Census Profile, 2016 Census
Halifax, County [Census division], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province]

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Characteristic Halifax, CTY
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Total Male Female Total Male Female
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Knowledge of official languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 15 399,570 193,735 205,840 912,300 442,470 469,830
English only 347,435 170,905 176,530 813,480 398,950 414,530
French only 340 155 185 705 305 400
English and French 49,585 21,650 27,935 95,380 41,925 53,460
Neither English nor French 2,210 1,020 1,185 2,735 1,295 1,440
First official language spokenThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 16 399,575 193,735 205,840 912,295 442,470 469,830
English 386,350 187,275 199,075 879,465 426,535 452,930
French 9,895 4,910 4,980 28,490 13,890 14,600
English and French 1,210 570 640 1,760 825 930
Neither English nor French 2,115 975 1,145 2,585 1,215 1,365
Official language minority (number)Census data footnote 17 10,505 5,195 5,305 29,370 14,300 15,070
Official language minority (percentage)Census data footnote 17 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.2
Mother tongueThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 18 399,575 193,735 205,840 912,295 442,470 469,830
Single responses 394,425 191,200 203,225 904,240 438,550 465,690
Official languages 363,555 175,515 188,045 859,690 416,245 443,445
English 353,420 170,520 182,895 830,220 401,980 428,240
French 10,145 4,990 5,145 29,465 14,265 15,205
Non-official languages 30,865 15,685 15,180 44,550 22,305 22,245
Aboriginal languages 80 40 35 4,290 2,020 2,270
Algonquian languages 60 35 30 4,210 1,985 2,225
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 5 5 0 15 10 5
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 5 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 5 0 0 5 5 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 5 5 5 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 55 30 25 4,190 1,975 2,215
Malecite 0 0 0 10 5 5
Mi'kmaq 50 30 20 4,185 1,970 2,215
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 5 0 0 10 5 5
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 5 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 5 5 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 5 0 0 5 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 5 5 5
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 5 0 0 5 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 5 5 60 30 35
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Inuktitut 10 0 5 55 30 30
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 5
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 5
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 30,790 15,645 15,145 40,260 20,285 19,975
Afro-Asiatic languages 7,020 3,845 3,175 7,760 4,275 3,480
Berber languages 10 5 5 10 10 0
Kabyle 5 0 0 5 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 5 0
Cushitic languages 120 60 55 130 65 65
Bilen 5 0 5 5 0 0
Oromo 60 35 25 60 30 25
Somali 50 20 30 50 20 30
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 15 5 5
Semitic languages 6,890 3,780 3,110 7,615 4,205 3,415
Amharic 105 45 60 115 50 65
Arabic 6,430 3,550 2,880 7,110 3,950 3,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 5 5 5 5 5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 5
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 195 110 85 210 115 95
Maltese 5 5 0 15 10 5
Tigrigna 140 65 75 140 65 80
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 15 5 5 10 5 10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5
Austro-Asiatic languages 400 195 205 505 245 260
Khmer (Cambodian) 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vietnamese 395 195 200 490 240 250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 1,665 730 935 2,235 940 1,300
