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Census Profile

Vaughan, Ontario (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 288,301
Population in 20061 238,866
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 20.7
Total private dwellings2 88,282
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 86,063
Population density per square kilometre 1,054.0
Land area (square km) 273.52
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 288,300
0 to 4 years 18,050
5 to 9 years 20,095
10 to 14 years 20,315
15 to 19 years 20,685
15 years 4,235
16 years 4,245
17 years 4,110
18 years 4,095
19 years 4,005
20 to 24 years 18,865
25 to 29 years 16,470
30 to 34 years 17,680
35 to 39 years 21,925
40 to 44 years 24,600
45 to 49 years 24,415
50 to 54 years 21,480
55 to 59 years 16,665
60 to 64 years 14,870
65 to 69 years 9,685
70 to 74 years 8,585
75 to 79 years 6,320
80 to 84 years 4,110
85 years and over 3,490
Median age of the population5 37.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 79.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 229,845
Married or living with a common-law partner 145,465
Married (and not separated) 139,570
Living common law 5,895
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 84,380
Single (never legally married) 61,825
Separated 4,310
Divorced 7,780
Widowed 10,465
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 80,835
Size of census family: 2 persons 25,630
Size of census family: 3 persons 19,615
Size of census family: 4 persons 25,195
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 10,395
Total number of census families in private households8 80,835
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 71,125
Married couples 68,180
Without children at home 18,890
With children at home 49,285
1 child 15,630
2 children 23,745
3 or more children 9,915
Common-law couples 2,945
Without children at home 1,445
With children at home 1,500
1 child 690
2 children 560
3 or more children 250
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 9,710
Female parent 7,890
1 child 4,225
2 children 2,690
3 or more children 970
Male parent 1,820
1 child 1,065
2 children 605
3 or more children 155
Total children in census families in private households 113,700
Under six years of age 21,955
6 to 14 years 36,310
15 to 17 years 12,425
18 to 24 years 25,125
25 years and over 17,890
Average number of children at home per census family 1.4
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 286,305
Number of persons not in census families 20,640
Living with relatives9 7,200
Living with non-relatives only 4,280
Living alone 9,160
Number of census family persons 265,660
Average number of persons per census family 3.3
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 30,415
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 7,605
Living with relatives9 3,665
Living with non-relatives only 360
Living alone 3,580
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 22,810
Total number of private households by household type10 86,060
Census-family households 75,740
One-family-only households11 64,015
Couple-family households12 57,610
Without children 15,700
With children 41,915
Lone-parent-family households 6,400
Other family households13 11,730
One-family households with persons not in a census family 6,990
Couple-family households14 5,725
Without children 955
With children 4,775
Lone-parent-family households 1,265
Two-or-more-family households 4,740
Non-census-family households 10,325
One-person households 9,160
Two-or-more-person households 1,160
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 86,065
Single-detached house 58,205
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 6,940
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 20,915
Semi-detached house 7,200
Row house 9,305
Apartment, duplex 3,070
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,330
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 86,060
1 person 9,160
2 persons 19,935
3 persons 17,160
4 persons 23,400
5 persons 10,395
6 or more persons 6,025
Number of persons in private households 286,305
Average number of persons in private households 3.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 286,945
  Single responses  276,810
    English  131,770
    French  1,795
    Non-official languages  143,250
      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 142,595
        African languages, n.i.e.  30
        Afrikaans  25
        Akan (Twi)  230
        Albanian  800
        Amharic  110
        Arabic  2,820
        Armenian  565
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  15
        Bengali  335
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  95
        Bosnian  55
        Bulgarian  290
        Burmese  30
        Cantonese  4,040
        Chinese, n.o.s.  4,465
        Creoles  70
        Croatian  640
        Czech  90
        Danish  30
        Dutch  150
        Estonian  40
        Finnish  50
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  55
        German  720
        Greek  1,605
        Gujarati  2,410
        Hakka  105
        Hebrew  4,615
        Hindi  1,350
        Hungarian  980
        Ilocano  370
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  65
        Italian  40,405
        Japanese  150
        Khmer (Cambodian)  395
        Korean  3,470
        Kurdish  280
        Lao  230
        Latvian  65
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  115
        Macedonian  390
        Malay  125
        Malayalam  330
        Maltese  200
        Mandarin  2,420
        Marathi  90
        Nepali  20
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  130
        Norwegian  10
        Oromo  20
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  4,835
        Pashto  100
        Persian (Farsi)  4,600
        Polish  1,855
        Portuguese  4,450
        Romanian  2,430
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  18,705
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  1,810
        Serbian  635
        Serbo-Croatian  50
        Shanghainese  20
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  30
        Sindhi  95
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  155
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  35
        Slovak  125
        Slovenian  180
        Somali  110
        Spanish  7,365
