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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 42,695
This city:

94.2%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 20,900
Here:

95.2%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 21,800
This city:

93.3%
Nova Scotia:

88.6%
French only
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 2,610
This city:

5.8%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 1,055
This city:

4.8%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 1,555
This city:

6.7%
Nova Scotia:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this city

First official language spoken

English
Total: 44,885
This city:

99.0%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 21,775
This city:

99.1%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Female: 23,115
Here:

98.9%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 400
Here:

0.9%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 175
This city:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 220
Here:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in Truro

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 43,630
This city:

96.2%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 21,200
Here:

96.5%
Province:

91.6%
Female: 22,425
This city:

95.9%
Nova Scotia:

92.0%
French
Total: 500
Here:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 210
This city:

1.0%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 285
Here:

1.2%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 85
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 40
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 45
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 125
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 45
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 175
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Male: 70
This city:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 105
This city:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Amharic
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%
Arabic
Total: 70
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 35
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Danish
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 125
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 70
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 55
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 110
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 45
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 60
This city:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Marathi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 10
Here:

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%
Slovak
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 35
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
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%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tigrigna
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 44,650
Here:

98.5%
Nova Scotia:

95.4%
Male: 21,665
Here:

98.6%
Nova Scotia:

95.3%
Female: 22,980
Here:

98.3%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 105
This city:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 45
Here:

0.2%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 60
This city:

0.3%
Province:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 40
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 170
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 75
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 100
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 50
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Amharic
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 35
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 20
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Marathi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Nepali
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Pashto
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Russian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 44,265
Here:

97.6%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
Male: 21,505
Here:

97.9%
Nova Scotia:

94.9%
Female: 22,760
Here:

97.4%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 210
This city:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 95
This city:

0.4%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 115
Here:

0.5%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 420
This city:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 160
Here:

0.7%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 260
Here:

1.1%
Province:

1.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 115
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 50
This city:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 65
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Cantonese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Creoles
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
German
Total: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 15
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%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
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%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 25
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This city:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Estonian
Total: 5
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 24,670
Here:

99.3%
Nova Scotia:

97.8%
Male: 12,950
This city:

99.5%
Province:

98.0%
Female: 11,715
Here:

99.1%
Nova Scotia:

97.6%
French
Total: 95
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.4%
Male: 15
Here:

0.1%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 75
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.5%
English and French
Total: 50
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 30
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 20
This city:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
English and non-official language
Total: 10
This city:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Non-official language
Total: 30
This city:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 20
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 10
This city:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

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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.
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