Data tables, 2016 Census

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

Data table

Select data categories for this table

Filter geography – Can. / N.L.   P.E.I.   N.S.   N.B.   Que.   Ont.   Man.   Sask.   Alta.   B.C.   Y.T.   N.W.T.   Nvt.


This table details mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Waterloo, CY
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 1 103,790 92,425 40 9,660 1,655
Single responses 101,705 90,815 40 9,205 1,650
Official languages 73,095 65,690 20 7,350 35
English 71,995 65,605 0 6,350 35
French 1,100 90 15 995 0
Non-official languages 28,610 25,125 20 1,855 1,615
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0
Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 5 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 0 5 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 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 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 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
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. 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 28,610 25,115 20 1,855 1,615
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,205 1,780 5 215 210
Berber languages 20 10 0 5 0
Kabyle 20 10 0 5 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 170 145 5 5 20
Bilen 0 0 0 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0 0
Somali 160 135 5 5 20
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages 2,015 1,620 0 200 190
Amharic 80 75 0 0 5
Arabic 1,815 1,430 5 200 180
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 30 30 0 0 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 50 50 0 0 5
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0
Tigrigna 30 30 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 475 405 0 20 45
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 15 0 0 0
Vietnamese 455 395 0 20 45
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 390 385 0 5 5
Bikol 0 5 0 0 0
Cebuano 5 5 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 5 10 0 0 0
Ilocano 20 20 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 65 60 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 5 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 285 285 0 0 0
Waray-Waray 5 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 25 15 0 10 0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 10 5 0 10 0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 5 0
Dravidian languages 540 500 0 25 15
Kannada 35 35 0 0 0
Malayalam 120 115 0 0 10
Tamil 270 250 0 10 5
Telugu 110 100 0 10 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 65 60 0 5 5
Indo-European languages 14,625 12,900 10 1,210 505
Albanian 70 65 0 0 5
Armenian 170 120 0 15 25
Balto-Slavic languages 3,450 3,020 0 295 135
Baltic languages 35 30 0 5 0
Latvian 10 10 0 0 0
Lithuanian 25 20 0 0 0
Slavic languages 3,415 2,985 5 295 135
Belarusan 0 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 50 40 0 5 0
Bulgarian 65 55 0 10 0
Croatian 255 245 0 10 5
Czech 140 115 0 25 5
Macedonian 35 30 0 0 0
Polish 980 895 0 60 25
Russian 715 595 0 75 45
Serbian 715 605 0 70 45
Serbo-Croatian 110 95 0 5 5
Slovak 115 105 0 5 5
Slovene (Slovenian) 30 25 0 5 0
Ukrainian 180 150 0 20 5
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 5 0 0
Celtic languages 5 10 0 5 0
Scottish Gaelic 0 0 0 0 0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Germanic languages 2,850 2,615 5 230 0
Afrikaans 35 35 0 0 0
Danish 50 50 0 5 0
Dutch 330 295 0 40 0
Frisian 5 5 0 0 0
German 2,365 2,190 0 175 5
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0
Swedish 25 20 0 5 0
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 15 0 5 0
Yiddish 5 0 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Greek 340 295 0 40 5
Indo-Iranian languages 4,765 4,315 5 230 225
Indo-Aryan languages 3,315 3,005 0 160 140
Bengali 365 335 0 20 15
Gujarati 390 355 5 20 15
Hindi 565 530 0 25 10
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0
Konkani 20 20 0 0 0
Marathi 75 65 0 0 5
Nepali 60 50 0 5 5
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 770 670 0 35 65
Sindhi 75 65 0 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 120 110 0 5 0
Urdu 860 795 0 40 20
Iranian languages 1,405 1,260 0 65 80
Kurdish 90 80 0 0 10
Pashto 140 130 0 5 5
Persian (Farsi) 1,175 1,045 0 65 70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 45 45 0 0 0
Italic (Romance) languages 2,960 2,460 5 395 105
Catalan 10 5 0 0 0
Italian 325 270 0 55 5
Portuguese 535 465 0 50 15
Romanian 800 620 0 150 30
Spanish 1,290 1,090 0 140 55
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese 150 130 0 10 10
Kartvelian languages 5 5 0 0 0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0
Korean 1,095 980 0 35 80
Mongolic languages 10 10 0 0 0
Mongolian 10 5 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 145 120 0 25 0
Akan (Twi) 25 20 0 0 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 10 0 5 0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 5 0 0 0 0
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 0 0 5 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 5 0
Shona 15 15 0 0 0
Swahili 30 25 0 10 0
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 15 20 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 20 20 5 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages 35 30 0 0 5
Dinka 5 5 0 0 0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 30 0 0 5
Sign languages 20 5 0 5 10
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 10 0 0 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages 8,000 7,060 0 240 700
Chinese languages 7,995 7,060 5 240 700
Cantonese 970 865 0 30 75
Hakka 15 10 0 0 5
Mandarin 6,530 5,760 5 190 580
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 95 75 0 5 20
Wu (Shanghainese) 60 50 0 5 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 325 300 0 5 15
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 5 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 140 130 0 5 10
Lao 105 90 0 5 5
Thai 40 35 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 310 265 0 25 15
Azerbaijani 40 35 0 0 5
Turkish 250 215 0 20 15
Uyghur 5 5 0 0 0
Uzbek 5 5 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0
Uralic languages 350 310 0 30 5
Estonian 25 20 0 0 0
Finnish 40 35 0 0 0
Hungarian 290 255 0 25 10
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 0 0
Multiple responses 2,080 1,615 0 460 10
English and French 230 55 0 175 0
English and non-official language 1,735 1,535 0 190 10
French and non-official language 50 15 0 40 0
English, French and non-official language 60 10 0 50 0

Symbol(s)

Symbol ..

not available for a specific reference period

..

Symbol ...

not applicable

...

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

x

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

F

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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

Return to footnote 1 referrer

Data quality note(s) – Waterloo, CY

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.1%.
  • 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-X2016055.

Date modified: