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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 265,349 |
| Population in 20061 | 242,124 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 9.6 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 117,769 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 112,758 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 773.7 |
| Land area (square km) | 342.98 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 265,350 |
| 0 to 4 years | 16,605 |
| 5 to 9 years | 14,500 |
| 10 to 14 years | 15,165 |
| 15 to 19 years | 17,995 |
| 15 years | 3,380 |
| 16 years | 3,445 |
| 17 years | 3,625 |
| 18 years | 3,685 |
| 19 years | 3,850 |
| 20 to 24 years | 18,360 |
| 25 to 29 years | 18,505 |
| 30 to 34 years | 19,115 |
| 35 to 39 years | 18,300 |
| 40 to 44 years | 18,785 |
| 45 to 49 years | 22,235 |
| 50 to 54 years | 21,935 |
| 55 to 59 years | 18,020 |
| 60 to 64 years | 14,735 |
| 65 to 69 years | 10,555 |
| 70 to 74 years | 7,260 |
| 75 to 79 years | 5,660 |
| 80 to 84 years | 4,225 |
| 85 years and over | 3,390 |
| Median age of the population5 | 38.4 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 82.6 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 219,075 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 121,385 |
| Married (and not separated) | 78,775 |
| Living common law | 42,610 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 97,690 |
| Single (never legally married) | 65,640 |
| Separated | 4,710 |
| Divorced | 16,190 |
| Widowed | 11,150 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 74,600 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 37,545 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 17,490 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 14,205 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 5,355 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 74,600 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 59,830 |
| Married couples | 38,540 |
| Without children at home | 18,150 |
| With children at home | 20,390 |
| 1 child | 8,040 |
| 2 children | 8,720 |
| 3 or more children | 3,630 |
| Common-law couples | 21,290 |
| Without children at home | 10,285 |
| With children at home | 11,000 |
| 1 child | 5,040 |
| 2 children | 4,465 |
| 3 or more children | 1,500 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 14,770 |
| Female parent | 11,275 |
| 1 child | 6,860 |
| 2 children | 3,410 |
| 3 or more children | 1,010 |
| Male parent | 3,490 |
| 1 child | 2,245 |
| 2 children | 1,000 |
| 3 or more children | 240 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 78,385 |
| Under six years of age | 19,540 |
| 6 to 14 years | 26,495 |
| 15 to 17 years | 10,130 |
| 18 to 24 years | 15,820 |
| 25 years and over | 6,405 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 1.1 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 261,665 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 48,855 |
| Living with relatives9 | 5,110 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 8,915 |
| Living alone | 34,830 |
| Number of census family persons | 212,815 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.9 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 28,445 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 10,600 |
| Living with relatives9 | 1,245 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 740 |
| Living alone | 8,615 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 17,850 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 112,760 |
| Census-family households | 73,580 |
| One-family-only households11 | 68,815 |
| Couple-family households12 | 56,290 |
| Without children | 26,570 |
| With children | 29,720 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 12,525 |
| Other family households13 | 4,770 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 3,770 |
| Couple-family households14 | 2,255 |
| Without children | 1,055 |
| With children | 1,205 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 1,520 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 995 |
| Non-census-family households | 39,175 |
| One-person households | 34,830 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 4,345 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 112,760 |
| Single-detached house | 46,365 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 6,620 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 105 |
| Other dwelling17 | 59,670 |
| Semi-detached house | 15,515 |
| Row house | 6,665 |
| Apartment, duplex | 6,725 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 30,610 |
| Other single-attached house | 150 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 112,760 |
| 1 person | 34,830 |
| 2 persons | 37,905 |
| 3 persons | 18,445 |
| 4 persons | 14,885 |
| 5 persons | 4,825 |
| 6 or more persons | 1,870 |
| Number of persons in private households | 261,665 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 2.3 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 263,255 |
| Single responses | 256,280 |
| English | 29,060 |
| French | 203,360 |
| Non-official languages | 23,855 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 100 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 70 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 10 |
| Inuktitut | 10 |
| Mi'kmaq | 5 |
| Ojibway | 5 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 23,300 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 70 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 15 |
| Albanian | 40 |
| Amharic | 60 |
| Arabic | 5,655 |
| Armenian | 55 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 135 |
| Bengali | 75 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 100 |
| Bisayan languages | 5 |
| Bosnian | 140 |
| Bulgarian | 200 |
| Burmese | 5 |
| Cantonese | 155 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 820 |
| Creoles | 765 |
| Croatian | 185 |
| Czech | 55 |
| Danish | 10 |
| Dutch | 160 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 10 |
| Flemish | 20 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 405 |
| Greek | 120 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 10 |
| Hindi | 25 |
| Hungarian | 120 |
| Ilocano | 5 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Italian | 405 |
| Japanese | 80 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 200 |
| Korean | 95 |
| Kurdish | 70 |
| Lao | 110 |
| Latvian | 10 |
| Lingala | 105 |
| Lithuanian | 10 |
| Macedonian | 10 |
| Malay | 25 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 5 |
| Mandarin | 445 |
| Marathi | 5 |
| Nepali | 5 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 295 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 200 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 65 |
| Pashto | 5 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 480 |
| Polish | 370 |
| Portuguese | 2,520 |
| Romanian | 815 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 385 |
