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Census Profile

Boisbriand, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 26,816
Population in 20061 26,468 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 1.3
Total private dwellings2 10,337
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 9,940
Population density per square kilometre 966.4
Land area (square km) 27.75
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 26,820
0 to 4 years 1,655
5 to 9 years 1,670
10 to 14 years 2,110
15 to 19 years 2,690
15 years 545
16 years 515
17 years 525
18 years 550
19 years 555
20 to 24 years 1,930
25 to 29 years 1,400
30 to 34 years 1,445
35 to 39 years 1,615
40 to 44 years 1,955
45 to 49 years 2,665
50 to 54 years 2,425
55 to 59 years 1,630
60 to 64 years 1,230
65 to 69 years 1,015
70 to 74 years 675
75 to 79 years 380
80 to 84 years 200
85 years and over 115
Median age of the population5 36.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 79.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 21,385
Married or living with a common-law partner 12,375
Married (and not separated) 7,380
Living common law 4,995
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 9,010
Single (never legally married) 6,660
Separated 310
Divorced 1,370
Widowed 665
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 7,610
Size of census family: 2 persons 3,270
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,795
Size of census family: 4 persons 1,735
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 805
Total number of census families in private households8 7,605
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 6,140
Married couples 3,645
Without children at home 1,445
With children at home 2,200
1 child 710
2 children 935
3 or more children 555
Common-law couples 2,495
Without children at home 975
With children at home 1,520
1 child 590
2 children 700
3 or more children 225
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 1,465
Female parent 1,085
1 child 615
2 children 370
3 or more children 95
Male parent 375
1 child 230
2 children 120
3 or more children 25
Total children in census families in private households 9,875
Under six years of age 1,980
6 to 14 years 3,425
15 to 17 years 1,560
18 to 24 years 2,310
25 years and over 595
Average number of children at home per census family 1.3
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 26,755
Number of persons not in census families 3,135
Living with relatives9 390
Living with non-relatives only 610
Living alone 2,135
Number of census family persons 23,625
Average number of persons per census family 3.1
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,350
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 725
Living with relatives9 135
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 525
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,625
Total number of private households by household type10 9,940
Census-family households 7,515
One-family-only households11 7,090
Couple-family households12 5,815
Without children 2,280
With children 3,535
Lone-parent-family households 1,280
Other family households13 420
One-family households with persons not in a census family 335
Couple-family households14 205
Without children 80
With children 125
Lone-parent-family households 130
Two-or-more-family households 90
Non-census-family households 2,425
One-person households 2,135
Two-or-more-person households 285
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 9,940
Single-detached house 5,225
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 5
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 4,705
Semi-detached house 615
Row house 635
Apartment, duplex 150
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 3,300
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 9,940
1 person 2,140
2 persons 3,275
3 persons 1,820
4 persons 1,770
5 persons 580
6 or more persons 350
Number of persons in private households 26,760
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 26,810
  Single responses  26,400
    English  895
    French  22,160
    Non-official languages  3,350
      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 3,345
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  120
        Armenian  40
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  10
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  45
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  20
        Greek  85
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  15
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  165
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  120
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  5
        Lao  170
        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  10
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  15
        Persian (Farsi)  35
        Polish  25
        Portuguese  155
        Romanian  45
        Rundi (Kirundi)  5
        Russian  20
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        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  280
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  10
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  15
        Yiddish  1,870
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          405
    English and French  200
    English and non-official language  65
    French and non-official language  120
    English, French and non-official language 25
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 26,810
  English only 1,240
  French only 11,825
  English and French 12,820
  Neither English nor French 915
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 26,810
  English 2,170
  French 23,245
  English and French 490
  Neither English nor French 900
Official language minority (number)23 2,420
Official language minority (percentage)23 9.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 26,810
  Single responses 26,230
    English 1,035
    French 22,720
    Non-official languages 2,480
      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 2,480
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 35
        Armenian 20
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 10
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 10
        Creoles 5
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 30
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 20
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 10
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 70
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 5
        Lao 105
        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 10
        Persian (Farsi) 10
        Polish 5
        Portuguese 45
        Romanian 25
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 10
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 5
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 155
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 5
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 10
        Yiddish 1,850
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         575
    English and French 195
    English and non-official language 90
    French and non-official language 235
    English, French and non-official language 55
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 26,810
  None 23,545
  Single responses  3,090
    English  1,940
    French  595
    Non-official languages  560
      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 550
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  55
        Armenian  5
        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  40
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  5
        Greek  35
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  10
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  60
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  30
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  50
        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.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  55
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  5
        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  100
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  55
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          175
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  85
    French and non-official language  40
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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