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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 (2013 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 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 102,375 92,055 50 8,975 1,300
Single responses 100,750 90,845 45 8,580 1,285
English 74,915 68,970 0 5,920 20
French 1,105 85 25 990 0
Non-official languages 24,740 21,785 20 1,670 1,265
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 0 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 5 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 2,755 2,300 5 345 105
Italian 335 285 0 50 5
Portuguese 450 385 0 40 20
Romanian 825 645 0 145 35
Spanish 1,145 985 0 110 45
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 3,455 3,155 0 290 10
Dutch 385 345 0 45 0
Flemish 25 15 0 10 0
Frisian 15 10 0 0 0
German 2,865 2,635 0 220 5
Yiddish 10 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 120 110 0 10 0
Danish 70 60 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 45 40 0 5 0
Afrikaans 35 40 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,700 3,250 5 310 145
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 45 40 0 0 0
Bulgarian 55 50 0 10 0
Croatian 270 260 0 5 5
Czech 155 130 0 20 0
Macedonian 40 35 0 5 5
Polish 1,170 1,070 0 75 25
Russian 700 565 0 75 60
Serbian 780 675 0 70 40
Serbo-Croatian 105 85 0 15 0
Slovak 100 90 0 10 0
Slovenian 35 35 0 5 0
Ukrainian 180 165 0 15 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 40 0 0 5
Baltic languages 50 50 0 5 0
Latvian 25 25 0 0 0
Lithuanian 30 25 0 0 0
Greek 370 330 0 35 5
Armenian 120 105 0 10 5
Albanian 50 50 0 0 5
Georgian 5 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 400 375 0 15 5
Estonian 30 30 0 5 0
Finnish 45 45 0 0 0
Hungarian 325 305 0 15 5
Turkic languages 260 230 0 20 15
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0
Turkish 230 200 0 15 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,595 1,325 0 180 85
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 135 110 0 15 10
Oromo 15 10 0 5 0
Somali 120 100 0 10 5
Semitic languages 1,455 1,215 5 160 80
Amharic 65 60 0 5 0
Arabic 1,290 1,065 0 145 75
Hebrew 50 40 0 10 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 20 25 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,935 3,540 0 180 215
Indo-Aryan languages 2,790 2,530 0 115 140
Bengali 245 230 0 10 5
Gujarati 345 310 0 20 20
Hindi 450 420 0 15 10
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0
Marathi 65 65 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 795 680 0 35 80
Sindhi 45 45 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 95 90 0 5 0
Urdu 735 685 0 30 20
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0
Iranian languages 1,125 990 0 65 70
Kurdish 65 60 0 5 0
Pashto 65 60 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 995 865 0 65 60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Dravidian languages 505 475 0 20 10
Kannada 35 30 0 0 0
Malayalam 85 80 0 0 0
Tamil 240 220 0 15 5
Telugu 140 135 0 0 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5
Japanese 150 125 0 0 25
Korean 880 780 0 35 65
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,320 4,650 5 170 500
Chinese languages 5,315 4,645 5 170 500
Cantonese 640 575 0 20 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 0 0 0
Fukien 5 5 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 5
Mandarin 1,900 1,620 5 60 225
Shanghainese 5 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 45 45 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,695 2,375 5 90 230
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tai languages 150 130 0 5 10
Lao 120 110 0 10 10
Thai 25 20 0 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 420 360 0 25 35
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 5 0
Vietnamese 410 345 5 25 35
Malayo-Polynesian languages 335 330 0 5 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 75 75 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 250 245 0 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 110 100 5 10 0
Akan (Twi) 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages 60 50 0 10 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0 0 0
Swahili 25 25 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 0 5 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 5 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Creoles 10 5 0 10 0
Non-verbal languages 10 5 0 0 5
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 0 0
Other languages 110 100 0 5 5
Multiple responses 1,625 1,210 5 395 15
English and French 255 35 5 210 0
English and non-official language 1,275 1,145 5 120 15
French and non-official language 55 25 0 35 0
English, French and non-official language 40 10 0 30 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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