Bikol 5 0 0 5 5 5
Cebuano 110 45 60 150 60 90
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 15 10 10 25 10 15
Ilocano 50 10 35 55 15 40
Malagasy 0 5 0 0 5 0
Malay 40 15 25 55 25 35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 10 5 5 15 5 5
Pangasinan 5 0 0 5 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,415 625 790 1,905 810 1,090
Waray-Waray 5 0 0 5 0 5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 15 5 10 20 10 15
Creole languages 55 40 15 95 60 35
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 5 5 0
Creole, n.o.s. 30 25 5 35 20 10
Creole languages, n.i.e. 25 20 5 55 35 20
Dravidian languages 870 510 360 1,010 595 420
Kannada 30 15 10 40 20 15
Malayalam 310 165 140 365 205 165
Tamil 255 155 100 315 185 130
Telugu 270 165 100 285 180 110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 10 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 12,660 6,400 6,260 18,590 9,320 9,270
Albanian 250 125 125 275 130 140
Armenian 30 20 10 35 30 10
Balto-Slavic languages 2,790 1,355 1,440 3,470 1,645 1,830
Baltic languages 55 15 40 100 35 60
Latvian 25 5 15 50 20 30
Lithuanian 35 5 25 45 15 30
Slavic languages 2,735 1,335 1,395 3,375 1,610 1,765
Belarusan 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bosnian 115 60 60 120 60 65
Bulgarian 40 15 25 55 25 30
Croatian 185 90 100 225 105 115
Czech 140 75 70 205 105 100
Macedonian 10 10 5 20 10 15
Polish 590 290 305 795 365 435
Russian 1,155 565 585 1,285 615 670
Serbian 110 55 60 115 60 65
Serbo-Croatian 80 40 40 80 40 40
Slovak 85 40 40 100 45 55
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 10 15 35 15 15
Ukrainian 190 95 100 320 155 170
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 5 5
Celtic languages 45 20 25 185 80 100
Scottish Gaelic 25 10 15 145 65 85
Welsh 15 10 0 30 10 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 5 5
Germanic languages 2,075 995 1,080 5,700 2,800 2,900
Afrikaans 75 35 40 120 55 60
Danish 95 65 40 160 105 60
Dutch 490 235 255 1,620 815 805
Frisian 5 0 0 35 20 15
German 1,200 555 650 3,435 1,645 1,790
Icelandic 35 15 15 45 20 20
Norwegian 75 45 30 110 60 50
Swedish 65 25 40 110 45 65
Vlaams (Flemish) 15 10 5 25 10 10
Yiddish 10 10 5 20 10 5
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 20 5 15
Greek 660 335 325 760 390 365
Indo-Iranian languages 4,295 2,345 1,950 4,835 2,650 2,190
Indo-Aryan languages 2,945 1,645 1,300 3,385 1,895 1,490
Bengali 440 270 175 475 290 185
Gujarati 170 110 60 195 125 70
Hindi 660 400 260 745 445 300
Kashmiri 10 0 5 10 5 5
Konkani 5 0 0 5 5 5
Marathi 65 35 30 70 35 35
Nepali 525 255 270 530 255 275
Oriya (Odia) 5 5 5 10 5 5
Punjabi (Panjabi) 475 255 220 585 310 270
Sindhi 15 10 5 20 10 5
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 140 70 70 165 85 85
Urdu 435 245 195 575 330 245
Iranian languages 1,330 685 640 1,425 740 690
Kurdish 110 65 50 115 65 50
Pashto 65 35 30 80 45 35
Persian (Farsi) 1,145 585 560 1,230 630 605
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 25 10 15 25 10 15
Italic (Romance) languages 2,515 1,210 1,305 3,335 1,605 1,730
Catalan 10 5 5 10 5 5
Italian 555 290 265 745 400 340
Portuguese 390 185 200 520 245 270
Romanian 185 90 95 225 110 120
Spanish 1,375 635 735 1,830 840 985
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 5 0 5 0
Japanese 250 70 185 360 100 260
Kartvelian languages 5 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 5 0 0 5 0 0
Korean 900 380 520 1,095 475 620
Mongolic languages 5 5 0 5 5 5
Mongolian 5 5 0 0 5 0
Niger-Congo languages 535 270 260 630 325 305
Akan (Twi) 35 15 15 40 25 25
Bamanankan 5 5 5 15 5 5
Edo 5 5 0 5 0 5
Ewe 30 20 15 40 25 10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 5 0 5 5 0
Ga 5 5 5 10 5 5
Ganda 20 10 15 20 5 15
Igbo 30 15 15 45 20 20
Lingala 5 5 0 5 0 5
Rundi (Kirundi) 20 10 5 20 10 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 45 20 30 50 15 30
Shona 25 10 15 30 15 15
