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Census Profile

Halifax, Nova Scotia (Regional municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 390,096
Population in 20061 372,679
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 4.7
Total private dwellings2 177,160
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 165,033
Population density per square kilometre 71.1
Land area (square km) 5,490.28
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 390,090
0 to 4 years 19,965
5 to 9 years 19,155
10 to 14 years 20,485
15 to 19 years 23,870
15 years 4,490
16 years 4,490
17 years 4,535
18 years 4,940
19 years 5,415
20 to 24 years 31,230
25 to 29 years 28,400
30 to 34 years 25,925
35 to 39 years 26,490
40 to 44 years 27,810
45 to 49 years 33,100
50 to 54 years 31,555
55 to 59 years 27,185
60 to 64 years 23,895
65 to 69 years 16,785
70 to 74 years 11,840
75 to 79 years 9,125
80 to 84 years 6,620
85 years and over 6,650
Median age of the population5 39.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 84.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 330,490
Married or living with a common-law partner 185,635
Married (and not separated) 151,740
Living common law 33,895
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 144,860
Single (never legally married) 99,205
Separated 9,355
Divorced 19,480
Widowed 16,815
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 109,690
Size of census family: 2 persons 58,340
Size of census family: 3 persons 24,805
Size of census family: 4 persons 19,680
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 6,855
Total number of census families in private households8 109,690
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 91,345
Married couples 74,420
Without children at home 35,410
With children at home 39,015
1 child 16,530
2 children 16,645
3 or more children 5,835
Common-law couples 16,920
Without children at home 11,370
With children at home 5,545
1 child 3,090
2 children 1,780
3 or more children 675
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 18,345
Female parent 14,975
1 child 9,275
2 children 4,295
3 or more children 1,405
Male parent 3,370
1 child 2,290
2 children 885
3 or more children 195
Total children in census families in private households 104,965
Under six years of age 23,675
6 to 14 years 35,535
15 to 17 years 13,095
18 to 24 years 21,780
25 years and over 10,870
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 384,305
Number of persons not in census families 78,305
Living with relatives9 7,725
Living with non-relatives only 23,440
Living alone 47,145
Number of census family persons 305,995
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 47,625
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 16,285
Living with relatives9 2,225
Living with non-relatives only 920
Living alone 13,140
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 31,340
Total number of private households by household type10 165,035
Census-family households 107,400
One-family-only households11 99,030
Couple-family households12 84,525
Without children 43,085
With children 41,435
Lone-parent-family households 14,510
Other family households13 8,370
One-family households with persons not in a census family 6,135
Couple-family households14 3,845
Without children 1,880
With children 1,965
Lone-parent-family households 2,285
Two-or-more-family households 2,240
Non-census-family households 57,635
One-person households 47,145
Two-or-more-person households 10,490
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 165,030
Single-detached house 84,265
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 17,605
Movable dwelling16 3,915
Other dwelling17 59,245
Semi-detached house 11,290
Row house 6,165
Apartment, duplex 6,200
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35,330
Other single-attached house 260
Total number of private households by household size18 165,035
1 person 47,140
2 persons 60,235
3 persons 26,980
4 persons 21,220
5 persons 6,830
6 or more persons 2,625
Number of persons in private households 384,310
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 386,200
  Single responses  382,530
    English  348,515
    French  10,155
    Non-official languages  23,855
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 75
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  10
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  55
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 23,375
        African languages, n.i.e.  65
        Afrikaans  45
        Akan (Twi)  40
        Albanian  245
        Amharic  135
        Arabic  5,175
        Armenian  45
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  75
        Bengali  325
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  60
        Bosnian  85
        Bulgarian  35
        Burmese  10
        Cantonese  460
        Chinese, n.o.s.  2,195
        Creoles  45
        Croatian  170
        Czech  125
        Danish  95
        Dutch  515
        Estonian  30
        Finnish  45
        Flemish  20
        Fukien  10
        German  1,250
        Greek  665
        Gujarati  85
        Hakka  5
        Hebrew  65
        Hindi  435
        Hungarian  155
        Ilocano  20
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  40
        Italian  590
        Japanese  230
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  675
        Kurdish  75
        Lao  5
        Latvian  30
        Lingala  10
        Lithuanian  20
        Macedonian  10
        Malay  45
        Malayalam  100
        Maltese  10
        Mandarin  810
        Marathi  25
        Nepali  215
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  90
        Norwegian  80
        Oromo  35
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  295
        Pashto  60
        Persian (Farsi)  1,125
        Polish  580
        Portuguese  280
        Romanian  145
        Rundi (Kirundi)  10
        Russian  695
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  15
        Serbian  100
        Serbo-Croatian  105
        Shanghainese  5
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  65
        Sindhi  15
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  85
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  10
        Slovak  90
        Slovenian  25
        Somali  35
        Spanish  1,135
        Swahili  60
        Swedish  45
