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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Kitchener, CY
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 216,365 198,930 110 13,505 3,820
Single responses 212,605 195,815 100 12,905 3,785
English 154,130 146,345 0 7,720 60
French 2,860 290 60 2,510 0
Non-official languages 55,620 49,180 40 2,675 3,725
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 15 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 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 5 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 0 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 5 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. 0 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 10 10 0 5 0
Mohawk 5 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 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 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. 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 13,340 11,410 15 970 955
Italian 630 550 0 75 10
Portuguese 3,030 2,625 5 100 305
Romanian 4,260 3,410 10 575 265
Spanish 5,415 4,835 0 215 365
Catalan 5 0 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,275 5,965 5 280 30
Dutch 650 600 0 45 0
Flemish 20 15 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 5,460 5,215 0 215 30
Yiddish 5 5 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 95 90 0 5 0
Danish 65 60 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 10 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 0 0
Afrikaans 35 35 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 5 5 0 0 0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,980 10,860 10 535 575
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 420 385 0 15 15
Bulgarian 70 60 5 5 0
Croatian 1,545 1,455 0 25 60
Czech 435 405 5 25 5
Macedonian 105 100 0 0 5
Polish 3,115 2,905 0 110 105
Russian 670 580 0 60 35
Serbian 4,020 3,505 5 220 295
Serbo-Croatian 465 415 0 20 25
Slovak 335 315 0 15 10
Slovenian 185 180 0 5 0
Ukrainian 405 365 0 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 205 185 0 10 5
Baltic languages 85 75 0 10 0
Latvian 50 40 0 5 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 0 0
Greek 780 695 0 35 50
Armenian 115 90 0 20 0
Albanian 705 615 0 15 70
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,045 975 5 45 30
Estonian 50 50 0 0 0
Finnish 60 60 0 5 0
Hungarian 930 865 0 35 30
Turkic languages 540 480 0 25 40
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0
Turkish 500 440 0 25 35
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,345 3,715 10 195 420
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 615 515 5 10 90
Oromo 75 65 0 0 10
Somali 535 450 5 5 75
Semitic languages 3,715 3,195 5 180 335
Amharic 495 460 0 15 20
Arabic 2,560 2,150 5 155 250
Hebrew 35 30 0 5 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 425 385 0 15 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 150 0 0 30
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,985 6,145 5 200 635
Indo-Aryan languages 4,580 4,080 0 145 360
Bengali 390 360 0 10 15
Gujarati 825 730 0 30 65
Hindi 475 455 0 10 10
Konkani 10 10 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,575 1,330 0 55 195
Sindhi 145 140 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 65 0 0 0
Urdu 1,005 920 0 25 65
Nepali 25 25 0 5 0
Iranian languages 2,295 1,980 5 55 250
Kurdish 420 370 0 10 40
Pashto 150 135 0 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,725 1,480 0 50 195
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 110 85 0 0 25
Dravidian languages 580 525 0 25 30
Kannada 50 45 0 0 5
Malayalam 140 130 0 5 10
Tamil 265 240 0 10 15
Telugu 120 105 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 130 105 0 5 15
Korean 445 405 0 10 35
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,270 2,790 0 110 365
Chinese languages 3,095 2,670 0 110 315
Cantonese 475 390 0 45 45
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 5 0 0 5
Fukien 10 10 0 0 0
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 945 810 0 30 110
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 20 15 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,630 1,435 0 40 155
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 55 55 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 65 0 0 50
Tai languages 645 575 0 20 50
Lao 600 535 0 15 50
Thai 45 40 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,320 1,920 0 65 330
Khmer (Cambodian) 245 220 0 5 20
Vietnamese 2,065 1,695 0 60 310
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 715 0 10 5
Bisayan languages 25 25 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malay 85 80 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 585 580 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 385 320 0 55 5
Akan (Twi) 35 30 0 0 0
Bantu languages 265 220 0 45 5
Lingala 10 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 25 20 0 10 0
Shona 65 65 0 0 0
Swahili 80 65 0 10 5
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 10 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 285 275 0 0 5
Creoles 85 60 0 25 0
Non-verbal languages 85 55 0 0 25
American Sign Language 45 40 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 35 15 0 0 20
Other languages 430 375 0 10 50
Multiple responses 3,755 3,115 10 600 30
English and French 455 105 5 350 0
English and non-official language 3,110 2,925 5 155 30
French and non-official language 110 65 0 35 0
English, French and non-official language 80 15 0 60 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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