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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	Québec (CMA) Quebec (Census metropolitan area)			Montréal, V Quebec (Census subdivision)
	Change geography 1			Change geography 2
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011^{Census data footnote 1}	765,706^†	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,649,519	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population in 2006^{Census data footnote 1}	719,153^A†	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,620,693	...Data not available	...Data not available
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	6.5	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.8	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total private dwellings^{Census data footnote 2}	361,447	...Data not available	...Data not available	813,819	...Data not available	...Data not available
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents^{Census data footnote 3}	345,892	...Data not available	...Data not available	759,946	...Data not available	...Data not available
Population density per square kilometre	228.6	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,517.6	...Data not available	...Data not available
Land area (square km)	3,349.12	...Data not available	...Data not available	365.13	...Data not available	...Data not available
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups^{Census data footnote 4}	765,705	371,865	393,840	1,649,520	799,880	849,635
0 to 4 years	40,775	20,755	20,025	95,345	48,560	46,790
5 to 9 years	35,195	17,900	17,295	77,280	39,080	38,205
10 to 14 years	36,355	18,580	17,775	75,350	38,390	36,960
15 to 19 years	44,240	22,285	21,960	87,070	43,620	43,450
15 years	8,195	4,130	4,075	16,275	8,300	7,970
16 years	8,295	4,235	4,060	16,460	8,345	8,115
17 years	8,825	4,440	4,390	16,565	8,440	8,130
18 years	9,060	4,580	4,480	17,985	8,925	9,065
19 years	9,865	4,905	4,960	19,785	9,615	10,165
20 to 24 years	51,130	25,275	25,855	119,725	58,330	61,395
25 to 29 years	52,385	26,835	25,550	139,605	68,300	71,305
30 to 34 years	54,330	27,610	26,725	140,290	70,065	70,220
35 to 39 years	46,905	24,010	22,900	121,790	62,290	59,495
40 to 44 years	47,205	23,700	23,500	115,805	60,020	55,785
45 to 49 years	57,970	28,740	29,230	118,695	61,170	57,525
50 to 54 years	62,275	30,390	31,880	116,465	57,860	58,600
55 to 59 years	58,035	27,760	30,275	102,585	49,520	53,065
60 to 64 years	52,685	25,285	27,400	88,990	41,960	47,030
65 to 69 years	41,375	19,455	21,925	67,930	30,720	37,215
70 to 74 years	28,495	12,935	15,560	56,235	24,230	32,000
75 to 79 years	22,615	9,525	13,090	49,905	20,645	29,265
80 to 84 years	17,340	6,380	10,955	40,380	14,930	25,450
85 years and over	16,395	4,455	11,945	36,085	10,190	25,890
Median age of the population^{Census data footnote 5}	42.3	40.6	44.1	38.6	37.6	39.7
% of the population aged 15 and over	85.3	84.6	86.0	85.0	84.2	85.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status^{Census data footnote 6}	653,380	314,630	338,750	1,401,545	673,855	727,685
Married or living with a common-law partner	369,400	184,900	184,495	664,755	334,955	329,795
Married (and not separated)	202,455	101,190	101,265	471,770	236,510	235,260
Living common law	166,945	83,705	83,235	192,985	98,450	94,535
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	283,985	129,735	154,250	736,790	338,900	397,890
Single (never legally married)	194,370	101,865	92,505	511,190	269,060	242,130
Separated	9,320	4,060	5,260	30,890	12,860	18,035
Divorced	43,885	16,930	26,950	112,565	42,215	70,350
Widowed	36,410	6,870	29,540	82,150	14,770	67,380
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 7}	213,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	410,035	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 2 persons	118,805	...Data not available	...Data not available	211,320	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 3 persons	44,000	...Data not available	...Data not available	94,335	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 4 persons	37,850	...Data not available	...Data not available	72,590	...Data not available	...Data not available
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	12,875	...Data not available	...Data not available	31,785	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of census families in private households^{Census data footnote 8}	213,530	...Data not available	...Data not available	410,035	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	182,135	...Data not available	...Data not available	321,420	...Data not available	...Data not available
