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Census Profile

Port Alberni, British Columbia (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 17,743
Population in 20061 17,548
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 1.1
Total private dwellings2 8,428
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 7,942
Population density per square kilometre 897.9
Land area (square km) 19.76
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 17,740
0 to 4 years 940
5 to 9 years 900
10 to 14 years 1,005
15 to 19 years 1,105
15 years 240
16 years 220
17 years 220
18 years 195
19 years 230
20 to 24 years 805
25 to 29 years 830
30 to 34 years 950
35 to 39 years 945
40 to 44 years 1,025
45 to 49 years 1,255
50 to 54 years 1,440
55 to 59 years 1,515
60 to 64 years 1,355
65 to 69 years 1,130
70 to 74 years 855
75 to 79 years 710
80 to 84 years 490
85 years and over 475
Median age of the population5 46.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 14,895
Married or living with a common-law partner 8,310
Married (and not separated) 6,815
Living common law 1,500
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 6,585
Single (never legally married) 3,575
Separated 500
Divorced 1,325
Widowed 1,180
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 5,120
Size of census family: 2 persons 3,110
Size of census family: 3 persons 990
Size of census family: 4 persons 715
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 310
Total number of census families in private households8 5,125
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,075
Married couples 3,335
Without children at home 2,060
With children at home 1,275
1 child 540
2 children 520
3 or more children 215
Common-law couples 745
Without children at home 415
With children at home 330
1 child 155
2 children 105
3 or more children 75
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 1,045
Female parent 805
1 child 475
2 children 240
3 or more children 90
Male parent 235
1 child 160
2 children 50
3 or more children 25
Total children in census families in private households 4,510
Under six years of age 1,100
6 to 14 years 1,660
15 to 17 years 635
18 to 24 years 665
25 years and over 450
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 17,395
Number of persons not in census families 3,685
Living with relatives9 390
Living with non-relatives only 630
Living alone 2,660
Number of census family persons 13,710
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 3,435
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 1,175
Living with relatives9 80
Living with non-relatives only 50
Living alone 1,050
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 2,260
Total number of private households by household type10 7,940
Census-family households 5,035
One-family-only households11 4,595
Couple-family households12 3,775
Without children 2,315
With children 1,460
Lone-parent-family households 825
Other family households13 445
One-family households with persons not in a census family 360
Couple-family households14 200
Without children 95
With children 105
Lone-parent-family households 160
Two-or-more-family households 80
Non-census-family households 2,905
One-person households 2,660
Two-or-more-person households 240
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 7,945
Single-detached house 5,665
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 105
Movable dwelling16 105
Other dwelling17 2,065
Semi-detached house 235
Row house 380
Apartment, duplex 240
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,195
Other single-attached house 15
Total number of private households by household size18 7,940
1 person 2,665
2 persons 3,015
3 persons 1,060
4 persons 750
5 persons 310
6 or more persons 155
Number of persons in private households 17,395
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 17,525
  Single responses  17,360
    English  15,485
    French  320
    Non-official languages  1,555
      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 1,455
        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  30
        Chinese, n.o.s.  55
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  60
        Czech  5
        Danish  25
        Dutch  190
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  35
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  250
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  45
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  145
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  15
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  295
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  15
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  10
        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  25
        Somali  0
        Spanish  35
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  30
        Taiwanese  5
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  40
        Urdu  10
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 100
  Multiple responses          160
    English and French  50
    English and non-official language  100
    French and non-official language  15
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 17,525
  English only 16,510
  French only 5
  English and French 950
  Neither English nor French 60
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 17,525
  English 17,205
  French 250
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 60
Official language minority (number)23 255
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 17,525
  Single responses 17,300
    English 16,805
    French 60
    Non-official languages 435
      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 420
        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 5
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 25
        Chinese, n.o.s. 30
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 25
        Czech 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 10
        Flemish 5
        Fukien 0
        German 25
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 5
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 50
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 5
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 5
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 5
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 180
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 5
        Portuguese 5
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 5
        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 5
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 5
        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 15
  Multiple responses         220
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 200
    French and non-official language 5
    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 17,525
  None 16,485
  Single responses  1,015
    English  220
    French  145
    Non-official languages  650
      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 520
        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  10
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  15
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  65
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  95
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  60
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        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.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  90
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        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.  10
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  15
        Somali  0
        Spanish  20
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  10
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 125
  Multiple responses          25
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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