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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kitchener - Waterloo
Detailed mother tongue (232) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Detailed mother tongue 129,170 116,200 70 11,130 1,775
Single responses 127,030 114,565 60 10,645 1,750
English 93,520 86,185 0 7,310 20
French 1,425 110 30 1,280 5
Non-official languages 32,085 28,275 25 2,055 1,730
Aboriginal languages 10 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 4,100 3,450 5 475 165
Italian 395 335 0 50 10
Portuguese 705 625 0 55 35
Romanian 1,380 1,080 10 230 65
Spanish 1,620 1,415 0 135 70
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 4,090 3,760 0 315 15
Dutch 455 405 0 55 0
Flemish 25 15 0 5 0
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0
German 3,410 3,155 0 240 10
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 135 120 0 10 5
Danish 80 70 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 50 50 0 5 0
Afrikaans 40 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 10 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 5,180 4,590 5 370 210
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 120 110 0 5 5
Bulgarian 70 55 0 10 0
Croatian 425 400 0 10 15
Czech 190 165 0 30 0
Macedonian 45 40 0 5 0
Polish 1,765 1,625 0 100 40
Russian 775 630 0 75 65
Serbian 1,100 945 0 85 70
Serbo-Croatian 175 155 0 15 5
Slovak 155 140 0 10 5
Slovenian 45 45 0 0 0
Ukrainian 235 215 0 20 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 65 60 0 5 5
Baltic languages 75 65 0 10 5
Latvian 35 30 0 0 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 5 5
Greek 435 390 0 40 10
Armenian 125 115 0 5 10
Albanian 115 105 0 0 5
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 515 475 0 25 10
Estonian 35 30 0 0 0
Finnish 55 55 0 0 0
Hungarian 425 395 0 20 10
Turkic languages 355 300 5 25 30
Azerbaijani 25 20 0 0 5
Turkish 320 270 0 20 25
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,235 1,875 5 210 145
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 185 160 0 20 10
Oromo 25 15 0 10 0
Somali 165 145 0 10 10
Semitic languages 2,040 1,715 5 185 135
Amharic 120 110 0 5 5
Arabic 1,755 1,455 0 165 130
Hebrew 50 40 0 10 0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 45 40 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 5,160 4,645 0 215 300
Indo-Aryan languages 3,635 3,290 0 145 200
Bengali 350 325 0 15 10
Gujarati 495 445 0 25 30
Hindi 570 535 0 20 15
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 75 70 0 5 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,025 875 0 45 110
Sindhi 95 95 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 110 105 0 5 0
Urdu 885 825 0 35 25
Nepali 20 15 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,490 1,320 0 70 95
Kurdish 85 75 0 5 5
Pashto 95 90 0 0 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,310 1,155 5 70 85
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Dravidian languages 615 575 0 25 15
Kannada 40 40 0 0 0
Malayalam 95 90 0 0 0
Tamil 285 265 0 20 5
Telugu 190 185 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Japanese 160 135 0 5 25
Korean 965 850 0 35 75
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,985 5,205 5 215 560
Chinese languages 5,975 5,200 5 215 560
Cantonese 755 670 0 40 50
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 2,115 1,805 0 70 240
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 50 45 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,025 2,655 5 105 260
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Tai languages 255 225 0 10 20
Lao 220 190 0 10 20
Thai 30 35 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 895 755 0 35 100
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 30 0 0 10
Vietnamese 855 725 0 35 95
Malayo-Polynesian languages 400 400 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 5 0 0 0
Malay 85 85 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 295 295 5 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 140 125 0 10 5
Akan (Twi) 20 25 0 0 0
Bantu languages 85 70 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 5
Swahili 35 30 0 5 0
Ganda 5 5 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 5 5 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0 0
Creoles 25 15 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 20 5 0 0 15
American Sign Language 15 10 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Other languages 160 145 0 5 10
Multiple responses 2,140 1,630 5 485 20
English and French 325 45 5 275 0
English and non-official language 1,710 1,545 0 140 15
French and non-official language 65 25 5 30 0
English, French and non-official language 45 10 0 35 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011034.

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