Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Port Moody, CY - British Columbia

In 2011, Port Moody (City) had a population of 32,975, representing a percentage change of 19.9% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 25.89 square kilometres with a population density of 1,273.8 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 922,509.29 square kilometres with a population density of 4.8 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Port Moody (City) had 12,628 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 24.7%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Port Moody (City) is part of the census metropolitan area of Vancouver.

Population and dwelling counts

Port Moody (City) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Port Moody (City) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Greater Vancouver A, B.C.	RDA	13,035	11,050	18.0
Burnaby, B.C.	CY	223,218	202,799	10.1
Coquitlam, B.C.	CY	126,456	114,565	10.4
Belcarra, B.C.	VL	644	676	-4.7
Anmore, B.C.	VL	2,092	1,785	17.2
North Vancouver, B.C.	DM	84,412	82,562	2.2

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

Table 2 British Columbia – 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
Langford	CY	29,228	22,459	30.1
Lake Country	DM	11,708	9,606	21.9
Port Moody	CY	32,975	27,512	19.9
Kent	DM	5,664	4,738 E	19.5
Surrey	CY	468,251	394,976	18.6

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

Table 3 British Columbia – 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
Kitimat	DM	8,335	8,987	-7.3
Peace River D	RDA	5,479	5,749	-4.7
Esquimalt	DM	16,209	16,840	-3.7
Hope	DM	5,969	6,185	-3.5
Okanagan-Similkameen D	RDA	5,717	5,913	-3.3

Age and sex

Port Moody, CY – Age distribution

Table 4 Port Moody, CY – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	18.5%	19.5%	17.5%
15 to 64	72.4%	71.9%	73.0%
65 and over	9.1%	8.6%	9.6%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Port Moody, CY was 9.1%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 72.4% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 18.5%. 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.

Port Moody, CY – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Port Moody, CY – 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	32,980	27,510	5,470	19.9
0 to 14	6,100	5,515	585	10.6
15 to 64	23,875	19,840	4,035	20.3
65 and over	3,000	2,165	835	38.6
Males
Total	16,275	13,475	2,800	20.8
0 to 14	3,180	2,915	265	9.1
15 to 64	11,695	9,530	2,165	22.7
65 and over	1,400	1,025	375	36.6
Females
Total	16,700	14,040	2,660	18.9
0 to 14	2,920	2,595	325	12.5
15 to 64	12,185	10,305	1,880	18.2
65 and over	1,605	1,135	470	41.4

Port Moody, CY – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Port Moody, CY – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	32,980	16,275	16,700
0 to 4 years	2,140	1,125	1,015
5 to 9 years	1,930	995	940
10 to 14 years	2,030	1,065	960
15 to 19 years	2,230	1,140	1,090
20 to 24 years	1,890	980	905
25 to 29 years	2,045	1,020	1,025
30 to 34 years	2,305	1,100	1,205
35 to 39 years	2,830	1,350	1,480
40 to 44 years	3,090	1,465	1,625
45 to 49 years	2,985	1,440	1,550
50 to 54 years	2,745	1,345	1,400
55 to 59 years	2,070	990	1,080
60 to 64 years	1,675	855	815
65 to 69 years	1,155	550	600
70 to 74 years	805	385	420
75 to 79 years	510	245	265
80 to 84 years	320	145	170
85 years and over	225	75	150
Median age	38.4	37.7	39.0

Port Moody, CY – Median age¹ of the population

In 2011, the median age in Port Moody, CY was 38.4 years. In comparison, the median age of British Columbia was 41.9 years.

Table 7 Canada, British Columbia and Port Moody, CY – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
British Columbia	40.8	41.9
Port Moody, CY	37.3	38.4

Families and households

Port Moody – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, British Columbia, CSD of Port Moody, CY 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
British Columbia †	1,238,155	887,990	71.7	160,360	13.0	189,805	15.3	6.6
Port Moody, CY	9,605	7,150	74.4	1,125	11.7	1,330	13.8	18.7
Greater Vancouver A, RDA	3,365	2,535	75.3	230	6.8	595	17.7	20.0
Burnaby, CY	61,365	45,795	74.6	5,620	9.2	9,950	16.2	9.5
Coquitlam, CY	35,880	27,345	76.2	2,990	8.3	5,545	15.5	11.5
Belcarra, VL	220	185	84.1	20	9.1	15	6.8	0.0
Anmore, VL	595	500	84.0	45	7.6	50	8.4	21.4
North Vancouver, DM	24,355	19,065	78.3	2,060	8.5	3,230	13.3	2.3

