	100	250	725	190	535
Tibetan languages	15	10	5	110	60	50
Tigrigna	745	360	385	350	160	190
Turkish	1,410	710	695	6,915	3,605	3,305
Ukrainian	1,575	690	885	4,785	2,095	2,690
Urdu	3,685	1,870	1,810	9,800	5,115	4,690
Vietnamese	5,800	2,715	3,090	26,560	12,675	13,885
Yiddish	230	120	105	9,035	4,515	4,520
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,935	905	1,030	11,930	6,140	5,790
Multiple responses	27,150	12,925	14,225	152,820	76,455	76,365
English and French	11,460	5,435	6,020	64,800	32,390	32,405
English and non-official language	11,140	5,450	5,690	23,435	11,455	11,975
French and non-official language	2,975	1,340	1,635	51,640	25,810	25,825
English, French and non-official language	1,575	700	880	12,950	6,790	6,155
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	910,525	442,975	467,555	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,690
English only	533,385	270,205	263,180	363,860	180,175	183,690
French only	15,900	6,615	9,285	4,047,175	1,871,500	2,175,675
English and French	349,355	161,665	187,685	3,328,725	1,758,410	1,570,310
Neither English nor French	11,885	4,485	7,405	76,190	31,175	45,015
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	910,525	442,975	467,555	7,815,955	3,841,265	3,974,695
English	724,340	357,855	366,485	935,635	465,965	469,675
French	155,140	71,580	83,555	6,561,510	3,216,790	3,344,720
English and French	19,495	9,225	10,265	245,230	128,655	116,575
Neither English nor French	11,555	4,310	7,245	73,580	29,860	43,720
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	164,885	76,195	88,690	1,058,250	530,290	527,960
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	18.1	17.2	19.0	13.5	13.8	13.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	910,525	442,975	467,550	7,815,955	3,841,260	3,974,695
Single responses	867,600	422,605	444,990	7,570,900	3,720,195	3,850,710
English	670,360	330,785	339,575	767,415	379,915	387,500
French	104,990	48,240	56,745	6,249,080	3,071,635	3,177,450
Non-official languages	92,250	43,580	48,670	554,400	268,640	285,760
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	115	40	75	37,955	19,060	18,895
Atikamekw	0	0	0	5,365	2,805	2,560
Cree, n.o.s.	35	15	25	14,155	7,085	7,075
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	0	7,730	3,760	3,965
Inuktitut	55	15	45	10,360	5,230	5,130
Mi'kmaq	0	0	5	330	175	155
Ojibway	20	5	10	10	5	5
Oji-Cree	5	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	91,465	43,225	48,240	511,880	247,275	264,610
African languages, n.i.e.	175	80	95	220	105	115
Afrikaans	50	25	25	25	10	15
Akan (Twi)	110	50	60	565	260	310
Albanian	290	150	140	1,510	765	745
Amharic	655	305	350	360	165	195
Arabic	16,995	8,540	8,450	72,955	37,360	35,590
Armenian	215	105	100	10,980	5,195	5,785
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	80	35	45	290	140	155
Bengali	1,920	945	970	8,285	4,110	4,170
Berber languages (Kabyle)	20	10	15	1,915	1,005	915
Bisayan languages	120	40	75	235	95	140
Bosnian	295	150	140	1,030	525	505
Bulgarian	435	210	225	4,940	2,430	2,505
Burmese	100	45	55	30	10	15
Cantonese	4,000	1,865	2,140	8,340	3,980	4,360
Chinese, n.o.s.	8,485	3,985	4,505	33,890	16,270	17,620
Creoles	1,605	650	955	19,430	8,295	11,135
Croatian	375	175	195	1,060	510	545
Czech	270	125	150	510	240	275
Danish	25	10	15	35	20	15
Dutch	165	85	85	525	245	280
Estonian	45	20	30	30	15	15
Finnish	25	10	15	65	25	40
Flemish	0	0	5	95	45	55
Fukien	20	10	10	15	10	5
German	785	340	445	3,025	1,435	1,590
Greek	640	315	320	20,060	9,685	10,380
Gujarati	465	225	240	3,955	1,905	2,050
Hakka	10	10	5	20	5	15
Hebrew	135	70	70	1,735	885	845
Hindi	1,045	520	525	1,450	720	725
Hungarian	500	240	265	2,390	1,070	1,315
Ilocano	160	60	105	585	225	360
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	30	20	10	275	145	130
