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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 and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 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 Kitchener South--Hespeler / Kitchener-Sud--Hespeler
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 96,640 89,810 50 5,330 1,450
Single responses 95,075 88,515 45 5,070 1,435
English 72,295 69,365 0 2,900 25
French 1,325 120 30 1,175 0
Non-official languages 21,455 19,030 15 995 1,410
Aboriginal languages 10 10 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 5 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 5 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 5 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 0 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 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 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. 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 5 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 0 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 0 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 5,740 4,985 5 380 370
Italian 335 285 0 40 10
Portuguese 1,460 1,305 5 45 110
Romanian 1,445 1,145 5 215 85
Spanish 2,495 2,245 0 85 165
Catalan 0 0 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 2,135 2,035 0 95 10
Dutch 345 320 0 20 0
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0
Frisian 10 5 0 0 0
German 1,715 1,635 0 70 5
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0
Scandinavian languages 45 45 0 0 0
Danish 35 35 0 5 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0
Swedish 5 5 0 0 0
Afrikaans 20 20 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 0 5 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 5 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 4,210 3,870 0 180 160
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 110 105 0 5 5
Bulgarian 35 30 0 0 0
Croatian 570 540 0 5 15
Czech 220 205 0 10 5
Macedonian 65 60 0 5 5
Polish 1,275 1,200 0 45 25
Russian 235 195 0 20 15
Serbian 1,150 1,015 0 55 75
Serbo-Croatian 130 120 0 10 0
Slovak 155 145 0 0 5
Slovenian 80 75 0 5 0
Ukrainian 120 110 0 10 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 75 65 0 0 5
Baltic languages 30 25 0 0 0
Latvian 20 15 0 0 0
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0
Greek 280 255 0 15 10
Armenian 95 75 0 20 5
Albanian 315 270 0 5 35
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 470 430 0 25 20
Estonian 10 10 0 0 0
Finnish 30 25 0 0 0
Hungarian 430 395 0 20 20
Turkic languages 230 200 0 5 20
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0
Turkish 210 185 0 5 15
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,365 1,135 5 65 160
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 225 170 5 5 45
Oromo 20 15 0 0 0
Somali 210 155 5 5 50
Semitic languages 1,140 960 0 65 110
Amharic 120 115 0 5 5
Arabic 840 695 0 55 90
Hebrew 15 10 0 0 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 100 90 0 0 5
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 50 45 0 0 5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages 3,195 2,795 0 90 305
Indo-Aryan languages 2,220 1,965 0 70 180
Bengali 110 105 0 0 5
Gujarati 320 285 0 10 25
Hindi 210 200 0 5 5
Konkani 5 0 0 0 0
Marathi 25 25 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 930 785 0 35 120
Sindhi 55 55 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35 35 0 0 0
Urdu 520 475 0 20 25
Nepali 0 0 0 0 0
Iranian languages 925 805 0 20 110
Kurdish 195 175 0 0 15
Pashto 120 110 0 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 610 515 0 15 85
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 30 0 0 15
Dravidian languages 265 245 0 10 10
Kannada 15 15 0 0 0
Malayalam 70 70 0 0 5
Tamil 115 110 0 5 5
Telugu 55 45 0 5 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Japanese 55 45 0 0 15
Korean 145 135 0 5 10
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,195 1,005 5 30 160
Chinese languages 1,130 980 0 30 120
Cantonese 175 150 0 10 10
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 0 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0
Hakka 5 0 0 0 0
Mandarin 400 335 5 5 65
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s. 550 490 0 15 45
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Burmese 10 10 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 60 20 0 0 40
Tai languages 240 215 0 5 25
Lao 225 195 0 5 25
Thai 15 15 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 620 535 0 15 70
Khmer (Cambodian) 45 45 0 0 0
Vietnamese 580 495 0 10 70
Malayo-Polynesian languages 420 415 0 5 5
Bisayan languages 10 10 0 0 0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0
Malay 55 45 0 0 5
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 345 340 0 0 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 170 130 0 30 10
Akan (Twi) 10 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages 120 90 0 25 5
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 20 10 0 5 0
Shona 20 20 0 0 0
Swahili 40 30 5 10 0
Ganda 5 0 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 5 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 0 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 30 20 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 90 85 0 0 0
Creoles 35 20 5 10 0
Non-verbal languages 60 40 0 0 15
American Sign Language 45 40 0 0 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0 10
Other languages 95 85 0 0 10
Multiple responses 1,560 1,290 5 255 15
English and French 195 40 0 155 0
English and non-official language 1,300 1,230 0 55 15
French and non-official language 35 15 0 20 0
English, French and non-official language 30 0 0 25 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011055.

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