Table 3.6
Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and other languages spoken regularly at home, Nova Scotia, 2006

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Table 3.6 Population by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home and other languages spoken regularly at home, Nova Scotia, 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of population by mother tongue. This information is grouped by type of answer (appearing as row headers) and by mother tongue, language spoken most often at home, other languages spoken regularly at home (appearing as column headers), calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Type of answer Mother tongue Language spoken most often at home Other languages spoken regularly at home
number % number % number %
Single responses 899,270 99.6 899,550 99.6 39,275 4.3
French 32,540 3.6 17,160 1.9 14,470 1.6
English 832,105 92.1 866,685 96.0 15,565 1.7
Other languages 34,625 3.8 15,700 1.7 9,240 1.0
Multiple responses 3,820 0.4 3,540 0.4 535 0.1
English and French 2,095 0.2 1,310 0.1 120 0.0
English and other 1,440 0.2 2,125 0.2 65 0.0
French and other 140 0.0 80 0.0 340 0.0
English, French and other 140 0.0 25 0.0 5 0.0
Total 903,090 100.0 903,090 100.0
… not applicable
Note:
Due to the random rounding of numbers, some totals may not correspond to the sum of the numbers presented in the table.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population.
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