Table 3.4
Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index, Nova Scotia, 1971 and 2006

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Table 3.4 Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index, Nova Scotia, 1971 and 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and linguistic continuity index. This information is grouped by linguistic characteristics (appearing as row headers) and by 1971, 2006, french, english, other languages (appearing as column headers), calculated using number as a unit of measure.
Linguistic characteristics 1971 2006
French English Other languages French English Other languages
number
Language spoken most often at home 27,220 753,730 8,015 17,870 868,410 16,815
Mother tongue 39,585 733,195 16,180 33,705 833,925 35,465
Linguistic continuity index (%) 0.69 1.03 0.50 0.53 1.04 0.47
Note: For 2006, multiple responses were equally redistributed among language groups. The 1971 Census database does not include multiple responses.
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1971 and 2006.
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