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

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	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
	Counts (unless otherwise specified)
Knowledge of official languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 15}	97,250	46,245	51,000	912,300	442,470	469,830
English only	93,215	44,560	48,655	813,480	398,950	414,530
French only	20	10	10	705	305	400
English and French	3,945	1,650	2,300	95,380	41,925	53,460
Neither English nor French	70	35	35	2,735	1,295	1,440
First official language spokenUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 16}	97,250	46,250	51,000	912,295	442,470	469,830
English	96,445	45,880	50,565	879,465	426,535	452,930
French	675	300	375	28,490	13,890	14,600
English and French	70	40	30	1,760	825	930
Neither English nor French	55	25	30	2,585	1,215	1,365
Official language minority (number)^{Census data footnote 17}	710	320	385	29,370	14,300	15,070
Official language minority (percentage)^{Census data footnote 17}	0.7	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.2	3.2
Mother tongueUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 18}	97,250	46,245	51,000	912,295	442,470	469,830
Single responses	96,790	46,030	50,755	904,240	438,550	465,690
Official languages	92,625	43,995	48,630	859,690	416,245	443,445
English	91,860	43,660	48,200	830,220	401,980	428,240
French	760	330	430	29,465	14,265	15,205
Non-official languages	4,160	2,035	2,130	44,550	22,305	22,245
Aboriginal languages	2,665	1,240	1,425	4,290	2,020	2,270
Algonquian languages	2,665	1,245	1,425	4,210	1,985	2,225
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	0	0	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	0	0	0	5	5	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	2,660	1,245	1,420	4,190	1,975	2,215
Malecite	10	5	5	10	5	5
Mi'kmaq	2,650	1,240	1,415	4,185	1,970	2,215
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	5	0	5	10	5	5
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	5	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	0	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	0	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	0	0	0	60	30	35
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	5
Inuktitut	0	0	0	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	1,495	790	700	40,260	20,285	19,975
Afro-Asiatic languages	150	105	50	7,760	4,275	3,480
Berber languages	0	0	0	10	10	0
Kabyle	0	0	0	5	0	0
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	130	65	65
Bilen	0	0	0	5	0	0
Oromo	0	0	0	60	30	25
Somali	0	0	0	50	20	30
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	5	5
Semitic languages	155	105	50	7,615	4,205	3,415
Amharic	0	0	0	115	50	65
Arabic	150	105	45	7,110	3,950	3,165
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	5	0	5	5	5
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	5
Harari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	210	115	95
Maltese	0	0	0	15	10	5
Tigrigna	0	0	0	140	65	80
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	10
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Austro-Asiatic languages	25	10	20	505	245	260
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	5	5	5
Vietnamese	25	10	15	490	240	250
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	75	30	45	2,235	940	1,300
Bikol	0	0	0	5	5	5
Cebuano	0	0	0	150	60	90
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	5	25	10	15
Ilocano	0	0	0	55	15	40
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	5	0
Malay	5	0	0	55	25	35
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	15	5	5
Pangasinan	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	75	25	45	1,905	810	1,090
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	5	0	5
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	20	10	15
Creole languages	5	0	0	95	60	35
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	5	5	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	35	20	10
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	55	35	20
Dravidian languages	25	15	5	1,010	595	420
Kannada	0	0	0	40	20	15
Malayalam	10	5	0	365	205	165
Tamil	10	5	5	315	185	130
Telugu	0	5	5	285	180	110
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Hmong-Mien languages	0	5	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	650	320	325	18,590	9,320	9,270
Albanian	0	0	0	275	130	140
Armenian	0	0	0	35	30	10
Balto-Slavic languages	115	40	75	3,470	1,645	1,830
Baltic languages	5	5	5	100	35	60
Latvian	5	5	0	50	20	30
Lithuanian	0	5	0	45	15	30
Slavic languages	110	40	70	3,375	1,610	1,765
Belarusan	0	0	0	5	5	5
Bosnian	0	0	0	120	60	65
Bulgarian	0	0	0	55	25	30
Croatian	10	0	5	225	105	115
Czech	0	5	0	205	105	100
Macedonian	5	0	5	20	10	15
Polish	40	15	25	795	365	435
Russian	10	5	10	1,285	615	670
Serbian	5	0	0	115	60	65
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	80	40	40
Slovak	0	5	0	100	45	55
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	5	5	35	15	15