Married couples	98,750	...Data not available	...Data not available	225,035	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	56,600	...Data not available	...Data not available	95,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	42,155	...Data not available	...Data not available	129,815	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	17,280	...Data not available	...Data not available	52,210	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	17,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	52,440	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	7,240	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,165	...Data not available	...Data not available
Common-law couples	83,380	...Data not available	...Data not available	96,385	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children at home	41,935	...Data not available	...Data not available	59,370	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children at home	41,445	...Data not available	...Data not available	37,015	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	17,725	...Data not available	...Data not available	18,835	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	18,475	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,810	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	5,250	...Data not available	...Data not available	4,375	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	31,395	...Data not available	...Data not available	88,615	...Data not available	...Data not available
Female parent	23,220	...Data not available	...Data not available	72,655	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	14,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	45,465	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	6,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	19,580	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	1,655	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,615	...Data not available	...Data not available
Male parent	8,175	...Data not available	...Data not available	15,960	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 child	5,320	...Data not available	...Data not available	11,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 children	2,380	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 or more children	470	...Data not available	...Data not available	980	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total children in census families in private households	193,205	...Data not available	...Data not available	436,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
Under six years of age	47,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	111,345	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 to 14 years	63,700	...Data not available	...Data not available	134,760	...Data not available	...Data not available
15 to 17 years	24,615	...Data not available	...Data not available	47,560	...Data not available	...Data not available
18 to 24 years	40,990	...Data not available	...Data not available	84,505	...Data not available	...Data not available
25 years and over	15,915	...Data not available	...Data not available	58,055	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of children at home per census family	0.9	...Data not available	...Data not available	1.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	746,715	365,205	381,510	1,612,640	785,545	827,095
Number of persons not in census families	157,845	73,025	84,825	444,960	216,290	228,670
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	10,650	4,650	6,000	43,160	18,950	24,210
Living with non-relatives only	27,550	15,845	11,705	92,580	52,885	39,690
Living alone	119,645	52,525	67,120	309,220	144,450	164,770
Number of census family persons	588,865	292,180	296,685	1,167,680	569,255	598,425
Average number of persons per census family	2.8	...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	111,605	48,820	62,785	224,510	93,570	130,940
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	42,465	11,735	30,730	99,870	28,305	71,565
Living with relatives^{Census data footnote 9}	3,250	820	2,430	10,675	2,400	8,280
Living with non-relatives only	2,030	945	1,085	5,690	2,790	2,900
Living alone	37,190	9,970	27,220	83,505	23,115	60,385
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	69,135	37,085	32,050	124,640	65,265	59,370
Total number of private households by household type^{Census data footnote 10}	345,890	...Data not available	...Data not available	759,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
Census-family households	212,140	...Data not available	...Data not available	402,750	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family-only households^{Census data footnote 11}	204,705	...Data not available	...Data not available	372,505	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 12}	176,315	...Data not available	...Data not available	297,730	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	95,010	...Data not available	...Data not available	143,540	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	81,305	...Data not available	...Data not available	154,185	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	28,390	...Data not available	...Data not available	74,775	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other family households^{Census data footnote 13}	7,440	...Data not available	...Data not available	30,250	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-family households with persons not in a census family	6,070	...Data not available	...Data not available	23,225	...Data not available	...Data not available
Couple-family households^{Census data footnote 14}	3,890	...Data not available	...Data not available	14,505	...Data not available	...Data not available
Without children	2,220	...Data not available	...Data not available	6,170	...Data not available	...Data not available
With children	1,670	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,335	...Data not available	...Data not available
Lone-parent-family households	2,180	...Data not available	...Data not available	8,720	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-family households	1,365	...Data not available	...Data not available	7,025	...Data not available	...Data not available
Non-census-family households	133,750	...Data not available	...Data not available	357,190	...Data not available	...Data not available
One-person households	119,645	...Data not available	...Data not available	309,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
Two-or-more-person households	14,105	...Data not available	...Data not available	47,970	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling^{Census data footnote 15}	345,890	...Data not available	...Data not available	759,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
Single-detached house	143,650	...Data not available	...Data not available	56,815	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	20,685	...Data not available	...Data not available	97,650	...Data not available	...Data not available
Movable dwelling^{Census data footnote 16}	2,610	...Data not available	...Data not available	445	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other dwelling^{Census data footnote 17}	178,950	...Data not available	...Data not available	605,040	...Data not available	...Data not available
Semi-detached house	18,660	...Data not available	...Data not available	25,070	...Data not available	...Data not available
Row house	7,985	...Data not available	...Data not available	24,795	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, duplex	22,520	...Data not available	...Data not available	109,155	...Data not available	...Data not available
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	128,210	...Data not available	...Data not available	442,540	...Data not available	...Data not available
Other single-attached house	1,575	...Data not available	...Data not available	3,485	...Data not available	...Data not available
Total number of private households by household size^{Census data footnote 18}	345,895	...Data not available	...Data not available	759,945	...Data not available	...Data not available
1 person	119,640	...Data not available	...Data not available	309,220	...Data not available	...Data not available
2 persons	125,200	...Data not available	...Data not available	230,245	...Data not available	...Data not available
3 persons	47,145	...Data not available	...Data not available	102,630	...Data not available	...Data not available
4 persons	39,190	...Data not available	...Data not available	76,260	...Data not available	...Data not available
5 persons	11,170	...Data not available	...Data not available	27,910	...Data not available	...Data not available
6 or more persons	3,540	...Data not available	...Data not available	13,685	...Data not available	...Data not available
Number of persons in private households	746,715	...Data not available	...Data not available	1,612,640	...Data not available	...Data not available
Average number of persons in private households	2.2	...Data not available	...Data not available	2.1	...Data not available	...Data not available
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	756,405	368,455	387,950	1,627,945	791,055	836,890
