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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 66,725
Here:

93.7%
Province:

89.5%
Male: 32,780
This district:

94.8%
Province:

90.4%
Female: 33,945
This district:

92.6%
Nova Scotia:

88.6%
French only
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 4,425
This district:

6.2%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 1,765
This district:

5.1%
Nova Scotia:

9.3%
Female: 2,660
This district:

7.3%
Nova Scotia:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 70
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 50
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this district

First official language spoken

English
Total: 70,195
This district:

98.5%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 34,125
Here:

98.7%
Province:

96.4%
Female: 36,070
Here:

98.4%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
French
Total: 930
Here:

1.3%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
Male: 425
Here:

1.2%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 510
This district:

1.4%
Province:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 70
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 50
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this district

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 68,395
Here:

96.0%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 33,280
This district:

96.3%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 35,115
This district:

95.8%
Province:

92.0%
French
Total: 1,090
This district:

1.5%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
Male: 485
This district:

1.4%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 600
Here:

1.6%
Province:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 150
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 55
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 95
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 145
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 75
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 70
Here:

0.2%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 260
This district:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Male: 120
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 135
This district:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 50
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 25
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.8%
Female: 25
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Creoles
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 235
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 115
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 125
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Finnish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 190
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 90
This district:

0.3%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 95
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 25
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hindi
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malay
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 60
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Swedish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
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%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 45
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Ojibway
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 70,175
Here:

98.5%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 34,085
Here:

98.6%
Nova Scotia:

95.3%
Female: 36,085
Here:

98.4%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 295
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 135
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 155
This district:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 70
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 30
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 40
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 230
Here:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 95
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 135
This district:

0.4%
Province:

0.6%
French and non-official language
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Arabic
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Cantonese
Total: 10
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%
Creoles
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 10
Here:

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%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

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%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
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%
Polish
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Spanish
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 30
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Tamil
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 69,525
Here:

97.6%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
Male: 33,825
Here:

97.8%
Nova Scotia:

94.9%
Female: 35,695
This district:

97.4%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 350
This district:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 170
This district:

0.5%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 180
This district:

0.5%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 710
This district:

1.0%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 280
This district:

0.8%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 430
This district:

1.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
French and non-official language
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 135
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 60
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 75
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Akan (Twi)
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 35
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 30
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
German
Total: 60
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
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%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
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%
Polish
Total: 10
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%
Portuguese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Swedish
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%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Taiwanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tamil
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
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%
Other languages
Total: 55
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Estonian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

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