Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Halifax West / Halifax-Ouest
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 95,405 91,585 2,315 450 1,055 2,535 2.7
Single responses 91,860 88,350 2,160 295 1,060 2,305 2.5
Official languages 84,450 82,320 2,130 0 0 2,135 2.5
English 83,650 82,270 1,375 0 0 1,375 1.6
French 800 45 760 0 0 755 94.4
Non-official languages 7,410 6,030 25 290 1,060 170 2.3
Aboriginal languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Eastern Algonquian languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Non-Aboriginal languages 7,405 6,030 25 295 1,055 170 2.3
Afro-Asiatic languages 2,215 1,605 20 135 455 90 4.1
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cushitic languages 40 30 0 5 5 5 12.5
Bilen 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Oromo 25 25 0 0 0 5 20.0
Somali 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Semitic languages 2,175 1,575 20 135 445 90 4.1
Amharic 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Arabic 1,995 1,435 20 130 410 85 4.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hebrew 100 85 0 0 10 5 5.0
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 60 35 0 5 25 5 8.3
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austro-Asiatic languages 125 100 5 0 15 0 0.0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vietnamese 125 100 0 0 20 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages 320 315 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 15 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malay 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 290 290 0 0 5 0 0.0
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Creole languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages 175 160 0 5 10 0 0.0
Kannada 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malayalam 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tamil 55 45 0 0 5 0 0.0
Telugu 30 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 2,650 2,220 5 105 320 60 2.3
Albanian 80 65 0 0 15 0 0.0
Armenian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Balto-Slavic languages 700 630 0 25 50 15 2.1
Baltic languages 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Latvian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lithuanian 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages 690 620 0 20 45 10 1.4
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bosnian 40 40 0 0 5 0 0.0
Bulgarian 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Croatian 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Czech 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Polish 65 60 0 5 0 0 0.0
Russian 455 400 0 20 40 5 1.1
Serbian 45 45 0 0 0 0 0.0
Serbo-Croatian 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ukrainian 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Germanic languages 65 55 0 5 0 5 7.7
Afrikaans 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch 10 5 0 5 0 0 0.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 35 25 0 0 0 5 14.3
Icelandic 5 10 0 0 0 5 100.0
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Vlaams (Flemish) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 100 80 0 0 15 5 5.0
Indo-Iranian languages 1,365 1,115 0 25 220 15 1.1
Indo-Aryan languages 840 685 0 5 155 5 0.6
Bengali 75 70 0 5 0 0 0.0
Gujarati 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hindi 90 85 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kashmiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Marathi 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nepali 365 230 0 0 135 0 0.0
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Punjabi (Panjabi) 95 85 0 0 10 5 5.3
Sindhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Urdu 130 120 0 0 5 0 0.0
Iranian languages 525 430 0 20 70 10 1.9
Kurdish 70 45 0 0 20 0 0.0
Pashto 35 25 0 5 5 0 0.0
Persian (Farsi) 420 360 0 15 45 10 2.4
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italic (Romance) languages 335 265 0 40 25 25 7.5
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Italian 55 45 0 5 5 0 0.0
Portuguese 45 35 0 5 5 5 11.1
Romanian 30 15 0 10 5 5 16.7
Spanish 205 170 5 20 10 15 7.3
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 10 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Korean 350 310 0 10 30 0 0.0
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 70 45 5 10 10 10 14.3
Akan (Twi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lingala 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Rundi (Kirundi) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 35 20 0 5 5 5 14.3
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yoruba 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dinka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sign languages 35 20 0 0 10 0 0.0
American Sign Language 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sign languages, n.i.e 20 5 0 0 10 0 0.0
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,310 1,095 0 15 195 10 0.8
Chinese languages 1,310 1,100 0 15 190 5 0.4
Cantonese 210 140 0 0 65 0 0.0
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 1,055 915 0 15 125 5 0.5
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 15 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Wu (Shanghainese) 5 5 0 0 5 0 0.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0.0
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibetan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai-Kadai languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thai 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 105 95 0 5 5 0 0.0
Azerbaijani 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Turkish 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uzbek 60 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Uralic languages 20 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Estonian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finnish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hungarian 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Multiple responses 3,545 3,235 155 155 0 230 6.5
English and French 280 75 100 105 0 150 53.6
English and non-official language 3,120 3,110 10 0 0 15 0.5
French and non-official language 30 5 20 0 0 25 83.3
English, French and non-official language 115 45 15 55 0 45 39.1

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016073.

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