Single responses	750,690	365,495	385,195	1,561,740	758,100	803,645
English	10,850	5,640	5,210	206,210	102,495	103,710
French	717,770	348,730	369,040	818,970	393,470	425,500
Non-official languages	22,080	11,130	10,945	536,560	262,135	274,430
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	320	130	195	350	115	230
Atikamekw	40	20	20	20	5	15
Cree, n.o.s.	5	5	0	135	60	80
Dene	0	0	0	5	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	265	105	165	45	15	35
Inuktitut	15	5	10	125	30	95
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	10	5	10
Ojibway	0	0	0	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	21,060	10,605	10,455	530,755	259,215	271,540
African languages, n.i.e.	60	30	25	540	310	230
Afrikaans	5	5	0	40	20	15
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	885	430	460
Albanian	200	110	90	1,475	765	705
Amharic	10	5	5	495	245	255
Arabic	3,260	1,895	1,365	83,780	45,070	38,715
Armenian	45	20	25	6,045	2,895	3,145
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	100	55	50	980	520	460
Bengali	65	30	30	9,105	4,620	4,480
Berber languages (Kabyle)	140	90	55	4,120	2,245	1,870
Bisayan languages	20	5	15	660	205	460
Bosnian	650	335	320	225	105	120
Bulgarian	200	95	105	3,900	1,885	2,015
Burmese	5	0	0	45	20	25
Cantonese	130	65	65	6,455	3,065	3,385
Chinese, n.o.s.	685	345	340	27,225	12,855	14,370
Creoles	345	175	165	33,725	14,965	18,760
Croatian	110	55	50	925	455	465
Czech	60	30	30	700	340	360
Danish	5	0	0	115	65	50
Dutch	140	70	70	855	455	400
Estonian	5	0	0	85	30	55
Finnish	10	5	10	175	65	115
Flemish	30	10	20	135	45	95
Fukien	5	0	5	55	25	30
German	535	205	330	4,435	2,000	2,435
Greek	125	70	50	18,025	8,910	9,110
Gujarati	25	15	10	4,325	2,140	2,190
Hakka	0	0	0	45	15	30
Hebrew	15	10	5	1,800	955	850
Hindi	40	20	20	1,520	825	695
Hungarian	130	65	65	2,940	1,390	1,550
Ilocano	0	0	0	1,400	510	890
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	80	35	45	290	185	110
Italian	615	340	270	76,540	36,770	39,770
Japanese	130	40	90	1,280	395	885
Khmer (Cambodian)	360	165	200	4,925	2,320	2,605
Korean	25	15	15	2,425	1,055	1,370
Kurdish	35	20	10	475	250	225
Lao	135	75	60	1,520	770	755
Latvian	5	5	5	145	50	90
Lingala	85	40	45	1,455	685	770
Lithuanian	5	5	5	325	135	190
Macedonian	5	5	0	105	55	55
Malay	5	0	5	380	170	210
Malayalam	5	5	0	140	80	65
Maltese	0	0	0	10	10	10
Mandarin	270	125	145	6,955	3,205	3,745
Marathi	0	0	5	90	60	35
Nepali	525	270	250	165	75	85
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	290	175	120	2,995	1,590	1,405
Norwegian	10	5	5	110	55	50
Oromo	230	125	105	4,945	2,700	2,240
Panjabi (Punjabi)	10	5	5	7,010	3,845	3,170
Pashto	0	0	0	740	400	340
Persian (Farsi)	365	190	180	8,780	4,640	4,135
Polish	320	140	180	7,960	3,430	4,530
Portuguese	1,115	545	570	16,910	8,110	8,800
Romanian	670	325	345	14,690	7,040	7,645
Rundi (Kirundi)	315	160	160	965	470	495
Russian	455	185	270	13,445	5,920	7,525
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	225	105	120	985	440	540
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	75	35	40
Serbian	175	90	90	1,150	570	580
Serbo-Croatian	225	105	120	465	225	240
Shanghainese	0	0	0	50	20	30
Sign languages, n.i.e.	50	35	20	130	70	55
Sindhi	0	0	5	175	85	90
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	390	205	185
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	20	10	10	45	30	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	165	85	80
Slovak	30	10	15	515	210	305
Slovenian	0	0	0	365	165	205
Somali	15	10	10	580	300	285
Spanish	5,605	2,685	2,920	73,160	36,040	37,120
Swahili	375	205	175	740	365	375
Swedish	20	10	15	210	105	110
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	65	20	45	9,730	3,385	6,345
Taiwanese	0	0	0	205	90	115
Tamil	20	5	10	10,105	5,065	5,040
Telugu	5	0	5	260	150	115
Thai	60	20	40	355	105	250
Tibetan languages	5	5	5	35	20	15
Tigrigna	5	5	0	245	115	135
Turkish	60	40	25	4,735	2,445	2,295
Ukrainian	60	25	35	2,925	1,220	1,705
Urdu	25	15	10	6,510	3,425	3,090
Vietnamese	795	390	405	17,850	8,505	9,345
Yiddish	0	5	0	5,600	2,850	2,750
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	690	395	300	5,455	2,800	2,650
Multiple responses	5,710	2,960	2,755	66,210	32,960	33,255
English and French	3,295	1,700	1,595	17,430	8,715	8,715
English and non-official language	215	100	110	13,155	6,390	6,765
French and non-official language	1,995	1,045	950	29,085	14,415	14,665
English, French and non-official language	205	110	95	6,535	3,430	3,105
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	756,400	368,455	387,950	1,627,950	791,055	836,895
English only	1,555	825	725	167,775	83,580	84,190
French only	479,895	216,120	263,775	506,670	222,725	283,945
