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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 24,215
Here:

92.7%
Province:

89.5%
Male: 11,720
Here:

93.3%
Nova Scotia:

90.4%
Female: 12,495
Here:

92.1%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 1,870
Here:

7.2%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 810
This city:

6.4%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 1,060
This city:

7.8%
Nova Scotia:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 45
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 25,790
Here:

98.7%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 12,390
This city:

98.6%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 13,400
Here:

98.7%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
French
Total: 290
This city:

1.1%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 140
This city:

1.1%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 150
This city:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in Kentville

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 25,175
This city:

96.3%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 12,110
Here:

96.3%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 13,065
Here:

96.3%
Nova Scotia:

92.0%
French
Total: 315
Here:

1.2%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 145
Here:

1.2%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 170
This city:

1.3%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 45
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 40
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 20
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.8%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 170
Here:

0.7%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 85
Here:

0.7%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 80
This city:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 65
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 45
This city:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Oromo
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbo-Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 45
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Lao
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 25,775
This city:

98.6%
Nova Scotia:

95.4%
Male: 12,385
Here:

98.5%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 13,390
This city:

98.7%
Nova Scotia:

95.5%
French
Total: 70
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 40
This city:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 55
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 25
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 35
This city:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Arabic
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Marathi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 25,500
This city:

97.6%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 12,270
Here:

97.7%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 13,225
This city:

97.5%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
English
Total: 140
This city:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 65
This city:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Female: 70
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 280
This city:

1.1%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 130
This city:

1.0%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 150
This city:

1.1%
Province:

1.9%
English and French
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Creoles
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 45
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 14,555
This city:

99.6%
Nova Scotia:

97.8%
Male: 7,470
Here:

99.9%
Nova Scotia:

98.0%
Female: 7,085
This city:

99.2%
Nova Scotia:

97.6%
French
Total: 40
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.2%
Female: 35
This city:

0.5%
Province:

1.5%
English and French
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 20
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%

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