Italian	2,920	1,325	1,600	39,540	17,925	21,615
Japanese	375	145	235	915	390	525
Khmer (Cambodian)	530	235	295	5,350	2,475	2,875
Korean	995	460	535	2,955	1,360	1,590
Kurdish	405	195	210	380	200	180
Lao	190	100	90	2,395	1,160	1,235
Latvian	70	30	40	90	35	55
Lingala	100	35	65	545	250	290
Lithuanian	50	25	25	150	60	90
Macedonian	25	15	10	125	65	60
Malay	110	55	50	225	115	120
Malayalam	185	85	90	75	40	35
Maltese	5	5	5	0	0	0
Mandarin	5,195	2,515	2,680	9,325	4,485	4,835
Marathi	120	55	65	65	40	25
Nepali	345	170	175	1,170	575	600
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	105	55	55	975	465	505
Norwegian	10	5	5	40	20	25
Oromo	200	95	100	2,115	1,110	1,010
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,800	860	945	8,345	4,415	3,925
Pashto	520	270	240	805	430	380
Persian (Farsi)	3,880	1,835	2,045	14,380	7,125	7,255
Polish	2,335	1,085	1,255	6,955	3,160	3,800
Portuguese	1,630	770	855	16,015	7,615	8,405
Romanian	1,245	575	670	22,790	11,190	11,605
Rundi (Kirundi)	215	105	110	665	305	355
Russian	3,490	1,625	1,860	18,465	8,740	9,725
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	205	80	125	450	210	235
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	80	35	45	75	40	35
Serbian	1,150	565	580	2,015	985	1,025
Serbo-Croatian	275	135	140	1,180	580	600
Shanghainese	35	20	15	30	15	20
Sign languages, n.i.e.	200	120	80	975	625	355
Sindhi	65	20	40	175	85	90
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	345	170	170	330	165	170
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	270	140	130	55	20	30
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5	145	65	75
Slovak	190	90	100	255	115	140
Slovenian	30	15	15	295	130	170
Somali	3,845	1,600	2,250	520	245	275
Spanish	5,780	2,680	3,100	88,380	43,095	45,290
Swahili	305	135	170	750	365	385
Swedish	65	35	30	115	55	55
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,095	815	1,275	7,280	2,815	4,465
Taiwanese	75	35	40	220	115	100
Tamil	1,270	625	645	11,270	5,585	5,685
Telugu	125	60	65	220	120	105
Thai	120	45	75	210	95	115
Tibetan languages	5	0	0	80	40	40
Tigrigna	390	175	220	170	80	90
Turkish	765	370	400	4,945	2,470	2,475
Ukrainian	405	180	220	1,925	835	1,090
Urdu	1,995	1,000	995	7,125	3,595	3,530
Vietnamese	4,040	1,890	2,150	20,740	9,845	10,895
Yiddish	15	10	5	6,275	3,225	3,050
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	670	320	350	4,565	2,310	2,265
Multiple responses	42,930	20,365	22,560	245,055	121,070	123,985
English and French	11,580	5,320	6,260	71,555	35,860	35,695
English and non-official language	25,885	12,625	13,265	43,765	21,305	22,460
French and non-official language	2,450	1,050	1,395	100,110	48,590	51,525
English, French and non-official language	3,010	1,380	1,630	29,625	15,315	14,310
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	910,525	442,975	467,550	7,815,950	3,841,260	3,974,690
None	699,310	344,045	355,260	6,691,145	3,279,620	3,411,525
Single responses	203,280	95,290	107,995	1,046,580	522,335	524,245
English	82,225	39,025	43,200	459,125	234,190	224,935
French	59,115	27,260	31,855	298,090	147,040	151,050
Non-official languages	61,945	29,010	32,935	289,365	141,100	148,260
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	320	115	205	3,380	1,585	1,795
Atikamekw	0	0	0	470	205	270
Cree, n.o.s.	100	45	50	1,250	630	620
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	0	0	5	920	435	490
Inuktitut	135	40	95	485	205	275
Mi'kmaq	5	0	5	250	110	135
Ojibway	65	20	40	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	10	0	5	5	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	60,505	28,405	32,100	279,095	136,070	143,025
African languages, n.i.e.	185	85	95	625	335	295
Afrikaans	70	25	40	65	35	30
Akan (Twi)	225	100	120	475	240	240
Albanian	155	80	70	400	200	200
