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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 Québec, V
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 509,915 8,410 496,185 3,890
0 to 4 years 24,560 235 23,775 140
5 to 9 years 20,895 245 20,490 85
10 to 14 years 22,060 275 21,520 205
15 to 19 years 28,265 370 27,530 330
20 to 24 years 37,115 610 36,105 350
25 to 29 years 38,065 715 36,875 420
30 to 34 years 36,145 680 34,825 560
35 to 39 years 29,675 640 28,435 520
40 to 44 years 29,985 575 28,940 385
45 to 49 years 37,680 685 36,645 270
50 to 54 years 41,525 680 40,590 180
55 to 59 years 39,160 625 38,320 140
60 to 64 years 35,550 600 34,800 95
65 to 69 years 28,925 455 28,340 75
70 to 74 years 20,745 330 20,315 50
75 to 79 years 16,765 260 16,440 30
80 to 84 years 12,565 220 12,275 25
85 years and over 10,225 195 9,965 30
Median ageFootnote 2 43.1 43.8 43.3 33.7
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 442,400 7,655 430,405 3,460
Married or living with a common-law partner 238,005 4,275 231,080 2,135
Married (and not separated) 131,080 2,890 125,830 1,885
Living common law 106,930 1,385 105,255 250
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 204,390 3,375 199,325 1,320
Single (never legally married) 139,760 2,245 136,275 1,075
Separated 6,790 135 6,570 55
Divorced 32,515 570 31,765 140
Widowed 25,325 430 24,710 50
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 509,910 8,410 496,185 3,890
English only 1,135 1,130 0 0
French only 316,640 0 316,640 0
English and French 190,625 7,260 179,475 3,890
Neither English nor French 1,520 15 75 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 509,915 8,410 496,185 3,890
Single responses 505,555 8,035 492,785 3,310
English 7,370 6,980 395 0
French 478,395 35 478,360 0
Non-official languages 19,795 1,025 14,030 3,310
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 300 5 270 20
Atikamekw 30 0 30 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 5 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 245 0 230 15
Inuktitut 10 0 10 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 18,865 995 13,285 3,215
African languages, n.i.e. 50 0 45 0
Afrikaans 5 5 5 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0
Albanian 195 5 155 15
Amharic 10 0 5 0
Arabic 2,980 60 2,360 470
Armenian 40 0 20 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 100 0 95 5
Bengali 60 20 30 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 130 0 120 15
Bisayan languages 10 5 5 0
Bosnian 610 5 465 90
Bulgarian 185 5 125 50
Burmese 5 0 5 0
Cantonese 115 15 55 25
Chinese, n.o.s. 575 105 225 160
Creoles 305 5 275 20
Croatian 85 0 65 15
Czech 40 5 30 0
Danish 0 5 0 0
Dutch 110 15 75 15
Estonian 5 0 0 0
Finnish 10 0 5 0
Flemish 25 0 20 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 375 55 260 55
Greek 105 20 65 15
Gujarati 20 5 5 10
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 0 10 0
Hindi 35 20 10 5
Hungarian 105 15 70 25
Ilocano 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 5 45 10
Italian 505 45 415 45
Japanese 110 35 45 20
Khmer (Cambodian) 325 5 255 25
Korean 25 15 5 5
Kurdish 35 0 30 5
Lao 95 5 85 5
Latvian 5 5 0 0
Lingala 80 5 70 5
Lithuanian 0 0 5 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5
Malay 5 5 5 0
Malayalam 5 5 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 230 50 90 60
Marathi 5 0 0 0
Nepali 525 50 75 105
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 270 0 250 10
Norwegian 5 0 5 0
Oromo 220 5 180 25
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10 5 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 355 55 155 115
Polish 250 25 170 55
Portuguese 990 20 705 225
Romanian 605 15 365 205
Rundi (Kirundi) 300 0 280 15
Russian 410 25 250 105
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 225 10 185 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0
Serbian 165 0 110 55
Serbo-Croatian 200 0 145 50
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 0 15 5
Sindhi 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 20 0 15 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0
Slovak 20 5 15 0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 15 0
Spanish 5,080 120 3,770 845
Swahili 370 5 325 20
Swedish 15 5 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 50 30 15 5
Taiwanese 0 5 0 0
Tamil 15 5 0 5
Telugu 0 5 0 0
Thai 40 10 25 0
Tibetan languages 5 0 5 0
Tigrigna 5 0 5 0
Turkish 50 10 35 10
Ukrainian 45 5 30 15
Urdu 20 10 5 0
Vietnamese 700 25 460 115
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 630 30 475 70
Multiple responses 4,355 370 3,400 585
English and French 2,310 200 1,595 520
English and non-official language 175 155 25 0
French and non-official language 1,705 0 1,705 0
English, French and non-official language 165 15 80 65
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 509,915 8,405 496,185 3,890
Single responses 504,130 7,845 491,755 3,100
English 5,160 4,075 1,090 0
French 488,430 3,365 485,065 0
Non-official languages 10,540 410 5,600 3,100
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 130 0 110 20
Atikamekw 10 0 10 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 115 0 95 20
Inuktitut 5 0 5 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 10,140 400 5,345 3,030
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0
Albanian 130 0 85 10
Amharic 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,140 20 575 445
Armenian 30 0 10 20
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 10
Bengali 60 15 20 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 35 0 20 15
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 440 5 295 95
Bulgarian 125 0 65 55
Burmese 5 0 5 0
Cantonese 55 5 15 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 455 75 145 150
Creoles 70 0 45 20
Croatian 40 0 20 15
Czech 10 0 5 0
Danish 0 0 0 0
Dutch 15 0 0 10
Estonian 0 0 0 5
Finnish 0 0 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 5
