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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 34,562 |
| Population in 20061 | 32,174 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 7.4 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 16,060 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 15,000 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 779.7 |
| Land area (square km) | 44.33 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 34,560 |
| 0 to 4 years | 1,595 |
| 5 to 9 years | 1,500 |
| 10 to 14 years | 1,735 |
| 15 to 19 years | 2,260 |
| 15 years | 410 |
| 16 years | 430 |
| 17 years | 405 |
| 18 years | 485 |
| 19 years | 530 |
| 20 to 24 years | 3,010 |
| 25 to 29 years | 2,275 |
| 30 to 34 years | 1,940 |
| 35 to 39 years | 1,980 |
| 40 to 44 years | 2,250 |
| 45 to 49 years | 2,665 |
| 50 to 54 years | 2,590 |
| 55 to 59 years | 2,500 |
| 60 to 64 years | 2,250 |
| 65 to 69 years | 1,605 |
| 70 to 74 years | 1,330 |
| 75 to 79 years | 1,160 |
| 80 to 84 years | 870 |
| 85 years and over | 1,050 |
| Median age of the population5 | 42.3 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 86.0 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 29,735 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 14,925 |
| Married (and not separated) | 12,605 |
| Living common law | 2,320 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 14,805 |
| Single (never legally married) | 9,680 |
| Separated | 880 |
| Divorced | 1,985 |
| Widowed | 2,265 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 9,120 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 4,950 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 2,065 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 1,490 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 625 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 9,125 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 7,240 |
| Married couples | 6,085 |
| Without children at home | 2,920 |
| With children at home | 3,160 |
| 1 child | 1,360 |
| 2 children | 1,245 |
| 3 or more children | 560 |
| Common-law couples | 1,155 |
| Without children at home | 785 |
| With children at home | 365 |
| 1 child | 215 |
| 2 children | 110 |
| 3 or more children | 40 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 1,880 |
| Female parent | 1,565 |
| 1 child | 1,020 |
| 2 children | 410 |
| 3 or more children | 130 |
| Male parent | 315 |
| 1 child | 220 |
| 2 children | 75 |
| 3 or more children | 20 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 8,950 |
| Under six years of age | 1,855 |
| 6 to 14 years | 2,940 |
| 15 to 17 years | 1,195 |
| 18 to 24 years | 1,995 |
| 25 years and over | 965 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 1.0 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 33,315 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 8,000 |
| Living with relatives9 | 705 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 2,265 |
| Living alone | 5,025 |
| Number of census family persons | 25,315 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.8 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 5,115 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 2,080 |
| Living with relatives9 | 175 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 110 |
| Living alone | 1,795 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 3,040 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 15,000 |
| Census-family households | 8,975 |
| One-family-only households11 | 8,340 |
| Couple-family households12 | 6,775 |
| Without children | 3,455 |
| With children | 3,320 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 1,565 |
| Other family households13 | 635 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 490 |
| Couple-family households14 | 280 |
| Without children | 140 |
| With children | 140 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 210 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 145 |
| Non-census-family households | 6,025 |
| One-person households | 5,025 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 1,000 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 15,000 |
| Single-detached house | 7,180 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 55 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 255 |
| Other dwelling17 | 7,510 |
| Semi-detached house | 1,375 |
| Row house | 515 |
| Apartment, duplex | 500 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 5,075 |
| Other single-attached house | 40 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 15,000 |
| 1 person | 5,025 |
| 2 persons | 5,200 |
| 3 persons | 2,320 |
| 4 persons | 1,630 |
| 5 persons | 630 |
| 6 or more persons | 190 |
| Number of persons in private households | 33,310 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 2.2 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 33,605 |
| Single responses | 33,360 |
| English | 29,760 |
| French | 725 |
| Non-official languages | 2,875 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 10 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 10 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 2,845 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 45 |
| Amharic | 5 |
| Arabic | 220 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Bengali | 30 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 15 |
| Bulgarian | 0 |
| Burmese | 10 |
| Cantonese | 60 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 930 |
| Creoles | 5 |
| Croatian | 15 |
| Czech | 0 |
| Danish | 10 |
| Dutch | 80 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 50 |
| Greek | 0 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 25 |
| Hungarian | 25 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 15 |
| Japanese | 40 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 85 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 5 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 230 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 95 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 20 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 185 |
| Polish | 25 |
| Portuguese | 10 |
| Romanian | 10 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 85 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 10 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 15 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 35 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 30 |
| Spanish | 135 |
| Swahili | 0 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 45 |
| Taiwanese | 15 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 10 |
| Thai | 10 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 20 |
| Ukrainian | 5 |
| Urdu | 25 |
| Vietnamese | 25 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 25 |
| Multiple responses | 245 |
| English and French | 100 |
| English and non-official language | 125 |
| French and non-official language | 10 |
| English, French and non-official language | 10 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 33,610 |
| English only | 28,735 |
| French only | 35 |
| English and French | 4,295 |
| Neither English nor French | 535 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 33,605 |
| English | 32,325 |
| French | 695 |
| English and French | 75 |
| Neither English nor French | 510 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 730 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 2.2 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 33,605 |
| Single responses | 33,205 |
| English | 30,780 |
| French | 320 |
| Non-official languages | 2,105 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 0 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 2,100 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 50 |
| Amharic | 5 |
| Arabic | 100 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Bengali | 20 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 10 |
| Bulgarian | 0 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 45 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 870 |
| Creoles | 5 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| Czech | 0 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 5 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 10 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 10 |
| Hungarian | 25 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 5 |
| Japanese | 10 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 75 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 5 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 0 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 215 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 90 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 160 |
| Polish | 0 |
| Portuguese | 0 |
| Romanian | 10 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 65 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 10 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 10 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 25 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 25 |
| Spanish | 80 |
| Swahili | 0 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 25 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 0 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 5 |
| Ukrainian | 0 |
| Urdu | 15 |
| Vietnamese | 20 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 5 |
| Multiple responses | 400 |
| English and French | 60 |
| English and non-official language | 320 |
| French and non-official language | 10 |
| English, French and non-official language | 10 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 33,605 |
| None | 31,500 |
| Single responses | 2,040 |
| English | 860 |
| French | 565 |
| Non-official languages | 610 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 20 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 15 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 560 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 0 |
| Amharic | 5 |
| Arabic | 95 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Bengali | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 0 |
| Bulgarian | 0 |
| Burmese | 5 |
| Cantonese | 10 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 55 |
| Creoles | 5 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| Czech | 0 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 20 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 20 |
| Greek | 0 |
| Gujarati | 0 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 25 |
| Hindi | 15 |
| Hungarian | 0 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 10 |
| Japanese | 25 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 10 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 0 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 15 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 10 |
| Polish | 15 |
| Portuguese | 5 |
| Romanian | 0 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 10 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 0 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 5 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 0 |
| Spanish | 60 |
| Swahili | 0 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 15 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 0 |
| Ukrainian | 5 |
| Urdu | 5 |
| Vietnamese | 10 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 30 |
| Multiple responses | 70 |
| English and French | 20 |
| English and non-official language | 30 |
| French and non-official language | 15 |
| English, French and non-official language | 0 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.