Amharic	365	175	190	195	95	100
Arabic	8,720	4,610	4,115	49,400	26,430	22,965
Armenian	100	45	55	2,500	1,235	1,265
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	275	120	150	945	495	450
Bengali	625	345	280	1,140	635	505
Berber languages (Kabyle)	30	15	10	1,980	1,050	930
Bisayan languages	95	30	65	250	80	165
Bosnian	190	80	105	310	145	165
Bulgarian	250	120	135	835	380	450
Burmese	45	25	20	10	5	5
Cantonese	1,750	815	930	1,890	935	955
Chinese, n.o.s.	2,745	1,320	1,430	5,395	2,480	2,920
Creoles	2,525	1,065	1,460	34,645	15,580	19,065
Croatian	375	190	190	600	280	325
Czech	330	125	200	445	205	240
Danish	135	55	75	130	50	75
Dutch	840	380	460	930	415	515
Estonian	60	25	35	60	25	35
Finnish	125	40	85	140	60	85
Flemish	15	5	10	110	45	65
Fukien	35	20	20	25	10	15
German	2,475	1,105	1,370	5,900	2,720	3,175
Greek	1,095	580	515	14,520	7,350	7,165
Gujarati	595	305	285	1,185	600	585
Hakka	20	10	10	50	20	30
Hebrew	350	175	180	2,975	1,475	1,505
Hindi	1,395	715	680	1,870	985	890
Hungarian	530	250	280	1,580	715	865
Ilocano	95	30	65	505	180	325
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	65	35	25	210	110	95
Italian	3,995	1,935	2,060	39,030	19,225	19,810
Japanese	540	230	315	1,070	465	610
Khmer (Cambodian)	380	165	215	2,300	1,070	1,230
Korean	475	205	270	650	275	375
Kurdish	145	75	70	230	125	110
Lao	100	50	50	1,095	530	565
Latvian	75	35	40	90	35	55
Lingala	470	180	290	2,585	1,255	1,325
Lithuanian	70	30	40	180	65	120
Macedonian	20	5	15	45	20	25
Malay	165	75	90	235	105	130
Malayalam	190	95	95	135	70	70
Maltese	15	5	15	5	5	0
Mandarin	1,655	735	920	1,880	810	1,075
Marathi	60	25	35	55	30	30
Nepali	60	20	35	40	25	25
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	520	240	280	2,705	1,350	1,355
Norwegian	70	25	45	110	60	55
Oromo	75	40	40	2,435	1,275	1,160
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,060	535	530	1,755	960	795
Pashto	140	70	65	80	50	30
Persian (Farsi)	1,430	750	685	2,920	1,600	1,325
Polish	1,845	760	1,090	3,465	1,400	2,065
Portuguese	1,430	670	760	9,950	4,785	5,165
Romanian	695	330	365	4,475	2,070	2,410
Rundi (Kirundi)	300	115	190	1,140	565	575
Russian	1,445	620	825	4,610	2,105	2,500
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	250	90	160	920	390	530
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	45	20	25	55	35	25
Serbian	315	160	160	540	275	265
Serbo-Croatian	120	60	60	350	185	165
Shanghainese	25	10	15	50	25	25
Sign languages, n.i.e.	130	45	85	445	205	240
Sindhi	120	60	65	110	50	60
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	285	140	145	175	95	80
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	35	20	20	25	15	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	95	55	45
Slovak	230	95	130	310	140	175
Slovenian	65	25	40	225	95	130
Somali	1,960	895	1,060	250	135	120
Spanish	5,005	2,350	2,660	40,335	19,665	20,670
Swahili	595	255	340	1,245	615	630
Swedish	160	80	80	320	150	175
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,845	545	1,295	4,875	1,540	3,335
Taiwanese	60	25	40	135	65	70
Tamil	650	345	310	1,510	790	720
Telugu	135	65	70	80	50	30
Thai	190	65	135	320	100	215
Tibetan languages	5	5	5	30	15	10
Tigrigna	250	125	125	90	45	45
Turkish	385	195	180	1,270	690	575
Ukrainian	510	210	305	1,245	535	715
Urdu	1,405	735	675	2,205	1,200	1,010
Vietnamese	1,320	640	685	4,620	2,245	2,375
Yiddish	50	30	25	1,690	765	920
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	1,120	490	635	6,890	3,445	3,445
Multiple responses	7,935	3,635	4,295	78,230	39,305	38,925
English and French	2,290	1,065	1,225	30,610	15,760	14,845
English and non-official language	2,035	955	1,080	24,795	12,330	12,465
French and non-official language	3,535	1,580	1,955	21,860	10,720	11,145
English, French and non-official language	70	30	35	965	500	465