Swahili 120 60 60 135 65 70
Wolof 0 5 0 10 10 0
Yoruba 50 30 20 65 35 30
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 120 65 60 140 75 70
Nilo-Saharan languages 65 35 30 75 40 40
Dinka 10 5 5 20 10 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 55 30 25 55 25 25
Sign languages 115 55 60 190 90 100
American Sign Language 55 30 30 85 40 50
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 60 25 30 105 50 55
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,500 2,745 2,755 6,665 3,335 3,330
Chinese languages 5,480 2,735 2,740 6,635 3,320 3,315
Cantonese 925 430 500 1,145 535 610
Hakka 25 10 15 20 5 15
Mandarin 3,950 1,975 1,975 4,640 2,325 2,315
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 95 45 50 120 50 70
Wu (Shanghainese) 45 25 15 50 30 20
Chinese, n.o.s. 435 250 180 645 365 280
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 15 5 10
Tibeto-Burman languages 20 10 10 30 15 20
Burmese 5 0 5 15 5 10
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 5 5 5 5 0 5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 10 5 5 5 5 5
Tai-Kadai languages 90 35 50 155 55 100
Lao 5 0 0 10 0 5
Thai 85 35 55 150 50 100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 390 215 175 445 240 205
Azerbaijani 15 10 0 10 10 5
Turkish 250 135 115 305 165 140
Uyghur 5 0 5 5 5 5
Uzbek 105 60 50 110 60 50
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 5 10 10 0
Uralic languages 240 105 135 415 180 235
Estonian 25 10 15 40 20 25
Finnish 35 10 25 95 30 60
Hungarian 175 80 95 275 130 150
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 20 5 10 25 10 15
Multiple responses 5,155 2,535 2,615 8,060 3,920 4,140
English and French 1,780 815 960 3,445 1,600 1,850
English and non-official language 3,040 1,555 1,480 4,180 2,110 2,070
French and non-official language 170 90 85 225 115 105
English, French and non-official language 155 75 85 210 90 120
Language spoken most often at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 19 399,575 193,735 205,840 912,300 442,470 469,830
Single responses 391,280 189,555 201,725 900,755 436,755 464,000
Official languages 374,875 181,210 193,665 878,015 425,220 452,795
English 371,210 179,410 191,800 863,550 418,315 445,240
French 3,665 1,805 1,860 14,460 6,910 7,560
Non-official languages 16,405 8,345 8,060 22,740 11,540 11,205
Aboriginal languages 20 10 10 2,570 1,285 1,295
Algonquian languages 20 10 10 2,565 1,280 1,285
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 15 10 5 2,560 1,280 1,280
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 15 10 10 2,560 1,275 1,280
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 5 5 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 0 0 0 5 0 5
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 5 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 5 0 5
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 5 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 16,390 8,335 8,050 20,170 10,255 9,915
Afro-Asiatic languages 4,195 2,210 1,980 4,630 2,450 2,180
Berber languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kabyle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 75 35 40 85 40 45
Bilen 5 0 5 5 0 5
Oromo 40 25 20 45 20 25
Somali 30 10 15 25 10 15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 5
Semitic languages 4,120 2,180 1,940 4,540 2,405 2,130
Amharic 55 25 25 55 25 30
Arabic 3,845 2,040 1,805 4,260 2,270 1,990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5 0 5 0 5 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 5 5 0 5 0 0
Hebrew 120 65 50 125 70 55
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tigrigna 95 40 55 95 40 55
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 255 125 130 330 160 165
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnamese 255 125 130 330 165 170
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 890 435 460 1,140 550 585
