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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 10,960
This town:

92.7%
Province:

89.5%
Male: 5,135
This town:

93.6%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 5,825
Here:

91.9%
Province:

88.6%
English and French
Total: 850
This town:

7.2%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 340
Here:

6.2%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 505
This town:

8.0%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this town

First official language spoken

English
Total: 11,680
This town:

98.8%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 5,425
This town:

98.9%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Female: 6,260
This town:

98.7%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
French
Total: 110
This town:

0.9%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 45
Here:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 65
This town:

1.0%
Province:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 20
This town:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this town

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 11,310
Here:

95.6%
Province:

91.8%
Male: 5,255
This town:

95.8%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 6,050
Here:

95.4%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 120
This town:

1.0%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 50
This town:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Female: 70
Here:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 30
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 45
This town:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 20
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 25
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Arabic
Total: 35
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 15
This town:

0.3%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Armenian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Dutch
Total: 20
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Hindi
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Nepali
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Slovak
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 50
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 11,545
Here:

97.6%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 5,360
This town:

97.7%
Nova Scotia:

95.3%
Female: 6,185
Here:

97.6%
Nova Scotia:

95.5%
French
Total: 25
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 65
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 35
This town:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 30
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 20
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 10
This town:

0.2%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Nepali
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This town:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Armenian
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 11,465
This town:

97.0%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 5,320
Here:

97.0%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 6,140
This town:

96.8%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
English
Total: 75
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 35
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 40
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 150
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 60
This town:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.6%
Female: 85
This town:

1.3%
Province:

1.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 10
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Arabic
Total: 10
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This town:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This town:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 10
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 6,120
Here:

99.0%
Province:

97.8%
Male: 3,115
This town:

98.9%
Province:

98.0%
Female: 3,010
Here:

99.2%
Nova Scotia:

97.6%
French
Total: 25
This town:

0.4%
Province:

1.4%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 20
This town:

0.7%
Province:

1.5%
English and French
Total: 20
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 15
This town:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 10
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%

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