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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, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 - Cambridge - Waterloo
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 472,090 456,800 5,670 2,320 7,310 6,825 1.4
Single responses 455,620 440,975 5,355 1,985 7,305 6,345 1.4
English 397,780 394,075 3,700 0 0 3,705 0.9
French 1,675 115 1,560 0 0 1,555 92.8
Non-official languages 56,165 46,780 95 1,990 7,310 1,085 1.9
Aboriginal languages 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
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 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Mohawk 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
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. 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
Romance languages 12,565 9,605 35 720 2,210 390 3.1
Italian 420 345 0 25 50 15 3.6
Portuguese 4,460 3,060 5 75 1,320 45 1.0
Romanian 2,990 2,220 20 430 320 235 7.9
Spanish 4,695 3,980 10 190 515 100 2.1
Catalan 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
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 3,825 3,435 10 110 270 60 1.6
Dutch 240 205 0 20 15 15 6.3
Flemish 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
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 3,480 3,135 5 80 255 45 1.3
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 75 65 0 10 5 5 6.7
Danish 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 35 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 5 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 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
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. 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
Slavic languages 9,925 8,700 10 430 790 225 2.3
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 310 285 0 5 20 5 1.6
Bulgarian 80 65 5 0 0 5 6.3
Croatian 1,030 945 0 10 70 5 0.5
Czech 260 245 0 15 10 5 1.9
Macedonian 120 110 0 10 5 5 4.2
Polish 2,445 2,215 0 70 160 35 1.4
Russian 945 780 0 65 100 35 3.7
Serbian 3,775 3,215 5 210 350 105 2.8
Serbo-Croatian 330 280 0 25 25 10 3.0
Slovak 180 160 0 10 10 5 2.8
Slovenian 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 240 205 0 10 20 5 2.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 145 125 0 5 10 5 3.4
Baltic languages 30 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Latvian 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Greek 565 490 0 10 65 5 0.9
Armenian 230 190 0 20 20 5 2.2
Albanian 530 435 0 10 85 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Finno-Ugric languages 645 575 0 20 55 10 1.6
Estonian 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Finnish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 600 540 0 10 50 10 1.7
Turkic languages 470 395 5 20 55 10 2.1
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 420 350 0 20 50 10 2.4
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 5 0 0 5 20.0
Mongolian 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
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,120 3,355 25 185 555 115 2.8
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 530 420 0 5 95 5 0.9
Oromo 45 40 0 5 10 0 0.0
Somali 480 385 5 10 85 10 2.1
Semitic languages 3,580 2,925 20 175 460 110 3.1
Amharic 390 365 0 5 20 0 0.0
Arabic 2,690 2,140 20 155 375 95 3.5
Hebrew 55 50 0 10 0 0 0.0
Maltese 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 280 245 0 5 30 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 155 120 0 0 35 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 5 0 5 33.3
Indo-Iranian languages 10,090 8,585 0 190 1,315 90 0.9
Indo-Aryan languages 6,910 5,900 0 110 895 55 0.8
Bengali 430 395 0 10 30 5 1.2
Gujarati 1,370 1,125 0 30 215 15 1.1
Hindi 530 490 0 5 35 0 0.0
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 70 65 0 5 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 2,560 2,080 0 40 450 20 0.8
Sindhi 85 80 0 0 5 5 5.9
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 80 75 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 1,745 1,565 0 25 150 10 0.6
Nepali 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 3,085 2,620 0 75 390 40 1.3
Kurdish 325 275 0 5 45 5 1.5
Pashto 580 500 0 10 70 5 0.9
Persian (Farsi) 2,180 1,850 0 65 275 30 1.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 95 65 0 0 30 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 770 680 5 30 60 15 1.9
Kannada 45 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Malayalam 190 175 0 5 15 5 2.6
Tamil 370 320 5 15 30 15 4.1
Telugu 155 145 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Japanese 220 160 0 0 55 0 0.0
Korean 1,065 930 0 20 110 10 0.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 6,675 5,565 10 115 990 65 1.0
Chinese languages 6,485 5,430 5 115 940 65 1.0
Cantonese 810 660 0 20 130 10 1.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fukien 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
Hakka 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
Mandarin 2,360 1,950 5 40 365 25 1.1
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 3,265 2,785 0 50 425 30 0.9
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 100 45 0 0 45 0 0.0
Tai languages 600 505 0 10 90 10 1.7
Lao 550 460 0 10 75 5 0.9
Thai 50 40 0 0 10 5 10.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,455 1,945 0 50 460 25 1.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 160 135 0 0 20 0 0.0
Vietnamese 2,295 1,810 5 45 435 25 1.1
Malayo-Polynesian languages 535 525 0 5 10 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Malay 65 60 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 445 440 0 0 5 5 1.1
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 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
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 215 180 5 20 5 15 7.0
Akan (Twi) 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 155 125 0 20 5 15 9.7
Lingala 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
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 70 55 0 10 5 5 7.1
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 25 0 10 0 5 14.3
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ga 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
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
African languages, n.i.e. 165 160 0 0 5 5 3.0
Creoles 40 20 0 15 5 10 25.0
Non-verbal languages 150 105 0 0 45 0 0.0
American Sign Language 65 55 0 0 15 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 85 55 0 0 30 0 0.0
Other languages 270 205 0 5 55 5 1.9
Multiple responses 16,475 15,820 320 330 0 480 2.9
English and French 575 160 225 190 0 320 55.7
English and non-official language 15,535 15,520 15 0 0 15 0.1
French and non-official language 80 35 45 0 0 45 56.3
English, French and non-official language 275 105 30 145 0 100 36.4

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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-XCB2011037.

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