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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 56,224 |
| Population in 20061 | 50,535 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 11.3 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 26,714 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 24,732 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 427.0 |
| Land area (square km) | 131.67 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 56,225 |
| 0 to 4 years | 2,810 |
| 5 to 9 years | 2,665 |
| 10 to 14 years | 2,790 |
| 15 to 19 years | 3,245 |
| 15 years | 545 |
| 16 years | 605 |
| 17 years | 605 |
| 18 years | 675 |
| 19 years | 820 |
| 20 to 24 years | 5,425 |
| 25 to 29 years | 4,695 |
| 30 to 34 years | 3,860 |
| 35 to 39 years | 3,600 |
| 40 to 44 years | 3,535 |
| 45 to 49 years | 3,925 |
| 50 to 54 years | 3,850 |
| 55 to 59 years | 3,640 |
| 60 to 64 years | 3,395 |
| 65 to 69 years | 2,495 |
| 70 to 74 years | 2,040 |
| 75 to 79 years | 1,615 |
| 80 to 84 years | 1,265 |
| 85 years and over | 1,385 |
| Median age of the population5 | 38.7 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 85.3 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 47,955 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 26,250 |
| Married (and not separated) | 21,450 |
| Living common law | 4,805 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 21,700 |
| Single (never legally married) | 14,465 |
| Separated | 1,425 |
| Divorced | 2,935 |
| Widowed | 2,880 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 15,430 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 8,775 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 3,275 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 2,500 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 880 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 15,430 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 12,870 |
| Married couples | 10,470 |
| Without children at home | 5,495 |
| With children at home | 4,970 |
| 1 child | 2,115 |
| 2 children | 2,115 |
| 3 or more children | 745 |
| Common-law couples | 2,395 |
| Without children at home | 1,625 |
| With children at home | 770 |
| 1 child | 445 |
| 2 children | 225 |
| 3 or more children | 100 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 2,565 |
| Female parent | 2,125 |
| 1 child | 1,350 |
| 2 children | 600 |
| 3 or more children | 175 |
| Male parent | 440 |
| 1 child | 305 |
| 2 children | 115 |
| 3 or more children | 20 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 13,720 |
| Under six years of age | 3,375 |
| 6 to 14 years | 4,840 |
| 15 to 17 years | 1,700 |
| 18 to 24 years | 2,495 |
| 25 years and over | 1,310 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 0.9 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 55,145 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 13,130 |
| Living with relatives9 | 1,050 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 4,505 |
| Living alone | 7,570 |
| Number of census family persons | 42,015 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.7 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 8,060 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 2,715 |
| Living with relatives9 | 250 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 165 |
| Living alone | 2,300 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 5,345 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 24,730 |
| Census-family households | 15,220 |
| One-family-only households11 | 14,205 |
| Couple-family households12 | 12,080 |
| Without children | 6,665 |
| With children | 5,415 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 2,125 |
| Other family households13 | 1,020 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 815 |
| Couple-family households14 | 525 |
| Without children | 285 |
| With children | 235 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 295 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 205 |
| Non-census-family households | 9,510 |
| One-person households | 7,575 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 1,940 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 24,735 |
| Single-detached house | 11,880 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 350 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 1,085 |
| Other dwelling17 | 11,415 |
| Semi-detached house | 695 |
| Row house | 795 |
| Apartment, duplex | 2,240 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 7,610 |
| Other single-attached house | 75 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 24,730 |
| 1 person | 7,570 |
| 2 persons | 9,480 |
| 3 persons | 3,745 |
| 4 persons | 2,745 |
| 5 persons | 865 |
| 6 or more persons | 330 |
| Number of persons in private households | 55,145 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 2.2 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 55,560 |
| Single responses | 54,815 |
| English | 47,130 |
| French | 3,850 |
| Non-official languages | 3,840 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 15 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 5 |
| Mi'kmaq | 15 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 3,775 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 20 |
| Arabic | 405 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Bengali | 95 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 25 |
| Bulgarian | 5 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 70 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 440 |
| Creoles | 0 |
| Croatian | 30 |
| Czech | 10 |
| Danish | 15 |
| Dutch | 100 |
| Estonian | 10 |
| Finnish | 20 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 205 |
| Greek | 20 |
| Gujarati | 15 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 90 |
| Hungarian | 30 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Italian | 55 |
| Japanese | 40 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 495 |
| Kurdish | 5 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 5 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 5 |
| Macedonian | 5 |
| Malay | 25 |
| Malayalam | 10 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 170 |
| Marathi | 15 |