Port Moody – Presence of children within couple families

Presence of children within couple families

* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	4,140
Married couples without children *	3,010
Common-law-couples with children *	355
Common-law-couples without children *	770

Port Moody – Marital status

Table 9 Canada, British Columbia, Port Moody, CY – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census

Marital status	Port Moody, CY		British Columbia		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	26,875	100.0	3,722,690	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	16,885	62.8	2,154,575	57.9	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	14,630	54.4	1,832,605	49.2	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	2,250	8.4	321,965	8.6	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	9,995	37.2	1,568,120	42.1	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	6,895	25.7	1,014,270	27.2	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	700	2.6	102,035	2.7	698,245	2.5
Divorced	1,535	5.7	246,515	6.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	865	3.2	205,300	5.5	1,584,525	5.7

Port Moody – Types of private households

There were 12,630 private households³ in Port Moody in 2011, a change of 24.7% from 2006. Of these, 34.7% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 14.5% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, British Columbia, Port Moody, CY – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census

Household type4	Port Moody, CY		British Columbia		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	12,630	100.0	1,764,635	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home5	4,385	34.7	431,135	24.4	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home6	3,545	28.1	532,995	30.2	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households7	1,240	9.8	168,530	9.6	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	2,820	22.3	498,925	28.3	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households8	215	1.7	50,410	2.9	268,060	2.0
Other households9	420	3.3	82,640	4.7	543,340	4.1

Port Moody – Structural type of dwelling

In Port Moody, 31.7% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 13.2% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, British Columbia, Port Moody, CY – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census

Structural type of dwelling	Port Moody, CY		British Columbia		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	12,630	100.0	1,764,640	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	4,000	31.7	842,120	47.7	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	405	3.2	52,825	3.0	646,240	4.9
Row house	2,575	20.4	130,370	7.4	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	1,670	13.2	143,970	8.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	2,915	23.1	361,150	20.5	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	1,035	8.2	184,355	10.4	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house10	5	0.0	2,885	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling11	15	0.1	46,960	2.7	183,510	1.4

Language

Port Moody, CY – Mother tongue

In Port Moody, 69.1% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.0% reported French only, and 27.9% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 70.3% for English only, 1.3% for French only and 26.5% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 80.1% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.3% spoke only French and 15.9% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 80.5% for only English, 0.4% for only French and 15.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Port Moody, CY – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census

Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
	number	%	number	%
Total	32,885	100.0	32,885	100.0
English	22,720	69.1	26,355	80.1
French	340	1.0	95	0.3
Non-official language	9,180	27.9	5,225	15.9
Multiple responses	645	2.0	1,215	3.7

Table 13 Port Moody, CY – 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	99.7	99.1	0.5
French	48.4	27.5	20.9
Non-official language	81.1	61.1	20.0

Port Moody, CY – Non-official languages

In Port Moody, the three most common mother tongues were Korean (5.6%), Persian (Farsi) (2.8%) and Spanish (2.0%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Panjabi (Punjabi) (4.5%), Cantonese (3.2%) and Chinese, n.o.s. (2.9%).

Table 14 Port Moody, CY – 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.
Korean	1,830	18.8	5.6
Persian (Farsi)	930	9.5	2.8
Spanish	655	6.7	2.0
Cantonese	635	6.5	1.9
Chinese, n.o.s.	625	6.4	1.9

Port Moody, CY – Bilingualism

Table 15 Port Moody, CY – 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	7.7	7.2	88.2	5.9
0 to 19	8.1	7.6	75.0	8.4
20 to 44	9.6	9.8	95.8	6.3
45 to 64	6.1	4.9	88.9	4.7
65 and over	4.2	3.0	77.8	3.4

Table 16 Port Moody, CY – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census

Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	32,885	100.0
English only	29,560	89.9
French only	20	0.1
English and French	2,600	7.9
Neither English nor French	705	2.1

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.