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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 33,660
This city:

95.4%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 16,470
This city:

96.4%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 17,195
Here:

94.4%
Province:

88.6%
English and French
Total: 1,615
This city:

4.6%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 605
Here:

3.5%
Nova Scotia:

9.3%
Female: 1,010
This city:

5.5%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 35,030
Here:

99.2%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Male: 16,955
Here:

99.2%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 18,075
Here:

99.3%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 235
This city:

0.7%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
Male: 115
This city:

0.7%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 120
This city:

0.7%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in New Glasgow

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 34,270
Here:

97.1%
Province:

91.8%
Male: 16,595
Here:

97.1%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 17,675
Here:

97.1%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 295
Here:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 140
This city:

0.8%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 160
This city:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 45
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 65
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 35
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 40
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 180
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 85
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 95
This city:

0.5%
Province:

0.5%
Arabic
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 60
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 35
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 55
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 30
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swahili
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 34,915
Here:

98.9%
Nova Scotia:

95.4%
Male: 16,905
This city:

98.9%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 18,015
Here:

98.9%
Nova Scotia:

95.5%
French
Total: 55
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 40
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 120
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 55
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 65
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 34,685
This city:

98.3%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
Male: 16,825
This city:

98.4%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 17,860
This city:

98.1%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 120
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 65
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 60
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 215
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 75
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 140
This city:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 85
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 45
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Arabic
Total: 20
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
German
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
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%
Italian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 19,275
This city:

99.4%
Province:

97.8%
Male: 10,110
Here:

99.5%
Nova Scotia:

98.0%
Female: 9,165
This city:

99.4%
Nova Scotia:

97.6%
French
Total: 30
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.4%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.2%
Female: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.5%
English and non-official language
Total: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 35
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 20
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%

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