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

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	399,575	394,425	5,155
Official languages	368,710	363,560	5,150
English	358,395	353,415	4,975
French	12,250	10,140	2,110
Non-official languages	34,235	30,865	3,370
Aboriginal languages	100	75	30
Algonquian languages	85	60	25
Blackfoot	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	5	5
Atikamekw	0	0	0
Montagnais (Innu)	0	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.	0	0	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	70	50	15
Malecite	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	70	50	20
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	0	5
Algonquin	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	5	5
Oji-Cree	0	0	0
Ottawa (Odawa)	0	0	0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0
Athabaskan languages	5	0	5
Northern Athabaskan languages	5	0	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	0	0
North Slavey (Hare)	0	0	0
South Slavey	5	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	15	15	5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0
Inuktitut	10	10	0
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	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	0	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.	0	5	0
Non-Aboriginal languages	34,135	30,790	3,345
Afro-Asiatic languages	7,935	7,020	915
Berber languages	10	5	5
Kabyle	5	5	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	5	5	0
Cushitic languages	120	115	5
Bilen	5	5	0
Oromo	60	60	5
Somali	55	50	0
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Semitic languages	7,800	6,895	910
Amharic	120	105	15
Arabic	7,310	6,425	880
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0
Hebrew	205	195	5
Maltese	5	5	0
Tigrigna	145	140	0
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	455	400	60
Khmer (Cambodian)	10	5	5
Vietnamese	450	395	55
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	2,055	1,660	390
Bikol	5	5	0
Cebuano	120	105	10
Fijian	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	25	15	5
Ilocano	55	45	5
Malagasy	0	0	0
Malay	45	40	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	10	15	0
Pangasinan	0	5	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	1,780	1,415	365
Waray-Waray	0	5	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	20	15	5
Creole languages	80	55	25
Haitian Creole	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	45	30	15
Creole languages, n.i.e.	35	25	5
Dravidian languages	1,035	870	165
Kannada	40	25	5
Malayalam	350	310	40
Tamil	325	260	65
Telugu	320	265	50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	5	10	0
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	13,880	12,660	1,215
Albanian	270	250	20
Armenian	35	35	0
Balto-Slavic languages	2,915	2,790	125
Baltic languages	65	55	5
Latvian	25	25	0
Lithuanian	35	30	0
Slavic languages	2,850	2,735	120
Belarusan	10	5	0
Bosnian	115	115	0
Bulgarian	40	45	0
Croatian	200	185	15
Czech	145	145	0
Macedonian	15	15	5
Polish	620	590	30
Russian	1,180	1,155	25
Serbian	120	110	10
Serbo-Croatian	80	75	0
Slovak	90	85	5
Slovene (Slovenian)	20	20	5
Ukrainian	210	190	15
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Celtic languages	75	45	30
Scottish Gaelic	50	25	25
Welsh	20	15	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	5	5
Germanic languages	2,255	2,070	180
Afrikaans	90	80	15
Danish	105	95	10
Dutch	525	490	35
Frisian	5	0	0
German	1,305	1,200	105
Icelandic	35	35	5
Norwegian	70	75	0
Swedish	75	65	10
Vlaams (Flemish)	15	15	0
Yiddish	15	15	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0
Greek	735	660	80
Indo-Iranian languages	4,825	4,300	530
Indo-Aryan languages	3,400	2,950	450
Bengali	485	440	45
Gujarati	190	170	15
Hindi	840	660	180
Kashmiri	5	10	0
Konkani	10	10	0
Marathi	75	65	10
Nepali	540	525	15
Oriya (Odia)	10	10	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	520	470	45
Sindhi	15	15	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	165	145	20
Urdu	550	435	115
Iranian languages	1,400	1,330	75
Kurdish	120	115	10
Pashto	75	65	5
Persian (Farsi)	1,205	1,150	60
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	20	25	0
Italic (Romance) languages	2,770	2,510	255
Catalan	10	10	0
Italian	625	555	75
Portuguese	420	390	30
Romanian	195	185	10
Spanish	1,515	1,375	145
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Japanese	285	255	40
Kartvelian languages	5	0	0
Georgian	5	0	0
Korean	950	905	50
Mongolic languages	5	5	0
Mongolian	5	5	0
Niger-Congo languages	710	535	175
Akan (Twi)	45	35	5
Bamanankan	5	5	0
Edo	5	10	0
Ewe	45	35	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	10	5	0
Ga	10	5	0
Ganda	20	20	0
Igbo	50	35	20
Lingala	10	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	15	20	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	55	50	10
Shona	45	25	20
Swahili	160	120	35
Wolof	5	0	5
Yoruba	95	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	5
Sign languages	200	115	90
American Sign Language	95	55	40
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	110	60	45
Sino-Tibetan languages	5,675	5,500	175
Chinese languages	5,655	5,475	175
Cantonese	975	930	45
Hakka	20	25	0
Mandarin	4,065	3,950	115
Min Dong	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	100	95	0
Wu (Shanghainese)	45	45	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	440	430	10
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	20	20	0
Burmese	5	5	0
Karenic languages	5	0	0
Tibetan	5	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0
Tai-Kadai languages	95	90	5
Lao	5	5	0
Thai	90	85	5
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0
Turkic languages	405	390	15
Azerbaijani	15	15	0
Turkish	260	255	15
Uyghur	5	5	0
Uzbek	115	110	5
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	10	0
Uralic languages	255	245	10
Estonian	30	25	5
Finnish	40	40	5
Hungarian	185	175	5
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	35	20	10

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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

• 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.