English and French	273,335	150,780	122,550	908,090	467,060	441,030
Neither English nor French	1,620	725	895	45,420	17,690	27,730
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	756,400	368,455	387,950	1,627,945	791,055	836,895
English	12,045	6,235	5,810	388,525	193,680	194,845
French	738,330	359,110	379,220	1,062,075	509,775	552,300
English and French	4,505	2,425	2,080	133,460	70,630	62,830
Neither English nor French	1,515	675	840	43,890	16,970	26,915
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 23}	14,300	7,455	6,845	455,250	228,995	226,255
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 23}	1.9	2.0	1.8	28.0	28.9	27.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	756,400	368,450	387,950	1,627,950	791,055	836,890
Single responses	749,205	364,840	384,365	1,504,985	730,070	774,915
English	7,720	3,905	3,820	298,955	147,925	151,030
French	730,095	355,365	374,730	886,075	428,505	457,575
Non-official languages	11,390	5,575	5,815	319,960	153,640	166,315
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	140	55	80	135	45	85
Atikamekw	10	10	0	10	5	10
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	60	25	35
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	125	45	75	25	10	15
Inuktitut	0	0	5	40	10	30
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	10,960	5,370	5,585	317,780	152,585	165,190
African languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	130	70	65
Afrikaans	0	0	0	5	5	5
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	465	215	255
Albanian	130	65	65	925	470	455
Amharic	0	0	0	275	125	150
Arabic	1,205	620	590	45,955	23,835	22,115
Armenian	30	15	20	4,275	1,960	2,320
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	190	90	100
Bengali	65	25	35	7,415	3,695	3,725
Berber languages (Kabyle)	35	15	20	1,465	775	690
Bisayan languages	5	0	5	185	70	115
Bosnian	465	240	225	145	75	70
Bulgarian	135	75	60	3,000	1,470	1,530
Burmese	0	0	5	30	15	15
Cantonese	65	30	35	4,895	2,330	2,565
Chinese, n.o.s.	530	270	265	22,585	10,765	11,820
Creoles	80	30	45	14,340	6,185	8,145
Croatian	50	25	25	420	195	225
Czech	15	10	5	210	100	110
Danish	0	0	0	25	15	10
Dutch	25	10	15	135	60	70
Estonian	0	5	0	15	10	10
Finnish	0	0	0	30	10	15
Flemish	0	0	0	25	5	10
Fukien	0	0	0	10	5	5
German	85	45	40	785	360	425
Greek	25	15	10	10,495	5,005	5,490
Gujarati	15	5	10	3,060	1,495	1,560
Hakka	0	0	0	15	5	10
Hebrew	5	5	5	865	440	425
Hindi	20	10	10	850	440	410
Hungarian	35	20	20	1,170	515	655
Ilocano	0	0	0	510	195	315
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	40	15	25	135	75	60
Italian	115	50	70	32,830	14,730	18,100
Japanese	60	25	35	510	225	285
Khmer (Cambodian)	175	75	100	3,260	1,510	1,750
Korean	5	5	0	1,715	775	935
Kurdish	20	10	5	220	105	110
Lao	45	25	20	915	450	465
Latvian	0	0	0	55	20	40
Lingala	25	15	15	410	195	215
Lithuanian	0	0	0	105	45	60
Macedonian	5	5	0	75	35	35
Malay	0	0	0	170	90	80
Malayalam	0	0	0	30	20	15
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mandarin	195	100	90	5,860	2,805	3,055
Marathi	0	0	0	40	25	20
Nepali	510	265	240	115	60	60
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	40	15	25	710	340	375
Norwegian	0	0	0	25	15	10
Oromo	65	25	35	1,595	845	750
Panjabi (Punjabi)	5	5	5	5,385	2,910	2,475
Pashto	5	0	5	595	315	285
Persian (Farsi)	260	125	130	6,220	3,065	3,155
Polish	115	45	65	3,985	1,755	2,230
Portuguese	610	300	310	9,145	4,315	4,830
Romanian	415	210	205	10,830	5,270	5,560
Rundi (Kirundi)	90	45	40	295	135	160
Russian	275	130	150	10,390	4,810	5,585
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	40	15	25	225	110	115
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	10	10
Serbian	135	65	70	700	335	365
Serbo-Croatian	145	70	75	220	105	115
Shanghainese	0	0	0	20	10	10
Sign languages, n.i.e.	70	50	25	240	150	95
Sindhi	5	5	5	95	45	50
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	225	115	110
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5	30	10	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	90	40	50
Slovak	5	0	5	100	45	50
Slovenian	0	0	0	160	65	90
Somali	5	0	5	365	180	190
Spanish	3,630	1,725	1,900	50,475	24,450	26,025
Swahili	180	100	80	215	100	115
Swedish	5	0	5	40	25	15
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	5	5	0	5,875	2,205	3,665
Taiwanese	0	0	0	105	55	50
Tamil	15	5	5	8,760	4,350	4,420
Telugu	5	0	0	175	90	80
Thai	25	15	5	120	55	60
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	25	10	10
Tigrigna	0	0	0	130	60	70
Turkish	10	5	5	3,570	1,785	1,780
Ukrainian	30	15	20	1,395	585	810
Urdu	10	10	5	4,940	2,525	2,410
Vietnamese	505	235	265	14,750	6,970	7,780
Yiddish	0	0	0	4,200	2,165	2,035
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	290	145	150	2,040	1,010	1,035
