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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 82,997 |
| Population in 20061 | 82,184 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 1.0 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 35,199 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 33,382 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 395.8 |
| Land area (square km) | 209.71 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 82,995 |
| 0 to 4 years | 3,970 |
| 5 to 9 years | 4,235 |
| 10 to 14 years | 4,715 |
| 15 to 19 years | 5,405 |
| 15 years | 1,090 |
| 16 years | 1,065 |
| 17 years | 1,055 |
| 18 years | 1,065 |
| 19 years | 1,125 |
| 20 to 24 years | 5,125 |
| 25 to 29 years | 4,705 |
| 30 to 34 years | 4,570 |
| 35 to 39 years | 5,045 |
| 40 to 44 years | 5,730 |
| 45 to 49 years | 6,625 |
| 50 to 54 years | 6,555 |
| 55 to 59 years | 5,980 |
| 60 to 64 years | 5,460 |
| 65 to 69 years | 4,140 |
| 70 to 74 years | 3,295 |
| 75 to 79 years | 2,860 |
| 80 to 84 years | 2,370 |
| 85 years and over | 2,205 |
| Median age of the population5 | 43.3 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 84.4 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 70,075 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 38,530 |
| Married (and not separated) | 32,815 |
| Living common law | 5,715 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 31,545 |
| Single (never legally married) | 18,365 |
| Separated | 2,790 |
| Divorced | 4,990 |
| Widowed | 5,405 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 23,750 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 11,980 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 5,465 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 4,530 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 1,770 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 23,750 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 18,890 |
| Married couples | 16,050 |
| Without children at home | 7,480 |
| With children at home | 8,575 |
| 1 child | 3,400 |
| 2 children | 3,735 |
| 3 or more children | 1,440 |
| Common-law couples | 2,840 |
| Without children at home | 1,575 |
| With children at home | 1,265 |
| 1 child | 635 |
| 2 children | 415 |
| 3 or more children | 210 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 4,860 |
| Female parent | 3,955 |
| 1 child | 2,330 |
| 2 children | 1,185 |
| 3 or more children | 445 |
| Male parent | 905 |
| 1 child | 595 |
| 2 children | 250 |
| 3 or more children | 55 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 25,200 |
| Under six years of age | 4,780 |
| 6 to 14 years | 8,015 |
| 15 to 17 years | 3,100 |
| 18 to 24 years | 5,605 |
| 25 years and over | 3,700 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 1.1 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 81,300 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 13,465 |
| Living with relatives9 | 1,835 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 2,505 |
| Living alone | 9,120 |
| Number of census family persons | 67,840 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.9 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 13,685 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 4,695 |
| Living with relatives9 | 640 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 245 |
| Living alone | 3,810 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 8,985 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 33,380 |
| Census-family households | 23,155 |
| One-family-only households11 | 20,980 |
| Couple-family households12 | 17,130 |
| Without children | 8,215 |
| With children | 8,915 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 3,845 |
| Other family households13 | 2,170 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 1,600 |
| Couple-family households14 | 975 |
| Without children | 385 |
| With children | 585 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 625 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 575 |
| Non-census-family households | 10,230 |
| One-person households | 9,120 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 1,110 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 33,380 |
| Single-detached house | 22,680 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 1,325 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 20 |
| Other dwelling17 | 9,355 |
| Semi-detached house | 1,900 |
| Row house | 1,830 |
| Apartment, duplex | 1,135 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 4,415 |
| Other single-attached house | 75 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 33,380 |
| 1 person | 9,120 |
| 2 persons | 11,445 |
| 3 persons | 5,555 |
| 4 persons | 4,765 |
| 5 persons | 1,740 |
| 6 or more persons | 760 |
| Number of persons in private households | 81,300 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 2.4 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 82,005 |
| Single responses | 80,645 |
| English | 64,750 |
| French | 1,805 |
| Non-official languages | 14,095 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 15 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 5 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 15 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 13,960 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Afrikaans | 20 |
| Akan (Twi) | 10 |
| Albanian | 25 |
| Amharic | 5 |
| Arabic | 385 |
| Armenian | 15 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Bengali | 30 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 25 |
| Bosnian | 40 |
| Bulgarian | 195 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 280 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 570 |
| Creoles | 15 |
| Croatian | 180 |
| Czech | 55 |
| Danish | 30 |
| Dutch | 255 |
| Estonian | 10 |
| Finnish | 25 |
| Flemish | 15 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 730 |
| Greek | 175 |
| Gujarati | 235 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 15 |
| Hindi | 125 |
| Hungarian | 435 |
| Ilocano | 10 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Italian | 4,065 |
| Japanese | 150 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 10 |
| Korean | 265 |
| Kurdish | 45 |
| Lao | 10 |
| Latvian | 20 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 10 |
| Macedonian | 15 |
| Malay | 10 |
| Malayalam | 50 |
| Maltese | 10 |
| Mandarin | 115 |
| Marathi | 10 |
| Nepali | 10 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 145 |
| Pashto | 10 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 100 |
| Polish | 650 |
| Portuguese | 75 |
| Romanian | 110 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 5 |
