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Census Profile

Williams Lake, British Columbia (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 10,832
Population in 20061 10,744
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.8
Total private dwellings2 4,947
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,528
Population density per square kilometre 327.0
Land area (square km) 33.13
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 10,825
0 to 4 years 655
5 to 9 years 680
10 to 14 years 660
15 to 19 years 725
15 years 140
16 years 140
17 years 150
18 years 140
19 years 155
20 to 24 years 700
25 to 29 years 695
30 to 34 years 665
35 to 39 years 680
40 to 44 years 705
45 to 49 years 730
50 to 54 years 810
55 to 59 years 760
60 to 64 years 740
65 to 69 years 455
70 to 74 years 380
75 to 79 years 320
80 to 84 years 260
85 years and over 215
Median age of the population5 39.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 8,840
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,925
Married (and not separated) 3,845
Living common law 1,080
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,915
Single (never legally married) 2,375
Separated 310
Divorced 625
Widowed 600
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,005
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,665
Size of census family: 3 persons 615
Size of census family: 4 persons 485
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 245
Total number of census families in private households8 3,005
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,405
Married couples 1,865
Without children at home 1,000
With children at home 870
1 child 340
2 children 350
3 or more children 175
Common-law couples 540
Without children at home 315
With children at home 225
1 child 105
2 children 75
3 or more children 50
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 600
Female parent 470
1 child 260
2 children 150
3 or more children 65
Male parent 125
1 child 90
2 children 20
3 or more children 15
Total children in census families in private households 3,025
Under six years of age 775
6 to 14 years 1,165
15 to 17 years 400
18 to 24 years 460
25 years and over 225
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,605
Number of persons not in census families 2,170
Living with relatives9 270
Living with non-relatives only 510
Living alone 1,385
Number of census family persons 8,435
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,475
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 545
Living with relatives9 55
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 465
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 925
Total number of private households by household type10 4,530
Census-family households 2,930
One-family-only households11 2,625
Couple-family households12 2,180
Without children 1,205
With children 975
Lone-parent-family households 445
Other family households13 310
One-family households with persons not in a census family 235
Couple-family households14 120
Without children 45
With children 75
Lone-parent-family households 110
Two-or-more-family households 75
Non-census-family households 1,595
One-person households 1,385
Two-or-more-person households 210
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,530
Single-detached house 2,155
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 500
Other dwelling17 1,870
Semi-detached house 255
Row house 335
Apartment, duplex 435
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 810
Other single-attached house 30
Total number of private households by household size18 4,530
1 person 1,390
2 persons 1,630
3 persons 655
4 persons 490
5 persons 235
6 or more persons 135
Number of persons in private households 10,605
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,650
  Single responses  10,550
    English  9,345
    French  155
    Non-official languages  1,045
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  5
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 905
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  35
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  5
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  15
        Chinese, n.o.s.  35
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  5
        Danish  10
        Dutch  30
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  175
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  10
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  20
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  15
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  20
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  360
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  20
        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.  5
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  30
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  25
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 140
  Multiple responses          95
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  75
    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 10,650
  English only 10,125
  French only 5
  English and French 445
  Neither English nor French 75
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,645
  English 10,435
  French 130
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 75
Official language minority (number)23 135
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,650
  Single responses 10,505
    English 10,010
    French 30
    Non-official languages 470
      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 425
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 30
        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 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 15
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        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 5
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        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) 270
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        Portuguese 5
        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. 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) 15
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 5
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 45
  Multiple responses         145
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 130
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 10
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,645
  None 10,080
  Single responses  565
    English  175
    French  55
    Non-official languages  330
      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 225
        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  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  50
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  5
        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  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  55
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  10
        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.  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  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        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 105
  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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