Multiple responses	7,200	3,610	3,590	122,960	60,985	61,975
English and French	2,845	1,465	1,380	22,835	11,720	11,115
English and non-official language	175	85	90	26,025	12,645	13,380
French and non-official language	3,725	1,820	1,905	58,005	28,145	29,860
English, French and non-official language	450	235	220	16,095	8,470	7,625
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents^{Census data footnote 19}	756,400	368,450	387,950	1,627,945	791,055	836,890
None	708,510	343,250	365,265	1,174,155	565,700	608,450
Single responses	46,025	24,275	21,755	413,685	205,025	208,655
English	28,530	15,540	12,995	127,635	64,550	63,085
French	9,330	4,630	4,695	129,415	63,710	65,700
Non-official languages	8,175	4,105	4,065	156,640	76,765	79,875
Selected Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 20}	120	55	70	140	55	90
Atikamekw	10	0	5	5	0	5
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	0	65	30	35
Dene	0	0	0	0	0	0
Innu/Montagnais	100	45	55	15	5	5
Inuktitut	15	5	10	45	10	35
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0	10	5	5
Ojibway	0	0	0	0	5	0
Oji-Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages^{Census data footnote 21}	7,680	3,870	3,810	153,595	75,215	78,390
African languages, n.i.e.	40	20	15	370	195	170
Afrikaans	5	5	0	20	15	5
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	330	165	165
Albanian	35	20	10	220	105	110
Amharic	0	0	0	140	70	75
Arabic	1,405	810	600	28,545	15,445	13,095
Armenian	10	5	5	1,065	525	545
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	55	30	25	575	290	285
Bengali	5	5	5	890	505	390
Berber languages (Kabyle)	65	40	25	1,350	715	635
Bisayan languages	0	0	5	180	60	125
Bosnian	110	60	55	45	10	30
Bulgarian	30	10	20	460	210	250
Burmese	0	0	0	10	5	5
Cantonese	30	20	10	1,125	565	560
Chinese, n.o.s.	95	50	45	3,450	1,605	1,845
Creoles	255	120	135	21,525	9,685	11,840
Croatian	25	10	15	220	95	125
Czech	15	5	10	190	90	95
Danish	0	0	0	40	25	20
Dutch	55	25	30	290	145	145
Estonian	0	0	5	25	10	15
Finnish	10	0	5	60	30	30
Flemish	10	0	5	35	10	25
Fukien	5	0	0	20	10	15
German	265	120	145	1,990	955	1,030
Greek	40	15	20	5,355	2,670	2,690
Gujarati	0	0	0	710	360	350
Hakka	5	0	0	15	5	10
Hebrew	5	0	0	1,270	635	640
Hindi	35	20	15	1,185	655	530
Hungarian	35	20	20	675	295	380
Ilocano	0	0	0	410	150	265
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15	5	5	130	80	55
Italian	280	140	140	24,255	11,840	12,415
Japanese	85	40	45	610	240	365
Khmer (Cambodian)	135	70	70	1,225	560	665
Korean	10	5	5	420	190	230
Kurdish	5	5	5	155	80	75
Lao	35	15	20	365	195	170
Latvian	0	0	0	35	15	20
Lingala	70	35	35	1,810	875	935
Lithuanian	0	0	0	90	25	60
Macedonian	0	0	5	25	10	15
Malay	5	0	0	125	60	65
Malayalam	0	0	0	60	30	30
Maltese	0	0	0	0	5	0
Mandarin	40	15	20	1,105	485	625
Marathi	0	0	0	25	15	10
Nepali	10	5	5	20	10	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	140	80	60	1,725	855	870
Norwegian	0	0	0	55	35	20
Oromo	75	40	35	1,645	855	785
Panjabi (Punjabi)	0	0	0	1,045	590	455
Pashto	0	0	0	50	30	20
Persian (Farsi)	55	25	30	1,445	815	625
Polish	95	40	55	1,765	720	1,050
Portuguese	305	150	155	4,375	2,125	2,250
Romanian	145	65	75	2,110	950	1,160
Rundi (Kirundi)	140	75	70	490	240	250
Russian	125	50	80	2,690	1,250	1,440
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	100	45	50	415	175	240
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	30	10	15
Serbian	35	20	20	240	120	115
Serbo-Croatian	65	35	25	85	40	45
Shanghainese	0	0	0	25	10	10
Sign languages, n.i.e.	60	25	30	95	45	55
Sindhi	0	0	0	50	20	30
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	95	55	40
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0	15	5	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	45	25	25
Slovak	5	0	5	170	70	100
Slovenian	5	5	5	90	35	55
Somali	0	0	0	175	90	80
Spanish	2,535	1,220	1,315	19,355	9,595	9,760
Swahili	170	90	75	510	230	285
Swedish	5	0	10	150	75	75
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	15	5	15	3,295	1,050	2,245
Taiwanese	0	0	0	65	35	30
Tamil	0	0	0	1,040	540	500
Telugu	0	0	0	40	25	15
Thai	25	10	15	150	45	100
Tibetan languages	0	0	0	10	5	5
Tigrigna	0	0	0	60	30	30
Turkish	5	0	0	735	405	335
Ukrainian	10	5	5	725	295	425
Urdu	10	5	5	1,315	735	585
Vietnamese	190	105	90	2,810	1,405	1,405
Yiddish	0	0	0	1,175	565	610
Other languages^{Census data footnote 22}	370	185	190	2,900	1,495	1,405
Multiple responses	1,860	925	935	40,110	20,330	19,780
English and French	435	235	200	16,790	8,700	8,095
English and non-official language	1,155	555	600	11,390	5,750	5,645
French and non-official language	235	120	115	11,360	5,585	5,775
English, French and non-official language	35	20	15	565	295	270