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cebuano 50 20 30 55 20 35
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiligaynon 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ilocano 15 5 5 15 5 5
Malagasy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malay 5 0 0 0 0 5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 825 400 420 1,065 520 545
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole languages 20 15 5 35 20 20
Haitian Creole 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creole, n.o.s. 5 5 0 15 5 5
Creole languages, n.i.e. 10 10 5 25 10 15
Dravidian languages 390 225 165 425 240 185
Kannada 15 5 10 15 5 10
Malayalam 130 75 60 140 75 60
Tamil 120 65 55 140 80 60
Telugu 125 75 50 125 80 50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 5 5 5
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 5,500 2,760 2,740 7,410 3,715 3,690
Albanian 110 55 55 110 60 55
Armenian 15 10 10 15 10 10
Balto-Slavic languages 1,275 625 650 1,405 680 720
Baltic languages 15 5 10 30 10 15
Latvian 5 0 0 10 5 10
Lithuanian 10 5 10 15 5 10
Slavic languages 1,255 620 635 1,375 675 700
Belarusan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosnian 65 35 35 65 30 30
Bulgarian 20 15 5 25 15 10
Croatian 60 25 35 65 25 40
Czech 40 25 15 45 25 20
Macedonian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polish 180 80 100 235 105 125
Russian 740 370 370 785 385 390
Serbian 60 30 30 60 25 35
Serbo-Croatian 30 20 15 30 15 10
Slovak 25 10 10 20 10 15
Slovene (Slovenian) 0 0 5 0 0 0
Ukrainian 45 30 20 55 30 20
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 0
Celtic languages 15 10 5 60 35 30
Scottish Gaelic 15 10 5 60 35 30
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages 360 175 185 1,490 725 760
Afrikaans 20 10 10 30 15 15
Danish 10 0 10 15 0 15
Dutch 45 20 25 135 70 70
Frisian 0 0 0 5 0 0
German 240 115 125 1,225 600 625
Icelandic 25 15 15 30 10 15
Norwegian 15 5 5 20 5 10
Swedish 5 5 5 15 5 5
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 5 5 5
Yiddish 0 5 0 5 0 0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 15 5 10
Greek 250 125 125 270 135 130
Indo-Iranian languages 2,550 1,335 1,215 2,815 1,475 1,335
Indo-Aryan languages 1,650 885 760 1,850 995 860
Bengali 230 125 105 250 135 115
Gujarati 95 60 30 100 60 35
Hindi 285 175 110 310 190 120
Kashmiri 5 0 0 5 5 0
Konkani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marathi 30 15 10 30 15 15
Nepali 470 235 235 475 235 240
Oriya (Odia) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 205 100 105 250 125 125
Sindhi 0 0 0 5 5 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 85 40 40 95 45 50
Urdu 250 130 125 340 175 165
Iranian languages 895 445 450 960 475 480
Kurdish 85 50 35 85 50 40
Pashto 30 15 20 45 20 20
Persian (Farsi) 780 380 395 825 405 420
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0
Italic (Romance) languages 935 435 500 1,240 595 645
Catalan 5 5 5 5 0 0
Italian 130 55 75 165 70 85
Portuguese 150 70 85 195 90 105
Romanian 60 30 35 70 35 35
Spanish 585 275 310 810 390 420
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 0 0
Japanese 80 25 55 110 35 70
Kartvelian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korean 610 270 345 710 330 385
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 150 70 80 165 80 85
Akan (Twi) 5 0 5 10 0 10
Bamanankan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewe 15 10 5 15 5 5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ga 0 5 0 5 0 0
Ganda 5 0 5 5 0 5
Igbo 10 5 10 15 5 5
Lingala 5 0 0 0 5 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 5 5 10 5 5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 20 10 10 15 10 10
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swahili 55 25 25 60 30 35
Wolof 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoruba 15 10 10 20 10 10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 10 5 5
Nilo-Saharan languages 30 10 15 35 20 20
