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 Halifax, RGM

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	399,315	394,165	5,150
Official languages	368,460	363,310	5,150
English	358,145	353,165	4,975
French	12,245	10,140	2,110
Non-official languages	34,230	30,860	3,375
Aboriginal languages	100	75	25
Algonquian languages	80	55	20
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	5	5	0
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	0	0	0
Southern East Cree	0	0	0
Swampy Cree	0	5	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	5	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	70	50	15
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	70	50	15
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	0	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	0	0	5
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	5	0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en)	0	0	0
Beaver	0	0	0
Carrier	0	0	0
Chilcotin	0	0	0
Dene	0	0	0
Dogrib (Tlicho)	0	0	0
Gwich'in	0	0	0
Sarsi (Sarcee)	0	0	0
Sekani	0	0	0
Slavey-Hare languages	0	5	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	10	15	0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	10	10	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
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	0	0
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	0	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	0	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	34,130	30,785	3,345
Afro-Asiatic languages	7,930	7,020	910
Berber languages	10	5	0
Kabyle	5	5	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Cushitic languages	120	120	5
Bilen	5	5	0
Oromo	60	55	0
Somali	50	50	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Semitic languages	7,800	6,895	910
Amharic	120	110	10
Arabic	7,310	6,425	880
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	205	195	10
Maltese	5	5	0
Tigrigna	140	140	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	5
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	455	405	55
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	5	0
Vietnamese	450	395	55
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,055	1,660	395
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	115	105	10
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	20	20	5
Ilocano	55	45	10
Malagasy	5	5	0
Malay	40	35	0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	15	10	0
Pangasinan	5	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,780	1,415	360
Waray-Waray	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	20	15	0
Creole languages	80	55	25
Haitian Creole	0	5	0
Creole, n.o.s.	45	30	15
Creole languages, n.i.e.	30	25	10
Dravidian languages	1,035	870	165
Kannada	40	30	10
Malayalam	350	305	40
Tamil	325	255	65
Telugu	320	265	50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	13,875	12,660	1,220
Albanian	270	250	20
Armenian	30	30	5
Balto-Slavic languages	2,915	2,790	125
Baltic languages	65	55	10
Latvian	30	25	5
Lithuanian	35	35	0
Slavic languages	2,855	2,730	120
Belarusan	10	10	0
Bosnian	115	110	0
Bulgarian	40	40	0
Croatian	200	185	15
Czech	145	140	5
Macedonian	20	15	5
Polish	620	590	35
Russian	1,175	1,155	25
Serbian	115	110	10
Serbo-Croatian	80	80	5
Slovak	95	85	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	25	25	0
Ukrainian	210	190	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Celtic languages	75	45	30
Scottish Gaelic	50	25	25
Welsh	15	15	5
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Germanic languages	2,255	2,075	180
Afrikaans	90	80	10
Danish	105	95	10
Dutch	530	490	40
Frisian	5	5	0
German	1,305	1,205	105
Icelandic	40	35	0
Norwegian	70	70	0
Swedish	70	65	10
Vlaams (Flemish)	15	15	0
Yiddish	15	10	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Greek	740	660	80
Indo-Iranian languages	4,825	4,295	525
Indo-Aryan languages	3,400	2,945	455
Bengali	485	435	45
Gujarati	185	175	10
Hindi	840	660	180
Kashmiri	10	10	0
Konkani	10	5	5
Marathi	75	65	15
Nepali	540	525	15
Oriya (Odia)	5	5	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	520	475	50
Sindhi	15	15	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	165	140	20
Urdu	550	435	115
Iranian languages	1,405	1,325	75
Kurdish	120	115	5
Pashto	75	70	10
Persian (Farsi)	1,210	1,145	60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	25	20	0
Italic (Romance) languages	2,765	2,510	255
Catalan	10	5	0
Italian	625	550	75
Portuguese	420	385	30
Romanian	195	185	10
Spanish	1,520	1,375	140
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Japanese	285	255	40
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0
Korean	950	900	50
Mongolic languages	5	5	5
Mongolian	5	5	5
Niger-Congo languages	710	535	180
Akan (Twi)	45	35	10
Bamanankan	5	5	0
Edo	10	10	0
Ewe	40	35	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	5	5	5
Ga	10	10	0
Ganda	20	20	5
Igbo	50	35	20
Lingala	10	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	15	20	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	55	50	5
Shona	45	25	20
Swahili	160	120	40
Wolof	5	5	0
Yoruba	90	55	40
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	140	120	25
Nilo-Saharan languages	75	65	10
Dinka	15	10	0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	65	55	10
Sign languages	205	115	90
American Sign Language	95	55	45
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	105	60	45
Sino-Tibetan languages	5,670	5,500	175
Chinese languages	5,650	5,480	170
Cantonese	970	925	45
Hakka	20	20	0
Mandarin	4,065	3,950	115
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	95	95	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	45	40	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	445	435	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	25	20	0
Burmese	5	5	0
Karenic languages	0	5	0
Tibetan	10	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Tai-Kadai languages	95	90	5
Lao	10	5	0
Thai	90	80	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	405	385	15
Azerbaijani	10	15	0
Turkish	265	250	15
Uyghur	5	5	0
Uzbek	115	105	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	10	5	0
Uralic languages	250	240	15
Estonian	30	25	0
Finnish	35	35	0
Hungarian	185	175	10
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	35	25	15

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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) – Halifax, RGM

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%.
• 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.