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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 Richmond Hill, T
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 184,460 171,125 1,620 2,510
0 to 4 years 9,800 8,525 60 45
5 to 9 years 11,650 11,200 90 305
10 to 14 years 12,190 11,695 70 385
15 to 19 years 13,545 13,050 100 360
20 to 24 years 12,345 12,035 80 180
25 to 29 years 10,170 9,920 65 125
30 to 34 years 10,005 9,705 85 135
35 to 39 years 13,470 12,990 140 150
40 to 44 years 16,575 15,885 145 185
45 to 49 years 17,300 16,365 165 160
50 to 54 years 15,355 14,530 145 140
55 to 59 years 11,895 11,025 130 105
60 to 64 years 10,110 9,095 110 80
65 to 69 years 6,485 5,355 80 60
70 to 74 years 5,255 3,965 55 55
75 to 79 years 3,965 2,830 55 30
80 to 84 years 2,635 1,810 30 10
85 years and over 1,700 1,140 20 10
Median ageFootnote 2 39.7 38.8 44.1 24.2
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 150,820 139,710 1,405 1,770
Married or living with a common-law partner 93,775 86,455 890 965
Married (and not separated) 89,310 82,185 790 935
Living common law 4,465 4,270 100 25
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 57,045 53,255 520 805
Single (never legally married) 41,715 40,440 320 700
Separated 3,030 2,795 55 20
Divorced 6,305 5,860 70 40
Widowed 6,000 4,160 80 40
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 184,455 171,125 1,620 2,505
English only 160,840 160,835 0 0
French only 145 0 150 0
English and French 14,120 10,150 1,470 2,505
Neither English nor French 9,350 145 5 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 184,455 171,125 1,620 2,505
Single responses 178,405 165,420 1,435 2,345
English 75,125 75,120 0 0
French 1,340 75 1,260 0
Non-official languages 101,945 90,225 175 2,345
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 10 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 101,470 89,800 170 2,335
African languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Afrikaans 25 20 0 5
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 0
Albanian 230 205 0 5
Amharic 15 15 5 0
Arabic 2,870 2,515 35 190
Armenian 1,000 835 5 120
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0
Bengali 255 245 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 85 85 0 0
Bosnian 35 35 0 0
Bulgarian 190 175 0 10
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 15,820 13,305 0 210
Chinese, n.o.s. 11,945 10,085 5 160
Creoles 110 50 20 35
Croatian 235 230 0 0
Czech 120 115 0 0
Danish 40 40 0 0
Dutch 295 290 0 0
Estonian 75 75 0 0
Finnish 105 105 0 5
Flemish 15 10 0 0
Fukien 160 135 0 0
German 915 900 0 15
Greek 1,895 1,820 5 20
Gujarati 1,650 1,555 0 25
Hakka 180 145 0 10
Hebrew 710 695 0 5
Hindi 830 805 0 10
Hungarian 670 625 0 20
Ilocano 105 100 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 70 65 0 0
Italian 7,110 6,780 10 45
Japanese 295 270 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 40 40 0 0
Korean 4,290 3,830 0 70
Kurdish 160 150 0 5
Lao 55 45 0 0
Latvian 70 65 0 10
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 70 65 0 0
Macedonian 445 425 0 5
Malay 235 225 0 0
Malayalam 235 230 0 0
Maltese 40 45 0 0
Mandarin 7,160 5,800 5 95
Marathi 45 45 0 0
Nepali 25 25 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 45 5 5
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 5 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 585 555 0 0
Pashto 80 75 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 15,690 14,055 25 480
Polish 825 775 0 15
Portuguese 855 805 5 15
Romanian 1,810 1,490 5 195
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 10 0
Russian 9,700 8,550 0 360
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 0
Serbian 445 405 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 25 30 0 0
Shanghainese 115 75 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0
Sindhi 470 445 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 220 215 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5
Slovak 80 75 0 0
Slovenian 75 75 0 0
Somali 100 90 0 5
Spanish 2,105 1,905 5 90
Swahili 145 130 0 0
Swedish 30 25 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 1,960 1,925 0 5
Taiwanese 215 160 0 5
Tamil 1,095 1,030 0 5
Telugu 130 120 0 0
Thai 35 30 0 0
Tibetan languages 25 15 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0
Turkish 530 465 0 15
Ukrainian 430 385 0 5
Urdu 1,795 1,710 0 20
Vietnamese 585 500 5 10
Yiddish 105 105 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 470 420 0 10
Multiple responses 6,055 5,705 185 160
English and French 360 260 20 80
English and non-official language 5,240 5,235 5 0
French and non-official language 255 100 155 0
English, French and non-official language 200 115 5 80
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 184,460 171,125 1,620 2,505
Single responses 170,030 157,175 1,420 2,230
English 106,250 105,460 790 0
French 580 45 540 0
Non-official languages 63,200 51,670 90 2,230
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 63,050 51,555 90 2,220
African languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 5
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0
Albanian 110 85 0 0
Amharic 5 5 0 0
Arabic 1,435 1,115 25 160
Armenian 560 405 5 115
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Bengali 140 130 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0
Bosnian 20 20 0 5
Bulgarian 80 70 0 10
Burmese 0 5 0 0
Cantonese 13,185 10,430 5 215
Chinese, n.o.s. 7,830 6,175 0 140