        Swahili  35
        Swedish  20
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  4,670
        Taiwanese  60
        Tamil  3,275
        Telugu  90
        Thai  50
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  80
        Turkish  1,015
        Ukrainian  640
        Urdu  4,050
        Vietnamese  4,005
        Yiddish  925
      Other languages22 655
  Multiple responses          10,140
    English and French  395
    English and non-official language  9,115
    French and non-official language  415
    English, French and non-official language 210
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 286,945
  English only 258,300
  French only 175
  English and French 16,950
  Neither English nor French 11,520
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 286,945
  English 270,985
  French 2,105
  English and French 2,515
  Neither English nor French 11,345
Official language minority (number)23 3,360
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 286,945
  Single responses 264,310
    English 188,745
    French 670
    Non-official languages 74,890
      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 74,645
        African languages, n.i.e. 10
        Afrikaans 5
        Akan (Twi) 110
        Albanian 380
        Amharic 45
        Arabic 1,405
        Armenian 295
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 190
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 5
        Bosnian 25
        Bulgarian 170
        Burmese 20
        Cantonese 3,050
        Chinese, n.o.s. 3,000
        Creoles 25
        Croatian 225
        Czech 15
        Danish 10
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 10
        Finnish 5
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 10
        German 95
        Greek 480
        Gujarati 1,440
        Hakka 40
        Hebrew 2,415
        Hindi 670
        Hungarian 300
        Ilocano 140
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 30
        Italian 14,255
        Japanese 75
        Khmer (Cambodian) 250
        Korean 2,635
        Kurdish 185
        Lao 120
        Latvian 15
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 50
        Macedonian 150
        Malay 40
        Malayalam 175
        Maltese 40
        Mandarin 1,880
        Marathi 25
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20
        Norwegian 5
        Oromo 15
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,170
        Pashto 65
        Persian (Farsi) 3,185
        Polish 660
        Portuguese 1,735
        Romanian 1,325
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 13,035
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,175
        Serbian 315
        Serbo-Croatian 25
        Shanghainese 10
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 50
        Sindhi 30
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 75
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 15
        Slovak 45
        Slovenian 45
        Somali 35
        Spanish 4,010
        Swahili 20
        Swedish 5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,865
        Taiwanese 30
        Tamil 2,365
        Telugu 50
        Thai 10
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 40
        Turkish 690
        Ukrainian 270
        Urdu 2,875
        Vietnamese 2,810
        Yiddish 60
      Other languages22 245
  Multiple responses         22,635
    English and French 375
    English and non-official language 21,840
    French and non-official language 95
    English, French and non-official language 330
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 286,945
  None 203,185
  Single responses  82,145
    English  30,780
    French  1,520
    Non-official languages  49,840
      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 49,610
        African languages, n.i.e.  15
        Afrikaans  20
        Akan (Twi)  140
        Albanian  245
        Amharic  40
        Arabic  1,105
        Armenian  180
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  10
        Bengali  115
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  30
        Bosnian  30
        Bulgarian  60
        Burmese  10
        Cantonese  1,100
        Chinese, n.o.s.  865
        Creoles  60
        Croatian  250
        Czech  30
        Danish  5
        Dutch  55
        Estonian  25
        Finnish  20
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  10
        German  260
        Greek  940
        Gujarati  755
        Hakka  35
        Hebrew  3,290
        Hindi  775
        Hungarian  330
        Ilocano  125
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  25
        Italian  18,455
        Japanese  75
        Khmer (Cambodian)  95
        Korean  620
        Kurdish  70
        Lao  70
        Latvian  20
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  20
        Macedonian  170
        Malay  40
        Malayalam  95
        Maltese  85
        Mandarin  480
        Marathi  35
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  135
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  1,310
        Pashto  10
        Persian (Farsi)  1,000
        Polish  560
        Portuguese  1,970
        Romanian  645
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  3,735
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  455
        Serbian  250
        Serbo-Croatian  25
        Shanghainese  5
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  55
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  85
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  10
        Slovak  35
        Slovenian  65
        Somali  35
        Spanish  2,830
        Swahili  20
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  1,560
        Taiwanese  30
        Tamil  690
        Telugu  20
        Thai  30
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  30
        Turkish  220
        Ukrainian  215
        Urdu  910
        Vietnamese  1,010
        Yiddish  345
      Other languages22 230
  Multiple responses          1,625
    English and French  160
    English and non-official language  655
    French and non-official language  800
    English, French and non-official language  10

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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