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Census Profile

Bégin, Quebec (Municipalité)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 868
Population in 20061 862
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.7
Total private dwellings2 431
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 354
Population density per square kilometre 4.6
Land area (square km) 190.58
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 865
0 to 4 years 45
5 to 9 years 50
10 to 14 years 55
15 to 19 years 55
15 years 10
16 years 15
17 years 10
18 years 15
19 years 10
20 to 24 years 50
25 to 29 years 35
30 to 34 years 65
35 to 39 years 50
40 to 44 years 60
45 to 49 years 75
50 to 54 years 75
55 to 59 years 75
60 to 64 years 60
65 to 69 years 50
70 to 74 years 30
75 to 79 years 20
80 to 84 years 10
85 years and over 10
Median age of the population5 42.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 720
Married or living with a common-law partner 455
Married (and not separated) 310
Living common law 145
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 265
Single (never legally married) 175
Separated 10
Divorced 40
Widowed 35
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 260
Size of census family: 2 persons 130
Size of census family: 3 persons 45
Size of census family: 4 persons 60
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households8 260
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 225
Married couples 150
Without children at home 80
With children at home 70
1 child 25
2 children 35
3 or more children 10
Common-law couples 75
Without children at home 30
With children at home 45
1 child 15
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 35
Female parent 25
1 child 15
2 children 0
3 or more children 5
Male parent 10
1 child 5
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 270
Under six years of age 50
6 to 14 years 100
15 to 17 years 30
18 to 24 years 65
25 years and over 25
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 865
Number of persons not in census families 115
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 85
Number of census family persons 755
Average number of persons per census family 3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 120
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 40
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 35
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 80
Total number of private households by household type10 355
Census-family households 260
One-family-only households11 250
Couple-family households12 220
Without children 105
With children 115
Lone-parent-family households 30
Other family households13 10
One-family households with persons not in a census family 10
Couple-family households14 0
Without children 0
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 0
Non-census-family households 95
One-person households 90
Two-or-more-person households 5
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 355
Single-detached house 285
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 70
Semi-detached house 20
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 350
1 person 90
2 persons 135
3 persons 55
4 persons 60
5 persons 15
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 865
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 865
  Single responses  870
    English  10
    French  855
    Non-official languages  0
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  5
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 0
        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.  0
        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  5
        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  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  0
        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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 870
  English only 5
  French only 770
  English and French 90
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 870
  English 10
  French 860
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 10
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 865
  Single responses 865
    English 5
    French 855
    Non-official languages 0
      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 0
        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. 0
        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 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 0
        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         0
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 0
    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 865
  None 850
  Single responses  20
    English  10
    French  5
    Non-official languages  0
      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 0
        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.  0
        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  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  0
        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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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