Creoles 60 15 5 40
Croatian 45 40 0 0
Czech 20 15 0 0
Danish 5 5 0 0
Dutch 30 20 0 0
Estonian 20 20 0 5
Finnish 40 40 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 5
Fukien 55 45 0 0
German 140 130 0 10
Greek 635 555 0 20
Gujarati 760 670 0 25
Hakka 50 30 0 5
Hebrew 300 280 0 10
Hindi 325 295 0 5
Hungarian 260 230 0 15
Ilocano 30 30 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 5
Italian 1,765 1,445 5 45
Japanese 155 130 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 30 25 0 0
Korean 3,130 2,675 0 65
Kurdish 75 70 0 5
Lao 20 10 0 0
Latvian 20 10 0 10
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 35 30 0 0
Macedonian 155 140 0 5
Malay 75 65 0 0
Malayalam 110 105 0 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 5,890 4,490 5 100
Marathi 15 15 0 0
Nepali 10 15 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0
Norwegian 5 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 220 200 0 5
Pashto 50 45 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 11,415 9,780 15 460
Polish 330 285 0 15
Portuguese 240 195 5 10
Romanian 990 675 10 185
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0
Russian 7,020 5,850 5 350
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0
Serbian 235 195 0 20
Serbo-Croatian 0 0 0 0
Shanghainese 40 25 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0
Sindhi 160 130 0 15
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0
Slovak 20 20 0 0
Slovenian 15 10 0 0
Somali 45 35 0 0
Spanish 1,130 935 5 90
Swahili 45 35 0 0
Swedish 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 660 630 0 0
Taiwanese 110 75 0 5
Tamil 665 605 0 5
Telugu 45 40 0 0
Thai 10 10 5 0
Tibetan languages 20 15 0 0
Tigrigna 5 0 0 0
Turkish 255 215 0 10
Ukrainian 115 95 0 0
Urdu 1,020 935 0 15
Vietnamese 290 215 5 15
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 150 120 0 5
Multiple responses 14,425 13,945 200 275
English and French 295 95 80 120
English and non-official language 13,770 13,725 45 0
French and non-official language 65 15 45 0
English, French and non-official language 295 105 30 160
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 184,460 171,130 1,620 2,510
None 127,130 116,770 755 1,055
Single responses 56,230 53,500 795 1,290
English 26,405 24,620 275 1,170
French 1,365 1,005 335 25
Non-official languages 28,455 27,870 180 95
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 28,265 27,695 185 90
African languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Afrikaans 15 20 0 0
Akan (Twi) 25 25 0 0
Albanian 70 70 0 0
Amharic 5 0 0 0
Arabic 1,105 1,065 30 5
Armenian 295 290 5 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0
Bengali 100 100 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0
Bosnian 5 5 0 0
Bulgarian 80 75 0 0
Burmese 15 15 0 0
Cantonese 3,270 3,235 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,260 2,240 10 5
Creoles 90 40 40 10
Croatian 85 80 0 0
Czech 55 50 0 0
Danish 10 10 0 0
Dutch 110 110 0 0
Estonian 35 30 0 0
Finnish 35 35 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 45 40 0 0
German 385 380 5 5
Greek 1,265 1,260 0 0
Gujarati 790 780 5 0
Hakka 55 50 0 0
Hebrew 540 520 5 5
Hindi 640 635 0 0
Hungarian 190 190 0 0
Ilocano 20 25 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Italian 3,305 3,295 5 5
Japanese 135 130 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 10 15 0 0
Korean 830 825 0 0
Kurdish 40 35 0 5
Lao 20 15 0 5
Latvian 20 20 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 20 0 0
Macedonian 175 175 0 0
Malay 105 100 0 0
Malayalam 100 95 0 0
Maltese 10 15 0 0
Mandarin 1,325 1,270 0 0
Marathi 15 15 0 0
Nepali 10 10 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 45 45 5 0
Norwegian 10 15 0 0
Oromo 0 5 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 320 315 0 0
Pashto 20 20 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,965 2,935 20 10
Polish 250 250 0 0
Portuguese 355 345 5 0
Romanian 505 500 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 10 0
Russian 1,840 1,800 10 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0
Serbian 155 155 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 10 15 0 0
Shanghainese 40 30 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Sindhi 235 235 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 105 100 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slovak 30 30 0 0
Slovenian 15 20 0 0
Somali 40 40 0 0
Spanish 805 780 10 10
Swahili 85 80 0 0
Swedish 15 15 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 730 730 0 0
Taiwanese 65 50 0 0
Tamil 350 350 0 0
Telugu 50 50 0 0
Thai 10 10 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0
Turkish 230 205 0 0
Ukrainian 145 120 0 5
Urdu 815 800 5 5
Vietnamese 170 155 5 0
Yiddish 10 15 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 195 175 5 5
Multiple responses 1,100 860 70 160
English and French 180 35 5 135
English and non-official language 430 370 30 20
French and non-official language 475 440 35 0
English, French and non-official language 10 5 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 184,460 171,125 1,620 2,510
English 171,125 171,130 0 0
French 1,620 0 1,620 0
English and French 2,510 0 0 2,510
Neither English nor French 9,205 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 2,875 0 1,620 1,255
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.6 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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