Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

Archived Content

Content is archived.

2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home (9) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 Census

Data table

Select data categories for this table


This table details detailed mother tongue , detailed language spoken most often at home , other languages spoken regularly at home and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo
Detailed mother tongue (232) Other language spoken regularly at home (9)
Total - Other language spoken regularly at home None English French Non-official language English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Detailed mother tongue 472,095 410,725 24,490 4,270 31,450 155 455 540 5
Single responses 464,625 405,485 24,045 3,965 30,090 145 440 455 10
English 351,920 343,005 785 2,200 5,750 10 5 165 0
French 5,870 3,335 850 1,545 95 5 15 20 0
Non-official languages 106,840 59,140 22,405 215 24,245 140 415 270 5
Aboriginal languages 40 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 25,110 13,440 5,035 75 6,385 55 30 85 5
Italian 1,845 1,170 165 10 485 5 5 10 0
Portuguese 9,940 5,735 1,435 20 2,715 0 0 25 0
Romanian 5,415 2,555 1,415 25 1,350 35 20 15 0
Spanish 7,895 3,980 2,020 15 1,835 15 5 25 0
Catalan 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 14,845 9,630 1,480 25 3,650 5 10 40 5
Dutch 1,980 1,410 95 5 470 0 0 5 0
Flemish 55 50 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
Frisian 35 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
German 12,365 7,930 1,325 25 3,040 5 10 35 0
Yiddish 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 295 160 40 0 95 0 5 0 0
Danish 180 105 20 0 55 0 0 0 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Swedish 85 30 20 0 30 0 5 5 0
Afrikaans 100 45 15 0 35 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 20 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,135 9,820 4,255 30 3,905 15 55 45 5
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 500 220 145 0 135 0 0 0 0
Bulgarian 160 70 45 0 45 0 0 0 0
Croatian 2,135 1,125 430 5 570 0 0 10 0
Czech 770 390 125 5 250 0 5 0 0
Macedonian 245 140 60 0 40 0 5 5 0
Polish 5,310 2,820 1,215 5 1,245 0 5 20 0
Russian 1,520 785 375 5 335 0 10 5 5
Serbian 5,020 2,920 1,395 10 670 10 10 0 0
Serbo-Croatian 580 240 195 0 135 0 0 0 0
Slovak 555 305 90 0 155 0 5 5 0
Slovenian 265 140 40 5 80 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian 800 510 80 0 200 0 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 260 150 60 0 45 0 10 0 0
Baltic languages 185 130 15 0 30 0 0 5 0
Latvian 95 70 5 0 15 0 0 5 0
Lithuanian 85 60 10 0 15 0 0 0 0
Greek 1,375 720 215 5 430 0 0 5 0
Armenian 455 230 90 0 120 5 5 5 0
Albanian 805 450 210 0 140 0 0 0 0
Georgian 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,060 1,215 275 5 545 5 20 0 0
Estonian 120 85 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Finnish 160 110 10 0 40 0 0 0 0
Hungarian 1,780 1,015 255 0 480 0 20 5 0
Turkic languages 880 390 200 0 265 5 10 0 0
Azerbaijani 50 20 10 0 10 0 5 0 0
Turkish 790 360 180 0 235 5 10 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 10 15 0 15 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,640 3,455 1,595 20 1,495 15 55 15 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 780 420 185 0 160 0 10 5 5
Oromo 95 50 15 0 20 0 5 5 5
Somali 685 375 165 0 135 0 5 0 0
Semitic languages 5,835 3,025 1,410 15 1,320 10 50 10 0
Amharic 595 310 140 0 140 0 5 0 0
Arabic 4,415 2,320 1,125 15 920 15 20 10 0
Hebrew 90 45 20 0 25 0 5 0 0
Maltese 60 40 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 450 210 100 0 115 0 20 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 225 105 25 0 90 0 10 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,560 8,465 3,880 20 3,010 15 150 15 0
Indo-Aryan languages 11,210 5,990 2,730 20 2,345 10 110 10 0
Bengali 700 315 220 5 155 0 10 5 0
Gujarati 2,145 1,185 490 5 445 0 20 0 0
Hindi 1,145 530 230 0 365 0 15 0 0
Konkani 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Marathi 140 65 35 0 35 0 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,845 2,205 935 5 670 0 35 0 0
Sindhi 205 95 45 5 55 0 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 100 45 0 40 0 0 0 0
Urdu 2,790 1,460 725 10 560 5 25 5 0
Nepali 35 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 4,205 2,415 1,120 5 630 5 35 5 0
Kurdish 510 250 145 0 110 0 5 0 0
Pashto 800 435 215 0 135 0 15 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 2,895 1,730 755 0 385 5 15 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 65 30 0 40 0 5 0 0
Dravidian languages 1,345 590 365 0 370 0 15 0 0
Kannada 85 40 20 0 20 0 0 0 0
Malayalam 295 110 100 0 80 0 5 0 0
Tamil 660 310 170 0 185 0 0 0 0
Telugu 290 125 80 0 85 0 10 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 385 215 75 0 90 0 5 5 0
Korean 1,480 825 440 0 210 0 5 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,600 5,185 2,595 15 1,735 15 30 20 0
Chinese languages 9,415 5,035 2,585 20 1,715 15 35 20 0
Cantonese 1,390 720 290 5 360 0 15 10 0
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 5 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Fukien 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Hakka 15 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 3,060 1,600 970 5 475 5 5 5 0
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 70 25 20 0 25 0 5 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,825 2,660 1,300 10 830 10 5 5 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 60 50 10 0 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 120 100 5 0 15 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 1,140 640 215 0 270 0 0 5 0
Lao 1,020 575 205 0 240 0 5 5 0
Thai 120 70 10 0 35 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,465 2,005 885 0 560 0 5 5 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 160 60 0 45 0 0 5 0
Vietnamese 3,190 1,840 825 0 515 0 5 5 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,620 820 295 0 495 0 5 5 0
Bisayan languages 45 25 5 0 15 0 5 0 0
Ilocano 50 15 10 0 25 0 0 0 0
Malay 190 90 35 0 65 0 0 5 0
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,300 675 240 0 380 0 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 565 265 90 10 190 5 0 10 0
Akan (Twi) 55 30 5 0 20 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages 365 170 65 5 120 5 0 5 0
Lingala 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 10 5 0 10 0 0 0 0
Shona 90 50 10 0 30 0 0 0 0
Swahili 115 50 25 0 35 0 0 0 0
Ganda 15 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 40 15 5 25 0 0 0 0
Edo 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 20 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 95 35 20 0 35 0 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 310 160 65 0 80 0 5 0 0
Creoles 105 65 15 5 20 0 0 5 0
Non-verbal languages 145 120 10 0 15 0 5 0 0
American Sign Language 90 65 5 0 15 0 5 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 560 245 115 5 195 0 0 0 0
Multiple responses 7,465 5,240 445 305 1,360 5 20 85 0
English and French 985 660 35 260 20 0 0 5 0
English and non-official language 6,095 4,345 390 25 1,290 5 10 30 0
French and non-official language 225 130 10 10 30 0 5 40 0
English, French and non-official language 160 100 5 10 20 0 0 10 0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011041.

Date modified: