German origins in Waterloo County

German origin is reported by 33.7 percent of the population in private households in Wilmot, against 8.0 percent across Canada.

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About 99,000 people in the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo census metropolitan area reported German origin. · Ontario

German is reported by 33.7 percent of the population in private households in Wilmot, 30.5 percent in Woolwich and 24.3 percent in Stratford.

In the cities beside them the share is 17.7 percent in Kitchener and 17.8 percent in the city of Waterloo, against 8.0 percent across Canada.

In the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo census metropolitan area 98,855 people reported German origins.

Within Ontario 259 dissemination areas report German above 30 percent of the population in private households.

Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.

German, Mennonite, Austrian, Swiss and Pennsylvania Dutch are separate responses in the census. They are never added together here.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population

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