Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Adjala-Tosorontio, TP - Ontario

In 2011, Adjala-Tosorontio (Township) had a population of 10,603, representing a percentage change of -0.9% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 372.39 square kilometres with a population density of 28.5 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 908,607.67 square kilometres with a population density of 14.1 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Adjala-Tosorontio (Township) had 3,574 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 1.0%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Adjala-Tosorontio (Township) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Adjala-Tosorontio (Township) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Caledon, Ont.	T	59,460	57,050	4.2
Mono, Ont.	T	7,546	7,071	6.7
Mulmur, Ont.	TP	3,391	3,318	2.2
Clearview, Ont.	TP	13,734	14,088	-2.5
New Tecumseth, Ont.	T	30,234	27,701	9.1
Essa, Ont.	TP	18,505	16,901	9.5

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth

Table 2 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Milton	T	84,362	53,889 A	56.5
Whitchurch-Stouffville	T	37,628	24,390	54.3
Ajax	T	109,600	90,167	21.6
Brampton	CY	523,911	433,806	20.8
Vaughan	CY	288,301	238,866	20.7

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth

Table 3 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Thunder Bay, Unorganized	NO	5,909	6,585	-10.3
Hearst	T	5,090	5,620	-9.4
Dryden	CY	7,617	8,195	-7.1
The Blue Mountains	T	6,453	6,825	-5.5

Age and sex

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Age distribution

Table 4 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	17.4%	17.4%	17.3%
15 to 64	70.6%	70.4%	70.8%
65 and over	12.1%	12.1%	11.9%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Adjala-Tosorontio, TP was 12.1%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 70.6% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 17.4%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses

Broad age groups by sex	Population
	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	10,605	10,695	-90	-0.8
0 to 14	1,840	2,170	-330	-15.2
15 to 64	7,485	7,470	15	0.2
65 and over	1,280	1,055	225	21.3
Males
Total	5,475	5,445	30	0.6
0 to 14	955	1,105	-150	-13.6
15 to 64	3,855	3,810	45	1.2
65 and over	665	530	135	25.5
Females
Total	5,130	5,250	-120	-2.3
0 to 14	885	1,065	-180	-16.9
15 to 64	3,630	3,660	-30	-0.8
65 and over	610	525	85	16.2

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	10,605	5,475	5,130
0 to 4 years	455	240	215
5 to 9 years	605	315	290
10 to 14 years	775	395	380
15 to 19 years	840	440	405
20 to 24 years	665	365	300
25 to 29 years	440	255	190
30 to 34 years	410	205	210
35 to 39 years	615	300	315
40 to 44 years	875	440	440
45 to 49 years	1,130	580	550
50 to 54 years	1,000	510	495
55 to 59 years	770	410	355
60 to 64 years	735	360	375
65 to 69 years	495	260	230
70 to 74 years	360	190	165
75 to 79 years	210	110	105
80 to 84 years	130	75	55
85 years and over	80	30	50
Median age	43.0	42.8	43.2

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Median age¹ of the population

In 2011, the median age in Adjala-Tosorontio, TP was 43 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 7 Canada, Ontario and Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Adjala-Tosorontio, TP	39.7	43.0

Families and households

Adjala-Tosorontio – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, CSD of Adjala-Tosorontio, TP and neighbouring census subdivisions – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census

Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
		number	%	number	%	number	%
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Ontario †	3,612,205	2,612,890	72.3	394,670	10.9	604,645	16.7	5.5
Adjala-Tosorontio, TP	3,150	2,420	76.8	410	13.0	320	10.2	-0.3
Caledon, T	17,250	13,895	80.6	1,415	8.2	1,940	11.2	3.8
Mono, T	2,300	1,885	82.0	230	10.0	185	8.0	7.5
Mulmur, TP	1,050	810	77.1	135	12.9	110	10.5	5.0
Clearview, TP	4,100	3,065	74.8	520	12.7	515	12.6	-1.9
New Tecumseth, T	9,005	6,455	71.7	1,190	13.2	1,360	15.1	10.7
Essa, TP	5,320	3,765	70.8	840	15.8	720	13.5	12.6

Adjala-Tosorontio – Presence of children within couple families

Presence of children within couple families

* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	1,220
Married couples without children *	1,205
Common-law-couples with children *	180
Common-law-couples without children *	230

Adjala-Tosorontio – Marital status

Table 9 Canada, Ontario, Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census

Marital status	Adjala-Tosorontio, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	8,765	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	5,760	65.7	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	4,945	56.4	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	820	9.4	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	3,000	34.2	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	2,145	24.5	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	185	2.1	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	355	4.1	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	315	3.6	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Adjala-Tosorontio – Types of private households

There were 3,575 private households³ in Adjala-Tosorontio in 2011, a change of 1.0% from 2006. Of these, 36.9% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of -8.7% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census

Household type4	Adjala-Tosorontio, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	3,575	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home5	1,320	36.9	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home6	1,315	36.8	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households7	245	6.9	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	495	13.8	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households8	135	3.8	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households9	70	2.0	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Adjala-Tosorontio – Structural type of dwelling

In Adjala-Tosorontio, 98.6% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Ontario, Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census

Structural type of dwelling	Adjala-Tosorontio, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	3,575	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	3,525	98.6	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	20	0.6	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	5	0.1	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	15	0.4	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	5	0.1	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house10	0	0.0	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling11	0	0.0	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Mother tongue

In Adjala-Tosorontio, 88.2% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.5% reported French only, and 9.7% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 68.2% for English only, 3.9% for French only and 25.7% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 95.8% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.5% spoke only French and 2.6% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 79.0% for only English, 2.2% for only French and 14.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census

Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
	number	%	number	%
Total	10,605	100.0	10,600	100.0
English	9,355	88.2	10,155	95.8
French	160	1.5	50	0.5
Non-official language	1,025	9.7	280	2.6
Multiple responses	70	0.7	115	1.1

Table 13 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census

Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention12 (in percentage)
	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	99.9	99.8	0.1
French	51.4	28.6	22.9
Non-official language	57.9	32.9	25.0

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Non-official languages

In Adjala-Tosorontio, the three most common mother tongues were Italian (2.0%), German (1.4%) and Spanish (1.3%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Italian (2.1%), Chinese, n.o.s. (1.6%) and Cantonese (1.5%).

Table 14 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census

Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Italian	210	19.4	2.0
German	145	13.4	1.4
Spanish	140	13.0	1.3
Dutch	100	9.3	0.9
Polish	85	7.9	0.8

Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Bilingualism

Table 15 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census

Age groups	Mother tongue
	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	5.0	3.7	90.3	3.9
0 to 19	5.1	4.7	75.0	0.0
20 to 44	5.5	4.1	81.8	4.3
45 to 64	5.1	3.2	92.3	5.8
65 and over	3.5	2.6	100.0	3.5

Table 16 Adjala-Tosorontio, TP – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census

Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	10,605	100.0
English only	9,995	94.2
French only	10	0.1
English and French	545	5.1
Neither English nor French	55	0.5

Symbols:

Note(s):

1. Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.
2. Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.
3. Household, private: 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.
4. 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 in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.
5. Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.
6. Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.
7. Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.
8. Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.
9. Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.
10. Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).
11. Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.
12. Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.