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| Population and dwelling counts | |
| Population in 20111 | 80,017 |
| Population in 20061 | 78,057 |
| 2006 to 2011 population change (%) | 2.5 |
| Total private dwellings2 | 47,691 |
| Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 | 42,957 |
| Population density per square kilometre | 4,109.4 |
| Land area (square km) | 19.47 |
| Age characteristics | |
| Total population by age groups4 | 80,020 |
| 0 to 4 years | 2,820 |
| 5 to 9 years | 2,305 |
| 10 to 14 years | 2,155 |
| 15 to 19 years | 2,735 |
| 15 years | 440 |
| 16 years | 480 |
| 17 years | 525 |
| 18 years | 535 |
| 19 years | 755 |
| 20 to 24 years | 6,815 |
| 25 to 29 years | 8,720 |
| 30 to 34 years | 7,000 |
| 35 to 39 years | 5,320 |
| 40 to 44 years | 5,075 |
| 45 to 49 years | 5,285 |
| 50 to 54 years | 5,525 |
| 55 to 59 years | 5,825 |
| 60 to 64 years | 5,720 |
| 65 to 69 years | 3,815 |
| 70 to 74 years | 2,650 |
| 75 to 79 years | 2,350 |
| 80 to 84 years | 2,275 |
| 85 years and over | 3,625 |
| Median age of the population5 | 41.9 |
| % of the population aged 15 and over | 90.9 |
| Marital status | |
| Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 | 72,735 |
| Married or living with a common-law partner | 31,200 |
| Married (and not separated) | 21,880 |
| Living common law | 9,315 |
| Not married and not living with a common-law partner | 41,535 |
| Single (never legally married) | 25,460 |
| Separated | 2,535 |
| Divorced | 8,315 |
| Widowed | 5,230 |
| Family characteristics | |
| Total number of census families in private households7 | 18,370 |
| Size of census family: 2 persons | 12,790 |
| Size of census family: 3 persons | 3,255 |
| Size of census family: 4 persons | 1,835 |
| Size of census family: 5 or more persons | 490 |
| Total number of census families in private households8 | 18,370 |
| Total couple families by family structure and number of children | 14,950 |
| Married couples | 10,320 |
| Without children at home | 6,515 |
| With children at home | 3,800 |
| 1 child | 1,975 |
| 2 children | 1,430 |
| 3 or more children | 390 |
| Common-law couples | 4,635 |
| Without children at home | 3,785 |
| With children at home | 850 |
| 1 child | 525 |
| 2 children | 260 |
| 3 or more children | 70 |
| Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children | 3,420 |
| Female parent | 2,785 |
| 1 child | 2,005 |
| 2 children | 630 |
| 3 or more children | 145 |
| Male parent | 635 |
| 1 child | 480 |
| 2 children | 125 |
| 3 or more children | 30 |
| Total children in census families in private households | 11,930 |
| Under six years of age | 3,280 |
| 6 to 14 years | 3,920 |
| 15 to 17 years | 1,315 |
| 18 to 24 years | 2,030 |
| 25 years and over | 1,380 |
| Average number of children at home per census family | 0.6 |
| Household and dwelling characteristics | |
| Total number of persons in private households | 76,030 |
| Number of persons not in census families | 30,770 |
| Living with relatives9 | 1,430 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 8,275 |
| Living alone | 21,070 |
| Number of census family persons | 45,255 |
| Average number of persons per census family | 2.5 |
| Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households | 12,025 |
| Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over | 6,085 |
| Living with relatives9 | 215 |
| Living with non-relatives only | 265 |
| Living alone | 5,600 |
| Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over | 5,940 |
| Total number of private households by household type10 | 42,960 |
| Census-family households | 18,130 |
| One-family-only households11 | 16,855 |
| Couple-family households12 | 13,930 |
| Without children | 9,655 |
| With children | 4,275 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 2,930 |
| Other family households13 | 1,270 |
| One-family households with persons not in a census family | 1,035 |
| Couple-family households14 | 685 |
| Without children | 410 |
| With children | 270 |
| Lone-parent-family households | 355 |
| Two-or-more-family households | 235 |
| Non-census-family households | 24,825 |
| One-person households | 21,070 |
| Two-or-more-person households | 3,760 |
| Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 | 42,960 |
| Single-detached house | 6,760 |
| Apartment, building that has five or more storeys | 7,180 |
| Movable dwelling16 | 5 |
| Other dwelling17 | 29,015 |
| Semi-detached house | 1,115 |
| Row house | 2,130 |
| Apartment, duplex | 3,855 |
| Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys | 21,825 |
| Other single-attached house | 95 |
| Total number of private households by household size18 | 42,960 |
