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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 63,850
Here:

77.6%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 31,085
Here:

78.1%
Nova Scotia:

90.4%
Female: 32,770
Here:

77.1%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 270
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 125
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 145
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 18,150
This district:

22.0%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 8,580
Here:

21.5%
Nova Scotia:

9.3%
Female: 9,570
Here:

22.5%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 50
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in West Nova

First official language spoken

English
Total: 70,680
This district:

85.9%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Male: 34,080
Here:

85.6%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 36,595
Here:

86.1%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 11,440
Here:

13.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
Male: 5,635
This district:

14.2%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 5,805
Here:

13.7%
Province:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 165
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 80
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 85
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in West Nova

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 68,650
Here:

83.4%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 33,180
Here:

83.3%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 35,475
This district:

83.4%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 11,715
This district:

14.2%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 5,725
This district:

14.4%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Female: 5,985
Here:

14.1%
Province:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 655
Here:

0.8%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 310
This district:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 345
Here:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 95
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 40
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 50
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.8%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Armenian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bengali
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 140
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 65
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 80
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 415
This district:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 200
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 220
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Gujarati
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%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Macedonian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 73,000
This district:

88.7%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 35,365
This district:

88.8%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 37,630
Here:

88.5%
Nova Scotia:

95.5%
French
Total: 8,370
Here:

10.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 4,005
This district:

10.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 4,360
This district:

10.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 415
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 200
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 210
This district:

0.5%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 165
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 70
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 95
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 155
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 75
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 85
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 74,800
This district:

90.9%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 36,255
This district:

91.1%
Nova Scotia:

94.9%
Female: 38,540
Here:

90.7%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 3,685
This district:

4.5%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 1,745
This district:

4.4%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 1,940
This district:

4.6%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 3,230
Here:

3.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 1,525
Here:

3.8%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 1,705
This district:

4.0%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Armenian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Creoles
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 135
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 65
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 65
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Norwegian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%

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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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