Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Waterloo
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Language spoken most often at home (269) 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 - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 108,920 105,355 1,160 745 1,670 1,530 1.4
Single responses 103,775 100,355 1,075 670 1,670 1,410 1.4
Official languages 88,070 87,025 1,050 0 0 1,050 1.2
English 87,710 87,000 710 0 0 710 0.8
French 365 20 340 0 0 340 93.2
Non-official languages 15,700 13,330 25 670 1,670 360 2.3
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 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 ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 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 ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 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 ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 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 ...
Tahltan languages 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 ...
Tutchone languages 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 ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 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 ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 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 ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 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 ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 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 ...
Gitxsan (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 ...
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 ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 15,695 13,330 25 670 1,670 360 2.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 1,340 1,025 5 90 210 55 4.1
Berber languages 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Kabyle 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 90 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oromo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Somali 90 70 0 0 15 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 1,235 950 5 90 195 50 4.0
Amharic 55 50 0 0 0 5 9.1
Arabic 1,110 835 5 85 190 50 4.5
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 35 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 275 220 5 5 40 5 1.8
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vietnamese 260 210 5 5 40 5 1.9
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 160 160 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 135 135 0 0 0 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 5 0 0 5 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dravidian languages 235 210 0 10 15 5 2.1
Kannada 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malayalam 60 55 0 0 5 5 8.3
Tamil 105 95 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 50 40 0 5 0 5 10.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hmong-Mien languages 25 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Indo-European languages 6,640 5,680 10 420 530 225 3.4
Albanian 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Armenian 125 80 0 15 30 10 8.0
Balto-Slavic languages 1,690 1,435 0 110 145 55 3.3
Baltic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 1,685 1,430 5 105 145 55 3.3
Belarusan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Croatian 115 100 0 0 5 0 0.0
Czech 45 35 0 5 5 0 0.0
Macedonian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Polish 445 400 0 20 25 10 2.2
Russian 430 340 0 35 50 20 4.7
Serbian 440 360 0 35 45 15 3.4
Serbo-Croatian 50 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Slovak 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Slovene (Slovenian) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 50 50 0 5 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Scottish Gaelic 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 ...
Germanic languages 410 360 5 45 5 25 6.1
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dutch 20 20 0 5 0 5 25.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 375 335 0 40 0 20 5.3
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swedish 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 100 85 0 5 10 5 5.0
Indo-Iranian languages 2,880 2,565 0 80 230 40 1.4
Indo-Aryan languages 1,855 1,660 0 45 145 25 1.3
Bengali 220 200 0 10 15 5 2.3
Gujarati 225 205 0 5 15 0 0.0
Hindi 240 225 0 5 20 5 2.1
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Marathi 35 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 20 20 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 530 450 0 10 70 5 0.9
Sindhi 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 70 65 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 465 430 0 15 20 5 1.1
Iranian languages 1,000 885 0 35 85 15 1.5
Kurdish 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Pashto 90 85 0 0 5 5 5.6
Persian (Farsi) 855 755 0 35 70 15 1.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 1,420 1,135 10 165 110 90 6.3
Catalan 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Italian 50 40 0 5 0 0 0.0
Portuguese 245 205 0 15 20 10 4.1
Romanian 395 300 0 65 30 35 8.9
Spanish 725 580 5 75 60 45 6.2
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 95 75 0 5 15 5 5.3
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 790 685 0 25 80 10 1.3
Mongolic languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 40 30 0 5 0 5 12.5
Akan (Twi) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 5 0 0 not applicable ...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shona 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 15 10 0 5 0 5 33.3
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sign languages 30 10 5 0 15 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 0 0 0 5 5 50.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 15 5 0 5 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,745 4,930 0 95 720 50 0.9
Chinese languages 5,740 4,925 0 95 720 50 0.9
Cantonese 525 440 0 5 80 0 0.0
Hakka 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 4,925 4,230 0 85 610 40 0.8
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 230 205 0 0 15 5 2.2
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 75 60 0 5 10 0 0.0
Lao 60 45 0 0 10 0 0.0
Thai 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 135 115 0 5 15 5 3.7
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 120 105 0 0 10 0 0.0
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 95 80 0 0 5 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hungarian 90 75 0 5 5 5 5.6
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 5,150 4,995 85 70 0 115 2.2
English and French 125 45 55 30 0 70 56.0
English and non-official language 4,935 4,920 10 0 0 10 0.2
French and non-official language 10 0 10 0 0 5 50.0
English, French and non-official language 80 30 10 40 0 35 43.8

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016073.

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