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Census Profile

Edmundston, New Brunswick (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 16,032
Population in 20061 16,643
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -3.7
Total private dwellings2 7,861
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 7,329
Population density per square kilometre 149.8
Land area (square km) 107.00
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 16,035
0 to 4 years 670
5 to 9 years 655
10 to 14 years 665
15 to 19 years 765
15 years 140
16 years 145
17 years 150
18 years 160
19 years 165
20 to 24 years 785
25 to 29 years 785
30 to 34 years 875
35 to 39 years 895
40 to 44 years 940
45 to 49 years 1,235
50 to 54 years 1,525
55 to 59 years 1,480
60 to 64 years 1,425
65 to 69 years 985
70 to 74 years 725
75 to 79 years 635
80 to 84 years 495
85 years and over 480
Median age of the population5 49.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 14,035
Married or living with a common-law partner 8,255
Married (and not separated) 5,930
Living common law 2,330
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 5,780
Single (never legally married) 3,170
Separated 590
Divorced 750
Widowed 1,265
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 4,755
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,940
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,000
Size of census family: 4 persons 675
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 145
Total number of census families in private households8 4,755
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,035
Married couples 2,875
Without children at home 1,830
With children at home 1,045
1 child 520
2 children 445
3 or more children 80
Common-law couples 1,160
Without children at home 615
With children at home 550
1 child 290
2 children 200
3 or more children 55
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 715
Female parent 580
1 child 390
2 children 155
3 or more children 30
Male parent 140
1 child 105
2 children 30
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 3,505
Under six years of age 795
6 to 14 years 1,190
15 to 17 years 420
18 to 24 years 720
25 years and over 375
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 15,325
Number of persons not in census families 3,030
Living with relatives9 225
Living with non-relatives only 350
Living alone 2,445
Number of census family persons 12,300
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,810
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 1,095
Living with relatives9 95
Living with non-relatives only 65
Living alone 940
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,715
Total number of private households by household type10 7,330
Census-family households 4,705
One-family-only households11 4,505
Couple-family households12 3,885
Without children 2,360
With children 1,525
Lone-parent-family households 620
Other family households13 200
One-family households with persons not in a census family 155
Couple-family households14 100
Without children 50
With children 50
Lone-parent-family households 60
Two-or-more-family households 45
Non-census-family households 2,620
One-person households 2,450
Two-or-more-person households 175
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 7,325
Single-detached house 4,335
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 160
Movable dwelling16 285
Other dwelling17 2,545
Semi-detached house 280
Row house 175
Apartment, duplex 635
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,405
Other single-attached house 50
Total number of private households by household size18 7,330
1 person 2,450
2 persons 2,940
3 persons 1,035
4 persons 710
5 persons 155
6 or more persons 45
Number of persons in private households 15,325
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,505
  Single responses  15,320
    English  700
    French  14,480
    Non-official languages  140
      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 130
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  20
        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.  20
        Creoles  5
        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  5
        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  5
        Romanian  20
        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  20
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  10
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          185
    English and French  170
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,505
  English only 205
  French only 5,790
  English and French 9,500
  Neither English nor French 10
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,505
  English 770
  French 14,665
  English and French 60
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 14,700
Official language minority (percentage)23 94.8
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,505
  Single responses 15,325
    English 640
    French 14,625
    Non-official languages 60
      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 60
        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. 10
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        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 15
        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 15
        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         180
    English and French 165
    English and non-official language 5
    French and non-official language 10
    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 15,505
  None 13,280
  Single responses  2,205
    English  1,855
    French  290
    Non-official languages  55
      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 55
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  5
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        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  5
        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  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        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  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  5
        Telugu  0
        Thai  10
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          20
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  15
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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