Data tables, 2016 Census

Mother Tongue (10), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (10), Other Language(s) Spoken Regularly at Home (11), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), First Official Language Spoken (5), Age (7) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 100% Data

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This table details mother tongue , language spoken most often at home , other language spoken regularly at home , knowledge of official languages , first official language spoken , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse
Data quality
Mother tongue (10) Language spoken most often at home (10)
Total - Language spoken most often at home English French Non-official language Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal English and French English and non-official language French and non-official language English, French and non-official language
Total - Mother tongue 912,300 863,550 14,465 22,740 2,570 20,170 2,185 8,970 70 320
English 830,220 826,775 700 1,000 165 835 530 1,150 5 60
French 29,470 15,100 13,330 40 0 35 945 15 15 20
Non-official language 44,550 17,285 130 21,120 2,370 18,745 35 5,830 35 110
Aboriginal 4,290 1,730 5 2,370 2,370 0 0 185 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 40,265 15,555 130 18,750 0 18,750 35 5,645 30 115
English and French 3,445 2,505 270 0 0 5 640 5 5 20
English and non-official language 4,180 1,720 0 520 35 485 10 1,885 0 30
French and non-official language 220 85 25 40 0 40 10 30 15 25
English, French and non-official language 210 75 5 25 0 25 10 45 0 50

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Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Default. Not applicable.
  • Short-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
  • 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-X2016346.

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