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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, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 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 - Cambridge - Waterloo
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 472,090 434,100 220 30,275 7,490
Single responses 464,625 428,080 200 28,910 7,435
English 351,920 333,325 5 18,460 125
French 5,870 545 120 5,200 5
Non-official languages 106,840 94,210 70 5,250 7,310
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 25 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 5 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 5 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 5 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 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 5 5 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 10 10 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 5 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 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. 0 0 0 0 0
Romance languages 25,110 21,275 20 1,605 2,205
Italian 1,850 1,610 0 190 50
Portuguese 9,940 8,360 5 250 1,320
Romanian 5,415 4,310 15 765 325
Spanish 7,895 6,990 0 395 515
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 14,850 13,865 5 705 275
Dutch 1,980 1,825 0 140 15
Flemish 60 45 0 15 0
Frisian 35 30 0 0 0
German 12,360 11,580 5 520 255
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 295 270 0 20 0
Danish 180 170 0 10 0
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 25 30 0 5 0
Swedish 85 75 0 5 0
Afrikaans 100 95 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 20 0 5 0
Gaelic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,135 16,355 10 985 790
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 5 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 495 465 0 15 20
Bulgarian 160 140 0 15 5
Croatian 2,135 2,015 0 50 70
Czech 765 690 5 65 5
Macedonian 250 225 0 15 10
Polish 5,310 4,910 0 235 160
Russian 1,520 1,285 0 140 100
Serbian 5,020 4,360 0 315 345
Serbo-Croatian 580 520 0 35 25
Slovak 555 520 0 25 10
Slovenian 265 255 0 15 0
Ukrainian 800 720 0 55 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 260 240 0 10 15
Baltic languages 180 165 0 15 5
Latvian 95 85 0 10 0
Lithuanian 85 80 0 5 0
Greek 1,375 1,235 0 75 60
Armenian 450 385 0 50 20
Albanian 805 695 0 20 85
Georgian 10 10 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,060 1,925 0 85 55
Estonian 120 110 0 5 0
Finnish 160 150 0 10 5
Hungarian 1,775 1,665 5 65 50
Turkic languages 880 770 0 45 60
Azerbaijani 45 50 0 5 0
Turkish 785 690 0 40 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Mongolian 0 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,640 5,630 10 440 560
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 780 655 5 25 100
Oromo 95 80 0 5 15
Somali 685 580 5 15 85
Semitic languages 5,835 4,965 5 400 460
Amharic 595 555 0 15 20
Arabic 4,415 3,675 5 360 370
Hebrew 90 75 0 10 5
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0
Tigrigna 455 410 0 10 35
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 225 190 0 5 35
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,560 13,725 0 520 1,310
Indo-Aryan languages 11,210 9,955 0 370 890
Bengali 700 640 0 30 25
Gujarati 2,145 1,855 0 70 220
Hindi 1,145 1,080 0 35 30
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 140 135 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,845 3,270 0 125 450
Sindhi 200 190 0 5 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 185 0 5 0
Urdu 2,790 2,555 0 80 155
Nepali 35 30 0 0 0
Iranian languages 4,205 3,660 0 155 390
Kurdish 510 450 0 15 45
Pashto 800 710 0 20 70
Persian (Farsi) 2,895 2,505 0 125 270
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 115 0 0 25
Dravidian languages 1,345 1,235 0 55 55
Kannada 85 80 0 5 5
Malayalam 300 275 0 5 10
Tamil 660 600 0 35 35
Telugu 290 275 0 5 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 5
Japanese 380 315 0 15 55
Korean 1,485 1,325 0 50 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,600 8,285 5 310 1,000
Chinese languages 9,415 8,145 5 310 950
Cantonese 1,390 1,195 0 75 120
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5
Fukien 20 15 0 0 5
Hakka 20 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 3,060 2,605 5 95 360
Shanghainese 10 5 0 0 0
Taiwanese 70 60 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,825 4,230 0 145 450
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 65 60 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 70 0 0 50
Tai languages 1,140 1,015 0 35 90
Lao 1,020 915 5 30 75
Thai 115 105 0 5 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,465 2,910 0 100 450
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 245 0 5 25
Vietnamese 3,195 2,670 5 95 425
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,615 1,590 5 15 10
Bisayan languages 45 45 0 0 0
Ilocano 50 50 0 0 0
Malay 190 185 0 5 5
Pampango 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,300 1,280 0 10 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 565 480 0 75 10
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 0 0
Bantu languages 370 300 0 60 5
Lingala 10 0 0 10 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 10 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 20 0 15 0
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 115 100 0 15 5
Ganda 15 20 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 10 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 5 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 0 0
Ga 20 15 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 5 0
African languages, n.i.e. 315 305 0 0 10
Creoles 105 70 0 40 0
Non-verbal languages 140 100 0 5 45
American Sign Language 85 70 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 25 0 0 30
Other languages 555 485 0 20 55
Multiple responses 7,465 6,025 20 1,365 60
English and French 985 185 10 790 0
English and non-official language 6,095 5,685 5 355 55
French and non-official language 220 125 5 90 5
English, French and non-official language 160 35 5 125 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011031.

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