| Nepali | 45 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 5 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 20 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 205 |
| Polish | 55 |
| Portuguese | 40 |
| Romanian | 80 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 20 |
| Russian | 130 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 15 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 65 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 25 |
| Shanghainese | 5 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 10 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 0 |
| Spanish | 220 |
| Swahili | 35 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 55 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 30 |
| Telugu | 15 |
| Thai | 30 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 5 |
| Turkish | 25 |
| Ukrainian | 20 |
| Urdu | 60 |
| Vietnamese | 40 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 50 |
| Multiple responses | 740 |
| English and French | 415 |
| English and non-official language | 290 |
| French and non-official language | 15 |
| English, French and non-official language | 15 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 55,560 |
| English only | 42,385 |
| French only | 190 |
| English and French | 12,745 |
| Neither English nor French | 240 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 55,560 |
| English | 51,210 |
| French | 3,850 |
| English and French | 280 |
| Neither English nor French | 220 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 3,990 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 7.2 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 55,555 |
| Single responses | 54,695 |
| English | 50,395 |
| French | 2,110 |
| Non-official languages | 2,195 |
| 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 | 2,175 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 10 |
| Arabic | 195 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Bengali | 60 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 10 |
| Bulgarian | 0 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 55 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 350 |
| Creoles | 0 |
| Croatian | 10 |
| Czech | 5 |
| Danish | 0 |
| Dutch | 5 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 10 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 40 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Gujarati | 10 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 40 |
| Hungarian | 5 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 10 |
| Japanese | 20 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 430 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 5 |
| Lingala | 5 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 20 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 135 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 35 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 160 |
| Polish | 20 |
| Portuguese | 15 |
| Romanian | 45 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 10 |
| Russian | 90 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 5 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 65 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 5 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 5 |
| Somali | 0 |
| Spanish | 105 |
| Swahili | 10 |
| Swedish | 0 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 25 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 15 |
| Telugu | 10 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 5 |
| Turkish | 10 |
| Ukrainian | 5 |
| Urdu | 35 |
| Vietnamese | 30 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 15 |
| Multiple responses | 860 |
| English and French | 345 |
| English and non-official language | 485 |
| French and non-official language | 5 |
| English, French and non-official language | 30 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 55,560 |
| None | 50,080 |
| Single responses | 5,340 |
| English | 1,875 |
| French | 2,155 |
| Non-official languages | 1,315 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 15 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 20 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 1,225 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 5 |
| Albanian | 0 |
| Amharic | 10 |
| Arabic | 185 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Bengali | 20 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 10 |
| Bulgarian | 5 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 15 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 90 |
| Creoles | 10 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| Czech | 5 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 45 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 105 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Gujarati | 10 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 10 |
| Hindi | 45 |
| Hungarian | 20 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 15 |
| Japanese | 15 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0 |
| Korean | 40 |
| Kurdish | 5 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 5 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 30 |
| Marathi | 10 |
| Nepali | 5 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 10 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 25 |
| Polish | 15 |
| Portuguese | 15 |
| Romanian | 20 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 30 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 10 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 0 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 10 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 0 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 0 |
| Spanish | 130 |
| Swahili | 45 |
| Swedish | 10 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 25 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 15 |
| Telugu | 0 |
| Thai | 15 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 5 |
| Ukrainian | 10 |
| Urdu | 25 |
| Vietnamese | 0 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 70 |
| Multiple responses | 130 |
| English and French | 20 |
| English and non-official language | 30 |
| French and non-official language | 80 |
| English, French and non-official language | 0 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.