Table 2.1
Population by mother tongue, Nova Scotia, 1951 to 2006

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Table 2.1 Population by mother tongue, Nova Scotia, 1951 to 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of population by mother tongue. This information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers) and by mother tongue, total, french, english, other languages (appearing as column headers), calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Year Mother tongue
Total French English Other languages
number number % number % number %
1951 642,585 38,945 6.1 588,610 91.6 15,030 2.3
1961 737,010 39,565 5.4 680,235 92.3 17,205 2.3
1971 788,960 39,585 5.0 733,195 92.9 16,180 2.1
1981 839,800 35,385 4.2 786,725 93.7 17,695 2.1
1991 890,945 37,525 4.2 831,575 93.3 21,845 2.5
1996 899,970 36,310 4.0 838,280 93.1 25,375 2.8
2001 897,570 35,380 3.9 834,775 93.0 27,415 3.1
2006 903,090 33,710 3.7 833,925 92.3 35,460 3.9
Note: Except for the 1951 to 1971 censuses, multiple responses were equally redistributed among the three main linguistic groups. Due to the random rounding of numbers, some totals may not correspond to the sum of the numbers presented in the table.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1951 to 2006.
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