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Census Profile

Penetanguishene, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 9,111
Population in 20061 9,354
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -2.6
Total private dwellings2 3,923
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,611
Population density per square kilometre 356.4
Land area (square km) 25.57
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 9,115
0 to 4 years 360
5 to 9 years 440
10 to 14 years 465
15 to 19 years 560
15 years 100
16 years 100
17 years 115
18 years 120
19 years 125
20 to 24 years 545
25 to 29 years 425
30 to 34 years 430
35 to 39 years 485
40 to 44 years 515
45 to 49 years 775
50 to 54 years 810
55 to 59 years 710
60 to 64 years 690
65 to 69 years 555
70 to 74 years 430
75 to 79 years 355
80 to 84 years 250
85 years and over 290
Median age of the population5 47.3
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.1
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 7,840
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,325
Married (and not separated) 3,570
Living common law 760
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,515
Single (never legally married) 2,025
Separated 315
Divorced 550
Widowed 625
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,605
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,505
Size of census family: 3 persons 495
Size of census family: 4 persons 455
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 150
Total number of census families in private households8 2,605
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,115
Married couples 1,735
Without children at home 975
With children at home 760
1 child 280
2 children 360
3 or more children 115
Common-law couples 380
Without children at home 215
With children at home 160
1 child 85
2 children 50
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 495
Female parent 385
1 child 235
2 children 105
3 or more children 40
Male parent 110
1 child 80
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,390
Under six years of age 435
6 to 14 years 830
15 to 17 years 305
18 to 24 years 540
25 years and over 280
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 8,460
Number of persons not in census families 1,350
Living with relatives9 130
Living with non-relatives only 245
Living alone 970
Number of census family persons 7,110
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,665
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 515
Living with relatives9 60
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 420
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,150
Total number of private households by household type10 3,610
Census-family households 2,540
One-family-only households11 2,330
Couple-family households12 1,955
Without children 1,105
With children 850
Lone-parent-family households 370
Other family households13 215
One-family households with persons not in a census family 150
Couple-family households14 75
Without children 35
With children 40
Lone-parent-family households 75
Two-or-more-family households 65
Non-census-family households 1,070
One-person households 975
Two-or-more-person households 95
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,610
Single-detached house 2,435
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 1,170
Semi-detached house 170
Row house 85
Apartment, duplex 270
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 645
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 3,610
1 person 975
2 persons 1,410
3 persons 525
4 persons 490
5 persons 150
6 or more persons 65
Number of persons in private households 8,465
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,550
  Single responses  8,415
    English  7,190
    French  925
    Non-official languages  300
      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 295
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        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  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  35
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  95
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  15
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  5
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  5
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        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          135
    English and French  110
    English and non-official language  20
    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 8,545
  English only 6,790
  French only 10
  English and French 1,740
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,550
  English 7,720
  French 805
  English and French 15
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 815
Official language minority (percentage)23 9.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,545
  Single responses 8,460
    English 8,185
    French 210
    Non-official languages 70
      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 65
        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 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 10
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 5
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 5
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 10
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 5
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 0
        Marathi 5
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 5
        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 5
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 5
        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         90
    English and French 50
    English and non-official language 40
    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 8,545
  None 7,810
  Single responses  735
    English  130
    French  495
    Non-official languages  105
      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 90
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        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  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  30
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  5
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  5
        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  5
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        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  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        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 10
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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