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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) 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 selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kitchener, CY
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 216,360 208,610 2,730 1,295
0 to 4 years 13,690 12,810 85 40
5 to 9 years 12,300 12,020 105 110
10 to 14 years 12,590 12,310 90 155
15 to 19 years 13,910 13,640 90 130
20 to 24 years 15,910 15,650 105 100
25 to 29 years 17,560 17,210 175 95
30 to 34 years 16,335 15,925 190 110
35 to 39 years 15,440 14,990 230 115
40 to 44 years 15,760 15,305 215 105
45 to 49 years 17,145 16,610 235 105
50 to 54 years 15,960 15,330 275 95
55 to 59 years 13,575 12,975 250 55
60 to 64 years 11,245 10,675 225 30
65 to 69 years 8,005 7,490 190 15
70 to 74 years 6,160 5,705 110 5
75 to 79 years 4,765 4,390 65 5
80 to 84 years 3,560 3,305 55 5
85 years and over 2,440 2,260 45 0
Median ageFootnote 2 36.9 36.5 46.8 30.7
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 177,785 171,465 2,460 985
Married or living with a common-law partner 102,705 98,705 1,570 625
Married (and not separated) 86,645 83,015 1,270 600
Living common law 16,060 15,690 300 25
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 75,080 72,760 890 360
Single (never legally married) 50,240 49,280 420 315
Separated 5,965 5,755 105 10
Divorced 10,840 10,480 205 25
Widowed 8,035 7,245 160 10
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 216,365 208,610 2,730 1,295
English only 198,930 198,930 0 0
French only 110 0 110 0
English and French 13,500 9,585 2,620 1,295
Neither English nor French 3,815 90 5 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 216,365 208,610 2,735 1,295
Single responses 212,605 205,025 2,655 1,205
English 154,125 154,130 5 0
French 2,860 290 2,570 0
Non-official languages 55,620 50,605 85 1,210
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 15 15 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 54,830 49,895 80 1,190
African languages, n.i.e. 285 275 0 5
Afrikaans 30 35 0 0
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 5
Albanian 705 625 0 10
Amharic 500 475 0 5
Arabic 2,560 2,225 5 75
Armenian 115 100 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 5
Bengali 395 370 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 25 20 0 0
Bosnian 415 395 0 5
Bulgarian 70 70 0 0
Burmese 55 60 0 0
Cantonese 475 425 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,630 1,455 0 20
Creoles 80 70 0 10
Croatian 1,545 1,470 5 10
Czech 435 425 0 10
Danish 65 60 0 0
Dutch 650 645 0 5
Estonian 55 55 0 0
Finnish 65 60 0 0
Flemish 15 15 0 0
Fukien 10 5 0 0
German 5,460 5,405 5 25
Greek 780 720 0 5
Gujarati 830 745 0 20
Hakka 5 5 0 0
Hebrew 30 30 0 0
Hindi 475 465 0 0
Hungarian 930 890 0 10
Ilocano 20 20 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 110 85 0 0
Italian 630 610 5 5
Japanese 130 115 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 250 225 0 0
Korean 445 405 0 5
Kurdish 420 375 0 5
Lao 600 545 0 5
Latvian 45 50 0 5
Lingala 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 0
Macedonian 105 100 0 0
Malay 85 75 0 0
Malayalam 145 130 0 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0
Mandarin 950 825 0 15
Marathi 50 45 0 5
Nepali 20 25 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 65 65 0 5
Norwegian 10 10 0 0
Oromo 80 65 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,575 1,365 0 15
Pashto 145 130 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,720 1,505 0 25
Polish 3,115 2,970 0 40
Portuguese 3,030 2,685 5 35
Romanian 4,265 3,625 20 350
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 0
Russian 670 610 5 25
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 25 5 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 150 0 0
Serbian 4,020 3,560 0 165
Serbo-Croatian 460 420 0 15
Shanghainese 0 5 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0
Sindhi 145 140 0 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 65 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 205 190 0 5
Slovak 340 325 0 5
Slovenian 185 180 0 5
Somali 535 455 5 5
Spanish 5,410 4,940 0 105
Swahili 80 70 5 5
Swedish 25 20 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 585 580 0 0
Taiwanese 20 20 0 0
Tamil 260 245 0 5
Telugu 120 110 0 0
Thai 45 45 0 5
Tibetan languages 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 430 380 0 10
Turkish 500 445 0 15
Ukrainian 405 385 0 10
Urdu 1,010 935 5 10
Vietnamese 2,070 1,720 5 35
Yiddish 5 5 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 780 695 0 20
Multiple responses 3,755 3,590 80 85
English and French 455 370 25 60
English and non-official language 3,110 3,105 0 0
French and non-official language 110 70 40 0
English, French and non-official language 80 45 10 25
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 216,365 208,610 2,730 1,295
Single responses 207,345 199,905 2,590 1,130
English 175,985 174,195 1,790 0
French 795 50 745 0
Non-official languages 30,565 25,665 55 1,130
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 30,200 25,375 50 1,110
African languages, n.i.e. 160 150 0 5
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0
Akan (Twi) 5 10 0 0
Albanian 480 400 0 5
Amharic 340 315 0 0
Arabic 1,670 1,325 15 70
Armenian 50 40 0 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 5
Bengali 255 230 0 5
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0
Bosnian 270 250 0 5
Bulgarian 35 35 5 0
Burmese 85 85 0 0
Cantonese 290 230 0 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,115 950 0 20
Creoles 30 15 0 10
Croatian 820 755 0 10
Czech 155 145 0 5
Danish 10 5 0 0
Dutch 35 30 0 5
Estonian 15 15 0 5
Finnish 10 10 0 5
Flemish 0 0 0 0
Fukien 5 0 0 0
German 955 910 0 20
Greek 360 310 0 5
Gujarati 510 430 0 15
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 20 20 0 0
Hindi 235 220 0 0
Hungarian 340 305 0 5
Ilocano 10 5 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 85 55 0 0
Italian 115 105 0 5
Japanese 65 55 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 150 125 0 0
Korean 330 290 0 5
Kurdish 260 220 0 5
Lao 330 280 0 5
Latvian 10 10 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0
Macedonian 55 50 0 5
Malay 35 30 0 0
Malayalam 100 90 0 0
Maltese 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 725 605 0 10
Marathi 25 25 0 0
Nepali 10 10 0 5
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Norwegian 5 5 0 0
Oromo 40 30 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,105 895 0 10
Pashto 105 95 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 1,375 1,145 0 25
Polish 1,515 1,380 0 40
Portuguese 1,360 1,015 5 35
Romanian 2,460 1,840 10 345
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5
Russian 420 365 0 20
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 135 100 5 0
Serbian 3,125 2,665 0 160
Serbo-Croatian 280 240 0 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 40 15 0 0
Sindhi 60 55 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 30 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 95 45 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 115 105 0 5
Slovak 130 115 0 5
Slovenian 55 55 0 5
Somali 390 310 5 0
Spanish 3,360 2,895 0 100
Swahili 60 45 0 5
Swedish 5 5 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 215 215 0 0
Taiwanese 10 5 0 0
Tamil 160 135 0 5
Telugu 65 65 0 5
Thai 20 15 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 275 240 0 5
Turkish 285 235 0 15
Ukrainian 95 75 0 10
Urdu 625 555 0 5
Vietnamese 1,515 1,165 0 35
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 370 290 5 20
Multiple responses 9,020 8,705 145 170
English and French 265 80 105 80
English and non-official language 8,565 8,555 5 0
French and non-official language 40 15 25 0
English, French and non-official language 150 60 5 90
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 216,360 208,610 2,735 1,295
None 185,180 179,660 1,500 610
Single responses 30,570 28,465 1,200 595
English 13,270 12,150 415 535
French 1,920 1,185 710 25
Non-official languages 15,370 15,135 75 40
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 10 10 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 15,005 14,770 75 40
African languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0
Afrikaans 15 15 0 0
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0
Albanian 130 130 0 0
Amharic 140 140 0 0
Arabic 760 725 10 10
Armenian 25 25 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Bengali 95 100 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 5 5 0 0
Bosnian 120 120 0 0
Bulgarian 10 15 0 0
Burmese 25 20 0 0
Cantonese 185 175 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 290 285 0 0
Creoles 55 40 10 0
Croatian 455 450 0 0
Czech 160 165 0 0
Danish 25 25 0 0
Dutch 185 185 0 0
Estonian 10 10 0 5
Finnish 10 10 0 0
Flemish 0 0 0 5
Fukien 5 5 0 0
German 1,880 1,870 5 5
Greek 350 345 0 0
Gujarati 205 205 0 5
Hakka 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 20 20 0 0
Hindi 305 295 0 0
Hungarian 255 250 0 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Italian 240 240 5 0
Japanese 60 55 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 50 50 0 0
Korean 90 85 0 0
Kurdish 90 85 0 0
Lao 180 180 0 0
Latvian 15 10 0 5
Lingala 15 0 10 0
Lithuanian 10 10 0 0
Macedonian 30 30 0 0
Malay 30 35 0 0
Malayalam 45 45 0 0
Maltese 10 5 0 0
Mandarin 170 170 0 0
Marathi 15 10 0 0
Nepali 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 30 5 0
Norwegian 5 10 0 0
Oromo 25 15 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 290 285 0 0
Pashto 35 30 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 185 180 0 0
Polish 865 865 0 0
Portuguese 1,150 1,145 0 5
Romanian 1,135 1,140 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 5 0
Russian 150 145 0 5
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 10 15 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0
Serbian 580 555 0 5
Serbo-Croatian 110 110 0 0
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0
Sindhi 40 45 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 20 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0
Slovak 95 90 0 0
Slovenian 60 55 0 0
Somali 115 120 0 0
Spanish 1,665 1,650 5 10
Swahili 55 45 10 0
Swedish 10 10 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 190 190 0 0
Taiwanese 15 10 0 0
Tamil 65 65 0 0
Telugu 25 25 0 0
Thai 20 15 0 0
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 120 115 0 0
Turkish 170 170 5 0
Ukrainian 95 95 0 0
Urdu 270 265 0 0
Vietnamese 400 395 0 0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 355 355 0 0
Multiple responses 615 480 35 90
English and French 100 15 0 75
English and non-official language 250 225 15 5
French and non-official language 265 245 20 5
English, French and non-official language 0 0 0 5
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 216,360 208,610 2,735 1,295
English 208,610 208,610 0 0
French 2,730 0 2,735 0
English and French 1,295 0 0 1,295
Neither English nor French 3,725 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 3,380 0 2,735 645
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.6 0.0 100.0 49.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

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 18

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-XCB2011053.

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