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

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X area and data suppression

In addition to random rounding, area and data suppression has been adopted to further protect the confidentiality of individual respondents' personal information.

Area and data suppression results in the deletion of all information for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. For example, areas with a population of less than 40 persons are suppressed. If the community searched has a population of less than 40 persons, only the total population counts will be available.

Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

^† excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

¶ incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement (For further information, see the 'Notes.')

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.. not available for a specific reference period

Data quality index: Data quality index showing a global non response rate higher than or equal to 25% (suppressed). Geographic area suppression lists show areas where data are suppressed.

Incompletely enumerated Indian reserve and Indian settlement: There were 13 Indian reserves and Indian settlements where enumeration was not possible as a result of forest fires in Northern Ontario at the time of census collection. Collection for these communities was done at a later time. While the data are not included in the 2011 Census tabulations, it is expected that separate special tables showing data for these communities will be made available at a later date, subject to data quality evaluation. Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

... not applicable

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A value that cannot be calculated such as a percentage change where the denominator is zero.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

2011 and 2006 population

Statistics Canada is committed to protect the privacy of all Canadians and the confidentiality of the data they provide to us. As part of this commitment, some population counts of geographic areas are adjusted in order to ensure confidentiality.

Counts of the total population are rounded to a base of 5 for any dissemination block having a population of less than 15. Population counts for all standard geographic areas above the dissemination block level are derived by summing the adjusted dissemination block counts. The adjustment of dissemination block counts is controlled to ensure that the population counts for dissemination areas will always be within 5 of the actual values. The adjustment has no impact on the population counts of census divisions and large census subdivisions.

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Footnote 2

Total private dwellings

A separate set of living quarters designed for or converted for human habitation in which a person or group of persons reside or could reside. In addition, a private dwelling must have a source of heat or power and must be an enclosed space that provides shelter from the elements, as evidenced by complete and enclosed walls and roof, and by doors and windows that provide protection from wind, rain and snow.

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Footnote 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents

A separate set of living quarters which has a private entrance either directly from outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway leading to the outside, and in which a person or a group of persons live permanently.

