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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 - 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 129,170 125,150 1,440 850 1,730 1,865 1.4
Single responses 124,630 120,780 1,350 770 1,730 1,735 1.4
English 107,465 106,565 900 0 0 900 0.8
French 455 35 420 0 0 420 92.3
Non-official languages 16,715 14,180 35 770 1,730 415 2.5
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 1,980 1,580 10 220 170 120 6.1
Italian 75 60 0 10 10 5 6.7
Portuguese 275 220 0 15 35 5 1.8
Romanian 715 520 5 125 60 70 9.8
Spanish 915 780 0 70 65 35 3.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 695 620 0 60 15 30 4.3
Dutch 50 40 0 10 0 5 10.0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 585 530 0 45 10 20 3.4
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 45 35 0 5 0 5 11.1
Danish 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afrikaans 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,700 2,325 5 160 210 80 3.0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 35 30 5 5 0 5 14.3
Croatian 170 160 0 0 10 0 0.0
Czech 65 55 0 5 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 30 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 835 765 0 30 40 15 1.8
Russian 495 385 0 40 65 20 4.0
Serbian 755 635 0 55 70 25 3.3
Serbo-Croatian 95 80 0 10 0 5 5.3
Slovak 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovenian 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 75 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 30 30 0 0 5 0 0.0
Baltic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Latvian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuanian 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
Greek 170 145 0 10 15 5 2.9
Armenian 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Albanian 55 45 0 0 10 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 145 135 0 0 10 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 140 125 0 5 10 5 3.6
Turkic languages 190 160 0 5 25 5 2.6
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 170 140 0 10 25 5 2.9
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
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 1,270 1,045 5 75 145 40 3.1
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 120 110 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Somali 115 105 0 5 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages 1,150 940 5 65 135 40 3.5
Amharic 55 45 0 5 5 5 9.1
Arabic 1,000 810 5 60 130 35 3.5
Hebrew 35 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 3,100 2,705 0 90 305 45 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,975 1,735 0 50 200 25 1.3
Bengali 220 205 0 5 15 0 0.0
Gujarati 240 205 0 10 25 5 2.1
Hindi 240 220 0 0 15 0 0.0
Konkani 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
Marathi 25 25 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 645 515 0 15 105 5 0.8
Sindhi 35 35 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 45 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Urdu 510 470 0 15 30 5 1.0
Nepali 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 1,095 955 0 40 95 20 1.8
Kurdish 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Pashto 70 65 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 970 840 0 40 90 15 1.5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 335 305 0 15 15 5 1.5
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 50 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 150 135 0 10 5 5 3.3
Telugu 115 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 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
Japanese 90 70 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 685 590 0 15 80 10 1.5
Sino-Tibetan languages 4,185 3,535 0 90 555 50 1.2
Chinese languages 4,185 3,535 5 85 555 45 1.1
Cantonese 425 360 0 10 55 5 1.2
Chaochow (Teochow) 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
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 1,655 1,375 0 30 245 20 1.2
Shanghainese 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
Taiwanese 25 20 0 5 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 2,075 1,780 5 40 245 25 1.2
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 135 110 0 5 20 0 0.0
Lao 125 100 0 10 20 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 590 465 0 20 110 10 1.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Vietnamese 570 455 0 20 100 10 1.8
Malayo-Polynesian languages 135 135 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bisayan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ilocano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 105 105 0 0 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. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 40 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 20 0 0 0 5 20.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Swahili 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 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
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo 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
African languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Creoles 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 40 30 0 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 15 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 70 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Multiple responses 4,540 4,365 90 85 0 130 2.9
English and French 150 40 55 50 0 80 53.3
English and non-official language 4,295 4,290 5 0 0 5 0.1
French and non-official language 15 10 5 0 0 10 66.7
English, French and non-official language 85 30 20 35 0 35 41.2

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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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