Dinka 0 0 0 10 5 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 25 10 10 25 10 15
Sign languages 155 75 80 285 145 140
American Sign Language 70 30 35 110 55 60
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e 90 45 45 175 90 80
Sino-Tibetan languages 3,830 1,960 1,865 4,550 2,345 2,200
Chinese languages 3,825 1,960 1,860 4,545 2,345 2,200
Cantonese 525 280 250 640 335 310
Hakka 5 0 5 5 0 0
Mandarin 2,935 1,475 1,460 3,410 1,740 1,675
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 40 25 20 45 25 25
Wu (Shanghainese) 25 10 15 25 10 10
Chinese, n.o.s. 290 175 125 415 235 180
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 5 5 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 5 0 5 5 0 5
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 5 0 5 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 5 0 5
Tai-Kadai languages 25 10 15 55 20 35
Lao 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thai 25 15 15 55 15 35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 190 105 95 215 110 105
Azerbaijani 0 0 5 5 5 0
Turkish 120 65 55 140 70 75
Uyghur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbek 70 35 30 70 40 30
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 0
Uralic languages 50 25 30 75 35 40
Estonian 5 0 5 5 5 5
Finnish 5 0 0 15 10 5
Hungarian 45 20 25 55 25 30
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages, n.i.e. 10 0 5 5 0 0
Multiple responses 8,295 4,175 4,115 11,540 5,715 5,825
English and French 1,155 535 620 2,180 995 1,185
English and non-official language 6,815 3,480 3,335 8,970 4,515 4,450
French and non-official language 65 40 25 75 40 30
English, French and non-official language 260 125 130 315 155 160
Other language spoken regularly at homeThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% dataCensus data footnote 20 399,575 193,735 205,840 912,295 442,470 469,825
None 370,645 179,735 190,905 861,780 418,525 443,260
English 9,215 4,715 4,500 17,005 8,480 8,525
French 8,485 3,705 4,780 16,390 7,210 9,175
Non-official language 10,605 5,290 5,315 16,275 7,850 8,420
Aboriginal 105 50 60 2,135 930 1,205
Non-Aboriginal 10,500 5,240 5,260 14,135 6,920 7,220
English and French 125 55 70 150 70 80
English and non-official language 190 85 100 220 105 115
French and non-official language 305 140 165 470 230 245
English, French and non-official language 5 0 0 5 5 0
Knowledge of languagesThe letter C inside a yellow triangle - correctionUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample dataCensus data footnote 44 397,635 192,815 204,815 908,340 440,730 467,605
Official languages 395,460 191,890 203,565 905,700 439,525 466,180
English 395,185 191,765 203,420 905,020 439,215 465,805
French 49,665 21,765 27,905 95,740 42,150 53,585
Non-official languages 43,820 21,810 22,005 64,100 31,380 32,725
Aboriginal languages 195 85 105 5,645 2,685 2,960
Algonquian languages 160 60 105 5,575 2,635 2,935
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree-Montagnais languages 10 0 10 20 15 10
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montagnais (Innu) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moose Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swampy Cree 0 0 10 10 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Eastern Algonquian languages 155 60 90 5,550 2,625 2,920
Malecite 0 0 10 10 0 10
Mi'kmaq 155 60 90 5,540 2,625 2,920
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0 10 0 10
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 15 15 10
Northern Athabaskan languages 10 0 10 10 10 0
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 10
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 10 0 0 10
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan languages 10 0 0 0 10 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 10 0 10 10 0
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10 10 0 35 25 15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 10 10 0 30 15 10
