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Census Profile

Antigonish, Subd. B, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 6,439
Population in 20061 6,509
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -1.1
Total private dwellings2 2,773
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,481
Population density per square kilometre 12.3
Land area (square km) 522.16
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,440
0 to 4 years 335
5 to 9 years 380
10 to 14 years 420
15 to 19 years 480
15 years 95
16 years 80
17 years 105
18 years 90
19 years 105
20 to 24 years 350
25 to 29 years 280
30 to 34 years 320
35 to 39 years 450
40 to 44 years 485
45 to 49 years 525
50 to 54 years 545
55 to 59 years 515
60 to 64 years 475
65 to 69 years 305
70 to 74 years 220
75 to 79 years 170
80 to 84 years 100
85 years and over 85
Median age of the population5 42.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,300
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,310
Married (and not separated) 2,890
Living common law 420
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,995
Single (never legally married) 1,375
Separated 140
Divorced 210
Widowed 270
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,950
Size of census family: 2 persons 960
Size of census family: 3 persons 415
Size of census family: 4 persons 375
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 195
Total number of census families in private households8 1,945
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,645
Married couples 1,430
Without children at home 660
With children at home 775
1 child 285
2 children 320
3 or more children 165
Common-law couples 210
Without children at home 120
With children at home 90
1 child 45
2 children 25
3 or more children 15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 305
Female parent 230
1 child 130
2 children 65
3 or more children 30
Male parent 75
1 child 55
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,110
Under six years of age 405
6 to 14 years 725
15 to 17 years 275
18 to 24 years 460
25 years and over 250
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,435
Number of persons not in census families 735
Living with relatives9 125
Living with non-relatives only 90
Living alone 525
Number of census family persons 5,700
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 880
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 255
Living with relatives9 45
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 200
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 625
Total number of private households by household type10 2,485
Census-family households 1,905
One-family-only households11 1,780
Couple-family households12 1,540
Without children 725
With children 815
Lone-parent-family households 240
Other family households13 125
One-family households with persons not in a census family 85
Couple-family households14 60
Without children 30
With children 30
Lone-parent-family households 30
Two-or-more-family households 40
Non-census-family households 575
One-person households 520
Two-or-more-person households 55
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,480
Single-detached house 1,910
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 535
Other dwelling17 35
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 10
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 15
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 2,485
1 person 525
2 persons 915
3 persons 420
4 persons 385
5 persons 180
6 or more persons 60
Number of persons in private households 6,435
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,435
  Single responses  6,390
    English  5,930
    French  380
    Non-official languages  75
      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 75
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  45
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          45
    English and French  35
    English and non-official language  15
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,440
  English only 5,605
  French only 5
  English and French 830
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,440
  English 6,090
  French 335
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 345
Official language minority (percentage)23 5.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,440
  Single responses 6,410
    English 6,255
    French 130
    Non-official languages 20
      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 15
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 0
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 5
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 0
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 0
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         35
    English and French 25
    English and non-official language 5
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,440
  None 6,090
  Single responses  345
    English  85
    French  225
    Non-official languages  40
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  5
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 25
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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