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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 Division No. 6
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 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,905 6,355
0 to 4 years 86,825 80,740 700 240
5 to 9 years 77,310 75,885 680 340
10 to 14 years 76,965 75,370 750 735
15 to 19 years 81,565 79,945 785 710
20 to 24 years 88,985 87,270 955 490
25 to 29 years 104,805 102,185 1,580 470
30 to 34 years 104,135 100,865 1,955 575
35 to 39 years 101,935 98,540 1,825 655
40 to 44 years 100,735 97,185 1,765 645
45 to 49 years 103,685 99,860 1,910 450
50 to 54 years 101,920 97,875 2,060 310
55 to 59 years 82,905 79,180 1,605 225
60 to 64 years 63,210 59,710 1,180 175
65 to 69 years 41,250 38,355 790 115
70 to 74 years 30,040 27,290 495 85
75 to 79 years 24,095 21,645 415 50
80 to 84 years 17,650 15,690 270 40
85 years and over 12,910 11,520 180 35
Median ageFootnote 2 36.5 36.1 42.1 31.7
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 1,059,825 1,017,100 17,770 5,040
Married or living with a common-law partner 632,360 604,195 11,310 3,025
Married (and not separated) 542,905 517,755 8,845 2,810
Living common law 89,450 86,440 2,460 220
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 427,465 412,910 6,465 2,020
Single (never legally married) 299,480 292,715 4,045 1,655
Separated 24,945 23,950 445 95
Divorced 65,225 62,850 1,345 185
Widowed 37,815 33,400 625 80
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,900 6,355
English only 1,179,670 1,179,670 0 0
French only 1,080 0 1,080 0
English and French 94,005 68,855 18,800 6,355
Neither English nor French 26,175 570 30 5
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,900 6,355
Single responses 1,273,425 1,223,165 19,050 5,635
English 942,085 942,045 40 0
French 19,820 1,700 18,125 0
Non-official languages 311,525 279,420 890 5,635
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 775 770 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 260 260 0 0
Dene 20 20 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0
Ojibway 75 70 0 0
Oji-Cree 5 5 0 0
Stoney 405 405 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 306,825 275,035 845 5,540
African languages, n.i.e. 1,875 1,775 10 10
Afrikaans 940 915 0 5
Akan (Twi) 485 475 0 5
Albanian 1,025 950 5 20
Amharic 3,070 2,950 5 25
Arabic 13,685 11,975 155 705
Armenian 250 195 5 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 445 400 15 20
Bengali 3,140 2,900 10 90
Berber languages (Kabyle) 30 20 5 5
Bisayan languages 1,485 1,465 0 0
Bosnian 825 765 0 15
Bulgarian 825 730 0 60
Burmese 200 180 0 0
Cantonese 20,215 15,950 15 125
Chinese, n.o.s. 27,075 22,485 10 200
Creoles 465 305 60 90
Croatian 2,000 1,945 0 25
Czech 1,480 1,445 5 15
Danish 1,140 1,135 5 5
Dutch 5,080 4,945 5 115
Estonian 95 95 0 5
Finnish 395 390 0 5
Flemish 115 105 5 5
Fukien 210 185 0 0
German 15,140 14,890 25 150
Greek 1,535 1,480 5 15
Gujarati 4,080 3,790 5 45
Hakka 95 85 5 0
Hebrew 425 410 0 10
Hindi 5,205 4,950 5 40
Hungarian 3,650 3,490 5 70
Ilocano 1,620 1,590 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 820 745 5 0
Italian 5,720 5,435 25 100
Japanese 2,140 2,025 5 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 830 720 5 15
Korean 7,815 7,025 5 60
Kurdish 690 575 0 10
Lao 500 450 0 15
Latvian 150 150 5 0
Lingala 45 10 30 5
Lithuanian 210 210 0 0
Macedonian 135 120 0 5
Malay 590 570 5 5
Malayalam 1,115 1,060 5 5
Maltese 35 35 0 0
Mandarin 11,410 9,945 5 110
Marathi 465 455 0 5
Nepali 750 680 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,080 990 50 25
Norwegian 470 450 0 5
Oromo 605 535 15 10
Panjabi (Punjabi) 29,190 24,335 10 195
Pashto 1,170 1,000 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 6,500 5,815 5 170
Polish 8,055 7,605 10 180
Portuguese 2,730 2,515 15 70
Romanian 3,875 3,195 15 460
Rundi (Kirundi) 80 25 30 30
Russian 7,710 6,960 10 240
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 65 40 5 20
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 415 350 0 0
Serbian 1,765 1,635 5 60
Serbo-Croatian 505 485 0 10
Shanghainese 75 50 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 160 70 0 0