Ukrainian	30	15	20	320	155	170
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Celtic languages	45	20	25	185	80	100
Scottish Gaelic	40	15	20	145	65	85
Welsh	0	0	0	30	10	15
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	10	5	5
Germanic languages	150	75	85	5,700	2,800	2,900
Afrikaans	5	0	0	120	55	60
Danish	5	10	0	160	105	60
Dutch	50	25	25	1,620	815	805
Frisian	0	5	0	35	20	15
German	80	40	45	3,435	1,645	1,790
Icelandic	0	0	0	45	20	20
Norwegian	5	5	0	110	60	50
Swedish	10	0	5	110	45	65
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	25	10	10
Yiddish	0	0	0	20	10	5
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	20	5	15
Greek	50	25	20	760	390	365
Indo-Iranian languages	165	100	65	4,835	2,650	2,190
Indo-Aryan languages	150	100	55	3,385	1,895	1,490
Bengali	5	5	0	475	290	185
Gujarati	5	5	0	195	125	70
Hindi	15	10	5	745	445	300
Kashmiri	0	0	0	10	5	5
Konkani	0	0	0	5	5	5
Marathi	0	0	0	70	35	35
Nepali	0	0	0	530	255	275
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Punjabi (Panjabi)	25	15	10	585	310	270
Sindhi	0	0	0	20	10	5
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	5	0	165	85	85
Urdu	90	55	30	575	330	245
Iranian languages	15	5	10	1,425	740	690
Kurdish	0	0	0	115	65	50
Pashto	0	0	0	80	45	35
Persian (Farsi)	15	5	5	1,230	630	605
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	10	15
Italic (Romance) languages	120	60	65	3,335	1,605	1,730
Catalan	0	5	0	10	5	5
Italian	60	30	30	745	400	340
Portuguese	15	5	10	520	245	270
Romanian	0	0	5	225	110	120
Spanish	45	20	25	1,830	840	985
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Japanese	10	5	10	360	100	260
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	5	0	0
Korean	35	20	20	1,095	475	620
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	5	5	5
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	5	0
Niger-Congo languages	15	10	10	630	325	305
Akan (Twi)	0	5	0	40	25	25
Bamanankan	0	0	0	15	5	5
Edo	0	0	0	5	0	5
Ewe	0	0	0	40	25	10
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	5	5	0
Ga	0	5	0	10	5	5
Ganda	0	0	0	20	5	15
Igbo	5	0	0	45	20	20
Lingala	0	0	0	5	0	5
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	20	10	5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	50	15	30
Shona	0	0	0	30	15	15
Swahili	0	0	0	135	65	70
Wolof	0	0	0	10	10	0
Yoruba	0	5	0	65	35	30
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	5	0	0	140	75	70
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	75	40	40
Dinka	0	0	0	20	10	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	55	25	25
Sign languages	15	5	5	190	90	100
American Sign Language	10	5	5	85	40	50
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	5	5	0	105	50	55
Sino-Tibetan languages	455	260	195	6,665	3,335	3,330
Chinese languages	455	260	195	6,635	3,320	3,315
Cantonese	50	30	25	1,145	535	610
Hakka	0	0	0	20	5	15
Mandarin	335	190	145	4,640	2,325	2,315
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	5	120	50	70
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	0	5	50	30	20
Chinese, n.o.s.	60	40	25	645	365	280
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	5	10
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	30	15	20
Burmese	0	0	5	15	5	10
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	5	0	5
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	155	55	100
Lao	0	0	0	10	0	5
Thai	5	0	0	150	50	100
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	5	0	0	445	240	205
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	10	10	5
Turkish	0	0	0	305	165	140
Uyghur	0	0	0	5	5	5
Uzbek	0	0	0	110	60	50
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	10	10	0
Uralic languages	25	10	15	415	180	235
Estonian	0	0	0	40	20	25
Finnish	5	0	5	95	30	60
Hungarian	20	10	15	275	130	150
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	5	0	25	10	15
Multiple responses	465	220	245	8,060	3,920	4,140
English and French	165	75	90	3,445	1,600	1,850
English and non-official language	290	140	145	4,180	2,110	2,070
French and non-official language	10	5	5	225	115	105
English, French and non-official language	0	5	0	210	90	120
Language spoken most often at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 19}	97,250	46,250	51,000	912,300	442,470	469,830
Single responses	96,695	45,980	50,715	900,755	436,755	464,000
Official languages	94,130	44,670	49,460	878,015	425,220	452,795
English	93,925	44,570	49,350	863,550	418,315	445,240
French	210	95	110	14,460	6,910	7,560
Non-official languages	2,565	1,315	1,255	22,740	11,540	11,205
Aboriginal languages	1,845	905	935	2,570	1,285	1,295
Algonquian languages	1,845	905	935	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	1,840	905	935	2,560	1,280	1,280
Malecite	0	5	0	0	0	0
Mi'kmaq	1,845	905	935	2,560	1,275	1,280
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algonquin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojibway	0	0	0	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	725	410	315	20,170	10,255	9,915
