Cape Breton - Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 59,415
Here:

87.8%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 28,980
Here:

88.5%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 30,430
Here:

87.1%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 125
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 80
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 8,085
Here:

11.9%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 3,690
This district:

11.3%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 4,395
Here:

12.6%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this district

First official language spoken

English
Total: 63,045
Here:

93.2%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 30,545
This district:

93.3%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Female: 32,495
Here:

93.1%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 4,515
This district:

6.7%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 2,140
This district:

6.5%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 2,375
Here:

6.8%
Province:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this district

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 60,780
This district:

89.8%
Province:

91.8%
Male: 29,400
This district:

89.8%
Province:

91.6%
Female: 31,375
This district:

89.8%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 4,780
This district:

7.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 2,255
Here:

6.9%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 2,525
Here:

7.2%
Province:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 305
This district:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 145
This district:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 160
This district:

0.5%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 125
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 65
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 55
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 730
Here:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Male: 360
This district:

1.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 370
Here:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 70
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.8%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 90
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 230
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 115
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 115
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Nepali
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 35
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 90
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 50
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 63,645
Here:

94.1%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 30,790
Here:

94.1%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 32,855
Here:

94.1%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 2,790
This district:

4.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 1,305
Here:

4.0%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 1,490
Here:

4.3%
Province:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 225
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 115
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 110
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 180
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 90
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 90
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 445
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 235
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 205
Here:

0.6%
Province:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 60
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 50
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 110
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 55
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 55
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Swedish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tamil
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 63,905
This district:

94.5%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 30,980
Here:

94.6%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 32,925
Here:

94.3%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 1,520
Here:

2.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 750
This district:

2.3%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 770
Here:

2.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
French
Total: 1,515
Here:

2.2%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 670
This district:

2.0%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 845
This district:

2.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 270
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 115
This district:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 155
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
German
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 120
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 55
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 65
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Fukien
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

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