Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Waterloo
Data quality
Mother tongue (269) Knowledge of official languages (5)
Total - Knowledge of official languages English only French only English and French Neither English nor French
Total - Mother tongueFootnote 1 529,425 485,280 215 34,620 9,305
Single responses 519,345 477,125 205 32,745 9,265
Official languages 395,355 368,245 130 26,855 125
English 389,415 367,710 10 21,575 120
French 5,940 530 125 5,280 5
Non-official languages 123,990 108,885 75 5,890 9,140
Aboriginal languages 30 30 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 15 20 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 10 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 10 10 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 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
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 5 5 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
Michif 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 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
Gitxsan (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
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 123,960 108,850 75 5,890 9,145
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,930 7,920 10 570 1,420
Berber languages 25 10 0 15 0
Kabyle 20 10 0 10 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 1,210 1,035 0 20 145
Bilen 100 70 0 5 25
Oromo 85 70 0 0 10
Somali 990 860 5 15 105
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Semitic languages 8,685 6,870 10 535 1,275
Amharic 795 735 0 15 40
Arabic 6,560 4,935 5 490 1,125
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 285 250 0 0 30
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 35 35 0 5 0
Harari 15 15 0 0 0
Hebrew 115 110 0 5 0
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0
Tigrigna 780 695 0 20 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 0 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,955 3,295 5 100 550
Khmer (Cambodian) 265 225 0 10 30
Vietnamese 3,690 3,070 5 95 520
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,215 2,180 0 25 15
Bikol 10 10 0 0 0
Cebuano 110 110 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 45 40 0 5 0
Ilocano 120 120 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 170 160 0 0 10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 10 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,710 1,685 0 20 5
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 30 35 0 0 0
Creole languages 155 95 0 55 5
Haitian Creole 5 5 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 85 35 0 45 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 70 60 0 5 5
Dravidian languages 1,775 1,660 0 55 60
Kannada 85 80 0 0 0
Malayalam 625 585 0 10 25
Tamil 735 685 0 30 20
Telugu 320 295 0 10 15
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 480 435 0 10 40
Indo-European languages 84,710 75,075 45 4,320 5,270
Albanian 990 875 0 10 95
Armenian 650 505 0 85 55
Balto-Slavic languages 18,405 16,590 5 980 825
Baltic languages 165 155 0 15 0
Latvian 80 70 0 10 0
Lithuanian 90 80 0 5 0
Slavic languages 18,235 16,435 5 965 820
Belarusan 15 10 0 0 5
Bosnian 535 470 0 25 30
Bulgarian 145 125 0 15 0
Croatian 2,095 1,965 0 60 75
Czech 735 680 0 50 5
Macedonian 255 230 0 15 10
Polish 5,265 4,900 0 195 165
Russian 1,780 1,480 0 180 115
Serbian 5,065 4,440 0 305 325
Serbo-Croatian 520 465 0 25 25
Slovak 575 545 0 20 10
Slovene (Slovenian) 260 245 0 5 0
Ukrainian 785 675 0 55 50
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 210 200 0 5 5
Celtic languages 30 25 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 5 10 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 18,005 16,645 5 670 685
Afrikaans 110 100 0 10 0
Danish 175 165 0 10 0
Dutch 2,090 1,915 0 130 45
Frisian 35 30 0 0 0
German 15,400 14,270 5 485 640
Icelandic 5 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 0 0
Swedish 70 60 0 10 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 65 50 0 15 0
Yiddish 10 5 0 5 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0
Greek 1,335 1,205 0 85 50
Indo-Iranian languages 19,610 17,280 10 750 1,565
Indo-Aryan languages 14,205 12,610 10 515 1,070
Bengali 915 845 0 40 30
Gujarati 2,770 2,430 0 75 270
Hindi 1,565 1,470 0 60 35
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0
Konkani 45 45 0 0 0
Marathi 155 145 0 10 5
Nepali 255 180 0 30 40
Oriya (Odia) 20 20 0 0 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 4,740 4,030 0 170 540
Sindhi 240 225 0 10 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 250 230 0 10 10
Urdu 3,240 2,990 0 110 135
Iranian languages 5,190 4,490 5 220 480
Kurdish 635 540 0 10 85
Pashto 1,020 900 5 35 80
Persian (Farsi) 3,535 3,050 0 170 315
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 210 180 0 10 15
Italic (Romance) languages 25,705 21,955 25 1,735 1,990
Catalan 15 15 0 0 0
Italian 1,910 1,680 0 205 30
Portuguese 9,780 8,280 10 280 1,210
Romanian 5,560 4,510 5 755 280
Spanish 8,435 7,465 10 495 465
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 425 365 5 15 50
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 5
Korean 2,090 1,865 0 65 160
Mongolic languages 10 5 0 5 0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 660 540 5 105 10
Akan (Twi) 65 65 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 10 10 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 10 5 0 0 0
Ganda 10 15 0 0 0
Igbo 35 30 0 0 0
Lingala 5 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 5 10 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 35 25 0 10 0
Shona 95 85 0 5 5
Swahili 145 105 0 30 10
Wolof 10 10 0 5 0
Yoruba 80 80 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 135 100 0 30 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 285 270 0 5 10
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 285 270 0 5 10
Sign languages 125 80 0 0 35
American Sign Language 70 60 0 5 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 50 25 0 0 25
Sino-Tibetan languages 13,055 11,340 0 375 1,340
Chinese languages 12,685 11,030 0 370 1,280
Cantonese 2,200 1,905 0 75 225
Hakka 80 60 0 5 15
Mandarin 9,400 8,210 0 260 930
Min Dong 5 5 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 245 205 0 10 30
Wu (Shanghainese) 105 85 0 5 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 635 560 0 5 65
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 375 310 0 10 60
Burmese 140 125 0 0 10
Karenic languages 125 85 0 5 35
Tibetan 10 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 105 90 0 5 10
Tai-Kadai languages 1,150 1,030 0 30 90
Lao 1,025 910 0 30 85
Thai 125 120 0 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 915 820 0 45 50
Azerbaijani 70 65 0 0 5
Turkish 780 705 0 45 35
Uyghur 15 15 0 0 0
Uzbek 15 15 0 0 5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 30 25 0 0 5
Uralic languages 1,955 1,810 0 100 50
Estonian 100 90 0 15 0
Finnish 150 140 0 10 0
Hungarian 1,710 1,585 0 80 45
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 60 55 0 5 0
Multiple responses 10,075 8,155 10 1,875 35
English and French 1,255 295 0 955 0
English and non-official language 8,365 7,750 0 580 35
French and non-official language 230 65 10 155 5
English, French and non-official language 235 50 0 180 0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Data quality note(s) – Waterloo

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.6%.
  • Short-form income data quality flag
    Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016054.

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