Afro-Asiatic languages	100	60	35	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	0	0	0	85	40	45
Bilen	0	0	0	5	0	5
Oromo	0	0	0	45	20	25
Somali	0	0	0	25	10	15
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	5
Semitic languages	100	65	35	4,540	2,405	2,130
Amharic	0	0	0	55	25	30
Arabic	100	65	35	4,260	2,270	1,990
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	5	0
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harari	0	0	0	5	0	0
Hebrew	0	0	0	125	70	55
Maltese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tigrigna	0	0	0	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	15	0	10	330	160	165
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	10	5	10	330	165	170
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	30	15	15	1,140	550	585
Bikol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cebuano	0	5	0	55	20	35
Fijian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	5	5	5
Ilocano	0	0	0	15	5	5
Malagasy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	0	0	5
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	30	15	15	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	0	0	0	35	20	20
Haitian Creole	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	15	5	5
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	10	15
Dravidian languages	0	0	0	425	240	185
Kannada	0	0	0	15	5	10
Malayalam	0	0	0	140	75	60
Tamil	0	0	0	140	80	60
Telugu	0	0	0	125	80	50
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	5
Hmong-Mien languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indo-European languages	205	105	100	7,410	3,715	3,690
Albanian	0	0	0	110	60	55
Armenian	0	0	0	15	10	10
Balto-Slavic languages	25	15	15	1,405	680	720
Baltic languages	0	0	0	30	10	15
Latvian	5	0	0	10	5	10
Lithuanian	0	0	0	15	5	10
Slavic languages	25	15	10	1,375	675	700
Belarusan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnian	0	0	0	65	30	30
Bulgarian	0	0	0	25	15	10
Croatian	0	0	0	65	25	40
Czech	0	0	0	45	25	20
Macedonian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	15	10	5	235	105	125
Russian	10	5	5	785	385	390
Serbian	0	0	0	60	25	35
Serbo-Croatian	0	0	0	30	15	10
Slovak	0	0	0	20	10	15
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	0	0	0	55	30	20
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Celtic languages	10	5	5	60	35	30
Scottish Gaelic	5	5	5	60	35	30
Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Germanic languages	25	10	10	1,490	725	760
Afrikaans	0	0	0	30	15	15
Danish	0	0	0	15	0	15
Dutch	0	0	0	135	70	70
Frisian	0	0	0	5	0	0
German	15	10	5	1,225	600	625
Icelandic	0	0	0	30	10	15
Norwegian	5	5	0	20	5	10
Swedish	5	5	0	15	5	5
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	0	5	5	5
Yiddish	0	0	0	5	0	0
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	15	5	10
Greek	10	5	10	270	135	130
Indo-Iranian languages	100	55	45	2,815	1,475	1,335
Indo-Aryan languages	95	50	40	1,850	995	860
Bengali	5	5	5	250	135	115
Gujarati	5	0	0	100	60	35
Hindi	0	0	0	310	190	120
Kashmiri	5	5	0	5	5	0
Konkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marathi	0	0	0	30	15	15
Nepali	0	0	0	475	235	240
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi (Panjabi)	5	5	0	250	125	125
Sindhi	0	0	0	5	5	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	5	0	0	95	45	50
Urdu	70	40	30	340	175	165
Iranian languages	10	5	5	960	475	480
Kurdish	0	0	0	85	50	40
Pashto	0	0	0	45	20	20
Persian (Farsi)	5	5	5	825	405	420
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Italic (Romance) languages	35	10	20	1,240	595	645
Catalan	0	0	0	5	0	0
Italian	10	5	5	165	70	85
Portuguese	5	0	5	195	90	105
Romanian	0	0	0	70	35	35
Spanish	20	10	15	810	390	420
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Japanese	5	0	5	110	35	70
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean	20	10	10	710	330	385
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	0	0	0	165	80	85
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	10	0	10
Bamanankan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ewe	0	0	0	15	5	5
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ga	0	0	0	5	0	0
Ganda	0	0	0	5	0	5
Igbo	0	0	0	15	5	5
Lingala	0	0	0	0	5	0
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	10	5	5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	15	10	10
Shona	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swahili	0	0	0	60	30	35
Wolof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	0	0	0	20	10	10
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	5	5
Nilo-Saharan languages	0	0	0	35	20	20
Dinka	0	0	0	10	5	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	25	10	15
Sign languages	20	15	10	285	145	140
American Sign Language	5	0	5	110	55	60
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e	15	15	5	175	90	80
Sino-Tibetan languages	320	180	130	4,550	2,345	2,200
Chinese languages	315	185	135	4,545	2,345	2,200
Cantonese	30	15	15	640	335	310
