Mother Tongue (263), Single and Multiple Mother Tongue Responses (3), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Age (7): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details mother tongue , single and multiple mother tongue responses , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Waterloo

Mother Tongue (263)	Single and multiple mother tongue responses (3)
	Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 1	Single mother tongue responses^Footnote 2	Multiple mother tongue responses^Footnote 3
Total - Mother tongue^Footnote 4	529,425	519,350	10,075
Official languages	405,435	395,355	10,075
English	399,260	389,410	9,845
French	7,655	5,940	1,715
Non-official languages	132,815	123,990	8,825
Aboriginal languages	40	30	5
Algonquian languages	25	15	5
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	5	5	0
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	5	5	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	5	5	0
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	0	0	0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	15	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	15	10	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Athabaskan languages	5	0	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	0	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	0	0	0
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	0
Tutchone languages	0	0	0
Northern Tutchone	0	0	0
Southern Tutchone	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Haida	0	0	0
Inuit languages	5	0	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages	5	5	5
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	10	5	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	0	0	0
Salish languages	0	0	0
Comox	0	0	0
Halkomelem	0	0	0
Lillooet	0	0	0
Okanagan	0	0	0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin)	0	0	0
Squamish	0	0	0
Straits	0	0	0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)	0	0	0
Salish languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Siouan languages	0	0	0
Dakota	0	0	0
Stoney	0	0	0
Siouan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Tlingit	0	0	0
Tsimshian languages	0	0	0
Gitxsan (Gitksan)	0	0	0
Nisga'a	0	0	0
Tsimshian	0	0	0
Wakashan languages	0	0	0
Haisla	0	0	0
Heiltsuk	0	0	0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala)	0	0	0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)	0	0	0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s.	5	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	132,780	123,960	8,820
Afro-Asiatic languages	10,810	9,930	885
Berber languages	25	25	5
Kabyle	25	20	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Cushitic languages	1,285	1,210	75
Bilen	100	95	0
Oromo	85	85	0
Somali	1,060	990	75
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	35	40	0
Semitic languages	9,495	8,685	810
Amharic	850	795	50
Arabic	7,205	6,555	650
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	305	285	25
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	35	35	0
Harari	15	15	0
Hebrew	120	115	10
Maltese	80	60	15
Tigrigna	835	780	55
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	45	40	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	4,180	3,955	225
Khmer (Cambodian)	280	265	15
Vietnamese	3,900	3,685	210
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,550	2,215	335
Bikol	10	15	0
Cebuano	115	110	5
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	50	45	5
Ilocano	125	115	5
Malagasy	5	5	0
Malay	190	170	25
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	10	10	0
Pangasinan	0	5	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,000	1,710	295
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	35	30	5
Creole languages	250	155	95
Haitian Creole	10	5	5
Creole, n.o.s.	150	80	65
Creole languages, n.i.e.	100	70	30
Dravidian languages	2,055	1,775	285
Kannada	110	90	25
Malayalam	705	620	85
Tamil	850	735	115
Telugu	375	320	60
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Hmong-Mien languages	600	485	115
Indo-European languages	90,510	84,715	5,795
Albanian	1,075	985	85
Armenian	690	645	40
Balto-Slavic languages	19,320	18,400	920
Baltic languages	170	165	5
Latvian	85	85	0
Lithuanian	90	90	0
Slavic languages	19,150	18,235	920
Belarusan	15	15	0
Bosnian	565	535	35
Bulgarian	155	145	5
Croatian	2,215	2,090	120
Czech	770	740	35
Macedonian	265	255	5
Polish	5,550	5,270	285
Russian	1,855	1,775	80
Serbian	5,300	5,070	235
Serbo-Croatian	535	515	20
Slovak	600	570	30
Slovene (Slovenian)	270	255	10
Ukrainian	835	780	55
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	220	210	10
Celtic languages	50	30	20
Scottish Gaelic	20	10	15
Welsh	20	15	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Germanic languages	18,690	18,000	690
Afrikaans	115	110	5
Danish	185	180	10
Dutch	2,195	2,095	100
Frisian	35	30	5
German	15,950	15,400	550
Icelandic	5	5	5
Norwegian	35	30	5
Swedish	80	75	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	70	65	5
Yiddish	10	5	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	5
Greek	1,465	1,330	135
Indo-Iranian languages	21,800	19,610	2,190
Indo-Aryan languages	16,065	14,205	1,865
Bengali	1,060	915	140
Gujarati	3,095	2,775	320
Hindi	1,870	1,565	310
Kashmiri	5	5	0
Konkani	55	45	10
Marathi	190	155	35
Nepali	265	255	15
Oriya (Odia)	20	20	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	5,215	4,745	475
Sindhi	260	235	20
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	290	250	40
Urdu	3,740	3,240	500
Iranian languages	5,505	5,195	315
Kurdish	680	635	45
Pashto	1,100	1,020	75
Persian (Farsi)	3,725	3,540	190
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	225	210	15
Italic (Romance) languages	27,420	25,705	1,715
Catalan	15	15	0
Italian	2,125	1,915	215
Portuguese	10,445	9,780	670
Romanian	5,780	5,560	220
Spanish	9,045	8,435	615
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Japanese	450	425	25
Kartvelian languages	5	5	5
Georgian	10	5	5
Korean	2,195	2,090	105
Mongolic languages	5	10	0
Mongolian	10	10	0
Niger-Congo languages	815	660	155
Akan (Twi)	95	65	25
Bamanankan	0	0	0
Edo	15	10	5
Ewe	30	20	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0
Ga	15	5	5
Ganda	15	10	5
Igbo	50	30	20
Lingala	5	0	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	20	20	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	35	35	0
Shona	110	90	15
Swahili	170	140	30
Wolof	10	10	0
Yoruba	100	75	20
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	150	140	15
Nilo-Saharan languages	310	285	25
Dinka	5	5	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	305	280	25
Sign languages	180	120	55
American Sign Language	100	70	30
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	80	55	30
Sino-Tibetan languages	13,520	13,055	460
Chinese languages	13,125	12,685	440
Cantonese	2,360	2,200	155
Hakka	80	80	5
Mandarin	9,650	9,400	255
Min Dong	5	5	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	260	240	10
Wu (Shanghainese)	105	105	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	650	640	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	400	375	25
Burmese	150	140	10
Karenic languages	130	125	5
Tibetan	5	10	5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	115	105	10
Tai-Kadai languages	1,245	1,150	95
Lao	1,115	1,025	90
Thai	130	125	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	985	910	75
Azerbaijani	70	70	5
Turkish	860	785	75
Uyghur	15	15	0
Uzbek	15	15	0
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	30	30	0
Uralic languages	2,025	1,955	70
Estonian	100	100	5
Finnish	155	150	5
Hungarian	1,770	1,710	60
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	75	60	15

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The category 'Total - Single and multiple mother tongue responses' indicates the number of respondents who reported each language, either as their only response, or in combination with another language. Total responses represent the sum of single mother tongue responses and multiple mother tongue responses received in the census.

Footnote 2

A single mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides one language only.

Footnote 3

A multiple mother tongue response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages.

Footnote 4

This is a total population count. The sum of the languages in this table is greater than the total population count because a person may report more than one language in the census.

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

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-X2016060.