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Laval, Quebec (Ville)
Characteristics	Total
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011¹	401,553
Population in 2006¹	368,709
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	8.9
Total private dwellings²	159,509
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents³	154,456
Population density per square kilometre	1,625.1
Land area (square km)	247.09
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups⁴	401,550
0 to 4 years	23,125
5 to 9 years	22,450
10 to 14 years	23,730
15 to 19 years	27,580
15 years	5,315
16 years	5,455
17 years	5,590
18 years	5,480
19 years	5,735
20 to 24 years	24,950
25 to 29 years	22,195
30 to 34 years	24,565
35 to 39 years	26,800
40 to 44 years	29,890
45 to 49 years	33,350
50 to 54 years	32,370
55 to 59 years	26,140
60 to 64 years	21,820
65 to 69 years	18,050
70 to 74 years	14,765
75 to 79 years	13,000
80 to 84 years	9,585
85 years and over	7,185
Median age of the population⁵	40.9
% of the population aged 15 and over	82.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status⁶	332,245
Married or living with a common-law partner	192,180
Married (and not separated)	142,455
Living common law	49,725
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	140,065
Single (never legally married)	93,875
Separated	5,230
Divorced	21,740
Widowed	19,220
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households⁷	112,880
Size of census family: 2 persons	51,330
Size of census family: 3 persons	25,385
Size of census family: 4 persons	25,840
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	10,330
Total number of census families in private households⁸	112,880
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	93,970
Married couples	69,185
Without children at home	27,850
With children at home	41,335
1 child	14,230
2 children	18,865
3 or more children	8,245
Common-law couples	24,785
Without children at home	12,075
With children at home	12,705
1 child	5,525
2 children	5,515
3 or more children	1,665
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	18,910
Female parent	14,800
1 child	8,755
2 children	4,480
3 or more children	1,565
Male parent	4,110
1 child	2,650
2 children	1,150
3 or more children	310
Total children in census families in private households	129,910
Under six years of age	27,610
6 to 14 years	41,345
15 to 17 years	16,020
18 to 24 years	29,150
25 years and over	15,785
Average number of children at home per census family	1.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	392,725
Number of persons not in census families	55,965
Living with relatives⁹	8,010
Living with non-relatives only	8,020
Living alone	39,930
Number of census family persons	336,760
Average number of persons per census family	3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households	55,820
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	18,235
Living with relatives⁹	3,155
Living with non-relatives only	1,015
Living alone	14,065
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	37,585
Total number of private households by household type¹⁰	154,455
Census-family households	110,425
One-family-only households¹¹	102,040
Couple-family households¹²	86,545
Without children	36,945
With children	49,605
Lone-parent-family households	15,490
Other family households¹³	8,390
One-family households with persons not in a census family	6,045
Couple-family households¹⁴	4,065
Without children	1,265
With children	2,800
Lone-parent-family households	1,980
Two-or-more-family households	2,350
Non-census-family households	44,030
One-person households	39,930
Two-or-more-person households	4,100
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling¹⁵	154,455
Single-detached house	74,510
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	9,470
Movable dwelling¹⁶	50
Other dwelling¹⁷	70,430
Semi-detached house	14,690
Row house	4,405
Apartment, duplex	4,670
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	46,335
Other single-attached house	325
Total number of private households by household size¹⁸	154,455
1 person	39,930
2 persons	49,790
3 persons	25,405
4 persons	25,840
5 persons	9,365
6 or more persons	4,125
Number of persons in private households	392,725
Average number of persons in private households	2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	397,570
Single responses	382,455
English	27,680
French	241,615
Non-official languages	113,160
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	5
Atikamekw	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0
Dene	0
Innu/Montagnais	0
Inuktitut	5
Mi'kmaq	0
Ojibway	0
Oji-Cree	0
Stoney	0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages²¹	112,605
African languages, n.i.e.	65
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	65
Albanian	330
Amharic	45
Arabic	22,260
Armenian	6,790
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	80
Bengali	280
Berber languages (Kabyle)	510
Bisayan languages	15
Bosnian	115
Bulgarian	430
Burmese	0
Cantonese	320
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,550
Creoles	6,280
Croatian	390
Czech	85
Danish	5
Dutch	120
Estonian	5
Finnish	10
Flemish	30
Fukien	0
German	975
Greek	14,025
Gujarati	355
Hakka	0
Hebrew	185
Hindi	140
Hungarian	700
Ilocano	30
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	60
Italian	16,810
Japanese	60
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,695
Korean	80
Kurdish	85
Lao	1,080
Latvian	10
Lingala	85
Lithuanian	25
Macedonian	30
Malay	25
Malayalam	0
Maltese	0
Mandarin	370
Marathi	0
Nepali	20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	185
Norwegian	5
Oromo	670
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,405
Pashto	90
Persian (Farsi)	2,465
Polish	810
Portuguese	5,065
Romanian	5,235
Rundi (Kirundi)	85
Russian	1,690
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	80
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	30
Serbian	140
Serbo-Croatian	70
Shanghainese	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	35
Sindhi	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	45
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	5
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	15
Slovak	55
Slovenian	80
Somali	15
Spanish	11,450
Swahili	65
Swedish	20
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	420
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	1,430
Telugu	0
Thai	50
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	20
Turkish	725
Ukrainian	160
Urdu	980
Vietnamese	2,270
Yiddish	75
Other languages²²	550
Multiple responses	15,110
English and French	3,775
English and non-official language	2,740
French and non-official language	6,550
English, French and non-official language	2,045
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	397,570
English only	19,905
French only	145,655
English and French	224,625
Neither English nor French	7,380
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	397,570
English	66,400
French	292,625
English and French	31,350
Neither English nor French	7,185
Official language minority (number)²³	82,075
Official language minority (percentage)²³	20.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	397,570
Single responses	369,480
English	51,335
French	259,090
Non-official languages	59,055
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	58,900
African languages, n.i.e.	25
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	35
Albanian	200
Amharic	20
Arabic	11,975
Armenian	5,530
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	10
Bengali	210
Berber languages (Kabyle)	145
Bisayan languages	0
Bosnian	85
Bulgarian	325
Burmese	0
Cantonese	205
Chinese, n.o.s.	1,145
Creoles	2,140
Croatian	170
Czech	30
Danish	0
Dutch	10
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	5
Fukien	0
German	235
Greek	6,750
Gujarati	235
Hakka	0
Hebrew	65
Hindi	80
Hungarian	365
Ilocano	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	50
Italian	3,375
Japanese	10
Khmer (Cambodian)	1,040
Korean	45
Kurdish	40
Lao	690
Latvian	10
Lingala	15
Lithuanian	5
Macedonian	15
Malay	20
Malayalam	0
Maltese	0
Mandarin	285
Marathi	0
Nepali	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	50
Norwegian	0
Oromo	155
Panjabi (Punjabi)	1,070
Pashto	65
Persian (Farsi)	1,880
Polish	365
Portuguese	2,115
Romanian	4,020
Rundi (Kirundi)	35
Russian	1,290
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	10
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15
Serbian	80
Serbo-Croatian	35
Shanghainese	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	60
Sindhi	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	30
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0
Slovak	10
Slovenian	25
Somali	10
Spanish	7,500
Swahili	15
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	110
Taiwanese	5
Tamil	1,220
Telugu	0
Thai	20
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	10
Turkish	495
Ukrainian	50
Urdu	775
Vietnamese	1,740
Yiddish	5
Other languages²²	150
Multiple responses	28,090
English and French	5,380
English and non-official language	5,175
French and non-official language	13,040
English, French and non-official language	4,490
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	397,565
None	294,875
Single responses	92,440
English	27,730
French	26,640
Non-official languages	38,065
Selected Aboriginal languages²⁰	5
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	37,690
African languages, n.i.e.	30
Afrikaans	0
Akan (Twi)	45
Albanian	75
Amharic	15
Arabic	7,960
Armenian	905
Bantu languages, n.i.e.	55
Bengali	45
Berber languages (Kabyle)	250
Bisayan languages	5
Bosnian	20
Bulgarian	60
Burmese	0
Cantonese	60
Chinese, n.o.s.	275
Creoles	5,490
Croatian	105
Czech	20
Danish	0
Dutch	45
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	5
Fukien	0
German	315
Greek	5,690
Gujarati	75
Hakka	0
Hebrew	155
Hindi	75
Hungarian	135
Ilocano	10
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	15
Italian	6,740
Japanese	25
Khmer (Cambodian)	435
Korean	20
Kurdish	15
Lao	270
Latvian	0
Lingala	150
Lithuanian	0
Macedonian	5
Malay	5
Malayalam	0
Maltese	0
Mandarin	55
Marathi	0
Nepali	5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	115
Norwegian	0
Oromo	270
Panjabi (Punjabi)	175
Pashto	15
Persian (Farsi)	290
Polish	140
Portuguese	1,605
Romanian	665
Rundi (Kirundi)	45
Russian	305
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)	55
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15
Serbian	20
Serbo-Croatian	15
Shanghainese	5
Sign languages, n.i.e.	15
Sindhi	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	15
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.	0
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5
Slovak	5
Slovenian	25
Somali	5
Spanish	2,985
Swahili	50
Swedish	10
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	170
Taiwanese	0
Tamil	165
Telugu	0
Thai	25
Tibetan languages	0
Tigrigna	0
Turkish	165
Ukrainian	45
Urdu	190
Vietnamese	390
Yiddish	10
Other languages²²	375
Multiple responses	10,255
English and French	4,110
English and non-official language	2,725
French and non-official language	3,315
English, French and non-official language	100

Source: 2011 Census of Population.