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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 91,715
Here:

95.7%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 43,785
This municipality:

96.2%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 47,935
This municipality:

95.2%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 4,080
This municipality:

4.3%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 1,695
This municipality:

3.7%
Nova Scotia:

9.3%
Female: 2,385
This municipality:

4.7%
Nova Scotia:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in Cape Breton

First official language spoken

English
Total: 95,025
Here:

99.1%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 45,130
Here:

99.2%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 49,900
Here:

99.1%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 770
This municipality:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
Male: 345
This municipality:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 430
This municipality:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 40
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 45
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in Cape Breton

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 93,210
Here:

97.2%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 44,185
Here:

97.1%
Province:

91.6%
Female: 49,020
This municipality:

97.3%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 920
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 405
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 515
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 125
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 140
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 70
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Arabic
Total: 315
This municipality:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 235
This municipality:

0.5%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 50
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 25
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 45
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 55
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 30
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 70
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 40
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 65
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swedish
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 25
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 50
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 40
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 75
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 35
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Flemish
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 94,620
This municipality:

98.7%
Nova Scotia:

95.4%
Male: 44,825
This municipality:

98.5%
Nova Scotia:

95.3%
Female: 49,790
This municipality:

98.8%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 255
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 110
This municipality:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 140
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 80
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 35
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 40
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 225
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 120
This municipality:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 105
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 225
This municipality:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 175
This municipality:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 30
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 45
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 30
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 94,240
This municipality:

98.3%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 44,720
This municipality:

98.3%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 49,520
Here:

98.3%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
English
Total: 390
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 220
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 170
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
French
Total: 625
Here:

0.7%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 265
Here:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

1.6%
Female: 360
Here:

0.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 50
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Arabic
Total: 70
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 40
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 10
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 95
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Yiddish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 48,955
This municipality:

99.2%
Nova Scotia:

97.8%
Male: 24,260
This municipality:

99.4%
Nova Scotia:

98.0%
Female: 24,695
This municipality:

99.1%
Nova Scotia:

97.6%
French
Total: 195
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.4%
Male: 65
This municipality:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.2%
Female: 135
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.5%
English and French
Total: 95
This municipality:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 55
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
English and non-official language
Total: 20
This municipality:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Non-official language
Total: 60
This municipality:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 25
This municipality:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

Discuss Cape Breton - Regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work on our hugely popular Canada forum.



  1. All Cities
  2. Canada
  3. Nova Scotia
  4. Cape Breton - Regional municipality
  5. Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work


Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Website © 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.