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Huron Shores, Ontario (Municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,723
Population in 20061 1,696
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 1.6
Total private dwellings2 1,258
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 746
Population density per square kilometre 3.8
Land area (square km) 455.59
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,720
0 to 4 years 55
5 to 9 years 60
10 to 14 years 110
15 to 19 years 100
15 years 20
16 years 25
17 years 20
18 years 20
19 years 15
20 to 24 years 70
25 to 29 years 40
30 to 34 years 45
35 to 39 years 85
40 to 44 years 115
45 to 49 years 135
50 to 54 years 175
55 to 59 years 180
60 to 64 years 185
65 to 69 years 140
70 to 74 years 95
75 to 79 years 75
80 to 84 years 45
85 years and over 25
Median age of the population5 51.8
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,500
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,030
Married (and not separated) 885
Living common law 145
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 470
Single (never legally married) 260
Separated 30
Divorced 80
Widowed 95
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 565
Size of census family: 2 persons 380
Size of census family: 3 persons 85
Size of census family: 4 persons 70
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 30
Total number of census families in private households8 565
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 510
Married couples 435
Without children at home 290
With children at home 140
1 child 55
2 children 60
3 or more children 25
Common-law couples 70
Without children at home 50
With children at home 20
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 55
Female parent 40
1 child 30
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 405
Under six years of age 70
6 to 14 years 160
15 to 17 years 65
18 to 24 years 80
25 years and over 35
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,715
Number of persons not in census families 235
Living with relatives9 35
Living with non-relatives only 25
Living alone 175
Number of census family persons 1,480
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 370
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 105
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 85
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 270
Total number of private households by household type10 745
Census-family households 555
One-family-only households11 520
Couple-family households12 480
Without children 320
With children 155
Lone-parent-family households 45
Other family households13 35
One-family households with persons not in a census family 20
Couple-family households14 20
Without children 10
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 190
One-person households 180
Two-or-more-person households 15
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 745
Single-detached house 720
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 20
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 15
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 750
1 person 180
2 persons 365
3 persons 85
4 persons 70
5 persons 30
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 1,715
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,725
  Single responses  1,715
    English  1,485
    French  100
    Non-official languages  130
      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 125
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  95
        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)  5
        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          10
    English and French  10
    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 1,720
  English only 1,545
  French only 5
  English and French 155
  Neither English nor French 20
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,720
  English 1,615
  French 90
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 15
Official language minority (number)23 95
Official language minority (percentage)23 5.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,725
  Single responses 1,710
    English 1,620
    French 25
    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 70
        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 70
        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 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 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         10
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 5
    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 1,725
  None 1,640
  Single responses  80
    English  20
    French  40
    Non-official languages  25
      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 20
        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  10
        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  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          5
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.