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 10 0
Iroquoian languages 10 10 0 10 10 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 10 10 0 10 10 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 10 10 0 10
Salish languages 0 0 0 10 0 0
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 10 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal languages 43,635 21,735 21,895 58,490 28,715 29,770
Afro-Asiatic languages 9,820 5,290 4,530 10,730 5,745 4,985
Berber languages 25 15 15 25 15 15
Kabyle 25 15 15 25 15 15
Berber languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cushitic languages 140 55 90 155 65 95
Bilen 25 10 15 20 15 10
Oromo 35 20 20 40 15 20
Somali 75 25 55 75 25 55
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0 20 10 10
Semitic languages 9,745 5,275 4,470 10,635 5,715 4,925
Amharic 260 135 125 260 135 120
Arabic 8,850 4,765 4,080 9,685 5,185 4,500
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 10 10 0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harari 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hebrew 575 335 235 630 370 260
Maltese 10 0 10 25 0 25
Tigrigna 140 65 70 140 65 70
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 35 20 20 40 20 20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 10 0 15 10 0
Austro-Asiatic languages 460 205 255 575 260 310
Khmer (Cambodian) 15 10 15 15 0 10
Vietnamese 440 200 245 555 255 300
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages 2,270 985 1,285 3,035 1,275 1,760
Bikol 10 0 10 10 0 10
Cebuano 110 55 55 185 80 100
Fijian 10 10 0 10 0 0
Hiligaynon 40 15 25 45 20 30
Ilocano 55 10 40 70 20 55
Malagasy 0 0 10 10 0 0
Malay 40 10 30 80 25 60
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 0 0 0 10 10 0
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,155 940 1,215 2,835 1,195 1,635
Waray-Waray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 25 0 20 35 15 20
Creole languages 220 110 120 360 185 175
Haitian Creole 10 10 0 35 20 15
Creole, n.o.s. 90 45 50 120 60 65
Creole languages, n.i.e. 120 60 65 210 115 100
Dravidian languages 1,205 690 520 1,365 785 580
Kannada 75 40 35 75 45 35
Malayalam 490 260 235 560 310 250
Tamil 370 225 145 450 260 190
Telugu 330 200 125 350 215 135
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indo-European languages 20,810 10,305 10,505 30,820 15,070 15,755
Albanian 375 180 195 405 185 215
Armenian 75 45 25 80 45 30
Balto-Slavic languages 3,195 1,520 1,680 4,095 1,935 2,160
Baltic languages 65 20 45 110 35 80
Latvian 25 10 20 50 15 35
Lithuanian 45 15 25 55 15 40
Slavic languages 3,145 1,500 1,650 4,010 1,910 2,105
Belarusan 0 0 0 10 0 10
Bosnian 120 50 70 145 60 80
Bulgarian 40 25 25 75 35 35
Croatian 230 85 140 275 105 165
Czech 155 80 75 210 95 110
Macedonian 70 35 30 90 55 30
Polish 645 285 355 900 410 490
Russian 1,665 840 830 1,945 970 970
Serbian 140 60 75 180 85 95
Serbo-Croatian 105 60 45 115 70 50
Slovak 95 45 50 145 70 75
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 0 15 35 10 20
Ukrainian 260 125 135 425 180 245
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celtic languages 305 145 160 1,070 495 580
Scottish Gaelic 200 85 110 910 400 505
Welsh 15 0 10 35 25 10
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 115 55 60 155 80 75
Germanic languages 4,315 2,105 2,210 9,225 4,490 4,740
Afrikaans 240 110 135 320 140 175
Danish 135 75 60 235 125 110
Dutch 745 315 430 2,105 935 1,165
Frisian 15 0 10 60 30 30
German 3,005 1,515 1,495 6,335 3,180 3,155
Icelandic 65 25 40 100 40 60
Norwegian 85 65 15 150 105 40
Swedish 170 70 105 245 115 130
Vlaams (Flemish) 10 0 0 20 10 15
Yiddish 25 15 10 30 15 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 10 125 45 85
Greek 1,190 600 590 1,315 670 645
Indo-Iranian languages 5,660 3,170 2,500 6,535 3,635 2,900
Indo-Aryan languages 4,225 2,405 1,820 4,935 2,790 2,140
Bengali 545 300 240 625 350 275
