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Census Profile

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 15,400
Population in 20061 14,587
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 5.6
Total private dwellings2 6,633
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 5,922
Population density per square kilometre 115.9
Land area (square km) 132.83
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 15,400
0 to 4 years 590
5 to 9 years 710
10 to 14 years 770
15 to 19 years 825
15 years 165
16 years 175
17 years 150
18 years 175
19 years 160
20 to 24 years 815
25 to 29 years 545
30 to 34 years 565
35 to 39 years 695
40 to 44 years 810
45 to 49 years 1,120
50 to 54 years 1,205
55 to 59 years 1,310
60 to 64 years 1,445
65 to 69 years 1,245
70 to 74 years 945
75 to 79 years 725
80 to 84 years 580
85 years and over 500
Median age of the population5 51.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 13,330
Married or living with a common-law partner 8,960
Married (and not separated) 8,315
Living common law 645
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 4,375
Single (never legally married) 2,620
Separated 260
Divorced 565
Widowed 930
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 4,650
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,750
Size of census family: 3 persons 740
Size of census family: 4 persons 745
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 405
Total number of census families in private households8 4,650
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,235
Married couples 3,920
Without children at home 2,270
With children at home 1,655
1 child 585
2 children 685
3 or more children 385
Common-law couples 310
Without children at home 225
With children at home 85
1 child 45
2 children 30
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 410
Female parent 315
1 child 190
2 children 85
3 or more children 40
Male parent 90
1 child 65
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 4,055
Under six years of age 710
6 to 14 years 1,335
15 to 17 years 485
18 to 24 years 990
25 years and over 535
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 14,705
Number of persons not in census families 1,765
Living with relatives9 220
Living with non-relatives only 300
Living alone 1,245
Number of census family persons 12,935
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 3,615
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 810
Living with relatives9 105
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 660
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 2,800
Total number of private households by household type10 5,925
Census-family households 4,555
One-family-only households11 4,265
Couple-family households12 3,935
Without children 2,345
With children 1,590
Lone-parent-family households 330
Other family households13 285
One-family households with persons not in a census family 195
Couple-family households14 150
Without children 60
With children 95
Lone-parent-family households 40
Two-or-more-family households 90
Non-census-family households 1,370
One-person households 1,250
Two-or-more-person households 120
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 5,920
Single-detached house 5,080
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 120
Other dwelling17 725
Semi-detached house 145
Row house 380
Apartment, duplex 40
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 155
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 5,920
1 person 1,250
2 persons 2,650
3 persons 745
4 persons 760
5 persons 350
6 or more persons 170
Number of persons in private households 14,705
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,140
  Single responses  14,995
    English  11,565
    French  220
    Non-official languages  3,215
      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 3,195
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  10
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  30
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  10
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  20
        Chinese, n.o.s.  35
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  30
        Czech  10
        Danish  10
        Dutch  225
        Estonian  20
        Finnish  15
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  1,410
        Greek  45
        Gujarati  10
        Hakka  5
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  15
        Hungarian  55
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  365
        Japanese  20
        Khmer (Cambodian)  15
        Korean  20
        Kurdish  5
        Lao  10
        Latvian  10
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  5
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  5
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  15
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  20
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  10
        Polish  170
        Portuguese  50
        Romanian  35
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  65
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  20
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  25
        Slovenian  25
        Somali  0
        Spanish  155
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  50
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  10
        Ukrainian  90
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses          145
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  105
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,140
  English only 13,745
  French only 5
  English and French 1,215
  Neither English nor French 175
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,140
  English 14,725
  French 200
  English and French 40
  Neither English nor French 170
Official language minority (number)23 225
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 15,140
  Single responses 14,865
    English 13,760
    French 55
    Non-official languages 1,050
      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 1,050
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 10
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 15
        Armenian 5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 5
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 5
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 10
        Chinese, n.o.s. 10
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 10
        Czech 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 15
        Estonian 5
        Finnish 5
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 505
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 5
        Hungarian 15
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 85
        Japanese 10
        Khmer (Cambodian) 5
        Korean 10
        Kurdish 5
        Lao 10
        Latvian 5
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 5
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 15
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 10
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 50
        Portuguese 20
        Romanian 20
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 30
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 5
        Serbo-Croatian 5
        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 10
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 100
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 5
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 5
        Ukrainian 10
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         275
    English and French 25
    English and non-official language 250
    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 15,140
  None 13,475
  Single responses  1,625
    English  430
    French  170
    Non-official languages  1,030
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 1,025
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  5
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  10
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  15
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  60
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  375
        Greek  40
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  20
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  165
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  5
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  5
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  10
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  45
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  20
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  15
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Slovak  10
        Slovenian  10
        Somali  0
        Spanish  50
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  30
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  30
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          45
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  35
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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