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Topic-based tabulation: Various Languages Spoken (147), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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General information

Catalogue number :97-555-XCB2006010
Release date :December 4, 2007
Topic :Language
Data dimensions :

Note

Note: Data quality - Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)

When comparing the census results to those of the 2001 Census, it appears that there is some overestimation of persons reporting Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in British Columbia and, as a result, also at the Canada level. Although it affects a relatively small population, it is best to apply caution when analysing the census data for Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in these geographies.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

Note: Data on knowledge of official languages

According to studies on data certification, the 2006 Census statistics on knowledge of official languages could underestimate the category 'English and French' and overestimate the category 'French only,' particularly for the francophone population, but also for the whole population in general. More information on the subject will be available in the Languages Reference Guide, to be published in 2008.

Note: Knowledge of various languages

Official and non-official languages are included in this table.

Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Data table

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in Kitchener
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 439,580 217,510 222,070
French 30,560 13,455 17,110
Algonquin 10 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0
Cree 10 0 10
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 10 0 10
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 20 0 20
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 15 0 15
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 15 10 10
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Italian 3,330 1,675 1,655
Portuguese 13,365 6,485 6,885
Romanian 5,345 2,695 2,650
Spanish 10,640 4,905 5,735
Romance languages, n.i.e. 80 55 20
Dutch 2,745 1,305 1,435
Flemish 80 50 25
Frisian 40 25 20
German 19,110 9,115 10,000
Yiddish 20 20 0
Danish 185 80 105
Icelandic 0 0 0
Norwegian 90 70 20
Swedish 175 70 105
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 135 65 70
Gaelic languages 45 30 20
Welsh 30 0 25
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 40 15 20
Bosnian 815 405 405
Bulgarian 185 100 80
Croatian 3,245 1,685 1,560
Czech 955 435 520
Macedonian 470 245 230
Polish 6,430 3,030 3,395
Russian 1,995 1,020 975
Serbian 5,405 2,665 2,740
Serbo-Croatian 745 385 360
Slovak 695 305 385
Slovenian 355 160 190
Ukrainian 1,110 485 620
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 680 355 325
Latvian 145 90 55
Lithuanian 95 45 55
Estonian 195 65 135
Finnish 165 60 110
Hungarian 2,260 1,150 1,110
Greek 2,075 1,155 920
Armenian 525 285 245
Azerbaijani 65 45 25
Turkish 800 415 385
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 25 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 20 15 10
Somali 540 270 270
Amharic 625 330 295
Arabic 4,685 2,520 2,170
Hebrew 240 150 80
Maltese 50 30 15
Tigrigna 350 155 195
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 120 30 90
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 30 10 15
Bengali 270 150 120
Gujarati 1,615 790 825
Hindi 3,815 1,905 1,910
Konkani 25 10 20
Marathi 120 45 75
Panjabi (Punjabi) 4,440 2,380 2,060
Sindhi 195 85 110
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 290 155 130
Urdu 3,150 1,675 1,475
Kurdish 395 200 195
Pashto 795 440 355
Persian (Farsi) 2,980 1,595 1,390
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 135 60 70
Kannada 90 40 45
Malayalam 285 145 135
Tamil 820 400 420
Telugu 160 85 75
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 600 325 275
Korean 1,515 750 760
Cantonese 1,895 950 940
Chaochow (Teochow) 10 10 10
Fukien 0 0 10
Hakka 0 10 0
Mandarin 1,915 925 990
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 110 55 55
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 1 4,710 2,395 2,310
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25
Lao 1,300 615 680
Thai 135 65 70
Khmer (Cambodian) 320 170 145
Vietnamese 3,935 1,925 2,005
Bisayan languages 110 45 60
Ilocano 50 15 35
Malay 160 55 105
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,370 500 870
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 60 45 20
Akan (Twi) 90 60 35
Lingala 20 15 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 15
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 120 70 50
Swahili 220 120 100
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 155 70 80
Edo 0 0 0
Igbo 10 0 10
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 140 80 55
African languages, n.i.e. 340 175 160
Creoles 145 60 85
American Sign Language 240 125 110
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 340 125 215
Other languages 1,405 740 660

Footnotes

Footnote 1

The 2006 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' includes responses of 'Chinese' as well as all Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese. Data for the 'Chinese, n.o.s.' category in 2001 and 2006 are not directly comparable. The 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' is equivalent to the sum of the 2006 categories 'Chinese, n.o.s.' and 'Chaochow (Teochow),' 'Fukien,' 'Shanghainese' and Taiwanese.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006010.

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