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  910
        Taiwanese  35
        Tamil  200
        Telugu  110
        Thai  50
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  55
        Turkish  250
        Ukrainian  150
        Urdu  400
        Vietnamese  375
        Yiddish  20
      Other languages22 405
  Multiple responses          3,675
    English and French  1,465
    English and non-official language  1,895
    French and non-official language  215
    English, French and non-official language 105
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 386,200
  English only 338,245
  French only 380
  English and French 46,385
  Neither English nor French 1,190
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 386,205
  English 374,250
  French 9,775
  English and French 1,045
  Neither English nor French 1,130
Official language minority (number)23 10,300
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.7
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 386,205
  Single responses 381,260
    English 365,300
    French 3,660
    Non-official languages 12,305
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 5
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 12,130
        African languages, n.i.e. 35
        Afrikaans 15
        Akan (Twi) 10
        Albanian 120
        Amharic 60
        Arabic 3,025
        Armenian 15
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10
        Bengali 200
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 25
        Bosnian 45
        Bulgarian 10
        Burmese 5
        Cantonese 255
        Chinese, n.o.s. 1,595
        Creoles 25
        Croatian 60
        Czech 35
        Danish 10
        Dutch 55
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 5
        Fukien 0
        German 245
        Greek 250
        Gujarati 45
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 25
        Hindi 185
        Hungarian 50
        Ilocano 5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15
        Italian 140
        Japanese 105
        Khmer (Cambodian) 5
        Korean 470
        Kurdish 55
        Lao 0
        Latvian 5
        Lingala 5
        Lithuanian 5
        Macedonian 5
        Malay 15
        Malayalam 35
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 605
        Marathi 15
        Nepali 200
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 25
        Norwegian 15
        Oromo 20
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 145
        Pashto 30
        Persian (Farsi) 895
        Polish 185
        Portuguese 90
        Romanian 75
        Rundi (Kirundi) 5
        Russian 455
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 10
        Serbian 50
        Serbo-Croatian 45
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 90
        Sindhi 5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 35
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 25
        Slovenian 5
        Somali 15
        Spanish 570
        Swahili 20
        Swedish 5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 415
        Taiwanese 15
        Tamil 105
        Telugu 45
        Thai 15
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 30
        Turkish 140
        Ukrainian 15
        Urdu 215
        Vietnamese 230
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 165
  Multiple responses         4,945
    English and French 830
    English and non-official language 3,880
    French and non-official language 90
    English, French and non-official language 140
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 386,205
  None 361,280
  Single responses  24,350
    English  7,935
    French  7,680
    Non-official languages  8,740
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 85
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  5
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  75
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 8,325
        African languages, n.i.e.  15
        Afrikaans  20
        Akan (Twi)  25
        Albanian  90
        Amharic  35
        Arabic  1,705
        Armenian  20
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  40
        Bengali  75
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  15
        Bosnian  35
        Bulgarian  20
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  155
        Chinese, n.o.s.  365
        Creoles  45
        Croatian  55
        Czech  35
        Danish  30
        Dutch  190
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  5
        German  640
        Greek  380
        Gujarati  30
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  70
        Hindi  265
        Hungarian  60
        Ilocano  10
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  10
        Italian  285
        Japanese  145
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  150
        Kurdish  10
        Lao  5
        Latvian  15
        Lingala  10
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  5
        Malay  20
        Malayalam  45
        Maltese  10
        Mandarin  180
        Marathi  5
        Nepali  5
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  60
        Norwegian  40
        Oromo  10
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  100
        Pashto  10
        Persian (Farsi)  185
        Polish  200
        Portuguese  130
        Romanian  50
        Rundi (Kirundi)  5
        Russian  185
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Serbian  35
        Serbo-Croatian  45
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  105
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  40
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  45
        Slovenian  15
        Somali  15
        Spanish  730
        Swahili  60
        Swedish  35
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  325
        Taiwanese  15
        Tamil  80
        Telugu  30
        Thai  20
        Tibetan languages  5
        Tigrigna  20
        Turkish  100
        Ukrainian  45
        Urdu  145
        Vietnamese  80
        Yiddish  10
      Other languages22 325
  Multiple responses          575
    English and French  70
    English and non-official language  150
    French and non-official language  345
    English, French and non-official language  5

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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