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Footnote 4

Age

Refers to the age at last birthday before the reference date, that is, before May 10, 2011.

Refer to the Census Dictionary for more information.

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Footnote 5

Median age

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 6

Total population 15 years and over by marital status

Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Marital status.

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Footnote 7

Total number of census families in private households

Census family - Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family. For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family.

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Footnote 8

Total number of census families in private households

Census family structure - Refers to the classification of census families into married couples (with or without children of either and/or both spouses), common-law couples (with or without children of either and/or both partners), and lone-parent families by sex of parent. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. A couple with children may be further classified as either an intact family or stepfamily, and stepfamilies may, in turn, be classified as simple or complex. Children in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present.

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Footnote 9

Living with relatives

Non-relatives may be present.

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Footnote 10

Total number of private households by 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 common-law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.

Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 11

One-family-only households

Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.

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Footnote 12

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 13

Other family households

Refers to one-census family households with additional persons and to multiple-census family households, with or without additional persons.

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Footnote 14

Couple-family households

Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.

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Footnote 15

Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling

Structural type of dwelling - Characteristics that define a dwelling's structure, for example, the characteristics of a single-detached house, a semi-detached house, a row house, or an apartment or flat in a duplex. Refers to the structural characteristics and/or dwelling configuration, that is, whether the dwelling is a single-detached house, an apartment in a high-rise building, a row house, a mobile home, etc.

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Footnote 16

Movable dwelling

Includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 17

Other dwelling

The category 'Other dwelling' is a subtotal of the following categories: semi-detached house, row house, apartment or flat in a duplex, apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys and other single-attached house.

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Footnote 18

Total number of private households by household size

Household, private - Person or group of persons occupying the same dwelling. 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.

Household size - Number of persons occupying a private dwelling. Refers to the number of usual residents in a private household.

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Footnote 19

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 20

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 21

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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Footnote 22

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 23

Official language minority

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.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2012. Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part), Ontario (Code 505) and Quebec (Code 24) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012.
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed July 2, 2024).

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Geographic levels	IVT (Beyond 20/20)	XML (SDMX-ML) (compressed)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions and census subdivisions	IVT (20,752 KB)	XML (35,311 KB)
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations	IVT (1,183 KB)	XML (1,221 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, tracted census agglomerations and census tracts	IVT (30,060 KB)	XML (38,000 KB)
Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions	IVT (5,485 KB)	XML (7,333 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2003 representation order)	IVT (2,795 KB)	XML (2,644 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and federal electoral districts (2013 representation order)	IVT (3,008 KB)	XML (2,802 KB)
Designated places	IVT (4,492 KB)	XML (8,996 KB)
Population centres	IVT (4,511 KB)	XML (6,566 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and economic regions	IVT (887 KB)	XML (776 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories, census divisions, census subdivisions and dissemination areas	IVT (233,928 KB)	XML (384,573 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	IVT (536 KB)	XML (1,140 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	IVT (9,962 KB)	XML (11,873 KB)
Canada, provinces, territories and health regions (December 2013)	IVT (1,330 KB)	..
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Map: Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

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Map: Quebec

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Map of Canada: Quebec (shaded in green)

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area)

Canada
- Ontario (Province)
  - Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)

Note

Note: For more information regarding geographic hierarchies, refer to the Illustrated Glossary: Hierarchy of standard geographic units tutorial.

Related data

Related data: Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area), Ontario

2011 Census

Additional Census data are not available for this area. Please refer to the 2011 Census Data Products for additional geographies.

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

NHS Profile, Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area), Ontario, 2011

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2011 Census

Topic-based tabulations, Quebec
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Census Data Navigator, Quebec
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2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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Geographic hierarchy: Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part) (Census metropolitan area)

Geographic hierarchy: Quebec (Province)

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2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

Related data: Quebec

2011 Census

2011 National Household Survey (NHS)

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