Hakka	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mandarin	245	140	105	3,410	1,740	1,675
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	45	25	25
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	5	0	25	10	10
Chinese, n.o.s.	45	25	15	415	235	180
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	5	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	5	0	5
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	5
Tai-Kadai languages	0	0	0	55	20	35
Lao	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	0	0	0	55	15	35
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	5	0	0	215	110	105
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	5	5	0
Turkish	0	0	0	140	70	75
Uyghur	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbek	0	0	0	70	40	30
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	5	0
Uralic languages	5	5	0	75	35	40
Estonian	0	0	0	5	5	5
Finnish	0	0	0	15	10	5
Hungarian	0	5	0	55	25	30
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	5	0	0
Multiple responses	555	270	290	11,540	5,715	5,825
English and French	90	35	55	2,180	995	1,185
English and non-official language	465	230	230	8,970	4,515	4,450
French and non-official language	0	0	0	75	40	30
English, French and non-official language	0	5	0	315	155	160
Other language spoken regularly at homeUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data^{Census data footnote 20}	97,250	46,250	51,000	912,295	442,470	469,825
None	93,365	44,460	48,910	861,780	418,525	443,260
English	1,455	730	720	17,005	8,480	8,525
French	655	265	390	16,390	7,210	9,175
Non-official language	1,745	780	965	16,275	7,850	8,420
Aboriginal	1,225	535	690	2,135	930	1,205
Non-Aboriginal	515	245	275	14,135	6,920	7,220
English and French	5	0	5	150	70	80
English and non-official language	5	5	0	220	105	115
French and non-official language	20	10	15	470	230	245
English, French and non-official language	0	0	0	5	5	0
Knowledge of languagesUpdate of the 2016 Census language data
Total - Knowledge of languages for the population in private households - 25% sample data^{Census data footnote 44}	96,985	46,160	50,825	908,340	440,730	467,605
Official languages	96,955	46,140	50,815	905,700	439,525	466,180
English	96,930	46,130	50,800	905,020	439,215	465,805
French	3,960	1,705	2,255	95,740	42,150	53,585
Non-official languages	5,495	2,615	2,880	64,100	31,380	32,725
Aboriginal languages	3,465	1,645	1,820	5,645	2,685	2,960
Algonquian languages	3,460	1,640	1,820	5,575	2,635	2,935
Blackfoot	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree-Montagnais languages	10	0	0	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	10	10	0	10	0	0
Woods Cree	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cree, n.o.s.	0	0	0	10	10	0
Eastern Algonquian languages	3,450	1,635	1,815	5,550	2,625	2,920
Malecite	10	0	0	10	0	10
Mi'kmaq	3,445	1,630	1,815	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	0	0	0	15	15	10
Northern Athabaskan languages	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	10
Slavey, n.o.s.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan languages	0	0	0	0	10	0
Kaska (Nahani)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tahltan	0	0	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	0	0	0	35	25	15
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inuktitut	0	0	0	30	15	10
Inuit languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	10	0
Iroquoian languages	0	0	0	10	10	0
Cayuga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mohawk	0	0	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	0	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	2,045	980	1,065	58,490	28,715	29,770
Afro-Asiatic languages	170	75	100	10,730	5,745	4,985
Berber languages	0	0	0	25	15	15
Kabyle	0	0	0	25	15	15
Berber languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cushitic languages	0	0	0	155	65	95
Bilen	0	0	0	20	15	10
Oromo	0	0	0	40	15	20
Somali	0	0	0	75	25	55
Cushitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	20	10	10
Semitic languages	165	70	95	10,635	5,715	4,925
Amharic	0	0	0	260	135	120
Arabic	160	75	85	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	10	0	0	630	370	260
Maltese	0	0	0	25	0	25
Tigrigna	0	0	0	140	65	70
Semitic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	40	20	20
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	10	10	15	10	0
Austro-Asiatic languages	15	0	0	575	260	310
Khmer (Cambodian)	0	0	0	15	0	10
Vietnamese	10	10	10	555	255	300
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages	120	55	70	3,035	1,275	1,760
Bikol	0	0	0	10	0	10
Cebuano	0	0	0	185	80	100
Fijian	0	0	0	10	0	0
Hiligaynon	0	0	0	45	20	30
Ilocano	10	10	0	70	20	55
Malagasy	0	0	0	10	0	0
Malay	0	0	0	80	25	60
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	0	0	0	10	10	0
Pangasinan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	120	50	65	2,835	1,195	1,635
Waray-Waray	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	35	15	20
Creole languages	15	10	0	360	185	175
Haitian Creole	10	10	0	35	20	15
Creole, n.o.s.	0	0	0	120	60	65
Creole languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	210	115	100
Dravidian languages	30	20	15	1,365	785	580
Kannada	0	0	0	75	45	35
Malayalam	15	15	0	560	310	250
Tamil	20	10	10	450	260	190
Telugu	0	0	0	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	1,010	495	515	30,820	15,070	15,755
Albanian	10	0	0	405	185	215
Armenian	0	0	0	80	45	30
Balto-Slavic languages	145	50	95	4,095	1,935	2,160
Baltic languages	15	0	15	110	35	80
Latvian	15	0	10	50	15	35
Lithuanian	10	0	10	55	15	40
Slavic languages	135	55	80	4,010	1,910	2,105
Belarusan	0	0	0	10	0	10
Bosnian	0	0	0	145	60	80
Bulgarian	0	0	0	75	35	35
Croatian	10	0	10	275	105	165
Czech	0	0	0	210	95	110
Macedonian	10	0	0	90	55	30
Polish	45	20	25	900	410	490
Russian	25	15	10	1,945	970	970
Serbian	0	0	10	180	85	95
Serbo-Croatian	0	10	0	115	70	50
Slovak	10	0	10	145	70	75
Slovene (Slovenian)	0	0	0	35	10	20
Ukrainian	35	0	35	425	180	245
Slavic languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	0	0	0
Celtic languages	160	70	95	1,070	495	580
Scottish Gaelic	160	70	90	910	400	505
Welsh	0	0	0	35	25	10
Celtic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	155	80	75
Germanic languages	255	135	120	9,225	4,490	4,740
Afrikaans	0	0	0	320	140	175
Danish	10	10	0	235	125	110
Dutch	55	45	15	2,105	935	1,165
Frisian	10	10	0	60	30	30
German	200	95	100	6,335	3,180	3,155
Icelandic	0	0	0	100	40	60
Norwegian	10	10	0	150	105	40
Swedish	0	0	0	245	115	130
Vlaams (Flemish)	0	0	10	20	10	15
Yiddish	0	0	0	30	15	15
Germanic languages, n.i.e.	0	10	0	125	45	85
Greek	60	35	25	1,315	670	645
Indo-Iranian languages	145	95	50	6,535	3,635	2,900
Indo-Aryan languages	135	90	40	4,935	2,790	2,140
Bengali	15	10	10	625	350	275
Gujarati	10	10	0	240	150	90
Hindi	40	30	10	2,270	1,300	975
Kashmiri	10	0	10	15	0	10
Konkani	0	0	0	15	15	0
Marathi	0	10	0	135	85	45
Nepali	0	0	0	620	315	305
Oriya (Odia)	0	0	0	20	10	15
Punjabi (Panjabi)	20	25	0	1,010	570	445
Sindhi	0	0	0	10	0	0
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	0	0	0	245	125	120
Urdu	75	40	25	1,090	660	425
Iranian languages	15	0	10	1,625	865	755
Kurdish	10	10	0	185	110	75
Pashto	0	0	0	85	55	30
Persian (Farsi)	10	0	10	1,385	725	660
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	75	40	35
Italic (Romance) languages	270	120	145	9,365	4,270	5,100
Catalan	0	0	0	15	10	10
Italian	85	45	45	1,665	845	820
Portuguese	20	15	10	910	480	430
Romanian	0	0	0	240	140	105
Spanish	175	75	100	6,990	3,020	3,970
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	70	55	20
Japanese	30	10	25	865	335	530
Kartvelian languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgian	0	0	0	0	10	0
Korean	55	30	25	1,530	685	850
Mongolic languages	0	0	0	10	0	10
Mongolian	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger-Congo languages	40	20	20	1,340	715	620
Akan (Twi)	0	0	0	65	40	30
Bamanankan	0	0	0	10	10	10
Edo	0	0	0	10	10	0
Ewe	0	0	0	80	50	30
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	0	0	0	10	10	0
Ga	0	0	0	30	15	20
Ganda	0	0	0	60	15	40
Igbo	0	0	0	70	45	30
Lingala	0	0	0	30	15	15
Rundi (Kirundi)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	0	0	0	130	65	65
Shona	0	0	0	65	40	35
Swahili	0	0	0	370	200	175
Wolof	0	0	0	35	15	20
Yoruba	15	10	10	250	125	125
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	25	15	15	300	175	130
Nilo-Saharan languages	10	0	10	50	30	20
Dinka	0	0	0	0	0	10
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	10	10	0	45	30	10
Sign languages	65	10	55	1,605	555	1,045
American Sign Language	40	0	30	795	235	555
Quebec Sign Language	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sign languages, n.i.e.	30	0	30	815	325	495
Sino-Tibetan languages	495	255	240	7,135	3,615	3,515
Chinese languages	500	255	240	7,115	3,610	3,500
Cantonese	80	30	50	1,555	730	820
Hakka	0	0	0	45	25	25
Mandarin	395	210	180	5,435	2,720	2,710
Min Dong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	0	0	0	195	75	120
Wu (Shanghainese)	15	10	10	60	35	30
Chinese, n.o.s.	45	20	30	575	340	245
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibeto-Burman languages	0	0	0	20	10	15
Burmese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karenic languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tibetan	0	0	0	20	10	15
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tai-Kadai languages	10	0	0	240	110	130
Lao	0	0	0	20	0	10
Thai	10	10	0	220	100	120
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkic languages	10	0	0	620	320	300
Azerbaijani	0	0	0	20	20	0
Turkish	10	0	0	480	225	255
Uyghur	0	0	0	15	0	10
Uzbek	0	0	0	105	60	40
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	10	0
Uralic languages	0	0	10	430	200	230
Estonian	0	0	0	50	25	20
Finnish	10	0	10	120	55	70
Hungarian	0	0	0	255	115	140
Uralic languages, n.i.e.	0	0	0	10	0	10
Other languages, n.i.e.	15	10	0	75	40	35

Note(s):

Footnote 15

Total - Knowledge of official languages for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Knowledge of official languages refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both languages or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 16

Total - First official language spoken for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

First official language spoken is specified within the framework of the Official Languages Act. It refers to the first official language (i.e., English or French) spoken by the person.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 17

Official language minority

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 18

Total - Mother tongue for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time the data was collected. If the person no longer understands the first language learned, the mother tongue is the second language learned. For a person who learned two languages at the same time in early childhood, the mother tongue is the language this person spoke most often at home before starting school. The person has two mother tongues only if the two languages were used equally often and are still understood by the person. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, the mother tongue is the language spoken most often to this child at home. The child has two mother tongues only if both languages are spoken equally often so that the child learns both languages at the same time.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 19

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Language spoken most often at home refers to the language the person speaks most often at home at the time of data collection. A person can report more than one language as 'spoken most often at home' if the languages are spoken equally often.

For a person who lives alone, the language spoken most often at home is the language in which he or she feels most comfortable. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this is the language spoken most often to the child at home. Where two languages are spoken to the child, the language spoken most often at home is the language spoken most often. If both languages are used equally often, then both languages are included here.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere

n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Footnote 20

Total - Other language(s) spoken regularly at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data

Other language(s) spoken regularly at home refers to the languages, if any, that the person speaks at home on a regular basis at the time of data collection, other than the language or languages he or she speaks most often at home.

Total population excluding institutional residents refers to the total population excluding persons who live in institutional collective dwellings.

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Footnote 44

'Knowledge of official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in English only, French only, in both or in neither language. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home.

'Knowledge of non-official languages' refers to whether the person can conduct a conversation in a language other than English or French. For a child who has not yet learned to speak, this includes languages that the child is learning to speak at home. The number of languages that can be reported may vary between surveys, depending on the objectives of the survey.

For more information on language variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Languages Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population.

How to cite: Statistics Canada. 2017. Cape Breton, 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 May 26, 2024).

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