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 Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

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	912,300	904,240	8,060
Official languages	867,750	859,690	8,060
English	838,055	830,225	7,835
French	33,345	29,465	3,880
Non-official languages	49,165	44,550	4,615
Aboriginal languages	4,560	4,290	270
Algonquian languages	4,460	4,210	250
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	20	15	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	5	0	0
Moose Cree	0	0	0
Naskapi	0	0	0
Northern East Cree	0	0	0
Plains Cree	5	0	5
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	5	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	15	10	5
Eastern Algonquian languages	4,430	4,190	240
Malecite	5	5	0
Mi'kmaq	4,420	4,185	235
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	10	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	10	10	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	10	5	0
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	10	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	5	5	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	75	60	10
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	5	0
Inuktitut	60	55	10
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0
Cayuga	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	0
Oneida	0	0	0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Kutenai	0	0	0
Michif	5	5	5
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	5	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	44,605	40,260	4,340
Afro-Asiatic languages	8,800	7,755	1,050
Berber languages	10	10	0
Kabyle	5	5	5
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Cushitic languages	135	130	5
Bilen	5	5	0
Oromo	60	60	0
Somali	50	50	5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Semitic languages	8,660	7,615	1,040
Amharic	125	115	10
Arabic	8,125	7,110	1,015
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	10	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	215	210	10
Maltese	20	15	0
Tigrigna	140	145	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	560	500	60
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	10	0
Vietnamese	550	490	55
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,770	2,240	540
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	160	150	10
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	30	25	0
Ilocano	65	55	15
Malagasy	5	5	5
Malay	65	55	10
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	20	15	5
Pangasinan	0	5	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	2,400	1,905	495
Waray-Waray	5	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0
Creole languages	130	95	30
Haitian Creole	15	5	10
Creole, n.o.s.	50	35	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	65	55	15
Dravidian languages	1,180	1,015	170
Kannada	45	35	10
Malayalam	415	365	50
Tamil	385	320	65
Telugu	335	285	50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	20,320	18,595	1,725
Albanian	295	270	20
Armenian	40	35	0
Balto-Slavic languages	3,660	3,475	185
Baltic languages	110	100	10
Latvian	60	55	5
Lithuanian	50	50	5
Slavic languages	3,550	3,375	175
Belarusan	10	5	0
Bosnian	125	120	0
Bulgarian	55	60	0
Croatian	240	220	15
Czech	205	205	5
Macedonian	25	20	5
Polish	850	800	50
Russian	1,325	1,285	40
Serbian	130	115	10
Serbo-Croatian	85	80	0
Slovak	110	100	10
Slovene (Slovenian)	35	30	5
Ukrainian	355	320	35
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Celtic languages	280	180	100
Scottish Gaelic	240	145	90
Welsh	30	25	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Germanic languages	6,070	5,700	370
Afrikaans	140	120	20
Danish	180	165	10
Dutch	1,725	1,620	110
Frisian	35	35	5
German	3,630	3,430	195
Icelandic	50	40	0
Norwegian	115	110	5
Swedish	125	115	15
Vlaams (Flemish)	35	30	10
Yiddish	20	20	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Greek	855	760	95
Indo-Iranian languages	5,430	4,835	595
Indo-Aryan languages	3,900	3,385	515
Bengali	530	475	55
Gujarati	210	195	15
Hindi	945	745	195
Kashmiri	10	10	0
Konkani	5	5	5
Marathi	85	70	15
Nepali	545	530	15
Oriya (Odia)	10	10	5
Punjabi (Panjabi)	640	580	60
Sindhi	20	20	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	190	165	25
Urdu	705	575	125
Iranian languages	1,505	1,425	80
Kurdish	125	115	5
Pashto	85	80	10
Persian (Farsi)	1,300	1,230	70
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	25	25	0
Italic (Romance) languages	3,690	3,335	355
Catalan	15	10	0
Italian	835	745	95
Portuguese	555	515	35
Romanian	240	225	15
Spanish	2,040	1,830	210
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	10	5	5
Japanese	405	360	45
Kartvelian languages	5	5	0
Georgian	5	0	0
Korean	1,160	1,095	65
Mongolic languages	5	5	0
Mongolian	5	5	5
Niger-Congo languages	835	630	205
Akan (Twi)	55	45	10
Bamanankan	10	15	0
Edo	5	5	5
Ewe	50	40	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	5
Ga	15	10	0
Ganda	25	20	5
Igbo	65	45	25
Lingala	10	5	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	15	15	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	55	50	10
Shona	45	30	20
Swahili	175	135	40
Wolof	10	5	5
Yoruba	110	70	45
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	180	145	35
Nilo-Saharan languages	85	80	10
Dinka	20	20	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	65	55	10
Sign languages	365	190	170
American Sign Language	150	85	70
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	210	110	100
Sino-Tibetan languages	6,880	6,665	220
Chinese languages	6,850	6,635	215
Cantonese	1,205	1,150	55
Hakka	25	25	5
Mandarin	4,765	4,635	130
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	125	120	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	50	50	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	670	650	20
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	15	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	30	30	0
Burmese	15	10	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0
Tibetan	5	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	165	160	5
Lao	10	5	5
Thai	155	150	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	460	445	20
Azerbaijani	10	15	0
Turkish	320	305	15
Uyghur	5	5	0
Uzbek	115	110	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	15	15	0
Uralic languages	435	410	20
Estonian	45	40	5
Finnish	95	90	5
Hungarian	295	280	15
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	40	25	10

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too unreliable to be published

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) – 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-X2016060.