Symbols

^A adjusted figure due to boundary change

Users wishing to compare 2011 Census data with those of other censuses should then take into account that the boundaries of geographic areas may change from one census to another. In order to facilitate comparison, the 2006 Census counts are adjusted as needed to take into account boundary changes between the 2006 and 2011 censuses. The 2006 counts that were adjusted are identified by the letter 'A.' The letter 'A' may also refer to corrections to the 2006 counts; however, most of these are the result of boundary changes. This symbol is also used to identify areas that have been created since 2006, such as newly incorporated municipalities (census subdivisions) and new designated places (DPLs).

^E use with caution

After the release of the 2006 or 2011 Census population and dwelling counts, errors are occasionally uncovered in the data. It is not possible to make changes to the 2006 or 2011 Census data presented in these tables.

Refer to the 2006 population and dwelling count amendments or the 2011 population and dwelling count amendments for further information.

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.')

Refer to a complete list of these geographic areas.

.. 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

A possible reason for the use of the three dots (...) symbol is:

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. Québec, Quebec (Code 421) and Montréal, Quebec (Code 2466023) (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 6, 2024).

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Geographic level	File format^{CSV/TAB (2011) - Footnote 1} (compressed)
Geographic level	CSV (comma-separated values)	TAB (tab-separated values)
Canada, provinces and territories	CSV (86 KB)	TAB (86 KB)
Census divisions	CSV (1,444 KB)	TAB (1,412 KB)
Census subdivisions	CSV (19,715 KB)	TAB (19,378 KB)
Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations	CSV (691 KB)	TAB (723 KB)
Census tracts	CSV (21,499 KB)	TAB (21,281 KB)
Federal electoral districts (2003 representation order)	CSV (1,580 KB)	TAB (1,550 KB)
Federal electoral districts (2013 representation order)	CSV (1,628 KB)	TAB (1,600 KB)
Economic regions	CSV (404 KB)	TAB (397 KB)
Designated places	CSV (5,190 KB)	TAB (5,105 KB)
Population centres	CSV (3,599 KB)	TAB (3,565 KB)
Dissemination areas	CSV (193,822 KB)	TAB (191,191 KB)
Dissolved census subdivisions	CSV (732 KB)	TAB (720 KB)
Forward sortation areas^©	CSV (6,328 KB)	TAB (6,257 KB)
Health regions (December 2013)	CSV (666 KB)	TAB (654 KB)
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Geographic levels	File format^{IVT/XML - Footnote 1}
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

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Map: Montréal, Ville, Census Subdivision (shaded in green), Quebec

Geographic hierarchy

Geographic hierarchy: Québec (Census metropolitan area)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)
  - Québec (Census metropolitan area)

Geographic hierarchy: Montréal (Ville)

Canada
- Quebec (Province)
  - Montréal (Territoire équivalent)
    - Montréal (Ville)

Note

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

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