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



Knowledge of official languages

English only
Total: 95,690
Here:

83.4%
Nova Scotia:

89.5%
Male: 47,165
Here:

84.4%
Nova Scotia:

90.4%
Female: 48,525
Here:

82.5%
Province:

88.6%
French only
Total: 200
This region:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 110
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
English and French
Total: 18,745
Here:

16.3%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 8,630
This region:

15.4%
Nova Scotia:

9.3%
Female: 10,115
This region:

17.2%
Province:

11.1%
Neither English nor French
Total: 60
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%

Knowledge of official languages in this region

First official language spoken

English
Total: 103,420
This region:

90.2%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Male: 50,430
This region:

90.2%
Nova Scotia:

96.4%
Female: 52,990
This region:

90.1%
Province:

96.4%
French
Total: 11,020
This region:

9.6%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
Male: 5,355
Here:

9.6%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 5,665
This region:

9.6%
Nova Scotia:

3.2%
English and French
Total: 205
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 95
Here:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 110
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.2%
Neither English nor French
Total: 50
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 35
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%

First official language spoken in this region

Used languages details

Mother tongue

Mother tongue

English
Total: 101,100
Here:

88.2%
Province:

91.8%
Male: 49,360
This region:

88.3%
Province:

91.6%
Female: 51,740
This region:

88.0%
Nova Scotia:

92.0%
French
Total: 11,255
Here:

9.8%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 5,435
This region:

9.7%
Province:

3.4%
Female: 5,820
This region:

9.9%
Nova Scotia:

3.4%
English and French
Total: 660
Here:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 310
Here:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Female: 350
This region:

0.6%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
English and non-official language
Total: 130
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Male: 65
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 70
Here:

0.1%
Province:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.5%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 115
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.7%
Male: 65
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.8%
Female: 45
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.5%
Bengali
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Bisayan languages
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bosnian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bulgarian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 25
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 140
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 75
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 70
This region:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Estonian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Finnish
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 480
This region:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Male: 220
Here:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.4%
Female: 255
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.4%
Greek
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Hungarian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 20
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Japanese
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Latvian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Lithuanian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Malayalam
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Maltese
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Norwegian
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 35
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Portuguese
Total: 45
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Romanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 90
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.2%
Male: 45
This region:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 45
This region:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Swedish
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino; Filipino)
Total: 30
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Turkish
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Vietnamese
Total: 20
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 40
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Flemish
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Language most often used at home

Language most often used at home

English
Total: 105,570
Here:

92.0%
Province:

95.4%
Male: 51,555
Here:

92.2%
Province:

95.3%
Female: 54,015
Here:

91.9%
Province:

95.5%
French
Total: 7,950
Here:

6.9%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 3,795
This region:

6.8%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 4,155
Here:

7.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
English and French
Total: 420
This region:

0.4%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 195
Here:

0.3%
Province:

0.2%
Female: 225
Here:

0.4%
Province:

0.2%
English and non-official language
Total: 225
This region:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Male: 100
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.6%
Female: 120
Here:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
English; French and non-official language
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Afrikaans
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 55
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.4%
Male: 35
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.5%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.3%
Bengali
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Bosnian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Croatian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 25
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
German
Total: 165
This region:

0.1%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 80
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 90
This region:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Gujarati
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hindi
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Panjabi (Punjabi)
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Persian (Farsi)
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Polish
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Serbian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 30
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Thai
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 20
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Fukien
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%

Other languages used at home

Other languages used at home

None
Total: 107,120
This region:

93.4%
Province:

94.8%
Male: 52,375
Here:

93.7%
Province:

94.9%
Female: 54,750
Here:

93.1%
Province:

94.8%
English
Total: 3,575
Here:

3.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Male: 1,695
This region:

3.0%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Female: 1,875
Here:

3.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
French
Total: 3,240
This region:

2.8%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 1,470
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

1.6%
Female: 1,775
This region:

3.0%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
English and French
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
English and non-official language
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
French and non-official language
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 25
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Inuktitut
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Mi'kmaq
Total: 25
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Female: 15
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Afrikaans
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Albanian
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Arabic
Total: 55
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Male: 30
Here:

0.1%
Province:

0.3%
Female: 25
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.2%
Bengali
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Cantonese
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Czech
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Danish
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Dutch
Total: 40
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 20
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 20
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
German
Total: 200
This region:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 100
This region:

0.2%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 100
This region:

0.2%
Province:

0.1%
Greek
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hebrew
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Hungarian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Italian
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Japanese
Total: 15
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Korean
Total: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Mandarin
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Polish
Total: 10
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Portuguese
Total: 20
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 10
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Russian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Serbian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Slovak
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Spanish
Total: 100
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Male: 55
Here:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Female: 45
This region:

0.1%
Nova Scotia:

0.1%
Swahili
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Swedish
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

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

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 15
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Telugu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Ukrainian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Male: 5
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Urdu
Total: 5
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Vietnamese
Total: 10
Here:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Female: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%
Other languages
Total: 35
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Male: 20
This region:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Female: 10
Here:

0.0%
Province:

0.1%
Estonian
Total: 5
This region:

0.0%
Nova Scotia:

0.0%

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