| 1 person | 21,065 |
| 2 persons | 14,895 |
| 3 persons | 3,995 |
| 4 persons | 2,160 |
| 5 persons | 595 |
| 6 or more persons | 245 |
| Number of persons in private households | 76,025 |
| Average number of persons in private households | 1.8 |
| Detailed mother tongue | |
| Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 77,230 |
| Single responses | 76,145 |
| English | 64,550 |
| French | 1,515 |
| Non-official languages | 10,080 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 15 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 5 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 5 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 5 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 9,925 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Afrikaans | 30 |
| Akan (Twi) | 10 |
| Albanian | 50 |
| Amharic | 45 |
| Arabic | 365 |
| Armenian | 5 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Bengali | 25 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 80 |
| Bosnian | 10 |
| Bulgarian | 30 |
| Burmese | 5 |
| Cantonese | 680 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 985 |
| Creoles | 15 |
| Croatian | 105 |
| Czech | 95 |
| Danish | 115 |
| Dutch | 380 |
| Estonian | 15 |
| Finnish | 70 |
| Flemish | 15 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 1,030 |
| Greek | 70 |
| Gujarati | 30 |
| Hakka | 5 |
| Hebrew | 20 |
| Hindi | 85 |
| Hungarian | 205 |
| Ilocano | 40 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Italian | 220 |
| Japanese | 400 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 25 |
| Korean | 360 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 10 |
| Latvian | 20 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 20 |
| Macedonian | 5 |
| Malay | 35 |
| Malayalam | 15 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 435 |
| Marathi | 5 |
| Nepali | 10 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Norwegian | 45 |
| Oromo | 25 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 270 |
| Pashto | 5 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 210 |
| Polish | 350 |
| Portuguese | 210 |
| Romanian | 70 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 280 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 5 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 50 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 25 |
| Shanghainese | 5 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Sindhi | 5 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 15 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Slovak | 45 |
| Slovenian | 15 |
| Somali | 15 |
| Spanish | 770 |
| Swahili | 35 |
| Swedish | 70 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 590 |
| Taiwanese | 5 |
| Tamil | 20 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 75 |
| Tibetan languages | 5 |
| Tigrigna | 25 |
| Turkish | 50 |
| Ukrainian | 160 |
| Urdu | 50 |
| Vietnamese | 165 |
| Yiddish | 15 |
| Other languages22 | 135 |
| Multiple responses | 1,080 |
| English and French | 275 |
| English and non-official language | 710 |
| French and non-official language | 65 |
| English, French and non-official language | 35 |
| Knowledge of official languages | |
| Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 77,225 |
| English only | 66,745 |
| French only | 45 |
| English and French | 9,760 |
| Neither English nor French | 675 |
| First official language spoken | |
| First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 77,225 |
| English | 74,890 |
| French | 1,475 |
| English and French | 215 |
| Neither English nor French | 650 |
| Official language minority (number)23 | 1,580 |
| Official language minority (percentage)23 | 2.0 |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home | |
| Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 77,225 |
| Single responses | 75,735 |
| English | 71,370 |
| French | 440 |
| Non-official languages | 3,920 |
| 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 | 3,890 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Afrikaans | 0 |
| Akan (Twi) | 0 |
| Albanian | 35 |
| Amharic | 15 |
| Arabic | 230 |
| Armenian | 0 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Bengali | 15 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 20 |
| Bosnian | 0 |
| Bulgarian | 10 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 420 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 645 |
| Creoles | 5 |
| Croatian | 25 |
| Czech | 15 |
| Danish | 10 |
| Dutch | 30 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 5 |
| Flemish | 0 |
| Fukien | 0 |
