Population by mother tongue, by census metropolitan area , excluding institutional residents (2011 Census) (St. John's, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John)

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Population by mother tongue, by census metropolitan area , excluding institutional residents (2011 Census)
(St. John's, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John)

	2011
	St. John's (N.L.)	Halifax (N.S.)	Moncton (N.B.)	Saint John (N.B.)
	number
Total population	194,935	386,440	136,145	126,280
Single responses1	194,300	382,765	133,945	125,420
English	188,970	348,740	83,585	116,035
French	815	10,160	46,955	5,520
Non-official languages	4,525	23,865	3,405	3,865
Chinese	1,030	3,530	295	600
Cantonese	105	460	70	45
Mandarin	165	805	75	125
Hakka	5	0	0	0
Chinese, n.o.s.	730	2,195	150	435
Italian	50	595	180	105
German	195	1,250	235	210
Polish	70	580	55	60
Spanish	345	1,135	255	310
Portuguese	60	280	35	80
Panjabi (Punjabi)	60	300	30	30
Ukrainian	15	150	15	25
Arabic	370	5,175	325	390
Dutch	50	515	155	155
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	110	910	140	130
Greek	45	665	20	75
Vietnamese	30	375	105	50
Cree	5	10	5	0
Inuktitut (Eskimo)	15	5	0	0
Other non-official languages	2,065	8,390	1,560	1,650
Multiple responses2	635	3,675	2,205	860
English and French	235	1,465	1,920	580
English and non-official language	355	1,895	140	250
French and non-official language	25	215	115	10
English, French and non-official language	15	100	25	20
1. A single language response occurs when a respondent provides one language only. 2. A multiple language response occurs when a respondent provides two or more languages. Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population and Statistics Canada catalogue no. 98-314-XCB. Last modified: 2013-02-13.

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