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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2011 Census

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This table details detailed mother tongue , knowledge of official languages and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Waterloo
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 501,800 462,185 230 31,445 7,940
Single responses 494,095 455,975 205 30,035 7,875
English 375,515 356,120 5 19,265 130
French 6,090 570 125 5,390 5
Non-official languages 112,495 99,290 75 5,375 7,750
Aboriginal languages 45 40 0 5 0
Algonquian languages 25 25 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 5 5 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 5 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 5 0 0 0
Carrier 5 0 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 10 10 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 5 5 0 0 0
Inuktitut 5 0 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 25,495 21,630 25 1,625 2,215
Italian 1,930 1,680 0 195 50
Portuguese 10,025 8,440 10 250 1,320
Romanian 5,555 4,435 15 775 330
Spanish 7,980 7,065 0 395 520
Catalan 5 5 0 0 0
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0
Germanic languages 19,395 17,920 5 775 690
Dutch 2,340 2,155 0 140 45
Flemish 70 50 0 10 0
Frisian 35 35 0 0 0
German 16,515 15,280 5 585 645
Yiddish 15 10 0 5 0
Scandinavian languages 310 290 0 20 5
Danish 190 180 0 10 5
Icelandic 0 5 0 0 0
Norwegian 30 30 0 5 0
Swedish 90 80 0 5 0
Afrikaans 95 100 0 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 0
Celtic languages 25 25 0 0 5
Gaelic languages 15 10 0 0 0
Welsh 15 15 0 5 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages 18,495 16,690 10 995 800
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 5 0 0 0
Bosnian 500 465 0 10 20
Bulgarian 160 135 5 20 0
Croatian 2,190 2,060 0 55 75
Czech 800 725 0 70 10
Macedonian 250 230 0 10 10
Polish 5,440 5,030 5 240 170
Russian 1,545 1,300 0 145 100
Serbian 5,080 4,420 0 315 345
Serbo-Croatian 585 520 0 35 25
Slovak 570 535 0 25 10
Slovenian 285 270 0 10 0
Ukrainian 825 745 0 55 25
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 270 250 0 15 15
Baltic languages 190 170 0 15 5
Latvian 100 90 0 10 0
Lithuanian 90 80 0 5 5
Greek 1,400 1,260 0 80 60
Armenian 455 385 0 50 15
Albanian 810 700 0 20 85
Georgian 10 5 0 5 0
Finno-Ugric languages 2,110 1,970 0 85 55
Estonian 120 115 0 10 0
Finnish 165 155 0 10 5
Hungarian 1,825 1,705 0 65 50
Turkic languages 880 770 0 45 60
Azerbaijani 50 45 0 0 0
Turkish 790 690 0 45 55
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages 6,650 5,640 15 445 555
Berber languages (Kabyle) 5 0 0 5 0
Cushitic languages 780 655 5 30 100
Oromo 100 75 0 10 10
Somali 685 575 5 15 85
Semitic languages 5,850 4,975 5 405 460
Amharic 595 555 0 15 25
Arabic 4,425 3,680 10 365 370
Hebrew 95 80 0 10 0
Maltese 60 60 0 0 0
Tigrigna 450 410 0 10 35
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 225 185 0 5 35
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0
Indo-Iranian languages 15,670 13,835 5 525 1,310
Indo-Aryan languages 11,280 10,015 0 370 895
Bengali 700 640 0 30 25
Gujarati 2,165 1,875 0 75 220
Hindi 1,150 1,085 0 40 30
Konkani 15 15 0 0 0
Marathi 145 135 0 5 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,870 3,290 0 125 450
Sindhi 205 190 0 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 190 185 0 5 0
Urdu 2,800 2,570 0 85 150
Nepali 35 30 0 5 5
Iranian languages 4,250 3,705 0 155 390
Kurdish 510 455 0 10 45
Pashto 810 720 0 15 75
Persian (Farsi) 2,930 2,530 5 125 270
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 145 115 0 0 30
Dravidian languages 1,355 1,240 0 50 60
Kannada 85 80 0 5 0
Malayalam 305 280 0 10 15
Tamil 670 605 0 30 35
Telugu 295 275 0 10 10
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 5
Japanese 390 325 0 10 60
Korean 1,495 1,340 0 45 110
Sino-Tibetan languages 9,635 8,305 5 320 1,005
Chinese languages 9,445 8,170 5 315 955
Cantonese 1,405 1,210 0 75 125
Chaochow (Teochow) 25 20 0 0 5
Fukien 15 15 0 0 0
Hakka 15 10 0 0 0
Mandarin 3,065 2,600 0 95 365
Shanghainese 10 10 0 0 0
Taiwanese 70 60 0 0 5
Chinese, n.o.s. 4,835 4,240 5 140 450
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0 0
Burmese 65 65 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 120 65 0 0 50
Tai languages 1,150 1,025 0 30 90
Lao 1,035 925 5 30 80
Thai 120 105 0 0 10
Austro-Asiatic languages 3,465 2,910 5 105 450
Khmer (Cambodian) 275 245 0 5 25
Vietnamese 3,195 2,665 0 95 425
Malayo-Polynesian languages 1,650 1,620 5 15 10
Bisayan languages 45 50 0 0 0
Ilocano 55 50 0 0 5
Malay 190 180 0 5 0
Pampango 0 5 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,330 1,315 0 10 5
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 5 5 0 0 0
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 20 15 0 0 5
Niger-Congo languages 570 485 5 70 5
Akan (Twi) 55 50 0 5 0
Bantu languages 375 305 0 60 5
Lingala 10 5 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 15 0 0 15 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 35 20 0 10 0
Shona 90 90 0 0 0
Swahili 115 100 5 15 5
Ganda 15 15 0 0 0
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 90 80 0 10 5
Edo 5 10 0 0 0
Igbo 10 10 0 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0 5 0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 10 15 0 0 0
Ga 20 15 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 95 85 0 10 5
African languages, n.i.e. 315 305 0 0 10
Creoles 110 70 0 35 0
Non-verbal languages 145 100 0 0 45
American Sign Language 90 70 0 5 15
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 30 0 0 30
Other languages 585 515 0 20 55
Multiple responses 7,700 6,210 25 1,405 60
English and French 1,025 185 10 825 0
English and non-official language 6,280 5,860 5 360 60
French and non-official language 230 135 5 90 5
English, French and non-official language 160 30 5 125 0

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011035.

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