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Census Profile

Peace River C, British Columbia (Regional district electoral area)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 6,398
Population in 20061 6,350
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.8
Total private dwellings2 2,409
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,339
Population density per square kilometre 11.0
Land area (square km) 581.02
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,395
0 to 4 years 435
5 to 9 years 415
10 to 14 years 480
15 to 19 years 495
15 years 105
16 years 90
17 years 100
18 years 100
19 years 95
20 to 24 years 325
25 to 29 years 370
30 to 34 years 380
35 to 39 years 445
40 to 44 years 500
45 to 49 years 600
50 to 54 years 605
55 to 59 years 450
60 to 64 years 360
65 to 69 years 240
70 to 74 years 130
75 to 79 years 100
80 to 84 years 40
85 years and over 20
Median age of the population5 38.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 79.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,070
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,530
Married (and not separated) 2,895
Living common law 630
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,540
Single (never legally married) 1,135
Separated 105
Divorced 195
Widowed 115
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,895
Size of census family: 2 persons 895
Size of census family: 3 persons 385
Size of census family: 4 persons 405
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 205
Total number of census families in private households8 1,895
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,760
Married couples 1,440
Without children at home 665
With children at home 775
1 child 260
2 children 335
3 or more children 185
Common-law couples 315
Without children at home 155
With children at home 160
1 child 75
2 children 60
3 or more children 20
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 140
Female parent 90
1 child 40
2 children 35
3 or more children 15
Male parent 55
1 child 35
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,065
Under six years of age 500
6 to 14 years 810
15 to 17 years 285
18 to 24 years 350
25 years and over 115
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,390
Number of persons not in census families 675
Living with relatives9 110
Living with non-relatives only 160
Living alone 405
Number of census family persons 5,715
Average number of persons per census family 3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 535
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 115
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 80
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 420
Total number of private households by household type10 2,340
Census-family households 1,860
One-family-only households11 1,735
Couple-family households12 1,635
Without children 765
With children 870
Lone-parent-family households 100
Other family households13 130
One-family households with persons not in a census family 95
Couple-family households14 75
Without children 25
With children 50
Lone-parent-family households 25
Two-or-more-family households 35
Non-census-family households 480
One-person households 410
Two-or-more-person households 65
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,340
Single-detached house 1,815
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 510
Other dwelling17 10
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 2,340
1 person 405
2 persons 870
3 persons 380
4 persons 425
5 persons 165
6 or more persons 85
Number of persons in private households 6,390
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,390
  Single responses  6,365
    English  5,890
    French  65
    Non-official languages  410
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  5
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 400
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  15
        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  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  220
        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  5
        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  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  5
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  65
        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  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  15
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  5
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  10
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          30
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  15
    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 6,390
  English only 6,100
  French only 0
  English and French 280
  Neither English nor French 10
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,390
  English 6,325
  French 55
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 60
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,390
  Single responses 6,355
    English 6,240
    French 5
    Non-official languages 110
      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 105
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 10
        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 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 25
        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 10
        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 55
        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) 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 0
  Multiple responses         35
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 25
    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 6,390
  None 6,135
  Single responses  255
    English  60
    French  35
    Non-official languages  155
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  10
        Dene  5
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 135
        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  90
        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  5
        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  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  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        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 10
  Multiple responses          0
    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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