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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 95,865
Here:

95.8%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 45,800
Here:

96.3%
Nova Scotia:

90.4%
Female: 50,065
Here:

95.3%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 4,120
This division:

4.1%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 1,710
Here:

3.6%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 2,405
This division:

4.6%
Nova Scotia:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 90
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in Cape Breton

First official language spoken

English
Total: 99,205
Here:

99.1%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Male: 47,160
Here:

99.2%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 52,050
Here:

99.1%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 775
This division:

0.8%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 345
Here:

0.7%
Nova Scotia:

3.3%
Female: 430
This division:

0.8%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 55
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 75
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 40
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this division

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 94,535
This division:

94.4%
Province:

91.8%
Male: 44,825
This division:

94.2%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 49,710
This division:

94.6%
Nova Scotia:

92.0%
French
Total: 925
This division:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 405
Here:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Female: 520
Here:

1.0%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 125
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 225
This division:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 105
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 120
This division:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 2,845
Here:

2.8%
Province:

0.5%
Male: 1,390
This division:

2.9%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 1,450
This division:

2.8%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Arabic
Total: 315
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 235
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 55
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 25
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 30
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 35
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 35
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 30
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Nepali
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 65
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 35
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swedish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 50
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 70
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 80
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ojibway
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 96,815
This division:

96.7%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 45,875
Here:

96.4%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 50,945
This division:

97.0%
Nova Scotia:

95.5%
French
Total: 255
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 110
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 145
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 80
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 325
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.6%
Male: 170
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 155
This division:

0.3%
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: 1,940
This division:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 960
This division:

2.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 975
Here:

1.9%
Province:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 230
This division:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 175
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 50
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 45
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 20
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 96,300
Here:

96.2%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
Male: 45,715
This division:

96.1%
Nova Scotia:

94.9%
Female: 50,585
Here:

96.3%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 1,635
This division:

1.6%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 830
Here:

1.7%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 805
This division:

1.5%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 620
Here:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Male: 265
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 360
This division:

0.7%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 960
Here:

1.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 460
Here:

1.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 500
This division:

1.0%
Province:

0.2%
Ojibway
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 75
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 50
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 45
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Swahili
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 10
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This division:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
This division:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 100
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 45
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 55
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%

Language most often used at work

Language most often used at work

English
Total: 49,655
Here:

98.3%
Province:

97.8%
Male: 24,590
Here:

98.2%
Province:

98.0%
Female: 25,065
Here:

98.3%
Province:

97.6%
French
Total: 195
This division:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.4%
Male: 60
This division:

0.2%
Province:

1.2%
Female: 130
This division:

0.5%
Province:

1.5%
English and French
Total: 95
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 35
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 55
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
English and non-official language
Total: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This division:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This division:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Non-official language
Total: 550
This division:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 325
Here:

1.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 225
This division:

0.9%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

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