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 60 5 10 40
Greek 25 0 10 15
Gujarati 15 5 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 10 5 5 5
Hindi 20 5 5 10
Hungarian 30 5 5 20
Ilocano 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 40 0 20 5
Italian 95 0 55 40
Japanese 50 10 15 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 165 0 105 25
Korean 5 5 0 0
Kurdish 20 0 10 0
Lao 35 0 30 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0
Lingala 25 0 20 5
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 0 0 5
Malay 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 160 35 50 55
Marathi 0 0 0 0
Nepali 505 45 65 100
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 0 25 10
Norwegian 0 0 0 0
Oromo 65 0 40 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 5 0 0 5
Pashto 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 260 40 80 110
Polish 85 0 30 45
Portuguese 555 10 300 215
Romanian 390 5 155 205
Rundi (Kirundi) 85 0 70 10
Russian 260 5 125 100
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 40 0 20 10
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Serbian 130 0 75 55
Serbo-Croatian 140 0 80 50
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 0 35 0
Sindhi 5 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 0 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 5 0 5 5
Slovenian 0 0 0 0
Somali 10 0 5 0
Spanish 3,395 45 2,190 820
Swahili 180 10 130 20
Swedish 5 0 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5 5 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0
Tamil 10 5 0 5
Telugu 5 0 0 0
Thai 15 0 10 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 5
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 5 0
Ukrainian 25 0 10 10
Urdu 5 5 0 0
Vietnamese 450 25 210 110
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 265 10 150 55
Multiple responses 5,780 560 4,430 790
English and French 2,000 375 1,040 585
English and non-official language 155 145 5 0
French and non-official language 3,260 15 3,240 0
English, French and non-official language 370 25 135 210
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 509,915 8,410 496,190 3,890
None 474,865 3,940 467,700 1,925
Single responses 33,535 4,280 27,540 1,600
English 19,050 1,835 17,115 95
French 7,465 2,085 3,850 1,425
Non-official languages 7,025 355 6,575 80
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 115 0 115 0
Atikamekw 5 0 10 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 95 0 100 0
Inuktitut 10 0 5 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 6,580 350 6,145 75
African languages, n.i.e. 40 0 35 0
Afrikaans 5 0 0 0
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0 0
Albanian 30 0 30 0
Amharic 0 0 0 0
Arabic 1,265 20 1,245 10
Armenian 10 0 10 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 0 55 0
Bengali 5 5 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 60 0 60 0
Bisayan languages 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 105 0 100 5
Bulgarian 30 5 25 0
Burmese 0 0 0 0
Cantonese 30 0 25 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 75 25 50 5
Creoles 215 5 210 0
Croatian 25 0 20 0
Czech 5 5 10 0
Danish 0 0 0 0
Dutch 40 5 35 5
Estonian 0 5 0 0
Finnish 5 5 5 0
Flemish 5 0 10 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0
German 180 20 150 5
Greek 30 10 20 0
Gujarati 5 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 0 0 5 0
Hindi 30 25 10 0
Hungarian 35 5 30 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10 0
Italian 225 15 210 0
Japanese 70 20 45 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 125 0 115 0
Korean 10 5 5 5
Kurdish 5 0 5 0
Lao 25 0 25 0
Latvian 0 0 0 0
Lingala 70 0 70 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0 0
Macedonian 5 0 5 0
Malay 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 0 0 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 35 5 30 0
Marathi 0 5 0 0
Nepali 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 130 0 130 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0
Oromo 70 5 60 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 0 5 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 55 15 40 0
Polish 75 10 60 5
Portuguese 270 5 260 5
Romanian 130 5 120 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 135 0 135 5
Russian 115 15 100 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 95 0 95 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0
Serbian 35 5 35 0
Serbo-Croatian 55 0 55 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 50 5 45 0
Sindhi 0 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slovak 5 0 5 0
Slovenian 0 0 0 0
Somali 0 0 0 0
Spanish 2,035 70 1,950 15
Swahili 170 5 160 0
Swedish 5 0 5 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20 10 5 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0
Tamil 0 0 0 0
Telugu 5 0 0 0
Thai 20 5 15 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0
Turkish 10 0 5 0
Ukrainian 15 0 10 5
Urdu 10 5 5 5
Vietnamese 170 5 170 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 330 5 315 0
Multiple responses 1,505 190 945 365
English and French 380 20 35 320
English and non-official language 920 35 880 0
French and non-official language 170 130 25 15
English, French and non-official language 35 0 5 30
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 509,915 8,410 496,185 3,890
English 8,405 8,410 0 0
French 496,185 0 496,185 0
English and French 3,890 0 0 3,890
Neither English nor French 1,425 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 10,355 8,405 0 1,945
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 2.0 99.9 0.0 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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Footnote 6

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 7

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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Footnote 11

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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