Gujarati 195 130 75 240 150 90
Hindi 2,005 1,150 855 2,270 1,300 975
Kashmiri 10 0 0 15 0 10
Konkani 15 15 10 15 15 0
Marathi 110 70 40 135 85 45
Nepali 620 315 305 620 315 305
Oriya (Odia) 25 0 15 20 10 15
Punjabi (Panjabi) 815 455 360 1,010 570 445
Sindhi 10 0 0 10 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 210 110 95 245 125 120
Urdu 880 540 340 1,090 660 425
Iranian languages 1,455 780 670 1,625 865 755
Kurdish 180 105 80 185 110 75
Pashto 55 40 15 85 55 30
Persian (Farsi) 1,240 655 585 1,385 725 660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 65 30 30 75 40 35
Italic (Romance) languages 6,610 3,040 3,575 9,365 4,270 5,100
Catalan 20 15 10 15 10 10
Italian 1,225 620 605 1,665 845 820
Portuguese 675 370 305 910 480 430
Romanian 210 125 85 240 140 105
Spanish 4,830 2,110 2,715 6,990 3,020 3,970
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 45 30 10 70 55 20
Japanese 640 245 395 865 335 530
Kartvelian languages 0 10 0 0 0 0
Georgian 0 10 0 0 10 0
Korean 1,190 510 680 1,530 685 850
Mongolic languages 0 0 0 10 0 10
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages 1,145 625 520 1,340 715 620
Akan (Twi) 35 20 15 65 40 30
Bamanankan 10 0 10 10 10 10
Edo 10 0 0 10 10 0
Ewe 70 40 30 80 50 30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 10 10 0 10 10 0
Ga 25 15 15 30 15 20
Ganda 55 15 40 60 15 40
Igbo 75 45 30 70 45 30
Lingala 30 15 20 30 15 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 125 55 65 130 65 65
Shona 55 35 20 65 40 35
Swahili 340 185 150 370 200 175
Wolof 30 10 20 35 15 20
Yoruba 215 105 105 250 125 125
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 235 130 100 300 175 130
Nilo-Saharan languages 40 25 15 50 30 20
Dinka 10 0 10 0 0 10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 35 25 10 45 30 10
Sign languages 925 315 615 1,605 555 1,045
American Sign Language 565 180 385 795 235 555
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 370 140 235 815 325 495
Sino-Tibetan languages 5,840 2,975 2,865 7,135 3,615 3,515
Chinese languages 5,825 2,975 2,850 7,115 3,610 3,500
Cantonese 1,245 600 650 1,555 730 820
Hakka 45 25 25 45 25 25
Mandarin 4,535 2,275 2,265 5,435 2,720 2,710
Min Dong 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 155 60 90 195 75 120
Wu (Shanghainese) 50 20 25 60 35 30
Chinese, n.o.s. 410 255 155 575 340 245
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibeto-Burman languages 20 10 10 20 10 15
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karenic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tibetan 15 0 10 20 10 15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tai-Kadai languages 165 75 85 240 110 130
Lao 15 10 10 20 0 10
Thai 150 75 75 220 100 120
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkic languages 535 280 255 620 320 300
Azerbaijani 20 20 0 20 20 0
Turkish 395 190 205 480 225 255
Uyghur 15 0 10 15 0 10
Uzbek 105 65 40 105 60 40
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 10 10 10 10 10 0
Uralic languages 245 120 125 430 200 230
Estonian 45 20 20 50 25 20
Finnish 50 20 35 120 55 70
Hungarian 140 80 65 255 115 140
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 10 0 10
Other languages, n.i.e. 40 15 30 75 40 35

Data quality: Halifax, County [Census division], Nova Scotia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.7%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.7%

Data quality: Nova Scotia [Province]

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%
  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%

Source

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Halifax, CTY [Census division], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province] (table). Census Profile. 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released November 29, 2017.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 4, 2024).

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