| German | 115 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Gujarati | 0 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 0 |
| Hindi | 35 |
| Hungarian | 45 |
| Ilocano | 10 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Italian | 45 |
| Japanese | 135 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 10 |
| Korean | 235 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 5 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 0 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 5 |
| Malayalam | 5 |
| Maltese | 0 |
| Mandarin | 290 |
| Marathi | 0 |
| Nepali | 0 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Norwegian | 5 |
| Oromo | 20 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 90 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 95 |
| Polish | 120 |
| Portuguese | 65 |
| Romanian | 30 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 140 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 0 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 20 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 15 |
| Shanghainese | 0 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 20 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 5 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 15 |
| Slovenian | 5 |
| Somali | 5 |
| Spanish | 315 |
| Swahili | 15 |
| Swedish | 5 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 250 |
| Taiwanese | 0 |
| Tamil | 5 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 30 |
| Tibetan languages | 5 |
| Tigrigna | 10 |
| Turkish | 20 |
| Ukrainian | 20 |
| Urdu | 30 |
| Vietnamese | 100 |
| Yiddish | 0 |
| Other languages22 | 35 |
| Multiple responses | 1,495 |
| English and French | 125 |
| English and non-official language | 1,310 |
| French and non-official language | 5 |
| English, French and non-official language | 50 |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home | |
| Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 | 77,230 |
| None | 70,260 |
| Single responses | 6,775 |
| English | 1,765 |
| French | 1,065 |
| Non-official languages | 3,945 |
| Selected Aboriginal languages20 | 20 |
| Atikamekw | 0 |
| Cree, n.o.s. | 15 |
| Dene | 0 |
| Innu/Montagnais | 0 |
| Inuktitut | 0 |
| Mi'kmaq | 0 |
| Ojibway | 0 |
| Oji-Cree | 0 |
| Stoney | 0 |
| Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 | 3,835 |
| African languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Afrikaans | 15 |
| Akan (Twi) | 5 |
| Albanian | 5 |
| Amharic | 25 |
| Arabic | 100 |
| Armenian | 5 |
| Bantu languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Bengali | 5 |
| Berber languages (Kabyle) | 0 |
| Bisayan languages | 20 |
| Bosnian | 5 |
| Bulgarian | 15 |
| Burmese | 0 |
| Cantonese | 170 |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 190 |
| Creoles | 15 |
| Croatian | 40 |
| Czech | 40 |
| Danish | 50 |
| Dutch | 125 |
| Estonian | 5 |
| Finnish | 30 |
| Flemish | 5 |
| Fukien | 5 |
| German | 445 |
| Greek | 35 |
| Gujarati | 10 |
| Hakka | 0 |
| Hebrew | 40 |
| Hindi | 50 |
| Hungarian | 55 |
| Ilocano | 10 |
| Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. | 5 |
| Italian | 115 |
| Japanese | 300 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 10 |
| Korean | 85 |
| Kurdish | 0 |
| Lao | 0 |
| Latvian | 0 |
| Lingala | 0 |
| Lithuanian | 10 |
| Macedonian | 0 |
| Malay | 10 |
| Malayalam | 5 |
| Maltese | 5 |
| Mandarin | 140 |
| Marathi | 5 |
| Nepali | 5 |
| Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. | 10 |
| Norwegian | 10 |
| Oromo | 0 |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 125 |
| Pashto | 0 |
| Persian (Farsi) | 70 |
| Polish | 95 |
| Portuguese | 85 |
| Romanian | 20 |
| Rundi (Kirundi) | 0 |
| Russian | 95 |
| Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) | 5 |
| Semitic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Serbian | 20 |
| Serbo-Croatian | 10 |
| Shanghainese | 5 |
| Sign languages, n.i.e. | 15 |
| Sindhi | 0 |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 10 |
| Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slavic languages, n.i.e. | 0 |
| Slovak | 15 |
| Slovenian | 5 |
| Somali | 10 |
| Spanish | 540 |
| Swahili | 15 |
| Swedish | 35 |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 260 |
| Taiwanese | 10 |
| Tamil | 10 |
| Telugu | 5 |
| Thai | 40 |
| Tibetan languages | 0 |
| Tigrigna | 0 |
| Turkish | 10 |
| Ukrainian | 25 |
| Urdu | 25 |
| Vietnamese | 30 |
| Yiddish | 5 |
| Other languages22 | 100 |
| Multiple responses | 185 |
| English and French | 10 |
| English and non-official language | 40 |
| French and non-official language | 135 |
| English, French and non-official language | 0 |
Source: 2011 Census of Population.