Halifax, Nova Scotia
Demographics
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Halifax Regional Municipality recorded a population of 403,131 living in 173,324 of its 187,338 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2011 population of 390,086.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Section Title: Demographics
Table Section Text: In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Halifax Regional Municipality recorded a population of 403,131 living in 173,324 of its 187,338 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2011 population of 390,086.

Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%

1851	39,914	—

1861	49,021	+22.8%

1871	56,963	+16.2%

1881	67,917	+19.2%

1891	71,358	+5.1%

1901	74,662	+4.6%

1911	80,257	+7.5%

1921	97,228	+21.1%

1931	100,204	+3.1%

1941	122,656	+22.4%

1951	162,217	+32.3%

1961	225,723	+39.1%

1971	261,461	+15.8%

1981	288,126	+10.2%

1991	332,518	+15.4%

2001	359,111	+8.0%

2011	390,096	+8.6%

2016	403,131	+3.3%

Source: Statistics Canada

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Halifax had a population of 403,131 in 2016.

final_sentence: Halifax had a population of 403,131 in 2016.