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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 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 Centre / Kitchener-Centre
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 108,255 104,555 1,390 555 1,760 1,670 1.5
Single responses 104,390 100,835 1,320 480 1,760 1,555 1.5
English 90,065 89,115 950 0 0 950 1.1
French 365 20 345 0 0 345 94.5
Non-official languages 13,965 11,705 20 480 1,755 260 1.9
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 3,105 2,470 5 170 460 95 3.1
Italian 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 745 550 0 15 175 10 1.3
Romanian 945 715 5 110 120 55 5.8
Spanish 1,335 1,130 5 40 160 25 1.9
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 660 625 0 15 10 10 1.5
Dutch 15 10 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 625 605 0 15 10 5 0.8
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
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 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic 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
Gaelic 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 3,525 3,055 5 140 330 70 2.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 135 120 0 5 15 0 0.0
Bulgarian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 465 425 0 0 35 0 0.0
Czech 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 20 0 0 5 5 25.0
Polish 600 535 0 15 55 5 0.8
Russian 225 195 0 10 15 5 2.2
Serbian 1,655 1,390 5 85 180 45 2.7
Serbo-Croatian 125 100 0 10 15 5 4.0
Slovak 70 60 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Ukrainian 55 45 0 5 10 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 5 5 5 11.1
Baltic languages 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 235 205 0 5 35 0 0.0
Armenian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Albanian 225 180 0 0 35 0 0.0
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 180 160 0 0 15 5 2.8
Estonian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 160 145 0 0 15 5 3.1
Turkic languages 105 90 0 5 10 5 4.8
Azerbaijani 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
Turkish 100 85 0 5 10 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 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
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,480 1,195 10 55 220 35 2.4
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 220 180 0 5 35 0 0.0
Oromo 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Somali 180 150 0 0 30 5 2.8
Semitic languages 1,250 1,015 10 45 180 35 2.8
Amharic 190 180 0 5 15 0 0.0
Arabic 800 635 10 35 115 30 3.8
Hebrew 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 175 150 0 0 25 5 2.9
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 75 45 0 0 30 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,755 1,505 0 25 225 10 0.6
Indo-Aryan languages 990 870 0 15 110 10 1.0
Bengali 100 90 0 0 10 0 0.0
Gujarati 270 220 0 5 40 5 1.9
Hindi 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 240 210 0 0 30 5 2.1
Sindhi 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 250 225 0 0 25 0 0.0
Nepali 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
Iranian languages 730 605 0 10 110 5 0.7
Kurdish 120 110 0 0 15 0 0.0
Pashto 65 55 0 0 10 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 540 445 0 5 85 5 0.9
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 105 80 0 5 15 5 4.8
Kannada 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 60 50 0 5 10 5 8.3
Telugu 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Korean 145 125 0 5 15 5 3.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,005 850 0 10 150 5 0.5
Chinese languages 885 740 0 10 140 5 0.6
Cantonese 120 90 0 0 25 5 4.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 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
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 250 200 0 0 45 0 0.0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Taiwanese 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 510 440 0 5 70 5 1.0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 80 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 40 30 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tai languages 180 165 0 0 15 5 2.8
Lao 175 155 0 0 15 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 740 550 0 10 175 5 0.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 680 500 0 10 170 5 0.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 85 85 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malay 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 75 65 0 10 0 5 6.7
Akan (Twi) 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
Bantu languages 55 45 0 10 0 5 9.1
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Shona 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
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 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 105 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Creoles 20 15 0 10 0 5 25.0
Non-verbal languages 30 15 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 0 15 0 0.0
Other languages 150 110 0 10 35 5 3.3
Multiple responses 3,865 3,720 70 75 0 105 2.7
English and French 115 30 55 35 0 75 65.2
English and non-official language 3,650 3,645 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 20 10 10 0 0 10 50.0
English, French and non-official language 80 30 0 45 0 25 31.3

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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-XCB2011040.

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