Sindhi 1,625 1,560 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 850 835 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 290 225 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 80 80 0 0
Slovak 1,130 1,090 0 15
Slovenian 285 280 0 5
Somali 1,070 970 5 20
Spanish 23,120 20,215 165 1,220
Swahili 560 500 25 40
Swedish 325 310 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 27,085 26,735 10 85
Taiwanese 180 160 0 5
Tamil 1,305 1,255 0 15
Telugu 510 495 0 5
Thai 520 480 0 0
Tibetan languages 325 285 0 5
Tigrigna 1,250 1,145 0 10
Turkish 1,015 900 5 35
Ukrainian 3,905 3,820 5 25
Urdu 12,575 11,605 0 110
Vietnamese 12,550 10,370 20 175
Yiddish 100 95 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 3,925 3,620 45 90
Multiple responses 27,500 25,930 855 720
English and French 3,130 2,440 145 535
English and non-official language 22,730 22,720 10 0
French and non-official language 1,085 415 665 0
English, French and non-official language 560 355 25 180
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,900 6,355
Single responses 1,248,555 1,199,015 18,630 5,335
English 1,059,805 1,048,785 11,025 0
French 7,680 575 7,105 0
Non-official languages 181,075 149,665 500 5,335
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 335 330 0 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 50 50 0 0
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 5 0 0
Stoney 275 275 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 179,260 148,060 495 5,260
African languages, n.i.e. 1,060 990 0 5
Afrikaans 475 455 0 5
Akan (Twi) 210 200 0 5
Albanian 585 510 0 20
Amharic 2,200 2,085 0 20
Arabic 8,475 6,840 115 645
Armenian 145 105 0 30
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 130 120 0 5
Bengali 2,280 2,055 0 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 20 10 0 10
Bisayan languages 540 525 0 0
Bosnian 455 390 0 15
Bulgarian 480 390 0 60
Burmese 160 140 0 0
Cantonese 14,520 9,965 5 125
Chinese, n.o.s. 17,915 13,535 10 185
Creoles 225 95 30 90
Croatian 705 645 0 25
Czech 400 370 0 15
Danish 75 75 0 5
Dutch 685 565 0 105
Estonian 15 15 0 0
Finnish 60 50 0 5
Flemish 5 0 0 5
Fukien 45 35 0 0
German 2,290 2,060 10 140
Greek 455 405 0 15
Gujarati 2,155 1,870 0 40
Hakka 15 15 0 0
Hebrew 220 205 5 10
Hindi 2,850 2,590 0 35
Hungarian 1,225 1,075 5 60
Ilocano 590 570 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 425 365 0 0
Italian 1,465 1,225 10 75
Japanese 1,000 885 0 15
Khmer (Cambodian) 460 345 5 15
Korean 5,880 5,090 10 60
Kurdish 470 365 0 0
Lao 255 210 0 10
Latvian 45 40 0 0
Lingala 15 5 10 5
Lithuanian 60 60 0 0
Macedonian 60 50 0 5
Malay 230 205 0 5
Malayalam 610 555 0 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 8,865 7,410 5 100
Marathi 230 215 0 0
Nepali 555 490 0 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 310 275 0 25
Norwegian 160 140 5 10
Oromo 450 390 5 15
Panjabi (Punjabi) 22,675 17,855 5 180
Pashto 765 610 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 4,490 3,805 5 155
Polish 3,475 3,035 5 175
Portuguese 1,110 915 0 55
Romanian 2,215 1,545 10 455
Rundi (Kirundi) 30 5 5 20
Russian 4,910 4,140 10 240
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 5 0 15
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 260 205 0 0
Serbian 1,045 915 0 65
Serbo-Croatian 230 215 0 10
Shanghainese 50 25 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 210 120 5 0
Sindhi 700 625 0 10
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 440 420 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 225 155 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0
Slovak 465 425 0 10
Slovenian 45 40 0 0
Somali 755 665 5 20
Spanish 14,915 12,045 155 1,200
Swahili 205 155 15 35
Swedish 50 40 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15,135 14,775 5 85
Taiwanese 70 55 0 5
Tamil 745 695 0 15
Telugu 260 240 0 5
Thai 235 195 0 5
Tibetan languages 230 195 0 0
Tigrigna 905 800 0 5
Turkish 590 485 10 30
Ukrainian 540 465 0 25
Urdu 8,900 7,890 0 120
Vietnamese 9,135 6,995 30 165
Yiddish 0 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 1,480 1,265 5 80
Multiple responses 52,365 50,075 1,270 1,015
English and French 1,810 450 745 615
English and non-official language 49,290 49,205 85 0
French and non-official language 490 195 295 0
English, French and non-official language 775 225 145 400
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,900 6,355
None 1,114,790 1,077,880 10,490 3,065
Single responses 182,710 168,600 9,085 2,845
English 77,470 70,215 3,680 2,400
French 12,670 7,960 4,525 170
Non-official languages 92,570 90,430 875 275
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 395 390 5 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 195 185 5 5
Dene 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0
Ojibway 40 35 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 150 150 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 90,115 88,080 825 265
African languages, n.i.e. 565 540 10 0
Afrikaans 415 410 5 0
Akan (Twi) 255 255 0 0
Albanian 320 310 5 0
Amharic 770 760 0 5
Arabic 5,790 5,570 140 35
Armenian 60 50 10 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 220 185 20 10
Bengali 580 570 10 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 5 0 0
Bisayan languages 405 405 0 0
Bosnian 245 240 0 0
Bulgarian 220 220 0 0
Burmese 60 60 0 0
Cantonese 5,175 5,050 10 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 5,570 5,480 5 5
Creoles 290 220 70 5
Croatian 825 820 5 0
Czech 540 540 0 0
Danish 410 415 0 0
Dutch 1,585 1,575 5 0
Estonian 25 25 0 0
Finnish 120 125 0 0
Flemish 30 25 0 0
Fukien 80 70 0 0
German 5,075 5,025 35 10
Greek 935 935 0 0
Gujarati 1,685 1,675 5 0
Hakka 40 30 0 0
Hebrew 295 280 5 10
Hindi 3,235 3,095 5 10
Hungarian 1,160 1,155 0 0
Ilocano 480 470 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 230 215 5 0
Italian 2,620 2,580 25 10
Japanese 1,090 1,080 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 230 220 5 0
Korean 1,230 1,225 5 0
Kurdish 155 145 0 5
Lao 190 180 0 0
Latvian 40 35 0 0
Lingala 55 5 50 0
Lithuanian 45 50 0 0
Macedonian 30 35 0 0
Malay 255 255 0 0
Malayalam 365 365 0 0
Maltese 10 10 0 0
Mandarin 2,410 2,280 5 15
Marathi 140 135 0 0
Nepali 110 105 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 1,000 945 50 5
Norwegian 125 120 0 0
Oromo 115 115 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,845 4,790 10 10
Pashto 200 175 5 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,205 1,180 5 10
Polish 2,570 2,565 5 0
Portuguese 1,115 1,090 15 5
Romanian 1,070 1,050 5 10
Rundi (Kirundi) 35 10 25 0
Russian 1,945 1,910 15 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 10 5 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 0
Serbian 525 520 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 130 125 0 0
Shanghainese 30 20 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 165 165 5 0
Sindhi 765 760 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 280 280 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Slovak 330 325 0 0
Slovenian 75 70 0 0
Somali 335 335 5 5
Spanish 9,330 9,135 160 25
Swahili 455 375 75 5
Swedish 180 175 5 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 8,230 8,220 0 0
Taiwanese 65 60 0 0
Tamil 420 420 0 0
Telugu 190 190 0 0
Thai 210 215 0 0
Tibetan languages 55 55 0 0
Tigrigna 380 365 5 5
Turkish 280 275 0 0
Ukrainian 990 975 0 5
Urdu 2,850 2,805 0 10
Vietnamese 2,730 2,555 5 0
Yiddish 35 35 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 2,065 1,960 50 10
Multiple responses 3,430 2,615 330 450
English and French 495 55 40 390
English and non-official language 1,435 1,205 175 35
French and non-official language 1,470 1,345 120 5
English, French and non-official language 20 5 0 15
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 1,300,925 1,249,095 19,905 6,355
English 1,249,095 1,249,095 0 0
French 19,900 0 19,900 0
English and French 6,355 0 0 6,355
Neither English nor French 25,575 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 23,080 0 19,905 3,175
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.8 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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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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Footnote 15

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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