Table 2.4
Population by first official language spoken, Nova Scotia, 1971 to 2006

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Table 2.4 Population by first official language spoken, Nova Scotia, 1971 to 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of population by first official language spoken. This information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers) and by first official language spoken, total, french, english, english and french, neither english nor french, francophone minority (appearing as column headers), calculated using number and units as a unit of measure.
Year First official language spoken
Total French English English and
French 		Neither English
nor French		 Francophone minority1
number number % number % number % number % number %
1971 788,960 39,645 5.0 747,970 94.8 310 0.0 1,035 0.1 39,800 5.0
1981 839,800 32,655 3.9 804,760 95.8 1,625 0.2 760 0.1 33,465 4.0
1991 890,950 35,470 4.0 853,680 95.8 835 0.1 970 0.1 35,885 4.0
1996 899,970 34,090 3.8 863,720 96.0 1,040 0.1 1,115 0.1 34,615 3.8
2001 897,585 33,175 3.7 862,395 96.1 1,175 0.1 840 0.1 33,760 3.8
2006 903,090 31,510 3.5 868,855 96.2 1,430 0.2 1,300 0.1 32,225 3.6
1. Total of first official language spoken (FOLS) French and half of first official language spoken English and French.
Note: 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, 1971 to 2006.
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