| Russian | 185 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Serbian | 1,115 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 55 |
| Shanghainese | 10 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Sindhi | 20 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 25 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 35 |
| Slovak | 70 |
| Slovenian | 40 |
| Somali | 55 |
| Spanish | 805 |
| Swahili | 40 |
| Swedish | 15 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 510 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 30 |
| Telugu | 10 |
| Thai | 10 |
| Tibetan languages | 5 |
| Tigrigna | 5 |
| Turkish | 165 |
| Ukrainian | 285 |
| Urdu | 245 |
| Vietnamese | 370 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 110 |
| Multiple responses | 1,355 |
| English and French | 240 |
| English and non-official language | 1,040 |
| French and non-official language | 55 |
| English, French and non-official language | 20 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 82,010 |
| English only | 75,780 |
| French only | 65 |
| English and French | 5,325 |
| Neither English nor French | 835 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 82,005 |
| English | 79,270 |
| French | 1,675 |
| English and French | 245 |
| Neither English nor French | 815 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 1,800 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 2.2 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 82,005 |
| Single responses | 79,780 |
| English | 73,125 |
| French | 500 |
| Non-official languages | 6,155 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 5 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 0 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 5 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 6,135 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Afrikaans | 15 |
| Akan (Twi) | 5 |
| Albanian | 15 |
| Amharic | 5 |
| Arabic | 240 |
| Armenian | 5 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Bengali | 20 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 5 |
| Bosnian | 20 |
| Bulgarian | 125 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 200 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 440 |
| Creoles | 10 |
| Croatian | 45 |
| Czech | 10 |
| Danish | 0 |
| Dutch | 10 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 70 |
| Greek | 50 |
| Gujarati | 135 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 50 |
| Hungarian | 125 |
| Ilocano | 5 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Italian | 1,270 |
| Japanese | 90 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 5 |
| Korean | 210 |
| Kurdish | 35 |
| Lao | 5 |
| Latvian | 5 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 5 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 30 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 75 |
| Marathi | 5 |
| Nepali | 5 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Norwegian | 0 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 75 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 55 |
| Polish | 260 |
| Portuguese | 15 |
| Romanian | 55 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 5 |
| Russian | 95 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Serbian | 725 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 30 |
| Shanghainese | 10 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
| Sindhi | 5 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 15 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Slovak | 15 |
| Slovenian | 10 |
| Somali | 55 |
| Spanish | 460 |
| Swahili | 25 |
| Swedish | 10 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 185 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 15 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 5 |
| Tibetan languages | 10 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 135 |
| Ukrainian | 80 |
| Urdu | 120 |
| Vietnamese | 260 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 20 |
| Multiple responses | 2,220 |
| English and French | 130 |
| English and non-official language | 2,065 |
| French and non-official language | 10 |
| English, French and non-official language | 20 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 82,005 |
| None | 73,225 |
| Single responses | 8,620 |
| English | 2,830 |
| French | 990 |
| Non-official languages | 4,800 |
| 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 | 4,745 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 10 |
| Akan (Twi) | 10 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 0 |
| Arabic | 120 |
| Armenian | 5 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Bengali | 15 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 0 |
| Bosnian | 15 |
| Bulgarian | 50 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 70 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 120 |
| Creoles | 20 |
| Croatian | 80 |
| Czech | 20 |
| Danish | 5 |
| Dutch | 75 |
| Estonian | 0 |
| Finnish | 0 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 240 |
| Greek | 120 |
| Gujarati | 60 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 5 |
| Hindi | 105 |
| Hungarian | 140 |
| Ilocano | 0 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 1,570 |
| Japanese | 70 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 5 |
| Korean | 55 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 5 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 5 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 15 |
| Maltese | 5 |
| Mandarin | 30 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 5 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 55 |
| Pashto | 10 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 30 |
| Polish | 170 |
| Portuguese | 30 |
| Romanian | 50 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 70 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 275 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 5 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 25 |
| Sindhi | 5 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 15 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 20 |
| Slovenian | 20 |
| Somali | 5 |
| Spanish | 300 |
| Swahili | 15 |
| Swedish | 15 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 195 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 15 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 0 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 30 |
| Ukrainian | 85 |
| Urdu | 95 |
| Vietnamese | 85 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 50 |
| Multiple responses | 160 |
| English and French | 10 |
| English and non-official language | 50 |
| French and non-official language | 100 |
| English, French and non-official language | 0 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.