Table 3.12
Number and proportion of French-speaking and English-speaking immigrants, Nova Scotia, 1971 to 2006

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Table 3.12
Number and proportion of French-speaking and English-speaking immigrants, Nova Scotia, 1971 to 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of number and proportion of French-speaking and English-speaking immigrants. This information is grouped by immigrants (appearing as row headers) and by 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2006 (appearing as column headers), calculated using number and proportion in percentage as a unit of measure.
Immigrants 1971 1981 1991 2001 2006
number
Number of French-speaking immigrants 1,155 1,190 1,170 1,285 1,285
  proportion (in %)
French-speaking immigrants within the immigrant population 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.8
French-speaking immigrants in Nova Scotia within all French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.3
French-speaking immigrants within the Francophone population 2.9 3.6 3.3 3.8 4.0
English-speaking immigrants within the Anglophone population 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.6 5.0
Immigrants in Nova Scotia within the immigrant population of Canada 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7
Note: Populations are defined according to the first official language spoken criterium.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971 to 2006.
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