Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics by linguistic group
Characteristics | Anglophone | Francophone | Allophone | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 409,578) | (N = 11,907) | (N = 89,200) | (N = 510,685) | ||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Sex | Female | 238,950 | 58.3 | 7,250 | 60.9 | 54,006 | 60.5 | 300,206 | 58.8 |
Male | 170,628 | 41.7 | 4,657 | 39.1 | 35,194 | 39.5 | 210,479 | 41.2 | |
Age group | < 50 | 29,004 | 7.1 | 484 | 4.1 | 2,508 | 2.8 | 31,996 | 6.3 |
50–64 | 67,277 | 16.4 | 1,567 | 13.2 | 6,798 | 7.6 | 75,642 | 14.8 | |
65 + | 313,297 | 76.5 | 9,856 | 82.8 | 79,894 | 89.6 | 403,047 | 78.9 | |
Immigration | Long-term Resident | 406,177 | 99.2 | 11,828 | 99.3 | 80,171 | 89.9 | 498,176 | 97.6 |
status | Immigrant | 3,401 | 0.8 | 79 | 0.7 | 9,029 | 10.1 | 12,509 | 2.4 |
Highest level of | Less than High school | 83,484 | 20.4 | 4,927 | 41.4 | 32,047 | 35.9 | 120,458 | 23.6 |
education | High school completed | 68,001 | 16.6 | 1,447 | 12.2 | 7,077 | 7.9 | 76,525 | 15.0 |
Some post-secondary | 57,775 | 14.1 | 1,295 | 10.9 | 6,542 | 7.3 | 65,612 | 12.8 | |
Univ./Post-sec completed | 43,457 | 10.6 | 895 | 7.5 | 5,616 | 6.3 | 49,968 | 9.8 | |
Neighborhood | Q1 (Lowest) | 101,561 | 24.8 | 3,350 | 28.1 | 24,610 | 27.6 | 129,521 | 25.4 |
income | Q2 | 88,490 | 21.6 | 2,867 | 24.1 | 21,384 | 24.0 | 112,741 | 22.1 |
quintile | Q3 | 77,615 | 18.9 | 2,355 | 19.8 | 17,541 | 19.7 | 97,511 | 19.1 |
Q4 | 71,583 | 17.5 | 1,877 | 15.8 | 14,659 | 16.4 | 88,119 | 17.3 | |
Q5 (Highest) | 69,246 | 16.9 | 1,421 | 11.9 | 10,791 | 12.1 | 81,458 | 16.0 | |
Area of | Urban | 348,928 | 85.2 | 8,411 | 70.6 | 87,527 | 98.1 | 444,866 | 87.1 |
residence | Rural | 60,329 | 14.7 | 3,477 | 29.2 | 1,614 | 1.8 | 65,420 | 12.8 |
Region of | Eastern | 28,448 | 6.9 | 5,589 | 46.9 | 3,485 | 3.9 | 37,522 | 7.3 |
residencea | Northern | 31,637 | 7.7 | 4,380 | 36.8 | 2,430 | 2.7 | 38,447 | 7.5 |
Southwest | 349,492 | 85.3 | 1,938 | 16.3 | 83,285 | 93.4 | 434,715 | 85.1 | |