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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kitchener, CY
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 216,365 208,610 2,730 1,295 3,725 3,380 1.6
Single responses 207,350 199,905 2,585 1,130 3,725 3,150 1.5
English 175,985 174,195 1,790 0 0 1,790 1.0
French 790 45 745 0 0 745 94.3
Non-official languages 30,565 25,665 50 1,130 3,725 615 2.0
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages 7,305 5,850 15 480 955 260 3.6
Italian 120 105 0 0 15 0 0.0
Portuguese 1,360 1,015 5 35 310 20 1.5
Romanian 2,460 1,840 10 340 270 180 7.3
Spanish 3,365 2,895 5 100 365 55 1.6
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 1,025 965 0 30 25 15 1.5
Dutch 35 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 960 910 0 25 25 10 1.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Slavic languages 7,075 6,220 5 275 575 140 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 270 245 0 5 20 5 1.9
Bulgarian 35 35 5 0 5 5 14.3
Croatian 820 750 0 5 60 5 0.6
Czech 160 145 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 55 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 1,520 1,375 0 35 105 20 1.3
Russian 415 365 0 20 30 10 2.4
Serbian 3,125 2,665 0 160 300 85 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 280 240 0 15 25 5 1.8
Slovak 125 110 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slovenian 60 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 95 75 0 5 10 5 5.3
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 105 0 5 10 0 0.0
Baltic languages 20 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Greek 360 310 0 5 50 0 0.0
Armenian 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Albanian 480 400 0 5 70 5 1.0
Georgian 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Finno-Ugric languages 365 325 0 5 25 5 1.4
Estonian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 335 305 0 5 30 5 1.5
Turkic languages 305 250 0 15 40 10 3.3
Azerbaijani 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 285 235 0 15 35 5 1.8
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,880 2,350 20 90 420 65 2.3
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 430 340 5 5 85 5 1.2
Oromo 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 390 305 5 5 75 10 2.6
Semitic languages 2,440 2,000 15 75 340 55 2.3
Amharic 340 315 0 5 20 0 0.0
Arabic 1,670 1,330 15 70 255 50 3.0
Hebrew 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Tigrigna 270 240 0 5 25 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 0 35 5 3.7
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,695 3,985 0 70 640 40 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 2,870 2,465 0 40 360 20 0.7
Bengali 255 235 0 0 20 5 2.0
Gujarati 510 435 0 15 65 10 2.0
Hindi 235 220 0 0 15 0 0.0
Konkani 0 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Marathi 30 25 0 0 0 5 16.7
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,105 900 0 15 195 5 0.5
Sindhi 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 5 0 0 0.0
Urdu 625 555 0 5 65 0 0.0
Nepali 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,740 1,460 0 30 250 15 0.9
Kurdish 265 215 0 0 40 0 0.0
Pashto 110 95 0 0 15 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 1,370 1,145 0 25 200 15 1.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 55 0 0 30 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 365 320 5 15 30 10 2.7
Kannada 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 105 90 0 5 10 5 4.8
Tamil 160 135 0 5 15 5 3.1
Telugu 70 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 65 50 0 0 15 0 0.0
Korean 330 290 0 0 35 5 1.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 2,325 1,925 0 40 360 25 1.1
Chinese languages 2,140 1,795 0 40 305 25 1.2
Cantonese 290 230 0 10 50 5 1.7
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Fukien 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mandarin 725 600 0 15 105 10 1.4
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,115 950 0 20 140 15 1.3
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 100 50 0 0 50 0 0.0
Tai languages 350 300 0 5 45 5 1.4
Lao 330 280 0 5 45 5 1.5
Thai 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 1,665 1,290 0 30 340 15 0.9
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 125 0 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 1,510 1,165 0 35 320 15 1.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 265 255 0 5 5 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 215 215 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 155 130 0 15 5 10 6.5
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 115 95 5 15 5 10 8.7
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 60 45 0 5 5 5 8.3
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 160 155 0 0 5 0 0.0
Creoles 25 15 0 10 0 5 20.0
Non-verbal languages 80 45 0 0 30 0 0.0
American Sign Language 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0 20 0 0.0
Other languages 215 160 0 10 45 5 2.3
Multiple responses 9,015 8,700 145 165 0 230 2.6
English and French 260 75 105 85 0 145 55.8
English and non-official language 8,565 8,555 5 0 0 10 0.1
French and non-official language 40 15 25 0 0 25 62.5
English, French and non-official language 150 60 10 90 0 50 33.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011039.

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