South Shore - St. Margaret's, Nova Scotia, Canada - Knowledge of official languages, language spoken most often at home and at work



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 76,390
Here:

93.8%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 37,945
Here:

94.7%
Nova Scotia:

90.4%
Female: 38,450
Here:

92.9%
Nova Scotia:

88.6%
French only
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 4,990
This district:

6.1%
Nova Scotia:

10.3%
Male: 2,100
This district:

5.2%
Province:

9.3%
Female: 2,890
This district:

7.0%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in South Shore

First official language spoken

English
Total: 80,455
Here:

98.8%
Province:

96.4%
Male: 39,620
Here:

98.9%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Female: 40,840
Here:

98.7%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 865
This district:

1.1%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 405
Here:

1.0%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 465
Here:

1.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 85
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 50
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this district

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 78,960
Here:

97.0%
Nova Scotia:

91.8%
Male: 38,900
This district:

97.1%
Nova Scotia:

91.6%
Female: 40,060
This district:

96.8%
Nova Scotia:

92.0%
French
Total: 955
Here:

1.2%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 440
Here:

1.1%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 515
This district:

1.2%
Province:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 125
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 70
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 105
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 50
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 60
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
French and non-official language
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

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%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 90
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.7%
Male: 55
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 10
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%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 135
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 65
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 65
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 10
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%
Finnish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
German
Total: 430
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 205
Here:

0.5%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 220
Here:

0.5%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 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: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
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
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Malay
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%
Mandarin
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 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:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 35
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovenian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 80
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 40
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 15
Here:

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%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Taiwanese
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%
Telugu
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 80,555
Here:

98.9%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 39,650
This district:

98.9%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 40,905
Here:

98.9%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 230
Here:

0.3%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 110
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 120
This district:

0.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 50
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 165
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 70
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.6%
Female: 90
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

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

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%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 45
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 25
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.3%
Bengali
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%
Cantonese
Total: 10
Here:

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%
Dutch
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%
German
Total: 150
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 75
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 75
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Mandarin
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Taiwanese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 79,775
This district:

98.0%
Nova Scotia:

94.8%
Male: 39,305
This district:

98.1%
Nova Scotia:

94.9%
Female: 40,470
Here:

97.8%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 310
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 160
Here:

0.4%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 145
This district:

0.4%
Province:

1.7%
French
Total: 740
Here:

0.9%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 310
Here:

0.8%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 435
Here:

1.1%
Province:

1.9%
English and French
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%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

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%
Province:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 40
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Finnish
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 175
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 90
This district:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 90
This district:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Hebrew
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
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%
Japanese
Total: 10
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

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%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
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%
Spanish
Total: 90
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 45
This district:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 45
This district:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Swahili
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 5
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 20
This district:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

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