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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 9,381
Population in 20061 8,768
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 7.0
Total private dwellings2 4,138
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,950
Population density per square kilometre 653.3
Land area (square km) 14.36
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 9,380
0 to 4 years 520
5 to 9 years 450
10 to 14 years 465
15 to 19 years 515
15 years 110
16 years 105
17 years 90
18 years 115
19 years 95
20 to 24 years 475
25 to 29 years 490
30 to 34 years 585
35 to 39 years 595
40 to 44 years 725
45 to 49 years 770
50 to 54 years 845
55 to 59 years 795
60 to 64 years 710
65 to 69 years 485
70 to 74 years 330
75 to 79 years 285
80 to 84 years 200
85 years and over 140
Median age of the population5 44.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 84.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 7,955
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,885
Married (and not separated) 4,085
Living common law 795
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,070
Single (never legally married) 1,780
Separated 260
Divorced 660
Widowed 370
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,775
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,575
Size of census family: 3 persons 580
Size of census family: 4 persons 475
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 145
Total number of census families in private households8 2,775
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,390
Married couples 1,995
Without children at home 1,050
With children at home 945
1 child 395
2 children 425
3 or more children 125
Common-law couples 395
Without children at home 275
With children at home 115
1 child 65
2 children 35
3 or more children 15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 385
Female parent 285
1 child 180
2 children 90
3 or more children 20
Male parent 100
1 child 70
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,380
Under six years of age 585
6 to 14 years 825
15 to 17 years 295
18 to 24 years 455
25 years and over 225
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 9,245
Number of persons not in census families 1,695
Living with relatives9 155
Living with non-relatives only 460
Living alone 1,080
Number of census family persons 7,550
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,425
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 460
Living with relatives9 50
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 375
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 965
Total number of private households by household type10 3,950
Census-family households 2,700
One-family-only households11 2,455
Couple-family households12 2,145
Without children 1,205
With children 940
Lone-parent-family households 300
Other family households13 245
One-family households with persons not in a census family 170
Couple-family households14 125
Without children 50
With children 70
Lone-parent-family households 50
Two-or-more-family households 75
Non-census-family households 1,250
One-person households 1,080
Two-or-more-person households 170
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,950
Single-detached house 1,645
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 160
Other dwelling17 2,150
Semi-detached house 165
Row house 695
Apartment, duplex 805
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 480
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 3,950
1 person 1,080
2 persons 1,525
3 persons 610
4 persons 500
5 persons 155
6 or more persons 80
Number of persons in private households 9,245
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 9,375
  Single responses  9,250
    English  7,940
    French  210
    Non-official languages  1,095
      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 1,070
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  5
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  10
        Arabic  10
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  5
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  45
        Chinese, n.o.s.  50
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  5
        Danish  10
        Dutch  55
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  90
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  25
        Hungarian  15
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  35
        Japanese  20
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  20
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  5
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  15
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  250
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  15
        Polish  30
        Portuguese  35
        Romanian  10
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  25
        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)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  70
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  50
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  10
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  5
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  10
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  50
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 20
  Multiple responses          120
    English and French  25
    English and non-official language  90
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 9,370
  English only 8,580
  French only 15
  English and French 730
  Neither English nor French 50
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 9,370
  English 9,115
  French 200
  English and French 15
  Neither English nor French 45
Official language minority (number)23 210
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 9,370
  Single responses 9,230
    English 8,725
    French 60
    Non-official languages 445
      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 430
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 5
        Arabic 0
        Armenian 5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 5
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 25
        Chinese, n.o.s. 25
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 0
        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 5
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 10
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 145
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 15
        Polish 5
        Portuguese 20
        Romanian 5
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        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 30
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 20
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 5
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 40
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses         145
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 130
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 9,370
  None 8,585
  Single responses  790
    English  255
    French  105
    Non-official languages  425
      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 415
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        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  5
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  15
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  20
        Japanese  15
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  100
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  15
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        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  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  45
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  20
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  10
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  20
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  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.

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