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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 Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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 Waterloo, CY
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 97,980 94,985 1,085 655 1,255 1,415 1.4
Single responses 94,790 91,940 1,015 585 1,255 1,310 1.4
English 82,100 81,455 650 0 0 650 0.8
French 370 30 340 0 0 340 91.9
Non-official languages 12,325 10,460 25 585 1,255 320 2.6
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 1,175 925 10 145 100 80 6.8
Italian 60 45 0 10 10 5 8.3
Portuguese 170 135 0 15 20 5 2.9
Romanian 335 230 10 65 25 40 11.9
Spanish 620 515 0 55 45 30 4.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 575 515 5 55 10 30 5.2
Dutch 40 30 0 10 0 5 12.5
Flemish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 485 435 0 45 5 25 5.2
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scandinavian languages 45 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
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 1,770 1,505 5 125 140 60 3.4
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 25 20 5 0 0 5 20.0
Croatian 80 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 55 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 25 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 480 440 0 20 20 10 2.1
Russian 415 320 5 35 60 20 4.8
Serbian 515 435 0 40 45 20 3.9
Serbo-Croatian 45 35 0 10 0 0 0.0
Slovak 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slovenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 55 55 0 5 5 5 9.1
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Baltic 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
Latvian 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
Lithuanian 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
Greek 125 110 0 5 10 5 4.0
Armenian 60 50 0 0 10 0 0.0
Albanian 20 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Georgian 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
Finno-Ugric languages 105 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hungarian 95 90 0 5 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages 120 100 0 0 15 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 105 85 0 0 15 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages 860 700 5 65 90 40 4.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 75 70 0 5 5 0 0.0
Oromo 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Somali 70 60 0 0 5 5 7.1
Semitic languages 780 635 5 60 80 30 3.8
Amharic 25 25 0 5 0 0 0.0
Arabic 700 565 0 55 75 30 4.3
Hebrew 30 25 0 5 0 5 16.7
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-Iranian languages 2,275 1,995 0 70 210 35 1.5
Indo-Aryan languages 1,460 1,285 0 40 135 20 1.4
Bengali 150 140 0 5 5 0 0.0
Gujarati 155 130 0 10 20 0 0.0
Hindi 180 165 0 5 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 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 470 375 0 15 75 10 2.1
Sindhi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 415 385 0 10 20 5 1.2
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iranian languages 805 700 0 35 70 15 1.9
Kurdish 45 35 0 5 0 0 0.0
Pashto 50 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 710 620 0 30 65 15 2.1
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 255 230 0 10 15 5 2.0
Kannada 15 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 45 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tamil 120 110 0 10 5 5 4.2
Telugu 75 70 0 0 5 0 0.0
Dravidian 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
Japanese 85 65 0 0 20 0 0.0
Korean 620 540 0 15 65 10 1.6
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,710 3,140 5 65 495 40 1.1
Chinese languages 3,710 3,140 5 70 495 35 0.9
Cantonese 350 300 0 5 45 5 1.4
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 1,475 1,215 5 25 230 20 1.4
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 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 1,850 1,595 0 30 220 20 1.1
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 75 60 0 5 5 0 0.0
Lao 65 55 0 5 10 0 0.0
Thai 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 255 210 5 10 40 5 2.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 255 210 0 5 40 5 2.0
Malayo-Polynesian languages 100 100 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 75 75 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 5 0 0 0 0.0
Akan (Twi) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bantu languages 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 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
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 10 5 5 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
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 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
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo 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
African 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
Creoles 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Non-verbal languages 30 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Other languages 55 45 0 0 5 5 9.1
Multiple responses 3,190 3,050 70 65 0 105 3.3
English and French 115 35 40 45 0 60 52.2
English and non-official language 2,985 2,985 5 0 0 0 0.0
French and non-official language 15 5 5 0 0 5 33.3
English, French and non-official language 65 25 20 25 0 30 46.2

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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-XCB2011039.

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