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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 Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 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, 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 216,360 198,930 110 13,500 3,815
Single responses 212,605 195,815 100 12,905 3,785
English 154,125 146,345 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 25 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 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 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 5 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 5 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 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 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 0 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Romance languages 13,340 11,410 10 965 950
Italian 630 545 0 75 15
Portuguese 3,030 2,620 5 100 305
Romanian 4,265 3,410 10 580 265
Spanish 5,410 4,830 0 215 370
Catalan 5 5 0 5 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages 6,275 5,965 0 275 25
Dutch 650 605 0 45 0
Flemish 20 10 0 5 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 5,460 5,215 0 215 25
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 5 0
Swedish 25 20 0 5 0
Afrikaans 35 30 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 10 15 0 0 0
Gaelic languages 10 5 0 0 5
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 11,980 10,860 10 540 575
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 415 385 0 15 15
Bulgarian 70 65 0 0 0
Croatian 1,545 1,455 0 25 60
Czech 440 405 0 25 0
Macedonian 105 95 0 5 5
Polish 3,115 2,900 0 105 105
Russian 670 580 0 55 30
Serbian 4,020 3,505 0 225 295
Serbo-Croatian 465 415 0 20 25
Slovak 335 310 0 15 10
Slovenian 185 175 0 10 0
Ukrainian 405 370 0 25 10
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 205 185 0 10 10
Baltic languages 85 75 0 10 0
Latvian 50 40 0 5 0
Lithuanian 40 35 0 5 0
Greek 780 695 0 30 45
Armenian 115 90 0 25 0
Albanian 705 615 0 15 70
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Finno-Ugric languages 1,045 975 5 45 30
Estonian 55 50 0 0 0
Finnish 60 60 0 5 0
Hungarian 930 870 5 35 30
Turkic languages 545 475 0 30 40
Azerbaijani 25 25 0 0 0
Turkish 500 440 0 20 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 0 5
Mongolian 5 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,345 3,715 10 195 425
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 615 515 5 5 85
Oromo 75 65 0 5 10
Somali 535 450 0 10 75
Semitic languages 3,720 3,190 5 185 335
Amharic 500 460 0 15 15
Arabic 2,555 2,145 5 150 250
Hebrew 30 30 0 5 0
Maltese 15 15 0 0 0
Tigrigna 425 380 0 10 30
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 180 150 0 0 35
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 6,980 6,145 0 200 635
Indo-Aryan languages 4,580 4,075 5 140 355
Bengali 390 360 0 10 20
Gujarati 830 735 0 30 65
Hindi 480 455 0 15 10
Konkani 10 5 0 0 0
Marathi 50 50 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,575 1,325 0 50 195
Sindhi 150 140 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 65 70 0 0 0
Urdu 1,010 920 0 20 60
Nepali 25 20 0 5 0
Iranian languages 2,290 1,985 0 60 250
Kurdish 420 370 0 10 40
Pashto 150 135 0 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 1,725 1,480 0 45 195
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 115 85 0 0 25
Dravidian languages 580 525 0 25 30
Kannada 50 50 0 0 0
Malayalam 145 125 0 5 10
Tamil 265 235 0 10 15
Telugu 120 105 0 5 5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0
Japanese 130 110 0 10 15
Korean 450 405 0 10 30
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,270 2,795 0 115 365
Chinese languages 3,100 2,670 0 110 315
Cantonese 475 390 0 45 40
Chaochow (Teochow) 5 5 0 0 0
Fukien 10 10 0 0 5
Hakka 5 5 0 0 0
Mandarin 945 810 0 30 110
Shanghainese 0 0 0 0 5
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 60 60 0 5 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 115 65 0 0 50
Tai languages 645 575 0 20 50
Lao 600 535 0 15 45
Thai 40 40 0 5 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 2,315 1,920 0 70 335
Khmer (Cambodian) 250 220 0 5 25
Vietnamese 2,065 1,695 0 60 315
Malayo-Polynesian languages 725 710 0 10 0
Bisayan languages 20 20 0 0 0
Ilocano 15 20 0 0 0
Malay 80 80 0 0 5
Pampango 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 585 580 0 5 0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 5 0 0 5 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 380 320 0 55 5
Akan (Twi) 30 30 0 5 0
Bantu languages 265 215 0 45 5
Lingala 10 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 5 0 5 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 30 15 0 10 0
Shona 65 65 0 0 0
Swahili 80 65 0 10 5
Ganda 15 10 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 60 50 0 10 0
Edo 5 5 0 0 0
Igbo 5 0 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 5 0 0 5 0
Ga 10 10 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 65 55 0 10 0
African languages, n.i.e. 285 275 0 0 10
Creoles 80 55 0 25 0
Non-verbal languages 85 55 0 0 25
American Sign Language 50 40 0 5 5
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 30 15 0 0 20
Other languages 430 375 0 10 50
Multiple responses 3,755 3,115 10 600 30
English and French 460 105 5 350 0
English and non-official language 3,110 2,925 0 155 30
French and non-official language 110 70 0 40 0
English, French and non-official language 75 15 5 60 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011033.

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