| Russian | 470 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 360 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Serbian | 505 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 400 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 10 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Slovak | 45 |
| Slovenian | 5 |
| Somali | 155 |
| Spanish | 3,865 |
| Swahili | 265 |
| Swedish | 10 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 175 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 35 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 35 |
| Tibetan languages | 5 |
| Tigrigna | 30 |
| Turkish | 100 |
| Ukrainian | 95 |
| Urdu | 100 |
| Vietnamese | 420 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 460 |
| Multiple responses | 6,980 |
| English and French | 4,415 |
| English and non-official language | 575 |
| French and non-official language | 1,595 |
| English, French and non-official language | 385 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 263,255 |
| English only | 17,190 |
| French only | 76,050 |
| English and French | 168,475 |
| Neither English nor French | 1,535 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 263,255 |
| English | 37,715 |
| French | 216,755 |
| English and French | 7,325 |
| Neither English nor French | 1,465 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 41,370 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 15.7 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 263,255 |
| Single responses | 253,855 |
| English | 35,180 |
| French | 205,710 |
| Non-official languages | 12,965 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 55 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 40 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 5 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 12,760 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 30 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 20 |
| Amharic | 25 |
| Arabic | 3,270 |
| Armenian | 30 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
| Bengali | 50 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 50 |
| Bisayan languages | 5 |
| Bosnian | 105 |
| Bulgarian | 140 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 65 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 695 |
| Creoles | 250 |
| Croatian | 130 |
| Czech | 20 |
| Danish | 0 |
| Dutch | 25 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 55 |
| Greek | 25 |
| Gujarati | 5 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 15 |
| Hungarian | 40 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 55 |
| Japanese | 40 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 110 |
| Korean | 55 |
| Kurdish | 40 |
| Lao | 70 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 30 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 10 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 335 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 40 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 65 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 35 |
| Pashto | 5 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 280 |
| Polish | 130 |
| Portuguese | 1,130 |
| Romanian | 595 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 115 |
| Russian | 320 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 85 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Serbian | 450 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 320 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Slovak | 15 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 90 |
| Spanish | 2,665 |
| Swahili | 85 |
| Swedish | 0 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 30 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 15 |
| Telugu | 0 |
| Thai | 10 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 10 |
| Turkish | 40 |
| Ukrainian | 40 |
| Urdu | 55 |
| Vietnamese | 275 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 150 |
| Multiple responses | 9,400 |
| English and French | 4,840 |
| English and non-official language | 1,100 |
| French and non-official language | 2,530 |
| English, French and non-official language | 925 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 263,255 |
| None | 203,025 |
| Single responses | 57,660 |
| English | 35,080 |
| French | 14,355 |
| Non-official languages | 8,225 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 30 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 15 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 5 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 7,810 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 60 |
| Afrikaans | 5 |
| Akan (Twi) | 15 |
| Albanian | 10 |
| Amharic | 20 |
| Arabic | 1,640 |
| Armenian | 5 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 95 |
| Bengali | 15 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 25 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 35 |
| Bulgarian | 30 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 55 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 100 |
| Creoles | 610 |
| Croatian | 30 |
| Czech | 20 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 40 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 15 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 175 |
| Greek | 65 |
| Gujarati | 0 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 30 |
| Hungarian | 25 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 195 |
| Japanese | 45 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 55 |
| Korean | 20 |
| Kurdish | 10 |
| Lao | 25 |
| Latvian | 5 |
| Lingala | 150 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 15 |
| Malayalam | 0 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 85 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 215 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 70 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 25 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 120 |
| Polish | 110 |
| Portuguese | 775 |
| Romanian | 125 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 210 |
| Russian | 175 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 170 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Serbian | 60 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 45 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Slovak | 10 |
| Slovenian | 0 |
| Somali | 55 |
| Spanish | 1,360 |
| Swahili | 180 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 75 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 15 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 15 |
| Turkish | 35 |
| Ukrainian | 30 |
| Urdu | 40 |
| Vietnamese | 95 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 385 |
| Multiple responses | 2,570 |
| English and French | 1,040 |
| English and non-official language | 1,010 |
| French and non-official language | 505 |
| English, French and non-official language | 15 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.