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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, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 501,800 462,190 225 31,445 7,945
Single responses 494,100 455,975 210 30,035 7,875
English 375,515 356,115 5 19,265 125
French 6,090 570 125 5,395 0
Non-official languages 112,495 99,295 75 5,375 7,750
Aboriginal languages 45 45 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 5 5 0 5 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 0 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 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 5 5 0 0 0
Carrier 5 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. 5 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 5 5 0 5 0
Mohawk 10 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 5 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 25,500 21,630 25 1,625 2,215
Italian 1,930 1,685 0 200 50
Portuguese 10,025 8,440 5 250 1,320
Romanian 5,560 4,435 15 775 330
Spanish 7,975 7,065 0 395 515
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 19,395 17,915 5 775 695
Dutch 2,340 2,155 0 140 45
Flemish 70 55 0 10 0
Frisian 35 30 0 0 0
German 16,515 15,275 5 585 645
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 310 290 0 20 5
Danish 190 185 0 10 5
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 25 0 5 0
Swedish 90 85 0 5 0
Afrikaans 100 100 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 5 5
Welsh 15 10 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,495 16,690 10 995 800
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 500 465 0 10 20
Bulgarian 155 135 5 15 5
Croatian 2,190 2,060 0 55 70
Czech 800 720 5 65 5
Macedonian 250 225 0 10 10
Polish 5,440 5,035 5 235 165
Russian 1,545 1,300 0 145 105
Serbian 5,080 4,415 5 315 345
Serbo-Croatian 585 520 0 35 25
Slovak 570 535 0 25 10
Slovenian 285 270 0 10 5
Ukrainian 825 745 0 55 30
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 270 245 0 10 10
Baltic languages 190 170 0 15 5
Latvian 95 85 0 10 0
Lithuanian 90 80 0 10 0
Greek 1,405 1,260 0 75 60
Armenian 455 390 0 50 20
Albanian 805 700 0 20 85
Georgian 10 10 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,110 1,970 0 85 55
Estonian 120 110 0 10 0
Finnish 165 155 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,825 1,705 0 65 50
Turkic languages 880 770 5 45 60
Azerbaijani 50 45 0 0 0
Turkish 790 695 0 40 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,650 5,640 10 445 555
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 780 655 5 25 95
Oromo 95 75 0 5 10
Somali 685 580 5 20 85
Semitic languages 5,850 4,975 10 405 460
Amharic 595 555 0 20 25
Arabic 4,425 3,680 5 360 370
Hebrew 90 85 0 10 5
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0
Tigrigna 455 410 0 10 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 225 190 0 5 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,675 13,835 5 525 1,310
Indo-Aryan languages 11,275 10,015 0 370 890
Bengali 700 640 0 30 25
Gujarati 2,170 1,870 0 70 220
Hindi 1,150 1,085 0 35 30
Konkani 20 15 0 0 0
Marathi 145 135 0 10 5
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,870 3,290 0 125 450
Sindhi 205 190 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 185 0 5 5
Urdu 2,800 2,565 0 80 150
Nepali 35 30 0 5 5
Iranian languages 4,255 3,710 5 155 385
Kurdish 510 450 0 15 45
Pashto 810 720 0 15 75
Persian (Farsi) 2,925 2,530 5 125 265
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 115 0 0 30
Dravidian languages 1,350 1,245 0 50 55
Kannada 85 80 0 5 0
Malayalam 300 280 0 5 10
Tamil 665 605 0 30 30
Telugu 290 275 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Japanese 390 320 0 10 55
Korean 1,495 1,335 0 50 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,630 8,305 5 315 1,000
Chinese languages 9,445 8,175 5 315 955
Cantonese 1,410 1,210 0 75 125
Chaochow (Teochow) 20 20 0 0 0
Fukien 15 15 0 0 5
Hakka 15 10 0 5 5
Mandarin 3,065 2,605 5 95 365
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 70 60 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,835 4,240 0 140 450
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 60 60 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 120 70 0 0 50
Tai languages 1,150 1,025 5 35 90
Lao 1,035 920 0 35 75
Thai 115 105 0 0 15
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,470 2,915 0 105 450
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 245 0 5 20
Vietnamese 3,195 2,665 0 95 425
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,650 1,620 0 15 10
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Ilocano 55 50 0 0 0
Malay 190 185 0 0 5
Pampango 5 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,330 1,310 0 10 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 570 485 5 75 10
Akan (Twi) 55 55 0 5 0
Bantu languages 375 305 0 60 5
Lingala 5 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 20 0 15 0
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 115 95 5 15 5
Ganda 20 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 15 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 315 305 0 0 10
Creoles 110 70 5 35 0
Non-verbal languages 150 100 0 5 45
American Sign Language 90 70 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 25 0 0 30
Other languages 585 510 0 15 55
Multiple responses 7,700 6,210 20 1,410 60
English and French 1,025 190 10 825 0
English and non-official language 6,280 5,860 5 360 60
French and non-official language 235 135 5 90 5
English, French and non-official language 155 30 0 125 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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